A2Z Manufacturing Magazine for Rocky Mountains April 2020

Vol. 13, No. 2, March / Apr 2020

Rocky Mountain Edition (CO, UT, MT, WY, ID.)

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Editors Corner I hope you are well during this difficult time. Everyone is struggling with his or her own version of this crisis.We may be sick, or we may have loved ones who are ill. For many, we are faced with isolation and economic uncertainty. Our medical colleagues in the Emergency Rooms and ICUs are being asked to work tireless hours in very dangerous conditions.

The Coronavirus pandemic has indeed rocked our world.Yet, what often happens during crises is that we can see some truly beautiful things that help us remember how incredibly good people can be.

Elon Musk, despite downplaying the severity of the Coronavirus, nonetheless stepped up to secure 1255 ventilators from China’s oversupply. Celebrities, from athletes to singers and actors, were amazingly generous in their contributions, from food to monetary donations. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $100 million, and Arnold Schwarzenegger donated $1 million. Companies like Facebook, Apple, and Goldman Sachs donated their stockpiles of facemasks, including N95 respirators, to healthcare workers.

Aside from people’s generosity, there are behavioral changes that we hope will be woven into the fabric of our culture moving forward.

Panic buying is especially hard on older people, some of whom are less able to get to the shops regularly. To date, the highest Coronavirus mortality rates have been among through 70 and older — so many grocery stores have stepped in to open early just for seniors.

In March 2020, the world was well into global shutdown measures designed to slow the spread of the virus. According to the European Space Agency, that had a shocking impact on pollution levels over China. When they compared air pollution and levels of nitrogen dioxide to the levels in the air at the same time the previous year, they found a huge drop. And that’s a big deal: nitrogen dioxide not only makes respiratory diseases worse for those who have them, but it is also responsible for global heating. Further, the drop in pollution could prove life saving.

Stanford’s Earth System Science professor Marshall Burke says that the improvement in air quality could result in saving the lives of thousands of people. More people, he says, than have died of the virus in China.

Working from home should become a viable option for many after the pandemic. For many, there’s really no reason why they can’t work remotely. But switching has been slow to happen — according to CNBC, it’s entirely possible that in a world post-COVID-19, that’s going to change. And it makes sense. Gallup polls suggest that workers are most productive when they can work remotely two or three days out of the workweek, with the other time spent in meetings and on collaboration. And there’s a bonus for companies, too — for every employee who spends half their time working remotely, they save around $11,000 a year.

We must recognize the need to move some critical pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing back to the United States. I was astounded to learn that 100% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for two vital products — penicillin and the blood-thinner heparin — are manufactured exclusively in China.

The majority of personal protective equipment (PPE) used by U.S. healthcare providers is manufactured in China and other countries hit hardest by the coronavirus. Only two U.S.-based companies — 3M and Prestige Ameritech — are full-line manufacturers of N95 respirators, and they historically have not produced enough units to meet domestic demand.

Until next issue, God bless our troops and God bless all of those suffering from COVID-19. May we all be well on the road to recovery, medically, financially and spiritually.

May we learn important lessons that will help make our planet a better place for our next generations. May we also prioritize manufacturing, particularly for the medical industry, coming back to the US. A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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Announcements & Releases Smith Machinery’s Sue Bolin Celebrates 25th Year Anniversary

Thank you to everyone for what you are already doing to protect your people and their families, our communities in Colorado, and the United States.

On Feb. 12th, Sue Bolin, Smith Machinery’s Office Manager, was the center of attention at her surprise 25th anniversary party, held at the company offices. The event was celebrated by visits from customers, suppliers and all of Smith Machinery’s staff.

Tom Bugnitz, CEO, Manufacturer’s Edge Needed supplies Gowns, disposable, all sizes (ISO-rated surgical gowns, impermeable, polypropylene, 3-layer, looking for at least 500,000 of each size or 2 million one-size-fits-all) N95 masks Surgical procedure masks (with or without shield) Face shields (with band, disposable) Goggles (anti-fog, splash/impact-resistant, Condor, similar to Grainger #1VT70) Gloves, exam (all sizes, long cuff 11-12”, nitrile) Powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR, MAXAIR CAPR systems) PAPR hoods (all sizes, 3M or alternative brands) PAPR filters Comfort strips (MAXAIR 2000-201) Li-Ion batteries, small (MAXAIR 200-36T) Impermeable barriers Sanitizing/disinfectant wipes Hand sanitizer bottles (4, 8, 12, or 24 oz. bottles) Hand sanitizer refills (1200 ml or 2000 ml) Hand soap (any sizing, foaming or not, sanitizing, GOJO, looking for about 500 individual 20 oz. packages) Cleaning solution spray (Vionex, CaviCide, or similar) Biohazard waste bags (red, 10 gallon, 24” or similar in size) Digital thermometers (forehead) Disposable thermometers Disposable stethoscopes

Clark Smith, owner of Smith Machinery, says, “Sue has played a central role in the administration of the office, service and parts support for our customers.

She’s been a joy to work with and is the Master of ceremonies at the annual company Christmas party. Sue is certainly appreciated and was promoted to the title of “Queen” of Smith Machinery!”

Manufacturer’s Edge: Seeking Companies To Supply Critical Emergency Supplies The White House, through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership National Network (of which Manufacturer’s Edge is the Colorado MEP Center), is requesting information from companies who can assist in producing critical emergency supplies. Below is a list of critical supplies necessary in the fight against COVID-19. Most of the items on this list are in very short supply; with the anticipation of exponential growth in COVID-19 cases in some hotspot cities, there is an effort to identify suppliers of these items or manufacturers who can pivot to these products on relatively short notice. If you have these capabilities now or are able to convert your operations to one or more items, please send the following information to tbugnitz@manufacturersedge.com and jhagan-dier@manufactuersedge.com.

Company name Contact name Contact email address Contact telephone One sentence on what you can make or supply or other help you can provide This is both a state and national effort to ramp up production capabilities as quickly as possible, so your quick response is important. Details regarding pricing, who will be purchasing, needed or waived certifications, and other variables are unknown at this time, but are being developed.

Anything you can do is beyond appreciated. It can and will save lives of medical professionals, emergency workers, and COVID-19 patients.

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How Lockheed Martin Space Is Riding Out The Commercial Satellite Slump The recent launch of a commercial communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin Space illustrates the big shifts going on in the satellite industry.

The JCSAT-17 satellite, built for Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT Corp., took off from Korou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket. The satellite is rising to its final orbit using its own propulsion.

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The powerful satellite, made to carry mobile communications data, is built on a modernized LM 2100 satellite body that has reprogrammable onboard processors, making it more flexible than previous generations of large satellites the Jefferson County-based company made. But as advanced as the LM 2100 is, it’s been four years since a private-sector company has ordered one, and it’s not clear when the next one will.

The LM 2100 is the satellite body for several U.S. military satellites Lockheed Martin Space is building, but the global market large commercial communications satellites has gone cold.

The communications industry is watching the rollout of 5G telecom networks on the ground while also sorting out what new satellite technologies it wants in orbit — whether to adopt smaller, cheaper and shorter-lived satellites that have grown more capable in recent years, stick with larger traditional communications satellites that last 15 years or more, or rely on a mixture of satellite types and ground networks to relay data, TV signals and other traffic.

Companies worldwide are expected to order 14 commercial communications satellites this year, predicts Guy Beutelschies, Lockheed’s vice president for communications satellite solutions.A fraction of that number was ordered from satellite makers each of the past two years.

The drop in business led to layoffs of thousands of workers between major commercial satellite builders, such as Westminster-based Maxar Technologies Inc., Germany’s Airbus Space & Defense, andThales Alenia, based in France and Italy.

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Lockheed Martin Space unveiled what’s now called the LM 2100 starting in 2014, after the business moved its commercial satellite manufacturing headquarters from Pennsylvania to its campus southwest of Denver.

It landed three orders from international buyers, two from a Saudi Arabian media company and the JCSAT 17 satellite, which was the eighth Lockheed Martin built for Sky Perfect JSAT. All three of the satellites have launched.

Lockheed Martin Corp. started construction in 2017 on a $350 million satellite factory, known as the Gateway Center.

The LM 2100 is the core technology for the Nex Gen OPIR missile-detection satellites, GPS III-F series of global positioning satellites, and for other satellites the company is building for the U.S. military under contracts worth $690 million last year and billions of dollars in revenue over time.

Rather than struggle with layoffs like its commercial satellite competitors, Lockheed Martin Space has been able to focus on military work.

“We’ve got a robust backlog from our government customers,” Pettigrew said. “It’s a good position to be in.”

Later this year, the company’s $350 million Gateway satellite factory is slated to open. The facility is designed to produce the LM 2100 and three smaller styles of satellites that Lockheed Martin Space will produce for military, civilian government agencies and the commercial satellite market. By Greg Avery – Reporter, Denver Business Journal

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A Canadian Company Is Evaluating Sites To Build Electric Vehicles In The U.S. Vancouver-based ElectraMeccanica is planning to build a 200-employee electric-vehicle assembly facility in the United States that would pump out three-wheeled cars described as “sleek, maneuverable and environmentally friendly.”

Tom Stringer, head of BDO’s site selection and business incentives practice – which has been tapped to consult for the project – confirms Denver is one of seven sites being looked at for the plant.

In addition to the Denver, other potential sites include:Phoenix; Raleigh-Durham; Orlando/Central Florida; Spartanburg, South Carolina;Nashville, Tennessee and Fort Worth, Texas.

“We’re looking at multiple sites in all of these locations,” he says. Stringer says the most important consideration is going to be the talent pipeline.

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important thing, and then obviously obtaining that location at a justifiable cost is the balancing part of site selection,” he says. “Incentives are a part of that, but they are not the deciding part.”

The company has been in touch with the “requisite economic development folks” surrounding possible incentives, Stringer says.

The leading and backup locations will be announced by the third quarter of this year, according to the company.

A press release describes what to expect. Specifically, it plans to begin production and delivery of “it’s flagship, single-seat, three wheeled SOLO EV during 2020” alongside its contract manufacturing partner, China’s Zongshen Industrial Group. Zongshen will continue to manufacture SOLO EVs abroad for the global market, while also supplying knock-down kits for assembly in the United States.The proposed new facility would also allow ElectraMeccanica to reduce or potentially eliminate tariffs, the company says.

“This strategic initiative will not only allow us to limit uncertainties in the global supply chain, but also grow our talent pool of engineering resources and seize the tremendous market opportunities in the USA,” Paul Rivera, CEO of ElectraMeccanica, stated.

The company plans to launch the vehicle mid-year, starting in the Los Angeles market. ElectraMeccanica recently disclosed revenue expectations of $140,000 to $160,000 for its fourth quarter. By Lauren Ohnesorge – Triangle Business Journal

Survey Says: Additive Manufacturing on the Rise Essentium recently released the findings from independent global research on the current and future use of industrial 3D printing. Simply put, acceptance across all industries is growing.

And the key to continued growth is crystal clear: manufacturers desire an open ecosystem.

Although closed systems have been in the norm across industrial additive manufacturing - often locking manufactures into one vendors’ hardware, processes and materials - survey results show that the vast majority of executives see openness as crucial to advancing 3D printing at scale.

Manufacturers are now demanding open ecosystems to overcome system inflexibility and use the materials of their choice with 50% of respondents saying they need high quality and affordable materials to meet the growing demand for industrial 3D printed parts. While 85% of manufacturers reported that industrial-scale additive manufacturing has the potential to increase revenue for their business, 22% said vendor lock-in has hampered needed flexibility.

An open additive ecosystem will see more partnerships focused on giving customers greater control of their innovation, more choice in materials and industrial-scale production at ground-breaking economics.

“Being locked into proprietary solutions that limit flexibility and choice is no longer an option if 3D printing is to become a serious contender as an industrial process for end-use products,” says Essentium CEO and Co-

(303) 466-3777 foothillsmachinery.com founder Blake Teipel. “An open market focused on developing new materials and better and faster machines is the only way for manufacturers to unlock new applications and new business opportunities. With this approach, the future belongs to the customer, not to the OEM.” Fortunately, as technology obstacles around economics, scale, strength and speed of production dissipate, the number of manufacturers using 3D printing for full-scale production rather than just prototyping has almost doubled when compared to last year (40% in 2019; 21% in 2018). Additionally, two-thirds of companies reported they have more than doubled their use of industrial-scale AM in their manufacturing, and 47% are now using the technology for runs of thousands of printed parts, a jump of 17% compared to 2018.

While reduced manufacturing costs remain a key driver for many manufacturers (58%), the need to improve customer response time is also fueling interest in additive technologies with 61% of respondents are adopting the technology to reduce lead times.

Teipel tells IndustryWeek, “Manufacturers are realizing more value from their systems because of open architecture.When companies install a system and have the ability to use more materials, they can quickly realize more value from their hardware investment and have the opportunity to achieve scale,” he says. “ A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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Californians Still Flock To Colorado, Study Finds The growing influx of Californians to The Centennial State is no myth, according to a new study.

The gLast year, 28,288 Californians took one the “most expensive migration routes in terms of moving costs,” the Migration Trends study found, and are now calling Colorado home.

gained in terms of net migration.

• Coloradans’ favorite moving destination is Texas, with 21,509 people moving out there, compared to 26,930 moving in from Texas.

• The interstate migration routes that attracted the most people in 2018 were California to Texas, California to Arizona and New York to New Jersey.

And they’re not the only ones. In all, Colorado attracted almost 240,000 newcomers in 2018.

The gFor the study, StorageCafé partnered with United Van Lines for pricing information and drilled down into the most recent U.S. Census data to analyze interstate migration patterns, and the choices of the 9.8 percent of Americans who move across the country every year.

• The states seeing the most newcomers were Florida, Texas and California, while those with the fewest were Wyoming, Vermont and South Dakota.

Standout findings from the migration trends study: • 658 people per day settled in Colorado last year, with El Paso County seeing a greater influx from out of state than any other region.

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Worldwide, Americans rank third in terms of cross-country mobility, according to a global study led by researchers at the University of Queensland, Australia. Only New Zealanders and South Koreans change addresses within their own countries more frequently. Source: Colorado Springs Business Journal

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Lockheed Martin test-fires PrSM missile for second time Lockheed Martin has test-fired its long-range Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) for the second time at the US Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, US.

All objectives were achieved in the test following the inaugural flight of the missile conducted in December last year.

The company tested the next-generation missile PrSM from its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher and flew a nominal trajectory approximately 180km to the target area.

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“The missile performed exactly as expected and successfully engaged the target with pinpoint accuracy.”

The missile test-firing was aimed at confirming its flight trajectory, range and accuracy from launch to warhead event, as well as warhead lethality, HIMARS launcher integration and overall missile performance.

The PrSM is a next-generation precision-strike, surface-to-surface weapon system and will deliver improved capabilities to attack, neutralise, suppress and destroy targets at depth on the battlefield.

Ball Aerospace Drives New Global PollutionMonitoring Satellite Network A new satellite instrument made

by Ball Aerospace & Technologies is expected to turn on in orbit in two weeks, starting a new monitoring network expected to change global understanding of air pollution.

The Boulder-based company made the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer, or GEMS, instrument, which launched Feb. 18 on a Korea Aerospace Research Institute satellite.

It’s the first of three geostationary satellites instruments that are planned to collect hourly air pollution data from most of Asia and in the Pacific Ocean, most of North America and the Caribbean, and from Europe.

Ball Aerospace, a division of global beverage packaging giant Ball Corp, made both the GEMS instrument for Korean researchers, to monitor Asia, and the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO, instrument for NASA and the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, which will cover North

America. The third satellite, to monitor European air pollution, is being made by European manufacturers.

Most air pollution data today is collected from ground stations.

What satellite data is collected comes from orbiters that take daily readings each afternoon.

Each of the satellites in the new, multinational network is designed to take hourly readings of pollution at various altitudes in the atmosphere. That will provide data from times of day and capturing atmospheric mixing factors that haven’t been available, said Dennis Nicks, program manager for Ball Aerospace.

“If you’re always measuring at the same time, you’re limited in what you can see,” Nicks said. “You miss the dynamic and interesting part of air pollution.”

The satellites are all designed to capture information on nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, aerosols and fine particulate pollutants.

GEMS is expected to start going through in-orbit testing in spring — a process that could last six months.Without hiccups there could start to be GEMS data this year, said Jhoon Kim, ofYonsei University, Seoul, who’s the GEMS project’s principal research investigator.

Having detailed data will give researchers the ability to examine what role in air pollution is played by factors such as morning rush hours in cities, the seasonal prevalence of lightning, or the time of day that farms apply fertilizers, said Kelly Chance, lead TEMPO researcher, from the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Ball finished building the TEMPO instrument in late 2018. NASA struck a deal to add TEMPO to a commercial communications satellite being built by Westminster-based Maxar Technologies Inc. that is expected to launch in mid-2022.

Renting space on a commercial satellite as “hosted payload” is a first for NASA, which used the strategy to save money on launch costs.

Ball won the contract for GEMS and TEMPO on the strength of its experience building similar ”hyperspectral sensing” instruments for the federal government’s National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration weather and atmospheric monitoring satellites dating back to the 1970s.

The difference with the GEMS instrument and its network is that the satellites operate from a geostationary orbit 22,000 miles above the Northern Hemisphere, which allows it to continuously monitor that same region of the planet.

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“I bet one day robots will have their own employment agency,” one said to the other. Laughter ensued, and they returned to their jobs on the production line of a manufacturing plant.

Well, it’s happened. Robots do have their own employment agency.

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While today, robots across the U.S. are employed doing just this type of work, they have a career development trajectory that involves more advanced skills such as “thinking.”

Through artificial intelligence and machine learning, robots will ultimately be able to figure out ways to improve whatever jobs they are given.

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McKinsey Institute study predicts that by 2030, 39 to 73 million jobs that exist today – one-third of the US workforce– will be automated.

Then there is the study from theWorld Economic Forum which predicts that the 75 million jobs lost by 2022 due to “the technological advances of the fourth industrial revolution” will in fact be overshadowed by the 133 million new jobs created.

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One thing that everyone can agree on is that whatever jobs are available in the future, they will look different and require new skills.

Is this a bad thing? Well, one viewpoint is that robots are freeing us from the drudgery of both harmful and repetitive tasks, allowing us to move higher up the value chain in the organization. Jobs that involve creative thinking and problem-solving are more valuable to a company and therefore pay more and are more secure in terms of long-term employment.

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But on a policy level, it’s slow going.While the Department of Labor certifies these programs, often they are company-specific.

“America lacks a national strategy that prioritizes youth apprenticeship as an effective talent pipeline to boost the sector’s competitiveness and spread economic opportunity across the country,” says Brent Parton of New America, a nonprofit public policy institute.

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Many educational systems are already doing this in an effort to fill manufacturing jobs, but the larger question is how education, and vocational education will be viewed in the future.

In an extreme view, robots will do all of the work, even what we consider service work today, and then how will people earn their keep? Political discussions are already underway about universal income and using social wealth funds to compensate for earned wages.

“A social wealth fund would create a true ownership society, insuring the working populace against the rise of the robots by allowing each person to own a piece of those robots’ output,” explained Noah Smith, professor computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, in a Bloomberg op-ed.

What humans will do for work, how we will perform our jobs and how we will be compensated is not something that will be solved anytime soon.

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Utah Company Creates ‘Isolation Chambers’ For Covid-19 Patients

Cliff Hokanson, Executive Vice President of HHI, “it was like, this is awesome.”

A Utah construction company claims they are the ones who created the isolation boxes being used to help treat patients infected with the coronavirus or COVID-19.

HHI created an 8 foot wide and 8 foot tall “Containerized Bio-Containment System” (CBCS) that’s 40 feet long with three rooms inside.

The Hokanson family has been running HHI Corporation for nearly 50 years, and for 47 years they’ve worked with the Federal Government, designing and fabricating for the military.

HHI stands for honesty, hard work and innovation.

“It’s about families, it’s about connections, it’s about surviving this world in the best way we can,” said Regina Hokanson, President of HHI Corporation.

Hokanson said their partner, MRI, received orders from the State Department asking for a product that could help ship home U.S. citizens infected with Ebola, along with their nurses and doctors.

The orders were given to MRI at midnight.

HHI was called at 6 AM with six hours to put together plan.

The original order for the first two “shipping containers” was in December 2014, with completion of the units in April 2015. The second order for another two units was in September 2018 with the units completed in February 2019.

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One room was created for doctors to enter, a middle door leads them to a room to “suit up,” before heading into the final room, where patients are treated.

“Everything had to be contained and washed down,” Cliff said. “Even the light fixture needed to be wiped down chemically.”

HHI invented special doors that could handle decompression on a plane — meaning, should a plane go down, no biological hazards would be released from the boxes.

“Everyone on the airplane wouldn’t be contaminated with that,” Cliff said.

Working with a tight deadline, the Hokansons said they had a three hour float allowance — a

typical business would want a few days, not hours.

A new type of epoxy needed for the walls almost threw a wrench into the tight schedule.

The chambers had to be able flex and move while shipping across the world on the airplanes, Cliff said. Most epoxy would break and become brittle, especially in the corners.

“We actually had their scientist, the guy who mixes the chemical, out here while we were applying it,” Cliff said.

The first time the new epoxy was applied, it didn’t work.

Cliff said they had to have multiple truck drivers bring a new formula from Pittsburgh overnight because the epoxy couldn’t be flown across the country.

“We’ve never seen people work that fast and get us answers,” Cliff said.

Seeing two of the CBCSs used to help patients from the Diamond Princess Cruise in Japan made the hustle all worth it, the Hokansons said.

“They can’t get home, but with this container, we can bring them home and get them the proper care that they need,” Cliff said.

The other two containers built by HHI are believed to be in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cliff said, helping patients infected with Ebola. By: Erin Cox

Businesses Learn How to WorkWith Hill Air Force Base Weber State University recently hosted an industry outreach day. The event was sponsored jointly by the Air Force Base’s 748th Supply Chain Management Group (SCMG) and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s Procurement

Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). More than 100 contractors interested in doing business with Hill Air Force Base participated.

Hill Air Force Base supports small businesses in the community by offering competitive acquisitions.

It draws on the capability and flexibility of small businesses for low quantity and high demand types of items in addition to the base’s regular recurring requirements.

“Working these types of events is at the core of what SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) does,” said Orren J. Hirschi, Supplier Relationship Management Office, 748th SCMG. “It’s a great opportunity for us to showcase our mission and to reach out to industry, seeking their expertise in helping us solve some of the challenges that affect our supply chain.”

Col. Kieran Keelty, commander of the 748th SCMG, started the event by informing attendees about the mission, challenges and opportunities available to contractors at Hill Air Force Base. Afterward, a question and answer discussion led to conversations about the aging weapon systems, the need for change, international impacts and the power of competition.

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Intermountain Rigging and HeavyHaul Your Experts In All Aspects of Logistics Management It’s our people and our equipment that differentiate Intermountain Rigging and HeavyHaul (IRH) from others in our industry”, says Mike McKnight, president with 36 years of tenure at the company. He adds, “Our goal is simple: to make your life better.”

Mike makes a good point - hire the right people and provide them with the training to do their jobs well.

Purchase best in class equipment so that your team is well armed to safely support your customers.All of this enters into the equation for a successful business. But what Mike doesn’t mention is that a leader and his or her team that values its employees and helps to establish the entity as a ‘great place to work’, where people want to stay, even for decades or their entire career, that too enters into the equation. And that is just what happens at IRH. Today, IRH specializes in all areas of equipment logistics management, including:

• Rigging and Millwright with Full Heavy Rigging • Asset Recovery • Heavy haul • Crating and Shrink-wrapping • Warehousing and Storage

When Mike joined the company in 1984, just a kid recently out of High School, owner Bill Bailey was running the business (called Intermountain Rigging and Transfer or IRT) as a small transportation company. “We had 3 to 5 people at the company back then, and I loved the idea of this type of business”, Mike says.

Business grew, and the company expanded beyond transportation, providing more and more services for their customers. They also grew their team, hiring good people and providing training. “I learned early on that our most valuable asset would be our employees and working to make them happy and successful would be key to how successful our company would become”, Mike elaborates. It was during the early 1990s that the company had expanded its team to 28 employees and 4 full time rigging crews.

The company saw mergers and acquisitions during the 1990s. In 1994, Steven Knight, owner of Knight Brothers LLC, purchased IRT and 4 years later, IRT purchased the heavy haul assets and employees of Savage Industries.With these acquisitions, Steven Knight, who remains owner today, renamed the company Intermountain Rigging & HeavyHaul, or IRH as its customers refer to it.

Today, IRH employs a team of 110, with 70% out in the field supporting customers.

“We are a company today with amazing moving capabilities – we can move, haul, and rig items from 1 pound to 1.5 million pounds all across North America”, Mike says.

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He adds, “We also offer crating and storage capabilities for our customers, which means we can support all aspects of a customers’ machinery and equipment logistics.That can even include custom fabrication and full installation services.”Whether it is one machine, complete manufacturing lines or entire fabrication facilities, IRH is uniquely positioned to support its customers.

Mike previously mentioned that employees are one of IRH’s most valuable assets. “We have our annual Christmas party, and at the event, we give our employee awards for their years of service. Each year, we give out many 25, 30, and 35 year awards. And with the acquisition of Savage’s heavy haul assets, which traces back to the early 1900s, last year we gave out a 40 year anniversary award.”

Asset recovery is a term you may not be familiar with if you aren’t in the utility industry.When IRH’s customers’ electrical equipment has reached the end of its useful life or is no longer needed in their ongoing operations, IRH Asset Recovery can recover the value of transformers of all sizes, breakers, switch gear, oil, raw materials, and more. Their crews move, transport, decommission, dismantle and dispose of their customers’ equipment to maximize your investment recovery and minimize environmental risk and operational disruption.

IRH also offers crating, whether it is small boxes to large tanks, columns, drives and machinery. Their in-house crating crew will build the exact custom enclosure your project needs, and they can provide the necessary stamps to prepare their customers’ equipment for international shipping or even long-term storage.

IRH has 3 locations throughout Utah, and they are equipped to offer warehousing and storage capabilities for their customers who need temporary holding or long-term specialized storage.

Just listen to a few of IRH’s customers. I am confident you will be as impressed as I was when interviewing them.

“IRH offers the safest, fastest and most skilled machinery moving for our company. We’ve worked with Mike McKnight and his team for decades now. They have the best equipment in the industry; they always have the perfect size forklift regardless of what equipment we are asking them to move, and their entire staff is extremely professional.

We’ve tried other riggers in the past. What we have gotten with them is limited equipment (usually oversized since they don’t have rigging equipment for a variety of sizes), and since their machinery is old, we’ll even see oil tracks when the job is done.

With IRH, their teams are skilled, and many are employees who we’ve gotten to know over the years. I think they’ve cornered the market and retained all the best employees in the industry.

When we buy a new machine from a dealer here in Salt Lake City, we always ask that they utilize IRH for our installation. Generally, we get IRH, but occasionally, the dealer selects another rigging company. IRH is competitively priced and just the best in the industry.”

Clint, COO, Machine Shop in Salt Lake City, UT “I’ve known IRH probably for 15 years or more now. They are just outstanding and their pricing is very reasonable. They are additionally extremely focused on safety, so much so that I have learned better safety procedures from them.

We have $1 million molding machines, including 64 presses that each weigh several tons, and we have complete confidence in the IRH team to support our moves and installations.We also entrust them with our Class 8 cleanroom equipment, which takes tools specific to a clean room installation. In fact, they have their own set of tools just for our clean rooms.

I actually count IRH as one of my best vendors, period.They will move mountains for us, and they do this consistently.

Our founder is a major contributor to the Leonardo Museum here in Salt Lake City. In preparation for their Flight Exhibit, they enlisted IRH to install a full size Boeing 707 as well as a C-131, a twin-engine military transport plane used in the mid-1950s.

“We use IRH both for rigging and crating. At our company, we build composite frames for airplanes and helicopters. Our customers ship these frames throughout the world, and they provide specifications for the crates the end products are shipped in, including a stamp documenting that the crate has been sprayed and heat treated.When we took on this project for our customer, we bid it out to a number of crating/rigging companies. In the end, we selected IRH for so many reasons.

We also utilize IRH for their rigging capabilities. They move our heavy equipment, and when we bring in new equipment, IRH takes care of everything, from bringing the equipment into our facility, leveling and attaching it to the floor.

Not only is their pricing competitive, but their customer service is outstanding. IRH has an excellent reputation and I rate them A+ as a vendor.”

Gary, Supervisor Aircraft Engineering Company, Salt Lake City, UT “What separates IRH from others is their investment of time and money in safety!They provide superior training to their team, and they have a team with incredible longevity with IRH. With their continuous investment in equipment, IRH is able to provide the right equipment for every specific situation; one size doesn’t fit all.

Not only can they crate, rig, and heavy haul our machines for our customers, but IRH can do the electrical installation, the foundation for the machine, and any modifications needed for the building.

IRH supported us not too long ago with 2 incredibly large installations. One job took 7 of IRH’s semis and the other took 8 or 9.With these jobs, IRH was onsite or available for 1.5 months on one and 2.5 on the other.

The team at IRH is so well trained and professional, and their track record for us is impeccable.

I don’t believe a poor performer lasts with IRH, if they are ever even hired. From Holly in the front office, to John in the warehouse, to Mike, the president of the company, the service is just amazing.We’ve had the opportunity to work with several of their rigging teams, and they are all outstanding.When I call to leave a message with them on weekends, I can’t believe that they answer my call!

To sum it up, the entire team at IRH is awesome – they do so many things to make our life easier and that is why they are our go-to team for handling the machinery we sell and service!”

Clark, Owner Smith Machinery, Salt Lake City, UT

We have 5 divisions in various locations, and all the divisions count on IRH for rigging and hauling.They’ve even transported our equipment toTijuana, Mexico, and throughout California.

They are just the best.”

Jason, Facility Manager, Medical Manufacturer in Salt Lake City, UT

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Xerox lines up US$24b M&A loan in pursuit of deal with HP Xerox Holdings has arranged a US$24 billion loan with a group of banks as it continues a pursuit of HP Inc. It's the largest-ever bridge loan in the technology sector, surpassing International Business Machines Corp's US$20 billion facility in 2018 for its acquisition of Red Hat, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The rankings exclude the US$51.2 billion bridge loan, which was part of a larger US$100 billion debt financing for the failed Broadcom Inc takeover of Qualcomm Inc. The deal was blocked by US President Donald Trump.

The Xerox bridge loan is also the first jumbo acquisition financing to emerge in the investment-grade loan market this year, which will be welcome news to banks hoping for more merger activity in 2020 after the pipeline dwindled last year.

The debt pledge is intended "to remove any doubt" about Xerox's ability to raise financing, according to a public letter sent on Monday from Xerox chief executive officer John Visentin to HP's board of directors.

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The letter referenced conversations with HP's largest shareholders that revealed HP, based in Palo Alto, California, and its advisers had questioned Xerox's ability to raise the money needed to finance the acquisition.

Connecticut-based Xerox initially lined up financing from Citigroup in November, Bloomberg reported. But HP rejected the initial offer saying the price was too low. The computer company also declined Xerox's request to open its financial books and questioned whether the smaller suitor could raise the funding.

Xerox, known for making copier machines, became a fallen angel in 2018 after both S&P and Moody's downgraded the company to high-yield amid challenges in the sector and falling revenue. Personal computer maker HP is rated Baa2 by Moody's and BBB by S&P. Xerox last raised a US$2.5 billion bridge loan in 2018 for its purchase of Japan’s Fujifilm with a margin of Libor plus 1.375 per cent. It carried higher ratings of Baa3 from Moody’s and BBB- from S&P at the time.

“Though Xerox’s assertion that the combined company is expected to have an investment grade credit rating may remain in question, funding should no longer be a concern following US$24 billion in binding financing commitments,” Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Robert Schiffman wrote on Monday.

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Every time Zach Edler sets out on a rafting trip — out on the water for days, away from phones, an internet connection and the rest of the world — the question comes up. “ S o m e b o dy wo u l d always joke and say, ‘What if we come back to a world where nothing is the same?’” Mr. Edler told me recently. “Of course, it never happens. Except for this time. This time it did.”

Blane, who worked for a rafting company out of Flagstaff, Ariz. He had one question: Have you been in contact with the outside world? They hadn’t. Aside from a few oneway text messages sent to family on a satellite phone, the friends hadn’t heard anything in more than three weeks.

No cell service. No news. Not even a passing dispatch from fellow travelers.

“He gave us a look, sighed, and then launched into it,” Mr. Edler said.

Since they’d left, the coronavirus exploded in the United States and around the world, he told the group. Italy was under lockdown. The stock market was plummeting.

Professional sports were suspended. Many schools were closed indefinitely. Infections were growing exponentially.

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On Feb. 19, Mr. Edler, 27, and more than a dozen others set out for a 25-day adventure: rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon — a trip so coveted it requires a permit won through a lottery. When they left, President Trump had recently granted clemency to Rod Blagojevich, the disgraced former Illinois governor, and Bernie Sanders had a double-digit polling lead heading into that night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas. Cases of the coronavirus were showing signs of decline in mainland China and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first Level 1 travel notices — “practice usual precautions” for travelers heading to Hong Kong and Japan.

“Half of us thought he was joking,” Mr. Edler said. “It’s like, here’s an old river guide pulling our leg. I mean, I’ve heard some pretty big tales out on the river.”

By last Saturday, March 14, as they took the last paddle strokes of their journey, Mr. Edler and his friends were some of the last people on the planet unaware that the novel coronavirus had exploded into a once-in-a-generation pandemic, setting off a global health and economic crisis and shutting down large parts of American life. In moments, the man waving to them from the banks of the river would tell them that the world they were returning to looked vastly different.

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Others in the group weren’t so sure. “I think the girls believed it right away,” said Sarah Knaack, a nurse. “He said it in this real ominous way but then he just walked away to see about lunch and we were left nervously joking with ourselves totally unsure what was going on.”

Mason Thomas, 29, said he’d been monitoring the spread of the virus before he left. “The last thing I thought before I got into the canyon was: ‘Well, I can’t do anything about it. Maybe it won’t be there when I get back,’” he said. “I

figured if it was bad maybe we’d just all be washing our hands even more or something more serious. But not this.”

For the rest of us who’ve followed the news of the pandemic as it’s swept across the globe, the experience is like tracking a hurricane and bracing for landfall. There’s a feeling of powerlessness accompanied by anxiety that ratchets up day by day. For the rafters, that stress and confusion and helplessness was compressed into an instant — and in a way, somehow both more and less intense. It’s left me wondering, if given the chance, would I trade places?

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After they got out of the river on Saturday, the group packed up their rafts and gear quietly and got in their vans to drive out. Purposely, they kept the radio off, wanting to extend the blissful ignorance of the trip a little bit longer. Ninety minutes later, they picked up a cell signal. That’s when the texts poured in.

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“The first one was from my mom,” Mr.Thomas said. “It was like, ‘You need to text me the second you get this. The world is going crazy.’

She’s immunocompromised so I was definitely worried.”

Another rafter’s family texted that the supermarket shelves in California were bare and urged the group to stock up on rice, beans, dog food and toilet paper. “We’re sitting here trying to piece the world together,” Mr.Thomas said. “What does a toilet paper shortage mean?

Why are they out of toilet paper?”

“It was this feeling of disbelief,” Ms. Knaack added. “It’s like, ‘How’d we go from paradise to hoarding rice and beans?’” Another rafter searched Amazon by phone for toilet paper and saw that it wasn’t available. “That was a moment where it felt pretty real,” she said.

The group stopped at an In-N-Out Burger in Kingman, Ariz., and called family members.

“It’s just like this whirlwind of information,” Mr. Edler said. “You’re overwhelmed being in public for the first time and then you have this virus to think about. I’m standing in line for a burger and looking around thinking, ‘So, is it here right now?’”

Huddled in an Arizona hotel Saturday night, the group tried to hang on to the last hours of the vacation. Most didn’t look at the news, hanging out with one another instead. But reality crept in. “The lady at the hotel was like,‘We have toilet paper; just don’t steal it.’ And the TV was showing some sports game from the ’80s or something and it was this reminder that,‘Oh, everything’s canceled,’” Ms. Knaack said.

Re-entry has proved surreal for the rafters. When Mr. Edler went to pick up his mail, he discovered that most places besides the post office were closed. The supermarket was mostly out of meat. Since he’s a raft guide and part-time elementary-school teacher, his summer guiding and fall teaching plans are up in the air. Ms. Knaack is preparing to head back into a health care system strained by the epidemic.

“I suppose it’s good that I got a vacation in,” she said.

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Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 TW Metals__________800-203-8000 Mold Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 Nickel Alloys AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Ryerson__________ 303-227-6310 TW Metals__________800-203-8000 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Plate-Precision Saw Cut Erickson Metals______877-543-6061 Pre-Honed Tube Western States Metals__801-978-0562 Stainless Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Kloeckner Metals Corp___480-389-2883 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC________480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Kloeckner Metals Corp___480-389-2883 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310

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Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 United Perform. Metals__ 317-946-0025 Titanium Laube Titanium___805-388-1050x124 METAL DISTRIBUTORS Erickson Metals______ 877-543-6061 Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Kloeckner Metals Corp__ 480-389-2883 Laube Titanium___ 805-388-1050x124 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________303-227-6310 TW Metals__________ 800-203-8000 United Perform. Metals__ 317-946-0025 Western States Metals___ 801-978-0562 NEW MACHINERY 3D Metal/ Additive Manufacturing Machines Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 CHIP CUTTING CNC Drilling/Tapping Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 CNC Mills Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 DMG Mori_________ 801-561-2001 Doosan__________ 973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery Sales__ 303-466-3777 Hurco___________ 800-634-2416 J.M. Grisley________ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley________ 208-861-8991 KTR Machine_______ 623-202-7177 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933

Romi Machine Tools LLC_ 859-647-7566 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 Sharp Precision______ 310-370-5990 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 Tornos USA_________951-695-0342 Triad Machine________303-424-0268 CNC Lathes Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 DMG Mori_________ 801-561-2001 Doosan___________ 973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery____ 303-466-3777 J.M. Grisley_________ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley_________208-861-8991 Hurco____________ 800-634-2416 KTR Machine________623-202-7177

Michael McSWEENEY

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ROTAREX NORTH AMERICA

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

Multitool USA_______ 800-660-0880 Iron Workers Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Production Machine Tools_ 425-881-1200 S&S Machinery Sales__ 602-368-8542

Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 CNC Swiss Turn Machines AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Tornos USA_______ 951-695-0342 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 EDM Machines AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 EDM Perform. Access.____ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 Manual Mills & Lathes KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333

NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Angle Rolls Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Band Saws Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Ultimate Machinery_____ 480-966-2000 Bar Feeders Edge Technologies______ 951-440-1574 Bending Bystronic Inc__________213-309-1694 Cold Saws KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 CNC Punching Centers S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 AMADA America______ 303-670-9406 CNC Routers Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Drill Lines Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Fiber Lasers Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Grinding Machines KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333

Laser Cutters Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 AMADA America______ 303-670-9406 Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933

Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 Pipe & Tube Benders/Notchers Amada America______ 303-549-9167 Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Plate Rolls Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Plasma Cutters Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 KNUTH Machine Tools____ 847-415-3333 Multicam__________ 970-218-9046

S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Sawing Machines Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Shearing Machines Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Welding Equipment: Spot Welders AMADA America______ 303-670-9406 OTHER ACCESSORIES Grinding Accessories Multitool USA_______ 800-660-0880 Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales______ 480-816-6300 USA EDM Supply______ 480-836-8330

Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Press Brakes Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 AMADA America______ 303-670-9406

Automatic Pallet Systems Midaco___________ 847-593-8420

Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718

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Bystronic Inc__________ 213-309-1694 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Manual Rotary Pallet Systems Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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SERVICES BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 Accounting / CPA 801-587-0713 MEP Center________ Mueller Prost_______ 314-862-2070 Level III NDT Consulting Services, LLC Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 AS9100 Certification Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 Training, Certifications, Nadcap Approvals, Responsible Level III, Aerospace, Petrol Chemical ISO Registrar BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Lean Manufacturing Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Business Advisors 314-862-2070 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Mueller Prost_______ Gregory S. Pfeuffer Machine Tool Rebuilding Business Forms/ EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 Custom labels/Brochures Nadcap Approvals - Consulting Pryntink____________855-675-1444 Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 Calibration Services Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Robotic Part Loading Systems Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 Midaco____________847-593-8420 Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 Process Improvement Western States Calibration_ 801-466-1700 ______________ 602-445-9400 BMSC PLASTICS Consultant,Operational MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Acrylics And Polycarbonates Consultant, ISO Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Laird Plastics________303-292-1687 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 Reverse Engineering BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 Plastics: Fabrication MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ _303-469-6161 Laird Plastics________303-292-1687 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Diversified Metal Services___ 801-972-6093 Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Contract Inspection Graphics Materials Rigging & Transfer Advanced Coord.

Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Laird Plastics________303-292-1687 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 IRH ____________801-972-5581 Mechanical/Engineering Material Davis Applied Tech College_ 801-593-2483 Education Laird Plastics________303-292-1687 Spindle Rebuilding Ogden-Weber Tech College_ 801-395-3795 GMN USA__________ 800-686-1679 PROG. SYSTEMS Electrical: Breakers/Switches/ Transportation CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD Starters IRH ____________801-972-5581 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Denver Breaker Supply __ 855-4UR-BRKR Consulting/Engineering Delcam (Autodeck)_____ 877-35-2261 Engineering Services Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 MultiCAM_________ 970-218-9046 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 SPINDLE REPAIR Financing SolidCAM_________ 530-863-0461 RMS Assembly & Mfg___ 303-777-3064 Univerity Federal Credit Union_ 801-463-3597 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY TOOLING First Article Inspection 3D Parts To Go________801-380-7935 PrecisionToolholding Products Advanced Coord. Tech _____303-469-6161 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 RECYCLING Heavyhaul Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 Recyclable Metals IRH ____________801-972-5581 _ Tooling Systems Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Injection Molding Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 3D Parts To Go______ 801-380-7935 Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 Scrap Metal Recycling Inspection Services Live Tool Holders Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Advanced Coord. Tech _____303-469-6161 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 Lean Consulting Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Static Tool Holders Integrated Systems Inc__ 928-649-9600 MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 Process Improvement/ Audit Robot Accessories Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 SCHUNK___________ 919-452-4535 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 TRAINING BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 SAFETY CAD/CAM Training Fire Protection Systems X-Ray Rotarex__________ 480-689-8756 Certified Inspection Service__602-267-0661 Blackwing Machine_____ 801-645-4485 Benjamin Johnson ASNT Level III #210316 johnson80120@gmail.com 602-578-8109

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Davis Applied Tech College_ 801-593-2483 MultiCAM_________ 970-218-9046 CNC/Conventional Machining Davis Applied Tech College_ 801-593-2483 Machining Software Davis Applied Tech College___801-593-2483 MultiCAM____________ 970218-9046 USED MACHINERY Action Machinery ________888-289-9100 EDM Network_________480-836-1782 K.D. Capital Equipment____480-922-1674 Methods West_________602-437-2220 S&S Machinery Sales_____602-368-8542 Selway Machine Tool_____888-735-9290 WATERJET CUTTING MACHINERY Action Machinery ________888-289-9100 Flow International_______800-446-3569 Global EDM Supply _____480-836-8330 Jorgenson Machine Tools____435-659-9455 Multicam___________970-218-9046 OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343 Abrasives/Blast Media Barton International______800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group_____832-243-9300

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Andy Martin The CNC Pros, Inc. 3329 W 2555 S West Valley City, UT 84119 PHONE: 801-973-0800 CELL: 801-637-8806 andy.martin@cncprose.com www.thecncpros.com www.facebook.com/thecncpros

368 West 600 South Salt Lake City, UT 84101 zdenek@cncmach.net

3D SCANNING The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 ADDITIVE MFG/ 3 D PRINTING Faustson___________303-420-7422 SolidCAM_________ 530-863-0461 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY 3D Parts To Go________801-380-7935 RECYCLING Recyclable Metals Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 Scrap Metal Recycling Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Integrated Systems Inc__ 928-649-9600

Phone: (801) 531-9922 Fax: (801) 531-9944 Cell: (801) 301-1160

BAR CODING BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Western Sintering_______ 509-375-3096 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 BROACHING Calibration Services Ponderosa Ind_________ 303-298-1801 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Precision Mach’d Products__ 970-482-7676 Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 Specialty Steel Services____ 801-539-8252 Western States Calibration_801-466-1700 CASTINGS ASSEMBLIES Aluminum Casting Advantage Manufacturing__877-727-0281 Precision Enterprises_____ 731-642-8709 Acu-Tec CNC_________ 303-365-9245 Die Casting CAID Industries_______ 435-890-8823 TVT Die Casting________ 800-280-2278 CNC Machine & Design Inc_ 801-531-9922 Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc Dayton Rogers______ 763-717-6303 TVT Die Casting________ 800-280-2278 JD Machine________ 801-782-4403 CHEMICAL PROCESSING Pillar Machine________ 801-965-1900 PAS Technologies____ 480-487-1906 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 COATING Wrico___________ 480-892-7800 Coating:Black Oxide Electronics Assemblies Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-7270281 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906

SAFETY Fire Protection Systems Rotarex__________ 480-689-8756 CAID Industries_______ 435-890-8823 SERVICES Coating:Chemfilm Welded Assemblies AS9100 Certification Frontier Group________602-437-2426 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 Weiser Engineering_____ 303-280-2778 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906

Coating: Liquid Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

Frontier Group________602-437-2426 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 COMPOSITES S.A. Composites________ 970-776-3877 DESIGNCAD/CAM CNC Machine & Design Inc__801-531-9922 DIES Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 EDM EDM: Drilling Small Hole LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317 39 39

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Paramount Machine

www.paramount-machine.com sales@paramount-machine.com Office: 801.886.2755 Fax: 801.886.2759

Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 Reverse Engineering Precision Tech________801-285-7288

Maverick Mold & Machine_ 970-535-4604 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Prec. Mach’d Products____ 970-482-7676 EDM: Wire Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EDM Express_______ 800-780-7075 Innovative Precision______801-334-6317 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Paramount Machine____ 801-886-2755 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 Wrico____________ 480-892-7800 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 AzMark___________480-926-8969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CNC Machine & Design Inc__801-531-9922 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

FABRICATION Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Aero Tech________ 801-292-0493 Auburn Tool & Machine_ 303-278-8769 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CNC Machine & Design___801-531-9922 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EMJD Corporation______ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Mountain View Machine __435-755-0500 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Custom Auto/Truck/Bike H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 Fabrication: Filament Winding S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Composites S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877

EMJD Corp__________ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Group Mfg Serv_______480-966-3952 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Fabrication: SheetMetal Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 AzMark___________480-926-8969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EMJD Corporation______ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Group Mfg Serv_______480-966-3952 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Pillar Machine______801-965-1900 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Fabrication: Enclosures Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Fabrication: Fabrication: Steel Medium & Large Bandsaw LLC_________303-744-7181 Bandsaw LLC_________303-744-7181 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CAID Industries______435-890-8823

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EMJD Corp________ 303-761-5236 FINISHING Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 CPCS_____________303-438-8328 Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Precision Mach’d Prod____ 970-482-7676 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Superior Grinding______801-487-9700 TVT Die Casting_______800-280-2278 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Anodizing/ Passivation Focused on Machining_____ 303-922-307 Dry Film Lubrication PAS Technologies______602-744-2600 Finishing: One Stop Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Frontier Group________602-437-2426

Shot Peen The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Grinding, Blanchard Glass Bead Clean Silk Screening Auburn Tool & Machine_303-278-8769 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Iron Phosphates Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Aero Tech________ 801-292-0493 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 FOUNDRY Grinding, Centerless Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Passivation Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 GAS NITRIDING Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Grinding, Cold Saw Frontier Group________602-437-2426 GEAR CUTTING AA Carbide________ 801-486-4881 PAS Technologies______602-744-2600 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Grinding: OD Specialty Steel Svcs____ 801-539-8252 Photochemical/Etching AzMark___________480-926-8969 VACCO Industries______626-443-7121 Gear Hobbing Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Powder Coating Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 GRINDING Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 CPCS_____________303-438-8328 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Frontier Group________602-437-2426 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 GMN USA_________ 800-686-1679 Grinding: Tool & Cutter Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 PAS Technologies______602-744-2600 BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Prec. Mach’d Products__ 970-482-7676 Exact Tool Grinding_____ 801-712-2720 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 FORMING Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Sandblasting Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Superior Grinding______801-487-9700 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906

Star Precision________303-926-0559 HEAT TREATING Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-63311 HONING/LAPPING LAYKE, Inc._________602-272-2654 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 IDENTIFICATION Industrial Labels TUFFLabels_________855-855-8833 Silk Screen Arizona Finishing_____602-438-4443 INSPECTION Inspection, First Article Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Inspection Services Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 Sustaining Edge Solutions__888-572-9642 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting Advantage Manufacturing____ 877-727-0281 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 41 41

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Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Star Precision________303-926-0559 VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 MACHINING Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 Advantage Manufacturing___ 877-727-0281 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CNC Machine & Design Inc__801-531-9922 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 RD Machine & MFg____ 801-977-0447 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

Machining: 3D Faustson___________303-420-7422 Machining: 5 Axis Accutech Machine______ 801-975-1117 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 Faustson___________303-420-7422 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Paramount Machine___ 801-886-2755 Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Machining: Aerospace AzMark___________480-926-8969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Flex-Pro___________480-773-3239 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Paramount Machine____ 801-886-2755 Pinnacle Precision____ 435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Precision Mach’d Products_ 970-482-7676 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & MFg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 Machining: Automatic StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 Machining: Ceramic O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888 Ceramic: Sapphire, Alumina, Silicon, Aluminum, Quartz O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888

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