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Late last year was one defined by big wins for labor unions in strikes against GM, Ford and Stellantis. Prior to the strike, full-time UAW workers at the Big Three earned $18 to $32 an hour, depending on seniority. They also got annual profit-sharing bonuses that totaled tens of thousands of dollars.

Initially, the union started out demanding a 40% raise in wages over four years. It also demanded that the automakers reinstate regular cost-of-living adjustments to wages. And it wanted an end to a tiered system of employment that leaves newer workers on a lower wage scale, with lesser benefits. The union also demanded a 32-hour workweek (with pay for 40 hours); the right to strike over plant closures; and, in the event that an automaker does close a plant, provisions that would force the company to continue paying workers indefinitely to do community service.

Just weeks ago, Stellantis announced a layoff of up to 2450 workers. CEO Tavares cited issues with the “direct run rate” at U.S. plants, including Sterling Heights. This term refers to the number of vehicles that need repairs after final assembly, a problem that can increase costs, delay shipments, and lead to quality issues.

As the situation unfolds, the focus will likely remain on whether Stellantis decides to keep production in the U.S. or shift more work to Mexico, a move that could have significant implications for the Stellantis workforce.

Are you in favor of unions? The share of U.S. unionized workers has fallen since 1983, when 20.1% of American workers were union members, to last year, when only 10.0% of U.S. workers were in a union. Still, there is a resurgence in the desire to unionize. While trade unions can lead to improved pay ( non-union workers weekly earnings are only 83% of those in unions), better working conditions, and greater fairness in the workplace, they may also result in membership costs, work disruptions due to strikes, and the potential to protect underperforming employees.

Unions are controversial in the U.S. – more controversial, in fact, than they are in some other countries. Here in the States, some people tout unions as essential to a strong working class, while others criticize unions for putting too many restrictions on workers and employees.

Perhaps the biggest argument against unions is this: Unions tend to put a lot of influence on seniority. That can be a good thing for creating a steady career path, but it can also make it hard for superstars to advance. It can also make it hard to demote or dismiss poor performing workers. And because unions have their own internal leadership structures, favoritism and cronyism can impede progress toward a meritocracy.

Additionally, from a management perspective, the flip side of unions providing higher wages for workers is that labor costs are higher. Using only union labor can make big projects much more expensive than they would otherwise be. And today, Tesla workers earn on average about $55 an hour in wages and benefits, compared to $66 to $71 an hour at Detroit’s Big 3, according to CNN research. Since the UAW agreement, the gap has continued to widen. According to Bloomberg, Tesla has held a labor cost advantage in the US of up to $2,700 per vehicle.

Clearly there are pros and cons to unionization in the USA, and we must balance this with the goal of becoming more competitive in a global manufacturing environment. If you are a small manufacturing entity, such as a job shop, it is in your best interest to compensate your team competitively and to treat them well. Until next issue, I wish you the best, and God bless our troops.

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Arizona CNC Equipment is ON THE MOVE!

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Haas Factory Outlet-Phoenix Invites Machinists to CNC Mill & Lathe G&M Code Programing Courses

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 free to all Haas CNC machine owners and operators. Classes are held Monday through Wednesday from 2:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Please join us for an upcoming session of the Haas CNC training. We recommend registering as early as possible as class sizes are limited.

Training is held at Haas Factory Outlet- Phoenix, a Division of Ellison Machinery facility located at 1610 S Priest Drive, #101 Tempe, AZ. To register and for additional information visit www.EllisonAZ.com or call 480-968-5877.

Arizona Tooling & Machining Assocation (ATMA) Update

The NTMA/ Arizona Chapter started the summer off hosting 120 members, their families and guests June 12 at our annual DBacks game night and also featured our June 25 event “Telling Our Story” held at CNC-PROS. NTMA Chair, Gillen Young and singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tony Arata, started the day touring and filming NTMA member shops ATD Precision MFG and Lux Precision MFG. That evening members came together and shared their stories of how they got

into manufacturing, ending with a live performance by Tony Arata.

July 18 we honored our Skill Up AZ apprentice graduate, Angelo Mandolisi from Modern Industries at our dinner meeting focusing on workforce development. Natasha Grant Holmberg, First Place Phoenix, David Zamora, Gateway Community College and Rick Hansen, Skill Up AZ spoke about the apprenticeship path and opportunities that are available. More information on these programs can be found at skilupaz.org

August 14 featured an open house at the Gateway Community College CNC Lab for UAA (Uniquely Abed Academy) candidates and their families in partnership with Skill Up AZ. The 1st session of this program starts September 3. A special thanks to Rodger Shepherd and David Zamora for their endless work and dedication in making this program a reality, and

Okuma’s MULTUS U3000 Multitasking Machine offers an ideal combination of power, speed, and process flexibility. A broad scope of machining functions and the ability to complete tasks in a single setup make this machine simple and efficient for producing a variety of parts. Combining powerful turning and milling capabilities, made possible with Okuma’s OSP-P300 control, equals one thing – increased production capacity.

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First Place Phoenix for securing a grant to pay complete costs for the 12 students. WiM (Women in Manufacturing) sponsored a facility tour and happy hour at Andersen Doors and Windows in Goodyear on August 15. FREE WiM membership is one of the many benefits for NTMA members.

The NTMA/ Arizona Chapter welcomes Curbell Plastics as a new Industry Partner. Not a member and want to be a part of our active manufacturing community? Membership information can be found on our local website: arizonatooling.org or ntma.org

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PhHorn Supermini; AN ICON OF TOOL TECHNOLOGY

“This will revolutionize boring,” Paul Horn thought to himself as he closely examined the first prototype of the Supermini. The Supermini system was then launched in 1989 and remains one of Paul Horn GmbH’s

most successful products to this day. Over the last 35 years, the tool system has undergone numerous development stages and has solved the challenges of a wide variety of machining applications worldwide. Horn is now presenting another milestone in the history of the Supermini with a sintered chip breaking geometry for the Supermini type 105.

“With a lot of hard work, we have managed to solve economically the problems of long chips when internally machining small bore diameters,” says Managing Director Markus Horn.

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We feel privileged to continue to serve Phoenix and surrounding areas. We can’t wait to show you how this development will improve your metal purchasing, metal recycling, and Rolloff Service experience.

Visit one of our two locations to see how this exciting change will benefit you! Davis Metals: (602) 267-7208 / 3322 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 Arizona Iron Supply: (602) 244-9649 / 130 S 23rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85034

The Supermini tool system can be adapted for numerous machining operations. The solid carbide inserts are used for boring from a diameter of 0.2 mm to around 10 mm. Horn developed the carbide blanks for the tool as a teardrop shape. This enables large, precise contact surfaces in the tool holder, which results in greater rigidity of the overall system. Furthermore, the teardrop shape prevents the insert from twisting, which leads to consistently precise positioning of the center height of the tool. With long tool overhangs, it reduces deflection and minimizes vibration during turning. Depending on the application and the diameter to be machined, Horn offers the inserts in three different sizes (types 105, 109 and 110) and different blank types. All types allow internal coolant supply directly to the cutting zone. The Horn tool portfolio contains around 2,500 different standard variants of the Supermini.

boring tool with sintered chip breaking geometry. The tool offers high process reliability due to its good chip control. The cutting edge geometry extends far into the corner radius of the insert. This ensures chip control even with small infeed settings. The geometry can be used universally for different material groups and is suitable for internal, face, copy and back turning.

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One of the biggest challenges in internal machining is the generation of long chips, whatever quality of tool is used. Depending on the material, boring often leads to stringers that wrap around the tool, clog holes or, in the worst case, lead to tool breakage. This is where chip breaking geometry can help. It guides and shapes the chip and causes it to break. Previously, specially lasered or ground chip breaking geometries were used for this purpose. However, this increased the cost of the inserts. With the new Supermini type 105, Horn has succeeded in developing a universal

Contact Michael Morace, Desert Tool & Gage, for more information on the Ph HORN products: mmorace@deserttool.com or call 602.489.0096.

L andmark Solutions held an Open House event at Metzfab Industries in Phoenix earlier this month.

Revolutionizing Manufacturing Efficiency: Hainbuch America

Introduces Groundbreaking AC Line for Automated Workholding Changeover

Metzfab’s facility was chosen due to their company growth, and the addition of several new state of the art pieces of equipment. Metzfab is always pushing technology and equipment limits in an effort to build and deliver the best parts to their customers.

Metzfab recently installed a new OMAX 80x 5 axis waterjet, a Bystronic Tube Laser system, a Bystronic ByStar Fiber Laser with full automation, multiple large high performance press brakes, and a fully automated robotic press brake. Installing soon is a new material finishing machine also coming from the Landmark Team.

The Landmark Solutions open house event was a success, and we are all excited to continue our long term partnership with Metzfab. Everyone attending the event were impressed with the new equipment and technology, and how this has helped Metzfab grow and diversify their business.

Hainbuch America, a leading name in machining technology, is proud to unveil its latest innovation at IMTS 2024: the revolutionary AC (Automated Change) Line. This groundbreaking solution marks a significant milestone as the first fully automated system for workholding device changeover,

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The AC Line represents a paradigm shift in workholding technology, offering manufacturers a seamless and errorfree alternative to manual changeovers. By harnessing cutting-edge automation, the AC Line streamlines transitions between workholding devices with unmatched speed and accuracy. This innovation not only reduces downtime but also enhances overall productivity, empowering manufacturers to maximize their machining capabilities.

Key features of the AC Line include:

1. Pr ecision Automation: The AC Line’s precisionengineered automation ensures consistent and reliable changeovers, eliminating human error and optimizing machining processes.

2. Automated Clamping Heads (Collets) and End-Stops: In addition to workholding device changeover, the AC Line automates clamping heads (collets) and end-stops, further enhancing operational efficiency and accuracy.

3. User-Friendly Interface: Designed with ease of use in mind, the AC Line features an intuitive interface that allows operators to program and adapt quickly, enhancing operational efficiency.

4. Versatile Adaptability: From varying part geometries to diverse materials and machining techniques, the AC Line adapts seamlessly to meet a wide range of production requirements, ensuring versatility without compromise.

5. Industry-Leading Support: Hainbuch America’s commitment to customer success extends beyond innovative technology. Our team of experts provides comprehensive support, from personalized solutions to hands-on guidance, ensuring a seamless integration of the AC Line into existing manufacturing workflows.

“We are thrilled to introduce the AC Line at IMTS 2024, marking a significant advancement in workholding technology,” said Tim Wachs, President at Hainbuch America. “This groundbreaking solution reflects our dedication to pushing the boundaries of innovation and empowering manufacturers with tools that optimize efficiency, precision, and

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Arizona Commerce Authority launches new startup resource programs

The Arizona Commerce Authority is revamping the Arizona Innovation Challenge and launching several new programs to boost resources for startups.

The ACA said it will rebrand the Venture Ready Accelerator as Venture Scale, which will connect up to 10 Arizona Innovation Challenge awardees with serial entrepreneurs, high-level executives and subject matter experts, according to an agency announcement.

programs. The Venture Raise is a 12-week accelerator to help AIC semifinalists and finalists with funding options, investor pitching and financial health, among other things. Venture Start will connect earlystage startups with mentors to improve their business plans and prepare for pitch competitions.

“The success of Arizona small businesses is fundamental to the success of Arizona’s economy, which is why the ACA continues to prioritize our startup ecosystem,” said Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, in a statement. “We’re incredibly excited to launch Venture Scale, Venture Raise, and Venture Start, three programs that will help more Arizona entrepreneurs access the support and one-on-one mentorship that’s crucial to success.”

The ACA’s new programs were developed after the agency spoke with more than 100 Arizona startups and mentors about addressing gaps in the tech ecosystem, Patrick Ptak, ACA’s senior vice president of executive initiatives, said in an email.

The ACA has also streamlined the application process for the Arizona Innovation Challenge through an integrated platform to make it easier for startups to apply. The ACA is accepting applications through Aug. 30 for its 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge.

The ACA will host application webinars on Aug. 7 and Aug. 21 to provide guidance and tips for a successful application.

The ACA launched the Arizona

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The Federal Reserve reported that industrial production in March rose 1.4%, returning to growth after an unseasonably stormy February knocked it down 2.6%. The report shows total industrial production rose 2.5% at an annualized rate during the first quarter of 2021 despite the losses endured in February by manufacturing, mining, and utilities companies.

“Like any successful organization, the ACA continues to innovate and elevate its programs to serve the needs of Arizona’s evolving startup ecosystem,” Gregg Scoresby, founder of PHX Ventures and CampusLogic, said in a statement. “Expanding on the already successful suite of AIC programs will help even more early-stage companies find success by connecting with experts who can mentor them every step of the way.”

With Superior Grinding’s Expanding Swiss Machining Department, They Have Capacity To Support Your Projects

Motor vehicles and parts production, which fell 10% in February, rose 2.8% in March but remained depressed by a persistent shortage of semiconductors. Most durable goods indexes rose

Flitton said, adding “ We do not want to compete with our many Machine

The industrial production gauge includes productivity in three sectors: manufacturing, mining, and utilities. Manufacturing production (which excludes mining and utilities output) rose 2.7% in March after falling 3.7% the month before. Mining production improved 2.7%, while utility output fell 11.4% thanks to unseasonably warm March temperatures. Manufacturing output rose 1.9% at an annualized rate.

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Shops we want to offer them a better solution to these types of jobs. With our Swiss Machining capabilities, we can cut up to 1.250 diameters.” She added, “We are reducing the steps in outsourcing for our customers with our Swiss Machining capabilities. We can buy the material, grind it, machine it, and send it to heat treat, and then finish OD or centerless grind the part. Our Swiss Screw Machine capabilities will allow us to cut costs on many parts that need to be machined and ground.”

Capacity utilization in manufacturing rose by 1.9 points, also reversing February losses.

Almost all market groups saw improvements in March, despite lingering challenges. The Federal Reserve’s index for other manufacturing, which includes publishing and logging, remained the same, but durable goods and nondurable goods indexes rose 3.0% and 2.6%, respectively.

“For one, our Swiss machines have front and rear ejection capabilities, along with 5 axes, and this means for example we can do part threading on both sides simultaneously”, founder Wendie

In nondurable manufacturing, the index for the chemicals industry rose 4.1%, and petroleum and coal products rose 5.7%, although neither sector has fully recovered from severe weather damage—the Federal Reserve noted that some chemicals factories remain offline thanks to damage sustained from February’s winter storms. Most nondurable goods indexes rose between 0.9% and 3.0%.

Superior Grinding built its business initially in Industrial Blade and Knife Grinding along with sales of replacement knives. They continue to provide these customers with outstanding services and stocking many types of replacement knives and parts for the bindery, metal and wood industries.

If February was notable for its storminess, March was notable for its heat. The unseasonably warm month coincided with a roughly 10% drop in consumer energy products, and the 11.4% drop in utilitie s utilization was the largest recorded in the history of the index’s 48-year history.

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To learn more about how Superior Grinding, a WomanOwned and HUB-Zone Certified company, can support your precision machining needs, visit superiorgrinding. com or call (801)487-9700.

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Phoenix Heat Treating is especially known for its ability to resolve difficult heat-treating problems that are beyond the capability of a typical application. We offer a wide array of processing and consulting services. We take great pride in finding unique solutions to meet each individual customer’s requirements.

The first test of a new, lightweight F-35 helmet was successful, according to the prog ram office, a promising sign that the Pentagon can qualify and implement all three fixes to the jet’s escape system by the end of the year.

To learn more about how Phoenix Heat Treating can support all your heat treat needs, as well as specialized services, contact Tim Johnston, Director of Business Development.

Recently, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 conducted the fir st test combining all three solutions designed to reduce the r isk of neck injury to F-35 pilots during ejection, according to spokesman Joe DellaVedova. Once the full gamut of testing is completed, hopefully by the end of the summer, the JPO can beg in implementing the two modifications to the ejection seat and issuing the new Generation III “light” helmet to the fleet, he said

Tim is available to assist you at Phoenix Heat Treating and can be reached at 623-512-3233 or by email at tjohnston@phxht.com

The recent sled test, conducted with a 103-pound mannequin, is the latest sign that the JPO can make good on its promise to finish the three design fixes by November, allowing the military services to lift restrictions on lightweight pilots flying the F-35 Last year, Defense News first repor ted that pilots under 136 pounds were barred from flying the fifth-generation aircraft after testers discovered an increased r isk of neck damage to lightweight pilots ejecting from the plane. The US Air Force has also acknowledged an “elevated level of r isk” for pilots between 136 and 165 pounds.

Landmark Solutions Becomes The Largest Fabrication Equipment Dealer In Western US

Landmark Solutions has steadily grown its team of experts over the past decade and now serves businesses in seven states, making it the largest fabrication equipment dealer in the Western US. Backed by over 100 years of collective experience, Landmark offers industry-leading machines and support to ensure their customers’ long-term success. Get the Landmark Advantage and contact the team today to find ways to take your operation to the next level.

The prototype helmet tested weighs about 4.63 pounds, approximately 6 ounces lighter than the orig inal Gen III helmet, and is designed to ease some strain on smaller pilots’ nec ks during ejection

Although the test was the fir st test of the new helmet, the JPO, Loc kheed Mar tin and seat-maker Mar tin Baker have conducted at least seven other tests with the latest version of the seat, which is equipped with two modifications designed to reduce r isk to pilots.The fixes to the ejection seat itself include a switch for lightweight pilots that will delay deployment of the main parachute, and a “head support panel,” a fabric panel sewn between the parachute r isers that will protect the pilot’s head from moving backward dur ing the parachute opening.

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Arizona CNC (AZ CNC) Is Pleased To Announce The Expansion of Its Sales Team With The Addition of Bernardo (Bernie) Ayala

The prog ram office has about another 10 tests planned, which will use a mix of low-, middle- and high-weight mannequins.

“This initial test had promising results and the F-35 enterpr ise is on a path to qualify the helmet . by the end of this summer,” DellaVedova told Defense News. “The lighter helmet expected to be fielded by the end of the year is in line with the seat timeframe as well.”

Arizona CNC Equipment owner Greg Whelan is pleased

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to announce that Bernie Ayala has joined the sales organization. Bernie brings 41 years of experience in the manufacturing environment to Arizona CNC Equipment customers. He has worked in CAD/CAM technology, precision machining, manufacturing processes, tool design, Quality Control, and Quality System Assurance (ISO-9000) systems.

In the past decades, Bernie has held various roles in Machine Tool sales, most recently as West Coast Business Regional Business Manager for a builder and regional sales manager for a West Coast machine tool dealer; he has also held roles as a Product Specialist and Applications Engineer.

Bernie earned a degree in Industrial Design from ITT Technical Institute, San Bernardino, CA.

Arizona CNC Equipment Sales Manager Fernando R. Garcia says, “I have worked with Bernie in the past, and I feel he will be an asset to our customers. Not only is he extremely

knowledgeable in our industry, but Bernie excels at customer relationships and doing what it takes to help his customers.”

Please get in touch with Bernie to see how he can help you with your machine tool needs. He can be reached at bayala@arizonacnc.com or call him @ (602) 677-7094.

Best Choice Parts: Convenient Source For Omax OEM, Accustream, And Hypertherm Waterjet Parts

Best Choice Parts offers immediate will-call or guaranteed same-day shipment on over 5000 American-made waterjet parts.

The region’s proud exclusive dealer for OMAX OEM parts, Best Choice also stocks Accustream and Hypertherm parts for Flow, KMT, and other systems, and has quickly become the preferred parts source for shops throughout the region.

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We are proud to announce QualityMTS has expanded sales and service to Arizona and New Mexico. For 20 years, QualityMTS has supported customers in the Midwest.

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Businesses in Bernalillo County and City of Albuquerque Eligible for C-PACE Financing

In 2023, New Mexico adopted the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program to assist eligible property owners with obtaining long-term financing for a range of energy efficiency and resiliency improvements.

The financing is then secured via a special improvement assessment on the improved property. In June 2024, Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque became the first local governments in the state to pass legislation opting into the New Mexico C-PACE program.

Commercial property owners can make clean energy building improvements to enhance their operations, save money, and increase profits whether or not they are engaged in manufacturing because the program is available to commercial properties that qualify under the C-PACE program.

More information and an application can be found on the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s program contractor’s website here.

Manufacturing Technology Orders Grow 4.3% in June 2024 as Year-Over-

Year Order Gap Narrows

Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $402.3 million in June 2024. New orders of metalworking machinery were up 4.3% from May 2024 but down 1.6% from June 2023. Year-to-date orders reached $2.2 billion, down 10.7% compared to the first half of 2023.

While the value of orders maintained momentum in June 2024, with the average value increasing significantly, the number of units ordered for the month dropped to 1,471 units, the lowest since July 2023. This divergence indicates manufacturers are generally investing in more automated, task-specific solutions. This trend is further confirmed, as inflation among machine tools, measured by the producer price index, has stayed relatively flat for the last several months.

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Liberty Precision Works Expands Its Capabilities With the Addition o f Kitamura’s Mycenter-4XV vertical machining center

Liberty Precision Works , an ITAR Registered company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of their newest machine tool, the Kitamura’s high capacity Mycenter-4XV vertical machining center.

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machinery orders in 2024, dropping to the lowest levels in both unit count and value since the first half of 2010. Demand for machinery in this sector has been waning, as the World Steel Association reports that global steel production in the first half of 2024 was flat compared to the first half of 2023. One notable exception to this recent trend is the aerospace sector, which has increased orders in the first half of 2024 to the highest number of units since the first half of 2018, yet the value of orders remains about 2% below orders placed in the first half of 2022. With capacity utilization in the aerospace sector reaching post-COVID peaks, this confirms that these manufacturers are in need of additional machinery to meet growing demand.

Orders of manufacturing technology are down nearly 11% in the first half of 2024 compared to 2023, but that difference has narrowed in the past several months. Despite the lingering uncertainty around the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy, the pending election, and escalating geopolitical tensions, the remainder of 2024 seems ready for a rebound in demand for manufacturing technology – perhaps even more so with the opening of IMTS 2024 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show in September at Chicago’s McCormick Place. by Christopher Chidzik

Tyler Carroll, Co-Founder of the company, says, “The Mycenter4XV was designed for job shop flexibility. It is ideal for large single workpieces, multi-fixtured components, or additional axes implementation. The 40T automatic tool changer (ATC) enables easy tool changes and greater flexibility, boosting productivity for our customers.” He adds, “A powerful, high speed, dual contact, 15,000rpm, 41hp spindle offers rigidity and stiffness for the most demanding cutting conditions our customers require.”

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FFG Americas 2024 Open House: A Resounding Success

FFG Americas is incredibly proud to announce the success of its 2024 Open House event, held on August 8th. This event drew a crowd of over 300 industry professionals, partners, and enthusiasts, eager to experience how FFG Americas “takes machine tools and machining further!”

The Open House provided an opportunity for attendees to explore top-notch machinery and technology. Guests were treated to plant tours and live cutting demonstrations across sixteen machines, including machines from MAG, FEELER, LEADWELL, and FFG DMC. This event highlighted FFG’s latest advancements in precision machining, automation, and innovative manufacturing processes, and machines displayed included 2, 3, 4, 4+1, & full 5-axis.

Besides machine display, FFG’s strategic partners in CNC Controls, Spindles, Robotics, Cutting Tools, Tool Holders, Rotary Tables, Measurements, Probes, Workholding, Bar Feeding, and Equipment Finance also participated in this event to directly interface with guests and exhibited peripheral solutions to enhance the performance of CNC machine tools.

FFG now offers a complete product line of machining equipment and solutions from its 200,00 square feet Sterling Heights operation, ranging from the standalone machine to the fully integrated and automated machining line. “Our Technology Center demonstrates FFG’s continuous commitments and never-stopping efforts in serving the metal cutting equipment needs in the North American market.”, said Brian Prina, the President & CEO of FFG Americas. “This Technology Center brings multiple FFG companies together under one roof to best support and service the North America market including machine demonstrations, training, and service parts.”

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Lucid Group Surprises Wall Street Pundits With Upbeat Q2 Sales Numbers

Lucid Group Inc. saw its shares get a hefty bump in early trading last month after the electric vehicle maker released its second quarter financials, bringing in sales revenue that easily exceeded Wall Street expectations, as well as announcing that it has more funding on the way.

What’s more, the company said it would receive another huge investment of as much as $1.5 billion from an affiliate of the Saudi Arabia-based Public Investment Fund, which has been one of Lucid’s prime backers since day one, in order to help it prepare for the rollout later this year of its much-anticipated Gravity luxury SUV.

Lucid, which manufactures its EVs at its factory south of Phoenix in Casa Grande, reported that it had $200 million in sales revenue during Q2, easily exceeding Wall Street consensus estimates of $184 million, according to Bloomberg.

The company had already seen its stock get a hefty bump in early July when it pre-released its production numbers (2,110 units) and vehicle deliveries (2,394) for Q2. The company reiterated its production guidance for the year, saying it would manufacture 9,000 vehicles in Arizona. The company said it rolled 3,838 vehicles off its Casa Grande assembly line through June, meaning it will have to push past 5,100 new vehicles in the second half of the year to meet its forecast.

The company has plenty riding on the introduction of its $80,000 Gravity SUV, amid the overall softening of EV sales. Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson gave investors the first look at pre-production models of the Gravity being produced in Casa Grande in late July. By Greg Barr –Phoenix Business Journal

My View: Why the Phoenix metro bucks the trend in key economic indicators

In 2021, Arizona had a net migration of 88,165, meaning the state has gained more than 150,000 new residents from in-migration alone during 2021-2022 — yet unemployment is dropping.

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Strategic economic development in motion is most evident when outsized impacts on the economy are seen. Greater Phoenix is now bucking national trends in unemployment, in-migration and inflation with all three indicators positively impacting each other, signaling the region’s intentional growth and resilient economy are supporting businesses, the workforce and communities.

Recent unemployment data from May 2024 shows a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.9% in the Phoenix metro, marking three consecutive months with a rate below 3%.The market saw the largest unemployment rate decline among the 51 metros with a population of 1 million or more, declining by 0.5% compared to the same time last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

This favorable unemployment trend has occurred despite Arizona leading the way for in-migration. Often, the number of people looking for jobs rises in line with an increasing population, but the Valley is bucking the trend.

These two indicators suggest the Phoenix region is a market of encouraged, active job seekers with a business ecosystem expanding to match population growth through employer demand. In fact, in a recent ranking of economic growth based on jobs and investment from businesses by Site Selection Magazine, the region’s Maricopa County ranked No. 1 in the country.

Adding longevity to this momentum, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council strategically focuses on drawing innovative industries that

create quality jobs for the region, and in the last fiscal year, attracted 49 companies, adding more than 7,400 jobs, furthering the dynamic, resilient economy.

All in, the Valley holds one of the lowest inflation rates in the country, ranking sixth lowest of the 23 metros tracked by BLS. This gives the region an advantage through stability that makes it easier for individuals to plan for the future and afford essential goods and services, while predictable costs enable businesses to plan and budget more effectively.

The economic standing of the Phoenix metro reflects a robust and resilient ecosystem with the capacity for sustained growth supported by strategic economic development. As the market continues to attract innovative industries and create quality jobs, the region is poised for a prosperous and dynamic economic future.

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$1.2 billion Raytheon contract doubles up on German Patriot missile system order

Raytheon, the division of RTX whose missile and defense operation is based in Tucson, recently won a $1.2 billion contract to provide more Patriot air and missile defense systems for the German military.

It’s Raytheon’s second contract this year to provide the missiles to Germany — the previous one, announced in March, was worth $1.2 billion.

Raytheon said the deal calls for additional Patriot major end items, such as Configuration 3+ radars, launchers, command and control stations and spare parts, as well as support. The systems will augment Germany’s existing air defense infrastructure.

Under the new contract, Raytheon will deliver four Patriot fire units, according to a report by Defense News.

The Patriot system is capable of defeating advanced long-range

cruise missiles, tactical ballistic missiles and various air-breathing weapons, which are designed to reach hypersonic speeds. Patriot is the only such system that is combat-proven, Raytheon said. It involves radars and multiple kinds of intercepters against threats and has intercepted more than 150 ballistic missiles in combat operations around the world, the company said, with most of those using Raytheon’s Guidance Enhanced Missile surface-to-air weapons.

“Patriot remains the tried-and-true stalwart of air and missile defense, relied upon by our global customers to deter aggression and defend their interests,” said Tom Laliberty, president of Land and Air Defense Systems at Raytheon, in a statement. “With each additional Patriot system, Germany is enhancing its own air defenses and strengthening NATO’s defense posture.”

The Patriot system is in use by 19 countries, including the U.S., Germany and Ukraine, which has used the weapons to fight off an invasion by Russia since early 2022.

Other recent Raytheon contracts include AMRAAM program work

In addition to the latest Patriot system order, Raytheon’s Tucson operation has won several other contracts totaling some $88 million in recent weeks. They include:

• On July 15, a $14,455,937 million Air Force contract for Raytheon was announced for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) development lab management and maintenance program. The contract provides for the development branch of the Air Intercept Missile-120 AMRAAM that will manage the design, development, integration, and testing of hardware and software improvements to the AMRAAM. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2026.

Raytheon won a contract for more than $1.15 billion in June 2023 to continue its work in the AMRAAM program for the Air Force, Navy and foreign militaries. Since then it has completed successful tests involving the system in July 2023 and in September 2023, and again in February of this year.

The AMRAAM program is part of the U.S. military’s Form, Fit, Function Refresh program — also known as F3R — that updates missile hardware and allows for software upgrades.

• On July 1, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Raytheon was awarded a $20,379,092 Air Force contract modification to a previously awarded Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile-Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment task order. The modification provides for the procurement of additional hardware. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be complete by March 22, 2027.

• The DOD also announced on June 28 that Raytheon was awarded a $27,359,086 modification to a previously awarded contract to procure 24 mid-body range safety subsystem kits and flight test kits in support of Tactical Tomahawk missiles for the U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps. Most of the work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed in May 2027.

• On June 26, the DOD announced that Raytheon was awarded a $26,213,906 modification to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract to exercise options for engineering and technical support for the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile and NATO SeaSparrow Missile Systems programs.

The modification combines purchases for the Navy and the governments of Japan, and Chile under the Foreign Military Sales program. Most of the work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by December 2025.

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Virgin Galactic closer to takeoff at MesaGateway Airport

T wo years after choosing Mesa to be the home for its manufacturing facility for next-generation spaceships, Virgin Galactic has completed its buildout.Final assembly production is right around the corner.

“The completion of our new manufacturing facility is an important milestone in the development of our fleet of nextgeneration spaceships, the key to our scale and profitability,” said Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier in a statement.

Virgin Galactic has brought out an initial team of technical operations and manufacturing personnel that will prep the facility for tooling. As it completes ground testing, Virgin Galactic's mothership will ferry completed Delta spaceships to Spaceport America in southern New Mexico, where it will conduct flight tests ahead of launching commercial operations in 2026, the company said.

The Delta spaceship seats up to six passengers, and each Delta will be capable of flying up to eight missions per month, according to Virgin Galactic.

Virgin Galactic occupies two hangars at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, in its Gateway Executive Park. The company's

presence spans more than 140,000 square feet, where it will hire hundreds of engineering and manufacturing employees.

Virgin said in early May it started operations at a ground testing facility in Irvine, California, ahead of planned flight testing next year.

“Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority is excited to celebrate the completion of Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship manufacturing facility and hangar complex at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport," said J. Brian O’Neill, the CEO and executive director of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority. "

Gateway Executive Airpark LLC and Virgin Galactic are eligible to take advantage of the airport's status as a Military Reuse Zone — a distinction that offers tax incentives to aviation or aerospace companies, as well as airport authorities located within such a zone. The incentives aren't made available to the developer until a project is 100% complete. The savings ultimately equate to about $40,000 for every million dollars spent on construction costs.

Last month, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed House Joint Resolution 2001 into law, which extends Mesa-Gateway Airport's status as a Military Reuse Zone through October 19, 2031. By Ron Davis – Phoenix Business Journal

He Skipped College to Become a Repairman. He’s On His Way to $175,000 a Year.

On a recent morning as the city was just waking up, Louie Leonardo and three co-workers loitered behind a 42-story skyscraper, waiting to get inside the least glamorous part of the building.

Hidden away on the 23rd floor, stacked between floors of office cubicles, lies the building’s beating heart: an entire level packed with mammoth boilers, chillers and pumps. Here, pipes hiss and enormous air handlers whir, keeping comfortable the office workers who will shortly begin streaming through the building’s pop art-decorated lobby.

The building’s chief engineer arrived, keys jangling, to let them in. “Oh yeah, the big man’s back,” he said. “You got Bob back.”

Bob Price, a 52-year-old technician, led them inside. He’s worked for local heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractor Herman Goldner for 17 years and is part of a wave of skilled trade workers who are beginning to age out of the profession. Price plans to retire in six years. Meanwhile, he’s training two apprentices today, including Leonardo, part of a new generation of young workers.

The inside of Leonardo’s work van. After a full day retubing a boiler, he says he’s ready for a nap.

For decades, American highschool students have been told that going to college is their best shot at a solid paycheck. But with the rising cost of college, skepticism has grown about that path. Hiring for roles that usually require a bachelor’s degree has fallen below 2019 rates in recent months, data from payroll provider ADP show. That’s prompting more young people like Leonardo to take skilled trade jobs, drawn by the prospect of well-paying careers that offer job security and don’t require taking on huge amounts of debt to be trained.

Last year, the number of students enrolled in vocational-focused community colleges rose 16% to its highest level since the National Student Clearinghouse began tracking such data in 2018. Still, the work can be grueling, and it isn’t for everyone.

“It’s very hard to find people with the work ethic,” says Price. “You have to take pride in what we do.”

Leonardo says it feels like going backstage at a theater to get to see the guts of commercial

buildings like office towers, hospitals and churches. It wasn’t his original career plan.

Growing up as the son of an HVAC installer in a middle-class Philadelphia suburb, Broomall, Pa., he watched his father leave for work before dawn and would occasionally tag along to job sites. He thought he would have a cushier life if he got a college degree and pursued a career as a mechanical engineer. Source: WSJ

Magna Plans Arizona Factory

Auto parts maker Magna International will build a multimillion-dollar manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona, the Arizona Commerce Authority announced. The nearly 230,000-square-foot facility will be located in Power Industrial Park and is expected to create hundreds of new jobs.

The Arizona facility will utilize “innovative technology and virtual tools, such as simulations,” to facilitate the integration of new products.

Magna’s entrance into Arizona builds on the state’s already booming automotive ecosystem. Electric vehicle manufacturers Lucid Motors and Nikola, as well as automated vehicle technology companies such as May Mobility and Gatik, have factories in the area.

Magna has 58 manufacturing and assembly facilities elsewhere in the U.S. Last July, the Canada-based company invested over $790 million to build three plants in Tennessee, two of which are a part of Ford’s BlueOval City supplier park.

Yet recent delays at the Ford

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plant have impacted Magna’s 2026 sales projection. According to its Q2 results, sales projections are now $44 billion to $46.5 billion, down from $48.8 billion to $51.2 billion previously. The automaker delayed its work on a next-generation electric truck until 2026 that was originally supposed to start production by the end of 2025.

Magna is also seeing headwinds with other EV program delays, cancellations and reduced volumes. “The most significant to us being Ford vehicles in Oakville and BlueOval City, GM’s full-size electric pick-ups and SUVs, and a new program for a North American-based EV manufacturer that was planned for southern U.S. and Mexico,” Kotagiri said in a Q2 call.

Magna touts its full-system approach to automobile manufacturing, which it’s continuing to improve. In May, the company acquired power module business HE System Electronic GmbH, which aims to accelerate its in-house development of car modules and leverage its combined technical and manufacturing competencies, Kotagiri noted in the call.

Raytheon Wins Huge Patriot Missile Deal To Replenish German Supply

Raytheon, the division of RTX Inc. that houses its missiles and defense operations in Tucson, has announced a new $478 million contract with NATO to supply missiles to Germany.

The contract with NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency, or NSPA, calls for sending more GEM-T missile interceptors to Germany to replenish the German Patriot air defense supply after that country sent some of its missile interceptor inventory to Ukraine for that nation’s defense against Russia’s invasion. The order is also being financed in part by Denmark, the Netherlands and Noway as those nations contribute to Ukraine’s defenses.

“Our customers are already realizing the benefits of bundled, multinational procurement of Patriot missiles through NSPA, including the economies that offer greater affordability and the pre-negotiated contracting framework that shortens the acquisition timeline,” said Tom Laliberty,

president of Land and Air Defense Systems at Raytheon, in a statement. “As a result, not only can we better support the missile inventories for these European partners, but also strengthen our cooperation, their interoperability, and their contribution to an essential NATO mission.”

The GEM-T is the Patriot Advanced Capacity 2 missile interceptor, which is designed to defeat tactical ballistic missiles and is a key piece of the Patriot air and missile defense system, Raytheon said. The system is used to defend against cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, drones and aircraft.

Patriot systems are used by 19 nations, including eight in Europe.

The deal comes just weeks after the defense contractor won a much larger Patriot contract to supply the German military. That $1.2 billion deal, announced in mid-July, will provide Germany with Patriot end-item equipment and support to augment Germany’s existing air defense infrastructure.

Separately, in late July, Raytheon announced it won a $2 billion contract to produce Standard Missile-3 interceptor rounds for the Japanese and U.S. militaries.

Raytheon’s Tucson-based operation also won two more deals in recent weeks, according to the Defense

On Aug. 2, the U.S. military announced that Raytheon was awarded a $159,900,991 U.S. Navy contract for MK 15 Close-In Weapon System upgrades and conversions, system overhauls, MK 15 Mod 31 SeaRAM upgrade kits and conversions and associated hardware. Work will be performed in several locations, including Tucson and Tempe, and is expected to be completed by October 2027.

The military announced July 25 that Raytheon won a $325 million contract modification to increase the ceiling on a previous $600 million deal with the U.S. Air Force for work on the StormBreaker Small Diameter Bomb Increment II. All work will take place in Tucson and is expected to be finished by the end of 2026. Raytheon started this year off with a $344.6 million contract modification for work on the StormBreaker system. By Jeff

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White House to dole out CHIPS Act grant disbursements by end of year

As some Arizona chipmakers worry over funding delays, the White House plans to finalize discussions with semiconductor companies about CHIPS Act grants and begin disbursements of federal funds by the end of the year, a senior U.S. Department of Commerce official said.To date, the Commerce Department has allocated $30 billion in grants to companies from a total of $39 billion intended to spur semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., the official said.

“The discussions are ongoing for the final awards across a range of

companies,” the official said. “The CHIPS team expects to — by the end of the year — begin dispersing that funding. ... Every company is on a slightly different trajectory, but the money should be flowing out soon after those awards are finalized in the next few months.”

The Department of Commerce (DoC) arranged the call under the condition the official not be identified.

While the official declined to comment on preliminary CHIPS Act agreement specifics with particular companies, they said the federal awards are based on construction and production milestones. The application process is rigorous with several application stages to ensure projects meet federal requirements and that taxpayer dollars are used wisely, the official added.

“The process to date has yielded good results, and most of the applicants we speak with

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Just last month, Microchip Technology Inc. CEO Ganesh Moorthy said on an earnings call the Chandler-based company is working through a “number of challenges” with the CHIPS Program Office and other government departments regarding its federal CHIPS grant as the process has taken much longer than anticipated.

The DoC in January inked a preliminary agreement with Microchip for $162 million in CHIPS Act incentives, the Business Journal previously reported.

“Given that we align extremely well with the U.S. government’s goals of shoring up semiconductor supply for national security and industrial security, it would be unfortunate if a pragmatic agreement on the conditions attached to the grants cannot be reached,” Moorthy said on the earnings call. “We continue to persevere through the challenges by collaborating with the CHIPS office, while remaining resolute that whatever agreement we reach must also be consistent with our business values.”

Officials address concerns over Intel layoffs

The DoC official said the agency has been in discussions with Intel Corp.

about its ability to move forward with expanding fab capacity and capabilities in four states — including Arizona — given the company’s recent announcement that it’s slashing 15% of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan.

The government official pointed to Intel’s quarterly earnings call in which CEO Pat Gelsinger acknowledged challenges in the company’s business but reaffirmed its commitment and intention to follow through with milestones they’ve laid out for the CHIPS Act investment.

In March, federal officials awarded Intel with a CHIPS Act award package to support a $20 billion expansion of the company’s Ocotillo campus.

“The chips industry is a highly cyclical and complex industry. You do see ups and downs. You do see short-term movements,” the official said. “But as we’ve worked to implement the law, we’ve built a team that’s capable

of managing the disbursements, reacting to changing conditions and ensuring the program continues to be successful, and is laser-focused on protecting Americans’ tax dollars.”

‘A once-in-a-generation investment’

On the teleconference call, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo touted the federal government’s efforts in spurring future semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., calling CHIPS Act funding a “once-in-ageneration, historic investment.”

The DoC has awarded $30 billion to 23 factories in 15 states, she said.

“By the way, those factories together — to give you a sense of the magnitude — are equivalent to about 140 football fields of factory space,” Raimondo said.

Those projects are expected to create more than 115,000 manufacturing and construction jobs, she added.

“I’m proud to say that because of the investments we’ve made in the last two years, America will be the only country in the world that will have all five of the world’s leading edge chip manufacturers expanding on our shores, and we will lead in everything from R&D to manufacturing to advanced packaging. No other economy in the world has more than two of these leading edge manufacturers.”

Lael Brainard, national economic advisor for the White House and cochair of the CHIPS Implementation Steering Council, echoed that the CHIPS Act will generate billions of dollars in private sector investments, transforming the U.S. semiconductor industry.

“In the Phoenix area, we’re seeing a world class semiconductor ecosystem emerge. Not only are we building six new world class fabs, but 14 semiconductor suppliers are moving there or

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Meanwhile, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. increased its investment in its Arizona fabs being built in Phoenix from $40 billion to $65 billion after the company was awarded nearly $12 billion in CHIPS Act subsidies.

Brainard also touted other semiconductor-related developments in New York, Texas, Colorado and New Hampshire.

“We are thrilled about teaming up with Spaceport America,” said Jon Barela, CEO of The Borderplex Alliance. “Together, we will initiate new programs that stimulate job creation and capital investment in our region. The commercial space industry is expanding rapidly, and this alliance ensures the Borderplex will be at the forefront of this 21st-century industry.”

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Casa Grande Mayor Craig McFarland said the city is “absolutely thrilled” to welcome Green Bay Packaging to the community.

“This investment is a testament to our city’s strategic growth and commitment to fostering a vibrant business environment. We look forward to a long and prosperous partnership with Green Bay Packaging,” McFarland said in a news release.

Bay Packaging Buys Land In Arizona City For Future Expansion

Green Bay Packaging Inc. has joined the legion of Wisconsin snowbirds interested in Arizona.

The company purchased 80 acres in Casa Grande, a city of more than 55,000 people along Interstate 10, with the intent of building a new box factory in the future. The property is south of West Korsten Road between North Bianco Road and North Ethington Road.

“Green Bay Packaging is excited to be a part of the great community of Casa Grande, Arizona,” GBP executive vice president Bryan Hollenbach said in a media release. “The surrounding markets are a growing business community that we believe will be a great fit for the future presence of a significant GBP corrugated box operation.”

Pinal County, Arizona property records indicate Green Bay Packaging paid $16.5 million in cash in late July for one parcel and a portion of another parcel.

The site gives the family-owned manufacturer of corrugated packaging, folding cartons, and coated label products, a site 50 minutes from Phoenix and an hour from Tucson. Green Bay Packaging also operates a sales and distribution center in Tempe, in the

Green Bay Packaging currently operates 40 facilities in 16 states. As of late 2023, it employed more than 4,700 people and had annual sales of more than $1 billion. In 2021, GBP completed construction of Wisconsin’s first new paper mill in 30 years and in 2022 the mill was certified as a net-zero water user. It celebrated 90 years in business in 2023.

Lucid begins preproduction of electric Gravity SUV in Casa Grande

Lucid Group Inc. said it is beginning pre-production of its Gravity electric crossover SUV at its Casa Grande manufacturing facility, marking a “significant milestone” for the company.

Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson on Tuesday posted a video on LinkedIn of the first Lucid Gravity SUV bodyshell descending from a roof conveyor to the company’s main production line at its 3-millionsquare-foot Casa Grande factory, which underwent an expansion in January.

“This marks the beginning of the Lucid Gravity pre-production run on our assembly line,” Rawlinson wrote on LinkedIn.” Each unit will help us perfect the process and will be used for final validation testing

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California-based Lucid unveiled plans for its Gravity SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2023. The company’s luxury SUV will have more than 440 miles of range with a starting price of $80,000, rivaling Tesla’s Model S and Model X.

A Lucid spokesperson told the Business Journal the company plans to begin full production of its Gravity SUV later this year but declined to comment on the number of employees the electric vehicle maker expects to hire as it ramps up production in Casa Grande.

The company’s website shows it’s currently hiring for more than 40 positions in logistics, manufacturing, IT and supply chain at its Casa Grande facility.

The company had about 2,500 employees in Casa Grande following a layoff of

about 1,000 workers last year, the Business Journal previously reported.

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Industrial Firms See Spending Holding Its Ground in Coming Quarters

Parker-Hannifin’s leaders expect a gradual recovery that will start to look better in early ’25 while Grainger’s boss says “there’s not a lot of panic.”

“We were really glad to see North American orders turn not negative, and we were really happy to see the industrial orders move to minus 1%.”

It wasn’t exactly a rousing pep talk that Parker-Hannifin Corp. CFO Todd Leombruno had for analysts and investors when the conglomerate reported its quarterly earnings early this month. Yes, the Clevelandbased holding company’s aerospace business continues to, ahem, fly high with expected organic growth of 8.5% in the next 12 months. But Parker’s tens of thousands of clients that buy engineered materials, filtration products and much more from its diversified industrials segment have been in a holding pattern at best in 2024.

And that appears likely to change only marginally, CEO Jennifer Parmentier told analysts in forecasting “a gradual industrial recovery” that will only really show up in Parker’s early-2025 numbers.

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started over a year ago and we believe that it has pretty much played out,” Parmentier said. “We see the distribution trend going up, but I would say it’s not a step change yet. We aren’t actually seeing [customers] add inventory.”

That tone and outlook echoed the assessment a few days earlier from D.G. Macpherson, the chairman and CEO of industrial supply titan W.W. Grainger Inc. After announcing that his team had trimmed the top end of its sales guidance, Macpherson said on a conference call that demand from customers has been “pretty slow” but no worse.

“It’s consistent, though. There’s not a lot of panic,” he said. “We came in thinking that volume this year would be flat in our market, roughly something like that, and it’s probably going to be down 1[%] now.”

Despite the investment markets’ momentary agita two weeks ago in the wake of a weaker July jobs report, it appears many leaders are seeing the world the same way of Macpherson. The headline on the Conference Board’s third-quarter Measure of CEO Confidence may have been about a loss of confidence in the economy over the short term but underlying numbers suggest continued progress: Two out of fi ve CEOs plan to grow their teams in the next year—17 points higher than those planning to cut jobs—and 84% of them will either maintain or grow their capital spending budgets in 2025.

Recent data from the Association for Manufacturing Technology point to the same relative calm and to Parker executives’ outlook for a gradual recovery: Orders for machine tools climbed in June from the prior

month and were down less than 2% year over year, a gap far smaller than the year-to-date figure. “Manufacturers are generally investing in more automated, task-specific solutions,” AMT officials said in a statement.

And they’re doing so even though Federal Reserve leaders haven’t yet cut interest rates, something that’s now almost universally expected to happen in September and which is likely to spur some more investment. Rockwell Automation Inc. Chairman and CEO Blake Moret recently said interest rates are among the factors leading some manufacturing clients to delay capacity expansions even though they are, as the AMT said, still putting money to work on resilience and efficiency projects.

Rockwell has been struggling this year with machine-builder customers slowing their order pace as they work down inventories amassed during the supply-chain crunch during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moret told analysts Aug. 7 that both distributors and machine builders have whittled down inventories but that Rockwell is now seeing “some weaker conditions in end markets.”

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Amkor scores $400M in CHIPS funding

The money for the Arizona outsourced semiconductor assembly and test facility marks the third CHIPS-related investment in the state. The Commerce Department offered Amkor Technology Inc. up to $400 million in direct funding and $200 million in loans under the CHIPS and Science Act.

The funds will be used for Amkor upcoming $2 billion semiconductor assembly and test facility in Peoria, Arizona. The facility will be its first in the U.S.

Amkor, the largest U.S.-based outsourced semiconductor assembly and test company, will package and test chips produced at a nearby Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. site, with Apple as the new facility’s largest customer.

The facility’s first phase is expected to be ready for production within three years. The semiconductor company’s facility is expected to be over 500,000-square-foot and employ roughly 2,000 people.

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Amkor also plans to take advantage of the Department of the Treasury’s Investment Tax Credit, which is expected to be up to 25% of qualified capital expenditures.

Amkor and TSMC have been working together on the project that will support industries such as high-performance computing, automotive and communications.

Arizona-based Amkor has been making gains with its external partnerships in recent months. The company also has a partnership with Germany-based chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG. On July 18, they signed a joint commitment to utilize decarbonization and sustainability strategies across their supply chains.

The company’s advanced packaging 2.5D technology is the final step in the manufacturing of graphic processing units and other AI chips, according to the Commerce Department.

“A lack of 2.5D technology capacity has been a significant chokepoint in the semiconductor industry’s ability to meet the rapidly increasing demand for generative AI products and services,” the agency’s release stated.

Amkor will partner with Arizona State University, Grand Canyon University and area other schools and community colleges for its workforce at the facility. Arizona continues to be a hotspot for semiconductor manufacturing — the state is home to the most CHIPS funding investment announcements thus far. Across TSMC, Intel and Amkor, the state has seen roughly $100 billion in CHIPS-related project investments.

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Arizona CNC Equipment is ON THE MOVE!

It’s official. Arizona CNC Equipment (AZ CNC), celebrating 25 years in business, is moving to a new facility — and this one is a permanent home — it was just purchased by founder/ owner Greg Whelan.

Though it has always been his dream to own the facility for his business, Greg wasn’t planning a move at this time, not with the current interest rates. But when his landlord of 15 years told Greg that he was doubling the rent, it made his decision to purchase a building easy.

“The building we purchased was an existing one, but we still needed time to prepare it for the unique needs of our business. We’ve been able to build out the interior to better meet the needs of our customers and our business. For example, the training facility is not only state-of-the-art, but its floor to ceiling glass door enables students learning in the classroom to see the machines they are being taught on, and the transition from classroom to showroom is seamless.”

He continued, “Our new facility will feature a dedicated service and repair room, where components like spindles and guide bushings can be rebuilt in house. In addition, we’ll have a larger area for our parts inventory to provide even better parts availability to our customers.”

The move coincides with AZ CNC’s growing team. Not only have they expanded the Sales department but they’re also adding to the Service, Applications Engineering as well as Laser Calibration departments.

The new facility will have a larger showroom, affording AZ CNC the ability to display more machines, and its 14’ overhead door enables the company to bring in larger machines than they could in their past facility. “Even the increased power (2X) will enable us to run more, larger and more powerful machines for our customers to see and run test cuts on”, Greg elaborates.

Greg says he looked long and hard for a facility like this. “Our customers have valued our strategic location in Tempe, and we really wanted our new home to be convenient to all. We found it with our new location at 1911 5th St, in Tempe. It’s still centrally located with easy access to major freeways.”

Greg started AZ CNC Equipment 25 years ago, and his extensive background in machine tools has been key to the company’s success over the past ¼ century. When he graduated from Clarkson, an Engineering college back east, instead of going to work for a large corporate entity, Greg chose to work for a small machine tool dealer. “I never wanted to work for a large company engineering and designing widgets,” he admits. It was at his first job that he learned how to do time studies and began to become familiar with Japanese machine tools. From his first position as a ‘low level Applications Engineer’, Greg moved on to work for a larger machine tool importer. Within a few years, with a natural sales aptitude, Greg moved into sales, over the years selling different machine tool brands. His early positions took him from upstate New York to Connecticut and Massachusetts.

In the late 1990’s, a colleague in the industry invited Greg to join him in Arizona to work at a newly opened machine tool dealership. While that association didn’t work out as planned, the move to Arizona turned out to be the best career move Greg has ever made, when in 2000 Okuma offered him the opportunity to open his own machine tool dealership with exclusive rights to sell the Okuma line in Arizona and Southern Nevada.

“Working for an importer, a builder and for several

distributors helped me to learn much about how to run a business, and I am thankful for the opportunities that helped me to gain these skills”, Greg says.

AZ CNC’s first line was Okuma, and they still carry this line to this day. It is, in fact, their bread and butter line, Greg says. But business enabled them in the first year to pick up 2 additional lines, one being a 5-axis mill, and the second was Tsugami. Greg says this was a strategic line, as it got them into the world of Swiss Turning machines, a very important part of the business in this marketplace. “The innovative machines from Tsugami provide superior speed, precision and durability to the world of small parts manufacturing.”

In 25 years of business, AZ CNC weathered the downturns of 9/11, the recession of 2008, and COVID. “Early in my career, I had business mentors who told me that there would be ups and downs throughout business ownership, and that machine tool sales were particularly cyclical. “Bank the money in good times, and budget to get through the tough times”, they said. He adds, “I was even told to use slow times to invest in tools and methodologies to improve the business. These early mentors helped me to sustain and grow the business over the years.”

Greg feels privileged to have represented the Okuma line for the entirety of AZ CNC’s business. “Okuma makes superior machines, and they are built to some of the tightest tolerances of any machines in the industry. Other machine tool companies have the philosophy to build a machine that will last 5 years, with planned obsolescence. At Okuma, the philosophy is to build a machine to last for decades and hold tolerance. For our customers who have Okuma machines built in the 1980’s, long before AZ CNC existed, we still provide them parts and service when they need it.”

Over the years, AZ CNC has received countless awards from Okuma, both for sales excellence and for superior service. Their latest award went to AZ CNC’s Fernando R. Garcia, Sales Manager for the company. He was one of only two members of the Okuma dealer network to receive this prestigious award. The company has even received Okuma’s PLATINUM award, which is the highest level attainable by any service group among Okuma distributors in North America, highlighting Greg’s emphasis on outstanding service.

AZ CNC Equipment is a locally owned and operated full service machine tool and automation products distributor. Throughout the past 1/4 of a century, they have been providing their customers with everything from CNC machine tools and accessories to replacement parts, tooling, applications engineering, programming, training, and tech support for full turn-key solutions.

The team at AZ CNC is excited to share its new facility with customers, new and old. They are hosting an Open House in November, with details coming soon. To hear more about how AZ CNC can support your precision manufacturing needs, contact them at: (480) 615-6353 or visit arizonacnc.com

The AZ CNC Equipment Lines

One of the world’s leading builders of CNC machine tools and controls, Okuma designs and manufactures lathes, mill turns, Vertical and Horizontal machining centers, 5 axis machining centers, double column machines and cylindrical grinders. Okuma produces both the machine and the control, providing a single source of support.

Tsugami manufactures high precision Swiss type CNC lathes, turning centers and multi-tasking machines. Tsugami is the largest machine tool builder in the world specializing in small parts (.5 to 38mm).

The Nomura DT is a highspeed, high-efficient drilling & tapping center with a small footprint. Its direct coupled spindle motor and highly rigid spindle allow for greater productivity.

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The airport is quickly growing into a major employment hub in the Phoenix metro for both aeronautical and nonaeronautical companies and is currently home to 2,500 workers. And as big companies like Virgin Galactic, Gulfstream and Xnrgy Climate Systems make major capital and workforce investments on airport land, that figure is expected to hit 4,000 in the next 12-18 months.

Lori Collins, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority’s director of business and economic development, spent more than 20 years in the Valley working in economic development before moving over to the airport authority in 2023. This year marks the 30th year of the airport authority following the closure of Williams Air Force Base in 1993, which had a goal to find ways to replace the thousands of jobs lost from the base closure.

Even with major employers already in operation, PhoenixMesa Gateway Airport appears to be in the early stages of developing into a major mixed-use force in the Valley. Indeed, the groundwork is being laid for a full takeoff in the coming years.

Gov. Katie Hobbs signed House Joint Resolution 2001 into law in June, which extends Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport’s status as a Military Reuse Zone through October 19, 2031. That designation allows for tax incentives aimed at aviation and aerospace businesses along with developing infrastructure within the airport.

“We have a lot of work to do before [2031],” Collins said. “That Military Reuse Zone is pretty critical to us being able to accomplish [getting built out] not just from projects that the airport authority takes on itself, but it is very useful in advancing some conversations with aerospace and aviation companies that can take advantage of this as well.”

The airport has been using that designation as a tool over the past two decades to aid growth and redevelopment since the base closure. The buildout of Gateway East and SkyBridge Arizona could take advantage in getting a step closer of building out their vision by saving ultimately about $40,000 for every million dollars spent on construction costs.By Ron Davis – Phoenix Business Journal

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Individual program awardees receive $15 million up front and up to $160 million over a 10year period for economic and technological development efforts. The NSF named 10 inaugural awardees in January, including one proposal led by the University of Texas at El Paso that included New Mexico partners like Spaceport America.

After unlocking upwards of $125 million for developing the region’s quantum industry through a federal “Tech Hub” designation, an interstate coalition is plotting its next hundred-million-dollar funding bid — this one focused on quantum technology in New Mexico.

Zachary Yerushalmi, CEO of the 120-member quantum consortium Elevate Quantum, told New Mexico Inno about the coalition’s follow-up funding effort. He said it’ll come in the form of a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines proposal.

The NSF’s Engines program, authorized under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, awards federal dollars to regional innovation ecosystems “that have not fully participated in the technology boom of the past few decades,” according to the

A New Mexico-led proposal, dubbed the Space Valley Coalition, missed out on a full Engines award, however, instead receiving a $1 million development grant. To date, New Mexico’s been skipped over by major government-run regional technology programs — the NSF’s Engines program, and the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs, or Tech Hubs, program.

Yerushalmi hopes Elevate Quantum’s NSF Engines proposal can change that.

While the bulk of the funding Elevate Quantum’s Tech Hubs awards unlocked — $127.5 million total — will flow up to Colorado, the consortium’s NSF Engines proposal will have a specific focus on quantum research and development in New Mexico. The proposal will be led by Elevate Quantum members in New Mexico, Yerushalmi said.

The NSF proposal would complement the regional Tech Hubs award by bidding for federal dollars focused on early-stage quantum technologies — those at “technology readiness levels,” or TRLs, between 1 and 3 on a scale that goes up to 9 as a measure of a specific technology’s maturation level.

The EDA Tech Hubs award,

in contrast, is intended to commercialize more mature quantum technologies, those at TRLs of 7 or above.

There are three specific tech areas Yerushalmi said the NSF proposal would focus on. Those include position, navigation and timing, or PNT, quantum technology, a more advanced sort of global position system; quantum “operational technology,” or OT, the hardware and software that controls physical assets like nuclear reactors or energy grids; and quantum computing technology with a specific focus on materials science, which would help create commercially viable quantum systems in a broad range of fields.

Yerushalmi said the consortium plans to start with four teams focused on those three technology areas, before selecting one or two teams. Each of the first four teams would receive around $3 million from the initial $15 million the proposal would receive, if selected, for around two years of developmental work.

Then, once the selection happens after those two years, the pair of remaining teams would be the focus of the rest of the federal dollars, totaling up to around $100 million over a 10-year period.

It’d be a big deal for New Mexico if those federal dollars come through, said Jake Douglass, quantum business development lead at Sandia National Laboratories.

While quantum research and development has long been a focus of labs and universities in New Mexico, like Sandia, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of New Mexico, and while other educational institutions like Central New Mexico Community College have made recent strides toward

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Department of Defense (DoD) Contracts

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $325,000,000 ceiling increase modification (P00010) to previously awarded contract FA8672-19-D-0001 for the StormBreaker® Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II, GBU-53/B). The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $275,000,000 to $600,000,000. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2026. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.

Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC (Chromalloy), Carson City, Nevada, is awarded a $10,278,810 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for LM2500 high pressure turbine repairs. Work will be completed at the contractor’s facility located in Carson City, Nevada, and is expected to be completed by June 2030. The contract will have a five year ordering period. Fiscal 2024 operations and

maintenance (Navy) funds in the total amount of $58,320 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. All other funding will be made available at the task order level as contracting actions occur. This contract was competitively procured using full and open competition via the System for Award Management website, with three offers received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N6649824-D-4026).

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $35,500,000 modification (P00015) to contract W58RGZ21-C-0015 for hybrid generators. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2027. Fiscal 2024 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $35,500,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona, is awarded an $88,490,500 modification to an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00039-24-D-2000) for the procurement, manufacturing, testing, and delivery of AN/USC61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR) systems, High Frequency Distribution Amplifier Group components, and spares for both systems. This modification increases the value of the basic contract by $88,490,500, to a new total contract value of $171,299,517. DMR is a modular, software reprogrammable radio system with embedded cryptography that provides all radio frequency (RF) to-baseband and baseband-to-RF conversion functions required for line-of-sight (LOS), beyond LOS and satellite communications systems operating between 2.0 megahertz to 2.0 gigahertz. This contract action was not competitively procured because it is a sole source acquisition pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)

(1) – Only One Responsible Source (Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 6.302-1). Work will be performed in Scottsdale, Arizona and is expected to be completed by February 2029. No funds will be obligated at the time of modification award. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N00039).

Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona; and Huntsville, Alabama, with an expected completion date of Feb. 28, 2031. Fiscal 2023 and 2024 procurement, Defense wide funds in the amount of $583,732,034; and $383,265,085, respectively, will be obligated at time of award. JMOD FMS funds in the amount of $308,451,327 will be obligated at time of award. The Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HQ0851-24-C-0001).

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Weston Solutions Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, was awarded a $7,768,031 modification (P00016) to contract W912DY-20-F-0475 for recurring maintenance and minor repair services for petroleum facilities. Work will be performed in Cape Canaveral, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; Patrick Space Force Base, Florida; Brunswick, Georgia; Marietta, Georgia; Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; Savannah, Georgia; Warner Robins, Georgia; Charlotte, Georgia; New London, North Carolina; Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina; Charleston, North Carolina; Charleston, North Carolina; Charleston, North Carolina; Eastover, North Carolina; and Shaw AFB, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 13, 2024. Fiscal 2024 revolving funds in the amount of $7,768,031 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Ultimate Ammunition LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada; Blane International Group Inc., Cumming, Georgia; and Olin Winchester LLC, Oxford, Mississippi, is being awarded a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinitequantity contract (H9240323R00020001) with a maximum total ceiling of $750,000,000

and a separate $2,500 minimum ordering guarantee to each awardee to procure numerous types of ammunition for all U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) components. Fiscal 2024 procurement funds in the amount of $10,000 are being obligated at time of award on the first delivery orders. Operations and maintenance funds may also be used for this indefinitedelivery/indefinite-quantity to fund future delivery orders. USSOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.

Phoenix Heat Treating Expands Capabilities with Salt Bath Nitriding

Phoenix Heat Treating is thrilled to announce the addition of Salt Bath Nitriding to its lineup of services. For over 60 years, Phoenix Heat Treating has been dedicated to servicing their customers’ unique heat treatment needs. This new addition supports the growing demand for advanced surface treatment solutions and complements their existing service offerings providing a one stop shop for all thermal process needs.

Salt Bath Nitriding, also known as Ferritic Nitrocarburizing, is a thermochemical process that diffuses nitrogen a nd carbon simultaneously into the surface of ferrous metals. During this process, a two-part surface layer is formed: an outer iron nitride layer and a nitrogen diffusion layer beneath it. Nitrogen and carbon are absorbed and diffused uniformly into the metal surface, creating reproducible and uniform layers with a predetermined thickness. This results in significantly improved surface properties for ferrous metal parts, all while maintaining dimensional and shape stability. Salt Bath Nitriding is a popular case hardening technique, alongside carburizing and carbonitriding, both of which Phoenix Heat Treating performs.

It was originally created as an alternative to gas nitriding that would produce a more uniform case through surface contact between the substrate and liquid salt. This method of directly heating the part via salt allows for faster process times compared to gas nitriding. Additionally, when steel parts are placed into a preheated liquid salt, there is sufficient energy localized near the surface due to differences in chemical potential that then allows nitrogen and carbon species to diffuse from the salt into the steel substrate. The surface hardness a salt bath nitride part can range from is 800 HV to 1500 HV. Not only is the surface hardness high, the finish once polished is a beautiful jet black.

Salt Bath Nitriding/Nitrocarburizing is well known under various trade names, including MELONITE® and QPQ®.

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• Reduced shape distortion during the hardening process: The low processing temperature reduces thermal shocks and avoids phase transitions in steel. Processing can be tailored to meet customer specifications or adhere to AMS 2753 standards, ensuring flexibility and compliance with industry requirements. With the introduction of Salt Bath Nitriding, Phoenix Heat Treating will now serve as a single source for both core hardening and the salt bath nitride finish, streamlining the supply chain and enhancing convenience

for our customers. Not only can Phoenix Heat Treating adhere to AMS 2753, but they are pleased to share that Honeywell has approved them for this process.

Their process tank size accommodates parts up to 32” DIA X 48”. For smaller parts, drum processing is also available. Yet smaller parts such as detent buttons, rolls pins, internal firearm related parts and dental picks are all processed in handmade pouches, providing versatility in handling various component sizes.

Nitriding is used for a range of applications, including:

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When asked for comment General Manager Charlie Hushek noted, “We are thrilled to add this business unit as it continues our efforts to be the most customer centric heat treater in the country. Salt bath nitriding is the first of a few big projects we are working on. It is nice to see it come to fruition.”

Tim Johnston, Director of Business development added, “There is a huge need for quality salt bath nitriding not only in Phoenix but the entire west coast, and we are pleased to offer support to those who need it.”

Phoenix Heat Treating continues to focus on its customers not only with the addition of new processes but by leveraging technology. Their entire quality system is paperless, and employees use iPads to track in and out of operations. Their latest 5 day Nadcap audit resulted in zero findings. This focus on technology has supply chain benefits for customers too. All Phoenix Heat Treating customers can log in and view live job tracking as well as download certifications and shipping tickets on demand. “I always like to say, we take the headache out of heat treat! Using digital tools to make communication effortless is what being a true partner looks like”, added Charlie.

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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Consistent Over Three Months

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the July 2024 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 50.7, steady with the May and June MCIs of 50.7 and 50.2, respectively. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future.

When asked about the outlook for the future, MCI-EFI survey respondent Lyndon Thompson, President, Byline Financial Group, said, “Companies are falling behind on capex, but the need for replacement is necessary, despite rising costs and increased financing expenses. Upgrades are essential for growth and to stay competitive, though it’s unlikely costs will decrease in the foreseeable future.”

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The overall MCI-EFI is 50.7, steady with the June index of 50.2.

When asked to assess their business conditions over the next four months, 3.9% of the executives responding said they believe business conditions will improve over the next four months, a decrease from 11.5% in June. 76.9% believe business conditions will remain the same over the next four months. 19.2% believe business conditions will worsen, up from 11.5% in June.

11.5% of the survey respondents believe demand for leases and loans to fund capital expenditures (capex) will increase over the next four months, up from 7.4% in June. 73.1% believe demand will “remain the same” during the

same four-month time period, down from 77.8% the previous month. 15.4% believe demand will decline.

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When asked, 23.1% of the executives report they expect to hire more employees over the next four months, a decrease from 25.9% in June. 69.2% expect no change in headcount over the next four months, up from 66.6% last month. 7.7% expect to hire fewer employees, relatively unchanged from June.

None of the leadership evaluate the current U.S. economy as “excellent,” down from 3.9% the previous month. 84.6% of the leadership evaluate the current U.S. economy as “fair,” up from 76.9% in June. 15.4% evaluate it as “poor,” down from 19.2% last month.

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Another solar manufacturing plant lands at Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque, NM, with nearly $1B investment, 900 jobs expected

Another August, another big solar manufacturing announcement in New Mexico.

Ebon Solar LLC and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Albuquerque will be the site of a new, $942 million manufacturing plant the company wants to build at Mesa del Sol — a master-planned development south of the Albuquerque International Sunport.

The near-billion-dollar investment could create over 900 jobs, 90% of which could come from workers in New Mexico. Those jobs would staff an 834,000-square-foot plant at Mesa del Sol, which the company wants to use for "beginning-to-end advanced manufacturing of solar cells," according to a Monday news release.

Judy Cai, Ebon Solar's CEO, said "abundant" solar resources in New Mexico, alongside "favorable" renewable energy policies and a skilled workforce in the state, attracted the company.

The City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County and the state of New Mexico have all promised money for Ebon's manufacturing development, pending approval and specific project milestones. Mark Roper, acting cabinet secretary for the New Mexico Economic Development Department, said $10 million in state and $1 million in City of Albuquerque Local Economic Development Act funds could go toward the project, with the City serving as the fiscal agent for those funds.

Roper added Ebon could qualify for Job Training Incentive Program support, too.

And, Bernalillo County received an Industrial Revenue Bond (IRB) application for Ebon's project, which will be introduced at the County Commission meeting on Aug. 13, Carolyn Tobias, economic development manager for the County, confirmed over email. Tobias didn't provide a dollar figure for that IRB request but noted in the email "an introduction summary will be part of the public agenda this weekend."

The company didn't provide a timeframe for when work on its Mesa del Sol manufacturing facility is expected to start and finish.

Ebon Solar is owned by Ebang International Holdings Inc. ), a global holdings company based in Singapore that specializes in application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, microchip and silicon manufacturing technology.

Ebon plans to produce solar cells in Albuquerque using a similar technological process, which it claims could help boost production and increase the energy efficiency of its solar cells. Ebon would look to sell those cells primarily to U.S.-based solar module manufacturers.

Solar module manufacturing has grown in the U.S., with 11 gigawatts of manufacturing capacity coming online in the first quarter of 2024 — an American record, according to a U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2024 report by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, an energy data and analytics firm.

"We have succeeded in making New Mexico a global

center for advanced energy manufacturing," Lujan Grisham said. "Ebon Solar joins other leading companies in embracing New Mexico's commitment to renewable energy."

Nearly one year ago, Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. announced its own manufacturing plans at Mesa del Sol.

The Singapore-based company said it wants to build its first U.S. manufacturing site at the masterplanned development, a planned investment of approximately $1 billion and over 1,700 jobs.

Maxeon would use its 125-acre site to make solar panels, the end stage of the solar production process that solar cells feed into. The two plants — Maxeon's solar panel manufacturing facility and Ebon Solar's 100-acre solar cell manufacturing facility — are located in the same industrial area at Mesa del Sol, a 500-acre "Sustainable Industrial Park."

The New Mexico Partnership, the marketing arm of the state's Economic Development Department, specifically, has worked with Ebon since January of this year.

"We really haven't had very many roadblocks," Chavez said. "Everyone's been working in unison, as a team, to attract these businesses."

Star Scientific Ltd., a hydrogen research and development company based outside Sydney, Australia, wants to put up its own $100 million campus within the Sustainable Industrial Park, alongside Ebon and Maxeon. Combined, those three developments total roughly 275 acres within the industrial park.

Maxeon's move last August spurred broader infrastructure buildout required to handle those, and other, industrial

developments in the park, Chavez said. "What we did was, when Maxeon decided to join Mesa del Sol, … we decided to create that park large enough to accommodate more industrial users," he said. "It was already in the plan to have a company like [Ebon Solar] come in.

"We already had everything in place — we had the numbers, we had the water, we had electric, we were ready to go," Chavez continued.

He added that infrastructure planning could lead to additional industrial developments within the Sustainable Industrial Park. About 100 acres remain available within the park, Chavez said, factoring in plans for a 40-acre water treatment facility at the park and the sites for Ebon, Maxeon and Star Scientific.

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“Retail sales are up, and sectors such as transportation, logistics, warehousing, and construction are performing extremely well,” Arora added. “Right now, business owners are confident in the future of their firms. August is typically a slow month for loan volume, but that wasn’t the case this year.”

Colorado Space Defense Company Raises $100 Million, Plans To Hire Dozens

A company building spaceflight training technology for U.S. Space Force warfighters raised $100 million in venture capital that will fund significant hiring in the coming months.

Business loan approval rates rose at regional and community banks as well. Small banks granted 49.8 percent of the funding requests they received in August, up one-tenth from July. It represents the highest figure for small banks since November 2014.

True Anomaly, based in Centennial, revealed the Series B funding round, saying it will help the 18-monthold business expand, hiring dozens of hardware and software employees over the next year.

Institutional lenders — pension funds and insurance companies — remained unchanged at an Index record 64.9 percent, up one-tenth of a percent from July’s figure.

“It’s an awesome external validation of our thesis and the traction we’ve been able to accumulate to date,” said Even Rogers, co-founder and CEO of the company.

Loan approval rates among alternative lenders rose to 56.6 percent, one-tenth of a percent higher than in the previous month.

Bogaerts de Mattos and his Brazilian team, from a university near Rio de Janeiro in the southeast part of the large South American country, were in New Mexico to compete. Not in a sporting event like baseball or soccer or in an entrepreneurship competition akin to the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

True Anomaly has grown from about 50 employees to 107 over the past year. It expects to expand to over 190 by the end of 2024, Rogers said.

Rather, Bogaerts de Mattos' university team brought with them an experimental rocket, built to fly higher and faster than more than 150 other student teams the group faced off against at New Mexico's Spaceport America last month.

Alternative lenders have become a source of quick capital. When small business owners, alternative lenders could approve riskier loans via innovations in fintech, which give them more flexibility than the banks to adjust rates and covenants on the deals. This includes an ability to accept non-conventional sources of collateral, such as real estate and outstanding invoices (h/t Forbes).

True Anomaly formed in early 2022 to help the U.S. military, especially Space Force, respond to the growing militarization of space and the need to have space fighters learn and practice the art of flying satellites and spacecraft in orbit in potentially hostile situations.

Credit unions approved 40.2 percent of loan applications in August, a slight drop of one-tenth of a percent from July and a large drop from their all-time high of 57.9 percent in March 2012. By Anthony Noto – Reporter, New York Business Journal

How Millennials’ Technology Expectations Can Help Save Manufacturing

Called the Spaceport America Cup, the annual event put on by the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association, a nonprofit founded in 2006, in partnership with the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, brings over 100 student teams to Las Cruces and out to Spaceport America for a multi-day launch competition, culminating in an awards ceremony.

The company built a pair of small satellites, called Jackal, that will be used for training after they’re launched to low Earth orbit about 350 miles above the planet.

Those 100-plus student teams represent upwards of 5,000 students, nearly 2,000 of which traveled to New Mexico for the 2024 edition of the competition.

The satellites are scheduled to blast off aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 10 mission carrying many companies‘ small satellites to orbit in March.

Millennials’ technology expectations have been shaped by smartphones, Facebook and digital media – in other words, by easy and ubiquitous connectivity. It’s not surprising, then, that traditional manufacturing systems can seem as retro as waiting for dial-up internet to connect. And that’s bad for the manufacturing sector, because its skills gap is looming large.

"From the Spaceport perspective, we see those as all future customers," Scott McLaughlin, Spaceport America's executive director, said. "So, I can't say it's completely altruistic that we're here. We want those people to know what New Mexico is, Las Cruces is and Spaceport America is."

True Anomaly has offices in Colorado Springs, where its training center for U.S. military space fighters, many of them U.S. Space Force Guardians, will be. Its Centennial headquarters, just south of Denver, is where the business designs, builds and operates satellites and develops software for satellite operations.

A joint study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting projects a surge of nearly 3.5 million open manufacturing jobs created over the next decade. Some of the empty slots will come by way of retiring baby boomers, while others are related to new positions created as a result of natural business growth, the report found.What the report also predicts: As conditions stand now, 2 million of those jobs will go unfulfilled. In other words, the need for the manufacturing sector to appeal to Millennials – the generation typically defined as those born between 1981 and 1997 – is both critical and a very tall order.

Blue Origin, a space tourism company headquartered in Kent, Washington, was also among the Cup's nearly three dozen sponsors, which ranged from Albuquerque aerospace nonprofit NewSpace Nexus to Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies Inc., to a pair of the state's national laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.

Its Mosaic software is being designed to use artificial intelligence and automation to help space warfighters fly dozens of small satellites in coordination with each other to a degree that hasn’t been readily available to the military, Rogers said.

Indeed, manufacturing still has a negative image among younger generations, experts say. In a 2015 public perception of manufacturing study, also by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte, respondents ages 19 to 33 ranked manufacturing as their lowest preference in terms of potential career choices.

Many of those sponsors, Blue Origin included, had booths at the Las Cruces Convention Center to connect with the 1,000-plus students who traveled to New Mexico for the competition. Raleigh Salazar, Blue Origin's campus engagement specialist for university recruiting, said the company's been at the Cup since 2017, the first year it was hosted at Spaceport America. By Jacob Maranda –Albuquerque Business First

The Space Force in September awarded the company $17 million in a small business innovation research grant to further work on Mosaic. With its new VC funding, the company also plans to build dozens of satellites in 2024 and 2025 it will launch to add to its training portfolio.By Greg Avery – Denver Business Journal

Manufacturing’s image problem is complex and in, some aspects, based on false assumptions. But one real obstacle is that some manufacturing systems can seem antiquated, and it’s an issue that many manufacturers and related organizations are already addressing.

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“ Our design philosophy is pretty straightforward. We design and test extensively, so when you take our gear offroad, you can depend on it.”

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Owl Vans, the largest accessory manufacturer for adventure vans in the world, just moved its headquarters from Northern California to Mesa, Arizona. In fact, Owl Van’s Mesa location is now the only nationwide ‘overland’ focused installation site in the US. For those unfamiliar, overlanding or 4WD Touring is self-reliant over land travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal.

John Willenborg, founder and CEO of Owl Vans, learned from some of the best in mentors. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He acquired his welding skills from his uncle, who was not only a welder, but also a Navy Seal. He honed his marketing skills during his tenure at Apple, and he started his own company designing and manufacturing photography equipment that was used in the Apple stores. Once he sold this company, he used the time in between interviewing with tech giants Apple and Google to build accessories for his personal van.

The accessories that John was designing for his van proved to be so popular that instead of going to work for a tech company, he founded Owl Vans. That was just five years ago.

The company growth is nothing short of astounding, from John’s welding in the alley behind his house because he didn’t like the commercial options available, to today, where Owl Vans has 5 installation centers throughout the West Coast (with 5 more planned in the next 12 months), ~100 employees, revenues in double digit millions and today the

Owl Van’s headquarters move to Mesa, Arizona from Northern California, completed just a few short months ago, has been a very positive experience, John says. “Workers here are really good and easier to find and retain than in California. Also, we had a surprise visit from the City of Mesa, we were sure they would tell us what we couldn’t do, or worse, shut us down, like they would in California. Instead, they asked if we needed any help. We were having an issue with plumbing in our building. They didn’t tell us what we couldn’t do, but rather helped us get approval for the sewer line we needed the very next day! It is a pleasure doing business in Arizona, especially compared to the unfriendly business environment in California!”

In the early days, Owl Vans outsourced all manufacturing to shops. Their primary supplier was owned by machinist Kevin Hale. When John moved the company to Arizona,

company is officially the largest accessory manufacturer for adventure vans in the world.

he made Kevin an offer – come to work for Owl Vans. Today, Kevin runs all operations for the company.

John says, “We design and manufacture high end accessories for adventure vans. Typical cost for the initial van is ~ $250,000, and on average, adventure van clients spend $22,000 on aftermarket accessories. Our clients expect and deserve superior products and service.”

He continued, “To support our clientele, we’ve built our company on 4 pillars;

California, both machines and parts are readily available. When I have ever had a Haas machine go down, the Haas technician is here same day, and the part needed is on the van, so the machine is back up and running very quickly.

The company’s latest machine tool acquisition was the Haas DM-2 Vertical Mill, purchased from Ellison Machinery. Alex says, “The machine’s compact size, shop-proven 40-taper inline spindle, 18+1 tool changer, high acceleration rates, fast rapids, and impressive short tool-change times make the DM-2 an attractive high-productivity machining center.”

John explains ‘Story Telling’. “We use YouTube videos extensively. In some of our videos, I help you install any of our products on your adventure or transit van. Most can be done DIY in less than 30 minutes! “John even has videos that show the process a part goes through from the block of metal to the finished product. “This helps our customers see the care and attention we give to every product that leaves our plant.”

Today, all manufacturing for Owl Van products is done in the Mesa, Arizona facility. John says Kevin was instrumental in machine tool selection, given his background in machining. “I was a 100% Haas shop when I owned my own machine shop”, Kevin says.

Kevin says he is partial to the Haas machines for a number of reasons:

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• The Haas User Interface is extremely intuitive and when you bring in a machinist, he or she will almost always have experience on the Haas machines

• Availability, with Haas machines made here in the United States, in Oxnard,

Owl Van just added a second shift to keep up with their orders. Kevin says, “We’re hiring experienced machinists and welders. We pay well and we have an outstanding work environment. If you want to come work for a company that has explosive growth, contact: Owl Vans at 866.695.8267 or email John@ owlvans.com

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A global semiconductor company plans to set up a major cleaning, coating and repair facility in Mesa.

KoMiCo, headquartered in South Korea, is expected to open its third location in the United States in the East Valley in 2026 and create some 200 new jobs. The company is expanding to an existing 125,000-square-foot building at 7300 E. Hampton Ave. in Mesa’s Superstition Springs neighborhood on the east side of the city.

KoMiCo’s proposed Mesa facility includes multiple cleanrooms, cutting-edge equipment, and a “robust suite of diagnostic tools.” The company will make a $50 million capital investment in the facility.KoMiCo has other facilities in Oregon, Texas.

In July, KoMiCo filed pre-submittal documents with the city of Mesa to remodel the building to clean and coat components of semiconductor process equipment.”

Upon opening, KoMiCo’s Mesa location will join the company’s existing locations in Hillsboro, Oregon, and Austin, Texas. Between the two sites, some of KoMiCo’s major customers include Intel Corp., Samsung Electronics and Micron, among others. The company has been looking at sites in the Phoenix area since 2022, according to affiliated publication Austin Business Journal.

Arizona has been a major hub for semiconductor investment. In recent years, major investments have included Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s now $65 billion campus, Amkor’s $2 billion semiconductor packaging facility and Intel Corp.’s expansion of its chip production facilities in Chandler, which is a $30 billion project.

Business survey: Why Phoenix decisionmakers are optimistic about growth

Local leaders of small and midsize businesses are increasingly confident in the U.S. economy and their prospects for growth. Despite ongoing concerns about inflation and interest rates, more decision-makers are looking to fund new growth initiatives, ranging from investments in marketing to artificial intelligence (AI)related projects to boost revenues and strengthen their competitive advantage.

These findings are part of Umpqua Bank’s 2024 Business Barometer, an annual study that delves into the outlook and plans of U.S. small and midsize businesses. It includes a survey of businesses in the Phoenix metropolitan area, which now ranks as the 5th most populous region in the U.S.

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Over the next 12 months, 81% of Phoenix businesses anticipate revenue growth, and 75% expect increased profitability — both up 11 points over last year. A strong majority also say they are likely to expand their business through borrowing (71%), add headcount (62%) and increase their real estate footprint (51%) in the next 12 months.

This year, Umpqua’s study explored the impact of generative AI on business plans in greater depth for the first time.Midsize businesses across the country report either broadly deploying the technology across their organization (42%) or for at least a few tasks or functions (36%). Small and midsize businesses in the Valley of the Sun are not far behind.

Umpqua found that more than half of Phoenix-area businesses surveyed are likely to invest in AI in the next 12 months. Nearly half report that generative AI is already improving their competitiveness. They see the greatest benefits from AI for IT and cybersecurity initiatives (45%), as well as for their marketing and sales efforts (17%). More than 8 in 10 are likely to hire personnel with AI expertise to strengthen their own internal capabilities.

Although the economy has turned the page on pandemicdriven supply chain issues, many businesses are still focused on ensuring their supply chains are functioning well and taking steps early to address potential disruptions. Among Phoenix operators surveyed, nearly 6 in 10 experienced long lead times

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These results shed a light on why more than 6 in 10 area businesses surveyed say they brought more of their supply chains back to the U.S. in the last 12 months. Moreover, these same businesses report that enhancing controls over their supply chains remains a top focus to manage risk.

Cybersecurity remains a top priority for enterprises, both nationally and in the Phoenix area, as cyberattacks and fraud activity escalate. Of those surveyed, 86% of Phoenix businesses indicate they’ve implemented fraud prevention solutions offered by their bank, such as positive pay, biometric authentication or account access controls.

As more businesses implement instant payment technology, 86% have or plan to strengthen safeguards against real-time fraud. The vast majority (88%) are likely to invest in financial tools to protect their payment systems in the next 12 months.

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Pajarito Powder, an Albuquerquebased company making products for the hydrogen industry, raised $4.5 million from a new strategic partner, money that’s set to help the New Mexico firm scale hiring and production at an expanded headquarters facility.

Ecovyst Inc., a global advanced materials producer based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, announced its $4.5 million equity investment in Pajarito Powder last month. The investment “reflects Ecovyst’s belief that hydrogen produced via electrolysis will become a widely used, lowcarbon fuel for heavy-duty transportation and industrial applications.”

Pajarito Powder, headquartered at 5555 McLeod Road NE, makes catalysts used in electrolyzers — pieces of equipment required to produce hydrogen via electrolysis, or the splitting of water molecules. That hydrogen production method is typically called “green” hydrogen, because it doesn’t release greenhouse gases like methane during production.

Pajarito’s catalysts are also used in fuel cells, mechanical components needed to make hydrogen-fueled vehicles run.

Reports, including by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. and by business-focused publication Bloomberg, point to a fast-growing global green hydrogen market, which could expand more than 20 times by the end of the decade.

The new investment dollars, Pajarito’s CEO Tom Stephenson told Albuquerque Business First, will help the Albuquerque company scale up to meet that rapidly developing market, in the form of both additional hiring and increased production capacity.

On the hiring front, Pajarito has received a few recent New Mexico Job Training Incentive Program awards — one announced in May and another in July — for a combined 18 employees. Stephenson said that once the company fills those positions it’ll look to hire additional employees before the end of the year, using new investment monies.

Positions Pajarito’s looking to fill include chemical

engineering roles, ranging from entry-level positions to more senior hires. The company brought on a director of manufacturing in July to oversee its production processes, Stephenson added.

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The company’s headquarters has plenty of space to support that planned employee and equipment growth, Stephenson said. Pajarito moved into the new $3.1 million HQ late last year, which is nearly triple the square footage of its previous Albuquerque facility with space to expand its production capacity by “a couple hundred times,” Stephenson told Business First in December 2023.

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Ecovyst joins Pajarito’s existing strategic investors and partners, including Bekaert, a Belgian company, and Hyundai Motor Co.

“Those strategic relationships are ones that we view as being as beneficial as the capital that we receive from them,” Stephenson said.

With Ecovyst, specifically, Stephenson added the larger company has valuable experience scaling new products. “There’s an awful lot that we’re able to learn from their experience, both technical and business, that we think is going to be beneficial for us,” he said.

Pajarito’s currently serving “dozens” of customers, which range from academic research groups to major hydrogen transportation firms, Stepheson said. Webb Johnson, the company’s senior director of business development, added its top 20 customers have a total market capitalization of around $1.5 trillion.

Ecovyst’s investment comes on the heels of Pajarito’s selection for a pair of U.S. Department of Energy awards, worth a combined $20 million. Work under the

awards could start soon, with additional hiring expected to meet the staffing demands of that specific work.

The company also received a $766,000 grant from the New Mexico Economic Development Department in May as part its Advanced Energy Award Pilot Program.

Honeywell

Selected By United Airlines To Provide Wide Array Of Cockpit Technology For New 737 MAX Aircraft

Honeywell has been selected by United Airlines to provide a wide range of avionics for new 737

METAL SPINNING & MANUFACTURING

Xavier Metal Spinning specializes in crafting custom, spun metal components. Owner Luis Xavier Rodriguez is a seasoned industry professional with 20 + years of experience as a high-precision metal spinner and CNC machine operator.

The industries served include Aerospace, Commercial, Traffic and Safety, Automotive, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Defense, and Artistic, to name a few.

If your company requires spun or machined components from an AS9100-certified shop, look no further - Xavier is here to meet your needs.

MAX aircraft that will enter service over the next decade, including technologies such as the industry’s only 3D weather radar, new 25-hour flight data recorders and advanced traffic avoidance systems.

United Airlines first selected a similar suite of Honeywell avionics in 2018 to equip 161 737 MAX aircraft, and this latest agreement builds on Honeywell’s reliability in delivering world-class aerospace technology.

“We are proud to continue our long-standing relationship with United Airlines to provide advanced avionics for its growing 737 MAX fleet,” said Heath Patrick, President, Americas Aftermarket, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies. “Our technology reduces pilot workload, improves situational awareness and supports dispatch reliability.”

United Airlines selected the following Honeywell cockpit technologies for its 737 MAX fleet:

IntuVue RDR-4000 3D Weather Radar System is the first automatic commercial radar to accurately depict weather in the flight path of an airplane. IntuVue automatically scans the sky at 17 tilt angles — the most in the industry — and delivers a 3D view of the weather through an intuitive display that pilots can quickly and easily reference.

Honeywell Connected Recorder – 25 is made for commercial air transport aircraft to accommodate mandatory flight data and cockpit voice recording. It may result in the potential for better maintenance predictability and operational insight through data analytics.

Email: Luis@xaviermetalspinning.com • Phone: +1 (602) 828-2359

Website: xaviermetalspinning.com

Honeywell’s TPA100B Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System and TRA 100B Transponders identify the aircraft to other surrounding aircraft via an airborne collision avoidance system.

Integrated Multi-Mode Receiver is the industry’s leader in radio navigation and combines satellite- and groundbased navigation systems into one receiver. It helps pinpoint precise airplane locations for efficient landings, especially during difficult and new runway approaches. The ALA-52B radar altimeter assists instrument landings at hundreds of U.S. airports and filters out 5G broadband interference.

Products and services from Honeywell Aerospace Technologies are found on virtually every commercial, defense and space aircraft. The Aerospace Technologies business unit builds aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, mechanical components and more. Its hardware and software solutions create more fuel-efficient aircraft, more direct and on-time flights and safer skies and airports. For more information, visit www.honeywell.com/us/en or follow us at @Honeywell_Aero.

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Equipment and Services

NEW MACHINERY

Additive Mfg/3 D Printing

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Sodick 714-318-0095

Automation Equipment/ Robotics

Acieta ____________ 402-650-8132

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

Hexagon 303-859-7159

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

CHIP CUTTING

Boring Mills

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

CNC Mills

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip______480-615-6353

CNC Pros

602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Doosan Infracore America__973-618-2500

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5877

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Matsuura Machinery 510-685-6151

Makino 602-228-0347

North-South Machinery 602-391-4696

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

TSM Machinery 602-233-3757

White’s Niche Products 602-290-9402

CNC Lathes

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery

480-775-6462

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Matsuura Machinery 510-685-6151

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

TSM Machinery 602-233-3757

White’s Niche Products 602-290-9402

CNC Drill/ Tapping Machines

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5811

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach ___505-345-8389

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

CNC Punching Centers

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Mesa Mach Sales 480-545-0275

CNC Swiss Turn Machines

EDM Filtration

Desert Machine Sales

Ebbco Inc

Sodick

Ebbco Inc

Sodick

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Honing Machines

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach _ 505-345-8389

623-826-1025

800-809-3901

714-318-0095

EDM: Dielectric Systems/Filtration

__________

800-809-3901

714-318-0095

ELECTRICAL

Equip Hookup & Disconnect

Geiger Electric Co

Industrial Electric Inc

Geiger Electric Co

Lighting

623-773-1787

623-582-5204

623-773-1787

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

DCM Tech 800-533-5339

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

North-South Machinery 602-391-4696

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Grinding Machines, OD/ID

Magnetic Drills/Cutters

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Manual Lathes & Mills

ACC Machinery _______ 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip______480-615-6353

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5877

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

TSM Machinery 602-233-3757

Tapping Machines

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Automation & Controls

Acieta ____________ 402-650-8132

DMG Mori 480-276-7019

Productivity Inc. 505-415-2004

Industrial Electric Inc

623-582-5204

Relocation: Electrical

Geiger Electric Co

Industrial Electric Inc

623-773-1787

623-582-5204

Service Upgrades

Geiger Electric Co

Industrial Electric Inc

GRINDING

623-773-1787

623-582-5204

Grinding Filtration

Ebbco Inc

800-809-3901

Grinding Machines

ACC Machinery

602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Haas Factory Outlet 480-968-5877

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Magnum Precision Mach 505-345-8389

Grinding Machines, Rotary Surface

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

DCM Tech 800-533-5339

Grinding Machines, Tool

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

Sawing Machines

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

D & R Machinery ______ 480-775-6462

Echols Saw & Supply 602-278-3918

Mesa Mach Sales 480-545-0275

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Swiss Screw Machines

CNC Pros 602-332-5815

D & R Machinery ______ 480-775-6462

QualityMTS 847-776-0073

Schenk Intertech 949-360-1512

Sterling Fab Tech _______

855-222-7084 Pipe & Tube

Benders/Notchers

ACC Machinery

S&S Machinery Sales

Sterling Fab Tech

602-258-7330

602-368-8542

Copper State Bolt & Nut 800-603-6887

Machinery 602-258-7330

WaterJet Cutting Systems

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Landmark Solutions 714-393-3783

North-South Machinery 602-391-4696

Sterling Fab Tech 855-222-7084

Welding Equipment

ACC Machinery 602-258-7330

METAL FINISHING EQUIPMENT

Anodizing, Plating, Passivation Equipment

Americhem Engineering ____ 602-437-1188

INjJECTION MOLDING EQUIP

3D Laser Scanners

Hexagon 303-859-7159

INSPECTION EQUIP

3D Measurement Systems

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

303-859-7159

Mitutoyo America 520-709-1261

Zeiss Ind. Metrology ______ 800-327-9735

Coordinate Measuring Mach.

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335 303-859-7159

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Mitutoyo America 520-709-1261 847-286-9953

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Zeiss Ind. Metrology ______ 800-327-9735

Gauging Equipment

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335 303-859-7159

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Mitutoyo America 520-709-1261

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Washington Calibration 480-820-0506

Magnetic Particle (NDT) Machines

DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339

Metrology Instruments

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335

Hexagon 303-859-7159

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Latitude Machinery 602-517-7153

Mitutoyo America _______ 520-709-1261

Renishaw 847-286-9953

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Washington Calibration 480-820-0506

Zeiss Ind. Metr ology 800-327-9735

Optical Comparators

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Hexagon ___________

303-859-7159

Mitutoyo America 480-294-7631

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Magnum Precision Mach

602-431-8300

Renishaw 847-286-9953

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

www.royalprod.com

Tel: 1-631-273-1010 1-800-645-4174

Fax: 1-631-273-1066 1-800-424-2082 orders@royalprod.com

Methods West 602-437-2220

Perfection 847-545-6906

Resell CNC

S&S Machinery Sales

TSM Machinery

Zachman Machinery

844-478-8181

602-368-8542

602-233-3757

602-908-3447

ACCESSORIES

Abrasives

Barton International _____

800-741-7756

Copper State Bolt & Nut ____ 800-603-6887

Global Superabrasives ____ 888-586-8783

GMA Garnet __________ 882-243-9300

S.L. Fusco ___________ 602-276-0077

Stellar Industrial 480-251-6888

S.L. Fusco

Adhesives

602-276-0077

Stellar Industrial 480-251-6888

Air Blast Cabinets, Blast Rooms

Lone Arrow

480-507-8074

Air Distribution Systems

Magnum Precision Mach

602-431-8300

Stellar Industrial 800-562-8258

Band Saw/ Blades

D & R Machinery

480-775-6462

Don Loveless 181 Business Park Dr. Bristol, CT. 06010 www.gmnusa.com

Echols Saw & Supply _____

Bar Feeders

602-278-3918

S.L. Fusco ___________ 602-276-0077

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Edge Technologies 951-440-1574

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

Bellows

Hennig______________909-420-5796

Blast Abrasives

Barton International 800-741-7756

GMA Garnet 882-243-9300

Cabinets, Custom

Lone Arrow 480-507-8074

Chip Conveyors

Hennig_____________909-420-5796

Chip Management

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Ellison Machinery________480-968-5335

Chip Removal

Chuck Jaws

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 Chucks

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

BISON 714-931-1327

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Clamping

Kyocera Cutting Tools 480-244-4758

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

CNC Collet Chucks

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Royal Products 800-645-4174

Collet Fixtures

Sonoran Machinery 480-826-5283

Royal Products 800-645-4174

Coolant Systems

Castrol Industrial 602-921-7634

Hennig_____________909-420-5796

Ebbco Inc ___________ 800-809-3901

MP Systems

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Tel: 800-686-1679 Fax: 860-409-2552 Email: dloveless@gmnusa.com Richard Amy

Static Tool Holders

BISON

714-931-1327

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Swiss CuttingTools Tooling Columns

ARNO USA

815-236-8118

Digital Readout Units

Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711

D & R Machinery

Lone Arrow

480-775-6462

480-507-8074

Magnum Precision Mach 602-431-8300

EDM Tooling Systems

EDM Network

480-836-1782

EDM Performance 800-336-2946

Enclosures fo Machine Tools

Hennig

909-420-5796 Fasteners

Copper State Bolt & Nut

Ebbco Inc

800-603-6887

Filtration Equip.

Qualichem, Inc.

Star Metal Fluids

Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders

Midaco Corporation 847-593-8420

Live Centers

Royal Products 800-645-4174

Lubricants / Systems

S.L. Fusco ___________ 602-276-0077

Star Metal Fluids 800-367-9966

New Way Covers & Repair

Hennig______________909-420-5796

Pallet Systems

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335

Parts Washing Equipment

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Qualichem, Inc 480-320-0308

S.L. Fusco 602-276-0077

800-809-3901

480-320-0308

800-367-9966

Filtermist Mist Collectors

Royal Products

Safety Equipment

Stellar Industrial ________ 480-251-6888

Sealants

S.L. Fusco 602-276-0077

Stellar Industrial 800-562-8258 Spindles

GMN USA 800-686-1679

Vibratory Equipment

Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711

D & R Machinery 480-775-6462

Vises and Vise Jaws

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

800-645-4174 Fixtures

BISON 714-931-1327

Grinding Wheels

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783 Grippers

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Star Metal Fluids 800-367-996

Power Tools

Stellar Industrial ________ 800-562-8258

R8 Quick-Change Tool System

Royal Products 800-645-4174

Retention Knobs

T.J. Davies 440-248-5510

Robot Accessories

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator

Royal Products 800-645-4174

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 Wipers

Hennig_____________909-420-5796

Bralco Metals Albuquerque 505-345-0959

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

Coast Aluminum ________ 877-977-6061

Samuel, Son & Co 602-721-0176

Aluinum Remnants

TCI Precision Metals 800-234-5613

Solvents & Degreasing Agents

Castrol Industrial 602-921-7634

Qualichem, Inc

Star Metal Fluids

480-320-0308

800-367-9966

HARDWARE MATERIAL

Alloys: High Temperature

Aerodyne Alloys

Western States Metals

860-289-3820

801-978-0562

Alloys: Specialty

Aerodyne Alloys

Apache Steel Company

________

860-289-3820

602-323-2200

Sierra Alloys TSI 800-423-1897

Aluminum

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003

Basic Metals 262- 255-9034

Bralco Metals Phoenix _____ 602-252-1918

Erickson Metals

________ 505-874-3003

Ind. Metal Supply _______ 602-454-1500

Coast Aluminum 877-977-6061

New Mexico Metals

505-717-1900

Samuel, Son & Co 602-721-0176

Tube Service Company 602-267-9865

Aluminum Extrusions

Bralco Metals Phoenix 602-252-1918

Bar: Large Diameter

Bralco Metals Phoenix _____ 602-252-1918

Bralco Metals Albuquerque 505-345-0959

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Samuel, Son & Co _______ 602-721-0176

TW Metals 800-203-8000

Brass

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003

Bralco Metals Phoenix 602-252-1918

Bralco Metals Albuquerque 505-345-0959

Coast Aluminum 877-977-6061

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Bronze

Apache Steel Company ____ 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003

Coastal Metals 800-811-7466

Ind. Metal Supply _______ 602-454-1500

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

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

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

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

New Mexico Metals 505-717-1900

Western States Metals 801-978-0562

Drill Rod

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

Extrusions

TW Metals 800-203-8000

Lead

Ind. Metal Supply 602-454-1500

Material Sales

Jacquet West 310-684-4370 Titanium

Apache Steel Company 602-323-2200

AZ Metals 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ________ 480-784-1600

Bralco Metals Phoenix

602-252-1918 Coast

Stainless Steel

Basic Metals 262- 255-9034

Jacquet West 310-684-4370

Samuel, Son & Co

602-721-0176

Sierra Alloys TSI 800-423-1897

Tool Steel

Apache Steel Company

Davis Salvage Co

602-323-2200

602-267-7208

Titanium & Hastelloy

Apache Steel Company

602-323-2200

Sierra Alloys TSI 800-423-1897

Tubing & Pipe

Apache Steel Company ____

AZ Metals

Ind. Metal Supply

New Mexico Metals

602-323-2200

602-688-8003

602-454-1500

505-717-1900

Samuel, Son & Co _______ 602-721-0176

Totten Tubes

Tube Service Company

602-278-7502

602-267-9865

TUBING: Round, Square, Rectangular Totten Tubes

Vice Jaws

602-278-7502

TCI Precision Metals 800-234-5613

INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE

Industrial Supply

Abrasives

928-258-2101

Boring Tools

Harvey Performance Tools

602-694-7378

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

4114 West Saturn Way, Suite 103 Chandler, Arizona 85226

West Saturn Way, Suite 103 Chandler, Arizona 85226

4114 West Saturn Way, Suite 103 Chandler, Arizona 85226

Scott Krueger Email: skrueger@indsupply.com

Scott Krueger

Call: (928) 258-2101 INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY

Scott Krueger

Email: skrueger@indsupply.com

Call: (928) 258-2101

Email: skrueger@indsupply.com

Call: (928) 258-2101

Carbide

Cutting Tools Consultants

602-277-1342

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

Horizon Carbide ________ 480-968-0957

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Chucks & Collets

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019

Clamping & Gripping

Hainbuch America 818-970-7874

Kyocera Cutting Tools _____ 480-244-4758

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Cutting Tools

B&T Tool & Engineering 602-267-1481

Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

Kyocera Cutting Tools 480-244-4758

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019

The Tool Crib Inc. 602-978-3130

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Cutting Tools: Custom

B&T Tool & Engineering 602-267-1481

Fullerton Tool 720-273-0846

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

Horizon Carbide ________ 480-968-0957

LRW Cutting Tools _______ 602-269-1775

Sulli Tool & Supply ______ 714-863-6019

THINBIT _____________ 800-THINBIT

Drills

Cutting Tools Consultants ___ 602-277-1342

Fullerton Tool _________ 720-273-0846

LRW Cutting Tools ______ 602-269-1775

The Tool Crib Inc. 602-978-3130

End Mills

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342

Fullerton Tool 720-273-0846

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Harvey Performance Tools___602-694-7378

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

The Tool Crib Inc. 602-978-3130

Fixtures

SCHUNK 919-452-4535

Form Tools

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342

Fullerton Tool 720-273-0846

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Horizon Carbide 480-968-0957

LRW Cutting Tools 602-269-1775

Sulli Tool & Supply 714-863-6019

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Inserts, Indexable

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Horizon Carbide ________ 480-968-0957

Kyocera Cutting Tools 480-244-4758

THINBIT 800-THINBIT

Inserts, PCD/CBN

Coast Aluminum Sales 480-797-5162

Global Superabrasives 888-586-8783

Pallet Systems

480-968-3711

480-615-6353

602-502-9654

480-696-6056

480-696-6056

602-359-2530

Software, Inv. Control

602-502-9654

MLC CAD (MasterCAM) 480-696-6056

Alerus Bank & Trust 480-905-2414

Bank of Herrin _________ 618-942-4200

Banterra Bank 480-770-0007

Tech Financial Services 402-639-0475

Western Banks 480-917-4243

Calibration Services

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

Arizona CNC Equip _____ 480-615-6353

Midaco Corporation ______ 847-593-8420

MECHANICAL

Seasonal Preventative Maintenance

Geiger Mechanical

623-773-1787

Process Piping: Compressed Air, Oxygen, Nitrogen

Geiger Mechanical

623-773-1787

Dust / Fume Collection

Geiger Mechanical 623-773-1787

Repairs / Breakdowns

Geiger Mechanical

623-773-1787

Unit Replacements / Installs

Geiger Mechanical

623-773-1787

Evaporative Coolers

Geiger Mechanical

PRODUCTS

Safety Glasses

623-773-1787

MLC CAD (SolidWorks) 480-696-6056

Software, NC Programming

Adams Machinery 480-968-3711

Ellison Machinery 480-968-5335

Feature Cam

602-502-9654

MLC CAD (MasterCAM) 480-696-6056

MLC CAD (SolidWorks) 480-696-6056

Software, Servicing

Feature Cam 602-502-9654

MLC CAD (MasterCAM) 480-696-6056

MLC CAD (SolidWorks) 480-696-6056

SERVICES

AS9100 / ISO9001 Certification

American Global Standards 617-838-4648

AZ MEP 602-845-1200

KALOS Certifications 480-486-8007

Field Calibrations ______ 480-756-8828

Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

Washington Calibration 480-820-0506

Calibration: Repair & Certify

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370

Field Calibrations 480-756-8828

Washington Calibration 480-820-0506

Commercial General Contractor KLM Realty 602-723-3508 Consulting

Midaco Corporation

ROBOTICS

847-593-8420

Acieta

402-650-8132

Bramac Marchinery 951-383-4195

Part Loading Systems

Midaco Corporation

847-593-8420

Auctions/Appraisals

KD Capital 800-922-1674

Perfection 847-545-6906

Zachman Machinery _____ 602-908-3447

Automation & Controls

Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571

Rob Schwister

Executive

Vice President

9977 North 95th Street, #110 Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Rschwister@equipls.com Cell (480) 458-7413

Bank of Herrin 618-942-4200

Banterra Bank 480-770-0007

Tech Financial Services 402-639-0475

Western Banks 480-917-4243

HazMat Pachaging & Shipping

Craters & Freighters 480-966-9929

Heavyhaul

Hunter Machine Moving

602-246-8783

IRH _____________ 800-334-2409

Human Resouces

CBIZ 480-748-9634 Insurance Services

NFP Property & Casualty ___ 480-458-6052

ISO/AS9100 Consulting AZ MEP 602-845-1200

BMSC 480-445-9400

H2H Consulting 602-619-0440

Quality Training Consultants 928-284-0856

ISO9001 Lead Auditor Training

KALOS Certifications 480-486-8007 IT SERVICES

Cyber Security / Business Phones/ / Call Center / Internet

Leasing and Financing

Alerus Bank & Trust 480-905-2414

Banterra Bank 480-770-0007

Epic Finance 402-639-0475

Equipment Leasing Services 480-458-7413

KLM Realty 602-723-3508

Tech Financial Services 402-639-0475

Western Banks

AZ MEP BMSC H2H Consulting Industrial Solutions

C&M Rigging Hunter Machine Moving IRH Martin Engineering

C&M Rigging Hunter Machine Moving IRH

C&M

Lean Green Belt Training

Enroll Now at 480-327-8949 or

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

ADDITIVE MFG / 3 D PRINTING

AZMF Precision ________ 602-476-7477

Creedbilt 623-939-8119

Jaguar Precision Machine 505-242-6545

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

ASSEMBLY

AAE 928-772-9887

Abrams Airborne Mfg 520-887-1727

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

ANEWCO 520-751-1222

CAP _____________ 602-464-9629

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-967-2501

GHT Services 480-396-1800

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

JD Machine 801-782-4403

JDB Ltd. ____________ 602-992-9627

KLK Ind. 602-267-1331

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Moore Tool & Die 602-909-6697

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

Precise Metal Products ____ 602-272-2625

Tram-Tek 602-305-8100

United Performance Electronics 760-438-2370

Wrico 480-892-7800

Clean Room Assembly

Jan’s Inc.

480-833-7305

L&W Fluid 602-323-2560

VFT (Vacuum Furnace Thermocouple) Assemblies

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-397-0036

BAR CODING

Sensing Solutions

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-967-2501

Thermo Couples

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-967-2501

Bending: CNC

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Bolts Metallizing - CWST 602-244-2432

BROACHING

Air Gear 602-275-7996

Apache Gear, Inc 623-934-7144

CASTINGS

AATC 602-268-1467

Western Cast Parts 480-250-9764

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 623-242-9575

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Louie’s Black Oxide 602-257-0530

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Gold Tech Industries _____ _480-968-1930

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Sav-On Plating 602-252-4311

Coating: Black Oxide

Louie’s Black Oxide 602-257-0530

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

Coating: Dry Film Lube

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

CRC Surface Technologies 602-288-0394

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Coating: Electroplate

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Coating: Nickel/Teflon

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Coating: NP3

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

WESTERN CAST PARTS LLC

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. Chemetall 714-739-2821

Coating Technologies _____ 623-242-9575

CRC Surface Technologies 602-288-0394 Louie’s Black Oxide 602-257-0530

18000 N. Black Canyon Highway

Axian Technology

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

Bandsaw Cutting

Echols Saw & Supply _____ 602-278-3918

A1

AEI Fabrication

Allied Tool & Die

Big O Metals

Desert Precision Mfg

F&B Manufacturing

Reiter’s Custom Welding

Southwest Waterjet-Laser ___

Fine Line Laser Cutting

623-377-2191

480-733-6594

602-429-2514

480-477-9182

520-887-4433

602-512-5237

623-847-4028

602-863-3196

Plasma Cutting

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

Big O Metals 480-477-9182

Marzee

602-269-5801

Tube Laser Cutting

Southwest Waterjet-Laser

Tube Service Company 602-267-9865

Turret Punching

A1

Dayton Lamina 248-489-9122

Desert Precision Mfg 520-887-4433

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication

Fine Line Fabricating

602-437-0339

602-863-3506

Gilbert Metal Stamping 480-503-1283

JD Machine

K-2 Manufacturing

801-782-4403

602-455-9575

LEI Machining _________ 928-310-7110

Lynch Brothers Mfg

Magnum Companies

602-267-7575

602.272.3600

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Moore Tool & Die 602-909-6697

Nelson Engineering 602-273-7114

Precise Metal Products

602-272-2625

Reiter’s Custom Welding 623-847-4028

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

Aluminum (Medium & Large)

Aero Tech 801-292-0493

Bending

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

Fabrication:

Custom Metal

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

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

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

Abrams Airborne Mfg 520-887-1727

AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594

ANEWCO ____________ 520-751-1222

BEL Machining 480-445-9881

Big O Metals 480-477-9182

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

Jan’s Inc. 480-833-7305

JD Machine 801-782-4403

Magnum Companies _____ 602.272.3600

Metzfab ____________ 602- 539-9591

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Precision Metalworks 602-455-9575

RM Garrison Machiing___623-582-6544

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

Stewart Precision Mfg

623-492-9400

TMM Precision 800-448-9448

Weiser Engineering 303-280-2778

High Production Precision Stamping

Allied Tool & Die 602-429-2514

Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Industrial Repair & Fabrication: LEI Machining 928-310-7110

Metal Forming

Allfab Engineering______602-437-0497

AZMF Precision 602-476-747

Big O Metals __________ 480-477-9182

Desert Precision Mfg ____ 520-887-4433

K-2 Manufacturing 602-455-9575

Moore Tool & Die 602-909-6697

Reiter’s Custom Welding 623-847-4028

TMM Precision 800-448-9448

Wal-Tek Industries 623-587-4611

Metal Restoration

Capital Metal Finishing 520-884-7473

Metal Spinning

Xavier Metal Spinning 602-828-2359

Metal Restoration

Capital Metal Finishing ___ 520-884-7473

Plasma Cutting

Big O Metals __________ 480-477-9182

Martin Engineering

602-692-7357 Marzee 602-269-5801

Steve Burke Plant Manager

Brazing: Induction

Thermal Vac __________ 714-514-8382

Brazing: Vacuum

Thermal Vac 714-514-8382

Carburizing

Controlled Thermal Tech 602-272-3714

Chemfild

Roll Forming

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

MPC Machines

Saw Cutting

714-271-5319

Paragon Machining & Design _ 480-635-9163 Shearing

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace 623-377-2191 FINISHING

Arizona Finishing

602-438-4443

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Coating Technologies

Louie’s Black Oxide

623-242-9575

602-257-0530

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Phoenix Heat Treating_____602-258-7751

TVT Die Casting 800-280-2278

Abrasive Blasting

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Phoenix Heat Treat ______ 602-258-7751

STP Performance Coating LLC 602-276-1231

Brazing: Aluminum Dip

Abrams Airborne Mfg 520-887-172

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Dry Film Lubrication

Bolts Metallizing - CWST 602-244-2432

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Electro-Polishing

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

Glass Bead Clean

A2Z Sandblasting 602-716-5566

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

Lone Arrow _________ 480-507-8074

Phoenix Heat Treat ______ 602-258-7751

Gun Finishing

Louie’s Gun Finishing 602-257-0530

Nitriding: Gaseous

Controlled Thermal Tech ___ 602-272-3714

Nitriding: Salt Bath

Controlled Thermal Tech 602-272-3714

Passivation

CAP 602-464-9629

Coating Technologies _623-242-9575

Collins Metal Finishing 602-275-3117

CRC Surface Technologies 602-288-0394

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Polishing

RM Garrison Machining 623-582-6544

Sand Blasting

A2Z Sandblasting 602-716-5566

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

Masic Industries 503-232-9109

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

STP Performance Coating LLC _ 602-276-1231

Stripping

Coating Technologies 623-242-9575

FIXTURES

Allied Tool & Die 602-429-2514

Blaze Precision 480-584-5227

J&R Precision 480-600-3503

Paragon Machining & Design 480-635-9163

Pro-Tek____________928-759-9494

FOUNDRY

AATC 602-268-1467

GEAR CUTTING

Apache Gear, Inc 623-934-7144

GRINDING

Arizona Wire & Tool ______ 480-813-1002

Auer Precision 480-834-4637

Blue Streak Grinding 602-353-8088

CRC Surface Technologies 602-288-0394 GMN USA 800-686-1679

Tram-Tek ___________

602-305-8100

Grinding, CNC/Contour

Blue Streak Grinding

National Grinding & Mfg

Nexus Manufacturing

602-353-8088

602-588-2869

480-239-9525

Powill Manufacturing_ ___623-780-4100

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Grinding… Cylindrical Grindworks

623-582-5767

Nexus Manufacturing _____ 480-239-9525

Grinding… Double Disc

Phoenix Grinding

Air Gear

Air Gear

602-437-8401

Grinding…Gear/Spline

602-275-7996

Grinding: ID

Blue Streak Grinding

Grindworks

National Grinding & Mfg

Nexus Manufacturing

Osborn Products

602-275-7996

602-353-8088

623-582-5767

602-588-2869

480-239-9525

623-587-0335

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

Superior Grinding _______ 888-487-9701

Grinding: Surface

Arizona Wire & Tool 480-813-1002

Blue Streak Grinding 602-353-8088

Grindworks__________623-582-5767

National Grinding & Mfg 602-588-2869

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Phoenix Grinding 602-437-8401

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

Pro-Tek_____________928-759-9494

Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Grinding: Tool & Cutter CTE 800-783-2400

Performance Grinding & MFG 480-967-5354

Superior Grinding 888-487-9701

Gun Drilling

Powill Manufacturing 623-780-4100

HEAT TREATING

ABS Metallurgical 602-437-3008

Bolts Metallizing - CWST 602-244-2432

Controlled Thermal Tech ___ 602-272-3714

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

Thermal Vac 714-514-8382

Heat Treating/NADCAP

ABS Metallurgical 602-437-3008

Bolts Metallizing - CWST 602-244-2432

Phoenix Heat Treat 602-258-7751

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

Powill Manufacturing_____623-780-4100

HYDRO FORMING

F&B Manufacturing 602-512-5237

Precision Aerospace ______ 602-352-8658

IDENTIFICATION

Labels & Bar Code

Leach Laser 602-254-1141

Mobile PartMarking

Leach Laser __________ 602-254-1141

Tool / PartMarking (Laser)

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Leach Laser 602-254-1141

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 TechMark 480-820--9444 Silk Screen

Micropulse West

480-966-2300

Total Quality Systems 480-377-6422

Inspection Services, Welding Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571

KITTING (Electronics)

United Performance Electronics

760-438-2370

MACHINING

Machining: 3D

3D Machine LLC

________

Alpha Mfg Solutions

Cassavant Machining

Challenger Aerospace

480-239-8254

602-332-3608

602-437-4005

480-894-0802

L&W Machine Co ______ 602-323-2560

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Micropulse West

Pro Precision

Cassavant Machining

602-437-4005

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

Evans Precision Machining _ 623-581-6200

F&B Manufacturing 602-512-5237

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325

Industrial Tool Die & Eng 520-745-8771

Jaguar Precision Machine __ 505-242-6545

JDB Ltd 602-992-9627

LUX Precision 928-380-0317

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

MPC Machines 714-271-5319

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

Abrams Airborne Mfg 520-887-1727

Allied Tool & Die _______ 602-429-2514

Alpha Mfg Solutions 602-332-3608

ANEWCO 520-751-1222

APS Machining ________ 480-773-1166

Avtek Industries 602-485-4005

Axian Technology 623-580-0800

Cassavant Machining ____ 602-437-4005

Challenger Aerospace 480-894-0802

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200

Gibbs Precision Machine ___ 480-753-1166

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

HK Machining 602-278-6704

Infinisys ____________ 602-276-2276

Jaguar Precision Machine 505-242-6545

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

LUX Precision 928-380-0317

Lynch Brothers Mfg 602-267-7575

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Matrix Machine 480-966-4451

____________ 602-272-2601

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

Axian Technology 623-580-0800

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-967-2501

Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200

Flex-Pro 623-581-0551

480-966-2300

602-353-0022

Machining: 5 Axis

Alpha Mfg Solutions

602-332-3608

ANEWCO 520-751-1222

ARCAS Machine

480-562-4203

AZMF Precision ________ 602-476-7477

Specialty Turn Products 602-426-9340

T-N Machining 602-278-8665

Tech Five Machining 480-699-4856

Tram-Tek 602-305-8100

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Machining: Aerospace AATC______________602-268-1467

Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

Nelson Engineering 602-273-7114

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

Powill Manufacturing 623-780-4100

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Pro Precision 602-353-0022

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

MANNA INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY

2202

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

BEL Machining 480-445-9881

BID Machine, Inc 480-892-7304

Blaze Precision 480-584-5227

Challenger Aerospace___ _ 480-894-0802

CHRIS BRIDGEMAN

602-332-8069

C.BRIDGEMAN@MIT.-AZ.COM WWW.MIT-AZ.COM

480-967-2501

800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

480-288-6601

__ 623-581-6200

623-581-0551

480-396-1800

480-753-1166

480-423-3848

_________ 602-278-6704

520-889-8325

602-276-2276

480-833-7305

505-242-6545

480-600-3503

623-581-9088

801-782-4403

602-992-9627

480-804-9541

_________

602-267-1331

602-323-2560

602-272-2654

928-310-7110

Liberty Precision Works ____ 480-584-5227

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Matrix Machine 480-966-4451

Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Micropulse West ________ 480-966-2300

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

MPC Machines _________ 714-271-5319

Multi-Axis Machining 623-215-8588

Osborn Products ________ 623-587-0335

P4 Swiss/Lindel 520-792-3160

Paragon Machining & Design _ 480-635-9163

Phoenix Fab & Design_____480-590-5058

Powill Manufacturing 623-780-4100

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

Precision Aerospace 602-352-8658

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Quality Mold 480-892-5480

RM Garrison Machining __623-582-6544

RMSS 623-780-5904

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

Select Machining 602-881-5845

Sonic Aerospace 480-777-1789

T-N Machining 602-278-8665

Tech Five Machining 480-699-4856

Tram-Tek 602-305-8100

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Val-Tech Mfg 480-966-7376

Wrico 480-892-7800

Machining: Industrial & Repair

BEL Machining 480-445-9881

LEI Machining _________ 928-310-7110

jon@genesisprecisionaz.com

Infinisys

602-276-2276

Jaguar Precision Machine 505-242-6545

JD Machine 801-782-4403

JDB Ltd.

Jemelco, Inc.

L&W Machine Co

Liberty Precision Works

602-992-9627

480-804-9541

602-323-2560

480-584-5227

LV Swiss 949-233-7390

MAKstride

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT)

Metalcraft Inc.

Morsch Machine

MPC Machines

Multi-Axis Machining

928-460-6054

602-332-8069

480-967-4889

480-961-7673

714-271-5319

623-215-8588

P4 Swiss/Lindel 520-792-3160

Paragon Machining & Design

480-635-9163

Phoenix Fab & Design_____480-590-5058

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

Pro-Tek_____________928-759-9494

RMSS

623-780-5904

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

Select Machining 602-881-5845

Sonic Aerospace 480-777-1789

Stewart Precision Mfg

623-492-9400

T-N Machining 602-278-8665

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Wal-Tek Industries _______ 623-587-4611

Machining: MultiSwiss

GRPM _____________ 480-423-3848

MPC Machines 714-271-5319

Phoenix Swissturn _______ 602-600-8436

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

Evans Precision Mach’g 623-581-6200 Flex-Pro 623-581-0551

Genesis Precision 602-687-9600

Gibbs Precision Machine ___ 480-753-1166 GRPM 480-423-3848

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

HK Machining 602-278-6704

Jaguar Precision Machine ___ 505-242-6545

JB’s Precision 623-581-9088

JD Machine 801-782-4403 JDB Ltd. 602-992-9627

RM Garrison Mach’ing _623-582-6544

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 Machining: Production

JDB Ltd. ___________ 602-992-9627

JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600

KLK Ind.

KLK Ind.

602-267-1331

L&W Machine Co 602-323-2560

LUX Precision 928-380-0317

MAKstride 928-460-6054

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Metalcraft Inc.

480-967-4889

Micropulse West 480-966-2300

MPC Machines 714-271-5319

Osborn Products

623-587-0335

Phoenix Fab & Design____480-590-5058

Praxis Precision _______ 480-833-1444

Pro Precision 602-353-00220

RM Garrison Machining

623-582-6544

RMSS 623-780-5904

Select Machining 602-881-5845

StarRex Precision 480-834-6344

Stewart Precision Mfg

623-492-9400

T-N Machining 602-278-8665

Tech Five Machining 480699-4856

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Val-Tech Mfg 480-966-7376

Machining: Quick Turn

Flex-Pro 623-581-0551

Gibbs Precision Machine 480-753-1166

Genesis Precision ______ 602-687-9600

HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704

Jemelco, Inc. 480-804-9541

Paragon Machining & Design 480-635-9163

Praxis Precision 480-833-1444

RMSS____________ 623-780-5904

Machining: Semiconductor

East Valley Precision

480-288-6601

602-267-1331

L&W Machine Co ______ 602-323-2560

Machining: Swiss

Cassavant Machining 602-437-4005

GRPM 480-423-3848

LV Swiss 949-233-7390

P4 Swiss/Lindel _______ 520-792-3160

Pacific Swiss & Mfg _____ 503-557-9407

Phoenix Swissturn 602-600-8436

Rhino Machine 480-250-3366

RMG Machining 623-582-6544

Specialty Turn Products 602-426-9340

StarRex Precision 480-834-6344

Wal-Tek Industries 623-587-4611

Mach: Turning CNC 3D Machine LLC _______480-239-8254

AAE 928-772-9887

Aero-Mach Precision 480-201-0251

Allied Tool & Die 602-429-2514

Alpha Machine 602-437-0322

Alpha Mfg Solutions _____ 602-332-3608

APS Machining _______ 480-773-1166

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

Avtek Industries 602-485-4005

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

BEL Machining 480-445-9881

Cassavant Machining 602-437-4005

Cleveland Electric Labs 480-397-0036

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

East Valley Precision 480-288-6601

Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551

Genesis Precision ______ 602-687-9600

GHT Services 480-396-1800

480-423-3848

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng 520-889-8325

801-782-4403 602-992-9627

480-804-9541

949-233-7390

Manna Integrated Tech (MIT) 602-332-8069

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

Osborn Products 623-587-0335

P4 Swiss/Lindel 520-792-3160

Paragon Machining & Design 480-635-9163

Phoenix Fab & Design_____480-590-5058

Precision Metalworks 602-455-9575

Rhino Machine 480-250-3366

RM Garrison Mach’ing__623-582-6544

RMSS 623-780-5904

StarRex Precision _______ 480-834-6344

Select Machining 602-881-5845

Stewart Precision Mfg 623-492-9400

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Val-Tech Mfg 480-966-7376

Metalcraft Inc. 480-967-4889

Morsch Machine 480-961-7673

Uni-Tek 602-272-2601

Machining: Turning: Automatic

American Prec. Machine 602-269-6298

Challenger Aerospace 480-894-0802

Evans Precision Mach’g 623-581-6200

JB’s Precision Ind 623-581-9088

LAYKE, Inc. 602-272-2654

LUX Precision 928-380-0317

LV Swiss 949-233-7390

Matrix Machine 480-966-4451

Paragon Machining & Design 480-635-9163

Rhino Machine ________ 480-250-3366

RMSS _____________ 623-780-5904

StarRex Precision _______ 480-834-6344

Stewart Precision Mfg 623-492-9400

Allied Tool & Die

602-429-2514

AZMF Precision 602-476-7477

Big O Metals

EDM Tech ___________

F&B Manufacturing ______

Fine Line Laser Cutting

K-2 Manufacturing

KLK Ind.

Marusiak LLC

P3 Built

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser

Precise Metal Products

Precision Aerospace

Reiter’s Custom Welding

Southwest Waterjet-Laser

480-477-9182

602-278-6666

602-512-5237

602-863-3196

602-455-9575

602-267-1331

480-318-8883

602-830-8300

602-484-9393

602-272-2625

602-352-8658

623-847-4028

480-306-7748

TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448

Tube Service Company

Wal-Tek Industries

Wrico

Weiser Engineering

602-267-9865

623-587-4611

480-892-7800

Leach Laser

LEI Machining Marusiak LLC

Paragon Machining & Design

Perfection Ind Finishing

Performance Grinding & MFG

TechMark

Leach Laser Marusiak LLC

Perfection Industrial Finishing P

Abrams Airborne Mfg Aero Tech Cleveland Electric Labs Creedbilt Inc

Hi-Tech Machining & Eng

K-2 Mfg

KLK Ind.

Metzfab

RM Garrison Mach’ing___623-582-6544

RMSS____________ 623-780-5904

Scriven Precision 480-961-9775

Wal-Tek Industries 623-587-4611 Advanced

AERO Spring & Mfg Co

602-243-4329

Testing: Non-Dest/ Pressure CAP _____________ 602-464-9629

___________ 714-739-2821

Phoenix Heat Treating_____602-258-7751

Pilkington Metal Finishing___801-972-2146

Semiray, A Div of Mistras 602-275-1917

Testing: Turbine Instrumentation

Cleveland Electric Lab (CEL) 480-967-2501

THERMAL SPRAY

Bolts Metallizing - CWST___602-244-2432

Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 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

ThreadRolling

Ron Grob 970-667-5320

Shaw Precision 480-785-4925

TOOL & DIE

3D Machine LLC 480-239-8254 928-772-9887

Arizona Wire & Tool 480-813-1002

Gilbert Metal Stamping 480-503-1283

Moore Tool & Die 480-622-1705

Pro-Tek_____________928-759-9494

Thompson Machine 505-823-1453

Marusiak LLC

480-318-8883

Marzee 602-269-5801

Metzfab 602- 539-9591

Milco 714-373-0098

Moore Tool & Die

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser

Precision Aerospace

Reiter’s Custom Welding

Rhino Board

RM Garrison Machining

Southwest Waterjet-Laser

602-909-6697

602-484-9393

602-352-8658

623-847-4028

505-842-5100

623-582-6544

480-306-7748

Whitley Machine_______602-323-5550

Waterjet, 5-Axis

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

Waterjet, Multi head Whitley Machine_______602-323-5550

Waterjet, High Press. Cutting

Alpha Machine

602-437-0322

Marzee 602-269-5801

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser

602-484-9393

Rhino Board 505-842-5100

Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748

WASHERS

AERO Spring & Mfg Co

WIRE FORMS

602-243-4329

AERO Spring & Mfg Co

602-243-4329

Moore Tool & Die 602-909-6697

SPRINGWORKS Utah 801-298-0113

Tram-Tek

602-305-8100

WELDING

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace623-377-2191

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

Allfab Engineering______602-437-0497

Alpha Machine 602-437-0322

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

AZMF Precision ________ 602-476-7477

BEL Machining 480-445-9881

BID Machine, Inc 480-892-7304

Bolts Metallizing - CWST ____ 602-244-2432

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Desert Precision Mfg 520-887-4433

Empire Precision Mach. 480-633-4580

F&B Manufacturing 602-512-5237

Frontier Group 602-437-2426

Group Mfg. Serv 480-966-3952

Jan’s Inc. 480-833-7305

K-2 Manufacturing 602-455-9575

Lynch Brothers Mfg 602-267-7575

Magnum Companies 602.272.3600

P3 Built 602-830-8300

Precision Aerospace 602-352-8658

Precision Metalworks 602-455-9575

Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480

Reiter’s Custom Welding 623-847-4028

RM Garrison 623-582-6544

Scriven Precision ________ 480-961-9775

Val-Tech Mfg 480-966-7376

Valley Machine Works 602-254-4173

Weiser/Mile High Precision __ 303-280-2778

Wrico 480-892-7800

Welding: Aerospace

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

K-2 Manufacturing 602-455-9575

Lynch Brothers Mfg 602-267-7575

Precision Aerospace ______ 602-352-8658

Welding: Alum. Med & Lg

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

Alpha Machine 602-437-0322

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Dynamic Machine & Fabrication 602-437-0339

Empire Precision Mach. 480-633-4580

Magnum Companies ____ 602.272.3600

P3 Built 602-830-8300

RM Garrison 623-582-6544

Valley Machine Works 602-254-4173

Consultation

Precise Metal Products 602-272-2625

Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

Welding: Enclosures

AEI Fabrication 480-733-6594

Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497

Welding: Design

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

Welding: Heli-Arc

Precision Aerospace ______ 602-352-8658

Welding: Laser

Cleveland Electric Lab (CEL) 480-967-2501

Quality Mold 480-892-5480

Welding: Mig

Allfab Engineering 602-437-0497

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

Continental Machining 800-777-2483

Cutting Edge Mfg 480-609-7233

Frontier Group_________602-437-2426

Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305

K-2 Mfg ____________ 602-455-9575

Quality Mold 480-892-5480

EDM Tech 602-278-6666

RM Garrison 623-582-6544

Valley Machine Works 602-254-4173

Welding: Orbital

L&W Fluid 602-323-2560

Welding: Precision

ATEC Engineering 480-569-3337

Welding: Spot

Lynch Brothers Mfg 602-267-7575

3D Machine .. ................................82

A1 Precision Metal & Aerospace. 68,84

AAE ..91

Abrams Airborne Mfg..............................85

ABS Metallurgical..................................................24,86

ACC Machinery .........................................73

Accu-traq .......................................................81

Acieta.............................................................. 73

Adams Machinery ...................49,71,73,96

Advanced Precision 80

AEI Fabrication...........................................92

Aero Spring & Mfg............................ ........84

Aero Tech...................................................... 89

Air Gear 86

Alerus 45

AllFab Engineering ....................................85

Alpha Machine ............................................91

Alpha Mfg Solutions (AMS) 87

American Aerospace (AATC)...............83

American Tools & Metals..................74,75

Americhem Engineering 75

ANEWCO 88

Apache Gear 85

Apache Steel ..................................................77

APS Machining 87

Arizona CNC 1,7,46-47,57,73-76,78

Arizona Finishing ...................................... 86

Arizona Iron Supply..................................42

Arizona MEP 12,44,61,81

Arizona Tool Steel 78

Arizona Wire & Tool ................... .............93

ARNO USA .................................................76

ATEC Engineering 93

AT&D..............................................................83

Auer Precision..............................................85

Avtek ............................................................... 88

Axian Technology 82

Ayers Gear & Machining 71

AZ Metals ............................................... 14,76

AZMF Precision.........................................92

B&T Tool & Engineering 79

Bank of Herrin 58,81

Banterra Bank.................................2,81

Barton International .......................... 48,76

Basic Metals 22,78

Beau’s Crates 80

BEL Machining.......................................... 84

BID Machine, Inc...................................... 84

Big O Metals 33,84

BISON 77

Blaze Precision.............................................83

Blue Streak Grinding 70,85

BMSC 67,73,83

Bolts Metallizing-CWST 83

Bralco Metals..........................................76,77

Bramac Machinery 74

Bystronic 15,74

C&M Rigging 6,81

Capital Metal Finishing............................91

Cassavant CAP 93

Cassavant Machining 90

Castrol Industrial....................................... 76

CBIZ............................................................... 80

Challenger Aerospace 87

ChemResearch(CRC) 28,87

CIS................................................................... 82

Cleveland Electric Labs............................91

Coast Aluminum..................................38,77 Coastal Metals...........................................8,78

Coating Tech.................................... ......72,83 Collins Metal Finishing............................83 Consolidated Resources.....................40,80 Continental Machining...................................88 Continental Precision..........................86,87 Craters & Feighters.....................................80 Crating

Index of Advertisers

Black Oxide ....................... 84,86

LRW Cutting Tools ............................. 79

LTM Plastics 86 Lux Precision 87 LV Swiss ................................................. 92 Lynch Brothers ..................................... 86 Magnum Prec. ..29,73-75,95 Makino 73

MAKstride ............................................ 83

Martin Engineering 81

MarZee 20,85,92

Mario Pinto 80

Matrix Machine ............................. 82,83

Matsuura 73

Mesa Machinery 75

Metalcraft Inc. ...................................... 87

Metals Eng & Testing Labs ............... 83 Methods West.................................74,75

Metzfab 41,90,91,93

Midaco Corp ........................................ 83

Milco ....................................................... 83

Mitutoyo 60,71

MLC CAD Systems 80

Moore Tool & Die ............................... 84

Morsch Machine ................................. 82

MP Systems 76

MPC Machines 88

Multi-Axis Machining ....................... 88

NAI Horizon.........................................63

National Grinding & Mfg. 85

Nelson Engineering 68,84

New Angle Media ............................... 82

New Mexico Metals ............................ 78

Nexus Manufacturing 53,86

NFP Property & Casualty 80

North-South ..............................19,73-76

Osborn Products ........................... 83,85

Owl Vans 64-65

P4 Swiss Lindel 87,91

Paragon Machining & Design ......... 89

Paramount Honing Machine 87

Perfection Industrial Finishing 37,90

Perfection Industrial Sales 76

Performance Grinding & Mfg ..........91

PH Horn 76

Phoenix Fab & Design 87

Phoenix Grinding 83

Phoenix Heat Treat ........... 35,54-55,86

Phoenix Swissturn 32

Phoenix Waterjet & Laser 10,90

Pilkington Metal Finishing ............... 92

Pioneer Distributing Co. ................... 83

Pivot Manufacturing 50-51

Platinum Registration 80

Port Plastics ........................................... 78

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