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Editor’s Corner Why Do We Advertise?

“A man who stops advertising to save money is like a man who stops a clock to save time.”

Henry Ford “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”

Zig Ziglar In the world today there are 7 seconds to get your customer’s attention. The vast array of fishermen casting their hooks are bombarding our clients with radio,TV, phone solicitations, internet ads, email ads, bill boards, shopping cart ads, car wraps, etc.

We work harder and longer than most countries in the world so our time is limited.Yet if we as business owners and business managers do nothing to further our cause in a concise, succinct way, we are doomed to the cliché, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got”. Americans work more than anyone in the industrialized world. More than the English, more than the French, way more than the Germans or Norwegians. Even, recently, more than the Japanese.And Americans take less vacation, work longer days, and retire later, too.

That much most people agree on.What’s harder to pin down is exactly how much Americans are working. It may be more than our industrialized competitors, but is it more than we have ever worked before? The short answer, according to the government, is that it is only slightly more and not so much that most people should really notice. Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a very gradually rising trend through the 1990s that has only just recently tapered off, hovering somewhere just north of 40 hours weekly.

When done effectively advertising is an essential part of mix because: • Advertising is the only medium you can control – if you want your message to hit on the day a product launches or event is about to happen, this is the only vehicle you control completely.

• Advertising allows you to target ideal customers only – when you match a very personal message to a very select audience you get far greater connection.

• Advertising creates awareness for your content – The force that drives a great deal of conversion and trust building these days is educational content – ebooks, seminars and blog posts – advertising is a great way to help get that content found and consumed once you’ve gone to the effort to produce it.

• Advertising adds credibility to your message – One of my customers told me, “Don’t ask me why this is exactly, but every time I run advertising I get something and people comment that business must be going well”. The perception that you can afford advertising is often enough to sell and resell prospects and customers alike and makes it easier to get attention for your entire message.

• Advertising amplifies everything else you’re doing – When you are using advertising to create awareness for your content you automatically create more awareness for everything you are doing. Journalists find companies that advertise, referral sources remember companies that advertise, people ‘fan and follow and friend’ from ads, and employees can point to well-placed ads as a source of pride in the place they work.

In closing if you are not doing something to stimulate awareness of your business like a website, brochures, a full time sales professional, Facebook, email, or just plain dialing for dollars on the phone on a daily basis, think hard about how you see your business in 5 years. Feel free to contact us so we can help you.

Until next issue, God Bless Our Troops and God Bless America! We hope to talk with you soon!

Kim Carpenter

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Cover & Inside Cover This Month’s Cover , Inside Cover, Shop Profiles, & Articles: AMS-Advanced Machining Services Scout Systems Announcements/Releases ....................6-21 Front Cover & Shop Profile .............1,28-29 Feature Articles................................... 42,43 Buyers Guide Equipment....................64-70 Buyers Guide Processes ......................71-77 Card Gallery ........................................64-77 Index Of Advertisers ...............................78 Editorial .................................. Throughout

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Customer Testimonial written & shared by Benjamin Mitchell, Chief Operations Officer of CLS Fabrication located in Bend, OR: CLS Fabrication Inc. is a 30+ year old family business based in Bend, Oregon. Our primary activities include precision sheet metal fabrication, structural metal fabrication and automated powder coat finishing. We have utilized sheet metal cutting laser technologies and CNC forming since the 1990’s. CLS purchased our first TRUMPF machine in the early 2000’s where we had a direct relationship with the corporation due to our original location in Southern California. We moved to Bend, Oregon in 2005 and now purchase through Icon Machine Tool. This initially was a bit of a concern for us, not being able to work directly with TRUMPF. However, I can say, without reservation, that Jeff Hall and the Icon Team have done a fantastic job of being a valued interface and ready resource. Icon was instrumental in helping us identify the right technologies as Solid State lasers have become more prominent and capable in the last few years. We have also always been a big fan of automation and have capitalized on that with purchase of bending aids and material load and unload systems on our punch and laser machines. As we grow, Icon has shown an ability to propose the best solutions for us and never been overbearing in their approach. They are very well educated on the features of what they sell and prompt in finding answers to challenging questions. Having operated many different types of machinery, we can also say that TRUMPF machines are second to none. With the large investments CLS has made, we are now definitively one of the most capable, competent operations around; this is not just in Central Oregon but throughout the Northwest.

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Announcements & Releases Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing Inc. Offers the Specialized Niche in CNC Swiss Turning and CNC Swiss Micro-Miniature Machining

exceeding the increasingly stringent industry requirements for aerospace related services and assures our special processes consistently meet the requirements and expectations of customers presenting the most challenging applications.

When producing small, intricate parts for the medical and other quality conscious industries, it’s the power and precision of a company’s team members and machining capability that puts the strength and overall quality into every part. Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing Inc. of Clackamas, Oregon has a highly specialized niche in using CNC Swiss turning technology with 7-axis capability to make parts ranging from .005” to 1.0” in diameter with extreme precision and quality. On a daily basis Pacific Swiss is manufacturing high precision, complex parts from a variety of metals and plastics.

This certification strengthens CRC’s competitive position and standardizes quality, reliability and safety processes across their aerospace, defense and aviation clientele. AS9100 is managed by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) and based on the ISO 9001:2008 quality management standard. It provides 80 additional requirements and 18 amplifications specific to aerospace business operations.

The company (www.pacificswiss.net) has an array of CNC Swiss Automatic screw machines all manufactured but Citizen-Cincom.The benefit of having 7-axis of machining capability is it allows Pacific Swiss to manufacture the simple to complex parts in one operation. There is less chance, therefore, that a part is damaged in a secondary operation. As is typical with all the quality sensitive industries they serve, very close tolerances and high surface and cosmetic features are critical. The Pacific Swiss Quality Control manual is certified to the requirements of MIL-I-45208A and is ISO / FDA compliant.

Pacific Swiss will be adding additional multi axis CNC Swiss equipment 2nd quarter 2016 and is actively pursuing their ISO 9001:2015 certification Pacific Swiss is a quality driven company supported by a great manufacturing team, outstanding outside sales representatives, reliable and proven supply chain and a global customer base.

For more information on Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing Inc.: Phone: 503-522-0753 Web: www.pacificswiss.net Email: sales@pacificswissmfg.com

ChemResearch Corporation Announces AS9100 Rev C Certification ChemResearch Corporation (CRC Surface Technologies) is pleased to announce the achievement of AS9100 Rev C Certification.

AS9100 is the internationally recognized Quality Management System (QMS) standard specific to the aerospace, aviation and defense industries.

This standard is strongly supported and adhered to by major aerospace OEMs and is being required by Tier I suppliers within the supply chain on an increasing basis.

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According to James Burriss, President & CEO at CRC SurfaceTechnologies, “The AS9100 certification is the standard to which aerospace, aviation & defense suppliers are measured and reflects the continuous improvement efforts and commitment made by our employees to deliver the highest quality services to our customers. The addition of AS9100 compliments our NADCAP Certifications and highlights the company’s focus on supporting the stringent requirements of the aerospace, aviation, and defense industries. The road to AS9100 began a year ago when we decided to procure quality management software to streamline and support our continuous improvement initiatives. The quality team made the commitment to compliance then stepped up to the challenge of upgrading the quality management system, resulting in the successful achievement of AS9100C certification. Moreover, pursuing AS9100C certification was a logical next step for improving our business practices while growing our business. It’s the perfect foundation as we work towards becoming a certified FAA repair station.”

Founded in 1959, CRC Surface Technologies is an AS9100 & NADCAP certified, ITAR registered single-source metal finishing service provider for the aerospace, defense, medical, semiconductor/electronics, space and heavy equipment industries. Located in central Phoenix, AZ our multi-shift 60,000 square foot processing facility services regional and national machine shops including OEMs such as Boeing, BAE Systems, Bombardier Aerospace, Eaton, General Electric, Honeywell, Hamilton Sundstrand, Goodrich, Parker Aerospace, Bell Helicopter, Rolls Royce, Spirit AeroSystems, Space X and Woodward.

Mazak To Construct New Plant In Japan Yamazaki Mazak officials have announced the construction of a new production facility in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The newYamazaki Mazak Inabe plant will combine – as key components of Mazak’s iSMART Factory concept – production automation and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology.

The Inabe plant follows suit with Mazak’s Kentucky plant where the iSMART Factory concepts are already established, as well as with the existingYamazaki Mazak Oguchi Plant in Japan that will be a full iSMART Factory by the end of 2016. As an iSMART Factory and with 56,000m2 of planned floor space for manufacturing larger size machine tools, the new Inabe plant will boost productivity by more than 50%.

Mazak’s iSMART Factory uses advanced manufacturing cells and systems

www.bluestreakgrinding.com together with full digital integration to achieve free-flow data sharing of process control and operation monitoring. In the iSMART Factory, the MTConnect open communications protocol works with process support software and provides connectivity and the capability to monitor and then harvest data from production floor machines, cells, devices, and processes.

Doosan Welcomes Eugene Hendrix As New Western Regional Manager Doosan Infracore America is pleased to announce that Eugene Hendrix has joined the company as Western Regional Manager. Andy McNamara, Director of Sales and Marketing for the company, says, “Eugene brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our distibution network in the western region. Not only did he start his career as a tool and die maker, he also supervised a CNC department years ago.” He continued, “Eugene’s Engineering degree, coupled with his industry experience in a machine shop environment enables him to truly grasp his customers’ requirements.”

Eugenie’s career over the past decade and a half has been supporting customers in the precision machining environment as a sales manager working for a few different builders. He also spent time working for a local machine tool dealer in the Arizona market.

Eugene says, “I am very excited to work for a great company like Doosan Infracore America. Not only do they provide the tools for their employees, but they also provide superior customer support coupled with a great line of machine tools.”

You can contact Eugene at 973-618-6022 or email him at eugene. hendrix@doosan.com

Faustson Tool Awarded Top Prize for Innovation Faustson, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, received the Manufacturer’s Edge Manufacturing Innovation Award at Innovation Pavilion’s inaugural Innovation Awards ceremony last month. Governor John Hickenlooper gave opening remarks for the event, which was attended by more than 350 members of Colorado’s innovation community.

In response to the honor, Faustson Vice President Heidi Hostetter said, “We couldn’t be more honored to receive this recognition. It’s truly an honor and, as noted at the awards ceremony, this is Colorado’s award; we merely accepted it. Thanks to Manufacturer’s Edge, School of Mines, OEDIT, Ball and Lockheed and certainly to all the employees of Faustson for their hard work and efforts to make these ideas a reality.”

Faustson was nominated for its long history of leading its field in innovation. Faustson won the award for demonstrating outstanding leadership in

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All nominees were evaluated by entrepreneurial community leaders and Innovation Pavilion partnership organizations. Selection criteria were based on a peer review of a company’s outstanding contribution to advancing innovation in Colorado.

About the awards ceremony, Vic Ahmed, Innovation Pavilion Founder and CEO, said “Since our founding, it has been our mission and vision to recognize and promote leaders in our entrepreneurial community. It is our honor to highlight these nominees in our newest expansion location, Parker, CO. This event has brought together leaders from every sector of our community- businesses, government, and non-profits. These productive collisions are what make Colorado such a special place that promotes problem solving, collaboration, and innovation”.

Faustson Tool, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, provides services for clients worldwide in the medical, aerospace, aeronautics, defense, semiconductor and other industries. The company, founded in 1982, provides additive manufacturing/3D metal printing, 3-, 4- and 5-axis milling and 5-axis EDM services, as well as turning capabilities for cutting-edge custom part production, and efficient production of standard parts. Faustson Tool is woman owned and operated small business. For more information, visit www.faustson.com, email hhostetter@ faustson.com or call (303) 420-7422.

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companies in the area. The PartMaker 2016 release truly has something for everyone and will most assuredly increase the productivity for companies manufacturing medical devices including dental implants and prismatic hydraulic manifolds, as well as leading contract manufacturers making very small parts with a number of intricate turned milled features, ideal for manufacture on Swiss-type lathes such as telecommunications and connector parts.

See What AMBA Members That Use Cimatron Say:

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GOT CIMATRON? More than 40 AMBA member companies are using Cimatron CAD/CAM software to increase productivity and shorten delivery times.

“Our efficiency has been increasing incredibly. I know it has impacted our bottom line. We can take on more business, because we are not spending as much time in design. The flow from design to manufacturing is much smoother, shortening our delivery dates, making us more efficient and improving quality.”

Kent Smith, President, Diamond Tool & Engineering “Cimatron has really helped us stay ahead of the curve when it comes to creating more sophisticated molds, such as those required for products with blended curves. Without Cimatron in place, designing and producing such goods would be nearly impossible.”

Thomas LaMarca, Jr., Owner, L&Z Tool and Engineering

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“We believe one of the things that sets LS Mold apart from other shops is our Cimatron CAD/CAM capabilities. Cimatron really listened to our needs and it shows in how they implement our requirements in the software. The modeling package is first rate. It particularly shines in electrode creation. Customer support from Cimatron is outstanding.”

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Christian Briscoe, Delcam VP of sales said, “We are very excited to welcome Anthony to our team in California. Our team here has been able to build great customer relationships with many companies in California and Northwest region that specialize in the design and manufacture of molds, dies and patterns in the Automotive, Entertainment and Aerospace industries as well as general precision machining, mechanical repair and fabrication through Delcam products PowerMILL, PowerSHAPE and FeatureCAM. With Anthony joining the team we will now be able to continue to build our customer relations and provide direct support for production machining A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST

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PATH Act Makes Selling a Manufacturing Business Easier for Some Take your customers into the next generation of manufacturing.

C-corporation owners face a “double tax”, where gains on a sale of assets are taxed at the corporate level and subsequent liquidating dividends are taxed at the shareholder level; whereas in an S-corp there is no federal corporate level tax. When a C-corp converts to an S-corp, a “built-in gain” is determined, based on the Fair Market Value of the corporation’s assets (both tangible and intangible) less the tax basis in the assets on the date of conversion.

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Since most sales of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises are structured as asset (versus stock) sales, the double taxation for C-Corp owners and built-in gain taxes (currently 35 percent federal) for owners of recently converted S-corps are very real impediments to selling a business. However, a recent move by Congress will benefit some. Let me explain.

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Essentially, built-in gain is the gain that would have been taxed had the C-corp sold its assets on the conversion date. A sale of assets by an S corporation during the “recognition period” triggers the built-in gains tax, as does a sale of stock in a deemed asset sale under Section 338(h)(10).

The enactment of built-in gains (a.k.a. “BIG”) tax by Congress back in 1986 was intended in part to prevent C-corp owners from making an S election just before selling their companies assets to avoid corporate-level taxes. From 1986 until 2009, the BIG recognition period was 10 years. Then between 2009 and 2014, Congress acted sporadically to reduce the recognition period to between five and seven years on a temporary basis. This uncertain tax environment made sale planning for C-corp and recently converted S-corp owners difficult.

The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH), enacted on December 18, 2015, established a permanent five-year recognition period for S corporations. This is welcome news for owners of S-corps that recently converted from C Corp status, and C-Corp owners who would like to sell in the next 5-10 years.

Regardless of when you intend to sell your company, have a competent CPA assess the tax implications of a sale and reevaluate your entity structure from an overall tax efficiency perspective.

Exit right and retire well by beginning with the end in mind!

Al Statz is CEO of Exit Strategies Group, Inc., which provides M&A brokerage and business valuation services to manufacturing companies in the Western U.S. Al can be reached at alstatz@exitstrategiesgroup.com or 707-781-8580.

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CLS Fabrication Expands Its Sheet Metal Fabrication Capabilities With The Purchase Of Its Latest TRUMPF, The TruLaser 3040

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CLS Fabrication, in business for over 3 decades, is pleased to announce its latest TRUMPF purchase, the TruLaser 3040. This new generation of the reliableTruLaser 3040 combines innovative technology and solid-state laser power to optimize productivity, using one cutting head for all sheet thicknesses up to 1”.

We can help automate OMP tasks through developing custom controller macros for you. We can also integrate probing routines into NX CAM and NX post processors.

Run faster setups and first article checks, save time and money and keep ahead of the competition.

Benjamin Mitchell, COO for the Bend, Oregon based company, says, “The TRUMPF machines we have been purchasing for more than a decade now are second to none. Over the years, we have added TRUMPF TruPunch 5000, TruBend 5130, TruBend 5230, TruLaser 3030, and TruBend 7036 machines”

We Can Deliver: • Custom controller macros • New post processors • Automated OMP tasks • Offsite programming and spot training • Integrated probing routines

He continued, “We are a sheet metal/fabrication business, and while we specialize in precision fabrication, our capabilities range from producing parts as small as 1” square to as large as 80” x 160” inches. We also offer in house powder coating on an automated line making us a single source supplier for many customers.”

Ready to get started? Please contact Pat Barrett at: 503-771-3570 ext. 105 info@sherpa-design.com 6700 N. New York Avenue, Suite 231 & 133 | Portland, OR 97203 | 503.771.3570 | Sherpa-Design.com

To learn more about how CLS Fabrication can help you with your most precise to large part fabrication needs utilizing state of the art TRUMPF equipment, contact them at 800-426-0721 or visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/CLSFABRICATIONINC/

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Product development includes visualizing, conceptualizing, and exploring before the reality of production kicks in. It’s dreaming of possibilities. 3D printing has changed the way we look at product design or producing a part or family of parts. Having a 3D-printed concept in hand gives the designer, engineer, or student the ability to analyze his or her creation and accurately determine how the product can become a manufactured reality. Just because you can draw a part doesn’t necessarily mean you can produce it economically, but holding the object in your hand reveals all.

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Partnering with 3D Plastics in Newberg, Oregon provides an advantage. In a matter of hours, your 3D-printed creation materializes, fully developed, before your eyes. Once your prototype is complete, 3D Plastics personnel will sit with you and analyze your part for four critical areas prior to a tool maker cutting steel: cosmetics,

Strom Manufacturing, Inc. offers a wide range of turn-key services to our customers:

Our new building is located in North Plains, Oregon.

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During our first year in the new building, we have already expanded our machining capabilities. In June of 2014, we added a new Mori-Seiki 5 pallet horizontal milling machine!

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We also work closely with several local vendors to supply: Paint, Silkscreen and Powder Coating Services Plating and Anodizing Services

With this expanded capability, we have substantially increased the amount of work we can handle to support our customers.

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Strom Manufacturing Consistently Exceeds Customer Expectations!

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molded part design, material selection, and post molding and assembly, all critical to achieving the desired result. The next key to total success is 3D’s longstanding relationships with a bevy of mold makers.The mold makers contribute to the development process with options to reduce tooling costs, then design the mold to run efficiently and trouble-free, a critical step in production economy.

Product quality and great service is the hallmark of 3D Plastics’ commitment to excellence. Beginning with machine setups, through material handling, molding, and post-processing inserting, sonic welding, assembly, and packaging, all processes receive the 3D high level of attention your creation deserves.

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Aerodyne Alloys – Now Stocking Mp35n® And Alloy-159® Bar Aerodyne Alloys is pleased to announce we are now stocking MP35N®

and Alloy-159® Bar at our La Mirada, California facility. Size ranges from .261” dia. To 774” dia. in MP35N® and .325”dia. to.774”dia. in Alloy-159®. All material is domestically produced and meets DFARS requirements.

“These grades are a nice complement to our cobalt bar inventory such as L605, 188 and Waspaloy®” states Jeff Adams, Director of Business Development and Marketing at Aerodyne Alloys. “We want to make it easy for our customers locate these hard to find materials”.

Aerodyne Alloys is a global leader in the distribution of high temperature specialty alloys of nickel, cobalt, titanium, stainless and alloys in bar and plate forms. FIRSTCUT+® Services include precision bar sawing, plate sawing, heat treating, trepanning, boring and water jet cutting. Aerodyne Alloys has distribution facilities in South Windsor, Connecticut, La Mirada, California and Greenville, South Carolina.

Aerodyne Alloys is a specialty division of United Performance Metals.

O’Neal Industries (onealind.com), the U.S.A.’s largest family-owned group of metals service centers, is the parent company of United Performance Metals. With sales of approximately $2.4 billion in 2015, O’Neal Industries is based in Birmingham, AL and has more than 80 specialized facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

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General Dynamics Buys Undersea Drone Maker Bluefin Robotics Ge n e r a l D y n a m i c s has purchased unmanned undersea VEHICLEmanufacturer Bluefin Robotics for an undisclosed amount in a push to add new autonomous technology manufacturing capability.

Bluefin will become a part of General Dynamics’ maritime and strategic systems LINE OF BUSINESS within the mission systems unit, General Dynamics said last month.

Bluefin21WaterFounded in 1997, Bluefin manufactures 50 configurations of DRONESthat operate under water for customers in the defense, scientific and commercial markets.

Chris Marzilli, president of General Dynamics’ mission systems unit, said his company sought to add manufacturing skills to its integration service WORK ON undersea technologies.

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Bluefin is headquartered in Quincy, Mass. and performs lifecycle services such as research and development, technology integration, full-scale manufacturing, platform TRAINING and operations support work.

Vestas Nails 172 MW Wind Turbine Deal As Competitive Landscape Shifts Vestas has secured its first 2016 sales in Brazil.

The globe’s largest wind turbine manufacturer and installer, which has its North American headquar ters in Portland, has penned a deal to supply 86 2-megawatt turbines for projects in northeastern Brazil.

Vestas had made its first sales in Brazil for 2016.

A company spokesper son would not share the total sales price or how much the turbines themselves cost. But currently, utility-scale wind (and solar) projects are being built for roughly $2 million per megawatt in the U.S. The company will supply and install the turbines in the Brazilian state of Bahía. It expects to deliver them for the second quarter of 2017.

The deal is especially significant as Brazil was Vestas’ fifth-largest customer in 2015.Vestas has operated in Brazil since 2000. It landed 376 megawatts of orders from the country last year.

The recent sale will help solidify the company’s rank as the globe’s largest wind turbine manufacturer. The company was recently affirmed as holding the top spot for 2015 over competitor Goldwind, according to a report in North American Windpower magazine.

Vestas has reclaimed No. 1 after dropping to third place in 2014.

Now, it is ahead of Goldwind, GE and Siemens, in that order.

A large part of Vestas’ resurgence came from the hiring of Chris Brown to lead sales of Vestas wind turbines in North America, which I wrote about in January.

Based in Portland, revenue from the Danish company’s U.S. and Canada sales and service division has ballooned from $270 million when Brown took over in 2012 to $3.5 billion last year. Source: Portland Business Journal

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Labor Department Overtime Expansion Rule Heads for White House Review The Department of Labor’s (DoL) final rule to increase the whitecollar overtime exemption threshold by 113 percent has advanced ahead of schedule. DoL has sent the new standard to the White House for review, the last step before it becomes final. With review-time of a month or two, we expect to see the final rule published in April or very early May. Most likely, the rush is due to an unofficial deadline arising from the Congressional Review Act, which gives Congress 60 legislative days to review and issue a Resolution of Disapproval to block any major new regulation before it takes effect.

The new overtime rule would expand the number of workers eligible for overtime by roughly 5 million, mostly “white collar,” workers starting in 2016. The proposal raises the overtime exemption wage to $50,440 per year or $970 per week from $23,660 for Executive, Administrative, Professional & Clerical Employees (EAP).

This one-size fits all approach applies to all states without factoring in regional pay differences. It also indexes the overtime exemption at a rate with roughly 10 percent annual increases in addition to raising the exemption threshold for Highly Compensated Employees from $100,000 to $122,148.

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The 7,000-square-foot, 700,000-pound steel structure will be shipped to Kwajalein Atoll for integration into the Space Fence system. “The structure stands 12 meters tall and is about the size of two regulation NBA basketball courts placed side-by-side,” said a General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies news release. “It is designed to withstand earthquakes, hurricane force winds and extremes in temperature and humidity while maintaining a consistent surface flatness that varies less than one millimeter from one end of the structure to the other and from side-to-side.”

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“That’s what we’re breaking into now,” said Rear Adm. Michael Manazir during a speech.

He envisions the Navy linking the joint strike fighter with unmanned aerial vehicles.

The MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone and the manned P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft could also be connected, he noted.

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“We designed it to … go into heavily defended territory … and do the mission very, very effectively and then come back out,” Manazir said. “But now in order to bend that technology curve we have to figure out how to get the information off of that airplane while [the pilot] is inside of that [anti-access area denial] environment.”

Past thinking about the stealthy F-35 was: “‘No, you can’t transmit anything. They’ll detect you.’ But I need all that stuff. So we have to figure that kind of thing out,” he added.

“The current architectures of our platforms is proprietary.They were built a certain way,” Manazir said. “So when a Super Hornet sees a target in a certain way and develops a weapons quality track, that’s going to have a different orientation and different math behind it than the E-2 does that sees exactly the same” enemy.

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“We talk to the Air Force about … how do I connect my AWACS to my E-2D? How do I connect the E-2D to an F-15? How do I connect an F-22 to a Super Hornet?” Manazir told reporters after his speech. “We’re exploring all those things, and they’re just hard technically.”

“We really want to get to our … coalition allies to be able to do that as well,” he added.

Before carrier-based drones can be linked to joint strike fighters and other aircraft, they need to be deployed. By the early-to mid 2020s, the Navy hopes to have an operational unmanned tanker that would also be capable of performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Down the road, the Navy could eventually network unmanned strike aircraft.

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One manufacturing process engineer job listing says the individual will be responsible for “designing factory assembly stations, optimizing production floor layout, automating critical manufacturing processes and approving fixture designs used in the assembly of electronic modules for the self-driving car.” Another mechanical global supply chain manager opening says the position’s responsibilities include “manufacturing development execution.”

The postings point out that Google may become much more involved in the manufacturing of its autonomous vehicles than previously believed.

Many assumed Detroit automakers would build all of the components for the autonomous vehicle, while Google supplied the software.

Google’s prototype cars were built by Detroit-based engineering and specialty manufacturing company Roush.The company is also working with auto parts suppliers Continental AG, Robert Bosch, ZF and LG Electronics. The prototype cars have microprocessors made by Nvidia Corp., the Silicon Valley-based chipmaker that supplies Mercedes-Benz.

Of course, during the hiring spree Google will be competing for talent to build its vehicles with the likes of Tesla and Apple. Elon Musk’s Palo Alto-based electric car company is planning to hire thousands of staffers in the next few years as the battle to get electric cars on the road heats up, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company plans to add 4,500 more workers in California alone in the next four years, according to the terms of a $15 million tax credit awarded this year. The company currently has 1,600 open positions.

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president of Adidas Group North America, in a video posted onYouTube.

“It’s exciting. People are thinking about things in a different way. That’s what’s happening at Adidas.”

Adidas lost ground in the U.S. — the key sportswear market — in recent years to rivals Nike and Under Armour. But lately its fortunes have changed.

The company rebooted its U.S. efforts in mid-2014, around the time it promoted Mark King to Adidas Group North America president. The plan included moving key executives to Portland, hiring more U.S. workers and speeding decision-making so Germany-based Adidas can better respond to rapidly changing consumer tastes.

It’s working. Analysts say Adidas is turning the design corner. Executives, including global creative director Paul Gaudio and global basketball head Chris Grancio, consistently say 2016 will be a turning point for the company.

It takes roughly 18 months to design new products and get them on shelves. That means the Adidas U.S. reboot, which started in mid-2014, will start putting new sneakers and apparel on shelves this year.

It’s significantly ramped up its Portland employment in that time. It now employs roughly 1,200 in Portland, up from 850 last year. Source: Portland Business Journal

Adidas To Grow Portland Workforce By 10 Percent In Its Largest Local Hiring Spree Adidas said it will add at least 120 workers at its North American headquarters by the end of the year, the latest sign of its successful reboot of the U.S. market and Portland’s emergence as the epicenter of the global sportswear business.

It is the company’s biggest recruiting initiative ever in Portland.

Adidas plans to expand its Portland workforce by 10 percent by the end of the year, the biggest expansion in the history of the company’s North American operations.

The job openings include numerous divisions, such as merchandising, brand, product, marketing, communications, advertising, design, sales, e-commerce, operations and management.

The hiring spree comes as the company’s effort to reboot sales in North America shows continued progress.

Adidas reported a strong fourth quarter in North America and last year announced it acquired a 25,000-square-foot building immediately adjacent to its North Portland campus.

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Boeing Projects Latin America Will Need 3,050 New Aircraft By 2036 Boeing has forecast that Latin American airlines will need 3,050 new aircraft valued at $350 billion in the next two decades, tripling the region’s current fleet size.

“Over the long term, Latin American economies will grow faster than the rest of the world,” Boeing president-Latin America Donna Hrinak said. “This growth will create increased passenger traffic in the region and drive Latin American airlines to expand and compete for business that has traditionally been dominated by foreign operators.”

To meet increased passenger traffic, Boeing said the region will require more than 2,500 new single-aisle aircraft over the next 20 years, reflecting the continued growth of low-cost carriers and further expansion of networks in the region.

Widebody demand is forecasted at 340 new aircraft as regional carriers continue to compete more strongly on long-haul routes. Currently, over two-thirds of twin-aisle departures from Latin America are on Boeing products.

According to Boeing, Latin America and the Caribbean now feature a younger fleet than the world average. Average airplane age in the region’s fleet continues to drop, going from more than 15 years in 2005 to less than 10 years today. The region has been in a steady replacement cycle since the mid-2000s and that trend will continue as nearly 60 percent of the current fleet is replaced over the next two decades.

Pioneer Maker Adds PCNC 440 to His Arsenal of Tools

First prototyped parts of Automata by Mike Dubno This PCNC 440 now lives in the NY basement shop of Mike Dubno.The first piece of an Automata by Mike Dubno First parts of Automata by Mike Dubno A new PCNC 440 fit perfectly in this basement shop The first part Mike Dubno cut on his PCNC 440 was workholding for his Automata project Mike Dubno has been a maker since before making was a thing. “I’ve been involved in the maker movement before there was one, but in a different way than a machinist or something like that,” he explains.

Dubno has been involved in helping to bring Maker Faire to New York, he is a chairman with the NYC NJ FIRST robotics group, and founder of Gadgetoff – an invite-only event that is coined as an intellectual salon of the future. Before ending in 2009, the Gadgetoff event was a prime location for inventors and entrepreneurs to show and share their wares and was even featured in the New York Times.

Now, he is one of the first owners of a Tormach PCNC 440.

“I retired from Wall Street, and I feel like playing and inventing again,” he says. That’s why he took to building an elaborate shop in the basement of his New York City home – which is as easy as it sounds. “We removed something like 250,000 lbs of rock to make my shop.That was all removed by hand through a hatchway because there’s no stairway direct to the street.”

In fact, Dubno and his brother were featured in Popular Mechanics thanks to his epic basement remodel and commitment to the maker community.

To get the new machine to his shop, Dubno had to enlist help, who had to “monkey [the PCNC 440] down an indoor flight of stairs. They pretty much moved it to my basement shop by hand,” he explains. That’s part of what inspired Dubno to buy the small mill. “I saw the 440 at Maker Faire. I was looking and hoping that there would be something like a nice CNC machine there, because other machines that I’ve converted to CNC, without ball screws, are a waste of time.”

Space was the Dubno’s biggest selling point on Tormach. “Being able to move a machine into my basement was an enormous issue,” he says. “The 440 hit all the criteria for a sweet spot where you get a lot of machine that you can get into a tight spot.”

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Boeing Wins $185M Defense Contract for Apache Helicopters Defense behemoth Boeing Co. secured a contract from the U.S. Army for the full-rate production of the Lot 7 Apache helicopter.The contract is worth $184.9 million.

The Apache helicopters are one of the most advanced, multi-role combat helicopters. These twin-engine, four-bladed, two-pilot helicopters have a cruising speed of 284 kilometers per hour. It has also scored high ratings for its engine competency and weapon load.

The Apache helicopters are, however, particularly noted for their target acquisition potential.

Work related to the contract is scheduled to be complete by Jun 30, 2017 and will be performed in Mesa, AZ. The contract will use fiscal 2016 other procurement funds.

Apart from wining Apache contract from Pentagon’s daily funding list yesterday, Boeing also secured a contract worth $11.6 million from the Defense Logistics Agency for the F/A-18 model. Work is scheduled to be complete by Sep 30, 2018.

Boeing is a major player in the defense sector. The company’s defense business stands out among its peers by virtue of its broadly diversified programs, strong order bookings and order backlog.

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Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security segment witnessed approximately 3% year-over-year growth in its fourth-quarter revenues. Quarterly operating margin also expanded 30 basis points to 12.4%. Backlog at the segment was $58 billion at the end of 2015, of which 40% comprised orders from international clients.

However, other defense majors like Lockheed Martin Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation and Raytheon Company are also bagging regular contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense.

How To Make Sure Your 360-Degree Surveys Don’t Crush Morale Employers who mindfully plan and conduct 360-degree surveys can usually avoid creating a morale-depleting experience.

Conducting a 360-degree feedback survey has been a common practice in the business world for some time. When done well, 360-degree feedback can encourage employees to recognize their strengths as well as help them to accept that some skills might need nurturing.

All too often, however, an employer’s poor handling of 360-degree feedback leads to employee frustration, mistrust, and low morale.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Employers who mindfully plan and conduct 360-degree surveys can usually avoid creating a morale-

depleting experience.

Have a clearly defined purpose A 360-degree sur vey is a way for employers to gather feedback from a variety of individuals who have different working relationships with an employee.

Participants might include supervisors, coworkers, subordinates, and even customers. Selected individuals should generally interact with the employee on a regular basis and be familiar with his or her work.

The most productive use of 360-degree feedback is for employee development.

The aim of the survey should be to uncover employee strengths and weaknesses. For example, feedback may show that certain groups of employees need more coaching, or management development and succession planning needs more attention.

With that knowledge, employers can coach and develop their employees, empowering them to meet specific business goals.

Many employers also have incorporated 360-degree feedback into performance appraisals. However, if such feedback is to be used in this way, employers must present it carefully and constructively.

During a performance appraisal, the fear of penalty or discipline because of the feedback received can turn employee open-minded optimism into closed-minded defensiveness. That is, when employees sense that an objective assessment and skills development are no longer the goal, confidence and trust in the feedback received can be lost.

Follow-up and reevaluate In many situations, employers share the results of 360-degree surveys with employees and then forget about them. There might be nothing more demoralizing than exposing employees’ weaknesses and then giving no guidance on how to improve.

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progress helps them use 360-degree feedback in a productive way to move toward bettering themselves.

Re-evaluating progress by conducting a follow-up 360-degree survey can help an employer gauge improvement. Without this or another form of review, an employee may feel frustrated yet again — this time because their efforts to improve might never be recognized.

Don’t forget the positives All employees have weaknesses, and, of course, shoring up those weaknesses should be a priority.

Yet, forgetting to acknowledge strengths and positives identified in a 360-degree survey can have devastating results on a person’s confidence.

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By cultivating a creative, can-do attitude that has endeared AMS to a plethora of industry engineers and buyers, owners Craig Achatz and Mark Wolfkeil have carved out a rock-solid reputation.

AMS makes its home in the picturesque town of Bend, Oregon.

Bordered by the beauty of the craggy Cascade Mountains to the north and west and flanked by undulating desert to the south and east, Bend is not only a thriving vacation destination and retirement mecca, it also boasts an ever-growing industrial community.

Although they come from different geographic locations, Craig and Mark hail from similar machining backgrounds. Born in Portland, Oregon, Craig acquired his interest in machining at a local trade school.

After spending a full day in class, he would head off to a machine shop close to his home where he received his first work experience. Following graduation he garnered valuable technical knowledge from working in several shops in the Portland area until marrying. Immediately after, Craig and his bride honeymooned for two years, traveling the world until finally settling in Bend in 1980 to raise a family.

After receiving his degree in machine technology at Colorado Springs Community College, Mark served his apprenticeship in a local aerospace contract shop. Later he honed his CNC proficiency skills at a Portland manufacturing company, where he rose to a supervisory position. In 1999, after he and his family moved to Bend, Mark landed in a shop where Craig happened to be the general manager.

The Birth of Advanced Machining Services Casualties of the 2001 recession that followed in the wake of the September 11 World Trade Center attack, Craig and Mark found themselves out of work.

Neither wanted to leave the beautiful desert country nor uproot their families, so they risked all to form an equal partnership, Advanced Machining Services LLC. Early in 2002, starting with limited resources, they leased space in a small industrial mall that included a Haas CNC mill and lathe, a drill press, and a bench grinder. In the early days, AMS was A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •

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truly a family affair for a time, with Craig’s wife, Barbara, running the office and handling the bookkeeping.

From the outset, Craig and Mark believed building good relationships with both suppliers and customers was equally important in creating a viable and sustainable growth curve.With that in mind, Craig, an outgoing, affable man, who by that time had built strong relationships in Bend, Portland, the Willamette Valley, and as far south as Medford, Oregon, assumed the responsibility of sales while Mark managed the in-house workload. Within six months AMS hired two employees.

They had managed to accomplish what many in the industry could not: starting a great business in a very depressed economy! Within just three years they added another lathe and mill and eight more employees.

The addition of more men and machinery, though a welcome indicator of the company’s growth and success, presented a new challenge: AMS had run out of space.

The Growth Business continued to thrive for the duo, and in 2005 they broke ground on their current building just a mile away from the AMS birthplace. When asked if he or Mark had been concerned about the bold investment, Craig responded, “Our vision for AMS from the very beginning was to build a profitable business and to obtain and train long-term employees who could help us win and maintain valuable customer relationships. Central Oregon attracts a certain culture of outdoor enthusiasts from all over the United States. We knew this area would be a great draw for new and experienced employees – and they’d bring customers along with them. Most of our machinists have 10 to 30 years of experience in the trade and have been with us since

the day we hired them.” Craig and Mark’s assessment of an expanding workforce and customer base was correct. Ten years after they moved into their new digs in 2006, they continue to enjoy managed growth.

A great amount of foresight and planning went into their new facility.

They started with a footprint of 10,000 square feet of insulated concrete construction to mediate the bitter cold winter and hot summer temperature swings. They backed up the construction with sufficient heat and air conditioning to maintain a constant temperature for machine stability and Quality Assurance lab environment. Good lighting and coated floors created a shadowless, bright work environment.

New QA equipment accompanied the new facility, and upgrades continue as technology improves.Their CMM and automated noncontact vision measuring system are prominent on the floor. Upcoming plans include a larger CMM with surface and form technology to inspect customer-supplied solid models.Although AMS is AS9100 compliant and provides FAIR reporting, they plan to be certified by the year’s end to facilitate further penetration into the aerospace arena.To reinforce their commitment to quality, all operations in the routing process are signed off by Quality Control after the machinist provides a first-part inspection.

This level of control eliminates the possibility of moving forward in the routing cycle with a discrepant part and a bad run with costly delays.

In the last four years, AMS has grown their production capabilities again with two additional machines: another Haas 20”x50” vertical mill and a Nakamura 9-axis multi-spindle turning and milling center. The new Nakamura has added a whole new market capability sector for AMS. Now that they have the 1-5/8” bar capacity, the ability to pinch turn and mill off-center with aY axis, and can use the second spindle for balanced turning, AMS is able to drastically reduce cycle times and run lights out.

Finished parts with extreme tolerance requirements can be picked and laid on a conveyor to eliminate the chance of cosmetic damage.They now have the opportunity to run small parts with medium- to high-volume demand more economically.

Anyone who has ever been in job-shop manufacturing knows the nightmare of scheduling and managing a medium- to high-mix workflow.

Before their move, AMS installed ShopKeeper – a shop-flow software program from Insite Software Solutions. Mark explains the importance of this addition. “This tool has proven to be a vital innovative partnership for twelve years.The software enables us to format our quotes and formal proposals and build part and project routing as well. It provides us with an instantaneous response time to a customer inquiry and alerts us to potential problems on the floor. It’s a great asset and has exceeded our expectations. It’s the lifeblood of our company.”

Advanced Machining Services also has a longstanding partnership with MCAM Northwest in Portland, who provides them with software and ongoing training for Mastercam and SolidWorks Cam for writing programs for the machines and creating in-house working drawings.

Said Craig, “We don’t always receive mature product designs from our customers. Our strength is helping small- and medium-size companies develop good documentation to ensure the quality and the timeliness of delivery. We give our customers the best chance for success. The most valuable lesson learned through lean manufacturing

training is most problems start with documentation being either incorrect or incomplete. No drawing, router, or work order is passed on to the floor until it has been thoroughly vetted.These steps on the front end have saved us countless hours and ultimately additional costs for our customers.”

Market Sectors When AMS first opened, the secondary wood products industry was their primary market. Post 9/11, around the last quarter of 2002, the housing bubble began to build, bringing with it the “McMansion” trend, which continued until early 2007. AMS’s five-year ride in that market sector came to an end with the housing market crash. Fortunately, Craig and Mark knew early on that serving only one industry would be a liability and began diversifying.

Because Bend and Redmond, Oregon were the homes of several small aircraft manufacturers, Craig was again able to rely on previous relationships to garner market share. Today they partner with companies throughout the Northwest in aerospace, medical devices, sporting goods, automotive, and UAV. The Future Craig and Mark’s plans for future growth are to keep on doing what they do best – maintain their longterm relationships, deliver the best possible parts, and garner new customers with their stellar service and referrals. “Quality Through Commitment” is the standard at Advanced Machining Services, and that personal pledge has made them the standout, go-to job shop on the Oregon High Desert.

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Boeing Bets on China Domestic Cargo Boom for 737 Conversion

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Boeing predicted growth in China’s e-commerce market will boost demand for cargo planes. Customers will need more than 1,000 converted freighters the size of the 737 over the next 20 years, with China’s domestic air freight carriers accounting for almost one-third of the total market, according to the planemaker’s statement.

“Express air services in China now rely mostly on excess capacity in the belly of passenger aircraft,” Ihssane Mounir, Boeing’s senior vice president for sales in Northeast Asia, said at a ceremony in Shanghai to introduce the conversion program. “With the growth rate of China’s e-commerce market expected to exceed that of the air express market, we will see plenty of freighter demand going forward.”

The first of the converted freighters will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2017. Conversions will take place in facilities near customers, including one in Shanghai, the planemaker said.

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Rick reflects on the MI quality discipline which he can attest, is very unique in the industry.

“Our culture here at MI must be absolutely devoted to a true customer-focused approach.

Our inspection department is unique in that we enjoy a very diverse customer base and their variety of components. On a daily basis, we apply a multitude of high-tech instruments and combine this with our large-size capacity envelope and extensive experience to meet or exceed our customer expectations,” Bradbury said.

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Second, because it creates a platform for capturing our own internal intellectual property in a dynamic and continuous environment which is in-line with our overall Mission.”

In short, this brief interview with Mr. Bradbury was a real eye opener.

Bradbury concludes by saying; “From the conventional to the exotic, Machinists Inc. strives to demonstrate their commitment in meeting our customers’ needs while providing World Class Quality and Service at the best possible value.”

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With China Faltering, Bay Area Poised To Grow High-Tech Manufacturing No one would mistake San Francisco for Detroit in its industrial heyday, but the Bay Area Council says the region and the state are poised “to lead an emerging transformation in global manufacturing” with hightech advances like robotics and 3-D printing.

A report by the Council’s Economic Institute touts California’s growing manufacturing sector — especially in beverages, fabricated metals, machinery, pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment and supplies — and suggests ways to make its growth more robust.

Sean Randolph is senior director of the Bay Area Council’s Economic Institute.

California has more manufacturing jobs than any other state, boasted Sean Randolph, the Economic Institute’s senior director. “We make a lot of stuff.”

But with a few significant exceptions — in sectors such as beer, wine, spirits, medical devices and pharmaceuticals — “there’s been a major decline in manufacturing jobs in California for decades that matches national trends,” although recently some metrics are improving, Randolph said.

Even so, the state’s technology prowess gives its a competitive advantage that the San Francisco-based Bay Area Council and the report’s business and academic funders hope to build on.

With China faltering, and technology providing new ways of making things, California is well positioned to take advantage of new opportunities, the “Reinventing Manufacturing” report said, “but state and local governments will need more targeted policy goals” to stimulate the commercialization of new products, “close the workforce gap,” and give more manufacturers incentives to locate facilities in the state.

Officials at the Bay Area Council say the report “raises important questions” about the state’s readiness to take advantage of these changes.

It makes a number of recommendations for how to tackle the challenges.

Among them: • “Grow a pipeline of talent” equipped with high-tech manufacturing skills, with apprenticeships and career “tech education” programs.

• Connect “innovation networks” with business activities, so commercial and academic worlds share ideas.

• Provide financial incentives for manufacturers to move or grow here.

• Reform industrial land use policies to create more space for production facilities, including small “makers’ spaces” where startups could use 3-D printing equipment and other tools.

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A $17M Manufacturing Center Takes Root West Of Portland

from a bonding authority, will base the facility on a collaboration between Boeing and the University of Sheffield, in England.

“This is an investment not just in high tech manufacturing, but in our workforce, in regional job growth, and our state’s economic future,” said Gov. Kate Brown in a release. “Today we are taking an important step forward, developing a world-class community where instruction, research, design, and manufacturing intersect for the benefit of all.”

The facility will initially aim to train students through “industrysponsored skilled apprenticeships that lead to postsecondary credentials and family-wage jobs.” Oregon State University, Portland State University and the Oregon Institute of Technology will contribute resources to the efforts.

Amid the debate on energy and minimum wage during the Oregon Legislature’s just-finished short session, a measure that could help Portland Community College make waves in the manufacturing world captured little attention.

Yet lawmakers allotted $7.5 million to PCC to create and “Advanced Manufacturing Research Center.” It will be located in Columbia County, northwest of Portland.

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“The potential coalition could create the means to provide highly trained workers for the region’s metals industry, a field whose workforce is shrinking due to retirement,” said Mike Starr, general manager for Boeing Oregon, in the release.

“Several partners are coming together to problem-solve at the same time they’re creating opportunity for students and industry through training, research and development. It’s a fantastic approach, and we’re very supportive of it.”

Boeing employs 1,650-plus workers in Gresham. PCC will next begin working with metals manufacturers on building the center.

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CEO Dennis Muilenburg Laid Out The Boeing Strategy For The Struggling 747 Jet Boeing announced that the company is reducing 747-8 production to a new low as it copes with the fact that it has just 20 of the four-engine jets on order. Of those, only seven are freighters.

Muilenburg faced questions about that rate cut and whether whether it’s economically viable to run the Everett assembly line at one aircraft every two months during the company’s fourth-quarter conference call.

“That is a sustainable rate position for that line to bridge us to 2019 replacement cycle,” Muilenburg said.

About 45 percent of the current 747 freighters in use will need to be replaced by 2019, he said.

That said, even at six planes a year, the company doesn’t have enough orders to keep the production line breathing until 2019.

“We’re watching it closely. Between this time frame and 2019, we obviously have got to get orders during that period,” he said. “We have a robust pipeline the team is working on, obviously we’re staying with

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The market is more dubious about this and other long-term Boeing prospects.

Muilenburg’s jumbo jet plan was specific and he argued that 240 large airborne freighters now flying will be over 20 years old by 2019 and ready for replacement.

One is that Boeing has nothing else it needs to make room for in the western end of the Boeing Everett factory where workers put together 747s. This means that the financial cost is relatively low compared to a situation where the space could be used for some other production.

In addition, the 747-8F has unique qualities that Airbus can’t match.

The Boeing plane can carry 138 tons of cargo, and it can load large objects, such as vehicles, through the nose door. Airbus’ comparable A380, with its two decks, is so ill-suited to cargo that the company doesn’t even offer a cargo option.

“The 747 is a niche market but an important niche market, and one that we think that is sustainable,” Muilenburg said. “This is a great airplane in a tough cargo market. We expect that to recover and we have a perfect asset to align to that recovery.” Source: Puget Sound Business Journal A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •

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It’s great for a high school to have one team make the cut.

But three? That would be remarkable.

Three teams of junior rocket scientists from San Marcos High School are on track to compete for a national title in this year’s prestigious Team America Rocketry Challenge.

“We are ecstatic,” said Erin Fox, 15 and on a team of freshman girls very likely to make the cut. “To qualify ... is awesome.”

The teams are part of the school’s rocket club and adviser, Jim Boehmler, is not surprised by their success.

“We get some really top-notch, academically gifted kids,” he said.

His rocket club has sent a team to the nationals six times in the last six years. This will mark seven years running.

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Only 100 teams from across the country are invited to the national contest, set for May 14 in Virginia.

Miles Lifson, manager of the competition, said sending a team to the finals for seven consecutive years “is an impressive feat that only a handful of schools ever achieve.”

“It speaks to the strength and consistency of a school’s PROGRAM, and the dedication of both the students and their adult advisers,” Lifeson said in an email.

The teams headed to the nationals will be announced April 8. Three of the five San Marcos High teams are well-positioned teams to be tapped, each nailing quite respectable scores in qualifying rocket launches at Fiesta Island a few weeks ago.

If the three do make the cut, it will mark the first time the school has sent that many.

Qualifying is tough enough. Next would come another challenge: raising the $12,000 to $15,000 it would cost to send the three teams back East.

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“There’s a lot of long hours, a lot of hard work, and a lot of disappointment,” said teammate Jennifer Kosty, 14.

The qualifying rounds are nerve-racking, heart-in-the-throat moments.

Some of the junior engineers said they paced as they waited their turn to launch their rockets in the hopes of qualifying for the nationals.

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Boeing Wins $326M Air Force Contract For Smart Bomb Kits Boeing Co. has won a contract valued at $326 million to build 15,000 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAM, smart bomb kits for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Defense Department said.

The contract, which runs through March 29, 2018, covers the 15,000 Joint Direct Attack Munitions tail kits that add precision guidance capabilities to conventional bombs, as well as technical services and system field support, the Pentagon said in its daily digest of major weapons deals. Source: Reuters A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •

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Scout Systems, Inc., Training The Next Generation Scout Systems is making hardware and software designed to tackle some of the largest issues facing the manufacturing sector. In 1970, manufacturing added value to the United States GDP at a rate of 24%. Since then, it has fallen to 13% annually. While there are many factors contributing to the declining value of the manufacturing sector, labor shortage is having a major effect. It is extremely important that new hires can be productive as soon as possible. It’s equally as important that they have the ability to expand their skillset from the very first day on the job. So what can manufacturers do to train this next generation?

The Millennial and especially Post-Millennial generations are not familiar with heavy equipment or engineering drawings. The result is a growing deficit of skilled workers in an industry so important to the economy. Scout Systems is taking a unique approach to maximize the utility of the next generation. These potential employees bring a new skillset— their strong relationship with technology.

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ability to navigate their way through a piece of software, even one they have never used before.” Scout Systems believes that pairing the next generation with interactive technology will maximize their potential as rapidly as possible.

With so many operator positions to fill it’s important that new hires are not just enthusiastic but are dedicated to the process. Mr. Marsh asks us to imagine a world where every piece of equipment can be understood and used correctly by any operator. Users would be able to setup a CNC brake press, to nest a job, to calibrate a device, or assemble a unit on their first day. “In this environment, there is no such thing as ‘tribal knowledge’, instead the intellectual property is integrated in a way that is accessible to every employee upon their hiring.” He continues, “Not only do operators have access to this knowledge, but the same access point can communicate with the tools they are using—even if the tool does not have a computer.” This world is one where knowledge is no longer slipping away with every retiree, but instead being passed down to the next generation.

Traditional data collection has the potential to become flawed and misleading. Clipboards and stopwatches only record some production runs, and the more advanced check-in/check-out systems found in some facilities can only collect bulk data. This means the labor process is largely ignored. Ben commented, “We collect data so that we can

analyze our process and improve. Would you rather know your cycle time averages 1 minute, or that your operators lose 10 seconds repairing a defect on every single unit? Problems are hidden in the fine details.” Collecting the types of details he refers to require manufacturers to have a process that can measure great amounts of data. It’s important to have a way to listen to your tools and machinery even when they are not computerized. The more integrated with technology the process becomes the greater opportunity there is to discover possible improvements.

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Tracker and Compass communicate to become artificially intelligent. Each require minimal setup time and are designed to work with preexisting workstation or machine configurations.

The two pieces combined recognize and store patterns in the operator’s process. Catching subtle differences in how a product is built can assist in detecting production delays and defects as they occur.

The team at Scout Systems has developed what they refer to as “interactive work instruction software”, called CompassTM. The software acts as a guide through the product-build and machinery setup process. Operators follow guided instructions as they move from screen to screen. Mark Estep, the Scout Systems COO, says, Initial testing feedback has users excited. Not “We entered our beta testing phase trying to take any operator, no matter their only is productivity expected to increase, but experience level, and give them the ability to start building a product immediately.” the quality remains consistent despite the Early results showed they were useful as “new hires”. Also, the software monitored operator’s experience. Customers using the their progress so management could see how quickly and Would you rather know your cycle time averages one accurately they were building the minute or that your operators lose 10 seconds repairing a product. He continued, “This aspect of the software alone defect on every single unit? results in shorter training times.

That means manufacturers cut costs associated with turnover rates, hiring new early beta version of the software have noticed operators, and standardizing work across all skill levels.” the technology seems to be more powerful. They also said it’s easier to use and far cheaper than what competitors are selling. Scout Systems Having spent over a decade in the industry as a Manufacturing Engineer himself, has worked hard to create a base platform that Ben designed a piece of hardware to work with Compass. He knew just walking could be used in everything from the smallest an operator through the process wouldn’t be enough. Manufacturers would need shop to the largest plant. The software is cloud to know where the operator was standing and what tools they were using. They delivered and is billed on a subscription basis. also want to know how productively they spend their time. This custom hardware This means companies can avoid the hundreds is called TrackerTM. Mr. Marsh said, “The goal was to create a component that of thousands of dollars to overhaul their required minimal setup, and was capable of talking with nearly any tool or machine.” facility. It also eliminates the need to manually The hardware can be connected with almost any piece of equipment. It can also be upgrade software over time as new features are attached to devices such as proximity sensors to monitor whether or not an operator constantly being rolled out. is present. The box itself acts as a near-universal signal interpreter. The idea is to use these devices at every workstation and on as many machines as possible in order to The Scout Systems team stands firmly behind the phrase “progress starts with knowledge”.

Knowing what actions your operators are taking at their stations creates value throughout the entire process. Increasing overall quality, standardizing the work process, and shortening the time required to train new employees is just the first goal of their growing line of products.

Scout Systems has limited the number of beta customers involved in early testing, but is opening a handful of spots at this time.To learn more about this newly developed system and help craft the feature set in the early rollout, visit www.scout.systems. For more information contact Ben Marsh at 253329-2460 or email ben@scout.systems.

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The FAA continues to believe business jets will lead the growth over the forecast period. But its predictions of 2.5 percent annual growth for business jets also is less bullish than last year’s predictions of 2.8 percent annual growth.The FAA also increased expectations for declines in the fixed-wing piston market, estimating that fleet will shrink by 17,500 aircraft over the forecast period, marking an average rate of decline of 0.6 percent.

At the same time, the FAA is bullish about the light-sport aircraft category, predicting 4.5 percent annual growth.This would add 3,900 aircraft to the fleet by 2036, nearly tripling the size of the 2014 fleet.

The FAA forecast general aviation hours overall to increase 1.2 percent per year, driven by a 2.6 percent annual increase in turbine aircraft hours.

Business jet hours in particular are anticipated to jump 3.1 percent annually over the forecast period. However, this is offset by piston hours, which are forecast to slide annually by 0.6 percent.

As for the pilot population, the FAA forecast a mixed bag with the number of air transport pilots anticipated to increase by 13,600 over the forecast period, but the number of private and commercial pilots is expected to drop by an annual rate of 0.6 percent. Overall, the active pilot population had reached 590,039 at the end of 2015.

The FAA bases its forecast on numerous factors, including estimates of fleet size, hours flown and utilization rates from its General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey, along with assumptions of retirement rates, General Aviation Manufacturers Association data and Transportation Research Board discussions. Source: AIN Online

Sales Outlook Up At Big Businesses, But Hiring Plans Down Two-thirds of big businesses expect their sales to increase in the next six months, and 34 percent plan to increase capital spending.

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That’s according to the Business Roundtable’s quarterly survey of its

members, who are CEOs of the nation’s largest corporations. But while their outlook for sales and capital spending improved, their hiring plans weakened. Only 29 percent expect to increase the size of their work force in the next six months, down from 35 percent last quarter.

Notably, 38 percent plan to reduce employment.

Overall, the Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index increased from 67.5 to 69.4, but that’s still one of the lowest numbers in three years and well below the index’s 14-year average of 79.9.

The results “point to an economy that continues to lack momentum,” said Doug Oberhelman, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc., who chairs the Business Roundtable.

“These results only reinforce the need for Congress and the administration to act this year to enact policies that boost job creation and economic growth,” he said.

Those policies include ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership, passing tax reform and “embracing a smart regulatory environment,” he said.

That wish list isn’t likely to be fulfilled this year, however. It will be up to a new president and a new Congress to decide what happens on these issues.

So far, the 2016 presidential campaign has been dominated by populist attacks on big businesses, even from some Republicans. Oberhelman

said that negative tone hasn’t had much impact on CEOs’ plans for their own companies -- “everyone understands what a political campaign is,” he said. He hopes that exporters like Caterpillar can convince members of Congress that expanding exports through trade deals such as the TPP will also help the thousands of small businesses in big businesses’ supply chains.

Meanwhile, Congress’ passage of a multiyear highway bill at the end of last year is beginning to show signs of paying off for companies like Caterpillar (CAT), he said.

“We are starting to see the very beginning of the green shoots of a lot of highway attention and infrastructure around the county,” Oberhelman said.

Melcher: Policies Should Support US Space Companies Space is a critical “to the well-being of our modern economy,” writes AIA President and CEO David Melcher, taking aim at “detrimental” US policies that have cost the industry billions.

“The larger lesson of these policy missteps is that we need to get on the offensive in this commercial arena with a positive strategy that supports American companies and workers through investments in technology development, workforce, exports and innovation,” he writes. Source: The Gazette A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •

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Amazon could provide cloud computing services for self-driving car technology, Reuters reported.

Amazon could offer cloud computing services to Here, which is owned

by Audi, BMW and Mercedes, as part of such an agreement, Reuters said. The connection with Here also would give Amazon exposure to the nascent field of autonomous automobiles, which one day could figure into Amazon’s development of its delivery services.

If the deal goes through, “Amazon would take a stake as part of a broader deal to lock them in as a provider of cloud computing services,” a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.

Such a deal would bring more high-profile business to Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS. The strongly profitable division helps make Seattle one of the centers of global cloud computing.

Here’s technology is expected to help its owners develop self-driving cars. Much of that technology was developed in Seattle, as Here bought Seattle-based real-time predictive analytics company Medio in June 2014. But the carmakers need the large scale of cloud computing to handle all of the data collected from sensors on cars with self-driving capabilities.

Amazon isn’t alone in its pursuit of Here. Microsoft also is in talks to supply cloud computing power to Here, Reuters said.

Amazon and Microsoft didn’t immediately return requests for comment.

When the automakers bought Here from Nokia for just over $3 billion last December, the consortium basically invited other companies to partner with them on their efforts.

“The new owners Audi, Daimler and BMW have said from the start that they are open for new partners to join,” BMW said in a statement.

“We have noticed that there is lots of interest not only from potential partners from within the automotive industry, but also from other sectors.” Source: Puget Sound Business Journal

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The ongoing WORK is expected to help plot out other deep-space trips, such as the journey to a near-Earth asteroid and the larger leap to distant Mars.

Under NASA’s NEXT SpaceTechnologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) Projects, scientists and engineers are examining how best to utilize NASA’s Orion deep-space crew capsule and future human habitats to set up a cislunar outpost.

Engineering looks are in progress to outline life-support needs, astronaut radiation protection and communication systems thatWORK best for operations in cislunar space.

Under a NextSTEP award, Lockheed Martin’s space systems division is studying the augmentation of Orion to initially sustain a crew of four for up to 60 days in cislunar space. Researchers are also looking at the possibility of scaling up this concept to provide in-space habitation for future crewed Mars missions.

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Lockheed’s STUDY runs until this coming September, said William Pratt, NextSTEP study manager for the company.

“As the primary contractor for Orion, we know that system very well and understand the requirements for GOING into deep space,” Pratt told Space.com.

The intent of the work is to put in place a crew-tended, cislunar habitat that can support astronauts for stretches of 30 days or longer, then become dormant for a period of time before being revisited, said Josh Hopkins, Lockheed Martin’s space exploration architect.

With a dedicated airlock, a cislunar habitat can provide capabilities for advanced extravehicular activities that enhance the number and quality of astronaut interactions with any asteroid sample returned

by NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect robotic vehicle.

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Analyses show that distant retrograde orbits that would be used by a cislunar outpost are stable for thousands and thousands of years, Hopkins told Space.com.

“If you put a station there, you don’t have to do orbit change maneuvers like you do the International Space Station,” he said.

Pratt added that the cislunar outpost would have to operate on its own with a fair amount of autonomy.That also would mean a reduced amount of ground support, he said, in order to make the outpost MORE affordable.

The cislunar outpost is envisioned as a place from which to operate robots on the moon, Pratt said. The crewed outpost could perhaps even serve as a receiving node for lunar SAMPLES on their way to Earth, and as a life-sciences test bed as well, he added.

The cislunar outpost would be outside Earth’s protective magnetic field, so planners are focused on ways to limit crewmembers’ radiation exposure.

Other issues to DEAL with involve “developing techniques and operations, how to bring up spare parts for the outpost [and] how to deal with emergencies,” Pratt said.

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Pratt Wins $1.04 Billion U.S. Deal For F-35 Fighter Engines Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp, has won an additional $1.04 billion contract for F-35 fighter jet engines, bringing the total value of its work on a ninth batch of the engines to $1.4 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday.

The contract announced on Monday finalizes part of an agreement in principle that Pratt reached with the U.S. Defense Department in January for more than $3.0 billion in two separate contracts - a ninth batch of 66 F135 engines and a 10th batch of 101 engines.

to be included in the contract for the 10th batch of jets.

The company said the contract includes 53 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) engines and 13 short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) propulsion systems for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, and five other countries - Italy, Norway, Israel, Japan and Britain.

Mark Buongiorno, vice president of Pratt’s F135 engine program, said the F135 engine’s reliability rate was already over 90 percent, well ahead of a key 2020 requirement.

“We remain laser-focused on reducing costs, meeting our delivery schedule commitments, ensuring dependable engine performance, and preparing for global sustainment of the F-35 fleet,” he said in a statement.

The $1.04 billion contract comes on top of $360 million in funding that had already been awarded to Pratt to sustain the F135 engine production line.

To date, Pratt & Whitney has delivered 273 production engines for the advanced new stealth fighter.

Pratt said the deal would further reduce the cost of the engines it builds for the Lockheed Martin Corp fighter jets, with further cost reductions

Production of the engines in the ninth batch is already underway, with the first engines due to begin in the second quarter.

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enemy targets outside of threat ammunition ranges.”

And the 3GEN FLIR will do just that; detecting what’s out there, identifying what it is -- like a tank -- and then determining whether it belongs to a friend or foe.

The next generation FLIR will make identifications more quickly, clearly and confidently through advanced technology; combining a mid-wave and a long-wave band, which allows forces to see through fog, dust, snow or at night and also allows them to see better in a clear environment, Col. Anthony Sanchez, Terrestrial Sensors project manager, explained.

An operator will be able to switch between mid-wave and long-wave bands and will have the option to see what’s going on through four different fields of view, Sanchez added.

The plan is to outfit M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles with the new FLIR, which amounts to about 8,300 FLIR B-Kits for 4,150 vehicles, Madore said. The 3GEN FLIR will also go on the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3).

The Army plans to conduct its preliminary design review in September and will follow with a critical design review in the summer of 2017.The service plans to reach a low rate initial production decision in fiscal 2022 and full rate production in the 2024 timeframe.

Both Raytheon and DRS have “proven track records” working together on the 2nd Generation FLIR system, Madore said.

US Army Takes Next Step To Develop Sensor To See Through Fog of War The Army has taken a critical step in developing a next generation sensor to help US ground forces see through the fog of war.

The service has awarded contracts to Raytheon and DRS Technologies to develop the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (3GEN FLIR) in the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the PROGRAM. If all options are exercised the contract value for 96 3GEN FLIR B-Kits is $154.4 million.

Raytheon and DRS first announced their partnership for the 3GEN FLIR competition at the Association of the US Army’s Global Force Symposium in 2015.

“With an asymmetric battlefield, being able to ID your target at even greater ranges provides our commanders additional time to both understand and shape the battlefield to their advantage,” Lt. Col. Scott Madore, product manager for ground sensors with the PROGRAM Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, told reporters. “It allows our soldiers to detect, recognize and identify those A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •

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But there’s still some major technical components to develop further, namely the Dewar Cooler Bench (DCB), which collects the thermal radiation and creates the FLIR image, Madore added.

While Raytheon is the prime contractor for the B-Kits, Raytheon and DRS are separately designing DCBs in the EMD phase.

The Army will decide when it reaches the next milestone decision whether to move both DRS and Raytheon forward to produce DCBs or select just one to CONTINUE, Madore added. That decision will be based on risk and the budget environment in the mid-2020s, “but there is a possibility post-Milestone C that we would go to a single contractor,” he said. Source: Defense News

More States Deploying Drones That buzzing sound overhead may soon signal the arrival of the 21stcentury version of a guy in a hardhat and bucket truck.

State transportation departments are increasingly studying the use of

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Michigan transportation officials are set to begin a two-year study. Minnesota has tested a drone to help conduct safety inspections of bridges. Vermont is using federal grant dollars to study the use of drones to monitor river flooding and figure out how much material is needed to fix roads.

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That’s according to a new SURVEY by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, which represents departments of transportation in all 50 states,Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

The Michigan study is part of a longer review.

In 2014, state transportation officials there conducted a study with the Michigan Tech Research Institute that found DRONES potentially useful for a range of transportation tasks, from assessing bridge decks and monitoring traffic to processing thermal data and inspecting confined spaces.

The first study determined that drones are safe, reliable, less expensive and help keep workers out of harm’s way, said Steven Cook, a Michigan Department of Transportation engineer.

“A traditional bridge inspection for example typically involves setting up work zones, detouring traffic and using heavy equipment,” Cook said in a statement. “(Drones) can get in and get out quickly.”

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At the University of Vermont, researchers using federal grant money are developing programs to let drones estimate how much fill it will take to repair a damaged roadway by feeding images collected from above the site through a COMPUTER program.

Drones aren’t welcome everywhere.

The Massachusetts group includes representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division, as well as the attorney general’s office and the state highway division -- an acknowledgement that DRONES and airplanes don’t always mix.

Pilots are increasingly worried about drones operating too close to airports or in flight paths, fueling fears of a midair collision.

A report released last year counted at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft, including 28 in which pilots had to veer out of the way.

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Presidential Election Could Limit M&A Activity After two relatively active years, the tumult of a presidential election year may stifle the mergers and acquisitions market in the defense sector during 2016.

Speaking at a defense industry outlook event co-hosted by Squire Patton Boggs and Bloomberg BNA, Razmig Arzoumanian, head of Lincoln International’s aerospace and defense group in North America, said the spending caps put into place by 2011’s Budget Control Act created a lot of uncertainty in corporate board rooms.

“The major change you’ve seen over the last couple of years is we came out of sequestration, there was better clarity on the budget,” he said. “As that got lifted, you saw finally people being able to move their chess pieces around, and execute on transactions they had been planning for some time.”

In 2015, a record-setting $3.8 Trillion in total deals (including nondefense deals) closed last year. In the defense sector, m&a activity remained relatively flat from 2014, which saw less than $35 billion of transactions.

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“I don’t think there’s going to be an enormous amount of activity this year, in an election year,” he said. After a new president is elected, perhaps the new administration and congress can work towards a more rational kind of planning on defense budgets, instead of the one- or two-year deals favored of late, he said.

Three former members of Congress who are now members of Squire Patton Boggs’ public policy practice voiced little hope for a long-term budget agreement happening this year.

Former Sen.Trent Lott, R-Miss., expressed hope that the defense budget, specifically the overseas contingency operations fund, could be increased by as much as $20 billion to address national security needs.

But Breaux questioned whether Congress could add to the defense budget, given its current political polarization.

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Former Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., noted that GOP defense hawks want the Pentagon’s budget to be as high as $649 billion, although they would accept $628 billion. Republican budget hawks in the House of Representatives would slash that number to $550 billion, well below the $582.7 billion budget request submitted by the Department of Defense earlier this month.

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Honeywell Aerospace employs 800 in Washington state. One of their key roles is continually upgrading the flight data recorders and cockpit data recorders found on all commercial jetliners, including those build

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One of those flight data recorders, designed by Redmond Honeywell engineers, may tell Russian investigators why a Boeing 737-800 FlyDubai jet plunged to a fiery end on a Russian runway March 19, killing 62 people.

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• Traffic alert and collision avoidance systems: If two planes get too close, these systems will alert pilots.

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NRC Manufacturing is a Fremont-based circuit-board maker that contracts with Apple Inc. and other technology firms. It plans to build a 230,000-square-foot campus on the south end of the city just west of Highway 99.

Elk Grove Mayor Gary Davis said, “It’s a game-changer. The fact we got them to focus on Elk Grove and come over the hill to a place of high-quality life and a better cost of doing business is a great win, not only for Elk Grove but the entire region.”

The deal isn’t yet final. Recently the city and company signed an exclusive agreement to work out details over the next six months. The city has not granted any tax breaks or other financial incentives so far, officials said.

But it would be a major step forward in a years-long effort to reel in advanced manufacturing firms from Silicon Valley, said Elk Grove Mayor Gary Davis.

“It’s a game-changer,” said Davis. “The fact we got them to focus on Elk Grove and come over the hill to a place of high-quality life and a better cost of doing business is a great win, not only for Elk Grove but the entire region.”

The deal could establish Elk Grove as an affordable place for technology companies to scale up manufacturing that has been developed in Silicon Valley, said Barry Broome, CEO of the Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council. He helped get the deal rolling by meeting with NRC officials in Fremont to pitch Elk Grove as a location.

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Sixteen teams remain in the GLXP, at varying levels of technical maturity and financing. Only two teams, Israel’s SpaceIL and Florida-based Moon Express, have launch contracts for their lunar missions verified by the X Prize Foundation. The remaining teams have until the end of this year to submit launch contracts to remain in the competition.

The GLXP is the largest space-related prize run by the X Prize Foundation, but not its first. The foundation got its start in 1996 with a $10 million prize for a commercially-developed suborbital vehicle capable of carrying three people and fly twice in two weeks. Later renamed the Ansari X Prize, Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne vehicle won the competition in 2004.

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In a presentation to the Future In-Space Operations working group, Andrew Barton, director of technical operations for the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) competition, said the X Prize Foundation is preparing to develop a new space prize to succeed the GLXP. “X Prize, beyond the Google Lunar X Prize, does want to keep doing this kind of thing,” Barton said. The foundation held a prize design workshop at a recent meeting of teams involved in the GLXP, he said, and plans additional such workshops in the future.

Barton said the foundation has a road-mapping approach for developing new prizes that it plans to apply to a new space prize. That involves identifying desired future states of the space industry and working backwards, or “backcasting,” to the present day to identify key technical challenges that could be solved through the use of a prize.

“The end goal is that, by the time the Google Lunar X Prize is over, we’d like to have to have at least one follow-up space prize that we’re ready to enter into the final design phase for with a sponsor,” he said. “Hopefully we will be able to launch that space prize soon after the Google Lunar X Prize is complete.”

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Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Reliance Steel and Aluminum is based in Los Angeles.

Jonesboro, Ark.-based Best Manufacturing will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Reliance Steel, with current management remaining in place.

Since 1990, Best Manufacturing has been providing parts to clients in industries including trucking, agriculture and energy. The company provides various precision fabrication services including laser cutting, shearing, CNC punching, CNC forming and rolling, as well as welding, assembly, painting, inventory management and engineering expertise.

For the year ended Dec. 31, 2015, Best Manufacturing’s net sales were $20 million.

“Best Manufacturing complements Reliance’s existing service center network extremely well given its specialty high margin products and value-added processing capabilities coupled with its strong focus on customer service,” Reliance President and Chief Executive Gregg Mollins said in a statement. “Best Manufacturing is known as a one-stop source for superior quality products and has a very good reputation in the markets it

serves. We are very pleased to have Best Manufacturing join the Reliance family of companies.”

Reliance Steel, the largest metals service center company in North America, has a network of more than 300 locations in 39 states and 12 countries outside of the United States.The company provides value-added metals processing services and distributes a full line of more than 100,000 metal products to more than 125,000 customers in a broad range of industries.

5 Strong Indicators You Should Take An Entrepreneurial Path Dana Manciagli , Contributing Writer There are times when a job search seems to lead to one dead end after another.

In some cases, this frustrating cycle just might indicate that the “perfect job” you’re looking for is something else entirely: The chance to hire yourself.

If you’re underwhelmed by your job options, craving more autonomy and growth potential, or resisting making a commitment to another corporate position, it may be that entrepreneurship would better fit your needs than traditional W-2-track employment.

Pete Gilfillan, a pre-eminent franchise consultant and author of the bestselling business book HIREYOURSELF: Control your Own Destiny through Franchise Ownership , works with hundreds of candidates each year as they explore the possibility of franchise investment — often while they simultaneously look at traditional employment options.

That’s a smart way to approach this crossroads, Gilfillan explains, b e c a u s e sometimes the reason the right job isn’t coming along is because what the candidate most desires isn’t a job at all — it’s a chance to pursue

business ownership.

“There’s no downside to weighing both options,” Gilfillan explains.

“That way, whether you choose to invest in a franchise or hire on with someone else’s company, you’re taking the wide view to find the right thing. In the long run, it may save some candidates from the nagging sense that they missed their big chance down that road not taken.”

Gilfillan is quick to acknowledge that entrepreneurship is not for everyone.

“There are millions of men and women of all ages in the workforce who crave close management and the perceived security of the traditional corporate world,” he says. “But there are millions more who dream of having greater career independence, of betting on themselves, and of feeling fully in control of their own destinies.”

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“There are a lot of opportunities,” said Sean Bielat, a former iRobot executive and now CEO of Endeavor Robotics.The company was acquired earlier this year by the private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners in a $45 million deal. iRobot divested its defense arm to focus exclusively on the consumer market.

The decision to spin off the defense unit is “good for both companies,” Bielat said in an interview, as executives concluded that the vastly different defense and commercial businesses could no longer coexist.

Endeavor has about 100 employees and is preparing to bid on at least three large robot procurements over the next two years, including autonomous and remotely controlled devices used for battlefield reconnaissance, mine clearing and other duties considered too dangerous for humans.

The Army has a huge inventory of robots — estimated at about 7,000 — that it purchased under fast-track procurement authorities with contingency war funds — but now have become a significant logistics burden. The plan is to streamline a hodgepodge of systems into “programs of record” with dedicated logistics support funding. The Army also is seeking more advanced features in its future robots and “open architectures” that allow for easier upgrades and digital linkages between humans and machines.

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Another upcoming competition is for the Army’s MTRS increment 2, or man transportable robotic system. This is a larger remotely operated robot that will have bomb-detection functions similar to the Packbot’s.

Endeavor also will bid for the Naval Sea Systems Command’s advanced explosive ordnance disposal robotic system, or AEODRS, a family of systems that would be deployed with dismounted troops, in tactical operations and at fixed bases. Beilat said the program is attractive because it is intended to be used by multiple military services.

“The IED fight will be with us for a long time,” he said using an acronym for the roadside bombs that have killed and injured thousands of U.S. troops. “This will continue as long as we’re fighting asymmetric fights.” Robots are going to be essential in any battlefield, he added, because there they keep humans out of harm’s way.

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Onsager said predicting and analyzing space weather is important because almost everything in space is somehow interconnected.

“Not only does space weather affect the accuracy and availability of our satellite based navigation systems, but space weather also impacts the satellite systems that we have put in place to try to mitigate it,” Onsager told an audience at the State Department in Washington.

Onsager said NOAA in 2005 initiated a subscription service for SWPC where customers, both government and industry, can select products of interest. These include a simple three-day forecast of space weather that includes a brief description of why conditions have occurred or are forecast. A more detailed forecast discussion is also available. Other products, available via email, include predicted sunspot numbers and radio flux, solar cycle progression, an Air Force magnetometer analysis report, U.S. total electron content models and real-time solar wind observations.

The SWPC has grown to nearly 48,000 customers for space weather products and services since opening in 2005. Onsager said nearly 25 percent of SWPC customers come from outside the U.S. Onsager said even though the SWPC products are developed in-house, NOAA does make an effort to partner with industry as much as possible.

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knew what they were building. One of them was Joseph Sorota, who became part of the inner circle as employee No. 5. He might be the last living member of the team. “Our colleagues called us the Hush-Hush Boys,” said Sorota, 96, during a recent visit at his retirement home in Florida. “We couldn’t talk to anyone about our work. They told us that we could be shot.”

Like many Jewish immigrants, the Sorotas settled in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. Joseph showed a knack for all things mechanical from an early age, fixing machines and appliances for family and neighbors. “When he was 7 years old, he repaired a doctor’s cuckoo clock to settle a medical bill,” says his son Alan Sorota.

Sorota wanted to study engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but when he and his mother took the T there, they realized they couldn’t afford the fees.

He settled for evening engineering courses offered by Northeastern University.

Sorota was still a student in 1941 when he joined GE’s factory in Lynn, 10 miles north of Boston. He was soon plunged into the opaque world of the industrial war effort.

After a few months on the job, Sorota got called into the main office. “There was a man I never met who asked me what I did on the way home, did I have a girlfriend, did I have a drink at a bar,” he said. “When he identified himself as a man from the FBI, I almost died. I didn’t do anything wrong, but I thought he was there maybe to arrest me. It was the war.”

The Story Of The 1st US Jet Engine: The HushHush Boys Wanted To Win The War But They Ended Up Shrinking The World

by Tomas Kellner The year was 1941.World War II was raging in Europe and Nazi bombers over London were as common as rain. It was also when a group of GE engineers in Lynn, Massachusetts, received a secret present from His Majesty King George VI. Stacked inside several crates were parts of the first jet engine successfully built and flown by the Allies. The engineers’ job was to improve on the handmade machine, bring it to mass production and help England win the war.

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The man told Sorota to follow another stranger to a small building with a tall brick smokestack at the back of Lynn River’s industrial lot. “They told me that this was where I was going to work,” Sorota said.

The government selected GE for the project because of its knowledge of the high-temperature metals needed to withstand the heat inside the engine, and its expertise in building turbines for power plants and battleships, and superchargers for high-altitude bombers. GE now calls this know-how accessibility and cross-pollination the GE Store. “The FBI man warned me that if I gave away any secrets, the penalty was death,” Sorota said.

The project was so secret that team members had to pick up jackhammers, knock down walls and modify the workshop by themselves. Problems quickly popped up after they unpacked the engine from its box. “We didn’t have the right tools,” Sorota said. “Our wrenches didn’t fit the nuts and

bolts because they were on the metric system. We had to grind them open a little more to get inside.”

GE had just six months to redesign the engine, and the team worked nonstop, guided by Whittle’s blueprints and a handful of British engineers.There were 15 people on Sorota’s shift. His job was to design the paths that channeled air inside the engine. Occasionally he would take trips to other secret sites and study jets salvaged from the German V-2 rocket bombs that were falling on England.

In March 1942, just five months into the project, the Hush-Hush Boys wheeled their prototype inside a concrete bunker called “Fort Knox” for a test. The cell opened into an old brick smokestack to channel exhaust and mask the tests. But the engine stalled. “We could only run it for a short while,” Sorota says.

They went back to their drawings, redesigned the compressor and started achieving higher thrust. Fort Knox, as well as the smokestack, still stands.Today, a small bronze plaque commemorates the feat.

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GE’s new Center for Additive Technology Advancement (CATA) looks like a futuristic set for a Stanley Kubrick movie. Everything seems to be white: the walls, the gleaming floors, even the noise from rows of laserpowered 3D printers near the entrance, quietly making everything from jet engine blades to oil valves.

Additive manufacturing engineer Brian Adkins in full gear. Above: 3D printing reduces waste and allows engineers manufacture objects with complex internal geometries that would be otherwise very difficult or expensive to achieve, such as this fuel nozzle. Images credit: GE Reports/Chris New Located by a new highway exit just minutes from the Pittsburgh airport, the center, which opened on Tuesday, is so new even Uber drivers require human navigation. But the center is no mirage.

Few cities embody the boom-and-bust cycle of American industry more than Pittsburgh.Today there are no steel mills left, but the city is rising again, in part because it focused on science, research and education. Carnegie Mellon University is the place to study robotics, Google and Tesla Motors opened offices here and the world’s most sustainable building is located at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. “We’ve tapped into America’s best-kept secret,” says Jennifer Cipolla, who runs CATA. Additive technologies like 3D printing are the latest twist on manufacturing.

“Normally when you want to produce a part, you start with a big piece of metal and machine it down,” Cipolla says. “But you also create a lot of waste.

Additive allows you to grow something from the ground up from a bed of metal powder, sand or other material. There’s hardly any waste because you can reclaim pretty much everything. It also allows you to create much more complex internal geometries that would be otherwise very difficult or expensive to achieve, creating parts with improved performance.”

GE Aviation, for example, is already printing parts for jet engines, and GE Oil & Gas is using printers to make valves.The idea behind CATA, which is funded by each of the various GE businesses, is to bring additive into the mainstream for all of them. “Our mission is to ensure additive technology becomes a standard part of the tool kit for each business,” Cipolla says. “By having a shared facility, they can share the cost burden and we can advance the technology across the entire company much more rapidly than if they were to invest individually.”

Cipolla says there are a number of factors that are not yet well-understood in additive. Even though the machines can print very sophisticated fuel nozzles, for instance, “most additive machines are still not production-

ready,” she says. “But GE is at the forefront of innovation in this area, pushing the boundaries and driving their industrialization.”

design pattern. Each layer is between 20 to 80 microns thick and there are as many as 1,250 layers per inch — each less than the thickness of a human hair.The laser power ranges from 400 watts to 1 kilowatt, enough to burn a hole in a wall. “It’s exactly like welding, but on a microscopic scale,” says Brian Adkins, additive manufacturing engineer in charge of the machines.

3D printers at CATA can use as many as four polymers at once (including one for the support structure), allowing designers to produce samples like this foot. Image credit: GE Reports/ Chris New

While DMLM machines can be used for mass production, the sand binder jetting machine is a great tool for rapid prototyping. Instead of a laser, it uses a chemical binder to print casting molds from layers of fine sand, each 280 microns thick, infused with an activator.When the two chemicals mix, they start an exothermic reaction that hardens the sand into the desired shape. “We are making the Jell-O mold for the jelly,” says Dave Miller, the engineer working with the machine. “The sand mold gets stronger as it ages. It’s like concrete.”

That’s why CATA also has an “industrialization lab,” where GE businesses can bring their 3D designs and figure out how to speed up the process from lab- to full-scale production. Cipolla and her team will help them optimize the design and simulate what actual production would look like.

GE invested nearly $40 million in CATA, which will employ 50 workers.

The facility has several direct metal laser melting (DMLM) machines, which can print parts in metal alloys.The company is planning to add $10 million worth of machines this year, including a $2 million DMLM printer with four lasers that can print four different parts at the same time and a laser hot-wire machine that can quickly and precisely restore worn-out parts.

Each DMLM machine breaks down a CAD design file layer by layer and uses the laser to fuse one fine layer on metal powder after another in the right

Miller can print one complex mold in a day and have the casting back from the foundry the next day. “This is a huge breakthrough for rapid prototyping,” Miller says. “You’d normally spend many thousands of dollars and many weeks to achieve the same results. With this 3D printer you are cutting down costs and also your lead time.”

The final group of printers creates products from polymers. After printing a layer from a liquid resin, the machine zaps it with UV light, which hardens it. The machine can print from four different polymers at the same time, including one used for support material. The polymers can be used in combination, resulting in material with different qualities and colors. “There’s a cookbook that allows us to juggle the ingredients,” says Ed Rowley, the engineer presiding over the machines. “It allows us to create everything from elastomers to rigid plastic.”

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General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $47,858,415 cost-plus-fixed-fee, multi-year contract for retrofitting the Stryker fleet to maintain the appropriate vehicles’ configuration. One bid was solicited with one received, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2019.

Aechelon Technology,* San Francisco, California, is being awarded an $11,907,930 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 14 visual image generators in support of joint simulation environment for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Work will be performed in San Francisco, California, and is expected to be completed in April 2017. Fiscal 2016 working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,907,930 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year.

The Boeing Co., Seattle,Washington, is being awarded a $235,273,721 firm-fixed-price modification to the previously awarded P-8A Multimission Maritime Aircraft advance acquisition contract N0001914-C-0067. This modification provides for the procurement of long-lead items for the manufacture and delivery of 11 Lot 8 full-rate A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •

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production IV P-8A aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington (82.6 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (6.2 percent); Greenlawn, New York (4.2 percent); Cambridge, United Kingdom (3.5 percent); and North Amityville, NewYork (3.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2017. Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $235,273,7121 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, California, is being awarded $12,035,307 for modification P00011 to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-15-C-0005) for Common Missile Compartment/Ohio Replacement, missile service unit, X-Link Pod Refresh, and Strategic Weapons Systems Ashore efforts. Work will be performed at Cape Canaveral, Florida, with an expected completion date of March 31, 2020. United Kingdom funds in the amount of $12,035,307 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $170,173,188 for modification P00047 to a previously awarded firmfixed-price contract (N00019-13-C-0023) for the manufacture and delivery of nine AH-1Z aircraft, and nine auxiliary fuel kits for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent); and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2018. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $170,173,188 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

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Leston Trueblood Regional Sales Manager P: 877-276-SAWS (7297) C: 714-620-5560 F: 714-963-0630 ltrueblood@hydmech.com www.hydmech.com

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Randy Pulley

Vice President & General Manager Pacific Northwest Randy.Pulley@ryerson.com 206-624-2300 Direct 425-204-2601 Mobile 425-204-2603 Fax

Jeffrey F. Nawrot Vice President, Business Development 10530 E. 59th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46236 T: 317/826.4414 • TF: 877/240.2462 • F: 317/823.6822 jeff@trustycook.com • C: 317/946.1235 trustycook.com

600 SW 10th Street Renton, WA 98057 www.ryerson.com

SUMMIT MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURING L.L.C. a subsidiary of LSB Industries Inc. 518 N. Indiana Ave | Oklahoma City, OK 73106 (800) 654 - 3262 | FAX (405) 232 - 5169 SummitMachineTool.com

Jason Bringaze

Regional Sales Representative Email Direct Cell

jbringaze@summitmt.com (405) 795 - 5919 (405) 639 - 8490

ACCESSORIES Abrasive Systems Applications Specialities ___ 253-872-0305 MESCO _____________ 626-303-5680 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Air Cleaning Guns Royal Products ________631-273-1010 Air Coupliings Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Auto-Bar Feed Systems Western Machine Center____408-955-1000

S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 SawBlade.com_________800--240-2932 Band Saw Replacement Parts Bandsaw Tech _________ 562--419-7675 Band Saw Repair Bandsaw Tech _________ 562--419-7675

Bar Feeders Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc 303-990-6190 Edge Technologies ______ 562-243-4659 Bar Feeder Accessories Trusty-Cook __________ 877-240-2462 Bar Feeder Repair Ballscrews C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ 503-691-0955 Edge Technologies ______ 562-243-4659 Boring Bars/Tools Band Saws/Saw Blades Bandsaw Tech _________562--419-7675 Seco Tools Inc._________ 503-267-4805 Roentgen USA _________760--900-1110 Burrs

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Fullerton Tool Company____ 303-478-3497 Carbide Tools Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Horizon Carbide________ 602-524-3802 MESCO ______________626-303-5680 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Byte Box______________888-bytebox Swift Tool Co, Inc. _______ 800-562-0900 Coolant Chemicals: Ultrasonic Applications Specialities _____253-872-0305 Star Metal Fluids _______ 800-367-9966 Cutting Tool Control Inc. _____ 206-617-2201 Collets & Chucks Star Metal Fluids ________800-367-9966 Edge Technologies ______ 314-692-8388 US Shop Tools __________800-243-7701 Royal Products ________ 631-273-1010 Coolant Systems Seco Tools Inc._________ 503-267-4805 DCM -Tech ____________800-533-5339 Swift Tool Co, Inc. _______ 800-562-0900 Star Metal Fluids ________800-367-9966 US Shop Tools _________ 800-243-7701 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ________800-562-0900 Clamping Tools Countersinks, Wohlhaupter _________ 937-503-4708 Fullerton Tool Company_____ 303-478-3497 CNC Lathe Accessories Cutting Fluids & Oils Trusty-Cook __________ 877-240-2462 Castrol ______________800-894-7773 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 Cutting Tool Control Inc. _____ 206-617-2201 CNC Spindle Liners Trusty-Cook __________ 877-240-2462 Hangsterfer’s __________ 316-640-2462 Computer Enclosures-Protec- Hangsterfer’s __________ 760-580-1357 S.L. Fusco San Leandro _____ 510-895-9000 tive

Division of Curran Manufacturing Corporation

T.J. Hatfield President Cell: 503-290-9667 Office: 800.523.2549 Fax: 503.620.1911 17605 SW 65th Ave. Lake Oswego, Or. 97035 thatfield@faheyinc.com www.faheyinc.com

200 Oser Avenue Hauppauge, NY 11788 U.S.A.

Tel:

www.royalprod.com

orders@royalprod.com

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1-631-273-1010 1-800-645-4174 Fax: 1-631-273-1066 1-800-424-2082

Edward Gieblewicz

Account Manager

MACHINERY INC.

970 Industry Drive Tukwila, WA 98188

Toll Free: 1-866-437-7315 Cell: (206) 300-3945 Fax: (780) 437-7328 edward@newusedmachines.com Web: www.newusedmachines.com

www.SwiftTool.com

S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 Star Metal Fluids ______ 800-367-9966 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Cutting Tools Applications Specialities ___ 253-872-0305 Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Horizon Carbide_______ 602-524-3802 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 MESCO _____________ 626-303-5680 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 206-818-6813 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 US Shop Tools _________800-243-7701 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc.763-682--3122 Cutting Tool Holders Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 Cutting Tool Systems Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733

Deburring Tools Royal Products ________631-273-1010 631-273-1010 Drills/Cutters-Magnetic Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 714-780-0730 Seco Tools Inc.________ 503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ___ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez___310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City____619-477-7733 Dovetail Fixtures RyansDovetails.com ______ 253-876-9981 Drills/Reamers/Taps Bilz USA ____________224-563-7233 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City _____619-477-773 Swift Tool Co, Inc. _______ 800-562-0900 Wohlhaupter _________937-503-4708 EDM Materials & Supplies Desert EDM ___________480-816-6300

EDM Network _________480-836-1782 EDM Performance _______800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply ______800-676-7336 End Mills Applications Specialities ____253-872-0305 Bilz USA ____________224-563-7233 Fullerton Tool Company____303-478-3497 Horizon Carbide________602-524-3802

S.L. Fusco San Leandro ___ 510-895-9000 Fullerton Tool Company____303-478-3497 Live Centers S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ___ 619-477-7733 Royal Products ________631-273-1010 Load Unload Systems Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Edge Technologies ______314-692-8388 Facing and Boring Heads Lubricants / Systems Wohlhaupter ________ 937-503-4708 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Filiter Mist Collectors Royal Products ________631-273-1010 DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Hangsterfer’s _________316-640-2462 Grooving Head Wohlhaupter ________ 937-503-4708 Hangsterfer’s _________ 760-580-1357 Guide Bushings, Swiss S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 Edge Technologies _____ 314-692-8388 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 Indestructable Keyboards S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 Byte Box____________ 888-bytebox Star Metal Fluids ______ 800-367-9966 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Inserts Machine Tool Acccessories Horizon Carbide_______ 602-524-3802 Seco Tools Inc.________ 503-267-4805 MP Industrial ________ 800-759-4282 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Swift Tool Co, Inc. _______800-562-0900 Wohlhaupter________937-503-4708 US Shop Tools _________800-243-7701 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc.763-682--3122 Jaws EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782 Machine Tool Cool Filtration US Shop Tools ________ 800-243-7701 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Keyseat Cutters

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Brandon Anderson DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954

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

Principal

Pacific Northwest

President

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

JEFF HALL

Machine Tool

www.vonruden.com

Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

Made in USA

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360-225-5115 Phone

360-448-0951 CELL

Metal Fabrication Machine Tools

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Seattle 360-434-8844 Fax 866-457-2103 jeffh@iconmachinetool.com www.iconmachinetool.com

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Marc Goerlich Business Manager

GOSIGER NORTHWEST 21911 68TH Ave South Kent, WA 98032

888.282.3292 | www.upmet.com

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S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 SawBlade.com_________800--240-2932 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 Solvents & Degreasing Agents S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 DCM -Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Star Metal Fluids _______800-367-9966 Solvents: Vapor degreasing Manufacturing Systems Star Metal Fluids _______ 800-367-9966 MP Industrial ________ 800-759-4282 Solvents:Hand Wipe Milling & Turning Products Star Metal Fluids _______ 800-367-9966 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Modular Multi-Boring System Star Metal Fluids _______ 800-367-9966 Wohlhaupter _________937-503-4708 Spindles Modular Spray Systems Setco-Pope Spindles ______ 866-362-0699 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Torque Manufacturing SysOptical Mouse-Silicone tems Based MP Industrial _________ 800-759-4282 Byte Box____________ 888-bytebox Tool Sharpening (Grinding) Packaging/Shipping Supplies Applications Specialities ____ 253-872-0305 Alliance Packaging _____ 206-445-5898- Swift Tool Co, Inc. _______ 800-562-0900 Parts Washing Equipment Tooling Systems Ebbco Inc ___________800-809-3901 Applications Specialities ____ 253-872-0305 DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Bilz USA ____________ 224-563-7233 Pnuematic Manufacturing Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Systems Horizon Carbide________ 602-524-3802 MP Industrial ________ 800-759-4282 MP Industrial _________ 800-759-4282 Polycrystalline Diamond Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 (PCD) RyansDovetails.com ______ 253-876-9981 Fullerton Tool Company____303-478-3497 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 Precision Bearings S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ 503-691-0955 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Probing Systems Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 Sherpa Design________ 503-771-3570 Western Sintering _______ 509-375-3096 Vises & Vise Jaws Safety Products US Shop Tools _________800-243-7701 RyansDovetails.com ______ 253-876-9981 Workholding Saw Blades & Replacement Applications Specialities ____ 253-872-0305 Parts Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303--761-3000 Innovative Tool Sales _____ 714-780-0730 Roentgen USA _________760--900-1110 MESCO ______________626-303-5680

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APPRENTICESHIPS & TRAINING Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeships AJAC ______________206-737-8342 Machining Apprenticeships AJAC ______________206-737-8342 Precision Metal Fabrication Apprenticeships AJAC ______________206-737-8342 Training & Education AJAC ______________206-737-8342 BANKING Quick Turn Financial _____ 415-608-5692 Pacific Continental Bank ___ 503-310-3604 U.S. Bank Equipment _____ 800-810-0038 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Vision 33 ______ 303-937-6543 Ext. 353 CAD TRAINING Streamingteacher.com CNC PROGRAMING TRAINING Streamingteacher.com DISIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY 3-D Plastics, Inc. ________503-720-0572 DOOR SYSTEMS Automatic Door opening Systems Midaco Corporation ______847-593-8420 ELECTRONIC LOCKING SYSTEMS

VIision 33 ___________206-456-5185 Business Management Software Solutions VIision 33 ___________206-456-5185 FINANCING Pacific Continental Bank ___503-310-3604 U.S. Bank Equipment _____800-810-0038 FORK LIFTS Bixby Machine Tool Supply __509-534-1208 GARNET GMA Garnet Group _____ 832-243-9300 GRINDING Custom Machines Campbell Grinders Co. ___ 480-370-3800 DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Grinding Filtration S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Grinding Machines Bixby Machine Tool Supply __ 509-534-1208 CNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500 DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools__ 510-249-1000 Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders

Midaco Corporation ______847-593-8420 Aircraft brake rotor EMKA ____________ 717-986-1111 DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 ERP SOFTWARE Grinders, Rotary

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Carlos R. Lugo Sales Manager

Exit Strategies Group, Inc.

Business Sales, M&A and Valuation Services

531 E Washington Street Petaluma, California 94952 707. 7 78 .204 0 707. 292. 275 0 cell 707. 2 38 .1415 fax alstatz@exitstrategiesgroup.com www.exitstrategiesgroup.com

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(206) 583-2333 Fax (206) 583-0698 Cell (206) 898-6900 clugo@nwmachinery.org

Office: 800.523.2549 Fax: 503.620.1911 17605 SW 65th Ave. Lake Oswego, Or. 97035 dbanks@faheyinc.com www.faheyinc.com

Ray Elledge David Olson

Sales Manager Director of Sales & Marketing Verisurf Software, Inc. Verisurf Inc. 4907 E. Landon Drive 4907 Anaheim, CA 92807 Anaheim, www.verisurf.com www.verisurf.com

Toll Free 888.713.7201 714.970.1683 x39 Office Phone +1(714) 970-1683 x107 714.701.0280 Mobile Fax +1(714) 381-2322 david.olson@verisurf.com ray.elledge@verisurf.com

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Brandon Anderson

Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc.

Northwest Regional Manager

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

DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954

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

CMM Probes CNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500 OGP _____________480-889-9056 Silicon & Quartz Coordinate Measuring Mach.

DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 OGP _____________480-889-9056 Laser Trackers Punch & Die Metrology Instruments DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 OGP _____________480-889-9056 INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE Optical Comparators Gasketing OGP _____________480-889-9056 EMKA ______________717-986-1111 Particle Inspection Mach Handles & Hinges DCM Tech ___________800-533-5339 EMKA ______________717-986-1111 INSURANCE Locking Systems Business Insurance Solutions EMKA _____________ 717-986-1111 Sentry Insurance _______ 877-373-6879 Quarter Turns MACHINERY/MACHINE EMKA ______________717-986-1111 TOOLS Rod Controils Boring Mills EMKA ______________717-986-1111 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 INSPECTION EQUIP Bridgeport Parts Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Desert EDM __________ 480-816-6300 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 CNC Controls & Retro Fits OGP _____________ 480-889-9056 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 206-818-6813 CNC Lathes S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc 303-990-6190 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 Chevalier USA _________ 562-903-1929 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Verisurf ____________ 714-381-2322 Desert EDM __________ 480-816-6300 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 3D CAD for CMM Verisurf ____________ 714-381-2322 Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374

Robert Herling West Coast Regional

1-866-466-8298 Sales Manager OFFICE 630-587-0505 CELL 206-972-6215 1900 EAST TYLER ROAD E-MAIL rherling@fab-line.com BUILDING 800 www.fab-line.com ST. CHARLES, IL 60174 USA

Chuck Pinkham Regional Sales Manager 660 W. Palm Ave El Segundo, CA 90245 Cell: (310) 529-2199 Fax: (310) 333-0710 c.pinkham@emkausa.com

Made in Italy

Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 Selway Machine Tool ______503-314-3165 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 Selway Machine Tool _____ 425-931-1680 CNC 3 & 5 Axis Routing MaMachine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 chines Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 North-South Machinery _____253-333-2439 CNC Swiss Turn Machines North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc 303-990-6190 Romi Machine Tools, Ltd ____ 480-510-4146 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Santa Cruz Electronics _____ 831-479-5444 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 Selway Machine Tool ______503-314-3165 Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374 Selway Machine Tool _____ 425-931-1680 Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 3 , 4, & 5 Axis CNC Mills Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc303-990-6190 LMI Machinery Inc. _______ 866-437-7315 Bixby Machine Tool Supply __509-534-1208 Machine Toolworks _______800-426-2052 CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 Desert EDM ___________480-816-6300 North-South Machinery _____253-333-2439 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 North Western Machinery ____206-583-2333 Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374 Custom Design/Build Machines Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 Lambie Engineering_______509-868-3100 Dot Peen Markers King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 LMI Machinery Inc. ______ 866-437-7315 Kwik Mark Inc_________ 815-363-8268 EDM Automation Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 ONA EDM USA _______ 602-328-0881 EDM Die Sinking Machines North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Desert EDM ___________480-816-6300 Romi Machine Tools, Ltd ____480-510-4146 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 Santa Cruz Electronics _____ 831-479-5444 ONA EDM USA _______ 602-328-0881

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FAB-LINE M ACHINERY, LLC

www.live-tooling.com

Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

Exclusive provider of OKUMA EMKA Incorporated 1961 Fulling Mill Road Middletown, PA 17057 Phone: (717) 986-1111 Fax: (717) 986-1080 www.emkausa.com info@emkausa.com

Michael Garver Sales Manager

GOSIGER NORTHWEST 21911 68TH Ave South Kent, WA 98032 T 253.826.3921 C 253.508.4771 E michael.garver@gosiger.com www.gosiger.com

Industries Served: HVAC, Transportation, Data Center, Oil and Gas, Commercial Vehicles, Telecommunications, etc.

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EDGE

Mike Mills

TECHNOLOGIES

President West Division

A DIVISION OF HYDROMAT INC

James Peterson

Regional Service Technician

www.edgetechnologies.com jpeterson@edgetechnologies.com

(844) 478-8181 x241 mike@resellcnc.com www.resellcnc.com

11600 Adie Road Maryland Heights, MO 63043 main: 314.692.8388 x3927 cell: 951.440.1574 fax: 314.692.5152

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Kwik Mark Inc

www.kdcapital.com

Dot Peen Marking Systems

480-922-1674

www.kwikmark.com Phone 815 363 8268 Fax 815 363 8089 info@kwikmark.com

Kwik Mark Inc 4071 Albany Street McHenry IL 60050

EDM Filtration EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 EDM Machines CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Current EDM, Inc. ________612-840-0037 Desert EDM __________ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 EDM Drilling & Micro Hole Machines CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Current EDM, Inc. ________612-840-0037 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 EDM Service EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 ONA EDM USA _______ 602-328-0881 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM __________ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 Global EDM Supply ______ 800-676-7336 Equipment Financing

Pacific Continental Bank ___ 503-310-3604 Scottrade Bank Equip. Finance_ 206-948-0022 U.S. Bank Equipment _____ 800-810-0038 Gantry & Bridge Systems

Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Horizontal Boring & Milling Machines (CNC ) CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Jig Boring Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 714-292-9384 Lathes Bixby Machine Tool Supply __ 509-534-1208 CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Desert EDM ___________480-816-6300 King Machine Inc. ________509-435-6741 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Manual Mills And Lathes Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374 Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Parts Washing Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 Sawing Machines Bixby Machine Tool Supply __509-534-1208 CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools__ 510-249-1000 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _ 303-761-3000 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 206-818-6813 Saw Replacement Parts CNC Machine Services _____ 206-999-3232 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _ 303-761-3000 SawBlade.com________ 800--240-2932

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Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 Sub Spindle Lathes Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Turning Centers CNC-PROS ___________ 602-344-9753 Used Wire EDM Machines Current EDM, Inc. _______ 612-840-0037 Desert EDM __________ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 MATERIAL Aluminum Bralco _____________ 602-722-3324 DIX Metals ___________ 714-677-0788 Fry Steel ____________ 800-423-6651 Gorilla Metals Inc. _______ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. __ 818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation _____ 425-204-2601 Sunshine Metals ________ 760-579-8327 Aluminum Extrusions Aluminum Precision ______805-889-7569 Bralco _____________ 602-722-3324 Armor:Commercial Kloeckner Metals _______480-389-2883 Service Steel __________503-224-9500 Armor: Military Grade Kloeckner Metals _______480-389-2883 Service Steel __________503-224-9500 Brass Bralco _____________ 602-722-3324 Coastal Metals _________ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel ____________ 800-423-6651 Gorilla Metals Inc. _______ 855-516-3825

Industrial Metal Supply Co. __818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation _____425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper __ 800-362-5255 Bronze Coastal Metals _________800-811-7466 Sequoia Brass & Copper __ 800-362-5255 Carbon Steel Bralco ____________ 602-722-3324 Coastal Metals _________800-811-7466 Fry Steel ____________800-423-6651 Laser Cutting Services, Inc __ 503-612-8311 Ryerson Corporation _____425-204-2601 Cobalt Alloys Aerodyne Alloys ________800-337-3766 United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Copper Bralco ____________ 602-722-3324 Gorilla Metals Inc. _______855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. __818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation _____425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper __ 800-362-5255 Drill Rod AZ Tool Steel_________ 877-795-1600 Electrical Steels Fry Steel ____________800-423-6651 High Temperature Alloys United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Laser Cut Material Laser Cutting Services, Inc __ 503-612-8311 Lead Industrial Metal Supply Co. __818-729-3333 Machine Ready Blanks DIX Metals ___________714-677-0788 Material Sales

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

Stainless

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide Patty Negoro (800)337-3766 ext. 148 pnegoro@aerodynealloys.com www.aerodynealloys.com

Ben Gowers Account Manager

Cell: 208-866-8867 10457_IMS_BC_8up_front_shells.pdf

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PERRY PALLET CO. PERRY

JOSH PERRY

Capabilities:

Phone: (360)366-5239 Email: solutions@perrypallet.com Web: www.PerryPallet.com

8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352

Sales Manager

 Serve your pallet, crate & lumber needs  Heat-Treat (HT) for export shipment

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide

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Coastal Metals _________ 800-811-7466 DIX Metals ___________ 714-677-0788 Fry Steel ____________ 800-423-6651 Kloeckner Metals _______ 480-389-2883 Laser Cutting Services, Inc ___503-612-8311 Sunshine Metals ________ 760-579-8327 United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292 Metals: Bar & Plate Fry Steel _____________ 800-423-665 Ryerson Corporation _____ 425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper ___ 800-362-5255 Sunshine Metals ________ 760-579-8327 United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292 Nickel Alloys Aerodyne Alloys ________ 800-337-3766 Fry Steel____________ 800-423-6651 Marzee Inc. __________ 602-269-5801 United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292 Plate: Wear and Structural Kloeckner Metals _______ 480-389-2883 Ryerson Corporation _____ 425-204-2601 United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292 Precision Ground Flat AZ Tool Steel__________ 877-795-1600 DIX Metals ___________ 714-677-0788 Sheet & Coil Ryerson Corporation _____ 425-204-2601 Stainless Steel & Steel K

NX F E MA P FIBERSIM T EA M C EN T E R L S - DYN A BCT AppliedCAx.com Info@AppliedCAx.com 503-962-0287

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

http://www.fullertontool.com PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 E-Mail: jbridgett@fullertontool.com SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM Tel: 989-799-4550 800-248-8315 Fax: 989-792-3335 Cell: 303-478-3497

WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

Regional Sales Manager

Aerodyne Alloys ________ 800-337-3766 AZ Tool Steel__________ 877-795-1600 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Bralco _____________ 602-722-3324 DIX Metals ___________ 714-677-0788 Fry Steel ____________ 800-423-665 Gorilla Metals Inc. _______ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. __ 818-729-3333 Kloeckner Metals _______480-389-2883 Laser Cutting Inc __ 503-612-8311 8300 SANServices, FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Ryerson Corporation _____ 425-204-2601 United Performance Metals __888-282-3292 Titanium Rod, Bar, & Wire Aerodyne Alloys ________ 800-337-3766 Bralco _____________ 602-722-3324 Tool Steel 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD AZ Tool SUN Steel __________ 877-795-1600 VALLEY, CA 91352 DIX Metals ___________ 714-677-0788 Industrial Metal Supply Co. __ 818-729-3333 CNC MASTERCAM TRAINING MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Tool Company Inc.

8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 121 Perry St. • Saginaw, MI 48602

Jeff Bridgett

For No. CA, OR, and WA publication Northwest Edition Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless

Ben.Gowers@delcam.com

11:48:58 AM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ___306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR ___503-887-1003 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD Innovative Tool ______714-780-0730 SUN Sales VALLEY, CA 91352 North-South Machinery _____ 253-333-2439 North Western Machinery ____ 206-583-2333 Rosco Precision Machinery ___253-333-2439 CNC Turret Punches Muratec _____________949-466-8255 Drill Lines 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___ 503-620-9031 Cold Saws/Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ _503-620-9031 Hydmech Sawing Solutions ___ 714-620-5560 Hardware Insertion Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___ 503-620-9031 Iron Workers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___ 503-620-9031 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. _____306-434-8844 Jorgensen Machine Tools ____ 800-952-0151 Laser Cutting Machines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___ 503-620-9031 Gladwin Machinery _______ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. _____306-434-8844 North-South Machinery _____ 253-333-2439 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/Systems Fab - Line Machinery _____ 206-972-6215 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Plate Bending & Rolls Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

Streamingteacher.com METROLOGY PRODUCTS Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Bixby Machine Tool Supply __ 509-534-1208 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Gladwin Machinery ______ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. ____ 306-434-8844 Jorgensen Machine Tools ___ 800-952-0151 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 Magnetic Drills/Cutters Band & Cut Off Saws Innovative Tool Sales ______714-780-0730 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Material Handling Systems Hydmech Sawing Solutions __ 714-620-5560 Hydmech Sawing Solutions ___ 714-620-5560

Don Klein - Vice President 415.491.4456 direct 415.902.5302 cellular donald.klein@usbank.com

Metal Marking Systems Kwik Mark Inc_________ 815-363-8268 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Notchers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031

Jorgensen Machine Tools ___ 800-952-0151 Power Tools Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA __ 306-434-8844

Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR __ 503-887-1003 MP Industrial _________800-759-4282 Presses Bixby Machine Tool Supply __509-534-1208 Press Brakes Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Fab - Line Machinery _____ 206-972-6215 Gladwin Machinery ______ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA __ 306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR __ 503-887-1003 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 Punches Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-903 Gladwin Machinery ______ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA __ 306-434-8844

Stacy Bohms - Relationship Manager 503.603.2745 direct stacy.bohms@usbank.com

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Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR __ 503-887-1003 Rolling Machines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Shearing Machines Fab - Line Machinery _____ 206-972-6215 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 Sign & Graphic Cutting Solutions Tooling Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _ 303-761-3000 PALLET SYSTEMS Manual & Automatic Pallet Systems

SigmaNEST __________ 513-595-2022 Software, Solid Modeling Delcam Software _______ 877-DELCAM1 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY Santa Cruz Electronics _____ 831-479-5444 REPAIR CNC-PROS ___________ 602-344-9753

Global Leader in Garnet Abrasives

Andy Wells ■

Regional Sales Manager

Sherpa Design, Inc.6700 N New York Ave / Ste 231 Portland Oregon 97203 www.sherpa-design.com

B A R T O N I NTERNATIONAL sales: 800.741.7756 cell: 253.988.5934 email: awells@barton.com web: barton.com

Gladhill Associates________ 719-239-9830 Bar Feeder Repair Sustaining Edge Solutions____888-572-9642 Edge Technologies ______ 562-243-4659 SOFTWARE CAD CAM ROBOTICS Machining Ellison Technologies _______206-669-3578 Applied CAx ___________ 503-962-0287 LMI Machinery Inc. _______866-437-7315 Cimatron _______ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Robotic Part Loading Systems Delcam _____________ 877-335-2261 Midaco Corporation ______ 847-593-8420 Solid Products __________480-206-0330 ROUTERS Mechanical Design Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Midaco Corporation ______847-593-8420 Cimatron _______ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Manual Lift Off Pallet SAFETY Delcam _____________ 877-335-2261 Systems Fire Protection Systems Sherpa Design_ ________ 503-771-3570

Midaco Corporation _____ 847-593-8420 Rotarex North America ____ 480-689-8756 Post-Processor Software Manual Rotory Pallet SysSherpa Design_ ________ 503-771-3570 SAWS tems Band & Cut-Off Saws Midaco Corporation _____ 847-593-8420 SPINDLES & SLIDES Swift Tool Co, Inc. _______800-562-0900 Shipping Solutions Spindle Rebuilding/Repair SERVICES Perry Pallet Co. _______ 360-366-5239 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ _ 503-691-0955 Wood Pallets AS9100 Registration GMN USA LLC_ _________ 800-686-1679 Perry Pallet Co. _______ 360-366-5239 Great Western Registrar _____623-580-1881 Setco ______________ 714-222-6523 PRECISION TOOLHOLDBusiness Appraisal Spindle Sales New ING Exit Strategies Group _____ 707-292-2750 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ _ 503-691-0955 PRODUCTS Custom Packaging/Shipping Tooling GMN USA LLC_ _________ 800-686-1679 Supplies Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 Setco ______________ 714-222-6523 Alliance Packaging ______ 206-445-5898Tooling Systems TOOLING SYSTEMS Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 Engineering/Mechanical Design PRODUCTIVITY Sherpa Design_ ________503-771-3570 MP Industrial __________800-759-4282 Productivity Tools and SysFinancial Services TRAINING tems Intech Funding ________ 800-553-9208 Six Sigma Training Scout Systems _________253-329-2460 Quick Turn Financial ______415-608-5692 Sustaining Edge Solutions____888-572-9642 PROG. SYSTEMS U.S. Bank Equipment _____ 206-948-0022 ISO Consulting/Registration Factory Automation/Logistics Gladhill Associates________ 719-239-9830 North-South Machinery _____253-333-2439 Machine Tool Rebuilding Great Western Registrar _____ 623-580-1881 CAD/CAM Software, CAD EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 Lean Consulting Training Applied CAx __________ 503-962-0287 Management Systems Training Gladhill Associates________ 719-239-9830 Automatics & Machinery Co.__303-990-6190 BMSC______________ 602-445-9400 Lambie Engineering_______ 509-868-3100 Delcam Software _______ 877-DELCAM1 Gladhill Associates _______ 719-239-9830 ISO / AS9100 Certification MRP Software Sustaining Edge Solutions ___ 888-572-9642 BMSC______________ 602-445-9400 SigmaTEK ___________ 513-595-2022 Nesting Software Supply Chain Assessments Gladhill Associates________ 719-239-9830

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Pat Barrett Owner & Founder

info@sherpa-design.com

503-771-3570 ext. 105 503-771-3575 Fax

Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Productivity Training Scout Systems _________253-329-2460 USED MACHINERY EDM Network __________480-836-1782 Jorgensen Machine Tools ____800-952-0151 K.D. Capital Equipt _______480-922-1674 North Western Machinery ____206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools __ 510-760-9518 Resell CNC ____________ 844-478-8181 WATERJET CUTTING Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.____503-620-9031 Flow International ________909-620-5707 King Machine Inc. ________509-435-6741 Machine Toolworks _______800-426-2052

Waterjet & Blast Abrasives, Garnetentury Barton International _____ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group ______ 832-243-9300 Waterjet Bricks Barton International ______800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group _______832-243-9300 Waterjet Hoppers Barton International ______800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group _______832-243-9300 Waterjet Replacement Parts Barton International ______800-741-7756 dtiEXACT _____________360-866-1337

EDM Performance _______ 800-336-2946 GMA Garnet Group ______ 832-243-9300 WOOD PRODUCTS

Perry Pallet Co. ________360-366-5239

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

JEFF TOMSON

CELL: 360.202.7342 jefft@machinistsinc.com

P.O. Box 80505

800.244.4130

7600 5th Ave. S. • Seattle. WA 98108

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206.763.0990

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Fax 206.763.8709

MarZee I nc.

2345 N. 34th Dr.

Phoenix, AZ 85009 Home of 5 Omax Waterjets 80” x 240” Cutting Envelope Virtually Zero Taper Available Fast Quoting & Turn Arounds Prototype to Production

The Manufacturer’s Secret Weapon

602-269-5801 602-269-5810 1-877-885-1059 FAX

www.marzee.com

marzee@marzee.com

3D TOOLS

Bending Solutions, Inc. _____360-651-2443

Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

3D Printing Proto & Production

Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919

Brazing: Vacuum

NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557

Speciality Bending Ultimate 3D ___________503-848-8227 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 3D Scanning Bending Solutions, Inc. ____ 360-651-2443 NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557 Structrual Bending Ultimate 3D ___________503-848-8227 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 SLS (Selctive Laser Sintering) Tube and Pipe Bending Ultimate 3D ___________503-848-8227 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 ASSEMBLIES BRAZING Cascade Systems Technology __971-330-8054 dtiEXACT _____________360-866-1337 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _360-735-3763 Evans Precision _________623-582-4776 Clings Aerospace_________480-968-1778 Precision Casting Repair _____801-972-2345 BENDING Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Mandrel Brazing: Dip Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628

CHEMICAL ETCHING PMA Photometals ________480-773-3239

Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

CUSTOM CREFORM ASSY.

BROACHING

PlaSteel _____________480-491-8100

Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776

CUTTING

Ponderosa Ind ___ _______303-298-1801

Bar & Plate Cutting Specialty Steel Services _____801-539-8252 AZ Tool Steel ___________877-795-1600 CABLE ASSEMBLIES

Industrial Precision Grinding __ 310-352-4700

Cascade Systems Technology __971-330-8054 SW Waterjet & Laser_______480-306-7748 CASTING

DIE CASTING

AATC ___________ 866-792-2814 X 235 SMH Inc LLC ___________360-341-2226 TVT Die Casting _________800-280-2278 Investment Casting-Precision AATC ___________ 866-792-2814 X 235

DIES

Dolphin Investment Castings __ 602-272-6747

Tool & Dies

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Micropulse West Inc._______480-966-2300

Sub-Assembly Builds AEI Fabrication _________ 480-733-6594 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 Cascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733 Plastic Injection Molding_____509-531-2634 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______818-240-7574 Solid Form Fabrication ____ 503-435-1400 ENGINEERING/DESIGN DEBURRING Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952 Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778 Cascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733 Industrial Precision Grinding _ 310-352-4700 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Tube & Pipe Bending Fabrication Hexatron Engineering _____ 801-363-8010 EDGING NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 Lambie Engineering ______ 509-868-3100 PlaSteel _____________ 480-491-8100 Bending Solutions, Inc. ____ 360-651-2443 FABRICATION QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 EDM FINISHING EDM: Dialectric Systems Architectural Forming & Fabri- SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Arizona Finishing _______ 602-438-4443 /Filtration cation Ebbco Inc ____________ 586-716-5151 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 Weiser Engineering _______ 303-280-2778 Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 EDM: Drilling Small Hole Wrico ______________ 480-892-7800 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Fabrication: Sheet Metal Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654 AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919

Forming & Fabrication

Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930

Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386 Micropulse West, Inc. _____ 480-966-2300 Aero Tech MFG_________ 801-891-2740 Galvanizing: Hot Dip Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______714-373-0098 CLS Fabrication Inc ______ 800-426-0721 Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication: TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448 Stevens Tool & Die ________503-682-3185 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____818-240-7574 Medium & Large Glass Bead Clean EDM: Wire Gillaspie MFG _________ 360-921-3973 AEI Fabrication _________ 480-733-6594 Byington Steel Treating, Inc.__ 408-727-6630 Clings Aerospace_________480-968-1778 NW Metalcraft Industries ___ 888-280-7080 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Evans Precision _________623-582-4776 Mountain View Machine____ 435-755-0500 CLS Fabrication Inc _______ 800-426-0721 Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 Micropulse West, Inc. _____ 480-966-2300 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________206-762-2117 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _ 360-735-3763 Liquid Painting Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______714-373-0098 Rickard Engineering _____ 866-845-8838 Gillaspie MFG __________ 360-921-3973 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 Aero Tech MFG _________ 801-891-2740 Micropulse West, Inc. _____ 480-966-2300 Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952 Plastic Injection Molding_____509-531-2634 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ___ 425-207-5951 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 MPI International _______ 956-631-6880 Stevens Tool & Die ________503-682-3185 Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Passivation ELECTRO MECHANICAL Fabrication: Custom Metal QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 Coating Technologies ____ _623-581-2648

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www.tfcplating.com Mystique Engineering & Mfg Dan's Machine Works

Darrin J. Caschette President

13305 41st Ave NE | Marysville, WA 9827I 360-386-6294 | 888-280-7080 x204 djc@nw-metalcraft.com www.nw-metalcraft.com

Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com

AS9100C ISO9001:2008

503-771-0969

Employee Owned

ISO9001:2008

Joe Tripi

bourdelaisgrinding@yahoo.com

1237 S. Shamrock Ave Monrovia, CA 91016 Ph: (626) 303-5680 Fax: (626) 303-1752 sales@mescousa.com

Providing metal working solutions since 1990!

Grinding: OD

MESCO _____________ 626-303-5680 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 Mountain View Machine____ 435-755-0500 Precision Tech __________801-285-7288

Ron Grob Co __________ 970-667-5320 Ron Grob Co ___________970-667-5320 Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595 Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595

AZ Tool Steel __________ 877-795-1600

ChemResearch__________602-253-4175

Aero Tech MFG__________801-891-2740 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 Industrial Precision Grinding __310-352-4700 CLS Fabrication Inc _______800-426-0721 Diversified Metal Services ___ 801-972-6093

Evans Precision ________ 623-582-4776 Superior Grinding ________801-487-9700 Byington Steel Treating, Inc.__ 408-727-6630 Industrial Precision Grinding _ 310-352-4700 TCI Precision Metals _______800-234-5613 Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595 Silk Screening Grinding: Tool & Cutter Arizona Finishing _______ 602-438-4443 Superior Grinding _______ 801-487-9700 Superior Grinding_________888-487-9701 TCI Precision Metals ______ 800-234-5613 Swift Tool Co, Inc. _______ 800-562-0900 FIXTURING Grinding, Centerless Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386 GUN DRILLING Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 GASKETS Evans Precision _________623-582-4776 Ron Grob Co __________ 970-667-5320 3-D Plastics, Inc. ________ 503-720-0572 HEAT TREATING Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595 Sandblasting

GRINDING

Grinding, Double Disc

ISO 13485:2003 Certified ISO 9001:2008 Cer tified UL-796 Certified ITAR Registered

Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751

Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 Superior Grinding _______ 801-487-9700 Superior Grinding ________801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals ______ 800-234-5613 Polishing Grinding: Surface Arizona Hard Chrome ______602-278-8671 Grinding, Blanchard Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 Powder Coating

www.cascadesystems.net

Cell: 971.330.8054 sdaniel@cascadesystems.net 23176 NW Bennett St. Hillsboro, OR 97124

Industrial Precision Grinding _ 310-352-4700 Arizona Hard Chrome ______602-278-8671 Abrasives/Superabrasives Cutting Tools Indexable Tooling Precision Measuring Tools Workholding

Electronics Contract Manufacturing

Director of Business Development

Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878

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cascade systems technology

Steve Daniel

President jtripi@micropulsewest.com 444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323

info@tfcplating.com

Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Cryogenics Phoenix Heat Treating______ 602-258-7751 Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100 Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Heat Treating/Aerospace Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 MET-TEK Heat Treating_______503-519-9864 HONING MESCO ______________626-303-5680 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 HYDRAULIC REPAIR

Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671

INJECTION MOLDS AZ Tool Steel __________ 877-795-1600 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _360-735-3763 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 Industrial Precision Grinding _ 310-352-4700 Controlled Thermal Tech______602-272-3714 Plastic Injection Molding_____509-531-2634 INJECTION MOLDING ChemResearch__________602-253-4175 Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595 Evans Precision _________623-582-4776 Evans Precision _________623-582-4776 TCI Precision Metals ______ 800-234-5613 MET-TEK Heat Treating______503-519-9864 Plastic Injection Molding_____509-531-2634

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Marketing & Sales Manager

AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF Founder / CEO

LASER CUTTING CLS Fabrication Inc _______ 800-426-0721

TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL

dtiEXACT _____________ 360-866-1337 SW Waterjet & Laser_______ 480-306-7748 United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292

480.733.6594 480.733.6596 Ron@AEIFab.com www.AEIFab.com 1113 W. Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210

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Weiser Engineering _______303-280-2778 Wrico ______________480-892-7800 SMH Inc LLC ___________360-341-2226 Flex-Pro Manufacturing.____ 623-277-8031 Sunshine Metals _________ 714-225-4972 Larkin Precision Machine ___ 831-438-2700 Laser Cutting: 3D SW Waterjet & Laser_______ 480-306-7748 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Layke Inc. ___________ 602-272-2654 TVT Die Casting _________800-280-2278 Portland Precision Manufacturing503-253-6700 LEVELING United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Strom Manufacturing ______503-447-1021 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 MACHINING Weiser Engineering _______303-280-2778 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Teton Machine ________ 208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining __ 503-625-2821 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Machining: 5-Axis Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Cascade Engineering Tech ___503-266-1300 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Central Valley Machine _____435-752-0934 Machining: Horizontal Boring Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778 Cascade Engineering Tech ___503-266-1300 Machinists Inc. _________ 360-202-7342 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Clings Aerospace_________480-968-1778 Machining: Proto-R & D Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _360-735-3763 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. 253-395-7381 Howard Precision Machine ___ 801-619-9850 Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______928-636-2115 Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700 Strom Manufacturing ______ 503-447-1021 Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Central Valley Machine ____ 435-752-0934 MESCO ______________ 626-303-5680 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Flex-Pro Manufacturing.____ 623-277-8031 NW Metalcraft Industries ____888-280-7080 Machining: Aerospace Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 PlaSteel _____________ 480-491-8100 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 PlaSteel _____________480-491-8100 Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Portland Precision Manufacturing503-253-6700 Ron Grob Co ___________970-667-5320 dtiEXACT _____________ 360-866-1337 Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386

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Ron Grob Co __________ 970-667-5320 Savage Machining Inc. _____805-584-8047 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 Strom Manufacturing ______503-447-1021 Treske Precision Machining ___503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting ________ 800-280-2278 Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Machining: CNC Milling Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. __ _____928-636-2115 Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 Central Valley Machine ____ 435-752-0934

Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. 360-735-3763 dtiEXACT ____________ 360-866-1337 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 Gillaspie MFG __________360-921-3973 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850

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Heather Cutler Sales Manager OFFICE 503-406-3774 MOBILE 503-853-6234 hcutler@omep.org

Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689

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Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700

PlaSteel _____________480-491-8100 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 503-240-0878 Strom Manufacturing ______503-447-1021 831-438-2700 Teton Machine _________208-642-9344 602-272-2654 888-280-7080 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 480-966-2300 Machining: Shaft Turning Portland Precision Manufacturing503-253-6700 Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386 Machining: Swiss Rickard Engineering _____ 866-845-8838 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Savage Machining Inc. ____ 805-584-8047 dtiEXACT _____________ 360-866-1337 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 Strom Manufacturing _____ 503-447-1021 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Sunshine Metals ________ 714-225-4972 Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing _503-557-9407 Teton Machine ________ 208-642-9344 Ron Grob Co ___________970-667-5320 Treske Precision Machining __ 503-625-2821 Teton Machine _________208-642-9344 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ___ 425-207-5951 Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Industrial Machine Svcs ____ Larkin Precision Machine ___ Layke Inc. ___________ NW Metalcraft Industries ___ Micropulse West, Inc. _____

Machining: Large Machining: Turning Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 dtiEXACT _____________ 360-866-1337 Machinists Inc. _________ 360-202-7342 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ___ 425-207-5951 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 Machining: Medical Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Portland Precision Manufacturing503-253-6700 Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878 Teton Machine ________ 208-642-9344 Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700 Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654

Strom Manufacturing ______503-447-1021

Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700

Teton Machine _________208-642-9344

QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117

Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951

Rickard Engineering ______ 866-845-8838

Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Machining: Ultra Precision

Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing _503-557-9407 Machining: Turning With Live Tooling Weiser Engineering _______303-280-2778 Machining: Turning Large

Teton Machine _________ 208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923 Industrial Manufacturing Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Turnkey Product Services

Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342

Aero Tech MFG__________ 801-891-2740

Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951

Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _ 360-735-3763

MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED Contract Manufacturing AATC ___________ 866-792-2814 X 235 AEI Fabrication _________480-733-6594 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bending Solutions, Inc. _____360-651-2443

Custom Airplane to Marine Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 Personal Collectables Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 Production Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 METALIZING Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714

Cascade Systems Technology __971-330-8054

METROLOGY

CLS Fabrication Inc _______800-426-0721

Part Probing & Inspection

Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _360-735-3763

dtiEXACT _____________360-866-1337

Machining: Production Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 NW Metalcraft Industries ____888-280-7080 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____503-931-7069 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. 253-395-7381 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Group Mfg Serv _________480-966-3952 Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. 360-735-3763 Savage Machining Inc. _____ 805-584-8047 Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700 dtiEXACT ____________ 360-866-1337 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 NW Metalcraft Industries ____888-280-7080

Blum Novotest _________ 909-670-8411 Production Metrology Blum Novotest _________ 909-670-8411 Tool Measurement Blum Novotest _________ 909-670-8411 Tool Breakage Blum Novotest _________ 909-670-8411

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MOLDING: RUBBER Molds: Plastic Injection Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226

MOLDS Aero Tech MFG__________ 801-891-2740 Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 Arizona Finishing ________602-438-4443 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098 Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634

Mold Making 3-D Plastics, Inc. ________ 503-720-0572 Plastic Injection Molding____ 509-531-2634 PLATING ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052

Precious Metal Plating Co.____800-481-6271

ChemResearch_________ 602-253-4175

TFC Plating __________ 503-771-0969 Gold

EPSI ______________ 714-519-9423

Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387 ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052 Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930

EPSI _______________714-519-9423

Anodizing

Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387

ChemResearch_________ 602-253-4175

Bright Tin Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387 Chrome/Nickel/Palladium Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 EPSI ______________ 714-519-9423 Molds: Expertise in Overmold and Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930 Insert Molding

Coating Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Alliance Packaging _______ 206-445-5898 Passivation

Controlled Thermal Tech ___ 602-272-3714 Coating: Black Oxide Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648

ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052

Coating: Dry Film Lube TFC Plating ___________ 503-771-0969 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/ PC BOARDS Chrome Surface Mount & Thru Hole Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Cascade Systems Technology __ 971-330-8054 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

PLASTIC MACHINING Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648

Precious Metal Plating Co.____ 800-481-6271 TFC Plating ___________ 503-771-0969 PLASMA CUTTING G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 PRECISION FORMING Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 Gillaspie MFG __________ 360-921-3973 Pacific Tool, Inc _________ 425-882-1970

QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930 SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 Precious Metal Plating Co.____800-481-6271 Wrico ______________ 480-892-7800 Hard Chrome

Precious Metal Plating Co.___ 800-481-6271 Arizona Hard Chrome ______602-278-8671

Bridge Molds

PACKAGING/SHIPPING SUPPLIES

ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052 Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387

Molds: High Volume Class 100

Molds: Fast Turn Prototype and

Electroless Nickel

PRINTING

ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052

UV LED Printing

Nickel-Bright

Flat Bed Digital Printing

Alliance Packaging _______ 206-445-5898NAD CAP & Boeing Approved Custom Package Printing Processes Precious Metal Plating Co.____800-481-6271 Alliance Packaging _______ 206-445-5898Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387 Precious Metal Plating Co.____800-481-6271

Alliance Packaging _______ 206-445-5898PROCESSING: METAL Acid Pickle

TFC Plating __________ 503-771-0969 MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 GTin / Zinc Plate Chemical ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052 EPSI _______________714-519-9423 Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930

LA Specialties __________ 602-269-7612 MPI International ________ 956-631-6880

Plating Alodine TFC Plating __________ 503-771-0969 MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 Silver Plating Phosphate ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052

PlaSteel _____________ 480-491-8100 Copper Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 EPSI _______________714-519-9423 MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 PROTOTYPES PLASTIC MOLDING Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387 Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930

3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572 TFC Plating __________ 503-771-0969 Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 Embrittlement Relief SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 EPSI ______________ 714-519-9423

Precious Metal Plating Co.____800-481-6271 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 TFC Plating __________ 503-771-0969 NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557 Tin Plating PUNCHING Nick Hochuli Sales Engineer

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AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594 CLS Fabrication Inc _______800-426-0721 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____818-240-7574 Group Manufacturing Serv __ 480-966-3952 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778 RECYCLING MATERIALS Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Nickel, Plastics, Stainless Steel, Steel, Tin Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Metro Metals Northwest ____503-819-1284 Bin Service Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Excess Material Handling Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Full Service Scrap Management Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Scrap Metal Prrocessing Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Waste Metal Management

United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292 Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Lambie Engineering______509-868-3100 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 SOFTWARE Mountain View Machine____ 435-755-0500 Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878 Machining Delcam ____________ 877-335-2261 Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386 Weiser Engineering _______303-280-2778 TUBE BENDING & Mechanical Design Delcam ____________ 877-335-2261 CUTTING FAB SPINNING Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 Evans Precision ________ 623-582-4776 Bending Solutions, Inc. ____ 360-651-2443 SPLINES Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 Specialty Steel Services ____ 801-539-8252 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ____ 818-240-7574 SPRINGS SpringWorks Utah ________801-298-0113 WATERJET CUTTING STAMPING PRECISION Accutech Machine Inc ______801-975-1117 AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594 Aeroform, Inc. _________ 360-403-1919 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____818-240-7574 dtiEXACT ____________ 360-866-1337 Gillaspie MFG _________ 360-921-3973 Marzee Inc. __________ 602-269-5801 NW Metalcraft Industries ___ 888-280-7080 Precision Die & Stamping ___ 480-967-2038 Milco Waterjet _________ 714-373-0098 SpringWorks Utah ________801-298-0113 Rickard Engineering _____ 866-845-8838

SW Waterjet & Laser______ 480-306-7748 United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292 Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 SpringWorks Utah ________801-298-0113 5-Axis Waterjet Cutting Stamping:Flat Forming Wood Products Gillaspie MFG _________ 360-921-3973 Rickard Engineering _____ 866-845-8838 Perry Pallet Co. ________ 360-366-5239 Micro-Machining NW Metalcraft Industries ___ 888-280-7080 REPAIR Rickard Engineering _____ 866-845-8838 SpringWorks Utah ________801-298-0113

CNC-PROS ____________602-344-9753 ROLLING Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 SANDBLASTING Byington Steel Treating, Inc.__ 408-727-6630 Production Sawing Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 SEWING Grovtec US, Inc. ________ 503-557-4689 SHEARING United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292

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WELDING Gillaspie MFG _________ 360-921-3973 Custom Metal Fabrication ___ 503-788-5701 NW Metalcraft Industries ___ 888-280-7080 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ____ 818-240-7574 SpringWorks Utah ________801-298-0113 G & G Custom Metal Fab ___ 503-931-7069 Stamping: Production/ Evans Precision ________ 623-582-4776 Precision Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 Precision Die & Stamping ___ 480-967-2038 Mountain View Machine____ 435-755-0500 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778

Cascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733 Weld Metal Works _______ 503-788-5701 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. 360-735-3763 Welding: Aluminum TESTING Medium & Large SIGNAGE & DISPLAYS Testing: Corrosion, Product Stress, G & G Custom Metal Fab ___ 503-931-7069 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______714-373-0098 THERMAL SPRAY Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 Custom Printing Displays & Signage Controlled Thermal Tech ___ 602-272-3714 NADCAP Welding Alliance Packaging ______ 206-445-5898 TOOL & DIE DESIGN Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 SILICONE Wrico _____________ 480-892-7800 Robotic Welding 3-D Plastics, Inc. ________ 503-720-0572 TOOL Cutting & Grinding Bending Solutions, Inc. ____ 360-651-2443 SINTERING Powerhaus Precision _____ 480-225-8845 Western Sintering _______ 509-375-3096 Welding: Precision SLITTING TOOLING

Welding: MIG-TIG G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878 WIRE FORMING Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 WIRE HARNESSES Cascade Systems Technology __503-640-5733

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Foresight Finishing...74 Fry Steel...66 Fullerton Tool...34,69 Ganesh Machinery...64 Gartman Technical...62 Gillaspie...74 Gladhill Associates...66 Gladwin Machinery...65 Global EDM Supply...65 GMA Garnet Group...22,67 GMN...30,66 Gold Tech...73 Gorilla Metals Inc...66 Gosiger...66,67 Group Manufacturing...72 Grovtec...48,71 Hangsterfers...64,66 Hardware Speciality...20 Helical...67 Horizon Carbide...66 Howard Precision Mach. Prod...12,76 Hurco...51 Hydmech...64 Hyundai...53 i3D...22 Icon Machine Tools, Inc....5,65 Industrial Machine Services...74 Industrial Metal Supply Co....14,69 Industrial Precision Grinding...76 KD Capital...68 King Machine...69 Kloeckner Metals-Temtco...42,65 Kwik Mark Inc...60,68 Lambie Engineering...67 Larkin Precision...75 Layke Inc...74 Layke Tactical...74 LMI Machinery...53,65 MCAM...65 Machinists Inc....31,71 Mario Pinto...67 Marzee Inc...71 Makino...2 Mazak...49 MESCO...73 MET-TEK Inc...72 Methods Machine Tools Inc...65 Metro Metals Northwest, Inc...74 Micropulse West...73 Midaco Corporation...66 Milco...76 Mountain View Machining...73 MP Industrial...64 North-South Machinery...18,64 Northwestern Machinery...67 NW Metalcraft...73 NW Rapid Manufacturing...10,71 OMEP...75 ONA EDM USA...69 Optical Gaging Products Inc...67 Pacific Swiss...7,77 Pacific Continental Bank...32,69 Performance Machine Tools...68 Perry Pallet...69 Phoenix Heat Treat...73 Pinnacle Precision...73 Plastic Injection Molding...72 Portland Precision...74

Precious Metals Plating...44,77 Precision Die & Stamping...72 QUAL-FAB, Inc....71 Real Axis Machining...74 Resell CNC...68 Red Line Tools...9 Rickard Engineering...71 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...69 Roentgen USA...65 Rolled Alloys...35 Romi Machine Tools...68 Ron Grob...72 Rosco Precision Machinery...51,64 Rotarex...70 Royal products...42,65 Ryerson...23,64 S.L. Fusco...79 Samsung...11 Santa Cruz Electronics...25 Savage Machine...30,71 Saw Blade.com...80 Scotttrade Bank Equip Finance...69 Scout Systems...2,38-39,70 Seco...67 Selway Machine Tool Co...64,66 Sentry Insurance...68 Sequoia Brass & Copper...70 Setco Spindles & Slides...69 Sherpa Design...12,70 SigmaTEK...68 SMH Inc LLC...54,71 Southwest Turbine...36 Specialty Steel...72 Spring Works Utah...72 Star Metal Fluids...65 Steel Services Grinding...73 Strom Manufacturing...13,71 Summit Machine Tool...47,64 Sun Grinding...72 Sunrise...21 Sunshine Metals...68 Superior Grinding...26,71 Sustaining Edge...67 Swift Tool...16,55,60,65 Teton...74 TFC Plating...73 Thermal-Vac...74 Tormach...25 Treske...24,74 Trusty Cook...33,64 TVT Die Casting...56,57,71 Ultimate 3D...72 UNIST...3 United Performance Metals...50,66 US Bank Equipment ...69 US Shop Tools...43,68 Vacco...75 Valley Machine Shop...73 Verisurf...67 Vision33...67 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc...65 VTN Manufacturing...71 Weiser Engineering...73 Western Precision Products...10,71 Western Sintering...46,71 Wohlhaupter...76 Wrico Stamping...32,71

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