A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain March April

Vol. 8, No. 2 March / April 2015

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

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Editors Corner

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“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”

Benjamin Franklin In life, we must always strive to improve ourselves -- each and everyday. We must work on our personal relationships with colleagues, with family, and with everyone we encounter.

In manufacturing, constant improvement isn’t just something that we desire to do. Everyone of our readers, most of whom are directly involved in this great industry that formed the basis of our great United States, know that continual improvement is the difference between survival and, in essence, finding a new career.

According to tradingeconomics.com, the United States has one of the most diversified and most technologically advanced economies in the world. Manufacturing, mining, and construction constitute 17 percent of the output. Agriculture accounts for only 1.5 percent of the GDP, yet due to use of advance technologies, the United States is a net exporter of food.

Manufacturing will grow faster than the overall U.S. economy, according to MAPI. It expects manufacturing production to increase 3.2% in 2014 and 4.0% in 2015.

The fastest growth in the manufacturing sector will be among high-tech companies, said MAPI. High-tech manufacturing production, which accounts for about 5% of all manufacturing, is expected to grow 6.8% in 2014 and 7.2% in 2015.

Closer to home, I hope that you will read about 2 very exciting small manufacturing companies in this issue. Exact Tool Grinding was successfully grinding tools using manual equipment. When they made the bold decision to purchase their first CNC grinder, and it is a very bold decision for a small family owned business, they were astounded by how their business experienced immediate growth. Another company called Push Industries was founded by a young couple, Darren and Christina, who built a business designing and building products for the mountain bike suspension industry. After years of outsourcing manufacturing, they made a bold decision to bring manufacturing in-house. Though neither had machining backgrounds, they quickly embraced technology (in both machines and software) that now allows them to increase their new product introductions by 4 fold.

It is just these kinds of individuals, whether they are doing it in their own businesses, or they are working for a company, all who embrace new technologies, that help US manufacturing to continue to drive our economy.

I think the message is clear. What telling words come from Benjamin Franklin, born in the 18th century, when he said, “Improvement, achievement and success have no meaning without continual growth and progress.” Let us all embrace this. Until next issue, I wish you the best and God Bless Our Troops! May many of our new innovations help to protect those who protect us!

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Announcements & Releases

Accutech Machine Inc. Improves Tooling Life and Quality with Acquisition of Heimer Tool Balancer

Accutech Machine Inc., a superior machine shop located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is pleased to announce that in its continuous endeavor to make process improvements and increase quality, it has purchased a Heimer TD tool balancer.

Tyler Bushman, General Manager for the company, says, “The Heimer helps us to better manage our tools. With this machine, our tools don’t wear out as quickly.With less tooling requirements, we have the ability to make parts faster.” He continued, “The Heimer in essence allows us to increase the longevity of our tools, which are almost all specialty tools.”

requirements. The Heimer Tool Balancer and shrink fit and pre-setter will help with our quality and on-time delivery, and we have a designed a room where we will house these machines, ensuring a clean environment. ” To learn more about how Accutech Machine can help you with your precision parts, contact them at 801-975-1117 or visit ATMI.US

CHIRON Announces Eugene Hendrix As West Coast Regional Manager CHIRON America is pleased to announce that Eugene Hendrix will manage sales and distribution for the company, supporting customers in CO, UT, ID, MT, WY, CA, OR, WA, AZ, NV and NM.

Accutech Machine Inc. is a high precision machine shop that celebrated 20 years in business last year. They manufacture a wide range of products, from precise aircraft and medical components, to ski lift and oilfield parts. The company is an ISO 9001:2000 Registered company.

Eugene is a mechanical engineer, earning his degree from Northwestern University. He is also a card carrying Journeyman Mold and Die maker. Eugene spent more than 24 years working in shops, from apprentice to head designer and programmer.

Tyler says, “We have set a quality policy and objectives, to analyze and improve our quality and delivery, to meet or exceed our customer’s

After his career as a mold and die maker, Eugene held positions supporting machine shops while working for machine tool builders

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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.

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See What AMBA Members That Use Cimatron Say: “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 “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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and dealers. Eugene says, “I am so proud to work for CHIRON America, where we have the best engineering team to support us in the field. Customers can expect superior support when they purchase machines from CHIRON America.”

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Machining centers and turnkey solutions “Made by CHIRON” are the world’s first choice in all metalworking industries, from small to large-sized companies. When it comes to high-quality machining of parts at minimal costs, CHIRON engineers implement perfectly matched components to meet specific customer requirements and the most economical solution. From conception to mass production process, the total solution is provided from a single source.

CHIRON machines can be found in nearly every automotive manufacturing company, as well as in a number of aerospace and medical manufacturers. CHIRON is one of the largest auto-

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mation integrator in the US for lights out manufacturing.

To learn more about how you can increase your automation, and offer ‘lights out’ manufacturing to your customers, contact Eugene at 704-534-5436. Eugene and the CHIRON team are also looking for experienced service personnel in the Western region.

Sawblade.com to Begin Selling and Shipping the Trajan 125 Band Saw Sawblade.com has expanded its product offerings to include the metal-cutting Tr a j a n 1 2 5 portable band saw. We are proud to distribute this practical cutting machine in addition to custom-welded band saw blades.

A wide range of capabilities and features makes the Trajan 125 a multi-purpose band saw useful to a variety of industries and types of workshops.This handy cutting machine is small and lightweight, so it’s ideal the ideal saw for taking to and from worksites -- or for at-home wood or metal cutting operations.

With an adjustable left-cutting angle from zero to sixty degrees, the Trajan 125 band saw can handle a range of applications. Its powerful 110v single-phase motor is robust for a smaller portable band saw and includes an electronic blade speed regulator. The Trajan 125 also includes simplified blade tensioning, making it easy to set up and make cuts in the field. Straightforward to use, the Trajan 125 cuts quickly and without any need for lubrication. Trajan designed this saw to make short work of woods and metals without compromising on how easy it is to handle and carry.

Sawblade.com proudly supports these industry-proven cutting machines. We began our website as a small, humble business in Houston,Texas.We were armed Announcements Continued Page 10

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ResourceMFG Introduces Leah Most To Northern Colorado

for their industry.

A Letter From Leah: I am the Business Development Manager for Northern Colorado for ResourceMFG. We are a manufacturing support company that provides skilled and semi-skilled labor in only the manufacturing, fabrication and distribution sector of business. We work with our clients to get a clear understanding of their needs, pay ranges and experience in order to provide them with employees that are the best fit

I look forward to hearing from customers, new and old. Thank you, Leah Most; ResourceMFG; 970-744-4355; 1635 Foxtrail Drive, Suite 121; Loveland Colorado. 80538 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain

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Star Metal Fluids Awarded Exclusive Distributor for Brulin Industrial In Colorado Star Metal Fluids is now the exclusive Brulin industrial dealer for Colorado.

Brulin provides innovative cleaning solutions for process and maintenance cleaning in a wide range of professional industries including Aerospace & Defense, Commercial & Industrial Machining and Manufacturing. For information on Brulin cleaning products call us at 800-367-9966 or email at customerservice@metalfluids.com. Visit us online at www.metalfluids.com United Performance Metals Introduces Global Nest, A Multi Customer Nesting Program For Laser Cut Parts United Performance Metals introduces Global Nest, an enhanced, multi-part, multi-customer laser nesting program.

The Global Nest Program maximizes material usage for laser cut parts by matching up multiple parts and orders to achieve the greatest yield with the least amount of scrap. The result will lower job costs and move customers closer to Just In Time production.

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Announcements Continued “Nesting laser orders is nothing new. Nesting orders from multiple laser customers through the Global Nest program is smart. We can match up your metal requirements with others and drive down part costs by utilizing multiple parts and orders on a sheet at one time,” commented Ryan Getz, Laser Cell Business Leader for United Performance Metals. “The outcome will save our customers both time and money.”

A video has been created that cleverly describes the Global Nest program. View the video on the United Performance Metals’ website at http://www.upmet.com/videos or on the company YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/upmetals.

Jared Peterson Named New President of JMT USA The Board of Directors for Jorgenson Industrial Companies announced that Jared Peterson has been appointed President of their JMT USA division following Kyle Jorgenson’s resignation.

Jared Peterson has worked as the Service & Operations Manager at JMT for the past eleven years. In that position he worked closely with both JMT customers and machine tool suppliers. Jared has been in this industry for over twenty years and has built a solid reputation of integrity.

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“We are excited to announce Jared’s appointment and are completely confident in his abilities to assume leadership of our JMT USA division. He’s well respected throughout the machine tool industry and the entire Jorgenson organization. His extensive knowledge of the industry, his hands-on machine tool application experience and his commitment to our organization, staff, vendors and customers will help the company move forward. His many accolades and wealth of experience made this an obvious and easy choice,” says company co-owner, Dustin Jorgenson.

For the past five years JMT has been on a strong growth trajectory, expanding from a regional to a national supplier. Best known for sheet metal equipment with a focus on press brakes and plate rolls, JMT has expanded its product line to include fiber lasers and structural drill lines.

Assisting Jared in the day-to-day operations will be Rob Yorgason, who was named General Manager of JMT in September, 2014. Also supporting Jared is a strong team of experienced people in sales, service, parts and logistics, including industry veterans Ken Bartelli as National Sales Manager and Matt Bollinger as Purchasing & Logistics Manager.

“JMT has a bright future with both the people and the resources to continue growing in the machine tool industry,” says Dustin.

Jorgenson Industrial Companies has multiple business divisions that are family owned and operated. The company has been in business Announcements Continued Page 14

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Announcements Continued providing “strong customer service” since 1967. The company serves markets in machine tools, material handling, lockers and shelving. It has facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah and Atlanta, Georgia.

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Evans Precision MachiningAnnounces Expansion and Successful Recertification for ISO 9001 / AS9100 Rev C - Also Now Hiring!

Bill Evans founded Evans Precision Machining, Inc. nearly 40 years ago, in Santa Clara, California. A long-term employee at Lockheed Martin, when Bill went out on his own to open a shop, business came immediately from his previous employer.

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More than a decade ago, in 2001, Bill made the decision to capitalize on opportunities he saw in the Phoenix metropolis. Grant Evans, General Manager, and second generation Evans family member in the business (along with brother Rick), said, “My father had the foresight to purchase property for a machine shop in DeerValley. More than a decade ago, there was nothing here.”

Today, the company is proudly manufacturing parts for the aerospace, electronics, medical, robotics, and defense industries.

This past year, the company expanded the footprint in their building to accommodate new machinery and increase capacity. In their 21,000 square foot facility, the business is now utilizing in excess of 12,000 square feet.

The company has been certified to ISO 9001/ AS 9100 for the past 5 years, and is pleased to announce that it just successfully recertified.

If you are a Tier 1 manufacturer of aerospace, medical or defense parts, you will find a superior supplier in Evans Precision Machining, Inc. Contact them at 623-581-6200 or visit evansprecison.com to learn more about what they can do for you. Contact them also if you are an experienced machinist seeking employment at their Deer Valley business.

L ay ke Ta c t i c a l To Launch Newest Platform of Custom Tactical Rifles Lakye Tactical is pleased to announce that it will launch its newest platform of tactical rifles at its Open House in Phoenix, AZ, on April 11th. The Open House will include several raffle items, including 3 drop-in trigger sets, 2 match sets (upper and lower), T-shirts and coupons for $250 off the purchase of a rifle.Tours will be given throughout the day of the manufacturing facility; learn why their rifles are Aerospace

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We have been in business 23 years.

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We have Swiss Machining up to .560 Dia and CNC Mill Capabilities.

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We Grind all types of Industrial Blades along with Sales of Replacement Blades.

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Precession and why there slogan is “Aerospace Gone Ballistic”.

Dan Schulze, Operations Manager, says, “We are introducing the LT308 (AR10) Platform with .243, .260, .308, & .338 calibers for the first time at our Open House, bringing the number to 11 different caliber rifles on the two AR platforms.

Our customers coming to the Open House will meet members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and members of the Xtreme Predator Obsession Magazine (an online outdoor magazine), where L.T. will be featured in the April Issue.”

Dan continued, “We had an independent organization conduct a torture test on our AR15 carbide rifle.When he completed with the destructive testing, the rifle still worked, Erik said it was one of the 3 finest rifles he has ever tested.” The rifle and torture test video will be on display at our Open House.

Layke Tactical is a an offshoot of Layke, Inc., a precision machine shop celebrating 60 years in business, and serving the aerospace and defense industries. Dan says, “All AR gun manufacturers build to the MIL spec.

With our history in manufacturing extremely tight tolerance parts needed for the aerospace and defense industries, we’ve been able to tighten the tolerances of our rifles beyond the MIL spec, creating a A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain

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much more precise and rigid set of rifles which translates to accuracy and durability, all made in America.”

The team at LaykeTactical welcomes you to attend their Open House. If you can’t attend, call to schedule an appointment to tour their shop and then visit their ‘Custom Build Room’, where you can mix and match to create a custom gun for yourself or your loved ones.

Dan says, “Layke Inc. or Layke Tactical – Either One, Stand for Quality.”

Call today to learn more about how you can procure the finest rifle, custom made, personally engraved, and made in the US. Call 602-2722654 or visit LaykeTactical.com.While state laws vary, chances are that you can order your Layke Tactical rifle and have it shipped to your state.

HAAS Opens Its Doors For Haastec 2015 Haas Automation has once again opened its doors for a massive 4-day open house at its headquarters in Oxnard, CA. HaasTec began Tuesday, March 17, and ended Friday, March 20. The open house featured the latest Haas CNC technology up close and in detail, with 20 machines on display. Guests were treated to machine demos, factory tours, a catered lunch, and more.

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Romi Machine Tools, Ltd. Introduces Jeff Kiszonas as Western Regional Sales Manager

Industrial Rotary Surface Grinders

Romi Machine Tools, Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has recently hired Jeff Kiszonas to support the Western United States. Jeff will support customers through distribution, including Smith Machinery Co. Inc. (UT, ID, MT, WY); Machine Toolworks Inc. (OR, WA, Western Canada), and People Tech (Northern CA and Northern Nevada).

IMPROVE YOUR GRINDING PROCESS DCM-Tech Designs And Builds A Premier Line Of Rotary Surface Grinders And Automotive Engine Rebuilding Equipment. We Have Provided Quality Machine Tool Equipment And Customer Satisfaction For Over 40 Years.

Jeff is new to Romi Machine Tools, but he brings a wealth of experience to Romi’s customers.When he left the Marine Corps as an electrical technician, he spent several years working for a machine shop in Southern California. He additionally supported EDM and CNC machine tool builders, in such roles as a Service Engineer, Applications Engineer, and Product Manager. Later, he supported customers’ EDM consumables requirements, and he has worked for machine tool dealers throughout the USA.

DCM-Tech’s Application Specific Solutions In Rotary Surface Grinders Have Consistently Brought Increased Dollars To Our Customers Through Process Improvement.

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Jeff says, “I am so delighted to work with such a great company as Romi Machine Tools. We are renown in machine tool manufacturing in South America, particularly in Brazil, where we are a market share leader. With Eduardo Paiva now running our US operations, we are poised to grow the market here in the United States.”

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improvement in efficiency per seat,” he told the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (Istat) conference in Arizona.

Participants said the decision to spruce up the existing model is designed to allay speculation that Boeing may have to cut production and aims to underpin the value investors place on 777s in the resale market, which affects prices of new planes.

Boeing Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said last month it would have to capture 40 to 60 orders a year to maintain production at a record 8.3 aircraft a month.

Europe’s Airbus AIR.PA was forced last month to announce a 40 percent cut in production of the smaller A330, after failing to win enough orders to secure a smooth transition to a newer model that is due to enter service in 2017.

Tinseth said Boeing was confident it could “work through a successful transition” for the 777.

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Lockheed Martin proposes building ISS cargo ship for NASA Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. wants in on NASA’s multi-billion dollar contracts for delivering food, science experiments and supplies to the International Space Station.

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The Jefferson County-based aerospace company proposed to develop a new Jupiter spacecraft adapted from designs of interplanetary space probes the company has built for NASA, and a new cargo-carrying module it’s calling the “Exoliner” to go with it.

The Jupiter craft would stay in orbit after delivering cargo to the ISS. There, it would connect future Exoliner containers launched to the ISS. The solar-powered Jupiter unit — housing the power, avionics and computer systems — could also launch small satellites for NASA or private companies, or be outfitted with instruments to conduct Earth observation for science in between handling ISS cargo deliveries.

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NASA’s ISS resupply work is being bid competitively to start launches ferrying supplies into orbit as early as 2017 and continue to 2024. NASA estimates $1 billion to $1.4 billion in annual spending for the project.

LMSS says it could have its Jupiter system ready for flights as early as 2018. The company did not estimate what its Jupiter system proposal would cost.

SpaceX and Orbital ATK currently hold NASA contracts worth more than $3.5 billion taking supplies to the ISS. NASA opened the bid process for its Commercial Resupply-2 contracts in December. It’s expected to announced winners of the contracts this June.

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Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems has said it will bid, proposing to use its experimental Dream Chaser space plane to take cargo into orbit and handle return deliveries by landing on a runway. Boeing Co., already a winner of a $4.2 billion NASA contract to start flying astronauts to the ISS in 2018, has said it’s bidding as well, using a version of its CST-100 capsule modified for cargo.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems (LMSS) has a long history with NASA, handling many interplanetary scientific missions and satellite-building projects for the space agency.

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LMSS’ Jupiter spacecraft and its later cargo containers headed for the ISS would launch aboard an Atlas V rocket made by Centennial-based United Launch Alliance.

LMSS says Jupiter’s valuable avionics, power and other features only have to be launched one time to handle several cargo delivery missions, it’ll prove more capable and cost effective for NASA than proposals that have to rebuild such systems every time they launch.

The Jupiter craft would be refuelable and serviceable in orbit — like the ISS itself and the Hubble space telescope is — and that will keep long-term costs down, Crocker said. “If you just do things smart, you don’t have to be expensive,” he said.

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LMSS considers the Jupiter system the starting pieces of creating experimental human outposts 1,000 times farther into space than the ISS. That’s why LMSS derived Jupiter from spacecraft that were designed to handle the intense radiation of space outside the Earth’s magnetic field, said Josh Hopkins, LMSS space exploration architect. He oversees a team figuring out technologies needed for deep-space missions.

The Jupiter’s Exoliner system could one day, without modification, launch with the Orion capsule atop NASA’s Space Launch System rockets, making them ready for use in long missions.

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The Defense Department has agreed to allow BAE Systems to export anti-missile technology that was developed in 2008 to protect Army helicopters from heat-seeking missiles.

Friendly nations for the first time will be able to acquire the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system, the company announced in March.

BAE Systems received a fast-track contract in 2008 to develop and produce the ATIRCM system on an accelerated schedule in the wake of rampant missile attacks against Army helicopters in war zones.

BAE already exports its “common missile warning system” but the ATIRCM laser countermeasure had been restricted from foreign sales until now.

When an aircraft comes under attack, the warning system detects the incoming missile and communicates the missile’s position relative to the aircraft, cueing the ATIRCM jam head to the missile’s location.

ATIRCM then locates and tracks the incoming threat and emits a high-energy laser beam to thwart the missile’s infrared seeker, effectively blinding its guidance system and preventing it from homing in on the aircraft.

“We are seeing tremendous international interest for this system, which has proven to be both highly effective and reliable since its fielding in 2009,” Bill Staib, director of threat management solutions at BAE Systems, said in a statement.

The system also can be installed in fixed-wing aircraft, including commercial airliners. The Department of Homeland Security approved it for use by U.S. commercial airplanes.

BAE Systems officials hailed the decision to allow foreign sales of ATIRCM as the company faces increased global competition. Other U.S. firms, as well as European and Israeli manufacturers, have developed comparable missile defense systems and all compete aggressively in the international arms market.

“We are talking to several customers internationally,” said Tom Kirkpatrick, ATIRCM program manager at BAE Systems in Nashua, New Hampshire. “It is a big deal that the U.S. government is allowing this,” Kirkpatrick told National Defense.

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The worldwide proliferation of shoulder-fired missiles, commonly known as manpads, has fueled demand for defensive systems, Kirkpatrick said.Technologies like ATIRCM are designed to defeat “advanced threats,” including modern manpads, he added. “The Army has said publicly the system has saved aircraft. Its performance speaks well, and several countries are interested in buying it.”

The obvious target customers, he said, are countries that buy Chinook helicopters and BAE’s common missile warning system.

Permission to export ATIRCM is not a blanket license, however, and BAE will have to seek specific authorization to sell the system on a case by case basis.

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Also notable was an announcement earlier this month that the Raytheon Co. had received approval to export a gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned array sensor used in the Patriot air and missile defense system. A factor in that decision was pressure from non-U.S. buyers of the Patriot that have sought to upgrade it so it performs at levels comparable to the U.S. system.

The defense industry for years has faulted the Obama administration for not doing enough to facilitate U.S. sales to allied countries, despite efforts by the administration to ease bureaucratic burdens associated with the export licensing process, and actions to remove restrictions on “dual use” technology exports.

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The Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer Frank Kendall has championed measures that would allow U.S. companies to sell more equipment overseas. Kendall and other officials have called for greater defense exports as international sales of U.S. weapons helps to lower the cost of Defense Department programs.

Administration officials also have begun to appreciate the foreign-policy benefits of allowing defense sales to allies, said Remy Nathan, vice president of international affairs at the Aerospace Industries Association.

“The administration is thinking about security cooperation more,” Nathan said. “Frank Kendall has been taking a more active role in engaging our allies and partners at international trade shows.”

Kendall also has suggested the Defense Department should encourage companies to design more “exportable” systems, Nathan said. Meanwhile, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which manages sales to foreign militaries, has announced plans to reduce red tape and work more efficiently. “You are also seeing more State and Defense Department collaboration.” Rapidly changing and growing security concerns likely have contributed to the greater focus on defense exports,” Nathan said.

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But life often has different plans for us. In Tom’s case, he spent 3 decades as a tool grinder (and subsequently a tool and fixture designer), many of which were with his long-term employer in the Salt Lake City area. The company changed names throughout Tom’s tenure due to acquisitions. (E-Systems, which was acquired by Raytheon Aircraft Corp, and then sold to Moog.) Finally, the large entity announced that it would be moving operations to the Philippines.

Tom says, “The company gave us a few years notice before they relocated to the Philippines. It gave me time to plan to open my own business, which I named Exact Tool Grinding.”Tom continued to work for his employer, but he and his wife worked 2-3 jobs to save enough money for when Tom would actually go out on his own.

Tom says, “My wife and I taught motorcycle safety classes, I was a machine shop teacher at Salt Lake City Community College, I worked full time for my employer, and I opened my business, where I worked evenings and weekends at a friend’s machine shop.”

and he would learn from a Journeyman tool grinder.

“Tom can manually grind tools you would expect to be done on a CNC grinder”, one of his long-term customers said.

“He is just that good.” Still manual grinding of tools is clearly more time consuming than it would take with a CNC grinder, and it was not as accurate.

Tom says, “I am very conservative by nature. I knew that when Jess joined the business, if we were to make this a viable entity that would continue for the next decades, we would need to invest in a CNC grinding machine. But we didn’t believe that we could afford one or that we could get the financing we needed.”

Tom contacted a couple of local dealers in Salt Lake City.

“One dealer never even called me back, and I then called the regional manager for the builder, and he too never followed back up with me.”

Tom says, “The machinists I had worked with at our past employer spread out into new positions in various machine shops all over the valley. This gave me an entre into a number of companies, and they knew me for my specialty.”

He also called Smith Machinery Co, who carries the ANCA grinder machine line. “Everyone views ANCA as a superior grinding machine.” He continued, “Just as important as the quality of the machine I was buying was the company I would be buying it from. Smith Machinery was immediately very helpful, and they scheduled time for me to meet with some of ANCA’s engineering and support team”, he said.Tom was familiar with the best-known CNC grinding machines from his previous employer, but he says he wasn’t involved in the purchase decisions, nor did he have experience running the machines.

Business grew from the time Tom went full time in 2009 through the next years, enough so that Tom had to hire his first employee to support the company’s growth.

Tom’s son Jess was working as a plumber, and though the skills for plumbing and machine tool grinding are quite different, Jess shared Tom’s mechanical aptitude,

Jess and Tom now have several months of experience running their ANCA FastGrind. Tom says, “The quality and consistency of the tools is now superior to what we could do manually.”The company continues to utilize their manual

When the day finally arrived when all the machinists working for Moog would no longer be employed by the large corporation,Tom was ready to begin running his business full time. He purchased some of the manual grinding machines from his previous employer, and leased his own private shop, where he still resides today.

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grinding machines, and Tom says the manual machines are best sometimes when they are just grinding one tool or for insert modifications. He says the FastGrind offers the following: • Quick and easy set-up • Superior tool accuracy • High quality surface finish • Flexibility to grind a large variety of tool types • Machine reliability and accuracy Tom knows that he made the right decision in purchasing the ANCA. “For one thing”, he says, “We are very pleased with the service we get both from Smith Machinery and from the team at ANCA.” He continued, “I didn’t plan to make any money on this machine for 6 months.” Jess attended ANCA’s weeklong training in Detroit just after the company bought the new machine. Tom says, “Last month, less than 6 months after owning the new machine, 57% of our business was derived from the ANCA. And while I initially thought I would have this machine for 10 years, and buy my second ANCA in 5 years, I now believe it will happen much sooner than my original time line.”

Exact Tool Grinding is well known for its re-grind capabilities, and they perform this service to more than 100 shops, most of who are in Utah.

But they do more than re-grinding. Much more. They do a substantial amount of tool design, much like what Tom did at his previous employer. Tom says they also do a substantial amount of building solid carbide form tools. “Our sweet spot is tools that are ¾” and smaller, but we can support customers’ larger tooling requests. For example, when we have a customer who comes to us with a 1” tool that needs fluting, while it is time consuming for us to do, we are still often able to turn the tool around to them in a timely maner -- versus several weeks if they were to order it from a catalog house.” The company additionally has customers who purchase a generic end mill and have Exact Tool Grinding tool it with a corner radius or a corner chamfer. Tom says customers request this service to save money on their tooling. The company also is able to ‘re-flute’ tools.

Exact Tool Grinding’s customers appreciate them for a number of reasons, most importantly that the quality they will receive from their regrind or custom tools is second to none. Additionally, as a small shop, Tom is extremely flexible. “I know if one of our customer’s machine is down, it is costing the shop over $100 per hour. If it’s down because they don’t have a tool, we are here to help the best we can to get them running again”.

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Indeed, the upcoming (May1-3) Drones, Data X Conference in Santa Cruz, California, is a testament to the international popularity of drones for a diverse array of commercial interests.

I plan to attend this three-day event because the crossover appeal of drones has significant relevance to the energy industry.

For example: Given the personal dangers that are an inevitable part of energy exploration – not for nothing do we equip workers with safety gloves and glasses, and fire retardant boots and jackets –accidents do and will continue to occur.

Minimizing these risks is a priority, but, where conventional measures may as well be pointless (like awaiting urgent care from a medical flotilla while a roughneck is on the brink of death), drones can be the lifesaving resource that increases safety for a traditionally hazardous profession.

In the case of that injured roughneck, who may have suffered a heart attack, a drone carrying a defibrillator can be dispatched to land next to him – on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico, or off the California Coast, or in more treacherous waters in the Atlantic – as a coworker, speaking with a doctor, restarts the patient’s heart before a Coast Guard cutter or helicopter arrives.

Those critical seconds or minutes are just that: The moment when a person is close to death, unless someone can stabilize him as emergency personnel are en route to a distant, makeshift village or excavation site to render additional care.

That safety principle also extends to equipment in general.

Coming back to my earlier comment about vision – that a drone can focus on specific spots, where, for instance, it is too difficult for a worker to inspect a gauge or meter – this perspective can spare an entire crew from a possible explosion or sudden release of steam and chemicals, causing third-degree burns or worse.

Picture a drone stationed parallel to piping, approximately 400 feet above sea level, relaying (in real-time) high-resolution video of a leak or fractured valve. That apparently deceptive fissure could, in fact, be a prelude to a breakdown in operations, the expulsion of toxic chemicals and an inescapable cauldron for workers.

An energy executive can, based on this intelligence, evacuate his employees before a potential disaster ensues.

Drones are the newest hardware in an industry known for its pioneering spirit.

They are the ally of safety, and the enabler of safer energy exploration.By Lewis Fein, writer and technology enthusiast.

BNSF Railway plans $141 million spending program in Colorado BNSF Railway Co., one of two main freight railroads in Colorado, will spend about $141 million for maintenance and improvement projects in the state in 2015.

The railroad company announced in December it would spend a record $6 billion on capital investments nationwide in 2015.

“This year’s substantial investments in Colorado are a clear reflection of how important our operations in the state are to our overall network and our unwavering commitment to always operating safely — for our people and the communities in which we operate,” said Steve Nettleton, BNSF general manager operations Power River Division, in a statement.

BNSF’s 2015 capital projects in Colorado include extending sidings — the short stretches of railroad track used to store railroad cars and trains — in several areas of the state, including Brush, Barr, Keensburg and Wiggins.

BNSF also said it will build a new siding west of Commerce City to

allow one train to pull off the mainline onto the siding to allow another train to pass. BNSF also said it plans to extend tracks at its terminal in Denver and Sterling to improve the amount of throughput capacity on the track network.

BNSF’s 2015 maintenance program in Colorado also will include 580 miles of track surfacing and undercutting work, the replacement of nearly 16 miles of rail and close to 123,500 ties, as well as signal upgrades.

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Bell-Boeing Expecting at Least Two International Orders for V-22 Osprey in 2015 Osprey land an international contract, but company executives are betting that they will have two foreign customers in hand by the end of the year.

“There’s nothing that’s turned into an [letter of offer and acceptance] yet, but we’re working on that,” said Vince Tobin, one of the Bell-Boeing V-22 program directors, in reference to a formal offer made to a company in the foreign military sales process. He expects to sign two LOAs in 2015.

Japan’s ministry of defense announced the purchase 17 Ospreys last year, although there is no contract set in stone yet, he said during an nterview at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). Israel had plans to buy the tiltrotor, but that deal remains in flux due to budget constraints.

Additionally, the platform has received significant interest from countries in the Middle East and the companies are pursuing those opportunities, he said.

Breaking into the export market would be one of several high points this year for the Bell-Boeing partnership, which has struggled to find sales for the Osprey outside of the Marine Corps and special operations communities. That changed when the Navy in their fiscal 2016 budget disclosed plans to buy 44 aircraft for what the service calls carrier onboard delivery — that is, flying people, supplies and cargo on and off flattops.

The Navy’s Ospreys will probably be slightly different than those flown by the Marine Corps and special operators, although the

companies have not heard from the service what its requirements are, Tobin said.

“Our assumption is that longer unrefueled range is always something that customers are interested in, especially for the Navy application for carrier on deck delivery,” he said. “We’re always looking for better ways to integrate radios.”

Northrop Grumman’s C-2 Greyhound has filled the carrier onboard delivery role since 1966. During the heated battle against Bell-Boeing, Northrop proposed modernizing the C-2’s wings, engine and avionics, which executives claimed would be at least two times less expensive than buying a new aircraft. Bell-Boeing asserted that the Osprey would be more cost-effective over the long haul.

According to the budget, the Navy plans to procure 22 V-22s in fiscal years 2018 through 2020. That will likely result in another five-year multiyear contract for Ospreys to be signed before the current one ends in September of calendar year 2018, Tobin said. He predicts the Navy will release a request for proposals to Bell-Boeing in spring or summer and a contract being signed by the end of 2017.

Vestas upping jobs by 400 in Windsor Vestas is planning to hire up to 400 workers at its Windsor blade plant in northern Colorado. The company has scheduled a job fair March 21 for production and production support workers at its factory, 1140 Eastman Dr. Piper Baron, head of external communications for Vestas Americas, was quoted in the Greeley Tribune saying the expansion is due to strong demand for wind energy.“We had a very successful 2014 and as a result our order pipeline is pretty full,” Baron said.

The company has four Colorado plants in Windsor, Brighton and Pueblo.

Last month, the company said its orders for wind turbines around the world jumped by 10 percent in 2014, compared to the previous year. Vestas said it logged orders for 6,544 megawatts worth of new wind turbines in 2014. The company’s wind turbines can generate between 1.8 megawatts and 3.3 megawatts worth of power, depending on the model.

One megawatt of power from a wind turbine can support the power demands of about 300 U.S. homes.

Vestas, in its 2014 annual report, said year-end revenues were about $7.8 billion (U.S.), a 14 percent jump over 2013. But 2015 revenues are expected to fall to $7.4 billion, the company said.

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German Deutschemark went through a similar strengthening, doubling its dollar-purchasing power between early 1985 and late 1987.

In August 1985, year-over-year growth in the manufacturing component of the Industrial Production Index was just 0.8%. By the fall of 1987 it had roared ahead to over 8%.

Today, the reverse may be happening.

Already, there are signs of a currency impact.Yardeni Research points out that inflation-adjusted exports were up 2.9% year over year through January, while imports increased 5.2%. Considering that the U.S. remains a net petroleum importer and that oil prices are down sharply over that period, the impact on manufactured goods already may be appearing.

The mighty greenback is starting to rain on American manufacturers’ parade.

Source:TheWall Street Journal

Ball Corp. buys 2 Ohio factories Ball has some 3,300 workers in Colorado, according to the Denver Business Journal Book of Lists.

Strong Dollar Stands in Manufacturing Sector’s Way At first glance, that would seem like an exaggeration.The Industrial Production Index, is seen having risen 0.2% in February from the previous month, according to economists surveyed. That would be the same pace as in January and represent 4.8% growth from a year earlier.

But the components of that index have been moving sharply in opposite directions. Electric and gas utilities increased 8.4%, year over year, in January 2014.They have moved into reverse since, retreating 6.6% this January.

Manufacturing, on the other hand, accelerated to 5.6% most recently from 1.5% annual growth last January.That is the best pace in four years.The problem is that the strong dollar may slow this down.The U.S. Dollar Index broke above 100 from 80 last June, a huge move in so short a time.

To gauge the impact of a strong dollar, look to what happened in the mid-1980s. Back then, the dollar strengthened enough to spur an unprecedented round of coordinated currency intervention known as the Plaza Accord in September 1985.

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“The combination of Ball and Rexam creates a global metal beverage packaging supplier capable of leveraging its geographic presence, innovative products and talented employees to better serve customers of all sizes,” said Ball chairman and CEO John Hayes.

Ball’s worldwide headquarters “will remain here in Broomfield, and there will be a transitional period as we consolidate Rexam’s current headquarters,” said company spokeswoman Renee Robinson.

“For production facilities, our strategy is to retain and operate the existing Ball and Rexam manufacturing plants, subject to regulatory approval.”

The combined company would control an estimated 60 percent of the North American beverage-can market and an even larger share in Europe, according to Morningstar.

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All the cool names were picked when Darren and Christina wanted to start their new business, designing and building products for the mountain bike suspension industry.Then, Darren was mountain biking on a weekend. “It was a tough uphill”, Darren said, “And I thought just push yourself to get to the top of the mountain. It will be easier going down.”

“Push Industries”, the name wasn’t taken, and Darren and Christina felt it was a name that epitomized what the sport of mountain biking was all about -- always pushing yourself.

That was more than a decade ago. Darren had so much industry experience and relationships to start the business. Push Industries opened for business as a woman owned business in 2003, inValencia, California.

Darren always had a passion for bicycles, growing up in Maine.When he saw an ad for the United Bicycle Institute (UBI), where he could learn to become a bicycle mechanic, Darren left the east coast to live in Ashland, Oregon, studying to learn his new trade.

He returned to the east coast to open a bicycle shop with a partner.

4 years later, Marzocchi, a global manufacturer of motorbike and mountain bike suspensions, contacted him. Marzocchi knew of Darren since he was servicing and tuning their products. He continued to hone his skills, and he was involved in research and development for new products.

From Marzocchi, Darren went to work for Eibach, manufacturer of high performance suspension components and competition springs.

When Darren left Eibach, he did consulting for the industry. Darren says, “This was an outstanding experience for me. I was helping to develop new products.” “But”, he continued, “I was doing research and development for other people, and my wife and I decided we could design and build new products for our own company.”

When Christina and Darren launched Push Industries, Darren reached out to the industry contacts he had worked with over the years. He thanks Richard Cunningham, at the time editor for Mountain Bike Action magazine, with featuring his company in the magazine. “Sales took off from there”, he says.

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“In the early days, we really didn’t have a lot of competition”, Darren said. “There were a number of companies manufacturing suspension line products for motorcycles, but not for mountain bikes.” Today Darren says there are a number of competitors, but most of them do their manufacturing in Asia, not in the US, as Push does.

Two years into business ownership, Christina and Darren made a quality of life decision. They knew they could run Push Industries anywhere in the US, since most of their customers shipped their products from all over the country.Tired of the high costs and congestion in Southern California, they moved their family to Colorado, where Push is located today, in Loveland.

As the economy took a turn for the worse in late 2008, Darren says, “Our sales weren’t down, but our deliveries from our suppliers were suffering”. Push Industries relied upon machine shops to machine their parts, and assembly was done at Push.

Darren says, “I wasn’t a machinist, but in all of my years working for manufacturers, I was around machines. He contacted Moncktons Machine Tools in Denver, the local Haas dealer. Darren says, “They assured me that I could take manufacturing in-house, and they were true to their word.”

Today, Push Industries owns 5 CNC machines, including 3 Haas, 1 Citizen screw machine, and a Mori Seiki.They launched their first patent pending product just months ago, and Darren says they couldn’t have built the product without their high precision machine tools.The high end shock absorber built in house is patent pending, and Darren says it offers a ‘bigger grin factor’, allowing bicycle enthusiasts to tackle

terrains they never could have done before.

Push Industries was using FeatureCAM even before they owned any machines, Darren says. “We would write programs that we would send to the machine shops building our parts”. He says that this enabled Push’s suppliers (the machine shops) to lower the cost of manufacturing the Push products. Darren learned about FeatureCAM when he ran into an old friend, an accountant, who with no machining background, was easily programming with the software. “If someone with no manufacturing background can write programs on FeatureCAM, then I could too.”

Darren admittedly over analyzes any new technology that Push Industries adopts. “We evaluated several CAM software products, and we chose FeatureCAM because it had the most intuitive interface.” Blaine Duke came out from Delcam (Delcam is the developer of FeatureCAM).

He offered some training to the team, and offered them a 60-day trial of the software.

7 years into FeatureCAM ownership, Darren says, “We bought FeatureCAM due to its intuitive interface, and we’ve stayed with them for a number of reasons: • The support is outstanding. If you can’t figure out the solution, reaching out to their technical support is easy, and you always reach someone who is extremely knowledgeable. Darren really appreciates their online technical support, which was introduced by Delcam in the last year. “In the past, if you had a small issue, you just worked through it yourself.

With the online help at Delcam, you send the question, go to lunch, and by the time you come back you have a solution from Delcam, often better than what you could have come up with yourself.”

• The Delcam software continues to evolve. “It gets better and better each year”, Darren says.Today, the company uses FeatureCAM 3D for 3 dimensional machining, FeatureRECOGNTIION, FeatureTURN,

and FeatureTURN/MILL. Darren says, “It’s not like work. Click one button, which is the FeatureRECOGNITION, and it will pick up the 3D milling all by itself.”

• Darren says, “FeatureCAM is a very high performance product, but at the end of the day, it is really easy to use and it allows us to program in a fun environment without any constraints. FeatureCAM is gnarly, and gnarly is good!”

• FeatureCAM greatly increases Push’s time to market for new products.

Darren says prior to using FeatureCAM, the company introduced 4 new products in a year. Once they began using the power of FeatureCAM, they introduced 4 new products in just the first quarter.

• The Delcam software communicates directly with Push’s CAD software, Solidworks. “If we make an engineering change with Solidworks, it imports directly for our programmer into FeatureCAM”, Darren says, “and this is a critical element for a research and development company.”

Darren says, “When I talk to colleagues and tell them the support I receive from Delcam, they are always surprised.” He continued, “Delcam offers superior support – they are on the upper end of the scale.”

“If people saw how we use FeatureCAM to maximize our efficiency in building products, for a small company of our size and the level of production that we do, they would buy it too.” He says that many small manufacturers and machine shops utilize entry-level CAM software.

“They don’t know how FeatureCAM can change their business.”

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Red Rock Biofuels lands new money, new partner Colorado’s Red Rock Biofuels LLC is moving ahead with an effort to build its first big renewable fuel refinery in Lakeview, Oregon, and has added a new partner and board member to its roster.

The Fort Collins-based company announced a new “strategic partnership” with Flagship Ventures, an investment company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that manages more than $900 million in capital.

Flagship focuses on small companies that work in the health-care and sustainability sectors.

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Overseas Flagship will invest an undisclosed amount of money in Red Rock, and Brian Baynes, a partner at the venture firm, will take a seat on Red Duringboard the worst of the Great Recession, U.S. factory jobs were Rock’s of directors. disappearing at a furious pace.As 2007 began, about 14 million Americans were working in manufacturing.

Three yearsonto and one recession “We’re very happy to bring Flagship Venture our frightful team,” Jeff Manlater, onlyRed 11.5Rocks’ million Portland-based were. But since 2010, employment has been ternach, co-founder and CFO, toldticking the back up, with companies adding about 400,000 jobs.

Denver Business Journal. “They’re a well-respected investor in the sustainability arena, and have a handful of renewable fuels investments One reason for atalso.” least a small portion of that growth: the return of in their portfolio factory work from overseas. Experts say it’s difficult to accurately measure number jobs tied such to work returning other countries, Red Rockthe takes wasteof biomass as wood chipsfrom from forests and but someand employers say they know is happening.

A Herd sawmills transforms it into jet,itdiesel and a typeReversing of fuel known asMentality naphtha. Howard Hauser, a vice president with Hiawatha Rubber Co., says for a long time, manufacturers followed a herd mentality of sending work offshore.

They received all wanted components produced low-wage, The company in 2014 a $70 million federal grant toinhelp build markets like in China.

“They were looking piece price. aemerging $200 million refinery Lakeview, Oregon, capableatofthe producing 12 And it looked like, ’We’re going to save a lot of money,’” he said.

“But million gallons per year of renewable, liquid jet and diesel fuels plus an the bottom3 line was they didn’t saveofnearly as much thought.

And additional million gallons a year naphtha fuelsas—they using 140,000 withper the year quality issues, they’re just not getting product that’s acceptable tons of woody biomass. for the customer.”

Also in 2014, Red Rock signed a deal to supply Southwest Airlines with Now Hiawatha, outside Minneapolis, getting those contracts. And about 3 million based gallons per year of its jet is fuel.

Hauser has himself decided to “reshore” production of a component that was beinginvestment made in China. will result in three new hires at his Flagship’s will The helpmove Red Rock pay for the project developplant.

He says the part was not difficult to make, but the Chinese factory ment and the partnership is expected to help Red Rock raise money kept the job.

He saysrefinery, Hiawatha, which makes rubber components to paybotching for the $200 million Manternach said.Source: Denver for equipment such as printers and pumps, can do it better.

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Colorado employers could get tax breaks for repaying workers’ student loans Colorado employers could receive tax credits of as much as $200,000 per year for helping to repay their workers’ student loans, whether those employees are helping to build rockets or are fracking in the state’s natural gas fields.

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The House Finance Committee voted to back a measure that is part of a 10-bill workforce-development package representing the most bipartisan work being done by the Colorado Legislature. House Bill 1227, sponsored by Rep. KC Becker, D-Boulder, aims to help Colorado universities compete for top students and to give businesses within the state an edge in attracting graduates in some of the highest-paying and most growing fields.

The bill does this by reimbursing employers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for half of the costs they put toward paying off workers’ students loans, up to a maximum of $5,000 per employee per year.

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Becker noted that even oil and gas companies employing hydraulic fracturing could receive the tax breaks if they met all of the other conditions of the bill.“There is a huge loss of jobs in our state to our graduates because they’re not trained to fill them,” said Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver. “This will help to change that.” Reporter- Denver Business Journal

SLC Mayor announces Aviation Appreciation Month The Mayor of Salt Lake City has declared March Aviation Appreciation Month, and data indicates general aviation airports bring in millions

of dollars and thousands of jobs for Utah.

General aviation airports may not service the larger airlines most Utahns are familiar with, but companies like Leading Edge Aviation use the smaller airports frequently.

Kevin Wayman, Leading Edge Aviation, said these airports provide services for emergency responders.“A lot of people don’t realize that these smaller airports are a lifeline for people like AirMed, Angel Flight,” he said. He added “We get a lot of transit aircraft in and out of here that are doing humanitarian aid or helping people with animals, or flying people that are sick.”

Many people also use general airports to reach business meetings, which allows them to avoid the lines and busy schedules of larger airports.Randy Ostman, Leading Edge Aviaation, said the smaller airports also help supply new pilots.

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It appears that at least five space firms have submitted proposals for the work, including giants such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which didn’t bother to bid on the work the last time. In a new sort of space race, the contract has touched off an intense competition between stalwart defense contractors and new space start-ups that have, in just a few years, shown they can compete.

Years ago, NASA implemented a plan to outsource transportation to the space station in low Earth orbit, saying that, with a tight budget, it needed to be focused on bigger targets, such as Mars.

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“We’re really moving quickly away from that old paradigm where NASA dominates,” Caceres said.

Last year, NASA awarded contracts to SpaceX and Boeing, worth a total of $6.8 billion, to take astronauts to the space station. Now, in the coming months, it is expected to award another contract for cargo resupply, which could also be worth billions.

This time, the big players are lining up for a piece of the action.

Fresh off its win to take astronauts to the space station, Boeing thinks it has a good shot. Its CST-100 capsule, originally designed for astronauts, could be easily reconfigured to handle cargo, said John Mulholland, a Boeing vice president in its space programs.

Unlike some space vehicles that plop down in the sea, the CST-100 can land on land, with a combination of parachutes and air-bag like balloons that deploy under the capsule to ensure a soft landing.

The company didn’t bid on the last cargo contract but isn’t surprised so many are now.

“What you’re seeing now is more recognition that there is a near- and longterm market for commercial access to low Earth orbit, and that is why you see more competition emerging,” Mulholland said.

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A spokesman for SpaceX wouldn’t confirm whether it is bidding, but analysts think that after its recent successes it wouldn’t pass up the opportunity.

The world’s largest defense contractor, Lockheed Martin, is in as well, promising to unveil “an innovative, reliable solution” at an invitation-only cocktail reception at D.C.’s Union Station later this week.

Lockheed makes the Orion space capsule, which late last year NASA launched on a historic mission, sending the unmanned spacecraft farther than any human-rated vehicle had gone in 40 years.

Then there is the Sierra Nevada Corporation. It made it to the final round of the contract to take astronauts to the space station but ultimately lost. Still, NASA has invested more than $363 million in its Dream Chaser space plane, which looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle and can land on commercial runways.

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Apple’s electric car could be in production by 2020, report says Apple Inc., which theWall Street Journal said has been working on an electric car, wants its team to begin production of a vehicle as soon as 2020.

The project is code-named “Titan” and has an initial design of a vehicle that is similar to a minivan, one source told the Wall Street Journal. CEO Tim Cook approved Titan a year ago and assigned veteran product design Vice President Steve Zadesky to lead the group, people familiar with the matter told the newspaper. Apple has built its empire selling personal electronics like the iPhone — this would represent its first serious foray out of that industry.

Additionally, the car could set the stage for a battle for customers with the likes of Tesla Motors Inc. and General Motors Co., both of which are targeting a 2017 release of an electric vehicle that can go more than 200 miles on a single charge and cost less than $40,000, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg notes the timeframe is quite aggressive, as automakers usually spend five to seven years developing a car. Creating something from scratch, as Apple is doing, should take 10 years, Dennis Virag, president of Automotive Consulting Group told Bloomberg. Nissan Motor Co. is also a challenger in the space, while Google Inc. is going another route — developing a driverless car.

For Tesla, the aggressive timeline may mean that the window for the Model 3(its true money making play) could be further tightened.

Apple has significant catch-up to do with 12-year-old Tesla and auto giant General Motors, but its famously vast cash reserves could provide an advantage in the overhead and capital expenditure-heavy car industry.

FAA: Business Jet Fleet To Grow Over Next Two Decades The active business jet fleet is expected to experience strong growth over the next two decades, the FAA says in a newly-released forecast.

At the same time, however, the piston-powered aircraft fleet is expected to decline slightly over the same period, the FAA projects.

Recovery in the business jet market has been slow, and 2014 marked the first year of shipment increases by U.S. manufacturers since 2008.

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“We predict business usage of general aviation aircraft will expand at a faster pace than that for personal and recreational use,” the FAA said in its forecast. “Increased demand for turboprop aircraft also contributes to increased turbine fleet and hours.”

In the medium term, much of the increase in hours flown will reflect strong growth in the rotorcraft and turbine jet fleets.

The business jet fleet is projected to grow at an average rate of 2.8% a year from 2014 through 2035, growing to a total of 20,815 aircraft, the FAA’s forecast said.

Overall, the active general aviation fleet is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 0.4% over the 21-year forecast, from an estimated 198,860 aircraft in 2014 to 214,260 by 2035, it said.

The fixed wing turbine aircraft fleet is expected to grow 2.2% a year, while fixed-wing piston-powered aircraft are expected to decline 0.6% on average per year.The rotorcraft fleet, however, is expected to grow an average of 2.5% per year.

The number of general aviation hours flown are forecasted to grow at an average rate of 1.4% a year, from 23.1 million hr. in 2014 to 30.6 million hr. in 2035, the forecast said.

Fixed-wing aircraft hours flown are expected to grow 2.9% a year, while fixed-wing piston aircraft hours flown are projected to decline at a rate of 3% a year.The FAA projects faster growth in hours will occur after 2023, with increases in the fixed wing turbine aircraft fleet and increasing utilization of single and multi-engine piston

In addition, declining fuel prices will slow down the decrease in piston flight hours over the short-to-medium term.

Ball Corp.’s $6.8B deal to create world’s largest can manufacturer Ball Corp. will pay $6.8 billion to buy British rival Rexam Plc in a cash and stock deal that will create the world’s largest manufacturer of food and beverage cans.

The merger must still be approved by U.S. and European Union regulators.

Shareholders of Broomfield-based Ball and Rexam also must vote on the deal, which has the backing of the boards of both companies.

The combined company would employ about 22,500 employees on five continents and have $15 billion in revenue. Of those numbers, Ball ACCOUNTS for 14,500 employees and $8.6 billion in revenue.

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“The real power of additive is taking six parts and designing it into one.

You can create geometry that you can’t make it any other way,” says Greg Morris, the business development manager of additive technologies at GE Aviation.

Not to mention having the ability to test a design, fail quickly, and re-test a new design quickly. “You can iterate quickly, find out what’s working and not working, change designs, and you can do that many more times than what traditional technologies would allow people to do in the past,” says Morris, who says it took about 50 different iterations to finally have a working Leap engine fuel nozzle design.

So what does GE’s big push into additive manufacturing look like?

Part of it is a $50 million investment that started last year to beef up a production facility in Auburn, Alabama, by installing hulking 3-D printers—like those produced by worldwide e-manufacturing company EOS—and hiring as many as 300 full-time employees. That’s in addition to the close to $140 million GE has invested into its GE Aviation Additive Development Center. Formerly Morris Technologies, GE acquired the company in 2012 to lead its push into an additive future.

It was Morris Technologies that began working in secret with GE early last decade to 3-D print a fuel nozzle for the Leap engine. Today, close to 90 people are employed by GE Aviation in Cincinnati, a number that stands to increase rapidly over the next several years, doing prototyping and low-rate initial production on a variety of 3-D-printed parts, including the Leap engine’s fuel nozzle.

Once a fully tested part looks like it’s headed for general production, the GE Aviation team in Cincinnati does an initial slug of production-quality components, and then hands off their work to the additive manufacturing team.

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“Understanding these fundamental phenomena has been a top-priority science goal for more than five decades,” NASA said in its announcement.

ULA’s Delta IV Heavy is the largest rocket launching today. The rocket’s three-boosters and upper stage will be augmented for the Solar Probe Plus mission with a third stage made by Orbital ATK to give the probe the necessary speed in space for its mission.

“ULA has considerable successful experience integrating third stages on top of our already capable vehicles,” said Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president, Atlas and Delta rocket programs. “We did something very similar when we launched the New Horizons mission, which will fly by Pluto and its moons later this year.”

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NASA’s Solar Probe Plus is being designed and built by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. It’s designed to fly 24 laps around the sun, looping out on flybys around Venus to gather the necessary speed, NASA said.

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onics, weapons, and digital communications. The E-model Apache Guardian features enhanced performance, joint digital operability, improved survivability and cognitive decision aiding, and reduced operating and support costs, Boeing officials say.

It’s rare to see such substantial helicopter orders coming out of the Pentagon in such a short time period.The Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in Mesa, Ariz., makes the AH-64E, while Airbus Helicopters Inc. in Herndon Va., makes the UH-72A.

The AH-64E Apache is being delivered to the U.S. Army and has been selected by several international defense forces.

These orders are good news not only for Boeing and Airbus, but also for the many subcontractors that contribute to these military rotorcraft.

On the AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, for example, General Electric makes the engines; Lockheed Martin makes the targeting system; Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin make the radar; Intevac Photonics makes image intensifier cameras; and Elbit Systems of America makes the helicopter’s mission processor as well as its integrated helmet and display sight system (IHADSS).

On the UH-72 Lakota light helicopter, Raytheon is providing the helicopter’s radios, CAE is building the cockpit simulators; Sagem Avionics provides the automatic flight control systems; Thales North America is building the avionics suite with glass cockpit; Turbomeca USA assembles the UH-72A’s Arriel 1E2 engines; and Wulfsberg Electronics provides the UH-72A’s navigation and communications systems.

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Formerly known as AH-64D Block III, the AH-64E Guardian has improved digital connectivity, the joint tactical radio system (JTRS), more powerful T700-GE-701D engines with upgraded transmission to accommodate more power, capability to control unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), new composite rotor blades, instrument flight rules (IFR) capability, and improved landing gear.

The UH-72 Lakota is a twin-engine helicopter with a four-bladed main rotor, and is a militarized version of the EC145 rotorcraft that is replacing aging UH-1H/V and OH-58A/C helicopters in the Army and Army National Guard fleets.

The Lakota seats two pilots and six passengers. Two stretchers can be installed for MEDEVAC missions with a crew of four: pilot, co-pilot and two medics. The Raytheon AN/ARC-231 Skyfire is the Lakota’s multimode airborne communications system.

The Army increasingly relies on combat helicopters like the Apache and the Lakota, and is expected to do so well into the future.

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A new space race emerges as NASA prepares to award contract to ferry supplies to space station

of cash and with more launches to its credit, has grown more robust.

For the past few years, two companies have been resupplying the space station, taking supplies and experiments to the orbital laboratory. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a $1.6 billion contract, and so far has had five successful trips, and is scheduled for a sixth in April.

The other company to win the cargo contract, Orbital Sciences, now Orbital ATK, had its unmanned rocket explode shortly after takeoff last year.That raised questions about whether NASA should be relying on the commercial sector so heavily.

But at NASA, the explosion did not dampen enthusiasm for outsourcing the work. That’s in part because of SpaceX’s success. But also because given the NASA’s tight budgets, it doesn’t really have a choice but to hire contractors to do the work for it, analysts said.

Lugging groceries and supplies to the astronauts on the International Space Station may not be as cool as ferrying the astronauts themselves into orbit. But the NASA contract to fly cargo to the station in unmanned rocket ships has attracted bids from high-profile companies in what analysts say is another indication of commercial spaceflight’s recent renaissance.

It appears that at least five space firms have submitted proposals for the work, including giants such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which didn’t bother to bid on the work the last time. In a new sort of space race, the contract has touched off an intense competition between stalwart defense contractors and new space start-ups that have, in just a few years, shown they can compete.

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The private space industry has been buoyed by billionaires, such as Musk, Richard Branson, who ownsVirgin Galactic, and Jeff Bezos, the Amazon. com founder who owns Blue Origin (as well as the Washington Post).

But now others are looking to invest in space as well. On a recent trip to Silicon Valley, Eric Stallmer, the president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, said many other investors had a palpable fearof-missing-out vibe.

“Tell me the companies I need to be looking out for,” he said they asked.

“Never have we seen this level of investment come in.”

In January, SpaceX announced it had received a $1 billion infusion from Google and Fidelity. Planet Labs, which builds and operates satellites, also announced this year that it had received $95 million in funding.

The money, or interest, in space wasn’t there just a few years ago.At the time of the last cargo contract, “the environment looked different,” said Marco Caceres, an analyst with the Teal Group. “It wasn’t clear that this new paradigm shift was going to work. A lot of people were saying this is wrong; NASA has to have its own rocket.”

SpaceX’s successful launches not only propelled the once obscure

start-up into the mainstream but demonstrated, even to the large, traditional defense contractors, that there is money to be made in space.

“We’re really moving quickly away from that old paradigm where NASA dominates,” Caceres said.

Last year, NASA awarded contracts to SpaceX and Boeing, worth a total of $6.8 billion, to take astronauts to the space station. Now, in the coming months, it is expected to award another contract for cargo resupply, which could also be worth billions.

This time, the big players are lining up for a piece of the action.

Fresh off its win to take astronauts to the space station, Boeing thinks it has a good shot. Its CST-100 capsule, originally designed for astronauts, could be easily reconfigured to handle cargo, said John Mulholland, a Boeing vice president in its space programs.

Unlike some space vehicles that plop down in the sea, the CST-100 can land on land, with a combination of parachutes and airbag like balloons that deploy under the capsule to ensure a soft landing.

The company didn’t bid on the last cargo contract but isn’t surprised so many are now.

“What you’re seeing now is more recognition that there is a near- and long-term market for commercial access to low Earth orbit, and that is why you see more competition emerging,” Mulholland said.

Despite the explosion in October, Orbital ATK said its experience delivering cargo to the space station successfully gives it an edge.

“We’ve proven the system works and works extremely well,” said spokesman Barron Beneski. “NASA knew we were a partner they could rely on.”

On its next resupply mission this fall, the company will use a United Launch Alliance Atlas V while it continues to develop its new Antares rocket.The new rocket should be ready in March 2016 in time for the following cargo launch, he said.

A spokesman for SpaceX wouldn’t confirm whether it is bidding, but analysts think that after its recent successes it wouldn’t pass up the opportunity.

The world’s largest defense contractor, Lockheed Martin, is in as well, promising to unveil “an innovative, reliable solution” at an invitation-only cocktail reception at D.C.’s Union Station later this week.

Lockheed makes the Orion space capsule, which late last year NASA launched on a historic mission, sending the unmanned spacecraft farther than any human-rated vehicle had gone in 40 years.

Then there is the Sierra Nevada Corporation. It made it to the final round of the contract to take astronauts to the space station but ultimately lost. Still, NASA has invested more than $363 million in its Dream Chaser space plane, which looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle and can land on commercial runways.

It’s an entirely different approach than the

other companies’ offerings, which is in part why it “can’t be counted out,” said Caceres, the space analyst. “It will once again put pressure on NASA to make a tough call.”

Colorado center for manufacturing lands $1.6 million federal grant Manufacturer’s Edge, a program that helps small/midsize manufacturing companies in Colorado, will get a $1,668,359 grant from the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Manufacturer’s Edge (formerly known as the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology) is a statewide manufacturing assistance center, partially funded by the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP).

Manufacturer’s Edge was one of 10 state MEP centers selected for funding in a nationwide competition. NIST awarded a total of $26 million in funding to help the centers increase their services and customer base. The new cooperative agreements are for five years, subject to availability of funding and successful annual reviews.

“We are grateful for Senator Michael Bennet’s and the entire Colorado delegation’s continued strong support of the manufacturing community in Colorado,” said Tom Bugnitz, CEO of Manufacturer’s Edge.

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Particle Inspection Mach DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 Video Measuring Systems Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 HARDWARE Horizon Carbide Tool __480-968-0957 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Utah Metal Works, Inc. _ 801-364-5679 METALS & MATERIALS AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals _____ 800-811-7466 Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061 Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____303-286-9700 O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300 O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700 Ryerson _________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & Co. __ 303-422-8282 TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613 United Performance Metals888-282-3292 Western States Metals _801-978-0562

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Quality New & Used CNC Machine Tools (303) 651-6545 sales@automatics.com www.automatics.com

An ISO 9001 Company

Jeff Klimowicz Senior Sales Engineer

Automatic Barfeeds of all Types

Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID All Products Proudly Made in the USA

Denver, CO 303.654.0300

Alloys: Corrosion Resistant United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Alloys: High Temperature United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Alloys: Nichel & Cobalt United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Aluminum Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300 O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700 TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613 Armor: Military & Commercial Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000 Brass Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•

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Bronze Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Carbon Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466 Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310 Copper Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Flat Rolled Metals O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300 O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700 Garnet Abrasives GMA Garnet Group ___ 832-243-9300 Metals: Bar & Plate AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310 TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000 Mold Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 Nickel Alloys AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600

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Mobile: 480‐320‐0308 jklimowicz@qualichem.com www.qualichem.com

I _______ 602-269-5801 Marzee Inc. Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292 Plate-Precision Saw Cut Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061 Pre-Honed Tube Western States Metals _801-978-0562 Rubber Marzee Inc.________602-269-5801 Stainless Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC _____480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Kloeckner Metals Corp __ 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030 Olympic Metals ______303-286-9700 O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300 O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700 Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 TCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613 United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292 Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC_______ 480-784-1600

Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Kloeckner Metals Corp _ 480-389-2883 Marzee __________ 602-269-5801 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613 METAL DISTRIBUTORS Erickson Metals _____ 877-543-6061 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Kloeckner Metals Corp _ 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000 United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292 Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 NEW MACHINERY CHIP CUTTING CNC Drilling/Tapping Methods West ______ 602-437-2220

CNC Mills Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Automatics & Machinery 800-543-7666 Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777 Hartwig Inc. _______ 303-373-9450 Hurco __________ 800-634-2416 J.M. Grisley _______ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley _______ 208-861-8991 Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Romi Machine Tools LLC 859-647-7566 Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403 Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390 Tornos USA ________951-695-0342 Triad Machine _______303-424-0268 CNC Lathes Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Automatics & Machinery _800-543-7666 Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777 J.M. Grisley ________ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley ________208-861-8991 Jend Machiney _____ 303-775-3697 Hartwig Inc. ________303-373-9450 Hurco ___________ 800-634-2416 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools __303-571-4933 Romi Machine Tools LLC 859-647-7566 Smith Machinery Co ___801-263-6403 Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390 Triad Machine _______303-424-0268 CNC Swiss Turn Machines AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Automatics & Machinery 800-543-7666 Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777

Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Tornos USA ______ 951-695-0342 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 EDM Drilling Machines Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676 EDM Machines Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403 Todd Machinery _____ 801-294-6390 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply___ 480-836-8330 End Mills Helical Solutions ____ 866-543-5422 Micro Hole Drilling Machines Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Band Saws AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 Bar Feeders Edge Technologies _____ 562-597-7824 Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Cold Saws Fabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342 CNC Punching Centers S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 Iron Workers AIT _____________ 800-321-3195

Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Laser Cutters Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Sidley Diamond Tool __ 800-544-9070 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 Pipe &Tube Benders/Notchers Amada America _____ 303-549-9167 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Plate Rolls Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 Press Brakes AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Shearing Machines Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 Welding Equipment: Spot Welders AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 OTHER ACCESSORIES Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 USA EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330

Manual Rotary Pallet Systems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 Robotic Part Loading Systems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 PRODUCTS Guns Layke Tactical ______ 602-272-2654 PROG. SYSTEMS CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700 Delcam __________ 877-35-2261 Feature Cam ______ 602-502-9654 SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY 3D Parts To Go_______801-380-7935 RECYCLING Recyclable Metals Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679 Scrap Metal Recycling Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Integrated Systems Inc _ 928-649-9600

SERVICES AS9100 Certification ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 BMSC __________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 PALLET SYSTEMS Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871 Automatic Pallet Systems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 Consultants, Health & Safety Automatic Door Opener Systems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 CKC Services LLC ____ 303-905-2371 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•

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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

Nick Hochuli Sales Engineer

C O R P O R A T I O N

Cell: 937/503-4708 Office: 937/885-1878 E-mail: hn@wohlhaupter.com Wohlhaupter Corporation 10542 Success Lane Centerville, Ohio 45458

Consultant, ISO ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 BMSC __________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions_ 888-572-9642 Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871 Contract Inspection Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Measure Sol__ 480-626-8131 Education Ogden-Weber Tech College 801-395-3795 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Financing IEC __________ 303-593-0403 Intech Funding _____ 385-553-9208 Quick Turn Financial____415-608-5692 First Article Inspection Advanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Heavyhaul IRH ___________801-972-5581 Injection Molding 3D Parts To Go _____ 801-380-7935 ISO900/AS9100 Audits American Global Standards 617-838-4648 ISO900/AS9100 Registration American Global Standards 617-838-4648 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Rocky Mountain Mountain

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IInspection Services Advanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Insurance Services Sentry Insurance ____ 877-373-6879 Lean Consulting ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 Machine Repair/Servicing Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151 Process Improvement/ Audit ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 X-Ray Certified Inspection Service _602-267-0661 ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

American Global Standards 617-838-4648 BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Gladhill Associates ______719-495-8045 MEP ____________801-863-7001 Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017 Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 ISO Registrar American Global Standards 617-838-4648 Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017 Lean Manufacturing MEP ____________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions_ 888-572-9642 Machine Tool Rebuilding EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 Process Improvement BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642 Reverse Engineering Advanced Coord. Tech __ _303-469-6161 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Rigging & Transfer Atlas Rigging & Transfer 801-539-3885 IRH ___________ _801-972-5581

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Online Training For www.streamingteacher.com

Spindle Rebuilding GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Setco-Pope Spindles_____866-362-0699 Staffing Resource Mfg________801-265-1999 SHOP FLOOR AUTOMATION Hardware: USB Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Serial Port Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Software:CNC Networking Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Transportation IRH ____________801-972-5581 SOFTWARE CAD/CAM/CAE SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461 Consulting/Engineering Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 TOOLING Arc Cutting Tools Helical Solutions______866-543-5422 Precision Toolholding Products Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Tooling Systems Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Live Tool Holders Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Static Tool Holders Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322

Business insurance solutions for the precision manufacturing industry 1-877-373-6879 businessproducts_direct@sentry.com sentry.com

TRAINING CAD/CAM Training Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 CNC/Conventional Machining Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 Machining Software Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 USED MACHINERY Automatics & Machinery __ 800-543-7666 EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782 Jorgensen Machine Tools__800-952-0151 King Machine________208-345-9600 K.D. Capital Equipment___480-922-1674 Methods West________602-437-2220 PrecisionFab Inc.______303-779-9180 ReSell CNC West_______480-694-9919 S&S Machinery Sales____602-368-8542 WATERJET CUTTING MACHINERY Action Machine_______303-532-2900 Fabricating Equip Sales __303-466-7342 Flow International_______800-446-3569 Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330 Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 Jorgensen Machine Tools__800-952-0151 King Machine________208-345-9600 OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343 Triad Machine______ _ 303-424-0268 Abrasives/Blast Media GMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300 Fives ____________909-263-9282

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes ISO9001:2008

Joe Tripi President jtripi@micropulsewest.com

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

Jeffrey Peterson 801-710-7891

3063 North 575 East North Ogden, UT EliteMachineSales@Gmail.com

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972 www.dolphincasting.com

mikeb@dolphincasting.com MICHAEL BUTLER Manager Ext. 3335 Phone:Sales 602-272-6747 mikeb@dolphincasting.com

602-272-6747 Ext. 3335 ISOPhone: 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC

ASSEMBLIES Advantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281 AEI Fabrication _______480-733-6594 Acu-Tec CNC _________ 303-365-9245 Bar-S Machine ________ 928-636-2115 Dayton Rogers _______ 763-717-6303 JD Machine _________801-782-4403 Stacy Machine & Tooling __303-465-3922 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 Wasatch Laser Processing__801-972-3500 Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800 Electronics Assemblies Advantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281 Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 Welded Assemblies Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778 BAR CODING Western Sintering _____509-375-3096

BENDING Coating: Nickel/Teflon/Chrome Saw Cutting AEI Fabrication ______ 480-733-6594 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181 JQ Enterprises_________801-975-0777 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 DESIGN/ CAD/CAM LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Bar-S Machine _______ 928-636-2115 BROACHING & Mag.Phos. H& S Machine _______ 801-755-7627 Ponderosa Ind________303-298-1801 OurCoating:Zinc company logo Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 DIES Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 EDM COMPOSITES CASTINGS Elite Machine___________ 801-710-7891 EDM: Drilling Small Hole Die Casting TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 S.A. Composites _________ 970-776-3877 EDM Express_______800-780-7075 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc CUTTING 9 (I dropped in this cell Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 Font Verdana sizeMetal Investment Castings” Precision Investment Casting because BandsawtheLLC“Precision ________ 303-744-7181 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) on the logo is not very clear.

Dolphin Inc. ________ 602-272-6747 EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075 Plasma Cutting COATING Bandsaw LLCInvestment ________ 303-744-7181 Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317 Precision Castings Since 1972 www.dolphincasting.com Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Coating: Liquid Plastic Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181 Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 ImageTek __________ 303-806-8111 Prec. Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676 Font Verdana Size 9

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Paramount Machine

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

Fabrication: Filament Winding S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Composites S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

EDM: Wire Custom Design & Mfg ___ 435-257-0668 EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075 Foremaster Tool ______801-737--0265 Innovative Precision _____801-334-6317 Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 Paramount Machine ___ 801-886-2755 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 QualTek ________ 719-598-3394 X31 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800 ELECTRONICS Contract Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 Design Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 Kitting Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 Prototype Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 ELECTROPOLISHING Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain

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QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Stacy Machine & Tooling _303-465-3922 FABRICATION Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 AEI Fabrication ______480-733-6594 Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419 Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Howell Precision______ 623-582-4776 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Custom Auto/Truck/Bike H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627

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Fabrication: Enclosures Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Fabrication: Medium & Large Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181 EMJD Corp _________ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Falcon Sheet Metal ____801-298-5064 Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778 Fabrication: Plastic ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 Fabrication: SheetMetal Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 AEI Fabrication ______480-733-6594 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952

JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Fabrication: Steel Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181 EMJD Corp _______303-761-5236 Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 FINISHING Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 Precision Mach’d Prod___ 970-482-7676 QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700

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Silk Screening TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278 Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Finishing: One Stop Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Potting/Encapsulation Glass Bead Clean Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493 Liquid Painting FOUNDRY Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 May Foundry & Machine 801-531-8931 Passivation GALVANIZING Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 Jordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375 Galvanizing: Hot Dip Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Jordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375 Galvanizing: Zinc QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31 Jordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375 Photochemical/Etching GAS NITRIDING VACCO Industries _____626-443-7121 Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 Powder Coating GEAR CUTTING Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Specialty Steel Svcs ___ 801-539-8252 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Gear Hobbing Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31 GRINDING Star Precision _______303-926-0559 AzMark __________480-926-8969

ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 GMN USA ________ 800-686-1679 Prec. Mach’d Products _ 970-482-7676 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126 Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Grinding, Blanchard Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613 Grinding, Centerless Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Grinding, Double Disc TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613 Grinding: OD AzMark __________480-926-8969 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076

Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 Grinding: Surface ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 Grinding: Tool & Cutter Exact Tool Grinding ____ 801-712-2720 Passivation Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Polishing Gold Tech Industries____ 480-968-1930 Selective Coatings ImageTek __________303-806-8111 FORMING AEI Fabrication ______ 480-733-6594 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 HEAT TREATING Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146 QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31

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Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com Henry Parker

HIRSH PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC .

Specializing in Production CNC Turning & Milling

Quality Work Delivered On Time Mike Hirsh

EMAIL: HenryParker4me@comcast.net

The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Heat Treating/Aerospace Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 HONING/LAPPING LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 IDENTIFICATION Silk Screen Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 INJECTION MOLDING LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 INSPECTION Inspection, First Article Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131 Inspection Services Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131 Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Sustaining Edge Solutions_888-572-9642 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting Advantage Manufacturing ___ 877-727-0281 AEI Fabrication _______480-733-6594 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Howell Precision______ 623-582-4776 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain

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Star Precision _______303-926-0559 VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 EMI/RFI Shielding Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Laser Engraving 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544 Laser Marking 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 MACHINING A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Advantage Manufacturing __ 877-727-0281 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Elite Machine___________ 801-710-7891 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200

Tel: 303.530.3131 Fax: 303.530.5242 Email: mike.hirsh@hppi.com

6420 Odell Place Boulder, CO 80301 www.HirshPrecision.com

LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278 Machining: 3D Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Machining: 5 Axis 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544 Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Faustson __________303-420-7422 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Machining: Aerospace AzMark __________480-926-8969 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 LAYKE, INC_________602-272-2654 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 Micropulse West ______480-966-2300

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Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Paramount Machine ___ 801-886-2755 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 Machining: CNC 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544 A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 DMSI___________801-972-6093 Elite Machine___________801-710-7891 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540

St. Vrain Manufacturing, Inc. “Precision Machining Solutions for Industry”

Robert Bergstrom President

819 So. Lincoln Street P. O. Box 1066 Longmont, CO 80502 Website: stvrainmfg.com

CHRISTOPHER FAGNANT

Darrin J. Caschette President

888-280-7080 | djc@metalcraftind.com www.metalcraftind.com

Phone: (303) 702-1529 x 103 Fax: (303) 702-1534 Email: bobb@stvrainmfg.com RFQ Email: mail@stvrainmfg.com

Director of E.

ISO 9001:2008

Evans vans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Foremaster Tool____ 801-737--0265 H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 LAYKE, INC_________602-272-2654 Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Wrico __________ 480-892-7800 Machining: Composites Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Machining: Contract Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494

cfagnant@qualtekmfg.com C 719 201 1661 www.qualtekmfg.com sales@aandlmachining.com

Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341

HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Machining: Mold Base Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Maverick Mold & Machine __970-535-4604 Machining: Prototype Machining: Mold Making 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Machining: Plastic Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Machining: Production A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Faustson __________303-420-7422 Machining: Milling A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Elite Machine___________801-710-7891 Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Elite Machine___________801-710-7891 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 LAYKE, INC_________602-272-2654

Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Paramount Machine ___801-886-2755 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 Machining: DoD CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Machining: Laser AzMark __________480-926-8969 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265 Gerome Mfg_______520-622-8402 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121 Machining:Medical A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344

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AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF Founder / CEO

TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL

Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425 Micropulse West _____ 480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 S.A.Composites _____ 970-776-3877 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922 The Toolroom Inc. ____ 801-773-6331 Machining: Precision A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 4 Axis Machining Inc. __ 303-295-1544 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Elite Machine _______801-710-7891 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain

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

Machining: Turning L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 METAL STAMPING American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 AEI Fabrication ______ 480-733-6594 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Hi-Production Precision AzMark __________480-926-8969 Stamping Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Precision Die & Stamping _ 480-967-2038 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 MOLDS EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Colorado Tool Design Inc 720-218-5246 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 Molds: Blow HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Lifetime Products ____ 801-728-1260 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Molds: Plastic Injection LAYKE, INC_________602-272-2654 Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260 Leading Edge Machine __ 435-563-9425 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Molds: DieCast Design Mountain View Machine__ 435-755-0500 Colorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 Molds: Injection Design RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Colorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 Teton Machining ______208-642-9344 Molds: Trim Die Design Colorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246 Machining: Ultra-Precision Molds Steel Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Machining: Waterjet Colorado Waterjet ___970-532-5404 Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 Arizona Finishing ____602-438-4443 MANUFACTURING A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 ChemResearch ______ 602-253-417 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Elite Machine _______801-710-7891 PAINTING Group Mfg Serv _____480-966-3952 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117 Composites Richards Fab_________ 801-409-0392 S.A. Composites _______970-776-3877 Mil Spec Painting Contract IndustrialEX _________ 303-456-6847 AG Machining _______805-531-9595

Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 N 801-295-7411 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Precision Machined Prod. _ 970-482-7676 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278 Teton Machining ______208-642-9344 Manufacturing: Electrode Machining: R & D Wire-Tech ________ 480-966-1591 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Production American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Laser Concepts Inc. ___ 801-280-7723 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Rapid Prototyping Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Machining: Swiss Robotic CNC Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 Routering CNC HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Small Part Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Teton Machining ______208-642-9344 Turnkey Product Services White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493

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PLATING Blanchard Metals Proc. _ 801-972-5590 ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612 Anodizing Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 Copper Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Electroless Nickel Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Gold/Silver Plate Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 Nickel/Chrome Copper Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000

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Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 Tin Plate Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 POLISHING Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612 PRECISION FORMING AEI Fabrication ______480-733-6594 Richards Fab________801-409-0392 Thompson Machine ____505-823-1453 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 PRINTING Custom Screen ImageTek _________303-806-8111 PROCESSING: METAL Chemical LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Etching/Photochemical VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121 PUNCHING JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Group Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 REPAIR Bearing Surface Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 Hydraulic Cylinder Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 Manufacturing Equipment Stacy Machine & Tooling _303-465-3922 ROLL FORMING Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260 Rolling: thread Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 ROUTERING, CNC Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 SAW CUTTING Diversified Metal Services _ 801-972-6093 SHOT PEENING Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 SINTERING Western Sintering _____509-375-3096 SPINNING: METAL

Metal Spinning Solutions _ 480-899-0939 SPLINES Specialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252 SPRINGS Flat & Wire SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 STAMPING AEI Fabrication ______480-733-6594 Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038 QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Thompson Machine __ 505-823-1453 Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778 Wrico _________ 480-892-7800 Stamping:Aerospace Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038 Stamping:Deep Draw Thompson Machine __ 505-823-1453 Wrico _________ 480-892-7800 Stamping:Design The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778 Stamping:Flat Forming SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Stamping: Light Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Stamping:Precision Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Stamping:Prototype Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Stamping:Short Run Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800 SWISS SCREW MCHG. Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Screwing: Lead

Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 TAPPING Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723 TESTING Testing: Non-Destructive Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117 Pilkington Metal Finishing __ 801-972-2146 THERMFORMING LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 TOOL & DIE Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Tool & Cutter Grinding Exact Tool Grinding ____ 801-712-2720 TOOLING Elite Machine _______801-710-7891 Mountain View Machine _ 435-755-0500 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922 Western Sintering _____509-375-3096 TUBE FORMING AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Formed Tubing AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Tube Bending /Fabrication AG Machining _______805-531-9595 WATERJET CUTTING Colorado Waterjet __ 970-532-5404 Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 JQ Enterprises _______ 801-975-0777 Leading Edge Machine __435-563-9425 Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500

H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 JQ Enterprises _______ 801-975-0777 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778 Wrico _________ 480-892-7800 Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 Skyline Products _______719-392-9046 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Welding: Orbital Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Welding: Precision Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778 Welding: Robotic Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Welding: TIG Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 Mountain View Machine__ 435-755-0500 WIRE FORMING SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 LATE BREAKING ADDITION 3D Printing The 3D Printing Store ___720-443-3733 3D Prototyping

WELDING Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Advantage Manufacturing __ 877-727-0281 AEI Fabrication ______480-733-6594 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 61 • March / April 2015 • 61 • July/Aug 2009

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Index of Advertisers 4 Axis Machining, Inc...57 A&L Machining...59 ABS Quality Evaluations...54 Accudyne Corp...31,51 Accutech Machine Inc...57 Action Machine....49 Acu-Tec CNC...55 Advantage Manufacturing...56 AEI Fabrication...20,60 Aero Tech Mfg...56 AG Machining...60 AgieCharmilles...54 AIT...51 All World Machinery Supply..54 AMADA America...49 Amcon...48 AME, Inc...50 ANCA...25 APEX Engineering...59 Arizona Finishing...58 Arrow Sheet Metal...57 Atlas Rigging & Transfer...54 Automatics & Machinery...22,52 AZ Tool Steel...55 AZMark Aerospace...55 Bandsaw LLC...9,55 bandsawreviews.com...37 Bar-S Machine, Inc...56 Bemsco...56 Blanchard Metals Proc...56 BMSC..40,54 Bytebox...50 Canyon State Oil ...49,50,64 Cascade Systems Tech...3,56 Castrol ...49,52,64 ChemResearch...57 Chiron...49 Cimatron..8,54 CM Manufacturing...59 Coastal Metals...6,52 Coating Technologies...57 Collins Metal Finishing...57 Colorado Tool Design, Inc...58 Colorado Waterjet...58 Current EDM Inc...53 Custom Design & Mfg...55 Cutting Edge Tool...18,50 Cygnet Stamping...57 Datum Inspection Services...52 Datum Machining...58 Davis Applied Tech College...51 DCM Tech...17,49 Delcam...34,35,49 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain

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Denver Machine Shop...56 Denver Precision Products...58 Desert EDM Sales...52 DMSI...55 Dolphin Inc...55 Edge Technologies...52 EDM Express...55 EDM Network...51 EDM Perf. Accessories...49,53 Elite Machine...55 EMJD Corp....57 EPOCS Mfg...56 Erickson Metals...49 Evans Precision...56 Exact Tool Grinding...1,26-27,61 Fabricating Equipment Sales..51 Falcon Sheet Metal...59 Faustson...24,56 Fives...50 Flow International...49 Focused On Machining...58 Foothills Machinery...19,21,50 Foremaster Tool...59 Foresight Finishing...60 Gage Lab Products...50 Ganesh Machinery...19,54 Gladhill Assoc...42,49 Global EDM Supply...50 GMA Garnet Group...28,54 GMN USA...44,50 Gold Tech Industries..38,55 Group Manufacturing...56 HAAS Automation...2,49 Hangsterfers...50 Hartwig...49 Helical Solutions...51 Hirsh Precision Products...58 Horizon Carbide...51 HPMP...24,61 Hurco...53 Hydmech...10,49 Image Tek...57 Industrial Heat Treat Co...57 Innovative Precision...55 Intech Funding...54 IRH...52 Iron & Metals, Inc...45,52 JD Machine...55 Jend Machinery...51 J.M. Grisley...21,43,49,50 Jordan River Galvanizing...59 Jorgensen Machine Tools ...49 JQ Enterprises...60

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