A2Z Manufacturing SW Nov-Dec 2018

Vol. 24, No. 6, Nov / Dec 2018

Southwest Edition (AZ, NV, and NM)

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Editors Corner I recently read an article in theWSJ titled, For Couples, Gratitude Is A Boomerang.The article, written by Jennifer Breheny Wallace, discusses how easy it is to take our better halves for granted, where we neglect to thank them for doing everyday kind acts such as picking up milk, cleaning up around the house or making dinner.

She goes on to say that over time, we may stop noticing what they do to make our lives better. Instead, we focus on what they don’t do or what they do that we don’t appreciate. Wallace suggests that expressing appreciation for the little things leads to bigger things, such as building strong ties and sustaining relationships.

She adds that in human relationships, gratitude serves a ‘find, remind, and bind’ function; it can help us to find good partners, remind us of their value and create a lasting bond.

This got me thinking how this same conundrum can occur in the work place. And since one of my favorite holidays, Thanksgiving is coming up, what better topic than gratitude for this issue! I did a little research and found very positive results of gratitude in the workplace.

Researchers define appreciation as the act of acknowledging the goodness in life—in other words, seeing the positives in events, experiences, or other people (like our colleagues).

Gratitude goes a step further: It recognizes how the positive things in our lives—like a success at work—are often due to forces outside of ourselves, particularly the efforts of other people.

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Researchers have found that gratitude in the workplace has both tangible and intangible benefits: it is linked to more positive emotions, less stress and fewer health complaints, a greater sense that we can achieve our goals, fewer sick days, and higher satisfaction with our jobs and our co-workers.

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“We tend to think of organizations as transactional places where you’re supposed to be ‘professional,’” says Ryan Fehr, an assistant professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, who published a paper on gratitude in business. “We may think that it’s unprofessional to bring things like forgiveness or gratitude or compassion into the workplace.”

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Yet evidence suggests that gratitude and appreciation contribute to the kind of workplace environments where employees actually want to come to work.

Appreciation is integral to the culture at Southwest Airlines, named by Forbes as America’s #13 Best Employer of 2018. One way the company appreciates employees is by paying attention to special events in their personal lives—from kids’ graduations to marriages to family illnesses—and recognizing those with small gestures like flowers and cards.

Southwest seems to understand what research has shown: that gratitude tends to emerge in workplaces with more “perceived organizational support,” where employees believe that the company values their contributions and cares about their well-being. And caring means valuing employee health and happiness for their own sake, not just as a way to eke out longer work hours and greater productivity.

“Gratitude is going to make your business more profitable, you’re going to be more effective, your employees will be more engaged—but if that’s the only reason you’re doing it, your employees are going to think you’re using them,” says Steve Foran, founder of the program Gratitude at Work. “You have to genuinely want the best for your people.”

I encourage you to be an instigator for gratitude in your workplace (and at home). Even look to put formal ‘gratitude’ opportunities into place. I am confident it will be contagious. Until next issue, I wish you continued the most wonderful holidays with loved ones and God Bless Our Troops!

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Haas Factory Outlet-Phoenix Invites Machinists to CNC Training Mill and lathe classes are scheduled every other month. Each course consists of 3 days of hands on instruction led by a Haas Certified Instructor. Students will learn the basics of the Haas control, operation of machines, and Haas programming using G & M codes. Classes are held Monday through Wednesday from 3:30 to 7 pm.

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K-2 Manufacturing Announces Continued Expansion!

K-2 Manufacturing, a 9-year old Nadcap Accredited, AS9100 Rev D certified company, is pleased to announce that it added to its capabilities with its recent purchase of an AMADA LC-2515 C1 AJ sheet-metal machine, which is a combination machine for extremely efficient production AMADA’s LC-2515 C1 AJ offers a combination of laser cutting and punching technology.

Tom Wright, founder of the company, says, “With the use of fiber laser technology in the AMADA LC-2515 C1 AJ sheet metal combination machine, it is the significantly higher cutting speed and reduced energy requirement, in particular, that help bring about considerable cost savings compared to conventional systems.”

While K-2 Manufacturing is relatively young, its founder is a seasoned fabrication business owner, having run a successful fabrication company on the east coast. Tom says that K-2 Manufacturing is seeing double-digit growth year over year. Today, the company has a team of 40 and operates out of the company-owned building of 40,000 square feet.

In addition to Nadcap Accredited welding, K-2 offers the following services: Engineering Services CNC Fiber Laser Cutting CNC Punching CNC Press Brakes (Forming) Nadcap Accredited Welding Hardware Installation Announcements Continued Page 7 A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Patrick Ellison, President and Owner of Ellison Machinery, says, “We are so excited to share with you our vast new partnerships in the New Year. These partnerships will enable us to support so many more of our customers’ manufacturing requirements.”

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6th Annual NTMA Southwest Conference to be Held in Costa Mesa, CA Seven chapters from Texas to California are firming up content for their industry regional conference to be held February 8-10 at the Crowne Plaza Costa Mesa in Orange County, California. The industry education will feature state of the art digital manufacturing, lean manufacturing, key updates on government regulations, programming skills, effective leadership, and more. Keynotes include content by CultureShoc, Leadership Development, and Franklin Partnership, experts in Government Relations. There is an early Bird Discount that ends November 30th .

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Announcements & Releases Continued participating in the event are Los Angeles, North Texas, Arizona, Houston, Rocky Mountain, San Fernando Valley, New Mexico, and San Francisco.

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The three-day conference is slated to be a comprehensive review for tooling and machining businesses so vital in U.S. manufacturing today.

Manufacturing in the southwest has enjoyed a strong resurgence over the last decade. The event’s presenters will not only address technical subjects but also the management skills owners and managers of firms need for efficient and profitable business.

If your organization is seeking best practices for breakthrough performance, you won’t want to miss this Lunch and Learn with Sustaining Edge Solutions. This event is sponsored by the Arizona Technology Council.To register, visit the Arizona Technology Council Website at www.aztechcouncil.org and click on Events.

Other sessions will cover management personnel handling of stress, filling the skills gap, eliminating waste, prospering in the new tax environment, minimizing litigation, scaling apprenticeships, and more contemporary directions for good management.

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Paul O’Donnell Joins Banterra’s Machine Tool Finance Divison Will Lead Commercial Business Expansion InThe Phoenix-Metro, Arizona Area Banterra Bank, with nearly $2 billion in assets Machine Tool Finance Division, is pleased to announce that they will expand their commercial business offerings to Arizona. Paul O’Donnell has joined their team as Relationship Manager for their Machine Tool Finance Division. He Announcements Continued Page 10

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“We’re happy to have Paul on the Banterra Machine Tool Finance team as we execute our expansion into Arizona,” said John VanDaele, Market Executive of Banterra’s Machine Tool Finance Division. “Paul’s knowledge and expertise of both the region and equipment finance will be an asset to our team. The full line of commercial banking products we have to offer our customers will be a nice enhancement to our Machine Tool product line and provide a great convenience to customers.”

Paul most recently served as president of O’Donnell & Associates Business Services in Arizona, a company that provided complete company management including direct loan solicitation, credit analysis and financial reporting. In addition to this role (which began in 1991), Paul served as partner or management for Arizona business companies, providing administrative management, strategic planning and business development.

With more than 40 years in business management as well as experience with equipment financing needs, Paul understands the lending needs of America’s manufacturers.

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Banterra’s Machine Tool Finance Division was launched in 2009 with the idea of providing niche-lending services to small manufacturers who rely on machine tools. In a short amount of time, this division, made up of seasoned experts with decades of experience, has made Machine Tool Finance one of the strongest areas within Banterra’s overall portfolio of offerings. Monitor Daily, the independent voice of equipment finance, has consistently ranked Banterra as a top machine tool lender in America, including number one ranking earlier this year (based on data collected from Equipment Data Associates).

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Specialty Turn Products (STP) Announces Expansion With New Equipment Specialty Turn Products (STP), an ISO 9001:2015 / AS9100 Revision D certified precision screw machine company, is pleased to announce that it has recently expanded with new state of the art equipment purchases.

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That rule sought to double the white-collar salaried overtime exemption from $23,660 annually to $47,476, or $913 per week. In striking down the rule, the judge noted the massive salary increase set at a level so high it could wind up including management workers who are intended to be exempt from overtime protections.

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Hurco Introduced Blockbuster Control Feature at IMTS

Hurco introduced its newest blockbuster control feature at IMTS. Named 3D Import, whic h includes 3D DXF technology, this control feature allows the customer to simply load the file they receive from their customer directly into the Hurco control. “3D Import eliminates extra steps and is a huge time saver,” said Mike Cope, Product Technical

On October 17, the Labor Department held a listening session in advance of proposing a new overtime rule.

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previous versions of DXF AM translators noAll limit on the size a powder-bed machine onlyachieve. displayed lines and arcs data, and were might only useful in 2D since no Z-axis data was Part of the technique for using in a translated.

3D Import (the the solidlasers model large area involves not forming all necessary the part’s portion) automatically creates the cross-sectional areadata allblocks at once within a given Transform Plane in conversational layer, but instead dividing eachprograms. layer into sections. programming for 5-sided “As a Theproponent result is of a connection between that 5-sided machining, thesections automatic is creation cosmetically discerniblePlanes in theis part butthis not where of Transform control feature really shines,” said Cope, detrimental to integrity or precision.

Thewho part the author of the book,aThe Power FIVE: GEishad on display showed slight lineofbetween The Definitive Guide to 5-Axis Machining. sections (a line more subtle than, say, the parting line in a molded part), but as evidence that Additionally, integrated Hurco control consistency and the precision are maintained across powered by WinMax® is the most flexible this line and between sections, Panczyk points and intuitive control in the industry in addition to the STL file’s triangles that are also visible in to being equipped with more memory and the part’s surface. These can be seen crossing the processing power out of the box: 2.7GHz dual section line without discontinuity. core processor, 4GB RAM memory, a 128GB state700 hardmm drive, 10,000 block lookahead, At solid roughly in diameter, the sample part and an intuitive graphical user interface that shown used much of the available work envelope multiple machining strategies. of supports the machine.

That is, the machine is suitedAsto the inventor of Conversational Programming, this part. Panczyk says this suggests when and Hurco conversational programming how machines like this one might be developedisin considered the gold standard in the industry, the future. As even bigger metal parts are found but the control has many high-end features to be significant candidates for powder-bed AM, for NC Programming, too. Additionally, machines will be engineered to accommodate Hurco might be the only company to have their size. Source: Peter Zelinski; Editor-in-Chief, a feature called NC/Conversational Merge Additive Manufacturing that provides users with a blend of both programming methods.

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It was 30 years ago that a little upstart machine tool company from Southern California introduced its first vertical machining center at IMTS 88 in Chicago.

The Haas VF-1 – affectionately known as the Very First One – quickly became the industry benchmark for affordable CNC technology.

Today, Haas Automation is one of the largest machine tool builders in the world, producing more machines per month than nearly any other builder.

The company’s 200,000th machine – a UMC-750SS universal machining center – rolled off the production line recently, and was installed at Vineburg Machining Inc., in Carson City, Nevada.

“We are honored to be the recipient of the 200,000th Haas machine, and couldn’t be happier,” said Gerd Poppinga, Vice President/Operations, Vineburg Machining Inc. “This is our 7th Haas 5-axis UMC, and they’ve been a game changer for us.We are focused on creating quality American-Made products, and Haas machinery helps us keep that promise to our clients.”

“Installation of the 200,000th machine is a very special occasion for Haas Automation,” said Scott Gasich, VP of Sales and Marketing, Haas Automation, Inc. “The fact that it coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Haas VF-1 is proof that the Haas combination of value, performance, reliability, and support is just as important today, as it was in 1988.”

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Automation’s powerful high-speed machining software. To simplify job set up, the UMC-750SS features While the Work tiny town of Cameri notPoint lookControl, like oneand of the most beautiful villages toWireless dot the Dynamic Offsets and Tool may Center comes standard withcities Haasand Automation’s Italian landscape a local business owner said it was not the prettiest), some would beg to differ. Three Intuitive Probing(even System. years ago, Avio Aero, which designs, manufactures, and maintains systems and components for both civil and military aviation, opened through the most advanced additive factoryOutlets in Europe on –the edge of Haas products are distributed a worldwide network manufacturing of 170+ Haas Factory (HFOs) dedicated, town, and since then, they have received a steady flow of visitors: not tourists, but engineers, executives, and independently owned Haas resellers who provide the industry’s highest levels of service and support. The additive manufacturing professionals.

Not long after the company opened theOutlet factory, wereofacquired 200,000th Haas CNC machine is supplied and supported by the Haas Factory (a they Division Selway) byinGE Aviation, which is using the technology on-site to change how aircraft engines are manufactured.

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GE is focusing efforts on driving AM, after a disappointing Q4 2016. This certainly seems to be a smart “It’s a greatDario honorMantegazza, to be part of these celebrations,” said Keith Granno, City.

“Vineburg is a valued approach; an Avio Aero manufacturing engineer,HFO saidUnion it best, when he described 3D customer, and has invested in many Haas machines over the years.

This celebration is a wonderful opportunity printing as having “no limits to complexity.” GE Aviation has facilities in Germany and Sweden, where they to recognize the achievements of all those involved,Laser but the is thathas thea Haas machine will acquired majority stakes in Arcam and in Concept lastimportant year. Thething company factory in Auburn, give the customer many years of profitable, reliable service.”

Alabama, and also owns AM pioneer Morris Technologies, located in southwest Ohio. But Joyce says the little Italian town of Cameri, and Avio Aero, are an important part of GE’s overall AM business strategy and New of Americans will be “at Survey the center ofShows the growth61% of our additive ecosystem.” Prefer Products Made in

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The plant in Cameri is special, because it uses twenty Arcam-developed AM machines, which fuse together layers of titanium aluminide (TiAI) using ansupplier electron gun to accelerate an electron beam. is 50% lighter Thomas, the leader in product sourcing, selection and marketing solutions for TiAI the manufacturing than nickel-based alloys, and is being used in the Cameri plant to 3D print blades for the GE9X engine’s industry, today released results from the “Manufacturing Perception Report.” The surveyjetexamines low-pressure turbine.

Americans’ perceptions about the manufacturing industry – from careers to automation.

The engineers are able to additivelyreported manufacture bladesvery thator aresomewhat four timesfamiliar thickerwith thanthe ones created with While a majority of respondents they were manufacturing a industry laser-powered 3D printer, which is good, considering the GE9X is the largest jet engine ever built; the (76%), the survey results reveal Americans are largely unaware of the robust state of the 20

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manufacturing sector. diameter of the turbine itself is over 80 inches.

“It was suprising to see that half the respondents feel is This of electron beam technique that theit’s current state of the so fast even competing with manufacturing is ‘stable casting, whichindustry is the standard way but weak or in decline.’

In fact, to manufacture TiAI parts.

The the opposite true: team is alsoholds able to usethe thestate same ofmachine manufacturing is greater to change the partthan shape ever—a we can expect and printtrend different blades at the tosame continue time. with innovation, a strong economy and increased national awareness,” said Tony Aerospace Industry Uphoff, Thomas President & Sets $146B Expor t CEO.

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Among the survey’s findings: The U.S. aerospace and defense • industry Generational Divide: Babyfor set a new record boomers (52%) and Gen X (50%) inter national sales in 2016, feel the quality of US billion productsin deliver ing $146 are superior, whereas millennials exports, the Aerospace Industries (47%) and Generation Z (43%) Association announced. think the quality of products are typically thesector same have quality.

Exports for the been However, overall there is a on an upward swing for a while, strong affinity for American increasing by 52 percent over made products - 61% of all the past five years.

Compared respondents prefer products to 2015, companies were able made in America. to sell an additional $3 billion in products to international • customers National Security: of in 2016, 51% AIA data respondents say the manufacturing shows. sector is very important to security.civil A combined national Unsurprisingly, aerospace total of 87% of respondents sales made up the majoritythink of the the manufacturing is at $146 billion total, sector with defense least of somewhat importance products comprising aboutto15 national percentsecurity. of sales, AIA stated. The U.S. military aerospace sector • shipped Automation Impact: When about $16 billion worth asked about which industries of products to foreign militaries automation the biggest in 2016 —will a 5have percent increase impact on, manufacturing took from 2015. Non-aerospace the lead (34%) followed by military companies fared even transportation (15%), retail better, increasing exports almost (11%) and fast$5.6 foodbillion (10%).When 9 % from to $6.1 asked about the biggest problem billion. facing the manufacturing sector, over one-third ofted respondents Europe impor about 34 replied ‘robotics and automation.’ percent of US aerospace and

exports year, making • defense Industry to last Pursue: Twoit the industry’s largest thirds of respondents sayregional they customer.

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Though a majority of respondents say they would be likely to encourage others to pursue a career in manufacturing, the industry is facing a large skills gap resulting in a need for job opportunities to be filled by the next generation.

“Manufacturing has been the backbone of the American economy since the 1800s,” added Uphoff.

“We are experiencing a renaissance right now that has a lot of promise for job growth and stability for years to come.”

The study was conducted online using Survey Monkey. Over a thousand participants were polled, spanning across the United States. Participants were all over the age of 18 and represented a broad range in income, geographic location and gender.

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If you are in the precision manufacturing i n d u s t r y, l i ke ly yo u k n ow A l a n Blumenfurth well. Alan has worked for Ellison Machinery for approximately 15 years, and he also had his own machine tool service company. Alan is indeed an expert at servicing machines.

Patrick Ellison, Owner and President of Ellison Machinery, says, “Alan is such an outstanding service guy. He is a certified trainer, and he can fix just about any machine.” He continued, “It took us this long to move Alan into a Service manager role because he was so valuable in the field, and customers liked him so much. What we didn’t realize until he moved into this new position is that Alan can now support more customers from our office here. Many of the calls that come in are resolved with Alan walking the customer through a resolution.”

Patr ic k adds that Alan’s training exper tise makes him an excellent mentor to the entire Ellison Machinery service team, which is 11 strong.

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announced that he has an Executive creating the Institute capabilities for of to facilities for complex Tools service sector department was acknowledged Automated Mobility (IAM), a new consortium of private companies, public officials with and university research and testing scenarios, with a For more information, contact:Amy Primrosse the Stevie® AwardininArizona. the category Best Customer research faculty that will collaborate on state-of-the-art research simulation lab as well as technologyat 303-469-1771 or visit their website at Service Department of the Year. neutral physical infrastructure “The Institute for Automated Mobility will bring together global industry leaders, a public sector team and denverprecisioncncturning.com offering multiple route configurations, the brightest minds in academia, focused on advancing all aspects of automated vehicle science, safety and Frank Fontana,VP of Sales expressed, “We are proud intersections, signage, and traffic policy,” said Governor Ducey. “Arizona is committed to providing the leadership and knowledge necessary to of our success, believe in our quality and we will signals.ATraffic Incident Management H2 Manufacturing Soluintegrate these technologies into the world’s transportation systems.” center designed and run by the show our appreciation with a 5 year no cost limited warranty on our 15 best-selling machines tions Arizona Department ofTransportation over of by thethe next year. Commerce This sets usAuthority apart from other machine brands in IAM willthe be course overseen Arizona andany brings together thetool Arizona Department of and the Arizona Department of Public the country.”thePlease visit www.knuth-usa.com/5yrs additional details. - Arizona State University, Transportation, Arizona Department of Public Safety, all for three Arizona universities Heidi Hostetter, of H2lawManufacturing Safety willCEO integrate enforcement University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University - and private industry, with Intel Corporation serving Solutions, is one of eleven women for and first responders withhonored automated as the first private-sector founding partner.

Denver Precision Products Announces New Machin- their achievements in business, philanthropy, vehicle technologies unlike any other “Automated vehicle technologies have incredible potential to improve transportation safety and efficiency, and government at the BizWest’s location in country.Women of Disery Purchases saving lives, time and money,” said Sandra Watson, Arizona Commerce Authority President & CEO. “IAM tinction Awards April 18th, 2018.

Governor Ducey has named Dr. will conduct groundbreaking industry-led research and development supporting the establishment of uniform Denver Precision Products upgraded two Sethuraman (Panch) Panchanathan as standards and smart policy around these technologies.”

The eleven women being honored have all pieces of equipment at the end of 2017. his Advisor for Science andTechnology. contributions in leadership, We purchased a Miyano and and made Intel Corporation played a key role in defining the structure and mission of IAM asBNA-MSY42 a Founding Partner, has considerable He will manage IAM’s engagement time, andstrategy, philanthropy to the Larimer or Weld Miyano These two machines sensitive research efforts already underway related to self-drivinga car safetyBNA-42S. and standards.

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Hostetter will be joining IAM as partners may contact BNA machines can hold tighter tolerances with a CPK of 3.30 for +/-.0005. These two machines “We look forward to working with industry partners, the state, and the universities on safety technologies, IAM@azcommerce.com or visit have also increased our productivity for many of our existing parts and have created more Continued Page 10 standards and policies – such as responsibility sensitive safety (RSS) – as we collectively aim for autonomous Announcements azcommerce.com/IAM. 8

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UTC Aerospace unveils LBPS for CH-47 Chinook cargo loading system

and interchangeable with the helicopter’s existing COOLS under floor ballistic protection system.

The cargo loading system, whether in-flight or on-ground, will enable the CH-47 operators to convert from a flat floor for the troop transport to a cargo floor with rollers in less than 15 minutes, according to the company.

“We are proud to provide these state-of-the-art systems to help ensure our soldiers are able to overmatch the enemy on current or future battlefields.”

UTC Aerospace Systems has unveiled a new lightweight ballistic protection system (LBPS) for the CH-47 Chinook cargo system.

The LBPS will be integrated into the cargo on / off-loading systems (COOLS) used for the CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters.

The UTC system will be able to provide operators with up to 20% weight savings based on the selected protection levels.

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This provides operators with the ability to quickly respond to mission changes without returning to base for conversion while allowing them to load and unload troops and cargo in an efficient manner.

UTC Aerospace Systems Interiors vice-president Cheryl Gorman said: “COOLS continues to be a success story for the warfighter.

“With more than 500 systems delivered, US and foreign military customers alike depend on COOLS for its game-changing enhancements to troop and cargo transport. Now, with our new LBPS, operators can also achieve significant weight savings without sacrificing performance.”

The COOLS solution is equipped with transport rollers and a pallet locking system, which accommodates combinations of small and large pallets.It is standard on the CH-47F and is available as an upgrade on the CH-47D helicopters.

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to the state, as well as create new types of jobs related to aerial data, data analysis, development and remote operations. As we continue to grow our services in the mining industry, we’re excited to have talented professionals in Arizona join our team and help us bring mines and other industrial sites into the digital data era.”

“When an innovative international company like Airobotics chooses not only to expand here, but also establish its North American headquarters here, that says something about the endless opportunities available here in Arizona,” said Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. “We look forward to the company’s growth and welcome its contributions as we continue to develop Unmanned Aerial Systems technology in our state.”

Airobotics’ automated solution represents the next generation of drone operations, overtaking standard piloted services which are expensive, inaccurate and not always available. They were the first company worldwide to be granted authorization to fly fully automated pilotless drones, certified by Civil Aviation Authority of Israel. The startup has been experiencing a hyper-growth stage, raising $71M in funding to date and growing from 80 to 200 employees in its first year.

Airobotics Selects Arizona To Expand Its Data-Driven Automated Drone Solution Leading Israeli automated drone startup Airobotics launched its North American headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they will run all North America, South America and Central America operations.Airobotics has created the only data-driven, fully automated solution enabling a new dimension of data collection and insights. The company is headquartered in Israel and has offices in Australia, as well as additional operations in Chile and New Caledonia.The Scottsdale office is intended to become the company’s global headquarters as Airobotics continues to scale. BHP, the world’s largest mining company, is Airobotics’ first customer in the US. “When deciding where to launch our first US office, Arizona was the top choice for us as it has a strong mining industry, great weather conditions for drone testing, and potential partners we’re excited to work with.The state and local governments are very supportive of autonomous and aviation technologies and the UAV industry specifically, aligning with our plans to operate UAVs Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) in the US,” said Ran Krauss, CEO and Co-Founder of Airobotics. “The drive for digitalization is vital as companies look for ways to improve productivity and business, which can lead to higher profits that flow back A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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The company received Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 Global New Product Innovation Award and the 2017 Edison Award for innovation and excellence as well.

Arizona To Launch Autonomous Technology Consortium The Arizona Commerce Authority, Intel Corp. and Gov. Doug Ducey are partnering to create a consortium for the future of science, safety and policies regarding autonomous mobility in the state.

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“We want to bring all assets together to be able to build this fantastic institute,” Panchanathan said. “This will offer a concierge-type service to easily and effectively run autonomous mobility in the state.We want to continue building a robust ecosystem here in Arizona.”

Ducey originally signed an executive order in 2015 to support automated technology and establish a consistent regulatory and operational environment in Arizona.

The state departments of transportation and public safety as well as all three state universities will partner with the private-sector companies that sign on. Intel is the first private-sector funding partner giving an undisclosed investment.

There is no current physical location for the institute, although one is planned in the future with a simulation lab and research and development center. The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety also will design and run a Traffic Incident Management center to monitor automated vehicle technologies, integrating law enforcement and first responders.

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“The key challenge is how do you know an automated car is worthy to drive?” said Weast, adding Intel and ASU have collaborated on autonomous safety research since 2017. “We’re delighted to partner on safety standards and policies. ...We want consumers and the government to trust us as more of these cars are on the road.”

This year, a number of autonomous technology companies announced plans for Arizona operations, from San Diego-based autonomous semi-truck tech startup TuSimple Inc. creating 500 jobs in Tucson and expanding its fleet to Nikola Motor Co. moving its headquarters from Salt Lake City to Arizona for its hydrogen-electric, autonomous semi-trucks and creating up to 2,000 jobs.

In 2016, Google launched its self-driving Waymo program in Chandler, and Ford and GM also began testing in the Valley.

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Phoenix College Sends Students to NASA Phoenix College students Tracy Concialdi and Adam Jimenez have been selected to travel to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center this fall to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) onsite experience.

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With this activity, the Maricopa County Community College District continues to educate students for work and life in a globalizing world. “Phoenix College is so proud of our students and congratulates Tracy Concialdi and Adam Jimenez on being selected for the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars program” added Phoenix College President Larry Johnson.

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars is an activity funded in part by the Minority University Research and Education Program, or MUREP, which is committed to engaging underrepresented and underserved students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in authentic learning experiences to sustain a diverse workforce.

Phoenix College is one of the 10 colleges in the Maricopa Community College District, one of the largest community college districts in the nation. Phoenix College offers academic courses leading to associate degrees, university transfer, certificates and short-term job training to more than 11,000 students annually.

Pentagon Submits Long-Awaited Space Report To Congress The Pentagon is proposing a four-pronged approach for the U.S. military’s future in space that includes a Space Force as a sixth branch of the armed forces, a Space Development Agency, a Space Operations Force that accepts personnel from each service and a joint and unified U.S. Space Command.

Concialdi is working towards gaining an associate degree in electrical engineering at Phoenix College and then transferring to a four-year university where he can earn a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

His future goals are to work for NASA or a major city power distributor.

U.S.Vice President Mike Pence unveiled the report Aug. 9 at the Pentagon. As Russia and China treat the U.S. as an adversary in space, it is time to establish a sixth branch of the military, the U.S. Space Force, Pence said.

Jimenez will graduate next December with an associate degree in electrical technology. He plans to transfer to Arizona State University where he will seek additional internship opportunities through the School of Earth and Space Exploration. “My career goal is to work with robotics,” said Mr. Jimenez, “and through Phoenix College, I’ve been exposed to some amazing projects. I’ve done two years of high altitude balloon experiments, with one year as team lead. It would be amazing to get involved in a CubeSats and Small Satellites program, where I would learn how to develop small satellites that are launched into space and orbit the earth.”

Establishing a Space Force would be a phased approach. The first phase would use existing authorities, granted by Congress, to establish component parts of the Space Force. The second phase would require Congress to combine these

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It was submitted to Congress Aug. 9.

The Pentagon will submit a legislative proposal for the Space Force and identify budget elements that would move under the new military service once it was fully established, and outline any costs associated with the stand up.

First, the Defense Department (DOD) would establish a Space Development Agency to develop and field space capabilities. Second, the Pentagon would develop a Space Operations Force to support the combatant commanders. Third, DOD would create the governance, services and support functions of a Space Force that would need to be approved by Congress. Fourth, the Pentagon would create a U.S. Space Command led by a four-star general or flag officer, the report says.

“History demonstrates that strong technical competence and leadership, concentration of resources, and abeyance of bureaucracy produce exceptional results,” the report says.

“Examples include Gen. Bernard Schriever’s development of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Adm. Hyman Rickover’s development of the Navy’s nuclear enterprise, the development of missile defense through the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and then the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and more recent models like the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO).”The Space Development Agency would be focused on experimentation, prototyping and accelerated fielding.The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and Strategic Capabilities provide successful models.

“Some existing space acquisition programs may remain in current service organization, which should aggressively pursue improved performance, while the Space Development Agency develops and fields the capabilities outlined in the DOD SpaceVision,” the report says.

Funding would shift from military service space acquisition to the Space Development Agency as soon as practicable.“The Space Development Agency will first integrate with the Space Operations Force and eventually with service support functions and authorities to become the Space Force,” the report says.

The new entity would receive personnel from each of the military services like the special operations community, and the Space Operations Force would report to U.S. Space Command.

The organization would be able to deploy teams to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command no later than the summer of 2019, the report says.

The Pentagon would update curricula of all service academies, a joint schoolhouse, and identify additional education strategies to ensure there would be a strong supply of personnel.

The proposed joint and unified command would establish unity for operational space forces; integrate space planning operations across military campaigns and contingency plans; simplify command structure; develop space doctrine, concepts of operation and space tactics, techniques and procedures; and establish space standards, the report says.

Priorities for Space Command would include designing and executing joint space training and exercises with a focus on supporting the Asia Pacific Security Initiative, the European Deterrence Initiative and complying with the National Defense Strategy.

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Tempe Mobility Vehicle Manufacturer Wants To Change Lives

Raytheon Delivers First SeeMe Satellite To DARPA

An Arizona entrepreneur is trying to make participation and access possible for “mobility-challenged” people across the country.

Todd Lemay, who worked in accounting for seven years in Phoenix before starting MTower IT Solutions in the early 2000s, opened TerrainHopper USA last year to change the lives of those who cannot experience the world as easily as others. The goal is to allow those people to “get out, get out in style and not feel like they’re in a wheelchair.”

Lemay’s company developed an all-terrain chair: a 500-pound, four-wheel drive machine drivable by joystick and customizable for the specific user’s needs. Each car costs between $18,000 and $26,000, depending on options. TerrainHopper licensed the design from an English company of the same name.

He spent 2017 raising $1 million to start the company and began production on the mobility vehicles this spring. TerrainHopper USA currently employs five at its Tempe production facility, with plans to hire two new assembly technicians as production increases.

TerrainHopper today makes all its chairs to order but will build up an inventory of six to 12 this coming year, which would eliminate the 60-day waiting period after an order.

Lemay expects his business to make $5 million by 2020.Orders come from nonprofits as well as individuals, depending on the circumstance.

“It would be great to match up people who have the means with people who have the need,” Lemay said.

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Raytheon Company has delivered the first Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements, or SeeMe, satellite to DARPA. Assembled on the company’s advanced missile production lines, the SeeMe satellite will provide greater awareness to soldiers on the ground.

Raytheon is producing small satellites on its advanced, automated missile production lines.

DARPA’s SeeMe program is designed to show that small satellites can be built affordably to give small squads

timely tactical imagery directly from a small satellite. A future constellation of small satellites would deliver high-resolution images of precise locations of interest to the soldier’s handheld device.

Using its automated missile production lines, Raytheon can build large numbers of these highly reliable, small satellites quickly and affordably.

DARPA will integrate the Raytheon-built SeeMe satellite onto a Spaceflight Industries payload that will be launched into low-earth orbit on a SpaceX rocket later this year. Military users will have an opportunity to evaluate the satellite’s performance in early 2019.

Eventually, a SeeMe constellation may comprise several types of small satellites, each lasting 1-5 years before de-orbiting and burning up, leaving no space debris.

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The helmet-mounted system involves a set of forward-facing cameras that project images in the user’s eyes through a pair of holographic optical elements. The technology mimics a natural viewing experience.

Further implement is possible, according to Honeywell. The company, in its statement, said the U.S. Army ground-vehicle program could leverage the technology to allow for the remote monitoring and control of vehicles, enabling operators to drive, navigate and control multiple vehicles.

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Global Manufacturer Plans Major Factory, HQ In Chandler Chandler-based Isola Group is planning a 100,000-square-foot facility in the East Valley to combine its manufacturing, research and development and corporate headquarters.

The new building will follow the sale of Isola’s current Chandler facility and manufacturing assets to Rogers Corp., a Chandler-based engineered material solutions company.The land sale was for $8.5 million, according to county records.

The Chandler factory is one of two North American factories. The local factory Isola sold in Chandler’s Price Corridor was built about 40 years ago for high-volume production. Isola CEO and President JeffWaters said the large factory is not geared toward the company’s North American market anymore.

“For us, the business of North America is about small orders on a wide array of products,” said Waters, who joined the company in 2016. “The higher volume work has shifted out to Asia.”

Isola is a 1,600-employee global material sciences company focused on designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs (pre-impregnated with resin) to fabricate advanced multi-layer printed circuit boards.

The company’s high-performance materials are used in electronic applications across communications, computing, military, medical, aerospace and automotive industries.

The new facility, planned to open in early 2020, will combine Isola’s local corporate offices, R&D and manufacturing into one site.

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The location has not yet been chosen but it will likely be in Chandler or a neighboring city. Isola is working with JLL on the project, Waters said.

While plans are still being finalized for the new building and factory, it will house about 100 employees.

Isola has about 180 employees now in Chandler, but Rogers is seeking to hire many of Isola’s employees to continue working at the factory it bought. It’s unknown yet how many employees Rogers is hiring since the process is happening now, but it should be finalized in about a month, Waters said.

“They want the same (Isola) people who know the equipment,” he said.

Once the new Isola factory is up and running, Isola will hire to ramp up production.

“We are one of the very few that is still in this industry,” Waters said. “Our main value to our customers is our presence in the U.S. and Europe.

This new factory will allow us to serve that market better, with shorter lead times and greater flexibility.

We’ll be able to get the materials our customers need fast. This factory sits right at the strategy of

our foundation.”

Isola’s corporate headquarters, currently housed in leased space in Chandler, and its R&D department will move into the new building in about a year, Waters said.

The production facility will begin to fill with employees and machines by 2020, he said.

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Cerberus is now a majority debt holder with Isola, Waters said.

“It’s been good in the sense that bringing Cerberus on board gives us better access to capital,” said Waters, adding that there were no changes in management.

Isola also has offices in South Carolina, Germany, China and Taiwan. The company has been based in Chandler since 2005. By Hayley Ringle – Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal

Tesla Defends Autopilot In FirstEver Voluntary Safety Report Tesla Inc. wants you to know that its semi-autonomous driving system, Autopilot, is far safer than traditional driving.

Over the past three months, Tesla drivers who engage Autopilot got into one crash or near miss for every 3.34 million miles driven, the company said in its first-ever quarterly safety report. That compares to an overall

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CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly criticized journalists who cover crashes involving Teslas with Autopilot engaged. His latest comments came after a Tesla crashed into a parked fire truck in Utah, and the driver broke her ankle.

Tesla published its Autopilot safety report the same week Consumer Reports said Cadillac’s semiautonomous Super Cruise system was safer than Autopilot, because it was more diligent about making sure drivers stayed attentive while it was engaged.

Cadillac’s system uses an onboard camera with software that measures whether the driver is watching the road, or looking elsewhere. Tesla’s system just requires drivers to periodically touch the steering wheel.

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Micro-Tronics Looks Forward To Its Next 50 Years In Business — Mentoring The 3rd Generation For Business Continuity The team at Micro-Tronics, Inc. (MTI) thanks its customers, suppliers and employees for 50 years in business. The team of Owners, Managers and Employees look forward to supporting the industry for the next 50 years! “PRECISION FROM START TO FINISH.” The woman-owned, Veteran-owned precision manufacturing entity is renown for its EDM (wire, small hole and plunge) and compression molded rubber capabilities. It is the largest facility of its kind in the Southwest.The company now has 4 family new members of the 3rd generation to join and support the operation and future growth of the company. MT was started by John and Angeline Marusiak in 1968.

For its rubber molding, the company maintains a rubber compound lab for in-house validation to customer specifications. Other capabilities MicroTronics offers include: full service machining, waterjet and laser marking, and complete assembly offerings. The company manufactures parts and supports complete assemblies for aerospace and defense customers. They ship more than 500,000 parts per year (> 1600 unique part numbers and > 125,000 complete assemblies), and their products are shipped beyond the USA, throughout Asia and Europe. Their customer list is extensive: including Lockheed Martin, Honeywell. Raytheon, Sargent Aerospace, ATK, Barnes Aerospace, Aero jet, BE

Aerospace, General Dynamic, Intel, Subzero, and Wolf. In fact, Micro-Tronics parts go onto nearly every vehicle owned by the government as well as every commercial aircraft operated by major airlines. The company is certified to ISO 9001: 2105/ AS9100 Revision D, and it retains its NADCAP accreditations for EDM processes.

Its most recent NADCAP accreditation is for its rubber molding (elastomer seals). The Micro-Tronics team is expert in machining sharp edges and unconventional shapes in graphite, PCD/CBN, and virtually any metal - aluminum, brass, carbide, copper, hastelloy, inconel, rhenium, steel, titanium, tungsten and more! Micro-Tronics Inc. is unmatched in maintaining tight tolerances.

Mark Travis, President of the company, says, “50 years after opening for business, we have achieved some major milestones that we believe will allow us to support our customers for the next 50 years. Two such initiatives include our ‘Generation 3’ (aka Gen3) and our new state of the art ERP system.”

He continued, “Micro-Tronics was established as a family owned business. 50 years ago, my in laws John and Angeline Marusiak founded it. John passed away earlier this year, at the grand age of 100. Generation 2 included a number of family members, and their spouses. In just the past few years, we have added our 3rd generation family members to the business.This includes Sam and Adam, my sons, and Johnny and Charlie Marusiak, my nephews. All 4 young men are grandsons to founders John and Angeline Marusiak. Additionally Lisa Marusiak, granddaughter to the founders, is active in the company.”

At Micro-Tronics, the ownership philosophy is that family members should work for at least 2 years at an outside company. Sam,Adam, Johnny and Charlie all graduated from various colleges.

Johnny and Charlie, sons of the late Bob Marusiak started their manufacturing experience at PING / Karsten Manufacturing. Sam Travis managed a Shooting Range while Adam Travis served in Afghanistan (US ARMY). Janet Travis, board member, says, “Key to Gen3 is to bring some outside experience into the business, with the plan that these family members will not only participate but also take the company to the next level, successfully implementing our succession plan.”

Lucia Marusiak, board member, says, “We are proud to have GEN3 join the company. We are able to offer our customers increased value and more of a long-term supplier/partnership that highlights the latest in technology. GEN3 members are adept at the technology we need to remain competitive and successful.” She continued, “Our 3rd generation is at the forefront of a number of significant initiatives including further utilization of the ERP system, reduction of machine setup time and secondary operations, live machine tool monitoring, support of customers’ vendor managed inventory programs, and a greater marketing presence. They are also focused on a long term vision for the company which includes exciting new market opportunities such as support for additive manufactured part post processing. ” Mark adds, “We have recently completed the installation of our Infor CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) ERP system. Between the upfront research and analysis to select this ERP system, and the actual implementation, it was more than an 18 month initiative.” He continued, “I truly believe the Gen3 team made this technology upgrade possible (it is the first major software initiative of this type since 1999), and it is representative of the kind of value-added expertise we will continue to see from our younger team members.” (Johnny and Sam are pictured in front of the Electronic Boards that display critical data from the SyteLine system). Mark says that the Infor CloudSuite (SyteLine) was specifically implemented to increase manufacturing productivity and improve internal processes. It has enabled Micro-Tronics management team

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members to focus on managing their capacity, streamlining their inventory, and boosting their productivity. The employee group at Micro-Tronic, in excess of 150 today, is seeing immediate major improvements in real time communications between office staff and manufacturing divisions.

From the founders to the current MicroTronics family members, a respect for loyal long-term employees prevails. In fact, the team asked that all employees with more than 25 years be recognized in this article. Today, nearly 10% of the company’s team has more than 1/4 of a century of longevity with the company. I had the pleasure to interview 10 of these employees; there were a few not available on the day of the interview.

Team member MarkThomas grew up on a farm in the Northeast. He has 28.5 years of tenure, and believes that he would never have had the quality of life that he has enjoyed through employment at Micro-Tronics, had he worked for any other company.

Production Supervisor Lisa Olivares says that Micro-Tronics continues to offer growth opportunities for those willing to work hard, and she enjoys the fact that with so many different parts and processes, the work is always challenging. She adds, “I practically grew up here; the management team offered me flexible hours when my children were very young, and then I moved back into full time employ when MTI employee Mike Thompson at IMTS 2018 they were older. She adds, “They instilled in with MTI’s new DOOSAN LYNX 2100 LSYB Generation 3 great values.”

Lance Jennings, Quality Lead, feels that Micro-Tronics has always offered opportunities for its employees to succeed. He says, “They sponsored the training I needed, and I am grateful for this.” Lance adds that the outstanding team he works with in his department makes work life at Micro-Tronics enjoyable and rewarding.

DanWolff is beginning his 26th year with Micro-Tronics. As a young air force veteran looking for a job, Dan interviewed with Bob Marusiak, son of the founders. Then he met with John (founder). John asked him if Bob had offered him a job, and Dan said yes. John then asked, “What starting salary did he offer you?”When told the answer, John said, “I am giving you a raise of $1 per hour.” Dan says, “I knew that the people who hired me would be outstanding to work for, and to get a raise before I even started the job was amazing.”

Pete Casarotto has 31 years of tenure with the company, and says what he likes most about working at Micro-Tronics is: the great team he works with, the benefits, and the family/owners.

Song Vuong started with MTI 28 years ago.Though he didn’t expect that he would remain with a company for his entire career, he says that he values the integrity of the business owners, from founder John to his son Bob to Mark Travis. He adds, “They continue to invest in my training, and they treat their employees very well.”

Don Freestone is a machinist by trade and worked for MTI for years in this capacity. When he started having health issues that meant he couldn’t work on his feet all day, Bob Marusiak asked how I would like to become a debur specialist, working from a sitting position. “They took care of me, and the profit sharing and other benefits are outstanding.”

Johnny and Charlie Marusiak with new BROTHER R650 X1 that will enable high speed machining and reduced 2nd ops DJ Saunders is a 32-year veteran of the company. “Micro-Tronics is a great company because the owners treat us like family. The profit sharing they started many years ago will allow me to retire - I value how much they care.”

Eileen Brantley says that she has remained at the company for the past 31 years at a rubber trim operator because of her love of the Marusiak family. “If you put in the time and work hard, there isn’t another company that will take care of you like the team at Micro-Tronics does.

I think the management team has great values - they have integrity.”

Peter Brown says, “Work at MicroTronics has been consistent. I wanted security and they gave me this. The management team has integrity - they treat their employees well.”

The ownership and management of MTI is committed to our Core Values: Innovation, Performance: (Quality and Excellence), Adaptability, Positive Company Culture, Loyalty, Honesty and Respect.

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The Yuma Defense Contractors Onstage, Intelthe executive Navin saidfacilities the company believed demand for data center chips would Complex has everything we need, in a highly secure area.” grow from $160 billion last year to $220 billion by the year 2020.“After 50 years, this is the biggest opportunity for the company,” he said, according to ZDNet. The company did find space in Mesa near Falcon Field Airport for its headquarters and plans to keepbuilt thoseitsoffices inon addition to the newcaught facilityflat-footed in Yuma. with the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, Intel business PC chips, but was which requires chips capable of handling more data. A self-driving car can generate 4 terabytes of data “Yuma is at the of Arizona, California and Mexico,” Sotothat saiddata of the decision to move every hour and crossroads a half, and requires an onboard computer to crunch in real-time. the manufacturing facility there. “It has a longstanding history of aerospace and defense operations, Smaller like Nvidia Corp. Proving and Advanced Micro Devices AI chips, while access torivals the U.S. Army Yuma Grounds where we’llhave be found able tofootholds test our in prototypes and Intel scrambles to keep up.

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Phoenix Small-Business Wage Growth Leads Nation, New Data Shows Phoenix had the best small-business wage growth nationwide over the past 12 months, reflecting its diversifying economy and favorable cost of living compared to other metros.

Data that shows growth exceeding typical inflation-based gains is reason for real optimism, said Gustavo Ventura, Arizona State University Economics Department chair.

“Phoenix has a number of things that go in its favor,” Ventura said. “It is much more affordable than the other big drivers in the West. It has good schools, it has good infrastructure.

Commuting is easy, and cost of living is low. All these are good news for Arizona.”

Ventura also said the success of small businesses tends to be indicative of the overall success of the economy.

“It’s going to be fairly correlated, very similar. Many of these small businesses particularly benefited from the tax reform that passed a year ago. But it’s also true that C-corporations (as opposed to smaller S-corporations) benefited too.”

Yet when analyzing Phoenix in the short-term, the outlook changes somewhat. Averages from just the past three months push the city down to ninth in the country, while many of the other cities that saw yearlong growth linger at the top. Small businesses tend to be susceptible to that cyclical change, Ventura said.

One explanation is that activity always drops in Phoenix during the summer, especially in the tourism sector.

Weekly earnings in Phoenix were $874.07 in September, up 4.92 percent from the same month in 2017. That topped all other metro areas, according to the Paychex-IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch, a report that analyzes national employment and wage trends.

“There’s nothing special about that, that is true in a recession and an expansion,” Ventura said.

The monthly report analyzed wage growth in the top 20 metropolitan areas in the U.S., looking only at companies that employ fewer than 50 people.

Data from the Paychex-IHS report showed job creation to be slightly less substantial in Phoenix than wage growth. Yet the city was still ranked third in the country — trailing Denver and Dallas — making it potentially a matter of hiring nuances within the specific businesses in

Riverside, Calif., Denver, Los Angeles and Minneapolis rounded out the top five markets for smallbusiness wage growth.

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of Arizona’s population was foreignborn, but the Trump administration’s crackdown on legal immigration created uncertainty about the future of migration into the southern U.S. “The economy is on a roll despite the political climate, despite the fact that we are putting all sorts of noise with the trade situation, with immigration and the like,” Ventura said. “The natural thing to point out is that most likely we would be growing faster otherwise. It could be much faster otherwise.”

A recent report pegged Phoenix as the next ‘millennial magnet,’ saying the market will see continued strong tech job growth. That aligns with another report from Bank of Montreal that shows Arizona’s economy is growing at its fastest clip since 2007.

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“Maybe these people are not necessarily hiring new workers but giving them more time,” he said.

“Hourly earnings are going up, weekly earnings are going up, and weekly hours are going up.”

Arizona’s workforce historically has higher hours, Ventura said, and could be impacted year to year by changes in immigration policy that leaves more or less laborers available. As of 2016, 13.5 percent

The region’s economic growth has fueled the local housing market as well as the multifamily sector, which continues to see a lot of activity with sales and renovations and new construction. By Brendon Kleen, Phoenix Business Journal

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YOUR SMALL BUSINESS AUTOMATION EXPERTS If Craig and Michael Campbell have anything to say about automation, they want to dispel the perception that automation is costly. In fact, the two say, automation is a business expense where you can typically forecast the productivity savings, thereby justifying automation with a return on investment. The two brothers founded and own MC Engineering Inc., a small business that offers automation, CNC machining, and systems integration to customers.

MC Engineering has a number of carefully selected partners they utilize for their solutions, including: Rockwell Automation, Fanuc, Haas,Allen Bradley, SMC, Keyence, Cognex, and Automation Direct, amongst others. Michael says, “If you are a manufacturing business and you add a $1400 conveyor, that’s automation.” Michael adds that MC Engineering’s customers often automate ‘modularly’, or in steps, based upon their budgets and priorities.Today, the company supports more than 100 customers, and while the majority is based in Arizona, MC Engineering’s automation systems have gone to neighboring states as well as to Europe.

Michael and Craig have very diverse skill sets that in fact are complimentary for their business.

Michael graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelors degree in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology; he also has several MBA courses completed. Craig earned an Associates degree from Vincennes University in Tool & Die making. Michael is the electrical/ controls specialist while Craig is the expert in mechanical/machining.

The Campbell brothers were raised in Indiana, and it was their relatives in Arizona that helped Michael to make the decision to move to theValley more than 23 years ago. Craig joined his brother 2 years later. For the next decade or so, both Michael and Craig honed their respective skills working for other companies.

Nearly 10 years ago, in 2009, Michael and Craig made the decision to form their company, MC Engineering Inc. Michael says, “Craig and I, through formal education, and then through mentorships and expertise we gained through our employers, knew that we were well prepared to help small and medium manufacturers improve their businesses with automation.”

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do, Michael and Craig kept their full time jobs for the first years of business ownership, working out of their garages on evening and weekends. Business grew, and the brothers knew that if they really wanted to make MC Engineering extremely successful, they had to leave their day jobs in order to manage MC Engineering full time.

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One of MC Engineering’s early customers was a neighbor. Michael says, “My neighbor came to me, and said, “I can use your help.You’re an engineer. I manufacture salsa, and I can’t buy a salsa mixer big enough.” Michael continued, “The company was utilizing 2 employees to mix 55 gallons of salsa, and each employee hand mixed the large vat of salsa for nearly 30 minutes.

Not only was this exhausting for the hand mixers, but it was a slow process.” MC Engineering built their new customer a prototype, and when tests with the prototype proved successful, the company was hired to build a production mixer. MC Engineering’s solution reduced productionmixing time from 28 minutes to 58 seconds. The salsa-mixing machine MC Engineering built for their customer nearly 10 years ago is still in production today.

For another customer who contracted with MC Engineering to build high-speed press machines, MC Engineering’s solution reduced manpower needed from 9 people running 3 press machines, to 1 person running each press machine (3:1 reduction). Michael says, “Material handling is not really a great job for humans; we effectively build solutions that enable people to move to more enriching job responsibilities.”

For yet another customer, MC Engineering built a 40’ Automated Product Processing machine that enables a nearly 4-fold improve in production (from ~30 parts per hour to 110-120 parts per hour).

As a trained Tool and Die Maker, in essence, a Journeyman machinist, and with decades of experience in a number of machine shops, Craig knows CNC machines of all brands very well. In fact, he has machined with a number of them. Craig says, “I personally like the Haas machines. Not only are they good machines, but they have one of the best intuitive, user-friendly interfaces out there.” Craig adds that when he worked at shops that had a mixture of machine tool brands, with varying interfaces, it was difficult to go from one user interface to another entirely different interface. He says, “I won’t buy anything but a Haas, which we buy from our local Haas dealer, Ellison Machinery.” Michael added, “We can’t provide much insight into Ellison Machinery’s service team, because we haven’t had to call them for service. The Haas machines just stay up and running.”

Today, MC Engineering owns 3 Haas machines, 2 mills and a lathe. Their latest Haas machine tool purchase was the Haas VF-4SS with a HRT210 rotary, which Ellison Machinery’s Alex Anderson helped them to acquire. Craig says that the Haas VF4-SS is extremely beneficial to MC Engineering for the following reasons: • It allows them to continue to grow the size of parts they can machine (up to 50” long) • It is their entry into 4th axis machining, and today they can take on more challenging parts as well as reduce operations on parts they have made in the past.

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Michael says, “We brought Alex in once we knew we needed an additional machine.We didn’t need a ‘sales person’; rather we needed an expert machine tool person who would listen, who would provide guidance on how to best utilize our funds, and who would show us tangible benefits.” He added, “We also needed Alex to help us to purchase a machine that would fit not just now, but into the future. Alex came through with his recommendation on the Haas VF-4SS, and what sold us was the reduction in operations and the ability to machine larger parts.”

Alex Anderson is a degreed mechanical engineer, and he comments on MC Engineering’s forte. “What you get with MC Engineering is a very experienced engineering/automation team, and you don’t have to take on the overhead for your company. If you allocate your capital to contract with MC Engineering, you will find huge gains in productivity and profitability through their services.”

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Michael says, “We are your engineering department in a box. We can augment your staff if you have an engineering department today, or we can be your engineering department as needed, where you only call us in when you need engineering support.” Craig adds, “We can also help your company with machine rebuilds, tooling, and even high precision machining.” MC Engineering’s customers value not only their expertise, but also the fact that they are small and nimble, and they can turn projects around quickly. Michael says, “We were awarded a contract for 2 machines from a very large Solar company, and when the management team saw that their employees were running parts 2 days after the machine installation, they

ordered a 3rd machine for us to build.”

When you conduct your business with good sound principles (MC Engineering has 7 which it displays on the walls), and word gets out, generally your business grows. And so it has with MC Engineering, in fact requiring the company to grow its team.

Craig says, “Everyone in manufacturing knows how difficult it is to hire and retain superior employees.

We want to help inspire the next generation of manufacturing talent, both to help our business but also to support the industry.” Craig was inspired by Titan Gilroy, founder/owner of Titans of CNC. Craig says, “ Titan’s passion to champion manufacturing does not stop at the doors of Titans of CNC. Speaking at colleges across the country, Titan inspires young machinists to break through the restraints of how things used to be done and to go hard after their dreams. Working with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at San Quentin Prison, he has developed state of the art CNC curriculum to give inmates hope of employment and stability on the outside.”

Craig is one of two individuals in Arizona that began hostingTitan Gilroy inspired ‘Academy’ classes, where individuals who are interesting in learning more about CNC machining can attend his program, which is held at MC Engineering 2X per month. Nearly 1 year ago, Alex came to one of the classes and brought his friend, Cy, a friend he has had since grade school. Cy was working at a car wash at the time. Michael says, “Cy was energetic, he is an ex-Marine, and he had a good attitude.We offered him a position and he took it. Cy is not only learning engineering and machining at our business, he brings some unique skills in marketing and social media that is immensely helpful to our business.”

To learn more about MC Engineering Inc., contact them at 480-529-3983 or visit www.mcengineeringinc. com To learn more about the USA designed and manufactured Haas machines, contact Haas Factory Outlet / HFO130, a Division of Ellison Machinery Company, at 480-968-5877 or visit their website at EllisonAZ.com

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“In Arizona, we’re committed to encouraging new technologies,” said Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. “TuSimple’s original expansion into our state, and this announcement to expand even more are testament to the environment we’ve created here, one that is business-friendly, where innovators do what they do best: innovate.”

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Earlier this year, TuSimple expanded its testing facilities at 9538 E Old Vail Road from 6,800 to 50,000 square feet, and in 2019 the company plans to further expand their footprint. To support its growing development program, TuSimple projects it will create 500 new jobs across a variety of fields ranging from engineering and autonomous truck driving to office management. The company will also expand its autonomous fleet to 200 trucks in the U.S. by 2019. With 500 trucks worldwide in 2019, TuSimple will be the world’s largest autonomous truck fleet. The A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Pima County District 3 “Tucson welcomes the 500 new jobs TuSimple is bringing to the community,” said Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. “New technologies continue to evolve and it’s important that Tucson be a city that can attract and retain the jobs of the future.

TuSimple’s decision to locate and expand here is just the latest demonstration that our city is on the right track.”

“Just a year ago, TuSimple chose Tucson for a new testing location, adding 100 new high-wage jobs,” said Joe Snell, president & CEO, Sun Corridor Inc. “Since then, they have moved to larger facilities and now are dramatically expanding their workforce. This is a great testament to the confidence in our region and the ability of innovative businesses to operate on a large scale in Tucson and Southern Arizona.”

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Honeywell Testing VR Vision System For U.S. Army Ground Vehicles Honeywell International Inc. is working with the U.S. Army to test a prototype of an advanced helmet-mounted vision system in a prime military ground vehicle with a goal of enhancing soldier protection yet not hindering an operating crew’s vision.

The vision system, developed by Honeywell with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), uses augmented- and virtual-reality technology to allow for a viewing experience of surroundings in what’s called a “closed-hatch” environment.

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center (TARDEC) tested the prototype system at Camp Grayling, Michigan.

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Honeywell Aerospace also has thousands of employees in theValley and many aerospace projects. By Hayley Ringle – Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal

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It is a crucial technological choice: Cars are increasingly connected, and the autonomous vehicles that will arrive in the future must have a way to communicate with each other and surrounding infrastructure.

Federal transportation officials estimate that, once widely deployed, such communication systems will prevent or mitigate up to 80 percent of all non-impaired collisions and address thousands of fatal crashes per year in the United States.

General Motors has embraced DSRC, and it’s already a standard safety feature on Cadillac CTS sedans. Toyota and Volkswagen have also committed to make DSRC systems standard equipment on new cars beginning next year. On the other side are brands, including Ford, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, that have joined chipmaker Qualcomm, cellular providers and others to form the 5G Automotive Association, which is pushing the C-V2X standard.

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Regardless of the standard that’s settled on, vehicles will be able to directly communicate with one another, allowing them to warn of collisions even when drivers cannot see each other. And such systems will allow valuable safety information to be shared from other sources: Instead of a sign warning that “bridge ices before road,” the bridge can warn drivers when ice has actually formed.

DSRC has been around much longer, and most car companies have developed and tested systems based on the standard. The Federal Communications Commission ruled that a chunk of the wireless radio spectrum would be restricted to the DSRC standard beginning in 2003.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said systems to prevent collisions at intersections alone could save some 1,300 lives a year.

Supporters of the C-V2X standard contend that DSRC is nearly two decades old, from a time when companies didn’t imagine streaming video to kids in the back seat of a crossover or updating vehicle operating systems from the cloud. C-V2X’s advocates say it would allow for more features, be more flexible and could use cellular infrastructure.

The federal government also has authority over a crucial element of any system: the radio frequency on which it operates. Two members of the Federal Communications Commission recently informed Toyota that the agency was looking at “newer technology” — such as C-V2X — for the 5.9-gigahertz band that has been allocated to DSRC. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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The Family Friendly New Mexico project has taken a positive approach to transforming workplace policies in the state by offering training and resources on how businesses can adopt more family-friendly policies, awards and recognition for companies that offer their employees family-friendly benefits, and a resource and clearinghouse of information for businesses and community leaders as they develop policies on issues such as paid family leave and help with childcare.

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Arizona had a big third quarter with venture capital-backed companies raising $70.5 million, according to two VC reports.

Details on the deals come from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,CB Insights, Venture Monitor from PitchBook and National Venture Capital Association.

The biggest deal of the quarter was Integrate.com’s $25.6 million raise.The Phoenix-based cloud marketing software and media services provider will use the capital to expand in the market and hire more employees, said CEO Jeremy Bloom.

“This growth capital will help us more rapidly expand our market opportunity and leadership position as the top-of-funnel platform of record for B2B marketers, while delivering on a growing list of customer requirements to power their revenue marketing effort,” Bloom said June 25 in a LinkedIn post.

Nine other companies saw raises of at least $1 million, while another 11 companies received investments.

U.S. VC-backed companies saw a 17 percent funding increase, with $28 billion invested this quarter.

“This quarter approached quarterly funding records, with $27.5B invested in VCbacked startups and 55 mega-rounds,”Tom Ciccolella, PwC’s U.S. venture capital leader, said in a statement. “On the other hand, VC-backed deal volume is down to a level unseen since Q4 of 2012. As earlystage startups wonder if there are adequate funds available, the overall deal volume (1,229) still reflects a healthy startup ecosystem.”

The MoneyTree Report and the Venture Monitor are among several widelytracked national VC reports. They all differ slightly in methodology, resulting in varied numbers tracking the state of Arizona VC funding; for example, the Venture Monitor includes angel investments, while the others do not. By Hayley Ringle, Phoenix Business Journal

U.S. Manufacturing Improvement at Odds With Global Weakness U.S. and global manufacturing are trending in opposite directions.The J.P.Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI posted a 22-month low in September, declining for the eighth out of nine months this year, while manufacturing in the U.S. rose to a four-month high, according to IHS Markit survey data.

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TWO ENTITIES: ONE COMPANY. An Archery Manufacturer Offers You Contract Manufacturing, In Essence, Everything To Take Your Product From Concept To Production: USA Made Just Like Their Haas Machines

Prescott Valley based Arizona Applied Engineering (AAE) is a unique, 3rd generation family-owned business.The company specializes in plastic injection molding, which has brought many (hundreds) of inventors to the company over the past decades.

Today the company supports customers from product concept to product design, mold design, mold manufacturing to production manufacturing. AAE offers nearly every process needed to take a product from conception to production in-house, including: √ Engineering √ EDM (wire and sinker) √ Machining (Swiss, Mill and Lathe) √ 3D Plastic Printing √ Micro-welding and Sonic Welding √ Heat Treat

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A little background on this company’s origin bears note. TJ Fisher purchased the company from his parents,Tom and Millie Fisher, in 2000.Tom and Millie had owned the business for nearly 3 decades; it was in 1972 that they purchased an archery vane company called Plastifletch. Plastifletch in essence, was the start of the Fisher’s manufacturing legacy, now in its 3rd generation.

Just a few years after buying the manufacturing entity, the Fishers moved it from Apache Junction to PrescottValley. In the early years, the business exclusively designed and manufactured archery components, from vanes to nocks, and it was the nocks that brought them into injection molding. In 1982, the father and son team made the decision to diversify into other market segments, offering their custom injection molding equipment, coupled with their design, mold making and production expertise. They did this because they determined that the archery industry was a niche, a good niche albeit, but a finite one.

TJ andTom went to a tradeshow in Phoenix, where they met their first AAE customer, called Litton. While this may not be a household company name today, in fact Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States named after A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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inventor Charles Litton, Sr., bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. One of Litton’s many divisions was called Litton Electron Devices, and this is now L3 Technologies.

TJ says that gaining this first customer was instrumental in the early success of AAE. AAE continues to make several parts for their first non-Archery customer, and has added hundreds more to its customer portfolio.

Today, the business is run by TJ, his wife Chelly (Vice President of the company), and their son Nick. Nick began working in the family business from the young age of 10, where he helped his parents on weekends and vacations. Nick learned from the best, his father and grandfather, and he says he always envisioned himself in the family business.

Today, the Fisher’s business consists of 2 entities: 1) The archery manufacturing business, which is known worldwide – Arizona Archery 2) AAE, which supports all other (non-Archery) customers Nick says that the company’s revenue is split nearly 50/50 between the two entities, and while nearly all of AAE’s business is in the USA, Arizona Archery products are shipped internationally, with 60% shipping outside of the USA.TJ adds, “Archery, particularly Recurve Archery, is actually much more popular outside of the United States with some of the best archery athletes hailing from Europe and Asia. ” From the purchase of Plastifletch in 1972 where the Fishers operated out of a mobile shop to the 20’x20’ building they moved to in Apache Junction, today the company operates out of 9 buildings in a combined ~100,000 square feet

replace a part is astronomical – Haas replacement parts are fairly priced.”

TJ says, “The excellent service we get on our Haas machines from Ellison Machinery is a very big deal for us. We also like the fact that the controls are so user friendly; they are more intuitive than most other machine tools’ controls.” Nick adds, “Most of our new hires come out of the local trade school, and the students are all trained on Haas machines — this is just another reason why Haas works so well for us.”

of manufacturing space. TJ says that the Fisher’s philosophy since they first got into manufacturing was to grow the business without taking on debt, and today they continue to run the business without external financing. TJ says, “I’ve seen too many companies go out of business by taking on more debt than the business can sustain, particularly during a down turn.”

AAE’s customers span a diverse number of industries, including: Medical, Veterinary, Oil and Gas, Off-road, Outdoor equipment, and Defense.

TJ’s entrée to machining coincided with the introduction of the first Haas machines.The first CNC machine manufactured by Haas Automation was the VF-1 in 1988.The “V” stands for vertical, which is an industry standard designation for a vertical mill. Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation, added “F1” to the name to unofficially designate it as the company’s “Very First One”. Haas Automation’s American-built vertical machining center (VMC) was the first of its kind to sell for less than $50,000 – a price unheard of at the time. The Haas VF-1 sold for a published price of $49,900, and quickly became the industry benchmark for affordable CNC technology.

TJ says, “We had one of the very first Haas machines – we actually purchased it in 1988 and we just got rid of it this year.” He continued, “We like the Haas machines, we like the fact that they are US made, and the service we get from Ellison Machinery, our dealer, is outstanding.” Nick added, “When we need a part replacement, it is often on the service truck, so we’re up and running right away. Also, with other machines, the cost to

Today, AAE owns several Haas machines: 2 VF-2SSYT (with Extended Tables), 1 VF-2, 1 VF-3, 1 VF-4 and a Haas DS-30 lathe. Nick says that those who don’t machine on Haas machines would be impressed to learn of their ability to machine tight tolerance parts. He says, “We just completed a big mold that we machined on our old VF-4. We were very pleased that we were able to machine a big mold with .0005” tolerance — we did not expect this old machine to perform so well.”

TJ comments on Chris Hansen, his Ellison Sales Engineer for the past 4 years. “Many of the machine tool sales guys come here trying to sell you a machine, yet they’ve never run a machine in their life. Chris has a great background in the industry, and he comes to us with knowledge about machines since he has run machines.”

Arizona Archery Enterprises knows firsthand how to manufacture on a large scale - they manufacture upwards of 70 million vanes in a year and 5 million nocks. Their archery product line also includes grippers, stabilizers, rests, as well as a large line of recurve accessories. They are additionally extremely experienced in taking products from concept to production - having done so for hundreds of products.

To learn more about how AAE, the engineering entity, can help you, contact 928-772-9887 or emailTJ at tj@ arizonaarchery.com To learn more about the USA designed and manufactured Haas machines, contact Haas Factory Outlet / HFO130, a Division of Ellison Machinery Company, at 480-9685877 or visit their website at EllisonAZ.com A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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How The Promise Of Electric Power Could Transform Aviation Airbus thought it was about to m a k e av i a t i o n history. When the company’s batterypowered E-Fan aircraft lifted into the air with barely a sound on a summer day in 2015, a cheer went up from those on the ground at Lydd airport in southern England. Just over a century after Louis Blériot made the world’s first aeroplane flight across the English Channel, an electrically-powered crossing was on its way into the record books.

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Yet in this revolution, the established players in the industry are not guaranteed to retain their positions. Three years after the first trial runs across the Channel, the biggest aerospace companies are racing to bring electrically-powered aircraft to the market — and to stave off competition from a new generation of would-be aircraft manufacturers.

Last year, more electric aviation projects were announced than in all of the previous nine years, according to consultants Roland Berger. Of the 100 in the public sphere since 2009, only 30 per cent come from established players such as Boeing,Airbus, or Rolls-Royce.The rest are start-ups or new entrants to aerospace, and those are only the ones that have gone public.

In this new era of electric aviation, the market will not just be for so-called flying taxis — small vehicles carrying a handful of passengers over very short distances. A growing number of projects are focusing on the potential for regional aircraft carrying dozens of passengers with ranges of up to several hundred miles — with the larger aircraft aiming at 100 passengers.

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Limitations to electrical systems mean that for the foreseeable future these aircraft will mainly be hybrids, combining traditional gas turbines with power from on-board generators. But even hybrids will enable designers to reimagine the modern aircraft. Instead of jet engines hanging off a wing, multiple motorised fans could be distributed across an aircraft, offering a new canvas for designers to dream up more aerodynamically efficient and potentially safer vehicles.

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Electric aviation could also upset the aerospace hierarchy, undermining the business models of leading engine makers such as Rolls-Royce and General Electric.

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The possibility of using a smaller gas turbine to drive a generator — providing power not just for thrust but for on-board functions such as air conditioning — means that propulsion may no longer be a distinct system,

separate to other power-consuming functions. It is likely to be integral to the very fabric of the aircraft, demanding expertise in electronics and systems that may go beyond the core skills of existing aero-engine makers.

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“Definitely the distribution of the value in an aircraft will change,” says Frank Anton, head of eAircraft at Siemens, which has been testing electric and hybrid-powered aircraft for several years.

“From a technical point of view, there will be reasons to change how integration is done and which systems are to be considered just components, as opposed to complete systems.”

Mark Cousins, the Airbus executive in charge of flying prototypes, says: “Being a gas turbine maker is no longer enough.”

The dream of electric flight is not new. The French adventurer Gaston Tissandier became the first aviator to fly an electrically-powered vehicle when he attached a Siemens electric motor to an airship in 1883. But the puzzle of how to make a battery and the accompanying electrical systems powerful and light enough to propel a passenger aircraft has confounded aerospace engineers ever since.

The difference now is that the push for electric cars is driving such improvements in batteries and systems that what once seemed impossible in commercial aviation may now be within reach — at least in a hybrid form and for shorter flights of up to 1,000 miles, perfect for many of the routes flown by low-cost airlines.

EasyJet is advising Seattle-based start-up Wright Electric on its plan for an electric aircraft seating about 120 passengers.

Israel’s Eviation is also pursuing an allelectric nine-seater that it says will fly routes of up to 650 miles by 2021.

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batteries, there are fundamental constraints on flying bigger passenger aircraft using wholly electric systems.

“Batteries have an energy density 60 times less than kerosene [jet fuel],” says Stéphane Cueille head of innovation at Safran, the French aero-engine maker which this year ran its first ground test of a distributed hybrid-electric propulsion system. “Even if you multiply the current density by five — beyond what labs say we can achieve in future — you would need 180 tonnes of batteries to fly an A320 single aisle aircraft more than 3,000 nautical miles.The aircraft’s take-off weight is only 80 tonnes, so that gives you an idea of the challenge.”

But even hybrid systems will have to advance significantly to be competitive with conventional aircraft. Batteries and fuel cells are still too heavy, and the heat generated by cables and other components needs to be resolved.

There is also a greater risk of electrical fires when using higher voltages in the thinner atmospheres where aircraft operate. Finally, power loss across the stages of a hybrid system means that gas turbines remain far more efficient.

Nevertheless, the Norwegian government is so confident that the problem will be resolved in the next decade or so that it has pledged to make all domestic aviation electrically powered by 2040. The goal is not as farfetched as it might seem. Norway’s many fiords mean that air travel is often more efficient than going by road.

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“Yuma is at the crossroads of Arizona, California and Mexico,” Soto said of the decision to move the manufacturing facility there. “It has a longstanding history of aerospace and defense operations, access to the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds where we’ll be able to test our prototypes and the ability to tap into the California professional market for talent, if needed.”

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Soto said that in the global economy, no area is too far away, so it won’t matter if the facilities are separated geographically.

The company’s hiring plans are still on the same timeline, and Soto said he is trying to make up for lost time spent looking for a facility in Mesa.

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1st,helmet, President Trump signed Although the test was the firstOn testOctober of the new the JPO, Lockheed years ago, Rogers Corporation continues to FY19 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Martin and seat-maker Martin Baker have conducted at least seven other tests expand its manufacturing operations in our Rogers Corporation currently employs about Education funding bill, increasing funding for with the latest version of the seat, which is equipped with two modifications state to serve global markets,” said Governor 500 people at its locations in Chandler. It’s been Perkins state grants to $1.17 billion, $70 million to reduce risk to pilots.The fixes to the ejection seat itself include a The test“Rogers of a new, lightweight F-35 helmetoperating was successful, Dougfirst Ducey.

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The increase in switch for lightweight pilots that willthe delay deployment the main parachute, according to the program office, a promising sign that the Pentagon showcases Arizona’s booming economy and funding can apply to CTE programs, especially and a “head support panel,” a fabric panel sewn between the parachute “This asset purchase is part of our strategic can qualify and implement all three fixes toforthe jet’s escape system further demonstrates the opportunities if geared collegebackward and career guidance risers will protect headtowards from moving during the expansion in ACS to meet the that expected demandthe pilot’s by the end of the year. growth in our state.” services, education technology and STEM parachute opening. and growth in our Advanced Connectivity education.

Rogers Corporation creates for highAdvanced Mobility markets,” said Bruce Hoechner, Recently, at Holloman Air materials Force Base, New Mexico, Lockheed technology performance solutions for internet The program office has about another 10 tests planned, which will use a mix Rogers Corporations President and Chief Martin’s F-35 conducted the first test combining all three solutions Furthermore, connectivity, renewable energy, wireless Executive Officer.

“We considered various of low-, middle- and high-weight mannequins.it increases apprenticeship designed to reduce the risk of neck injury to F-35 pilots during opportunities by $15 million to $160 million total infrastructure and radar systems, among many global locations ejection, according to spokesman Joe DellaVedova.

Once the fullfor our ACS expansion, but the stateand grants for adult education other applications. new Chandler operation of these assets to initial ACS’ headquarters “This test had promisingand results the F-35 enterprise is onprograms a path to gamut of testing isThe completed, hopefully by the endproximity of the summer, by $25 million.

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Department of Defense (DoD) Awards Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $37,701,755 firm-fixed-price contract for tank engine parts for the AGT-1500 tank engine. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2020.

Raytheon Missile Systems,Tucson,Arizona, is awarded a $395,549,739 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-5409) for procurement of fiscal 2017 and 2018 Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) full rate production requirements and spares.This contract modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $579,718,607. Work will be performed in East Camden, Arkansas (31 percent); Tucson, Arizona (19 percent); Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (15 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (7 percent); Middletown, Ohio (4 percent); San Jose, California (3 percent); Fiscal 2018 and 2017 weapons procurement (Navy), funding in the amount of $484,397,929 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $23,013,694 firm-fixed-price contract for tank engine parts for the AGT-1500 tank engine. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance, Army funds were obligated at the time of the award.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sierra Vista, Arizona, was awarded a $14,243,026 modification (P00021) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0019 for reconstitution and rehabilitation of 10 ground-control station shelters. Work will be performed in Sierra Vista, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2020. Fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $14,243,026 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $242,109,170 modification (P00021) to foreign military sales (United Arab Emirates) contract W58RGZ-16-C-0023 for the remanufacture of eight,

and procurement of nine new-build Apache AH-64E aircraft. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date in 2023.

Airtronics Inc.,* Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a maximum $13,644,800 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for aviation cable assemblies.

This was a competitive acquisition with three offers received. This is a two-year base contract with a one-year option period. Location of performance is Arizona, with an Oct. 16, 2021, performance completion date.

Iridium Satellite LLC, Tempe, Arizona, was awarded a non-competitive, firmfixed-price $44,000,000 contract modification (P00008) for the extension of services on the current airtime contract (HC104714C4000) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.2178. Fiscal 2019 defense working capital funds will be used. Performance will be at the contractor’s facility. The period of performance for the option period is Oct. 22, 2018, through April 21, 2019.

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“This is another important benefit of Caterpillar’s coming to Tucson: one of its major vendors is moving here, too,” said Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. “Both Caterpillar and AXISCADES add depth and breadth-and well-paying jobs--to Tucson’s mining technology industry sector.We look forward to making the folks at AXISCADES welcome in Tucson.”

“The hits just keep on coming. With AXISCADES joining Caterpillar and Hexagon downtown, along with other firms like Modular Mining Systems in town, plus the UA’s exceptional mining engineering college, we may have to change Tucson’s nickname from the Old Pueblo to the Mining Technology Capital of the World,” said Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson. “I’m thrilled to welcome AXISCADES to town and wish them great success.”

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Tesla Has Already Cranked Out 7,400 Model 3 Sedans In October Tesla got a quick start out of the gate in October, building roughly 7,400 Model 3 sedans in two weeks, electric vehicle news site Electrek reports, citing an unnamed source.

If the company continues at this pace, it’ll produce more Model 3 sedans in three weeks than it did in its entire first quarter.

Roughly 4,100 Model S and Model X cars rolled off the production line in Fremont during the same time period, Electrek reports.If accurate, the latest production numbers would support CEO Elon

Musk’s assertion earlier this year that the Model 3 had exited “production hell,” with the factory in Fremont being able to comfortably crank out 5,000 Model 3 sedans per week.

Instead, Musk said, Tesla now faces “delivery logistics hell,” as the company tries to figure out a way to get the newly produced cars to customers as efficiently as possible.

Demand for the Model 3 continues to outpace its supply.The company produced 53,239 Model 3 sedans in its most recent quarter, roughly 580 cars per day.That’s up dramatically from its production rate in early January, which stood at around 26 Model 3 sedans per day.

In related news, the automaker has registered more than 30,000 new Model 3 vehicle identification numbers with federal officials so far this month, according to one closely watched monitor.

In the U.S.,Tesla outsold 10 other major luxury automakers in its most recent quarter, notably Audi, Acura and Cadillac, according to Edmunds analyst Jeremy Acevedo. Mercedes-Benz outsold Tesla by 1,815 cars in the U.S. last quarter, or roughly 20 cars per day, Acevedo estimates.

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A Tucson-based University of Arizona tech spinoff has secured $5 million in a seed round of funding to continue developing its sensors for autonomous cars, robotics, drones and 5G wireless networks.

Lunewave developed an all-weather, high-performance, low-cost, millimeter-wave radar antenna that has various applications, but the startup is focusing first on radar for autonomous cars, said John Xin, the company’s co-founder and CEO. “What Lunewave does is a next-generation radar sensor,” Xin said. “Our sensor will function reliably in all weather conditions.”

Lunewave’s hardware and software also have the ability to achieve what the company calls detecting one of the longest distances available on the market, up to 300 meters, Xin said.

Lunewave manufactures specialized Luneburg lens antennae and radar sensors that can act as the “eyes” of self-driving cars. Its spherical sensors can detect objects around the car with high resolution, at long range and in poor weather, which normally is only achievable with the use of multiple sensors, according to the startup.

Phase two of a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant earned the company $1.25 million, while the remaining $3.75 million is led by Fraser McCombs Capital.

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Mark Norman, managing partner at Fraser McCombs Capital, will join Lunewave’s board of directors.“We believe Lunewave is building a gamechanging radar to transform automotive sensing for ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) and autonomous applications in all weather conditions,” Norman said in a statement.

The money will be used to further develop its automotive radar sensor and hire.

The 10-employee Lunewave is hiring for mechanical, software, electrical and systems engineers, as well as a vice president of engineering.

Lunewave previously raised $500,000, including half from phase one of the National Science Foundation SBIR grant, in December 2016.

The startup also is an alumni of the Brooklyn-based URBAN-X accelerator run by BMW’s Mini car company and Urban Us, which supports “urbantech startups.”

Besides learning how to grow the company, deliver its alpha product in June 2017, and receive design and engineering support, URBAN-X also injected $100,000 into the company, Xin said.

Lunewave was also the first URBAN-X company to work with BMW’s Startup Garage program, which ultimately earned the business additional investment from BMW iVentures, BMW’s venture capital company.

The technology was invented by John Xin’s older brother Hao Xin, a University of Arizona electrical engineering professor and Lunewave’s chief technology officer.

The other two co-founders are Min Liang, a UA doctoral student who serves as lead engineer, and Sherry Byon, chief commercial officer.

Lunewave’s co-founders include Hao Xin, the tech inventor and chief technology officer, and Min Liang, a the lead engineer.

The state is a haven for autonomous vehicle testing and technology, from self-driving semi-truck startup TuSimple Inc. creating 500 jobs in Tucson and expanding its fleet, to Nikola Motors’ hydrogen electric, autonomous semi-truck building its headquarters in Phoenix and a planned manufacturing facility in Coolidge.

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Intel’s wireless communications chips are reportedly being left out of Apple’s 2020 iPhones. The chipmaker had halted the development of the modem — code named Sunny Peak — as a result of Apple’s decision, and is instead gunning for the iPhone maker’s 2022 product lineup. It has also gotten left behind in products including smartphones and with its Canon Lake CPU. The merger will speed up Intel’s time-to-market, McNamara said in his statement: “Intel is competing to win in the largest-ever addressable market for silicon,” he said. “(It) is being driven by the explosion of data and the need to process, analyze, store and share it.This dynamic is fueling demand for computing solutions of all kinds.” By Jennifer Elias – Technology Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal

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“This industry is all about scale, and this gives us scale to compete,” said Chris Kubasik, head of L3. The new company will invest 4% of sales into independent research and development (IRAD), separate from government-funded efforts.

“We’re both technology companies, with a long history of innovation,” Harris chief Bill Brown said. “With the greater scale we have now between the two companies, we’re able to invest more, and that’s going to be very important for next-generation technologies.”

Combined, the company will offer platforms and services from underwater unmanned vehicles to satellite payloads, with a touch of seemingly everything in between, from fighter electronics, UAVs, electronic warfare and night vision goggles to air traffic control networks and pilot training across civil and military markets. Brown said additional business opportunities could be found in networking and connecting across the realms.

The CEOs stressed their business portfolios are complementary, and financial analysts agreed, eyeing only minor overlap in night vision or possibly data links that can easily managed with regulatory agreements.

Accordingly, the CEOs do not see issues with gaining regulatory approval. Kubasik said government customers will gain from the combined company’s increased ability to provide connected, innovative technology in line with the 2018 National Defense Strategy. Brown said the companies should not have to seek Chinese approval, which is “good news.” The boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the deal, although shareholders of both still would have to vote their blessing.

The combined market value of the new company would be more than $33 billion. Under terms of the deal, L3 shareholders will receive 1.3 shares of Harris common stock for each share of L3

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Meyerson stock. says his On company willHarris announce its site for a new to build common closing, shareholders will factory own around the BE-4 soon, AJR suggestions engine he will be 54% and L3 theand restdiscounts of the combined companythat on the a fully diluted basis. testing isn’t close enough to the flight version to satisfy the maxim “test Brown will be chairman and CEO of L3 Harris and Kubasik will be like you fly.” Although the and engines be positioned the vice chairman, president chiefwill operating officerhorizontally for the firstfor two upcoming test series, he says, they will get vertical checkout in vertical years following closing. For the third year, Brown will transition to tests of integrated He concedes that some components, executive chairmanstages. and Kubasik will become CEO, after whichincluding he will elements of the turbomachinery housing, will be modified before the also gain the chairman role. engines begin flying.

Assuming the deal closes, which is seen by the middle of 2019, the While the BE-4 is ULA’s preferred engine, Bruno makes clear and Bluewould Origin combined company would be named L3 Harris Technologies does not have a lock on the deal.

In addition to ULA engineers, the company be the sixth largest defense company in the U.S. and a top 10 defense will bring globally. in independent nonadvocate reviewers to study the technical data. company The Air Force also will have a chance to weigh in.

The combined workforce would count roughly 48,000 employees Meanwhile, is stepping out of thethan shadows a nextinitially andOrbital would ATK list customers in more 100 with countries. generation rocket booster compete with ULA’s Vulcan and SpaceX’s Headquarters are slated forto Melbourne, Florida, where Harris—whose Falcon 9 and its planned Falcon Heavy variant for launching roots go back 123 years to a printing press business—andintermediateBrown are and heavy-class national based now. Kubasik hassecurity been inpayloads.

New York City, where L3 has been based since its founding 21 years ago. Ostensibly for 2018, their total The Nextwould Generation Launch (NGL) System leverages the solid-fuel together generate net revenue of around $16 billion, pretax technology the company uses to power the Pentagon’s nuclear missiles and earnings of $2.4 billion and free cash flow of $1.9 billion. interceptors. NGL is a hybrid launcher with a segmented solid-fuel main stage—based part on the rocket motorsin thefree company builtbyforthe the The combinedincompany willsolid target $3 billion cash flow space shuttle and NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket—and third year of merger, which the companies expect to reach through an uppergrowth, stage powered by a cryogenic engine.improvements and capital organic cost savings, working capital expenditure efficiencies. Together, executives think they can generate The main-stage motorsofwould similarpre-tax to the shuttle and SLS engines, about $500 million annualbegross cost savings through but use a different propellant formulation to meet mission-performance eliminating duplicate headquarters and other actions, or $300 million requirements, saysreturned Mike Laidley, Orbital vicecustomers president under of spacecertain launch after savings are to government cost-plus programs.contracts.

It also uses composite instead of metal casing, and leverages advanced manufacturing processes to reduce production costs.

Both companies have been divesting businesses in recent years as they A key selling operations, point for theand NGLBrown is the company’s ability continue to leverageina the base streamlined said that would combined company, he declined to offer details. of solid rocket motorsalthough that it already builds for the government, including the Missile Defense Agency’s interceptors, the U.S. Navy’s Trident missiles Kubasik said Air their approach would be similar to how the companies and the U.S. Force’s ICBMs. are positioned now. “We don’t want to be the biggest, we want to be the mostATK valuable,” he said.

Orbital is offering NGL for the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, which seeks to develop a new U.S.The called the deal a “merger of equals,” and builtCEOs booster to launch national security payloads.

Asanalysts SpaceX indicated introduces they saw suchinto reasoning a combination. competition existing for EELV launches, ULA has slashed the price of the workhorse Atlas V by about one-third, and says it will continue to drive “We downwere costs.not under the impression that either Harris or L3 were struggling as stand-alone companies, especially in this healthy defense demand environment,” Research Partners analyst$190 Robmillion Stallardto Launching on an Atlas VVertical has come down from just under said. about $125 million since 2013, according to Bruno. ULA suffered a blow in March when SpaceX scored a $96.5 million contract to launch a next“It’s not immediately apparent might be significant sales generation GPS III satellite.

Thewhere awardthere is SpaceX’s second GPS launch synergies from the deal, though there should be cost savings from more contract, but the first for which it faced a competing bid—a significant common theventure. usual removal of duplicative overheads,” victory forprocurement Elon Musk’s and space Capital Alpha Partners analyst Byron Callan said.

SpaceX also scored a major advance with its March 31 reflight and recovery He hestage did not immediate strategic moves elsewhere in of aadded Falconthat 9 first on asee commercial satellite mission.

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“There just isn’t much left president and COO of SpaceX, says the flight was the first step in a process in terms of multi-billion defense electronic product-focused standthat ultimately will produce game-changing cost reductions in space launch alone enterprises,” according to Callan. Source: Aerospace Daily & costs, and also will give customers more confidence their launches will Defense Report succeed. Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology

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AQST Space Systems Announces Relocation Of Manufacturing To Yuma

“We are excited to have AQST here inYuma while working with our partners in Mesa,” said Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls. “This is a recipe of success for AQST as well as the whole state.”

Mesa-based AQST Space Systems Group, LLC has announced the relocation of its manufacturing facilities to Yuma, Arizona. The company secured a manufacturing site at the Yuma County Airport Authority’s Defense Contractor Complex, with plans to be operational by the end of 2018.

“This is the way Arizona does business. Building upon each community’s strengths across the state makes Arizona an intensely strong competitor for any high-tech company like AQST,” said Mesa Mayor John Giles.

AQST relocated its headquarters from Puerto Rico to Mesa in June of 2018, citing confidence in local higher education system as one of the reasons for the move. In their initial search for a headquarters location, the company reviewed the full assets of the entire State of Arizona, from Mesa to Flagstaff to Yuma.

“The AQST team visited Yuma in early August to meet with Yuma’s leadership, military representatives, higher education, economic development and airport officials,” said Arnaldo Soto, Jr., Chairman and CEO of AQST. “The team was very pleased to learn aboutYuma’s friendly business environment, turnkey facilities and infrastructure and the support available at the airport, with veteran transition program for employment and opportunities to develop degree programs in support of our operations.”

Mesa and Yuma officials collaborated to create the most supportive and secure environment for AQST to thrive. Arizona has a robust aerospace and defense industry with companies operating across the state, which creates opportunities for innovation.

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AQST is taking advantage of the existing Joe Foss Hangar in the Defense Contractor Complex (DCC) created by the Yuma International Airport.

The airport currently provides facility support to NASA’s CPAS Team testing the parachutes for the Orion Space Program at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG). YPG, while providing 70 years of testing services for the military, also provides custom testing for other agencies, governments and private companies developing defense and space-related technologies like the re-entry capabilities of the Orion Capsule.

“AQST’s selection of Yuma for its manufacturing operation is excellent news for the region and will allow the company to take advantage of the military installations in the area,” said Sandra Watson, President & CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. “With its headquarters operation already in Mesa, AQST is poised to have a strong statewide impact in the aerospace and defense industry.”

“The airport built the Defense Contractor Complex to encourage businesses such as AQST to come toYuma and take advantage of the resources available within this region of the state,” said Airport Director Gladys Brown.AQST signed a 10-year lease at the Joe Foss Hangar.Media Contact:Connie Weber; conniew@azcommerce.com

McCarthy Building Cos. was selected to build a $175 million research facility for Arizona State University.

Open dry researc h laboratory space for computing, engineering design and fabrication, as well as wet laboratory or other specialized space for biological sciences, could be included in the project, according to that report.

Estimated at 260,000 square feet, the structure is being built at the southwest corner of University Drive and Rural Road — the former site of a car wash. The architect team consists of Phoenix-based Architecton and New York-based Grimshaw.While a McCarthy spokeswoman said ground has not been broken, plans call for finishing the project in December 2020.

The project is being financed with debt service funded by the state’s capital infrastructure fund and university funds. Funding was approved by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and allocated during the 2017 legislative session.

This new project comes on the heels of the opening of ASU Biodesign Institute’s Building C, the third research facility on ASU’s campus, adding another 200,000 square feet.That facility will be the future home of the world’s first compact X-ray free-electron laser.

ASU’s interdisciplinary efforts have a goal to boost annual research expenditures to more than $815 million, according to ASU’s capital plan report, which says construction on the building is expected to begin in January 2019.

Work Set To Begin On $175M ASU Research Facility In Tempe

The new research facility — to be called the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7 — won’t be part of ASU’s Biodesign Institute. Instead, it will be designed to foster an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge generation and research, including innovative endeavors focusing on sustainability and a “Food, Energy and Water” theme, according to ASU’s FY 2019-21 capital improvement plan on file with the Arizona Board of Regents.

“As part of its mission to conduct use-inspired research and solve real-world problems, ASU has undertaken in many of its colleges, schools and departments the work of addressing worldwide issues relating to food, water and energy security,” according to an ASU spokesman.

“Over the next few years, that transdisciplinary work will get a home in a new building on the corner of University Drive and Rural Road in Tempe.”

This project is part of ASU’s $218.42 million capital plan for fiscal 2019 that includes $13.42 million in renovations to the Palo Verde East and West residential colleges on the Tempe campus, along with a $30 million, 1,200-space parking garage on the southwest corner of University Drive and Mill Avenue in Tempe. By Angela Gonzales, Phoenix Business Journal A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Bar-S, A Veteran-Owned Precision Machine Shop, Certifies to AS9100 Revision D With The Support of Consultant BMSC

The team had selected their consultant, but business was good, and they weren’t ready to invest in certification until about a year ago. Tim said, “There are a couple of key factors that drove our decision to reengage with Bretta and to contract with her to achieve certification: 1) More current and prospective customers were saying AS9100 was a ‘must have’ 2) We now had 2 employees (Adam Newberry and Christine Robinson) who had been involved in certification with their previous employers – these would be our internal champions.”

Next year, Bar-S, a Veteran-Owned business, will celebrate 40 years in business.The company is based in north-central Arizona in the small town of Chino Valley, just miles from Prescott.

When Bob Schaible founded the business in the small town, he envisioned a shop with local impact, and regional reach. Over time, Bar-S grew from a 1-man business in a 300 square foot building to one with dozens of employees in the 19,000 square foot facility it occupies today.

Bob’s dream lives on today as his 3 sons, Allan, Bill and Mike, run Bar-S. The company retains its designated Veteran-owned status, since both Allan and Bill served our country.The company supports a number of industries, including: Automotive Aftermarket, Off-road, Aerospace, Defense, Electronics, Commercial Cleaning, Medical/Dental and Firearms.

More than a decade ago the brothers hired Tim Smith to head up the company’s sales and marketing efforts. “We have a superior shop with excellent employees.”Tim said, “But, over the years as I approached Fortune 1000 companies in the aerospace and defense industries, I was told our company wouldn’t have the opportunity to bid on programs unless we were AS9100 certified.”

He continued, “We had heard about consultant Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC, and had met with her a few years ago. After the interview, we knew that Bretta’s style would match ours. She discussed working within our processes that were successful and fine tuning the business to meet the requirements

Just months after engaging with BMSC’s Bretta Kelly and her colleague Debbie Hart, the Bar-S team is pleased to announce that they successfully certified to AS9100 with ‘0’ findings!

Tim said, “BMSC was outstanding as our AS9100 consultant; the services they provided were exactly as promised and they were cost-effective.

They were easy to work with and they didn’t come in here trying to change up all of our procedures and processes.”

Adam added, “I have worked with consultants and auditors whose goal in life seemed to be finding areas to ‘get you’; this wasn’t how our preparation and certification experience was with BMSC and the registrar.”

Christine adds, “ The support we received from BMSC was superior; their knowledge from working with hundreds of companies like us was invaluable.” She added, “We’re all on-board for what AS9100 has the potential to do for our company. It is a critical next step for our long-term success, and we are excited about the possibilities, both with increased internal data knowledge and with new customers.”

Tim and the management team aren’t just improving their company with AS9100 certification. Tim says, “We are examining all areas of our business for continuous improvement. As an example, Mike is taking on the challenge of how difficult it is to find exceptional new employees.

As such, he is teaching at our local community college (Yavapai), and he recently became a board member ofYavapai College’s CTEC (Career & Technical Education Center).” He continued, “We’ve also engaged with RevAZ, Arizona’s Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP), to help us to develop a strong Strategic Business Plan.”

Bar-S can support your precision manufacturing needs from design assistance, engineering, prototyping, production machining, finishing, to testing and packaging. Contact them at 928-636-2115 or visit barsmachine.com BMSC has proven, copy written templates for ISO 9001:2015,AS9100D, AS9110C and AS9120B Standards, and they have provided consulting services to more than 200 companies; upgraded and certified with zero to one finding results! For more information about BMSC contact them at: (602) 445-9400 or visit BusinessMSC.com.

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Cleaners Chemetall____________ 714-739-2821 CNC Lathe Accessories Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322 CNC Collet Chucks Royal Products__________ 800-645-4174 Toolnet International______ 602-244-0870 Collet Fixtures Royal Products__________ 800-645-4174 Toolnet International______ 602-244-0870 Coolant Systems Chemetall____________ 714-739-2821 Ebbco Inc____________ 800-809-3901 Hangsterfers___________ 316-640-2462 MP Systems___________ 909-282-7463 Star Metal Fluids________ 800-367-9966 Coolant Systems: Chillers MP Systems___________ 909-282-7463 Cooling Fans: Industrial Bud’s Equipment Sales_____435-659-9455 Cutting Tools Cutting Tools Consultants____ 602-277-1342 Kyocera Cutting Tools______ 480-244-4758 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__ 303-761-3000

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Sandvik Coromant________ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant________ 602-628-4242 Schenk Intertech_________ 949-360-1512 Toolnet International______ 602-244-0870 Von Ruden Manufacturing___ 763-682-0322 Cutting Tools: Swiss Toolnet International______ 602-244-0870 Digital Readout Units Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 D & R Machinery________ 480-775-6462 Lone Arrow___________ 480-507-8074 Magnum Precision Mach____ 602-431-8300

EDM Tooling Systems EDM Network__________480-836-1782 EDM Performance ______ 800-336-2946 Filtermist Mist Collectors Royal Products_________ 800-645-4174 Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders Midaco Corporation______ 847-593-8420 Inserts Toolnet International_____ 602-244-0870 Live Centers Royal Products_________ 800-645-4174

Live Tool Holders Dust Collectors 5th Axis Fixtures________ 858-505-0432 Lone Arrow__________480-507-8074 Schenk Intertech_________949-360-1512 End Mills Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322 Toolnet International______ 602-244-0870 Lubricants / Systems Filtration Equip.

Canyon State Oil________ 800-894-7773 Canyon State Oil_________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfers___________316-640-2462 Chemetall____________ 714-739-2821 Pioneer Distributing Co.____ 602-278-2693 Ebbco Inc____________ 800-809-3901 Star Metal Fluids_______ 800-367-9966 Qualichem, Inc._________ 480-320-0308 Machine Tool Accessories Star Metal Fluids________ 800-367-9966 Schenk Intertech_________949-360-1512

Jeff Klimowicz Regional Sales Manager 480.320.0308 mobile jklimowicz@qualichem.com qualichem.com ISO 9001:2015 | All products proudly made in the USA.

Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322 Milling and Turning Products Von Ruden Manufacturing_ 763-682-0322 Pallet Systems Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353 D & R Machinery________480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery________480-968-5335 TMG______________ 714-778-4142 Parts Washing Equipment Qualichem, Inc_________480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids________800-367-9966 R8 Quick-Change Tool System Royal Products__________ 800-645-4174 Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator Royal Products__________ 800-645-4174 Spindles GMN USA____________800-686-1679 Setco Spindles & Slides_____866-362-0699 Static Tool Holders Schenk Intertech_________ 949-360-1512 Toolnet International______602-244-0870 Von Ruden Manufacturing___763-682-0322 Steel Service Center Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200 Tooling Columns Stevens Engineering_______602-272-6766 Vibratory Equipment Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 Vises and Vise Jaws 5th Axis Fixtures_________858-505-0432

Arizona CNC Equip_______ 480-615-6353 Stevens Engineering_______ 602-272-6766 Waterjet Abrasives Barton International ______ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet___________ 882-243-9300 Lone Arrow___________ 480-507-8074 Waterjet Accessories Barton International ______ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet___________ 882-243-9300 Lone Arrow_________480-507-8074 Waterjet Bricks/Hoppers Barton International 800-741-7756 Waterjet Replacement Parts Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353 Barton International ______ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet___________ 882-243-9300 Work Holding 5th Axis Fixtures_________ 858-505-0432 Ellison Machinery________ 480-968-5335 Kurt Manufacturing_______ 763-574-8320 Schenk Intertech_________ 949-360-1512 Stevens Engineering_______ 602-272-6766 Toolnet International______ 602-244-0870 CONSUMMABLES Cutting Fluids & Oils (Coolants) Canyon State Oil_________ 800-894-7773 Echols Saw & Supply______ 602-278-3918 Hangsterfers___________ 316-640-2462 Marshall Tool & Supply_____ 602-269-6295 Pioneer Distributing Co._____ 602-278-2693

Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__ 303-761-3000 Bralco Metals Albuquerque__ 505-345-0959 Star Metal Fluids________ 800-367-9966 Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum_________877-977-6061 EDM Materials & Supplies Metal Supermarkets______ 480-360-3680 Adams Machinery________480-968-3711 Metal Supermarkets______ 505-858-9953 Canyon State Oil_________ 800-894-7773 Tube Service Company____ 602-267-9865 D & R Machinery________ 480-775-6462 Aluminum Extrusions EDM Network__________ 480-836-1782 Bralco Metals Phoenix______602-252-1918 EDM Performance acc’s_____ 800-336-2946 Bralco Metals Albuquerque__ 505-345-0959 Qualichem Inc__________ 480-320-0308 Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Single Source Technologies___ 602-686-0895 Coast Aluminum_________877-977-6061 Star Metal Fluids________ 800-367-9966 Armor:Commercial EDM Fluids Kloeckner Metals_______ 480-389-2883 Hangsterfers___________ 316-640-2462 Armor:Military Grade Garnet Kloeckner Metals_______ 480-389-2883 Barton International ______ 800-741-7756 Bar: Large Diameter GMA Garnet___________ 882-243-9300 Bralco Metals Phoenix______602-252-1918 Impression Materials Bralco Metals Albuquerque__ 505-345-0959 Roydent_____________ 480-607-1876 Coastal Metals__________ 800-811-7466 Machine Tool Cool. Filtration Kennametal__________ 800-446-7738 Canyon State Oil_________ 800-894-7773 TW Metals___________ 800-203-8000 D & R Machinery________ 480-775-6462 Brass Qualichem, Inc_________ 480-320-0308 Apache Steel Company____ 602-323-2200 Star Metal Fluids________ 800-367-9966 AZ Metals___________ 602-688-8003 Solvents & Degreasing Agents Bralco Metals Phoenix______602-252-1918 Canyon State Oil_________ 800-894-7773 Bralco Metals Albuquerque__ 505-345-0959 Qualichem, Inc_________ 480-320-0308 Coast Aluminum_________877-977-6061 Star Metal Fluids________ 800-367-9966 Coastal Metals__________ 800-811-7466 HARDWARE MATERIAL Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Alloys: High Temperature Metal Supermarkets______ 480-360-3680 Aerodyne Alloys_________ 860-289-3820 Metal Supermarkets______ 505-858-9953 Western States Metals______ 801-978-0562 Western States Metals______801-978-0562 Alloys: Specialty Aerodyne Alloys_________ 860-289-3820 Apache Steel Company_____ 602-323-2200 Sierra Alloys TSI_________ 800-423-1897 Aluminum Apache Steel Company_____ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals____________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals Phoenix______ 602-252-1918 A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 77 • Nov / Dec 2018 2

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Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. Since 1946

Sales@CoastalMetals.com

Fluid Power / Mechanical / Tool Products ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Brandon Anderson President

MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com

DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954

1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA Made in USA

www.vonruden.com

Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

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Bronze Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200 AZ Metals____________602-688-8003 Coastal Metals__________ 800-811-7466 Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Western States Metals______ 801-978-0562 Carbon Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200 AZ Metals____________602-688-8003 Coastal Metals__________ 800-811-7466 Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Cast Iron Western States Metals______ 801-978-0562 Castings Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Chrome Rod Western States Metals______ 801-978-0562 Copper Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200 AZ Metals____________602-688-8003 Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum_________ 877-977-6061 Western States Metals______801-978-0562 Drill Rod Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200

Kennametal___________ 800-446-7738 TW Metals____________ 800-203-8000 Metals Apache Steel Company_____ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals____________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel_________ 480-784-1600 Bralco Metals Phoenix______ 602-252-1918 Coast Aluminum_________ 877-977-6061 Davis Salvage Co________ 602-267-7208 Ind. Metal Supply________ 602-454-1500 Jacquet West___________ 310-684-4370 Kennametal___________ 800-446-7738 Kloeckner Metals________ 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets_______ 480-360-3680 Metal Supermarkets_______ 505-858-9953 Sierra Alloys TSI_________ 800-423-1897 Tube Service Company_____ 602-267-9865 TW Metals____________ 800-203-8000 Western States Metals______ 801-978-0562 Metals-Bar & Plate Apache Steel Company_____ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals____________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel_________ 480-784-1600 Bralco Metals Phoenix______ 602-252-1918 Bralco Metals Albuquerque___ 505-345-0959

Extrusions TW Metals____________800-203-8000 Lead Ind. Metal Supply________602-454-1500 Material Sales Jacquet West__________ 310-684-4370

Coast Aluminum_________ 877-977-6061 Davis Salvage Co________602-267-7208 Ind. Metal Supply________ 602-454-1500 Jacquet West__________ 310-684-4370 Kennametal___________800-446-7738 Kloeckner Metals________480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets_______480-360-3680 Metal Supermarkets_______505-858-9953 Nickel Alloys Jacquet West__________ 310-684-4370 Stainless Steel Jacquet West___________ 310-684-4370 Sierra Alloys TSI_________ 800-423-1897 Tool Steel Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200 Davis Salvage Co________602-267-7208 Titanium & Hastelloy Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200 Sierra Alloys TSI_________ 800-423-1897 Tubing & Pipe Apache Steel Company_____602-323-2200 AZ Metals____________602-688-8003 Ind. Metal Supply________ 602-454-1500 Tube Service Company_____602-267-9865 INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE TOOLING Boring Bars B & T Tool & Engineering____ 602-267-1481 Marshall Tool & Supply_____602-269-6295 The Tool Crib Inc.________ 602-978-3130 Carbide B & T Tool & Engineering____ 602-267-1481 Stan Watkins Industrial Account Sales & Technical Support

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Canyon State Oil

(855) 400-2269 Tel

A Division of SC Fuels

(602) 369-5185 Mobile

2640 N. 31st Avenue,

(602) 269-2685 Fax

Phoenix, AZ 85009

swatkins@canyonstateoil.com

Cutting Tools Consultants___ 602-277-1342 Horizon Carbide_________ 480-968-0957 LRW Cutting Tools________ 602-269-1775 Magnum Precision Mach____ 602-431-8300 Marshall Tool & Supply_____ 602-269-6295 Cutting Tools Cutting Tools Consultants____ 602-277-1342 Horizon Carbide_________ 480-968-0957 LRW Cutting Tools________ 602-269-1775 Sandvik Coromant________ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant________ 602-628-4242 The Tool Crib Inc.________ 602-978-3130 Toolnet International______ 602-244-0870 Cutting Tools: Custom B & T Tool & Engineering____ 602-267-1481 Horizon Carbide_________ 480-968-0957 LRW Cutting Tools________ 602-269-1775 Drills Cutting Tools Consultants____ 602-277-1342 LRW Cutting Tools_______ 602-269-1775 Marshall Tool & Supply_____ 602-269-6295 Moore Tool & Equipment____ 602-455-8904 Sandvik Coromant________ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant________ 602-628-4242 The Tool Crib Inc.________ 602-978-3130

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Edward Merkle

General Manager

602-978-3130 1-800-689-

THE TOOL CRIB INC.

YOUR PARTNER IN CUSTOM TOOLING SOLUTIONS

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CHRIS WINDSOR

Director of Business Operations

ttctime2@gmail.com www.ttcroundcutters.com 21640 N 19th Ave, # C-103,Phoenix, AZ

Sean Arsenault

Account Manager Vero Software Part of Hexagon

The World’s #1 Manufacturing Solutions Provider • Production Milling • 4/5 Axis Milling

sean.arsenault@verosoftware.com www.verosoftware.com

• Production Turning • Multi-Axis Mill/Turn

T: +1 866-675-6551 x5432 M: +1 602-359-2530 F: +1 866-200-7791

End Mills Coast Aluminum Sales_____ 480-797-5162 Cutting Tools Consultants ___ 602-277-1342 LRW Cutting Tools________602-269-1775 Marshall Tool & Supply_____602-269-6295 The Tool Crib Inc.________ 602-978-3130 Sandvik Coromant________480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant________602-628-4242 Fixtures 5th Axis Fixtures_________858-505-0432 Form Tools B & T Tool & Engineering____ 602-267-1481 Coast Aluminum Sales_____ 480-797-5162 Cutting Tools Consultants____602-277-1342 Horizon Carbide_________480-968-0957 LRW Cutting Tools________602-269-1775 Inserts, Indexable Coast Aluminum Sales_____ 480-797-5162 Horizon Carbide_________480-968-0957 Marshall Tool & Supply_____602-269-6295 Sandvik Coromant________480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant________602-628-4242 Inserts, PCD/CBN Coast Aluminum Sales_____ 480-797-5162

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CAD/CAM Horizon Carbide_________ 480-968-0957 480-968-3711 Adams Machinery________ Marshall Tool & Supply_____ 602-269-6295 Arizona CNC Equip_______ 480-615-6353 Key Cutters Delcam_____________877 335 2261 The Tool Crib Inc.________ 602-978-3130 Feature Cam___________602-502-9654 Reamers & Drills, PCD Coast Aluminum Sales_____ 480-797-5162 MLC CAD (MasterCAM)_____480-696-6056 Marshall Tool & Supply_____ 602-269-6295 MLC CAD (SolidWorks)_____480-696-6056 Vero Software__________602-359-2530 Precision Toolholding Products Software, Inv. Control 5th Axis Fixtures_________ 858-505-0432 Delcam_____________877 335 2261 Von Ruden Manufacturing___ 763-682-0322 Feature Cam___________602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM)_____480-696-6056 Reamers The Tool Crib Inc.________ 602-978-3130 MLC CAD (SolidWorks)_____480-696-6056 Thread Mills Software, NC Programming Coast Aluminum Sales_____ 480-797-5162 Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 Horizon Carbide_________ 480-968-0957 Delcam_____________877 335 2261 Sandvik Coromant________ 480-233-0997 Ellison Machinery________480-968-5335 Sandvik Coromant________ 602-628-4242 Feature Cam___________602-502-9654 Tooling Columns/ Tombstones MLC CAD (MasterCAM)_____480-696-6056 Ellison Machinery________ 480-968-5335 MLC CAD (SolidWorks)_____480-696-6056 Stevens Engineering_______ 602-272-6766 Software, Servicing Tooling Systems Delcam_____________877 335 2261 Ellison Machinery________ 480-968-5335 Feature Cam___________602-502-9654 Sandvik Coromant________ 480-233-0997 MLC CAD (MasterCAM)_____480-696-6056 Sandvik Coromant________ 602-628-4242 MLC CAD (SolidWorks)_____480-696-6056 Von Ruden Manufacturing___ 763-682-0322 PRODUCTS PALLET SYSTEMS Guns Manual & Automatic Pallet Systems Layke Tactical__________602-272-2654 Midaco Corporation_______847-593-8420 SERVICES ROBOTICS Automation & Controls Part Loading Systems FourPac_____________602-751-2070 Midaco Corporation_______847-593-8420 MC Engineering_________314-456-7567 Metals Eng & Testing Lab.____602-272-4571 Schenk Intertech_________ 949-360-1512 Banks Alerus Bank & Trust_______ 480-905-2414 Western Banks__________ 480-917-4243 Business Consulting BMSC______________480-445-9400

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Working Capital, Credit Lines Banterra Bank_________ 480-770-0007 SBG Capital__________ 480-897-4988 Western Banks__________480-917-4243 REPAIR/DESIGN Bar Feeder Repair Edge Technologies________562-597-7824 Machine Tool Design/ Engineering Ellison Machinery_______ 480-968-5335 Machine Tool Rebuilding Advanced Precision _______602-525-0156 API Services___________757-223-4157 Adams Machinery________480-968-3711 DM Machine Repair_______480-709-1450 EDM Network__________480-836-1782 FourPac____________ 602-751-2070 MC Engineering________ 314-456-7567 Systems Integration MC Engineering_________ 314-456-7567 Setco-Pope Spindles______ 866-362-0699

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Direct (602) 575-2300 Cell (602) 463-9310 eFax (602) 296-0189 steve.mckendry@daumcommercial.com

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Sales Manager

Ph: +1 724 696 4340 x3437 Direct: +1 724 213 7290 Cell: +1 724 309 1940 mcsweeney.michael@rotarex.com

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101 Bilby Rd, Building #2 Hackettstown, NJ 07840 www.rotarexfiretec.com

The Werks C&C, Inc_______ 602-569-1809 Machine Retrofitting/CNC Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 API Services___________ 757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip_______ 480-615-6353 Contract Programming Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery________480-968-5335 Klontech Measure Sol______ 480-626-8131 CNC Training Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery________480-968-5335 Gateway Community College__602-286-8050 Design Services Metalcraft Inc.________480-967-4889 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech _____ 623-780-4137 Metals Eng & Testing Lab.____ 602-272-4571 Schenk Intertech_________ 949-360-1512 Financial Services Alerus Bank & Trust_______ 480-905-2414 BMO Harris Bank________ 602-241-6586 BMO Harris Bank________ 602-650-3779 Droeg Financial Services____ 480-345-6575 SBG Capital___________480-897-4988 Maint/Repair Services Adams Machinery________ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision _______ 602-525-0156 Arizona CNC Equip_______ 480-615-6353 DM Machine Repair_______ 480-709-1450 D & R Machinery________480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery________480-968-5335

Southwest Spindle Service___480-837-0368 The Werks C&C, Inc_______602-569-1809 White’s Niche Products_____602-290-9402 Mold Repairs B&B Tool__________ 520-397-0436 Stamping Repairs B&B Tool.__________ 520-397-0436 Prev. Maint Programs Adams Machinery_______ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ______ 602-525-0156 API Services__________ 757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip______ 480-615-6353 DM Machine Repair______ 480-709-1450 D & R Machinery_______480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery_______480-968-5335 The Werks C&C, Inc______ 602-569-1809 Repair -Hydraulic Advanced Precision ______ 602-525-0156 The Werks C&C, Inc______ 602-569-1809 Repair - Portable Advanced Precision ______ 602-525-0156 The Werks C&C, Inc______ 602-569-1809 Spindle Rebuilding API Services__________ 757-223-4157 Setco-Pope Spindles______ 866-362-0699 GMN USA___________ 800-686-1679 Southwest Spindle Service___480-837-0368 Spindle Replacement Southwest Spindle Service___480-837-0368 Tool Repair, Coating, Treatment Cutting Tools Consultants_ 602-277-1342

SAFETY Fire Protection Systems Rotarex___________ 480-689-8756 TESTING Component & Failure Analysis ARTL_______________602-374-3770 Testing, Metallurgical ARTL_______________602-374-3770 Metals Eng & Testing Lab.___ 602-272-4571 WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Chemetall___________714-739-2821

ISO/AS9100 CERTIFIED

Flex-Pro Manufacturing is looking for a Quality Control Assistant that will learn from the best and be a part of one of the best machine shops in the valley.

Do you have good computer skills, experience working in a machine shop, are you willing to learn, and do you have a good work ethic? Then you may be Flex-Pro’s next Quality-Pro! Pay will comenserate with experience!

For more information contact: Kim Carpenter, 623-466-6866, or email your resume to Kim@FlexProAZ.com.

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WESTERN CAST PARTS LLC Steve Whisel

Field Sales & Engineering

4024 E. Casitas Del Rio Dr. Phoenix, AZ 85050 Phone: (480) 284-6618 Cell: (480) 250-9764 Email: swcastings@cox.net

ADDITIVE MFG / 3 D PRINTING Faustson_____________303-420-7422 Jaguar Precision Machine____505-242-6545 LAI International________480-968-6228 ASSEMBLY AAE_______________928-772-9887 Abrams Airborne Mfg______ 520-887-1727 ANEWCO_____________ 520-751-1222 CAID Industries_________ 520-294-3126 CAP ______________602-464-9629 Cleveland Electric Labs____ 480-967-2501 Competitive Engineering____520-746-0270 Contract Manufacturing Service_602-253-4744

GHT Services___________480-396-1800 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng____520-889-8325 IMCOR Corp___________ 602-245-0148 JD Machine___________801-782-4403 KLK Ind._____________ 602-267-1331 Morsch Machine_________ 480-961-7673 Petersen_____________800-410-6789 Precise Metal Products_____602-272-2625 Systems Integrators_______623-434-3136 Wal-Tek Industries________ 623-587-4611 Wrico_____________ 480-892-7800 Cable/Harness Assembly Bar-S Machine__________ 928-636-2115

21622 North 14th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85027-2806 www.axiantech.com 623-580-0800

Danyelle Vigari Customer Service

Direct: 623-889-0725 Cell: 623-418- 1831 sales@axiantech.com

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Contract Manufacturing Service_602-253-4744 Clean Room Assembly Jan’s Inc._____________480-833-7305 L&W Fluid____________602-323-2560 Fixtures: Assembly Newport Tool__________ 801-295-7411 Full Board Cable Assembly Contract Manufacturing Service_602-253-4744 Assembly: Weldments Contract Manufacturing Service_602-253-4744 Petersen_____________ 800-410-6789

AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS MC Engineering_________314-456-7567 BAR CODING Sensing Solutions Cleveland Electric Labs____ 480-967-2501 Thermo Couples Cleveland Electric Labs_____480-967-2501 BENDING Fry Fabrications_________602-454-0701 Bending: CNC Precise Metal Products____ 602-272-2625 Brazing: Aluminum Dip Abrams Airborne Mfg_____ 520-887-1727

108 N. 40th St. Phoenix 1245 E. Buckeye Rd.

Production and Design Technology and Precision Machining Education Experts info@gatewaycc.edu Phoenix, AZ 85034 602-286-8050 maricopaskillcenter.com/machining gatewaycc.edu/industrial

ROBERT ASSENMACHER PRESIDENT

t 520.294.3126 c 520.834.7444 roba@caid.com www.caid.com

Bolts Metallizing - CWST____ 602-244-2432 Southwest Powder Coating__ 602-272-0878 Chromatic Over Zinc Diecast BROACHING Air Gear Industries______ 602-275-7996 Sav-On Plating__________602-252-4311 Apache Gear, Inc_______ 623-934-7144 Coating: Black Oxide Coating Technologies_____ 623-581-2648 CASTINGS AATC ______________602-268-1467 Collins Metal Finishing_____602-275-3117 Western Cast Parts______ 480-250-9764 Louie’s Black Oxide______ 602-257-0530

Castings: Prototype AATC ______________602-268-1467 Western Cast Parts______ 480-250-9764 Castings: Production AATC ______________602-268-1467 Western Cast Parts______ 480-250-9764 COATING Arizona Finishing_______ 602-438-4443 Bolts Metallizing - CWST____ 602-244-2432 CAP _____________ 602-464-9629 Coating Technologies_____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 Frontier Techni-Kote_______928-636-0130 Louie’s Black Oxide______ 602-257-0530 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting_ 602-256-0260 Semiray, A Div of Mistras____ 602-275-1917

Coating: Cerakote Masic Industries________ 503-232-9109 Perfection Industrial Finishing_520-434-9090

Coating: Chem Film CAP _____________ 602-464-9629 Collins Metal Finishing_____602-275-3117 Frontier Techni-Kote______ 928-636-0130 Gold Tech Industries_____ _480-968-1930 Perfection Industrial Finishing_520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting_ 602-256-0260 Semiray, A Div of Mistras____602-275-1917 PAS Technologies_______ 602-744-2600 The Metal Man________ 800-448-9448 Sav-On Plating__________602-252-4311 Coating: Dry Film Lube Coating Technologies_____ 623-581-2648

Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Semiray, A Div of Mistras_____ 602-275-1917 Powder Coating Precision Industrial Painting__ 602-256-0260 602-438-4443 Arizona Finishing________ Semiray, A Div of Mistras____ 602-275-1917 Collins Metal Finishing______ 602-275-3117 Coating: Liquid Collins Metal Finishing____ 602-275-3117 Frontier Techni-Kote________928-636-0130 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146 Perma-Finish, Inc_________602-278-1733 _ ____801-972-2146 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ Coating: Nickel/Teflon Perfection Industrial Finishing _ _ _520-434-9090 Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 Southwest Powder Coating___ 602-272-0878 CUTTING Coating: NP3 800-240-2932 bandsawparts.com_______ Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 Echols Saw & Supply_______602-278-3918 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

Chemetall____________ 714-739-2821 Harschco LLC___________ 602-617-7514 Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 Southwest Waterjet-Laser_____480-306-7748 Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 Systems Integrators________623-434-3136 Frontier Techni-Kote_______ 928-636-0130 The Metal Man_________ 800-448-9448 Bandsaw Cutting Louie’s Black Oxide_______ 602-257-0530 bandsawparts.com_______ 800-240-2932 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Echols Saw & Supply______ 602-278-3918 Coating:Passivation CAP ______________ 602-464-9629 CNC Router FutureWeld___________ 602-437-2426 Micropulse West_________ 480-966-2300 Die Cutting Frontier Techni-Kote_______ 928-636-0130 Systems Integrators________623-434-3136 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600

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Craig Roth President/C.O.O.

Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

Patrick H. Stewart II President

A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly

21631 N. 3rd Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85027 p (623) 492 9400 x215 f (623) 492 9071 pstewart@stewartmfg.com www.stewartmfg.com

SPRINGS- STAMPINGS- MACH INED PARTS- WASHER S -WIR E FORMSFORMED TUB ING-ASSEMBLIES

3325 East Wier Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777

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Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly SPRINGS- STAMPINGS- MACH INED PARTS- WASHER S -WIR E FORMSFORMED TUB ING-ASSEMBLIES

3325 East Wier Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777

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Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly SPRINGS- STAMPINGS- MACH INED PARTS- WASHER S -WIR E FORMSFORMED TUB ING-ASSEMBLIES

3325 East Wier Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777

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Laser APMI_______________ 480-668-0024 Desert Precision Mfg______ 520-887-4433 Systems Integrators_______ 623-434-3136 Fine Line Laser Cutting_____ 602-863-3196 Tube Laser Cutting Tube Service Company_____ 602-267-9865 DEBURRING: PRECISION J&J Hand Finishing_______ 480-828-2108 DIE CASTING TVT Die Casting_________ 800-280-2278

Ilene Price: iprice@precise-metals.com Steve Bangerter: sbangerter@precise-metals.com 4534 N. 44th Ave, Phoenix AZ 85031 602-272-2625

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Die Casting/Aluminum & Zinc TVT Die Casting_________ 800-280-2278 DIES Arizona Wire & Tool_______ 480-813-1002 Precision Die & Stamp’g____ 480-967-2038 Wissota Tool & Die_______ 480-507-3484 Wrico______________ 480-892-7800 EDM EDM: Drilling Small Hole AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 Arizona Wire Specialists_____ 480-829-6530 EDM Tech____________ 602-278-6666 LAYKE, Inc.____________ 602-272-2654 Micropulse West_________ 480-966-2300 Quality Mold___________ 480-892-5480 Sun Tech_____________ 480-921-1665 Wire-Tech____________ 480-966-1591 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 ANEWCO_____________ 520-751-1222 EDM Tech____________ 602-278-6666 Faustson_____________ 303-420-7422 LAI International________ 480-968-6228 Micropulse West_________ 480-966-2300

Milco EDM & Waterjet______714-373-0098 Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480 Sun Tech_____________480-921-1665 Wire-Tech____________480-966-1591 EDM: Dialectric Systems /Filtration Ebbco Inc___________ 800-809-3901 EDM: Electrodes/Reworking Graphel Corp__________800-255-1104 EDM: Wire 3D Machine LLC________ 480-239-8254 AAE______________ 928-772-9887 ANEWCO____________ 520-751-1222 Arizona Wire & Tool_______480-813-1002 Arizona Wire Specialists____ 480-829-6530 Auer Precision_________ 480-834-4637 Continental Machining____ 800-777-2483 EDM Tech___________ 602-278-6666 Faustson____________ 303-420-7422 Graphel Corp__________800-255-1104 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Milco EDM & Waterjet______714-373-0098 Moore Tool & Die________480-622-1705 Powill Manufacturing_____ 623-780-4100 Quality Mold__________480-892-5480 Sun Tech_____________480-921-1665 Thompson Machine______ 505-823-1453 Whitley Machine_______ 602-323-5550 Wire-Tech____________480-966-1591 Wrico_____________ 480-892-7800

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Craig Roth President/C.O.O.

Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly SPRINGS- STAMPINGS- MACH INED PARTS- WASHER S -WIR E FORMSFORMED TUB ING-ASSEMBLIES

3325 East Wier Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777

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ENGINEERING/ Craig Roth PROGRAMMING President/C.O.O. Exactitude Precision________602-316-6957 Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc. IMCOR Corp____________602-245-0148 A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly 3325 602-455-9575 East Wier Avenue K-2 Manufacturing_______ Phoenix, Arizona 85040 FAA REPAIR STATION Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777 Air Gear Industries_______ 602-275-7996 FABRICATION Abrams Airborne Mfg_______520-887-1727 AERO Spring & Mfg Co_____ 602-243-4329 Aero Tech____________ 801-292-0493 Allfab Engineering_______ 602-437-0497 Americhem Engineering______602-437-1188 ANEWCO_____________ 520-751-1222 APMI ______________ 480-668-0024 AzMark_____________ 480-926-8969 BEL Machining___________480-445-9881 BID Machine, Inc________ 480-892-7304

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Mike Sniegowski Precision Grinding for the Aerospace Industry since 1998 2821 W. Willetta Phone: (602) 353-8088

Phoenix, AZ 85009

Mike@BlueStreakGrinding.com

www.bluestreakgrinding.com

Info@sungrindingUSA.com

CAID Industries_________ 520-294-3126 Continental Machining_____ 800-777-2483 Creedbilt Inc___________ 623-939-8119 Dayton Lamina_________ 248-489-9122 Desert Precision Mfg______520-887-4433 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication__ 602-437-0339 FMD Fabrication Services_____602-368-6835 Fry Fabrications_________ 602-454-0701 Fine Line Fabricating______602-863-3506 Gilbert Metal Stamping_____ 480-503-1283 Group Manufacturing Serv___480-966-3952 Hollow Metal Xpress_______ 866-936-7001 IMCOR Corp___________ 602-245-0148 JD Machine___________ 801-782-4403 K-2 Manufacturing_______ 602-455-9575 Lynch Brothers Mfg_______ 602-267-7575 Metzfab_____________602- 539-9591 Nelson Engineering_______ 602-273-7114 Petersen_____________ 800-410-6789 Precise Metal Products_____ 602-272-2625 RM Garrison Machining_____623-582-6544 Scriven Precision_________ 480-961-9775 Stewart Precision Mfg______ 623-492-9400 TMM Precision _________800-448-9448

Wal-Tek Industries________623-587-4611 Weiser Engineering______ 303-280-2778 Whitley Machine_______ 602-323-5550 Wrico_____________ 480-892-7800 Fabrication: Chemical Processing Systems Americhem Engineering____ 602-437-1188 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Aero Tech___________ 801-292-0493 FMD Fabrication Services____ 602-368-6835 Fabrication: Custom Metal Allfab Engineering______ 602-437-0497 Fine Line Fabricating_____ 602-863-3506 K-2 Mfg____________ 602-455-9575 Precise Metal Products____ 602-272-2625 Fabrication: Medium & Large Abrams Airborne Mfg_____ 520-887-1727 ANEWCO____________ 520-751-1222 APMI______________ 480-668-0024 BEL Machining_________ 480-445-9881 Continental Machining____ 800-777-2483 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication_ 602-437-0339

Fine Line Fabricating_____ 602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications_________602-454-0701 Fine Line Fabricating_____ 602-863-3506 FMD Fabrication Services____ 602-368-6835 Fry Fabrications_________602-454-0701 Hollow Metal Xpress______ 866-936-7001 IMCOR Corp___________602-245-0148 Jan’s Inc.____________ 480-833-7305 JD Machine__________ 801-782-4403 Metzfab____________ 602- 539-9591 Petersen____________ 800-410-6789 Precise Metal Products____ 602-272-2625 Precision Metalworks_____ 602-455-9575 RM Garrison Machiing___623-582-6544 Stewart Precision Mfg_____ 623-492-9400 TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448 Weiser Engineering______ 303-280-2778

Fabrication: Steel Petersen_____________800-410-6789 FINISHING Arizona Finishing_______ 602-438-4443 Coating Technologies______623-581-2648 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Louie’s Black Oxide_______602-257-0530 PAS Technologies________602-744-2600 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Phoenix Heat Treating_____602-258-7751 Southwest Powder Coating___602-272-0878 TVT Die Casting_________800-280-2278 Abrasive Blasting Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Semiray, A Div of Mistras____ 602-275-1917 STP Performance Coating LLC__ 602-276-1231

sales@abrams.com www.ceiglobal.com

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4045 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85009 (602) 267-7575 office (602) 909-5239 cell wayne@lynchbros.com

www.graphel.com

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Jeff W. Kiszonas

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3301 EAST MADISON STREET PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85034

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GRAPHEL CORPORATION 6115 Centre Park Drive West Chester, OH 45069 P 800-255-1104 C 480.510.4146 jeff.kiszonas@graphel.com

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Dry Film Lubrication Bolts Metallizing - CWST_____ 602-244-2432 CAP ______________ 602-464-9629 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Precision Industrial Painting__ 602-256-0260 Semiray, A Div of Mistras____ 602-275-1917 Electro-Polishing Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 Finishing: One Stop PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Glass Bead Clean A2Z Sandblasting________ 602-716-5566 Byington Steel Treating_____ 408-727-6630 Coating Technologies______ 623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 Lone Arrow___________ 480-507-8074 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Southwest Powder Coating___ 602-272-0878 Gun Finishing Louie’s Gun Finishing______ 602-257-0530 Passivation CAP ______________ 602-464-9629 Coating Technologies_____ _623-581-2648 Frontier Techni-Kote_______ 928-636-0130 FutureWeld___________ 602-437-2426 Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Semiray, A Div of Mistras____ 602-275-1917 Polishing EPSI______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930

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RM Garrison Machining____ 623-582-6544 Sand Blasting A2Z Sandblasting________602-716-5566 Byington Steel Treating____ 408-727-6630 Coating Technologies______623-581-2648 Masic Industries_________503-232-9109 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Southwest Powder Coating___602-272-0878 STP Performance Coating LLC__ 602-276-1231 Shot Peen PAS Technologies________602-744-2600 Stripping Coating Technologies______623-581-2648 Southwest Powder Coating___602-272-0878 FIXTURES Exactitude Precision_______ 602-316-6957 Paragon Machining & Design__480-635-9163 FOUNDRY AATC_______________602-268-1467 GASKETS Systems Integrators_______623-434-3136 GEAR CUTTING Air Gear Industries_______602-275-7996 Apache Gear, Inc________623-934-7144 GRAPHITE SOLUTIONS Graphel Corp__________ 800-255-1104 GRINDING

McFarland Machine & Eng___ 480-966-1388 Osborn Products_________ 623-587-0335 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Phoenix Grinding________ 602-437-8401 Powill Manufacturing______ 623-780-4100 Steel Services Grinding_____ 800-662-0126 Systems Integrators_______ 623-434-3136 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding________ 888-487-9701 Wissota Tool & Die_______ 480-507-3484 Grinding, Blanchard Air Gear Industries_______ 602-275-7996 Industrial Precision Grinding__ 310-352-4700 McFarland Machine & Eng___ 480-966-1388 Steel Services Grinding ____800-662-0126 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding________ 888-487-9701 Grinding: Centerless Blue Streak Grinding______ 602-353-8088 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication__ 602-437-0339 Grindworks___________ 623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg____ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_________ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding________ 602-437-8401 Sun Grinding__________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding________ 888-487-9701 Grinding, CNC/Contour Blue Streak Grinding______ 602-353-8088 National Grinding & Mfg____ 602-588-2869 Powill Manufacturing__ ___623-780-4100 Superior Grinding________ 888-487-9701 Grinding… Cylindrical Grindworks___________ 623-582-5767 Grinding… Double Disc

Air Gear Industries_______602-275-7996 Arizona Wire & Tool_______ 480-813-1002 Auer Precision__________480-834-4637 AzMark_____________480-926-8969 Blue Streak Grinding_____ 602-353-8088 ChemResearch__________ 602-253-4175 GMN USA___________ 800-686-1679 Grindworks___________ 623-582-5767 Industrial Precision Grinding__ 310-352-4700 JWB Manufacturing_______480-967-4600 Phoenix Grinding________ 602-437-8401

Grinding: ID/OD Air Gear Industries______ 602-275-7996 AzMark____________ 480-926-8969 Blue Streak Grinding_____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks___________623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg___ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335 Superior Grinding________888-487-9701 Grinding:Mattison Sun Grinding_________ 602-238-9595 Grinding: OD Grindworks___________623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg___ 602-588-2869 Grinding: Surface Arizona Wire & Tool_______480-813-1002 Blue Streak Grinding_____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks___________623-582-5767 Industrial Precision Grinding__310-352-4700 National Grinding & Mfg___ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding________602-437-8401 Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480 Sun Grinding_________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding________888-487-9701

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Grinding: Tool & Cutter B & T Tool & Engineering____ 602-267-1481 CTE_______________ 800-783-2400 Gilbert Metal Stamping_____480-503-1283 Superior Grinding________ 888-487-9701 HEAT TREATING Bolts Metallizing - CWST____ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating____ 408-727-6630 Controlled Thermal Tech’y____602-272-3714 Phoenix Heat Treating_____602-258-7751 Temperature Processing____ 303-772-0250 Heat Treating/ Aerospace Bolts Metallizing - CWST____ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating____ 408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_____602-258-7751 Temperature Processing____ 303-772-0250 Heat Treating/ISO9001/AS9100 Bolts Metallizing - CWST____ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating____ 408-727-6630 Temperature Processing____ 303-772-0250 Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Heat Treating Byington Steel Treating____ 408-727-6630 Lynch Brothers Mfg_______602-267-7575 Phoenix Heat Treating_____602-258-7751 HONING/LAPPING Grindworks___________ 623-582-5767 LAYKE, Inc.____________602-272-2654 National Grinding & Mfg____602-588-2869 Osborn Products_________623-587-0335 Paramount Honing & Machine_ 480-577-9774

Phoenix Grinding________602-437-8401 Challenger Aerospace_____ 480-894-0802 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng____ 520-889-8325 Powill Manufacturing_____623-780-4100 East Valley Precision_______480-288-6601 Industrial Tool Die & Eng____ 520-745-8771 Klontech Measure Sol______480-626-8131 Jaguar Precision Machine____ 505-242-6545 IDENTIFICATION Metals Eng & Testing Lab.____602-272-4571 Metalcraft Inc.__________ 480-967-4889 Labels & Bar Code Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Morsch Machine_________ 480-961-7673 AZ Laser Engraving______ 602-708-1204 Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Specialty Turn Products_____602-426-9340 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Total Quality Systems_____ 480-377-6422 T-N Machining__________602-278-8665 Leach Laser___________ 602-254-1141 Inspection Services, Welding Tech Five Machining_______ 480-699-4856 Mobile PartMarking Metals Eng & Testing Lab.____602-272-4571 Uni-Tek_____________ 602-272-2601 Wire-Tech____________ 480-966-1591 AZ Laser Engraving______ 602-708-1204 ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

Leach Laser___________ 602-254-1141 BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Machining: Aerospace AATC______________602-268-1467 Gladhill Assoc__________623-939-4412 Tool / PartMarking (Laser) AZ Laser Engraving______ 602-708-1204 Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Abrams Airborne Mfg______ 520-887-1727 B & T Tool & Engineering____602-267-1481 Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856 Air Gear Industries_______ 602-275-7996 Process Improvement/ Audit ANEWCO_____________ 520-751-1222 Frontier Techni-Kote______ 928-636-0130 Leach Laser___________ 602-254-1141 BMSC_____________480-445-9400 AZ Datum____________ 602-687-6331 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856 Avtek Industries_________ 602-485-4005 TechMark___________ 480-820--9444 Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 AzMark_____________ 480-926-8969 Backerworks Mfg________505-342-2943 Silk Screen MACHINING Cassavant Machining______ 602-437-4005 Arizona Finishing_______ 602-438-4443 Machining: 3D Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 3D Machine LLC________ 480-239-8254 Challenger Aerospace______ 480-894-0802 Competitive Engineering____ 520-746-0270 Precision Industrial Painting_ 602-256-0260 Cassavant Machining_____ 602-437-4005 Continental Machining_____ 800-777-2483 Challenger Aerospace_____ 480-894-0802 INSPECTION Dynamic Machine & Fabrication__602-437-0339 Calibration L&W Machine Co_______ 602-323-2560 Evans Precision Machining___ 623-581-6200 Field Calibrations_______ 480-756-8828 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Gibbs Precision Machine____ 480-753-1166 Washington Calibration____ 480-820-0506 Pro Precision_________ 602-353-0022 Glover Precision Inc._______ 480-464-0150 Inspection, First Article Systems Integrators_______623-434-3136 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng____ 520-889-8325 Klontech Measure Sol______480-626-8131 Machining: 5 Axis Total Quality Systems_____ 480-377-6422 Accutech_____________ 801-975-1117 HK Machining__________ 602-278-6704 Infinisys_____________ 602-276-2276 Inspection Services ANEWCO_____________520-751-1222 Jaguar Precision Machine____ 505-242-6545 Arizona Wire & Tool_______480-813-1002 Cassavant Machining_____ 602-437-4005 Competitive Engineering____520-746-0270 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication_ 602-437-0339 Dynamic Manufacturing & Eng_ 520-664-2210 East Valley Precision_______480-288-6601 Evans Precision Machining__ 623-581-6200 Faustson____________ 303-420-7422

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JB’s Precision_________ 623-581-9088 JD Machine__________ 801-782-4403 KLK Ind._____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co_______ 602-323-2560 LAYKE, Inc.___________ 602-272-2654 Lynch Brothers Mfg______ 602-267-7575 Matrix Machine_________480-966-4451 Metalcraft Inc._________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine_________480-961-7673 Nelson Engineering_______602-273-7114 Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335 Petersen_____________800-410-6789 Powerhaus Precision_____ 480-225-8854 Powill Manufacturing_____ 623-780-4100 Precise Metal Products____ 602-272-2625 Pro Precision_________ 602-353-0022 Service & Sales________ 480-968-9084 Southwest Swiss Precision __ 602-438-4670 Specialty Turn Products____ 602-426-9340 Systems Integrators_______623-434-3136 Uni-Tek_____________602-272-2601 Wal-Tek Industries________ 623-587-4611 Wire-Tech____________480-966-1591

Contract Manufacturing Service_602-253-4744 Evans Precision Machining___623-581-6200 Flex-Pro_____________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services___________480-396-1800 Gibbs Precision Machine____ 480-753-1166 Gilbert Metal Stamping_____480-503-1283 Group Mfg Serv._________480-966-3952 HK Machining_________ 602-278-6704 Infinisys_____________ 602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc._____________480-833-7305 JC Machine & Motorsports___602-790-2207 JD Machine___________801-782-4403 KLK Ind._____________ 602-267-1331 McFarland Machine & Eng___480-966-1388 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Petersen_____________800-410-6789 RM Garrison Machining___623-582-6544 Select Machining_______ 602-881-5845 T-N Machining__________602-278-8665 TVT Die Casting_________800-280-2278 Wrico_____________ 480-892-7800 Machining: Ceramic O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888 Ceramic: Sapphire, Alumina, Silicon, Aluminum, Quartz O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888 Machining: CNC 3D Machine LLC_________480-239-8254 AAE_______________928-772-9887 Accutech_____________ 801-975-1117 Abrams Airborne Mfg______520-887-1727 Alpha Machine_________602-437-0322

Machining: Contract Aero Design & Mfg______ 602-437-8080 AERO Spring & Mfg Co____ 602-243-4329 Arizona Wire & Tool_______480-813-1002 Avtek Industries________ 602-485-4005 AZ Datum____________602-687-6331 Cleveland Electric Labs____ 480-967-2501 A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 88 • Nov / Dec 2018

ANEWCO_____________ 520-751-1222 Arizona Wire & Tool_______ 480-813-1002 AZ Datum____________ 602-687-6331 AzMark_____________480-926-8969 BEL Machining__________ 480-445-9881 BID Machine, Inc________480-892-7304 CAID Industries_________ 520-294-3126 Challenger Aerospace_____ 480-894-0802 Cleveland Electric Labs____ 480-967-2501 Competitive Engineering____ 520-746-0270 Continental Machining_____800-777-2483 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication__602-437-0339 Dynamic Manufacturing & Eng__520-664-2210 East Valley Precision_______ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision Machining___623-581-6200 Faustson_____________303-420-7422 Flex-Pro_____________ 623-581-0551 FMD Fabrication Services_____602-368-6835 GHT Services___________480-396-1800 Gibbs Precision Machine____ 480-753-1166 Glover Precision, Inc.______480-464-0150 HK Machining__________ 602-278-6704 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng____520-889-8325 HPMP______________ 801-619-9850 IMCO Products__________480-632-2252 Infinisys_____________ 602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc._____________480-833-7305 Jaguar Precision Machine____505-242-6545 JB’s Precision__________623-581-9088 JC Machine & Motorsports___ 602-790-2207 JD Machine___________801-782-4403

Jemelco, Inc.__________ 480-804-9541 KLK Ind._____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co_______ 602-323-2560 LAYKE, Inc.___________ 602-272-2654 Matrix Machine_________480-966-4451 MC Engineering_________314-456-7567 McFarland Machine & Eng___480-966-1388 Metalcraft Inc.__________480-967-4889 Metzfab____________ 602- 539-9591 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Morsch Machine_________480-961-7673 Newport Tool__________ 801-295-7411 Osborn Products_________623-587-0335 Paragon Machining & Design__480-635-9163 Petersen_____________800-410-6789 Powerhaus Precision_____ 480-225-8854 Powill Manufacturing_____ 623-780-4100 Precise Metal Products____ 602-272-2625 Pro Precision_________ 602-353-0022 Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480 RM Garrison Machining __623-582-6544 RMSS_____________ 623-780-5904 Select Machining_______ 602-881-5845 Systems Integrators_______623-434-3136 T-N Machining_________ 602-278-8665 Tech Five Machining______ 480-699-4856 Uni-Tek_____________602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg___________480-966-7376 Wal-Tek Industries________ 623-587-4611 Wire-Tech___________480-966-1591 Wrico_____________ 480-892-7800

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Machining: DoD HPMP______________ 801-619-9850 Petersen_____________ 800-410-6789 IMCO Products__________ 480-632-2252 Machining: Industrial & Repair JC Machine & Motorsports___ 602-790-2207 BEL Machining__________ 480-445-9881 JD Machine___________ 801-782-4403 Jemelco, Inc.___________480-804-9541 Machining: Large Alpha Machine_________602-437-0322 McFarland Machine & Eng___ 480-966-1388 Backerworks Mfg________505-342-2943 Metzfab_____________602- 539-9591 Continental Machining_____800-777-2483 Morsch Machine_________ 480-961-7673 Empire Precision Mach._____480-633-4580 Osborn Products_________ 623-587-0335 FMD Fabrication Services_____602-368-6835 Paragon Machining & Design__ 480-635-9163 HK Machining__________ 602-278-6704 Precision Metalworks______ 602-455-9575 KLK Ind._____________ 602-267-1331 RM Garrison Mach’ing____623-582-6544 MC Engineering_________ 314-456-7567 RMSS ______________ 623-780-5904 Petersen_____________ 800-410-6789 Select Machining_______ 602-881-5845 Systems Integrators_______ 623-434-3136 Stewart Precision Mfg______ 623-492-9400 Uni-Tek____________ 602-272-2601 Machining: MultiSwiss Specialty Turn Products_____602-426-9340 Val-Tech Mfg___________ 480-966-7376 Metalcraft Inc.__________ 480-967-4889 Mach: Turning CNC 3D Machine LLC_ _______480-239-8254 Morsch Machine_________ 480-961-7673 AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 Uni-Tek_____________ 602-272-2601 Air Gear Industries_______602-275-7996 Wal-Tek Industries________ 623-587-4611 Alpha Machine_________602-437-0322 Wire-Tech____________ 480-966-1591 Avtek Industries_________602-485-4005 Machining Plastic AzMark_____________480-926-8969 East Valley Precision_______ 480-288-6601 Bar-S Machine__________ 928-636-2115 Glover Precision, Inc.______ 480-464-0150 BEL Machining__________ 480-445-9881 Systems Integrators_______ 623-434-3136 Cassavant Machining______ 602-437-4005 Machining Precision Cleveland Electric Labs____ 480-967-2501 3D Machine LLC___ ______480-239-8254 Continental Machining_____800-777-2483 AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication__602-437-0339 AATC ______________ 602-268-1467 Dynamic Manufacturing & Eng__520-664-2210 Accutech_____________ 801-975-1117 Exactitude Precision_______ 602-316-6957 Abrams Airborne Mfg______ 520-887-1727 Flex-Pro_____________ 623-581-0551 Alpha Machine_________ 602-437-0322 GHT Services___________ 480-396-1800 ANEWCO_____________ 520-751-1222 Glover Precision, Inc.______ 480-464-0150 Arizona Wire & Tool_______ 480-813-1002 Graphel Corp__________ 800-255-1104 Auer Precision__________ 480-834-4637 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng____520-889-8325 Avtek Industries_________ 602-485-4005

AZ Datum____________602-687-6331 AzMark____________ 480-926-8969 Backerworks Mfg_______ 505-342-2943 BID Machine, Inc_______ 480-892-7304 Cassavant Machining_____ 602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace_____ 480-894-0802 Competitive Engineering___ 520-746-0270 Continental Machining_____ 800-777-2483 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication__ 602-437-0339 East Valley Precision_______ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision Mach’g_____ 623-581-6200 Faustson_____________ 303-420-7422 Flex-Pro_____________ 623-581-0551 Gibbs Precision Machine____ 480-753-1166 Glover Precision , Inc.______ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng____ 520-889-8325 HK Machining__________ 602-278-6704 HPMP______________ 801-619-9850 IMCO Products__________ 480-632-2252 Jaguar Precision Machine____ 505-242-6545 JB’s Precision__________ 623-581-9088 JC Machine & Motorsports___ 602-790-2207 JD Machine___________ 801-782-4403 Jemelco, Inc.___________ 480-804-9541 JWB Manufacturing_______ 480-967-4600 LAYKE, Inc.____________ 602-272-2654 Lynch Brothers Mfg_______ 602-267-7575 Matrix Machine_________ 480-966-4451 Micropulse West_________ 480-966-2300 Metalcraft Inc.__________ 480-967-4889 Milco EDM & Waterjet______ 714-373-0098 Morsch Machine_________ 480-961-7673 Nelson Engineering_______ 602-273-7114 Newport Tool__________ 801-295-7411 Osborn Products_________ 623-587-0335 Paragon Machining & Design__ 480-635-9163 Petersen_____________ 800-410-6789 Powerhaus Precision______ 480-225-8854 Powill Mfg____________ 623-780-4100 Pro Precision__________ 602-353-0022 Quality Mold___________ 480-892-5480 RM Garrison Mach’ing__ __623-582-6544 RMSS_____________623-780-5904 Service & Sales_________ 480-968-9084

Southwest Swiss Precision ___ 602-438-4670 Specialty Turn Products_____ 602-426-9340 Stewart Precision Mfg______ 623-492-9400 Sun Tech_____________ 480-921-1665 Tech Five Machining_______ 480699-4856 Uni-Tek_____________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg___________ 480-966-7376 Wal-Tek Industries________ 623-587-4611 Weiser Engineering_______ 303-280-2778 Wire-Tech____________ 480-966-1591 Wissota Tool & Die_______ 480-507-3484 Machining: Production AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 Dynamic Manufacturing & Eng__ 520-664-2210 GHT Services___________ 480-396-1800 FMD Fabrication Services_____602-368-6835 JC Machine & Motorsports___ 602-790-2207 HPMP______________ 801-619-9850 Newport Tool__________ 801-295-7411 Petersen_____________ 800-410-6789 T-N Machining__________ 602-278-8665 Tech Five Machining_______ 480699-4856 Machining: Prototype AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 AATC______________602-268-1467 Accutech______________801-975-1117 Alpha Machine_________ 602-437-0322 AZ Datum____________ 602-687-6331 Backerworks Mfg________ 505-342-2943 Bar-S Machine__________ 928-636-2115 BID Machine, Inc________ 480-892-7304 Continental Machining_____ 800-777-2483 Dynamic Manufacturing & Eng__ 520-664-2210 East Valley Precision_______ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision_________ 623-581-6200 Exactitude Precision_______ 602-316-6957 Flex-Pro_____________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services___________ 480-396-1800 A2Z MANUFACTURING •

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Power

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(O): 520-664-2210 • (C) 520-631-6360

Gibbs Precision Machine____480-753-1166 Wissota Tool & Die______ 480-507-3484 Glover Precision, Inc._____ 480-464-0150 Machining: Quick Turn HPMP______________801-619-9850 AZ Datum____________602-687-6331 Infinisys_____________602-276-2276 Flex-Pro_____________623-581-0551 Jaguar Precision Machine___ 505-242-6545 Gibbs Precision Machine____480-753-1166 Jan’s Inc.____________ 480-833-7305 HK Machining_________ 602-278-6704 Jemelco, Inc.__________ 480-804-9541 JC Machine & Motorsports___602-790-2207 JC Machine & Motorsports__ 602-790-2207 Jemelco, Inc.___________480-804-9541 JD Machine__________ 801-782-4403 Paragon Machining & Design__480-635-9163 JWB Manufacturing______ 480-967-4600 Powerhaus Precision_____ 480-225-8854 KLK Ind._____________602-267-1331 RMSS_____________ 623-780-5904 L&W Machine Co_______ 602-323-2560 Machining: Milling McFarland Machine & Eng__ 480-966-1388 3D Machine LLC________ 480-239-8254 Metalcraft Inc._________ 480-967-4889 Avtek Industries________ 602-485-4005 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Bar-S Machine__________ 928-636-2115 Milco EDM & Waterjet_____ 714-373-0098 Challenger Aerospace_____ 480-894-0802 Newport Tool__________ 801-295-7411 Dynamic Manufacturing & Eng_ 520-664-2210 Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335 Exactitude Precision_______602-316-6957 Petersen____________ 800-410-6789 Flex-Pro_____________623-581-0551 Powerhaus Precision_____ 480-225-8854 FMD Fabrication Services____ 602-368-6835 Pro Precision_________602-353-00220 GHT Services__________ 480-396-1800 RM Garrison Machining____ 623-582-6544 Gibbs Precision Machine____480-753-1166 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Glover Precision, Inc._____ 480-464-0150 Select Machining_______ 602-881-5845 Graphel Corp__________800-255-1104 Stewart Precision Mfg_____ 623-492-9400 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng___ 520-889-8325 T-N Machining_________ 602-278-8665 Infinisys_____________602-276-2276 Tech Five Machining_______480699-4856 Jaguar Precision Machine___ 505-242-6545 Uni-Tek____________ 602-272-2601 JC Machine & Motorsports___602-790-2207 Val-Tech Mfg__________ 480-966-7376 JD Machine__________ 801-782-4403 Wal-Tek Industries________623-587-4611 Jemelco, Inc.__________ 480-804-9541 Wire-Tech____________480-966-1591 L&W Machine Co_______ 602-323-2560 A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 90 • Nov / Dec 2018 A Z MANUFACTURING • 90 • Nov / Dec 2018 2

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Metalcraft Inc.__________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine_________ 480-961-7673 Paragon Machining & Design__ 480-635-9163 Petersen_____________ 800-410-6789 RMSS ______________623-780-5904 Select Machining_______ 602-881-5845 Stewart Precision Mfg______623-492-9400 Systems Integrators_______ 623-434-3136 T-N Machining__________ 602-278-8665 Uni-Tek_____________ 602-272-2601 Wal-Tek Industries________ 623-587-4611 Wire-Tech____________ 480-966-1591 Machining: Semiconductor KLK Ind._____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co________602-323-2560 Machining: Swiss AZ Datum____________ 602-687-6331 Bar-S Machine__________ 928-636-2115 Cassavant Machining______ 602-437-4005 HPMP______________ 801-619-9850 Pacific Swiss & Mfg_______ 503-557-9407 RMG Machining_________623-582-6544 Southwest Swiss Precision ___602-438-4670 Specialty Turn Products_____602-426-9340 Machining: Ultra-Precision Auer Precision__________ 480-834-4637 Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing_ 503-557-9407 Southwest Swiss Precision ___602-438-4670 Machining: Turning: Automatic American Prec. Machine_____602-269-6298

AzMark___________ 480-926-8969 Challenger Aerospace____ 480-894-0802 Evans Precision Mach’g___ 623-581-6200 FMD Fabrication Services___ 602-368-6835 HPMP_____________801-619-9850 JB’s Precision Ind______ 623-581-9088 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 Matrix Machine_______ 480-966-4451 Paragon Machining & Design_480-635-9163 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Stewart Precision Mfg____ 623-492-9400 Weiser Engineering_____ 303-280-2778 MACHINING: LASER Laser Cutting Allfab Engineering______ 602-437-0497 EDM Tech__________ 602-278-6666 Fine Line Laser Cutting___ 602-863-3196 CAID Industries_______ 520-294-3126 K-2 Manufacturing______ 602-455-9575 KLK Ind.____________602-267-1331 Laser One Engraving____ 623-640-9132 Marusiak LLC________ 480-318-8883 McFarland Machine & Eng_ 480-966-1388 Precise Metal Products____ 602-272-2625 Southwest Waterjet-Laser__ 480-306-7748 The Metal Man________ 800-448-9448 TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448 Tube Service Company___ 602-267-9865 Wrico_____________ 480-892-7800 Weiser Engineering_____ 303-280-2778

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Laser Cutting:Rotary Axis K-zell Metals, Inc.________602-232-5882 Laser Engraving & Etching Laser One Engraving______623-640-9132 Leach Laser___________ 602-254-1141 Marusiak LLC__________480-318-8883 Paragon Machining & Design__480-635-9163 Perfection Ind Finishingq5__ 520-434-9090 TechMark___________ 480-820--9444 Laser Marking AZ Laser Engraving_______602-708-1204 Laser One Engraving______623-640-9132 Leach Laser___________ 602-254-1141 Marusiak LLC__________480-318-8883 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 TechMark___________ 480-820--9444 Wire-Tech____________ 480-966-1591 MANUFACTURING AAE_______________928-772-9887 Abrams Airborne Mfg______520-887-1727 Aero Tech___________ 801-292-0493 APMI ______________480-668-0024 CAID Industries_________520-294-3126 Competitive Engineering____520-746-0270 Contract Manufacturing Service_602-253-4744 Creedbilt Inc___________ 623-939-8119 Exactitude Precision_______ 602-316-6957 Harschco LLC__________ 602-617-7514 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng____520-889-8325 Group Manufacturing Serv__ 480-966-3952

IMCOR Corp__________602-245-0148 K-2 Mfg_____________602-455-9575 KLK Ind.____________ 602-267-1331 Metzfab___________ 602- 539-9591 MoldWORX__________ 480-668-8400 Petersen____________800-410-6789 RM Garrison Mach’ing___623-582-6544 RMSS_____________ 623-780-5904 Scriven Precision_________ 480-961-9775 Systems Integrators_______ 623-434-3136 Manufacturing: Electrode Quality Mold___________480-892-5480 Wire-Tech____________ 480-966-1591 Mfg: PhotoChemical Aero Tech____________801-292-0493 Etching Fabrication Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech____________801-292-0493 METAL FORMING Allfab Engineering_______ 602-437-0497 Creedbilt Inc___________ 623-939-8119 Desert Precision Mfg______520-887-4433 Fry Fabrications_________ 602-454-0701 K-2 Manufacturing_______ 602-455-9575 TMM Precision _________ 800-448-9448 METAL STAMPING High Production Precision Stamping Precision Die & Stamping____ 480-967-2038 Thompson Machine_______ 505-823-1453 MOLDS AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 JWB Manufacturing_______ 480-967-4600 Milco EDM & Waterjet______ 714-373-0098 MoldWORX___________480-668-8400 Quality Mold___________480-892-5480

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Wet Paint/CARC Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Frontier Techni-Kote_______ 928-636-0130 Precision Industrial Painting__602-256-0260 Sandblast/Automated STP Performance Coating LLC__ 602-276-1231 Screenprinting & Pad Printing Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 STP Performance Coating LLC__ 602-276-1231 PHOTOCHEMICAL ETCHING / MACHINING CMR Manufacturing_______602-273-0943 PLATING ChemResearch__________ 602-253-4175 Coating Technologies______623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 Dayton Lamina_________ 248-489-9122 E.P.S.I.______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Louie’s Black Oxide_______602-257-0530 PAS Technologies________602-744-2600 Precision Metalworks______602-455-9575 Sav-On Plating__________ 602-252-4311 Anodizing CAP ______________602-464-9629 Chemetall____________ 714-739-2821 ChemResearch__________ 602-253-4175 Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 Frontier Techni-Kote_______ 928-636-0130 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Z MANUFACTURING A2Z A MANUFACTURING SW • 2

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Pilkington Metal Finishing___ 801-972-2146 Semiray, A Div of Mistras____ 602-275-1917 Bright Nickel Sav-On Plating__________ 602-252-4311 Bright Tin Foresight Finishing_______480-921-0000 Sav-On Plating__________ 602-252-4311 Copper Foresight Finishing_______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Masic Industries_________ 503-232-9109 PAS Technologies________602-744-2600 Electroless Nickel Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Masic Industries_________ 503-232-9109 Embrittlement Relief E.P.S.I.______________714-256-8950 Sav-On Plating__________ 602-252-4311 Gold E.P.S.I.______________714-256-8950 Foresight Finishing_______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Nickel/ Chrome/Palladium Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I.______________714-256-8950 Foresight Finishing_______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Silver Plating E.P.S.I.______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Foresight Finishing_______480-921-0000 PAS Technologies________602-744-2600 Sav-On Plating__________ 602-252-4311 Tin: Matte Gold Tech Industries_______480-968-1930 Zinc Plate Collins Metal Finishing_____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I.______________714-256-8950 A2Z MANUFACTURING •

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Masic Industries_________ 503-232-9109 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Perfection Industrial Finishing_ 520-434-9090 Sav-On Plating__________ 602-252-4311 POLISHING Gold Tech Industries_______ 480-968-1930 Masic Industries_________ 503-232-9109 PRODUCT DESIGN Design and Modeling Bar-S Machine__________ 928-636-2115 PRODUCTION Challenger Aerospace______ 480-894-0802 Contract Manufacturing Service_ 602-253-4744 Louie’s Black Oxide_______ 602-257-0530 PUNCHING Desert Precision Mfg______520-887-4433 Fry Fabrications_________ 602-454-0701 Group Manufacturing Serv___ 480-966-3952 Hollow Metal Xpress_______ 866-936-7001 K-2 Manufacturing_______ 602-455-9575 McFarland Machine & Eng___ 480-966-1388 Nelson Engineering_______ 602-273-7114 Precision Metalworks______ 602-455-9575 Weiser Engineering_______ 303-280-2778 ROBOTICS CAID Industries_________ 520-294-3126

SAW CUTTING Industrial Precision Grinding__ 310-352-4700 Paragon Machining & Design__ 480-635-9163 SINTERING Western Sintering________ 509-375-3096 SPINNING: Metal Nelson Engineering_______ 602-273-7114 SPLINES Apache Gear, Inc________ 623-934-7144 SPRAY: METAL, PLASMA Empire Precision Mach._____480-633-4580

SPRINGS Custom Springs Compression/Extension/ Assembly/Torsion Ace Wire Spring & Form Co.___ 412-458-4831 Flat and Wire Springs Ace Wire Spring & Form Co.___ 412-458-4831 AERO Spring & Mfg Co_____ 602-243-4329 Dayton Lamina_________ 248-489-9122 SPRINGWORKS Utah______ 801-298-0113 STAMPING AERO Spring & Mfg Co_____ 602-243-4329 Auer Precision__________ 480-834-4637 Dayton Lamina_________ 248-489-9122 Gilbert Metal Stamping_____ 480-503-1283 Precise Metal Products_____ 602-272-2625 Precision Die & Stamping____ 480-967-2038 Scriven Precision_________ 480-961-9775 Systems Integrators_______ 623-434-3136 Thompson Machine_______ 505-823-1453 Whitley Machine________ 602-323-5550 Wrico_____________480-892-7800 Precision Metal Forming Desert Precision Mfg______ 520-887-4433 K-2 Mfg_____________ 602-455-9575 SPRINGWORKS Utah______ 801-298-0113 Thompson Machine_______ 505-823-1453 Wrico______________ 480-892-7800 Stamping: Aerospace Dayton Lamina_________ 248-489-9122 Wrico______________ 480-892-7800 Stamping: Deep Draw Thompson Machine_______ 505-823-1453 Stamping Design SPRINGS WORKS Utah_____ 801-298-0113 Stamping Flat Forming SPRINGS WORKS Utah_____ 801-298-0113 Stamping: Precision SPRINGS WORKS Utah_____ 801-298-0113

Stamping: Progressive Die & Tooling Moore Tool & Die________ 480-622-1705 TAPPING Gilbert Metal Stamping_____ 480-503-1283 TESTING Testing: Non-Dest/ Pressure CAP ______________ 602-464-9629 Chemetall____________ 714-739-2821 FutureWeld___________ 602-437-2426 Pilkington Metal Finishing___801-972-2146 PAS Technologies________ 602-744-2600 Semiray, A Div of Mistras____ 602-275-1917 Testing: Turbine Engine Cleveland Electric Labs____ 480-967-2501 THERMAL SPRAY Bolts Metallizing - CWST_____602-244-2432 Controlled Thermal Tech’y____ 602-272-3714 Empire Precision Mach._____480-633-4580 THREADING Thread Grinding Blue Streak Grinding______602-353-8088 Grindworks___________ 623-582-5767 Osborn Products_________ 623-587-0335 TOOL & DIE 3D Machine LLC_________480-239-8254 AAE_______________ 928-772-9887 Arizona Wire & Tool_______ 480-813-1002 Gilbert Metal Stamping_____ 480-503-1283 Milco EDM & Waterjet______ 714-373-0098 Moore Tool & Die________ 480-622-1705 Thompson Machine_______ 505-823-1453 Whitley Machine________602-323-5550 Wissota Tool & Die_______ 480-507-3484 Wrico______________480-892-7800 TOOLING EDM Tech____________ 602-278-6666

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Welding: Aerospace Backerworks Mfg_______ 505-342-2943 Petersen_____________800-410-6789 Waterjet, 5-Axis Dynamic Machine & Fabrication_ 602-437-0339 PPE Engineering_______ 480-615-7900 Southwest Waterjet-Laser____480-306-7748 K-2 Manufacturing______ 602-455-9575 Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480 Waterjet, Multi head EDM Tech___________ 602-278-6666 Lynch Brothers Mfg______ 602-267-7575 Whitley Machine________602-323-5550 LATE BREAKING ADDITION Waterjet, High Press. Cutting Welding: Alum. Med & Lg Alpha Machine_________602-437-0322 Alpha Machine________ 602-437-0322 Marzee_____________ 602-269-5810 Continental Machining____ 800-777-2483 Dynamic Machine & Fabrication_ 602-437-0339 MC Engineering________ 314-456-7567 WASHERS Empire Precision Mach.____ 480-633-4580 Moore Tool & Die_______ 480-622-1705 AERO Spring & Mfg Co_____602-243-4329 Hollow Metal Xpress______ 866-936-7001 Newport Tool__________ 801-295-7411 Paragon Machining & Design_ 480-635-9163 Petersen____________ 800-410-6789 WIRE FORMS Western Sintering_______ 509-375-3096 Ace Wire Spring & Form Co.___ 412-458-4831 PPE Engineering________ 480-615-7900 AERO Spring & Mfg Co_____602-243-4329 Precise Metal Products____ 602-272-2625 Fabrication TUBE BENDING Laser Cutting SPRINGWORKS Utah______ 801-298-0113 Weiser/Mile High Precision__ 303-280-2778 PPE Engineering________ 480-615-7900 Shearing Welding: Enclosures WELDING TUBING Waterjet Cutting Allfab Engineering______ 602-437-0497 Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497 Assembly Formed Tubing Welding PPE Engineering________ 480-615-7900 Alpha Machine________ 602-437-03225 Fry Fabrications________ 602-454-0701 M3 (Modern Metal Masters)_ 623-233-2932 Service & Sales________ 480-968-9084 APMI _______________480-668-0024 IMCOR Corp__________ 602-245-0148 Formed Tubing AzMark_____________480-926-8969 Welding: Design Your Business Card AERO Spring & Mfg Co____ 602-243-4329 BEL Machining__________ 480-445-9881 Fry Fabrications_________ 602-454-0701 Here In The Buyers PPE Engineering________ 480-615-7900 BID Machine, Inc________480-892-7304 IMCOR Corp___________ 602-245-0148 Welding: Laser Guide.

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3D Machine....................................82 Desert Machine Sales.. ..........................73 5th AxisFixtures.......................17,80 Desert Precision MFG.. .........................84 AAE........................................54-55,91 DM Machine Repair.. .............................80 Abrams Airborne Mfg................................85 Dynamic Machine & Fab.......................47,86 Absolute Machining & Turning............89 Dynamic Mfg & Eng..........................................90 ACC Machinery................................................73 E Solutions...................................................................93 Accutech..............................................................88 East Valley Precision..............................90 Ace Wire Spring & Form Co....................93 Ebbco Inc....................................................74 Adams Mach......................................49,73,96 Echols Saw & Supply............................ 73 Advanced Precision......................................80 Edge Technologies................................76 Aero Spring & Mfg.........................................84 EDM Network....................................30,77 Aero Tech..............................................................89 EDM Perform Access............................78 Air Gear..................................................................86 EDM Tech....................................................84 Alerus......................................................................80 Electric Motor Services........................81 AllFab Engineering........................................85 Ellison Machinery...........5,41,69,73,75 Alpha Machine................................................91 EMAG......................................................51,75 American Aerospace (AATC).................83 EMC Insurance......................................... 23 American Tools & Metals..................74-76 Empire Precision Mach.......................89 Americhem Engineering.........................84 Enterprise Manufacturing................90 ANEWCO..............................................................88 EPSI..................................................................91 Apache Gear......................................................85 Evans Precision Mach’g...................... 85 Apache Steel......................................................77 Exactitude.................................................. 92 APMI.................................................................51,82 Faustson...................................................... 82 Arizona Finishing............................................86 Field Calibrations....................................79 Arizona Machine Calibration.................78 Fine Line Fabricating Inc.................... 85 Arizona Wire Spec..........................................82 Fine Line Laser Cutting........................91 Arizona Wire & Tool.......................................93 Flex-Pro..................................................58,89 ARTL.........................................................................82 Flow Corp.............................................73,74 Auer Precision...................................................85 FMD Fabrication.....................................84 AutoDesk.............................................................84 FourPac........................................................74 Avtek........................................................................88 Foresight Finishing................................ 92 Axian Technology..........................................82 Frontier Techni-Kote..............................91 Ayers Gear & Machining....................63,71 Ganesh Machinery................................74 AZ CNC....................................11,73,76,78-79 Gateway Community College...56,83 AZ Datum............................................................89 Geiger Electric Inc..................................74 AZ Laser Engraving.......................................87 GHT Services LLC.................................... 82 AZMARK (Imaginetics)...............................91 Gibbs Precision Machine...................90 AZ Metals......................................................52,76 Gilbert Metal Stamping...................... 82 AZ Tool Steel......................................................78 Gladhill Assoc.....................................62,87 B&B Tool................................................................79 Global EDM Supply...............................76 B & T Tool & Engr.............................................77 Glover Precision, Inc..............................87 Backerworks Mfg...........................................89 GMA Garnet........................................58,75 Banterra Bank.. ..................................2,81 GMN USA..............................................53,76 Barry Metals...............................................40,78 Gold Tech Industries..............................87 Bar-S Machine Inc...................................70,82 GoSynergy.................................................29 Barton International ...................................76 Graphel........................................................86 BEL Machining.................................................84 Grindworks................................................ 83 BID Machine, Inc.............................................84 Group Manufacturing.........................84 Blue Streak Grinding............................67,85 Hangsterfers..............................................77 BMO Harris Bank............................................81 Hi-Tech Machining & Welding........84 BMSC.......................................................68,70,83 HK Machining..........................................88 Bolts Metallizing-CWST.............................83 Hollow Metal Xpress............................84 Bralco Metals.......................................16,76,77 Horizon Carbide..................................... 82 Broadway Metal Recycling..............14,81 HPMP......................................................53,93 Bud’s Equipment Sales..............................76 Hunter Machine Moving...................80 Byington Steel Treating.............................86 Hurco...............................................................9 CAID.........................................................................83 IMCO Products........................................89 Cassavant Machining.................................90 IMCOR........................................................... 93 Cassavant CAP..........................................22,93 In-Position..................................................88 Castrol.................................................................2,78 Ind. Metal Supply.............................62,78 Challenger Aerospace................................87 Ind.Tool Die.................................................87 Chemetall............................................................78 Industrial Precision Grinding...........86 ChemResearch................................................87 Infinisys..................................................83,87 CIS..............................................................................82 IPE Aerospace....................................31,90 Cleveland Electric Labs..............................89 IPG..................................................................86 CMR Manufacturing....................................91 IRH.................................................................. 82 CNC Pros.........................................26-27,73,75 ITDE.................................................................87 Coast Aluminum.............................................77 J&J Hand Finishing................................84 Coast Industrial Sales..................................81 Jacquet West.............................................78 Coastal Metals..............................................8,78 Jaguar Precision Machine..................90 Coating Tech............................................ 71,83 Jan’s Inc.........................................................88 Collins Metal Finishing................................83 J B’s Prec Ind...............................................87 Competitive Engineering............................85 JC Machine & Motorsports..............................89 Consolidated Resources...................20,80 JD Machine.................................................82 Continental Machining.............................88 Jemelco Inc.................................................80 Contract Manufacturing Service........82 K D Capital.................................................. 73 Controlled Thermal.......................................86 K-2 Manufacturing.................................91 Crating Technology............................... ......80 K-Zell Metals, Inc..................................... 92 Creedbilt Inc...................................................6,89 Kennametal...............................................79 D & R Mchy.......................9,33, 73,75,78,79 KLK Inc..........................................................88 DAUM .. ....................................................57,80,81 Kloeckner Metals....................................77 Davis Salvage.. ....................................18,92 Klontech Metrology............................. 73 Desert EDM Sales.. ............................63,76 KTR Machine.............................................74 A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 94 • Nov / Dec 2018 2

Kurt Manufacturing Co.......................78 Kyocera.........................................................76 L&W Machine Co......................................87 LAI International...................................... 82 Laser One Engraving.............................91 Layke Inc......................................................83 Layke Tactical..............................................81 LeGrand.........................................................81 Leach Laser..................................................87 Level III NDT................................................80 Lone Arrow.................................................76 Louie’s Black Oxide...........................84,86 LRW Cutting Tools..................................79 Lynch Brothers.........................................86 M3 Metals....................................................93 Magnum Prec.......................13,73-75,95 Makino..........................................................73 Marshall Tool & Supply........................79 MarZee.............................................51,85,92 Mario Pinto.................................................80 Marusiak LLC...............................................91 Matrix Machine..................................82,83 MC Engineering Inc................. 44-45,83 McFarland Machine...............................88 Mesa Machinery................................65,75 Metalcraft Inc..............................................87 Metal Supermarkets........................77,79 Metals Eng & Testing Labs.................83 Methods West........................................3,75 Metzfab............................................31,91,93 Micropulse West...................................... 82 Micro-Tronics..................................1,38-39 Midaco Corp..............................................83 Milco...............................................................84 Mistras (Semiray)...............................61,83 Mitutoyo................................................37,75 MLC CAD Systems..................................80 Modern Industries..................................46 MoldWORX.................................................91 Moore Tool & Equip............................... 75 Moore Tool & Die.....................................93 Morsch Machine..................................... 82 MP Systems................................................76 Multi-Tool...............................................37,74 NAI Horizon................................................63 National Grinding & Mfg.................... 85 Nelson Engineering.........................64,84 Newport Tool............................................93 NFP Property & Casualty....................80 North-South ..........................................7,76 O’Keefe Ceramics...............................65,88 OGP.................................................................74 Omax.............................................................. 75 Osborn Products...............................83,85 Pacific Swiss & Mfg...........................66,90 Paragon Machining & Design.........89 Paramount Honing Machine............87 Paramount Leadership Group........80 PAS (Standard Aero)............................. 85 Perfection Industrial Finishing........90 Perma-Finish Inc.......................................91 Petersen Inc...............43,82,84,89,90,93 Phoenix Grinding....................................83 Phoenix Heat Treat.................................86 Phoenix Metal Trading..........................81 Pilkington Metal Finishing................. 92 Pinnacle Manufacturing.....................88 Pioneer Distributing Co.......................83 Powerhaus Precision.............................90 Powill Mfg....................................................86 PPE Engineering......................................93 Precision Die & Stamping............28,82 Precision Industrial Painting.............83 Precision Repairs.....................................56 P. ro Precision ..............................................85 Productivity, MMT.. ...........................35,73 Qualichem, Inc...........................................77 Quality Improvement Consultin.....81 Quality Mold.............................................85 R&D Gage.. ..................................................26 Renishaw.. .............................................25,75 Resell CNC West......................................76 Rev AZ.....................................................47,81

Revolution Machine Tools.................7. 4 RMG Machining.. ......................... ....48,85 RMSS.. ........................... ................................90 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades............74 Roentgen USA.........................................74 Rotarex.. ........................................................81 Royal Products.. .................................67,76 Ryerson.. .......................................................79 S&M Moving Systems..........................80 S&S Machinery Sales.............................75 Sandvik Coromant..........................75,81 Sav-On Plating.........................................90 Savage Machine ....................................74 SBG Capital................................................79 SC Fuels.........................................................21,78 Schaeffer Oil.......................................................77 Schenk Intertech....................................74 Scriven Precision Fab........................... 82 Select Machining...................................88 Sentry Insurance......................................81 Service & Sales................................... ......92 Setco Spindles & Slides ......................78 Sharp Precision Tools............................81 Sierra Alloys TSI........................................79 Single Source Technologies.......73,77 Southwest Powder................................86 Southwest Spindle Service...............81 Southwest Swiss Precision...............88 SW Waterjet & Laser...........................34,91 SP Engineering............................................89 Specialty Turn Products (STP)............90 SPRINGWORKS Utah........................... .93 Star Metal Fluids.......................15,76-80 State Seal Company.............................58 Steel Services Grind’g....................64,83 Stevens Engineering.............................77 Stewart Precision Manufacturing........84 Sun Grinding......................................12,85 Sun Tech...................................................... 92 Superior Grinding............................24,86 Sustaining Edge Solutions..........10,79 Systems Integrators.....................................83 T-CNC............................................................88 TMG................................................................74 TMM Precision...................................82,85 T-N Machining.........................................88 T.S.M. Mach. .............................................. 73 Takashi Sato...............................................80 Tech Five Machining.......................88,90 TechMark.....................................................85 Temperature Processing.....................87 The Metal Man...................................82,85 The Tool Crib Inc......................................79 The Werks C&C.........................................78 Thermal-Vac..............................................89 Thompson Machine.............................84 THT Machining.........................................91 TMG................................................................74 Toolnet International...........................76 Total Quality Sys.......................................77 Tube Service...............................................77 TVT Die Casting.................................60,85 TW Metals....................................................77 United Performance......................42,78 U S Shop Tools...................................23,76 Uni-Tek..........................................................87 Val-Tech Mfg..............................................84 Vero Software...........................................79 VonRuden............................................78,80 Wal-Tek Industries.................................. 82 Washington Cal. ..............................86 Western Banks...................................36,79 Weiser/Mile High Precision...............85 Western Cast Parts................................. 82 Western Sintering Co........................... 93 Western States Metal.....................68,80 White’s Niche Products.................19,75 Whitley Machine ........................59,85 Wire-Tech....................................................84 Wisotta Tool & Die.................................. 92 Wrico.......................................................50,84 Zachman Machinery.............................75 Zeiss Metrology.......................................74

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