Southwest A2Z Metalworker Magazine

Vol. 17, No. 6 Nov/Dec 2011

Southwest Edition (AZ, NV, and NM)

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Editors Corner A Tribute To Steve Jobs, Son of a Machinist I was extremely saddened by the passing of Steve Jobs recently, at the young age of 56.Though I never met him, we can all agree that he was a icon in technology.

While I worked for Intel for nearly a decade, just prior to purchasing this magazine, Apple, with only 10% market segment share at the time, was still a company, and Steve Jobs, a man, that Intel feared. He was a genius.

And today, Apple commands a startling 90 percent share in the market for “premium” PCs, meaning those selling for more than $1,000. What a legacy Steve Jobs created and left with Apple.

It isn’t until I researched Steve’s life recently that I found out some particularly interesting facts about him. If anything, the obscure details of his interior life paint a subtler, more nuanced portrait of how one of the finest technology minds of our time grew into the dynamo that we remember him as today.

Jobs was adopted shortly after his birth and adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs. His adoptive father — a term that Jobs openly objected to — was a machinist for a laser company. If Steve’s family is anything like mine, he must have heard much about Paul’s daily trials in manufacturing. Steve surely knew and respected manufacturing through his father, a Journeyman machinist, better than the average American!

The lead mind behind, arguably, the most successful company on the planet never graduated from college, in fact, he didn’t even get close. After graduating from high school —Jobs enrolled in Reed College in 1972. Jobs stayed at Reed (a liberal arts university in Portland, Oregon) for only one semester, dropping out quickly due to the financial burden the private school’s steep tuition placed on his parents.

In his famous 2005 commencement speech to Stanford University, Jobs said of his time at Reed: “It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5 cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.” And so, Jobs certainly didn’t grow up served with a silver spoon. God bless Steve in his afterlife.

On another note. The magazine is full of articles on successful shops, and our feature articles depict companies with very young owners, younger than we typically see.The young shop owners, often partners in their family businesses, were so inspiring to me, particularly since all we hear about is the dearth of talent in manufacturing in our youth. Maybe, not so, if you look hard. These young people are participating in manufacturing, and doing it well!

This issue is larger than it has been since the economic downturn in October of 2008.

And for the first time, you will see a number of help wanted ads in this issue. This, while a micro indicator of how business is going for us in manufacturing, bodes well, I believe.

I wish you a very successful, happy and healthy end of the year 2011, and God Bless our Troops.

Linda Daly Publisher www.facebook.com/A2ZMetalworker A2Z METALWORKER

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Cover Bell Steel’s Vice President Brandon Bell reviews requirements with Praxair’s James Denk. Photography by Robbie.

Announcements/Releases............6-7,10,12

Shop Profile .....................................1,38-39 Feature Articles................... 42-43,60-61,62

Buyers Guide Equipment....................78-86 Buyers Guide Processes ....................87-97

Card Gallery .......................................78-97

Index of Advertisers .................................98 Editorial..................................... Throughout

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Announcements & Releases Noranco Acquires PPG’s Stewar t Machining and Jet Processing Divisions Noranco Inc. has completed the acquisition of Premier Precision Group’s Stewart Machining and Jet Processing operations, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Stewart and Jet are world class providers of aero-engine precision machine components and related special processing services for the commercial and military aerospace markets.

Serving Honeywell, Parker Hannifin, Sargent and GE Aviation as their largest customers, the core product offering includes APU valve manifolds and housings machined from inconel, hastelloy, stainless steel, titanium and aluminum.The operations span 85,000 square feet and employ 237 people. Jet Processing provides anodizing, passivation, paint, dry lube and NDT for Stewart and other external customers.

“This strategic acquisition enhances Noranco’s market position within the engines sector of the global aerospace industry and further balances our already strong portfolio of Aero-Engines, Aero-Structure and Landing Gear components/assemblies” commented David Camilleri, President of Noranco. As part of the Noranco organization, the operations will be renamed as Noranco, Deer Valley Division and Noranco, Jet Processing Division. Patrick Stewart will continue to oversee both divisions as General Manager and Henry Lastre will continue as Plant Manager of Jet Processing, reporting to Patrick.

Noranco is extremely excited to add these two world class operations and looks forward to the future growth of all our divisions as we go forward into a positive market outlook.Noranco Inc. is a world class, integrated manufacturer and solutions provider to the global commercial and military aerospace sectors. Noranco provides value through a wide range of sophisticated capabilities including design, prototyping, complex precision machining and sheet metal fabrication, processing, assembly, kitting, testing and supply chain management.

Ganesh 2011 Open House Success Unveils New 10-Axis Lathe G a n e s h M a c h i n e r y ’s commitment to their customers was on display at their openhouse on September 14th. The 245 attendees witnessed the dedicated backup that comes with a relationship with Ganesh through their professional applications engineering, training, sales, service, and office staff.

Several new multitasking machines strategies were demonstrated along with 20-other machine displays.These new machines represent the Ganesh goal of relentless pursuit of machining efficiency for their customers to remain competitive.The new Cyclone-52TTMY2 features 3-tool turrets, each with 16-tool positions available for milling, for a total of 48-tools.

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cut greatly reduces cycle time helping Ganesh customers stay competitive in the brutal World economy.The new Cyclone-52 BY2 features both B and Y-axis capability on the main and subspindle and features a total of 35-tools with 18-driven tools, and even has a 12-tool Servo B-axis for angular drilling, milling, and tapping. These new machines dramatically boost production and cut machining costs, increasing profitability.

Ganesh will also be giving away a brand new 3-axis CNC lathe to the lucky winner of the free machine contest. You can see the machine on the showroom floor, or go to www.ganeshmachinery.com to register to win.

New Company TriplexTM LLC Offers New Profoundly Changed Anodizing Process The owners of Triplex LLC are profoundly changing the anodizing process as we know it today. In fact, with Triplex’s patent pending technology, machine shops and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) likely will find that they can often replace their more costly metals with aluminum. Their current aluminum products will also last much longer, the owners say.

The patent pending process was invented by Michael Beaver, General Manager at Futureweld. It is used for MIL-A-8625. This specification is the model for much of the anodizing specified for military and aerospace products. It covers the requirements for six types and two classes of anodizing.

The new company utilized a number of test procedures through the support of Durkee Testing Laboratories, Inc, a NADCAP certified test lab in Paramount, CA. The TriPlex owners say that their new anodizing process exceeds MIL-A-8625 specifications by 3 to 5 times.

The company was formed as a partnership with Michael,Walt Ahland, and Mike Adams.For more information on licensing, before the full article appears in January’s A2Z Metalworker, contact Triplex LLC at 480-390-3493 or go to www.triplexllc.net.

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ACC Machinery Donates Its Antique Machine Tool Collection ACC Machinery Co., Inc. is excited to announce the family antique machine tool collection is being donated to The Pioneer

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This opportunity will allow thousands of students and adults to annually see & celebrate the importance of manufacturing!

Kirk McDowell, President, says “We believe understanding manufacturing’s history is critical to preserving its future. For over 40 years, ACC continues to focus on supporting Arizona’s manufacturing industry.”

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Doosan Celebrates Grand Opening of New Machine Tool Headquarters Doosan recently hosted a number of partners, customers, distributors and guests as they celebrated the grand opening of their new machine tool headquarters in Pine Brook, NJ.The three-day event provided attendees with several machining and application demonstrations.

“Our new expanded headquarters will enable us to serve the metalworking industry with greater capabilities,” said John Ross, Marketing Manager, Announcements Continued Page 10 A2Z METALWORKER

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Announcements & Releases Continued Doosan Infracore America Corp.

“Over 600 guests toured our new state-of-the-art, 60,000 square foot facility.Visitors from Canada, Mexico and South America were in attendance.We are planning on doing this type of event every other year.”

“Over 20 machines were displayed for customers to view real time, ondemand demonstrations,” said Ross. “One of the highlights was a demo on the Lynx 220LM „DooCell, Doosan’s own robotic cell. It gives customers a cost-effective alternative to be able to run a lights-out operation. We also displayed the new DT360/40 taper high performance mill/drill tap center, unveiled for the first time in the North & South American markets.”

Within the Doosan horizontal turning center line, several Lynx and Puma models were displayed, including the Lynx300 and the Puma 3100XLY. The Doosan horizontal machining center demos included the HP4000 and the HP5100w/LPS. Doosan vertical turning center demonstrations included the Puma VT 1100 and Inverturn IV3000M models. Several vertical machining centers, including the DNM650,VC6305AX, Mynx 7500, DT360D and VC430, rounded out the machine displays.

Competing in the Global Market, presented by Dick Johnson, FANUC Robotics Manager of National Distribution Sales, reviewed how automation applications can streamline and enhance US manufacturers, A2Z METALWORKER

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Utilizing Your Machine Capacity, discussed by Yigal Ziv, President of Lemoine Multinational Technologies, presented that through automatic data retrieval from machine controls and supporting programs, the Lemoine Pulse program can determine why actual cycle times and deliveries exceed target times.

A View Into the Economic Picture, reviewed by Steve Kline, Gardner Publications Director, discussed the current and future state of the economy and its effect on the metalworking industry. Mr. Kline’s information assists machine tool builders and others in the manufacturing industry identify those segments of manufacturing that are growing and others that are contracting.

Reshoring America, presented by Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, addressed the savings that accrue by returning current offshore manufacturing to the U.S. Mr. Moser’s analyses can enable job shops to increase business opportunities and reduce product costs. Contact:John Ross(973) 618-2500,john.ross@doosan.com.

Marzee Water Jet Beta Tests The OMAX®EnduroMAX Pump The EnduroMAX Pump for OMAX JetMachining® Centers provides double the operating life and makes for faster part processing, lower Announcements Continued Page 12

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Announcements & Releases Continued for ease of maintenance and can effortlessly and continuously run at 60,000 psi (4,100 bar).

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Ed Wenz with Marzee Waterjet Services is always at the cutting edge of his business and is one of the only companies in the West to utilize 5 of the new pumps in his water jet facility. Ed says, “After doing the Beta Testing on these great products I felt I had to upgrade my whole system. I just purchased new pumps for all of my Omax machines.”

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Samuel Aerospace alloys are available in a complete range of shapes and sizes to meet the diverse requirements of the commercial and defense aerospace markets. We stock one of the most extensive aluminum inventories in the industry.

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Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Sales Increased 34 Percent In August The AP reports, “Caterpillar’s global heavy equipment sales rose 34 percent in August, with strong growth continuing despite the economic slowdown in the US and Europe.” The AP reports, “The strongest regions for equipment sales in August were Latin America, with 43 percent sales growth, and a region encompassing Europe, Africa and the Middle East, where sales rose 46 percent.”

The company’s “sales figures are watched closely because they are considered an indicator of the health of the global economy.”

ASU, several other universities and more than 40 industry players.

ASU will take the lead.

“What we want to do is work with a broad spectrum of companies,” said ASU Professor Christiana Honsberg, who will serve as the center’s director.

The center represents the first joint funding operation between the NSF and DOE. Officials at those agencies see the program as a way to develop more research and efficiency in the photovoltaic industry.

Photovoltaics are cells and panels typically made of silicon that collect sunlight and convert it to energy.

$18.5M federal grant to bolster state’s solar industry

“Through this partnership, as with partnerships between NSF and industry, we bring together complementary strategic objectives,” said Thomas Peterson, NSF’s assistant director for engineering.

Arizona State University is setting up a research group to help the solar industry with an $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy.

ASU will head a research contingent that includes the California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Delaware and University of New Mexico, as well as some international experts.The company side will include industry leaders such as Tempebased First Solar Inc. and China-based Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., which has operations in Goodyear, as well as small startups.

The federal grant will foster the creation of the Engineering Research Center for Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies, based in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

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Honsberg came from the University of Delaware to become the chief scientist at ASU’s Solar Power Laboratory, and ASU has been developing its solar research program for three years.

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AmSafe Awarded Boeing Contract

Boeing Revs Up for Dreamliner

AmSafe Industries, Inc., the leading provider of engineered restraint systems to the aviation, defense and specialty vehicle markets, recently announced the award from Boeing of a contract valued at approximately $45 million. Under this new contract, AmSafe will supply barrier nets for the new KC-46A aerial refueling tanker aircraft, recently selected by the United States Air Force to replace the older KC-135 Stratotanker.

More than three years behind schedule, Boeing Co.’s new 787 Dreamliner jet took wing last month as All Nippon Airways Co. flew the plane to Japan, where it will begin commercial service next month.

AmSafe will supply a 9G barrier net and stationary and movable smoke barriers specifically designed for the KC-46A tanker aircraft. The deliveries are expected to commence in 2015 in support of the USAF requirement for 179 Boeing aircraft.The potential value of the contract, including support, is expected to be worth in excess of $45M over the program life.

AmSafe designs and manufacturers barrier nets for aircraft OEMs worldwide and is currently a leading provider of barrier nets for commercial airlines. The structure of the net is specific to an airframe and the barrier net is designed to restrain a shifting cargo load from penetrating the crew section of the main deck. The AmSafe barrier net can accommodate an aircraft’s maximum cargo payload under forward movement conditions of 9G’s.The AmSafe smoke barrier performs as a blockade between the cargo and crew, preventing smoke or flames from entering into the passenger cabin and flight deck areas of the aircraft.The stationary version of the smoke barrier fits across the fuselage section; the movable version can be fitted in a number of different positions within the cabin to accommodate different mixes of cargo and crew/passengers.

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Boeing executives said they plan to nearly double production of the Dreamliner within six months and expect revenues for each plane to start exceeding costs by the end of the decade.

Jim Albaugh, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said that the company plans to boost its output of Dreamliners in November to 2.5 a month from about two per month today. Boeing “will go to” 3.5 planes a month in late winter or early spring, he said.

The Dreamliner project “has been a hard one from the beginning,” Mr. Albaugh said . “We have two more challenges in front of us. One is getting up [the production rate] and the next one is being profitable.”

Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney said that the point at which each Dreamliner will turn cash positive “is a number of years out in front of us,” but will come before 2020.

Boeing has finally delivered the first of its long-delayed 787 Dreamliners.

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Manufacturers Keep HelpWanted Sign Out The orders keep coming in at Ace manufacturing, but owner Brian Lakari says, “I can’t find people fast enough. Right now we need to hire 16 more people... today.” Manufacturing companies in Northeast Wisconsin are having a hard time filling positions requiring skilled labor. It stems from a lack of interest in the field. Lakari and his employees are struggling to keep up.

“We need to operate the machines and hope to take the workload off everybody,” Ace employee Marc Freeman said. “We ran mandatory 48s for most of the summer, and that just becomes counterproductive after a while,” Lakari said. Lakari says he brought in machines two weeks ago for a new customer but he doesn’t have anybody to operate them. “We get a lot of applicants, but most of the people who come in and interview are lacking basic math skills, blueprint reading skills, basic mechanical skill,” Lakari said.

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College president Jeff Rafn says his enrollment numbers reflect the lack of interest in machining than anything, down 20 percent from last year. “It’s not a capacity issue for me. It’s an issue of students wanting to get into manufacturing,” Rafn said. Rafn said many people have a misconception it’s a dirty occupation without long-term potential. Lakari says today machining is a clean, high-tech career with a promising future.

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Green Bay Chamber of Commerce said. Rafn said if enrollment in machining classes increases, “We didn’t run a section, but we have the capacity if the students come here we will open up sections and we will offer the programming.”

Meanwhile, companies like Ace Manufacturing can’t find applicants who meet even their minimum requirements. “We have a backlog of orders. Customers are calling and wondering where their parts are. We have them on order, and I have to tell them I just don’t have the people to run all the equipment,” Lakari said.

Meeting Discusses Requirements For Commercial Spacecraft NASA and space industry partners met to discuss how they’ll develop commercial systems for flying astronauts, covering details ranging from crew safety to who would provide the astronauts’ food. Ed Mango, manager of the Commercial Crew Program office, said, “We look at these things as the architectural foundation for any person to fly on a vehicle.” The article notes this meeting is part of NASA’s process of “hammering out the technical requirements” before it starts a competition for contracts that will go to two or more companies that likely will launch astronauts. NASA officials “highlighted” the safety and duration requirements they felt were “key.”

One of the roughly 150 industry representatives in attendance applauded NASA’s effort to improve upon draft requirements first introduced in May, reducing the total from 311 to 292.

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by United Launch Alliance, a Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture.

These criteria provide a road map for rocket makers, such as Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), to become certified for a variety of government launches — from scientific payloads to, possibly, national security satellites that require airtight mission assurance.

Though not solely aimed at the larger launch vehicle market, this sets the stage for an eventual showdown between SpaceX’s new Falcon 9 and the United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV and Atlas V rockets, which have a record of 43 straight launch successes. It also would allow for potential entrants in the smaller booster market, such as an Alliant Techsystems/EADS Astrium team and Orbital Sciences Corp., to vie for national security missions.

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Metalforming Companies Expect Steady Business Conditions Metalforming companies expect steady business conditions during the next three months, according to the September 2011 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report.This report shows 54% of the companies expect unchanged economic activity for the next 3 months, while 24% expect improved activity, which is down 5% from Augusts’ report. Incoming orders for the next three months are expected to stay stable with 47% participants anticipating no change, compared to 38% last month. Shipping levels have increased as 33% report shipping levels above levels of three months ago with 40% reporting no change.

Metalforming companies with a portion of their workforce on short time or layoff stayed steady since Augusts’ report at 12%. William E. Gaskin, PMA president, said, “The metalforming industry continues to perform better than a number of other segments of the economy, reflecting the positive impact that manufacturing, generally, has had in keeping the economic picture somewhat brighter than the news media would have us believe.”

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The U.S. Air Force is now looking for near-term launches reserved exclusively for new entrants, but the service will not pay directly for development work. These launch competitions will involve payloads with a high risk tolerance. In its fiscal 2012 budget request, the Air Force set aside $135 million to boost NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite, requiring complex maneuvers such as an upperstage coast and reaching L1 Earth-Sun Lagrangian point roughly 932,000 mi. away. This proposal has met with congressional resistance; the service continues to look for options.

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MIT’s Technology Review Features Solar3D Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, has been featured in an article published by MIT’s prestigious technological journal, Technology Review.

Inspired by light management techniques used in fiber optic devices, the company’s innovative solar cell technology utilizes a 3-dimensional design to trap sunlight inside micro-photovoltaic structures where photons bounce around until they are converted into electrons. Solar3D’s management believes that this breakthrough solar cell design will dramatically change the economics of solar energy.

“It is exciting to see our innovative 3-dimensional solar cell highlighted by a publication like Technology Review,” commented Jim Nelson, President and CEO of Solar3D. “The publication recognizes the top advances in a broad spectrum of science. We feel gratified to be counted as part of the great breakthroughs among the advances in solar technology.”

With the design complete, Solar3D has begun the process of evaluating methods of fabricating a prototype along with techno-economic analysis of the new solar cell.The article reported that Solar3D’s new 3-dimensional solar cell will have two principal sections: the Light Collector section and the Micro Photovoltaic section. The purpose of the design is to eliminate reflection and electron re-absorption.

Nelson continued, “The article describes our focus on mass production and competitiveness.We focus on both of those items to help us move closer to grid parity. Ultimately, our overriding objective is to make solar energy affordable to the world and to achieve its destiny of becoming the primary source of energy for mankind.”

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BAE Systems’ vast experience working with the Boeing 767 – the company supplies approximately 107 part numbers on the aircraft – played a key role in the company’s selection as the cabin controls supplier for the Air Force’s air refuelling aircraft.

The touch screen controls system features a durable, FAA-certified design with intuitive controls, a color touch-screen display, and a variety of peripheral and network ports. Configurable to airline preferences (as on the 737 aircraft), the panel can control a number of cabin system functions including dynamic “mood” lighting; environmental systems such as cabin climate control; in-flight entertainment; and assorted cabin attendant functions such as lavatory status, water and waste water tank levels, and smoke detector status. The panel’s ability to capture system fault data also simplifies maintenance for airlines and military air crews.

Medtronic CEO: Medical Devices Must Show Economic Value IndustryWeek reports, “Medical device manufacturers must provide evidence that their products provide economic value for customers and patients as health care costs continue to rise, said Medtronic Inc. Chairman and CEO Omar Ishrak” at the Cleveland Clinic’s 2011 Medical Innovation Summit.

“Medtronic tries to determine the economic value of a device early in the product-development cycle,” Ishrak said. He said that “this helps the company prioritize which products it plans to fund and arms Medtronic sales representatives with real evidence of economic and clinical value.”

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The Embraer Effect Buying an Embraer jet for the first time, as one might expect, is a big deal for a company.

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“It usually marks the coming of age of a company,” said Matt Hagans, chief executive officer of the Indianapolis-based Eagle Creek Aviation Services and a longtime Embraer customer. “It means they’ve become a successful mid-size or larger company and their travel needs will offset the cost of an aircraft.”

With Brazilian jetmaker Embraer S.A. now assembling the multimillion dollar Phenom 100 light jets, and its first-ever North American customer center set to open in December, Brevard County will provide the backdrop for this corporate coming-of-age story.

Not only will dozens of global business executives be traveling to the Space Coast and spending a few days here as part of the elaborate purchase process for their $3.75 million Phenom 100 (and later, the larger and pricier Pheonom 300), Embraer’s Melbourne International center also will serve as a showroom and initial sales center for the jet-maker’s bigger Legacy and Lineage series. That means even more buyers passing through.

“It’s going to bring some very influential people to the neighborhood to see what’s going on there while they’re taking delivery of their jet,” saidTerry Vance of Sante Fe Spring, Calif.The Phenom 300 owner won 14 national drag racing championships in the 1970s and ’80s before co-founding the successful Vance & Hines aftermarket parts business.

Local economic and civic leaders are eager to capitalize. They want to pitch the Space Coast’s deep pool of skilled workers — many recently employed at Kennedy Space Center — as well as the area’s relatively low business and living costs and its ample commercial and residential real estate opportunities.

In the end, maybe one of those Embraer customers might decide to locate a business here, or maybe tap into the work force.

Suncor CEO: Oil Sands Emissions Will Match Conventional Production In One Decade Bloomberg News reports, “Carbon-dioxide emissions per barrel of oil produced from Alberta’s oil sands will probably fall to levels of conventional drilling in as little as a decade, Suncor Energy Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rick George said.” According to data from the Natural Resource defense council, the energy intensive extraction process combined with transport generates 20% more emissions than conventional oil production. George however was optimistic that new technology could change this situation.

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When the deal is finalized, GD said, Metro Machine will become part of the shipbuilding and repair operations of GD’s NASSCO shipyard based in San Diego. NASSCO is the largest shipbuilding and repair company on the West Coast and is a prime contractor for multiship, multioption maintenance, modernization and repair contracts for Navy ships.

“With its Norfolk location, Metro Machine Corp. will extend the reach of NASSCO’s ship-repair operations to a key East Coast naval port,” Fred Harris, president of General Dynamics NASSCO, said in the release. “This move will enhance General Dynamics’ ability to deliver cost-effective maintenance and repair services to the U.S. Navy, helping the Navy to maximize the life of in-service ships and better serve the ship-repair needs of the entire U.S. fleet.”

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Mending manufacturing With AZ MEP ATSCO Remanufacturing assembly technician Julio Ibarra works on power steering units at the company’s Phoenix operation.

Operations Vice President Craig Eaton says the family-owned business learned how to improve its manufacturing efficiencies with help from the Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Until about a year ago, Craig Eaton figures he was like many business owners and operators: so consumed by the daily demands of running his company that he almost missed an opportunity to improve it dramatically.

It took a chance conversation with a colleague at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York to open his eyes to a valuable resource in his own community, said Eaton, vice president of operations at ATSCO Remanufacturing, a family-owned business that reworks automotive parts.“He said, ‘Why don’t you get in touch with your MEP? Every state has one,’” said Eaton. “Before that, I had no idea about MEPs.” MEPs, or manufacturing extension partnerships, support small and midsize manufacturers primarily through a network of publicprivate centers affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a unit of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Eaton was looking for ways to streamline production procedures to speed special orders to a major aftermarket automotive parts retailer within 48 hours. An increase in customer demand required that ATSCO free up floor space for a new product line and improve the efficiency of the plant’s layout, which was wasting both space and time.

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Production in the new layout grew from 350 units per day to 500.

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Slightly more than 400 F-35Bs are currently listed in the provisional orderbook, with around 340 earmarked for the Marine Corps and the balance for Italy. However, additional countries, including Singapore, are expressing interest in the Stovl version, which may help grow overall numbers.

Improvements to the lift system identified as among the problems that led to the probation are also being introduced. Upgrades to the clutch thermal management and driveshaft spacer redesigns will be the first items through the F-35 engineering control board, Pyers says. Evaluation of improvements to the roll posts will take place in December.

New jets from Eclipse Aerospace First F-35 Lift Fan Rolls Out From New Site Rolls-Royce will soon deliver the first production-standard F-35B lift fan to be built at its purpose-built lift fan assembly site.

The $13 million facility was completed in March 2010, but until now has been making components for lift fans as part of the buildup to making the first complete module. The lift fan will be the 12th production unit to be delivered overall.

The site also will supply vane boxes, which form the exit through which air from the lift fan is vectored.

As these units are structural parts of the airframe, deliveries run up to 18 months ahead of the lift fan. To date, Rolls has delivered 17 production-standard vane boxes to Northrop Grumman’s fuselage assembly line in Palmdale, Calif. Lift fan modules are sent directly to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 final assembly facility in Fort Worth.

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Pyers says Rolls is working to meet the cost challenge imposed on the F-35B short take-off-andvertical-landing (Stovl) effort. These include the probation period on the Stovl jet instigated by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a result of test issues in 2010, as well as smaller overall production resulting from the U.K.’s switch to conventional takeoff F-35C models. “Reduction on volume creates an additional challenge and we are working to offset that,” Pyers says. “But the bottom line is you have lower A2Z METALWORKER

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Mason Holland, President and CEO of Eclipse Aeropace made the announcement at the 2011 National Business Aviation Assocation Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Holland said final construction of the aircraft will likely stay in Albuquerque.He also said Eclipse will double its workforce in Albuquerque from 150 to 300 employees by the end of 2012.

Eclipse Aerospace plans on producing between 50 and 100 new planes a year.

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Demand for turboprop planes is expected to bound back quicker than demand for pistonpowered aircraft, Douglas Royce, an aerospace analyst with Forecast International, said.

Demand for piston-powered and turboprop aircraft is expected to total 24,000 aircraft worth about $28 billion over the next 10 years, according to a new forecast.

The forecast by Forecast International includes 18,400 piston aircraft worth $8 billion and nearly 6,000 turboprops worth about $20.5 billion.

include business jets and light sport aircraft.

It might take years, if not the rest of the decade, for demand for piston aircraft to return to pre-recession levels, the forecast said. The tepid economic recovery has hurt growth in both segments.

Manufacturer s are “seeing signs of improvement, but it’s from a very low base,” Douglas Royce, Forecast International aerospace analyst, said.

Demand from areas around the globe with higher economic growth — including emerging economies in China, India and Brazil — won’t grow quickly enough to replace lost orders from customers in North America and Europe.

While production is expected to increase slightly from 2011 to 2012, stronger growth won’t begin until after next year, the report by the Newtown, Conn.-based company said.

Demand for turboprop planes, such as Cessna Aircraft’s 208 Caravan and Hawker Beechcraft’s King Air, is expected to bounce back quicker than demand for piston-powered aircraft, Royce said.

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“The turboprops tend to have a higher proportion of commercial operators using them than the general aviation piston aircraft,” Royce said. “They’ve done fairly well even

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through the downturn because the aircraft are used as income generators.”

Turboprops are used for a variety of applications, such as carrying small freight, charter operations and special missions.

Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft are well positioned in that market, Royce said.

Royce expects turboprop production to grow from 387 planes last year to 509 this year. That includes 100 aircraft used in agriculture.

Turboprop production is expected to be flat for the next two years, before beginning to improve in 2014.

In the piston market, Royce expects production to increase from 900 in 2010 to 1,000 aircraft this year.

Manufacturers are waiting to see how long it takes demand for piston planes to emerge from China and India. When it does, Cessna, Piper, Cirrus and other planemakers will be well positioned.“Everyone will benefit, but that’s going to require the regulatory structure and infrastructure to be built,” Royce said

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The defense industry, keeping a close eye on programs vulnerable to to expand their reach into the American Slightly In cancellation, is now positioning itself for theseSeptember repair efforts.

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Because the military in recent years invested in many new programs, “In this environment, weapons spending is a zero-sum game,”Thompson A Z METALWORKER • 36 • Nov/Dec 2011shrugs off the pessimistic Airbus’s chief salesman John Leahy “But there arecompany’s certain areas concern.

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Brandon’s father, Billy Bell, started the business in 1985 in his garage, under the name of United Ornamental Iron (UOI). At the onset, the company manufactured strictly ornamental metals. In order to grow, over the course of the next few years, the company expanded its capabilities to include structural steel. Today, they have grown to become a primary fabricator and erector of structural steel, and the name change to Bell Steel occurred in 2009.

Bell Steel, in business for 27 years now, is a company you absolutely should meet if you have large fabrication requirements. The company, located in a temperature controlled 40,000 square foot facility, sits on the company owned 5 acre property.At Bell Steel, you will find some of the latest in fabrication and welding equipment -- purchased to facilitate quick turnaround and highly accurate welded and fabricated parts.The company is an AISC Certified fabricator and also holds a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) certification with the Cities of Phoenix and Denver.

Today, the company is run by Brandon Bell, pictured below. Brandon is a young man, in his early 30s, but armed with a degree in business management/construction from Arizona State University, coupled with a bold, aggressive entrepreneurial style, he is taking the company to an unprecedented level. “With the acquisition of some major new equipment”, Brandon said, “we are gaining new customers all the time. In fact, we have recently been awarded projects as far as Nor th Carolina and Guam.”

(The team at Bell Steel is so busy that they are running 2 shifts per day, and they are adding to their 30+ certified welders on a regular basis to keep up with the demand.)

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Brandon says, “During the past several years Bell Steel has invested significantly in new equipment in order to expand our fabricating c a p a b i l i t i e s .” T h e c o m p a ny ’s 3 m o s t significant purchases in the last year include:

•The Peddinghaus Anglemaster Punching/Shearing machine. It utilizes the technologies of hydraulic punching and shearing with automated carbide part marking into one unit for processing angle iron, and heavy plate detail components.

Brandon says, “The Anglemaster gives us the ability to produce angle clips and plates with CNC precision. On a specific angle clip we are making today, it used to take about 3 minutes per clip, and now with our Anglemaster, it takes about 20 seconds.” Brandon says that Bell Steel is one of only a few shops in Arizona that have this piece of equipment.

• The Metfin Pass Through Blast System. Bell Steel’s Roll Conveyor system is ideal for structural shapes, plate or fabrications that can be moved on a conveyor system through the blast cabinet.With the Metfin system, two banks of wheels are arranged around the work envelope with one bank angled forward (in the direction of work flow) and one bank angled aft. The angled orientation of the blast wheels will clean perpendicular work surfaces, leading and trailing surfaces as well as any protruding attachments. Brandon says this machine is capable of cleaning parts 2’x2’ with unlimited length. It is fully capable of providing SP6 or SP10 finishes on metal, Brandon elaborated.

Brandon added that the company has one of the largest paint booths in the state, and that using the shot blast system in conjunction with their hybrid painting process allows Bell Steel to be one of the only structural fabricators in the state to offer this ability in house.

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“Bell Steel makes a number of structural steel and ornamental parts for us, and we’ve been doing business with them for 10+ years now. They are an outstanding business -- their product is always high quality, they are on time with delivery and installations, and their pricing is what guarantees them the work every time.

• The Customized BUG-O, Praxair, Miller hard automation welder with dual torches.

Brandon secured a major contract for solar equipment that required substantial welding, and it had to be completed within a very aggressive time line. “There wasn’t an off the shelf welding system that could accomplish what we needed done, nor could we meet the customer’s schedule with manual welding”, Brandon said.

He continued, “After meeting with a number of suppliers, I ultimately went with a customized side beam welder designed by Praxair’s Productivity Specialist, Jim Kelley.

Jim says “The system utilizes Miller Electric Mfg. Co. components (welding machines, wire feeders, dual 600 amp water cooled torches) all integrated with a Bug-O motion control side beam welding system and Praxair’s microbulk gas blending package.”

Arizona Praxair General Sales Manager James Denk, said, “Praxair employs a team of productivity specialists throughout the United States who are tasked with evaluating a customer’s problem, and designing a solution that drives increased productivity and reduced costs. Brandon’s complex requirements are just the sort of design challenge that our Praxair productivity specialists solve for customers every day.”

Bell Steel’sautomation system is yielding astounding results, Brandon said. “Where an experienced welder could previously weld 10” per minute, our customized side beam welder can weld at the speed of 60” per minute, and with increased accuracy and quality.” He continued, “On another project, where it used to take 2.5 hours to weld 600 inches of weld on each pipe, with the customized side beam welder, we can do this in 14 minutes!”

Brandon attributes much of the reason for the company’s extremely successful year with the purchase of these 3 machines. “It’s helped us grow our core business, but also enabled us to enter new markets, like solar.”

Bell Steel performs in house detailing, fabrication and erection. Being able to offer a total steel package gives Bell Steel’s customers an advantage over other fabricators. For more information, contact Bell Steel at (480) 833-5538 or visit them at www.bell-steel.com.

Brandon Bell has taken a real active role in the business and he knows it extremely well. The equipment they purchased ensure that they can build product quickly, accurately and priced well.”

Jim, Project Manager,WE O’Neil “We’ve worked with Bell Steel over the past 3 years on so many projects, including the Phoenix Skytrain, 3 different solar jobs, a Senior Living project, among others.

Their products are outstanding in quality, their pricing is competitive, and when we set a schedule, they always achieve the delivery dates.

The equipment at Bell Steel is outstanding, and in fact, they’ve purchased new equipment based upon some of our projects. The Blast system was used for our Skytrain project, and their newest robotic welder is being used extensively in our latest solar project.

Bell Steel’s Brandon Bell runs a great company, and his employees are top notch.

It is a pleasure working with this team.”

Dennis, Project Manager, CPD Construction “The quality of work at Bell Steel is exceptional, as is their professionalism, knowledge and pricing. Bell Steel built guide beam rails for our automated train project, as well as the structural steel maintenance storage facility, hand rails, archways and other miscellaneous structural steel parts for the project.

Bell Steel’s attention to detail and their quality of work is a breath of fresh air.

They have performed so well for us that they will get the work for the next phase of our project, which will run through 2014.”

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By the Numbers: Arizona manufacturing The Phoenix area employed 112,400 people in the manufacturing sector in June, more than 20 percent fewer than five years ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Despite that steep decline, things are looking up. Recent figures show Valley manufacturing employment increased by nearly 2 percent in the past year. And manufactured goods exported from Arizona grew by 10 percent overall from 2003-10, accounting for 88 percent of Arizona’s total exports last year.

In the first two quarters of this year, Arizona exported $7.2 billion worth of goods manufactured in the state. If that pace continues, Arizona will meet or beat total manufactured goods exports for 2010, which were $13.7 billion, according to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration.

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The new Seco energy site will provide manufacturers with a valuable resource for following the industry’s latest developments.”

Cessna, Gulfstream Top Business Jet Survey The Wichita Business Journal reports, “In a new survey released at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, aircraft owners rated Cessna Aircraft Co. products as the best bang for the buck.”

The company “was rated No. 1 for reliability, service and support, and value for investment.” However, Gulfstream “was rated the top overall business aircraft brand.”

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second configuration of the DishTurbine platform offers utility customers the opportunity to incorporate bulk energy storage into its generation portfolio. Utilities integrating intermittent wind power, or those with excess baseload capacity (e.g. coal or nuclear), can pair the technology with compressed air energy storage (CAES) to boost the per-dish peak power output to 200kW. This storage-configured version of the engine uses air that is compressed using off-peak power via ground-mounted industrial compressors, which are sized to serve a field of multiple solar dish-turbine units. The compressors are operated at night or other times of low-cost power, storing air in manufactured pressure vessels or geologic reservoirs, such as salt caverns, aquifers, or depleted natural gas wells.

Testing and Proof of Concept Early in September, Southwest Solar Technologies Inc. announced the successful on-sun testing and proof of concept of a highly advanced solar-turbine power system being developed by the Company. “The Company believes that integrating a gas turbine engine with a solar dish concentrator has never been achieved on this large scale,” said Brad Forst.

“This is an enormous milestone in our development program. This proof of concept sets the stage for the commercialization of our technology which is well under way,” he said.

“This system performance gives us confidence that we can achieve significant operational advantages over other concentrating solar power (CSP) systems, such as steam-based trough and power towers that require water cooling, and over typical photovoltaic (PV) that are intermittent in nature,” said Herb Hayden.

to be made by an experienced machinist, including the strategies that are to be used to cut the part, the tooling that is needed, and the appropriate feeds and speeds to machine the part efficiently, without risking damage to the cutter or the machine. A simulation can be produced on the computer so that the proposed program can be checked before it is passed to the machine.

SST’s Research Park Situated near the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, AZ, on an 18-acre facility, SST offers all 3rd party solar energy manufacturers a development and demonstration site. Brad says, “Test sites are typically located in remote and difficult to get to areas of the country. SST is so committed to the overall adoption of alternative energy in the United States that they offer their Research Park to other developers, complete with office space, a machine and fabrication shop, and technical and engineering resources.”

SST’s Development Software Zoltan Farkas, Mechanical engineer, does most of the programming for SST. “I chose FeatureCAM for our R&D shop”, he says, “because I was very familiar with their software from my employment and education at ASU. It is flexible and we can easily import 3D models from other programs into it. It is an intuitive software package, and it works well in our R&D environment. For prismatic parts with various pockets and holes there is probably no quicker way to get to a completed part then through this Delcam package. We also used FeatureCAM to machine 3D surfaces, cavities.”

He continued, “The efficiency of our system depends on the accuracy and surface finish of the mirror substrate. FeatureCAM allowed us to machine parts to a consistent high quality and it gave us the ability to capture a higher percentage of the available solar energy.”

Paul Thomas, electrical engineer for the company, had to learn FeatureCAM the hard way.

“I needed to see what the tools will do in a simulation. I came to Zoltan, and told him what I wanted to do. He was busy and he handed me the discs and told me to go for it.” Paul was up and running as a new FeatureCAM user, with minimal training, on his own in just a couple of days! The feature-based approach in FeatureCAM makes programming easy for any engineer. The software makes all the critical decisions that would normally need

“I like the fact that one can modify the posts quickly, and FeatureCAM will output custom g-codes for any machine quite easily”, Zoltan said. He continued, “We use Feature CAM to decide how much a part should cost. We can get a fairly good machining time from using the Automatic Feature Recognition. Once we outsource parts we sort of have an idea how much it will cost us. A big plus. We also used the FeaureCAM to program then machine the mirror substrates of our optics.

We essentially created one toolpath strategy and reused it over and over on the rest of the 14 unique shapes that make up one section of our mirror. A sort of cut and paste feature. To be able to save existing strategies and re-use them on demand is a huge advantage. We have other things to do…and FeatureCAM allows us to do just that.”

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L-3 Communications announced that its Display Systems unit has received a competitively-awarded firm-fixed price contract from Lockheed Martin to develop a new 5-x-5-inch color Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) assembly for the U.S. Army’s AH64D Apache helicopter. L-3 has extensive experience supporting the Apache platform, with over 1,000 display systems delivered to Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army.

L-3’s new color AMLCD assembly will be a direct replacement for the current monochromatic display unit, and will be used to enhance the Apache’s target acquisition and night vision sensor display capabilities.

It provides one of the highest resolution display systems available on U.S. military platforms, resulting in greatly enhanced target detection and recognition for Apache pilots during day or night operations.

“We are honored to have earned this opportunity to extend our outstanding relationship with Lockheed Martin on the AH-64D Apache program. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army have shown great confidence in our ability to develop this complex system upgrade for our warfighters and meet all program requirements on time and on budget,” said Bruce Coffey, president of L-3 Display Systems.

“L-3 is a leader in providing high-performance display systems, processing and avionics subsystem integration solutions for demanding environments, and we look forward to providing our most advanced display technology for the Apache helicopter.”

Embraer Sees 2012 Demand at Par or Better Than This Year’ Embraer SA, the world’s fourth- largest planemaker, said 2012 demand will be in line or better than this year’s and there are no plans to cut production.

“Our demand remains good and next year we are poised to repeat this year’s performance, or even fare a little better,” the company’s president for Commercial Aviation, Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, said.

Embraer said last month it agreed to sell five E-195 regional jets to Deutsche Lufthansa AG valued at $200 million. At the end of second quarter, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil-based Embraer had 261 firm orders worth $15.8 billion in its backlog. Since then, it has received a total of 15 firm orders for planes, including 10 from Kenya Airways on Aug. 30.

The market for regional jets is divided between Embraer and Bombardier. While the Brazilian manufacturer saw demand for 62 airplanes in the first half, the Canadian planemaker recently it was cutting production of its CRJ aircraft on faltering demand.

According to Souza, demand at Embraer has been held up amid the economic downturn, which has particularly affected the U.S. and Europe. American and European carriers’ need to renew aged fleets

is driving business at the Brazilian company. “Of course, if the market was one of strong economies, without this crisis, we could have been selling even more,” said Souza.

Frito-Lay Unveils “Near Net-Zero” Green Upgrades To Arizona Plant The Arizona Daily News reports, “Frito-Lay North America today unveiled solar-energy systems and environmental features at its Casa Grande snack-chip plant that pushes the facility to ‘near net zero’ energy use and environmental impact.” The company “has installed a large solar-energy array and a biomass boiler that help the plant generate two-thirds of the energy it needs. Five separate photovoltaic solar fields produce nearly 10 million kilowatt-hours of electrical power, along with an installation of 10 solar-dish powered Stirling engine systems.”

The News reports, “A newly installed biomass boiler uses wood and agriculture waste as its fuel and will produce all the steam needed for the manufacturing plant, reducing natural gas usage by more than 80 percent, said Frito-Lay, a unit of PepsiCo.” Also, the plant “has a water recovery and reuse system that recycles 50 to 75 percent of the plant’s water.”

The Edge Factor Episode 2 - Gnarly Metal During imX 2011, The Edge Factor premiered “Gnarly Metal,” the second video of its series. This video featured Straitline, a company in British Columbia, Canada manufacturing performance mountain bike components. The Edge Factor is a series that brings to screen an inside look at real people using extreme technology to create the world

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Rockwell Collins takes tech lead in light jet, turboprop market Rockwell Collins has leapfrogged the competitors in the Part 23 light jet and turboprop arena - a sector that has increasingly turned to Garmin for leading edge user interface technologies, such as synthetic vision and touch screen controllers.

Rockwell Collins, and its US competitor Honeywell, have traditionally focused on larger Part 25 business jets, while Garmin has garnered market share on the lighter side of general aviation through intuitive interface features - most recently touch screen flight management system controllers.

This is set to change in the fourth quarter of 2013, when the first versions of Rockwell Collins’ new Pro Line Fusion system will hit the market in a retrofit application.

The suite, applicable as an upgrade to existing Pro Line 21 flightdecks, will feature three 381mm (15in) touch screen primary and multifunction displays - an industry first.

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The new flightdeck is being designed for “head-up, eyes-forward” operations by a single pilot, with software so intuitive that “avionics training is unnecessary and nonexistent”, said Adam Evanschwartz, Rockwell Collins’ principal marketing manager for product systems.

“You touch what you want to change,” he added.

Evanschwartz said a flight can be carried out from start to finish completely on-screen, with “drag and drop” options and on-screen rerouting.

A tab cursor device on the centre console, similar to the puck-shaped cursor control devices used in the automotive industry, is also available for interfacing with the system.

Rockwell Collins is also developing iPad applications that, through Ascend, will wirelessly connect with Fusion, allowing pilots to develop flight plans away from the aircraft and have the information automatically uploaded to the flight management system once on board. The market potential must be significant, as the company is building a new manufacturing lab for the product lines.

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General Dynamics Awarded $900M For Joint Global Broadcast Service Program General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract from the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Joint Program Office at Hanscom Air Force Base for the production of approximately 1,500 Transportable Ground Receive Suites (TGRS) and 1,110 retrofit kits for systems already in the field.The competitively awarded, five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a total potential value of $900M if the maximum number of units is ordered.

Made fully-rugged and designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world, GBS TGRS comprises next-generation receive terminal antennas along with receive broadcast management and cryptographic equipment that is all packed into mobile transit cases. When deployed at the edge of the battlefield, the GBS TGRS enables decision makers and frontline troops in joint operations to receive mission-critical information.The systems equip tactical operators with high-speed, highvolume multimedia communications and information flow among forces deployed on posts or at stations, in transit or in theater.

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Army and Marine Corps officials have said it makes sense to upgrade a portion of the Humvee fleet only if it remains significantly cheaper than buying Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, which the services expect to cost about $366,000 apiece.

“We don’t want to be in a position where we are spending more to upgrade a Humvee than we would to replace that vehicle with an even more capable vehicle that we built from the ground up,” said Col. David Bassett, Army program manager for Tactical Vehicles. “If it costs too much, it doesn’t make strategic sense.You’re better off just replacing it.”

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Delcam has launched the 2012 version of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM system, with a range of enhancements to enable faster and easier programming, and produce more efficient toolpaths to give greater machine productivity. All these developments will ensure that FeatureCAM retains the leadership in programming speed and ease of use it has held since its launch in 1995, when it was the world’s first feature-based programming system.

Full details, including videos demonstrating the new functionality, can be seen on www.delcam.tv/fc2012/lz.

A number of the improvements will make FeatureCAM even easier to use. For example, a range of keyboard shortcuts have been added, including isometric view options, that will allow faster programming.

It has been made easier to select multiple items from the operations tree and to move all the features in a group, for example, a network of similar holes or all the operations on a particular spindle. In addition, warning or error messages can be displayed simply by hovering over the relevant icon in the Operations List.

Toolpath editing has also been made much easier. Toolpaths are displayed more clearly, selection of toolpaths has been simplified and an “undo” option added.

Target part comparison has been extended to cover multi-axis operation for both milling and mill-turn equipment. This allows the user to compare a model of the desired final shape with the shape achieved by the programmed toolpaths. It provides a quick check of any material remaining on the part, and of any gouges or collisions. Previously, this option was only available for 2- and 3-axis operations.

Two new strategies are now available – back boring and spiral roughing.

Back boring allows more parts to be completed in a single set-up, with larger bores able to be produced on the reverse side of the part. Spiral roughing can be used instead of Z-level roughing. It uses a single continuous toolpath instead of a series of levels and so gives a smoother finish with no dwell marks.

The most important improvement for increasing machine productivity comes from further developments in the use of stock models to cover 2D features, including bosses, sides and slots. The models allow the user to visualize the stock remaining after each operation. This makes it easier to eliminate air cutting and so generate more efficient toolpaths with reduced machining times. The models also simplify the selection of the most appropriate tool sizes for rest-roughing and finishing operations.

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But another shoe dropped six days later, when UTC moved to consolidate Hamilton Sundstrand with its aircraft engine unit, Pratt & Whitney. The two will fall under a new UTC Propulsion and Aerospace Systems Div. That operation is expected to add Goodrich as a third leg and be headed by Larsen after the scheduled closing of the acquisition in mid-2012.

Although Pratt and Hamilton Sundstrand will continue to report their operating results separately, the move signals a grand plan to better integrate units that have long been run as standalone operations.

“It’s a different approach altogether,” says a UTC insider.

With annual sales of $26.5 billion, the new division will offer a vast product line of dozens of aircraft systems—from engines, landing gear, wheels and brakes to aerostructures, electronics and interiors.

It also would surpass Honeywell International as the largest aerospace supplier. “UTC has upgraded itself from a major supplier to a ‘super supplier,’ and the full appeal of this acquisition likely manifests over years and decades,” says Morgan Stanley analyst Heidi Wood, who upgraded UTC’s stock to the equivalent of a “buy” and has made it her top pick in aerospace.

Larsen would certainly be up to his new job. Shrewd, low-key and sometimes prickly, he has spent his entire career at Goodrich, joining the company in 1977 as an operations analyst and financial manager. Goodrich is a major supplier on many Boeing and Airbus jets, and derives 43% of its sales A2Z METALWORKER

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It’s not clear how long the 63-yearold Larsen will stay on the job. UTC appears to be grooming a successor in Alain Bellemare, who is being promoted from president of Hamilton Sundstrand to president and chief operating officer of the new propulsion and aerospace systems organization. He will run the operation while the acquisition of Goodrich awaits shareholder approvals.

Another question is whether Honeywell and General Electric will seek to counter this new super-supplier by making acquisitions of their own. Both certainly have the financial resources to make a major move. Rockwell Collins is often mentioned as an attractive target.

The well-run avionics supplier is not up for sale. But then again, neither was Goodrich.

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The test is part of efforts by Virent and its competitors to bring to market renewable fuels for military aircraft, to help fulfill the Pentagon’s goal to rely less on petroleum.

The Air Force flew a test flight earlier this year with an F-22 Raptor, using a 50-50 blend of petroleum jet fuel and a biofuel derived from camelina. This summer, Honeywell announced the first trans-Atlantic flight using that same 50-50 blend.

But the renewable jet fuel developed by Virent tested at the Air Force Research Laboratory would be a 100% renewable fuel rather than a product that would be blended with petroleum, said Aaron Imrie, Virent commercial fuels manager.

“These AFRL results are exciting because they demonstrate the potential of Virent’s catalytic process to create renewable plant-based jet fuel that can meet or exceed petroleum based jet fuel specifications at 100% concentration,” Imrie said in a statement. “We expect a high level of interest in the aviation industry for a single, fully-renewable, plant-based jet fuel.’’

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The $600,000 contract calls for the supply of 11,000 gallons of alcoholto-jet based jet fuel, which will be used for engine testing and a flight test demonstration using an A-10 aircraft, Gevo said.

The New York Times says the proposed CAFE standard, along with anticipated carbon dioxide emissions rules in Europe, have deluxe brands “scrambling to increase fuel efficiency. But a question remains: Shy of $6-a-gallon gasoline, are enough Americans willing to spend big bucks on a little car?”

Although smaller, diesel-powered luxury cars have proliferated in Europe, Americans “have rarely seen the point of buying less car, especially when a roomier version can be had for roughly the same price.”

Companies Developing P l a n s To S e r v i c e Satellites Space reports, “The Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) is designing a spacecraft that will essentially function as a flying gas station for out-of-fuel satellites.

Separately, Vivisat, which is a joint venture of rocket manufacturer Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and aerospace firm US Space, has proposed a vehicle capable of performing in-orbit satellite servicing.”

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Rugo Machine Shop Services (RMSS) is a minority owned business founded in 2006 by family members Frank Rugo Sr. and his son Frank Rugo Jr.. Over the past few years, Lindsey, Frank Jr.’s wife, has also become an integral part of the business. RMSS combines a unique blend of expertise -- journeyman machinist with more than 30 years of machining experience in Frank Sr., who is a previous successful machine shop owner, business acumen in Frank Jr., who has a degree in Business Administration, and Lindsey, who has an undergraduate degree in business and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. With this combination of skills, RMSS has laid the foundation for a bright future.

“Education is very important to us at RMSS”, Lindsey said. “We recognize that the machinists we hire are extremely qualified, but may not have all the skills needed to move to the next level of responsibilities in our shop. For that reason, we pay for their tuition and books (100%) at Gateway Community College for a variety of manufacturing classes, as long as they are successful in their program.”

The RMSS owners and management team are building their business very strategically and with extreme financial prudence. “Frank Sr. worked a second job while we were starting the company up”, Frank Jr. said, “and for the first few years we operated out of a friend’s small bay, paying ourselves a minimal amount, if anything at all.” Frank Sr. continued, “We saved diligently, and after a few years we were able to move to a larger facility -- still it was only 1000 square feet --- large enough for our 3 machines.”

Over the course of the past nearly 6 years, business has grown steadily. “We outgrew our small 1000 square foot facility,” Frank Jr. said, “and so just over a year ago we purchased our new facility, which is 5700 square foot in size.” When I commented on the beauty of their new facility, Lindsey said that they were just putting the finishing touches on the front office but already considering their plans for continued expansion.

Today, the company manufactures products for a variety of industries, including medical, automotive, aerospace, commercial, industrial, and renewable energy. They are skilled in manufacturing with a wide variety of materials such as aluminum, high nickel alloys, alloy steels, plastics, titanium, stainless steels, exotic alloys, castings, bar and plate.

According to Frank Jr. business is so good that RMSS is operating 2 full shifts, and is planning further growth with a third shift.The company has additionally made some very critical capital expenditures in the past year to position them for growth to the next level.

Here is a partial listing of the new purchases RMSS has invested in: a) Haas VF-4SS Vertical Machining Center b) Haas ST-30SSY Turning Center with a bar feeder c) CMM (A Numerex CMM retrofitted with the universal Geomet CMM software) d) Surface grinder e) PartMaker by Delcam and SolidWorks software f) Global Shop ERP System Frank Jr. says, “This past year RMSS established all of the infrastructure necessary to take A2Z METALWORKER

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us from a small family run job shop to a successful manufacturing entity -- one that large Tier 100 customers can come to with confidence.” Lindsey continued, “We’re financially stable, we are investing in the equipment needed to manufacture our customers’ parts on time and in house, and we are preparing the company for ISO9001 certification.”

Lindsey’s business background, coupled with the ERP processes RMSS has in place today, will make the transition from ISO Compliance to ISO Certification fairly seamless.

When the company was formed by the father and son team, they started with a few machines Frank Sr. brought over from his previous business. Within the first year, the company needed to expand its machining capabilities and they purchased their first machine. Frank Sr. says, “We worked with Patrick Ellison at our Haas Factory Outlet in Tempe, and we bought the Haas VF-2 for a number of reasons, 1) it was a good machine, 2) reasonably priced, 3) made in America, and 4) the HFO offers outstanding local service. I don’t want to be forced to repair my own machines, as I have been with other manufacturers, because support isn’t readily available.”

center designed from the ground up to provide heavy cutting ability, extreme rigidity, and high thermal stability. Equipped with high-torque live tooling with C axis, RMSS is now capable of machining multiple features and performing secondary operations in a single setup.

Frank Sr. says, “We buy the machine tool that best fits our business. The Haas VF-2 we purchased a few years ago served its purpose and provided the capability we needed to grow our business. The newest generation in Haas machine tools, including the VF-4SS and the ST30SSY, have evolved more than any other manufacturer’s machine products. Our new Haas machines are dramatically increasing our productivity, both in set-up time and in manpower.”

The RMSS team is extremely pleased with their local Haas business manager, Bryan Johnson. “Bryan supports us with the machines we need, and he doesn’t try to push us to purchase machines that we aren’t ready for. Bryan is a partner to our business”, Frank Jr. said.

Lindsey added, “On a particular part we are now running on the new Haas VF-4SS versus our older Haas VF-2, we are seeing a 32.64% reduction in set up time on the job and an overall production cost savings of 21.03%. That is significant for our business.”

This past year, the company purchased two new Haas machines, theVF-4SSVertical Machining Center and the Haas ST-30SSY turning center with a bar feeder.

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“Over the past couple of years I have worked closely with RMSS as they have transitioned to their new facility and developed the infrastructure for the future” Bryan stated. “We have looked at a number of different machine options and decided that the combination of the Haas VF-4SS and ST-30SSY was the next logical step. The addition of these machines has increased their capabilities, as well as reduced production costs and set up time.”

The Haas VF4-SS Vertical Machining Center comes standard with a high speed (12,000 rpm), 40 taper, inline direct-drive spindle. 50” x 20” x 25” (1270 x 508 x 635 mm), 30 hp (22.4 kW) vector drive, high-speed 24+1 side-mount tool changer, 1400 ipm (35.6 m/min) rapids, 1 MB program memory, 15” color LCD monitor, USB port, memory lock key switch, rigid tapping and a 55-gallon (208 liter) flood coolant system. RMSS further customized their VF-4SS to include a 4th Axis drive, through-spindle coolant (1,000 psi) and the newly designed multiauger chip conveyor system.

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Hear From RMSS’s Customers “I’ve invented several products over the past years.The latest is called “PUPS”, and it stands for Portable Universal Power Station.The device is designed for consumers who don’t want to pay the expense of a miter saw ($300 - $500).With PUPS, you have a miter box mounted on a circular dish with attachments for any saws that consumers typically have.The PUPS, in essence, turns the standard saw into a miter saw, making perfect 90 degree and 45 degree cuts. I needed a piece for PUPS that I could mill in my small machine shop. I found RMSS on the Internet, and brought my product concept to them.They could have turned me down, as the product was in its infancy, with no production plans.

Not only didn’t they turn me down, but Frank Jr. and his team provided design guidance support immediately.The team at RMSS is knowledgeable, professional, and their customer service is outstanding. In sum, they have a professional staff, they have outstanding precision equipment, and their customer service is 100%.”

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“I knew Frank Sr. from my employment at another company so when I moved to a company that manufactures DX Rated Equipment for military vehicles, I contacted Frank at his new company, RMSS. Of all the suppliers I deal with RMSS gets a 10 out of 10 rating.Their quality is outstanding -- it has to be since their products are going into military vehicles, and RMSS delivers their products on time.They have to be on time also, because not only can’t we have mistakes, we also can’t be late. Our troops depend on it. RMSS is outstanding, and their business is built on integrity.That’s it.”

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Aerostar Aerospace, a Woman-Owned Business, Re-Certifies to ISO9001/AS9100 with Great Western Registrar LLC and Rebecca Salo, I get very personal, prompt and professional support.They are experienced and knowledgeable, and I can always call them with a question and get an answer immediately.”

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Business: Demand, not tax breaks, will be factor to boost hiring Scott Pfeiffer, a principal of Threshold Acoustics in Chicago, thinks his business would benefit from President Barack Obama’s proposal to spend $25 billion on modernizing schools.

That’s because Pfeiffer’s company provides consulting services to architects designing auditoriums, concert halls and churches.

“When architects are busy, we’re busy,” he said.

But he doesn’t think the tax breaks for businesses in Obama’s jobs plan will do much to spur job growth. The tax incentives for hiring are “so incremental” that they wouldn’t be a deciding factor on whether to bring on an additional employee, he said.

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He said “virtually none” of his clients used a tax break that was available in 2010 to businesses that hired unemployed workers.

Tax breaks account for $253 billion of Obama’s proposed $447 billion jobs plan.The president wants Congress to cut in half the usual payroll tax rate paid by employees and their employers. Employers that increase their payrolls — either by hiring more workers or by giving existing employees a raise — would be exempted from payroll taxes on this increase.

The plan would give businesses a $4,000 tax credit if they hire someone who has been unemployed for six months or longer. More generous tax credits would be provided to employers that hire unemployed veterans.

Hiring decisions are based on whether a business needs additional people to keep up with demand, he said.

The payroll tax cut would shore up cash flow for small businesses and would particularly help the self-employed, who pay both the employer’s and employee’s share of payroll taxes.

“Demand is still a big problem for a lot of small-business owners,” said Bill Rys, tax counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business . “Until that bounces back, I don’t know if these tax breaks would be enough of an incentive to get a small-business owner to hire a new worker.”

“Small and medium-size businesses need cash in hand,” said Dean Zerbe, former senior counsel for the Senate Finance Committee who now serves as managing director of alliantgroup, a national provider of specialty tax services. “Anything letting them keep more dollars, that’s good.”

“I don’t see it stimulating (hiring),” said Nicholas Crocetti, a director of the Plymouth Meeting, Pa., office of accounting firm CBIZ who

The tax break on increased payrolls wouldn’t lead Pfeiffer’s business to add people, but it could enable it to afford higher salaries for existing staff.

“That makes our business more competitive and attractive, and boosts morale,” he said.

‘Great time’ to buy equipment The president’s proposal also includes incentives for businesses to invest in new equipment. It calls for extending into 2012 a current break that allows businesses to write off all the cost of new equipment immediately, instead of depreciating the capital expenditure over time.

“That’s very advantageous to anyone that’s expanding,” Crocetti said.

But, like the tax incentives for hiring, a business has to be convinced it will get a return on this investment. One of Crocetti’s clients, a general contractor, took advantage of the accelerated depreciation break when it purchased $1 million worth of highway equipment to perform an upcoming contract.

“The owner is very happy about it,” Crocetti said, because he was able to deduct the entire amount of the purchase and get the equipment “at rock-bottom prices.”

“It’s a great time to buy,” he said, because construction equipment companies are desperate for business.

But, he added, it was “the contract that drove everything,” not the tax break.

Rys said NFIB’s monthly surveys show low amounts of capital

investment by small businesses. Accelerated depreciation is helpful, but it would be a more powerful incentive if it were permanent, he said.

“It’s hard to make any long-term plans if these kinds of things keep coming and going,” he said.

Taxes to hit some businesses Then there’s the issue of how to pay for these tax breaks. The White House proposes offsetting most of the cost of its jobs plan by limiting itemized deductions for individual taxpayers with incomes of more than $200,000. That could result in higher taxes for some small-business owners, since profits at most small businesses are taxed at the individual level.

The administration also wants to tax carried interest — a share of profits paid as compensation to managers of investment partnerships — as ordinary income instead of capital gains. Obama said this is needed so that hedge fund managers don’t pay lower tax rates than their secretaries, but other types of investment partnerships — including venture capital and real estate — also would be affected by this change.

“Raising taxes on investments would only sideline employers and investors and create further uncertainty in an already struggling economy,” said Steve Judge, interim president and CEO of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council.

Many report economy Skilledexperts machining jobsArizona go unfilled is rebounding despite high jobless rate Cory Baltazar, operations Owens Precision of Carson City, Hang on, Phoenix.

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by Forbes construction,” Baltazar says.

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Phoenix, researchers concede, suffered mightily through the Great Recession, but still has more jobs now than it did in 2000.

Manufacturing companies in the state have shed approximately 10,000 jobs theweather, past few years, says the Nevada Manufacturers Association.

Buta “Warm pro-business environments and, most critically, many of those jobs were for general production workers who lacked large supply of affordable housing should allow these regions to grow, technical more complicated work. ifthenot in the knowledge overheatedneeded fashiontoofperform the past, at rates both steadier and more sustainable,” Joel Kotkin wrote in the article, referring “IfPhoenix you needand someone withFla., 10 years to Orlando, whichexperience, was rankeda lot No.of10people on thedrop list. off,” Baltazar says. “If someone were to move into Carson City and need 25 machinists, they Austin would will haveboom to bring people them; According to the report, thethe biggest in with the coming they are just not out there.

It is a dwindling workforce.”

Jeff Lawrence, decade, followed by San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. Other top 10 operations manager for the northern Nevada division of Nevada

boom towns include Raleigh, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; Washington; Industry Excellence, which helps manufacturing companies in the and Charlotte, N.C. state streamline their processes, says managers of companies in the Silver State formerly could bring on unskilled labor and teach them Alan Maguire, president and principal economist of the Maguire Co., the basics of assembly and production. However, Lawrence says, those a Phoenix-based independent economic forecasting and public policy same companies now require an employee base with a higher level of consulting firm, said he agrees with the Forbes list, up to a point. technical skills, from machinists and millwrights on the production floor through engineering and maintenance personnel.

“If anything, I was a little surprised that Phoenix was that far down on the list,” he said. “I expected us to be higher. Arizona, Maricopa “The skills level in manufacturing has definitely increased, and County and Phoenix since the 1950s have been among the most employee skills haven’t matched that increased level,” Lawrence says. dynamic communities in the country. Nothing has changed; in fact, if anything, we’re betterlevel position thanbecause before.”it is almost all “Everything takes ina ahigher skills computer programmed.” Western Nevada College and Truckee Maguire said despite the damaging of the economy, Meadows Community College botheffects have training programsPhoenix’s to train infrastructure and core economy have continued to improve. manufacturing and fabrication workers, and each school also works with area companies to tailor its training programs to meet the needs Jobregional creationbusinesses. remains a challenge, as does the housing industry, which of has been stubbornly slow to recover, he said.

Jim New, associate dean of applied technologies at TMCC, says the technologies programforincludes instruction Stevemanufacturing Matteucci, Western U.S. president Harris Private Bank, in machining, welding and climate production as well as inas expects Phoenix’s favorable and systems, cost of living as well supporting programspatterns such astodrafting.

Each semester at TMCC Western migration continue to boost growth in the about to 25 students enroll inthey’re the machining program.

About a coming20decade, but he believes not enough to generate half are currently employed production workers hoping to upgrade sustainable recovery. their knowledge and skills to land higher-paying or less menial jobs,critical New says.

TMCCaninenvironment recent yearsthat’s also attractive retooled to some of its “It’s we develop businesses training programs to reflect regional economic trends.

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Cessna’s new Citation Latitude creating buzz in Las Vegas Cessna Aircraft unveiled a new midsize jet last month called the Citation Latitude at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas.

The question now is where the $14.9 million jet, which can hold up to eight passengers, will be built.

Speed, range, comfort The Citation Latitude was built after talking with customers who wanted a plane with range and speed but also a comfortable cabin, said Brad Thress, senior vice president of Cessna’s business jets.

“The Citation Latitude is a game-changer for the midsize segment, offering the payload, speed and range the market requires with an unmatched cabin experience at this price point,” Thress said.

It’s expected to receive federal certification and enter service in 2015.

The metal aircraft will fit between Cessna’s XLS Plus and the Citation Sovereign. It will have the largest cabin of any Cessna business jet.

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The Latitude is Cessna’s second new product announcement in two weeks. In late September, Cessna launched the M2 light business jet, which replaces its Citation CJ1 Plus.

The Latitude will compete with Bombardier’s Learjet 45 and Learjet 60, Hawker Beechcraft’s Hawker 900XP and Embraer’s 450.

It will have a range of 2,000 nautical miles and cruise at 442 knots, or a mile every seven seconds.

Southern Arizona gets $1.3 million for high-tech Training A coalition of Southern Arizona organizations has received a $1.3 million grant to help train workers for high-technology jobs.

The money would help to fund training for 200 workers in jobs primarily held by foreign workers, officials said. It will be targeted at the aerospace and defense industries as well as other high-tech jobs.

The money was part of $160 million in grants given out recently by the U.S. Department of Labor as a way to provide workers to jobs that have been relying on people with H-1B (international work) visas to fill.The Arizona grant was given to Southern Arizona Technical Career Pathways, a coalition of colleges, the University of Arizona and other private organizations.

US Army to fly ‘kamikaze’ drones A miniature “kamikaze” drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army’s arsenal, officials say.

Dubbed the “Switchblade,” the robotic aircraft represents the latest attempt by the United States to refine how it takes out suspected militants.

Weighing less than two kilos, the drone is small enough to fit into a soldier’s backpack and is launched from a tube, with wings quickly folding out as it soars into the air, according to manufacturer AeroVironment.

Powered by a small electric motor, the Switchblade transmits video in real time from overhead, allowing a soldier to identify an enemy, the company said in a press release last month.

“Upon confirming the target using the live video feed, the operator then sends a command to the air vehicle to arm it and lock its trajectory onto the target,” it said.

The drone then flies into the “target,” detonating a small explosive.

The California-based firm also said the drone can be called off at the last moment, even after a kill mission has been ordered. That feature provides troops with “a level of control not available in other weapon systems,” it said.The United States currently uses larger Predator and Reaper drones to hunt down suspected militants in Pakistan and elsewhere.

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Global biotech company buys ASU spinout Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. purchased Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc. for an undisclosed price and will continue to operate the company in Tempe, said Randy Nelson, who spun IBI out of ASU in 1996 when he was a professor.

Nelson ran the company for 10 years before he returned to ASU to run the Molecular Biomarkers Lab at the Biodesign Institute. Dobrin Nedelkov took over operations as CEO and scientific director of IBI, while Nelson held the title of president.

After the sale to Thermo Fisher, Nelson will continue to be involved with the business as a consultant. Nedelkov and IBI’s nine other staffers now are among Thermo Fisher’s 34,000 employees in 150 countries worldwide, Nelson said.

The publicly traded company, which is No. 258 on the Fortune 500, has been on a shopping spree, paying $2.1 billion for Calif.-based Dionex Corp. to expand its Asian operations and $260 million for Canada-based Fermentas Inter national Inc. last year.

IBI’s relationship with Thermo Fisher began more than a year ago when they partnered to identify protein biomarkers based on IBI’s mass spectrometry technology, a technique used to analyze proteins to help diagnose disease before symptoms occur.

Chuck Kummeth, president of Thermo Fisher’s laboratory consumables business, said IBI will enhance Thermo Fisher’s position in the rapidly emerging field of clinical proteomics.

“It is a simple, yet powerful approach to uncovering the proteomics basis of disease, and it better positions us to support our customers in their efforts to realize the promise of personalized medicine,” he said.

OMAX® Appoints New VP of North American Sales OMAX Corporation has appointed Michael Ruppenthal to the position of Vice President of North American Sales. Ruppenthal brings with him over 15 years of sales and sales management, marketing and product development experience within the abrasive waterjet industry.

During much of his professional career, Ruppenthal specialized in developing, initiating and leading sales and marketing strategies in the manufacturing industry, as well as other industries. He has also served as a consultant within the machine tool industry for client companies involved in welding, fabricating and machining.

“We are very excited to have Mike on board and are confident he will greatly contribute to the company’s continued sales growth,” said Dr. John Cheung, president of OMAX. “Mike brings with him established industry experience, strong leadership skills and a strategic sales approach.We look to Mike to incorporate many new ideas and concepts and apply them to the OMAX sales framework.”

Ruppenthal holds an MBA degree from the University of Washington in Seattle,Washington, and a BA degree from The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“This is a great opportunity to work with the industry leader in abrasive waterjet technology,” said Ruppenthal. “And it’s an honor to be part of the entrepreneurial, close-knit and customer-focused team at OMAX.” Ruppenthal replaces John Bergstrom, who has retired from OMAX but remains a consultant for the company.

Howell Precision & North-South Machinery Host Customer Appreciation Days

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Howell Precision opened for business less than a year ago with the help of machine tool dealer North-South Machinery. Since then, business is growing exponentially. To celebrate, the 2 companies sponsored a 2 day celebration to thank their customers.

Though Howell Precision is a young company, owner Rob Howell has over 20 years experience operating a precision metal shop and management of multimillion dollar contracts.

Rob brought his dream to reality and Howell Precision Sheet Metal online in 2011.The company is named after Rob’s grandfather’s business, Howell Precision, that Bud Howell ran in Northern California. “Grandpa (Bud) taught me the trade, he mentored me, and in his honor my new business is named after him.”

Howell Precision Sheet Metal is the leader in the Southwest US with state of the art laser cutting equipment.

Unlike previous generations that had thickness limitations causing less efficiency in cuts and higher operating costs. The 4000 watt Mitsubishi 5’ x 10’ High Speed Laser can cut through material up to ¾” Steel, ½” Stainless Steel or 3/8” Aluminum and handle larger 5’ x 10’ flat sheets allowing greater flexibility and capability to meet customer specifications. Howell Precision also offers tube bending and welding services.

Howell Precision is taking some important steps to grow their business.

For one, they are in the process of planning for ISO/AS9100 certification through BMSC’s Bretta Kelly. “We expect to be certified before yearend”, Rob said. Additionally, they hired Gregory and Associates to support them with sales.

For more information on Howell Precision, go to their website at www. howellprecisionaz.com or call them at (623)582-4776 .

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Army Plans Flying Demo For Kiowa Replacement

“We can’t afford a new start for the scout now, “ Crosby explained, so the Army is considering alternatives.

Eager as helicopter companies will be to participate, the planned demonstration is a baby step at best, considering that it was three years ago this month the Pentagon canceled the $2.2 billion contract with the Kiowa Warrior’s maker, Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. for 368 ARH-70As. The ARH-70A, a militarized version of Bell’s civilian 407, was supposed to be the Army’s next “armed reconnaissance helicopter.”

Crosby emphasized that only companies with aircraft already flying would be invited to the April demonstration of possible armed scout helicopter entries.

Helicopter companies, always hungry for business, were pleased by the news. “We welcome the call for a flight demonstration,” EADS North America CEO Sean O’Keefe said.

“Our Armed Aerial Scout 72X is flying and we’re ready to prove its capabilities.” EADS has spent the last three years developing and testing its AAS-72X, a modified version of the UH-72 Lakota utility helicopters it already builds in Mississippi and sells to the Army.

A Bell official said the company would likely fly a new Block II version of the OH-58 at the April event. The Block II, which the Texas company is developing at its own expense, has a more sophisticated cockpit and sensors. It also adds a more powerful engine and a new drive train that allows the helicopter to hover at 6,000 feet on a 95-degree Fahrenheit day, an expected requirement when the Army finally decides what a new armed scout has to do.

The standard for years has been 4,000 feet on a 95-degree day, but helicopter crews in mountainous Afghanistan have often sorely wished their aircraft had greater hovering ability.

The Army has given up on developing an entirely new armed scout helicopter for now, but plans to invite companies with existing helicopters that can do armed reconnaissance to demonstrate their wares.

Maj. Gen. Tim Crosby, who runs Army aviation programs, announced at the annual Association of the US Army conference in Washington that his office is asking senior Army and Pentagon officials for permission to spend $8.7 million to arrange an April demonstration of helicopters that could replace the aging OH58D Kiowa Warrior scout, which has logged more than 750,000 A2Z METALWORKER

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If the April demonstration goes forward, Boeing is expected to show a new version of its AH-6 Little Bird, a scout helicopter flown by the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

Other major helicopter companies might be interested in the Army demonstration as well, given that the Armed Aerial Scout program could be the only new Army helicopter program for some time, if it goes forward.

The Army might actually prefer to move on to a far more ambitious aircraft program called Joint Multirole, or JMR, a sort of rotorcraft version of the Joint Strike Fighter project, in which three U.S. services have joined nine foreign military services to develop three variants of the F-35 fighter jet together.

The JMR project envisions developing new rotorcraft or short takeoff and landing airplanes in four classes -- light, medium, heavy and “ultra” -- that can fly far faster than conventional helicopters and takeoff and land either vertically or in very short distances.

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Pratt, Rolls-Royce Realign Ties The sites will not be coUnited Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney unit and Rolls-Royce located with existing DoD PLC are ending one aircraft-engine joint venture to start another. sites that have been cleared Pratt will pay $1.5 billion for Rolls-Royce’s share in their existing to fly UAS in the United International Aero Engines consortium, which produces the engines States, suc h as Grand that power the Airbus A320 jetliner family.

Forks Air Force Base, ND, Pennington said. However, The two companies plan to work together in a new venture that will he said the new airspace sites will likely butt up against those DoDdevelop engines for future narrow-body aircraft using Pratt’s geared owned sites. turbofan technology.

DoD will begin preliminary site selection for those locations by the The new venture will go head to head with General Electric Co. to end of 2012, Pennington said. develop more-efficient engines for the single-aisle-aircraft segment, in which the companies expect demand to be around 20,000 new The unmanned aircraft will use a ground-based sense-and-avoid system aircraft over the next 20 years. for the early flight tests scheduled for the airspace locations. Sense and avoid technology allows unmanned aircraft to detect other planes It also comes after London-based Rolls-Royce declined to develop in the area and change its course to avoid midair collisions. new engines for the latest upgrades to the A320 neo, produced by Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. The ground-based system will relay information from air traffic control and other sources on the location of all aircraft flying in the Pratt had all but abandoned the single-aisle market in the early 1990s area of the UAS. That info will then be relayed to the UAS pilot on but began muscling its way back in over the past few years in the face the ground, who can then maneuver the aircraft through the air traffic. of dismissals from its rivals including Rolls and GE. As tests progress, DoD officials plan to move to a partially automated Last year, Pratt scored a coup when Airbus selected its geared sense-and-avoid system on board the aircraft, Pennington said. turbofan engine as one of two engine options for the revamped A320.

Creation of these airspace bubbles was part of the FAA reauthorization But this summer Pratt was excluded from a similar move at Boeing bill proposed earlier this year. Lawmakers tabled passage of the FAA Co., which opted to upgrade its 737 instead of investing in a nextbill until September, when Congress is set to return from its summer generation aircraft. recess.

The new 737 plane exclusively uses an engine from CFM, a joint Once passed, Pennington predicted that there would be a lot of venture between GE and France’s Safran SA. “political jockeying” by lawmakers to land one of the test sites, given the money and resources DoD plans to pump into the effort.

The new venture will focus on the high-bypass ratio, geared-turbofan technology.The other partners in the previous partnership—Japanese Boeing Dreamliner Test to join.

Aero Engine Corp. and MTU AeroFinishes Engines GmbH—intend

Program Roche licenses technology from Bloomberg News Institute reports the Boeing 787 Dreamliner “finished its Biodesign

20- month flight-test program in the final hurdle toward approval for passenger serviceTechnology that could start next month.”

Theannounced last flight was Roche and Arizona Enterprises (AzTE) an made on August 13 and now the FAA “must verify the paperwork in agreement to license several technologies developed by Stuart aLindsay review atBoeing has said it expects this week and then certify the jet the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and beforeNuckolls its first delivery.

Colin of the Columbia University Nanoscience Center for the development of a revolutionary DNA sequencing system.

The agency, which has worked with Boeing since the 787’s inception, doesn’t discuss certification work, said Alison Duquette, The licensed technologies include specialized approaches for DNA abase spokeswoman.”

The article notes that the only the with Rolls sensing and reading and build on an ongoing787s collaboration Royce engines completed testing andofmore are needed with between Roche’s sequencing center excellence, 454for Lifethose Sciences, GE and Engines.

IBM to develop and commercialize a single-molecule, nanopore

DNA sequencer with the capacity to rapidly decode an individual’s The CNETgenome News “Cutting blog notes that on the final test flight, complete for wellEdge” below $1000. “the 14-person crew successfully completed simulations of a dispatch with a failed generator and failed fuel flow indication during the flight.”

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The DNA Transistor technology, developed by IBM Research, slows and controls the movement of the DNA molecule as it threads through a microscopic nanopore in a silicon chip, while Courier Graphics the newly licensed DNA reading technology can decode the Ad bases of the DNA molecule as it passes through.

Both technologies are centered on semiconductor-based nanopores, which have advantages over protein-based nanopores in terms of control, robustness, scalability, and manufacturability.

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So many US manufacturing jobs, so few skilled workers U.S. manufacturers are failing to fill thousands of vacant jobs, surprising when 14 million people are searching for work. Technology giant Siemens Corp., the U.S. arm of Germany’s Siemens AG , has over 3,000 jobs open all over the country. More than half require science, technology, engineering and math-related skills.

Other companies report job vacancies that range from six to 200, with some positions open for at least nine months. Manufacturing is hurt by a dearth of skilled workers.

MISMATCH OF SKILLS AND JOBS Most of the jobs hard to fill are for skilled trades, Internet technology, engineers, sales representatives and machine operators. Yet American colleges are producing fewer math and science graduates as students favor social sciences, whose workload is perceived to be manageable, leading to a skills mismatch.

Math, engineering, technology and computer science students accounted for about 11.1 percent of college graduates in 1980, according to government data. That share dropped to about 8.9 percent in 2009. An aging population of skilled workers is adding to the problem. As the baby boomers retire, there are fewer skilled workers available to replace them.

“Many of the younger kids that are coming out of college have been discouraged to go into manufacturing,” said Dennis Bray, president and CEO of Contour Precision Group. “A lot of the college graduates have chosen a curriculum and degree that does not give them the necessary science and math skills to be of immediate benefit to companies such as ours.” Contour Precision, based in Clover, South Carolina, does contract work for the energy and aerospace industries. It is currently looking for six technicians. It has had positions open since last year.

Unemployment in manufacturing is at 8.4 percent, below the overall rate of 9.1 percent. According to the Labor Department’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, there were 240,000 open jobs in manufacturing in August up 38.7 percent from a year ago. The problem is sufficiently serious that businesses are pushing Congress to address the issue of visas and help them hire more high-skilled foreigners.

STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT? These companies’ inability to fill open jobs suggests that part of the unemployment problem confronting the nation could be more of a structural nature rather than a downturn in the business cycle.

Two years after the end of the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s, about 14 million Americans are still unemployed. In September, nearly 45 percent of them had been out of work for six months or more. The longer people are out of the workforce, the more dated their skills become, making it even harder to reintegrate them into the labor market.

“What we have been saying for quite a while is that even though there is a high unemployment rate, it’s very difficult to find skilled people,” said Jeff Owens, president of ATS, a manufacturing consulting services company. A survey by ManpowerGroup found that a record 52 percent of U.S. employers have difficulty filling critical positions within their organizations – up from 14 percent in 2010. Owens said his company, which counts manufacturing behemoths Caterpillar and Motorola among its clients, has at any given time about 200 open positions.

The types of jobs available are also changing. Medium-skilled repetitive tasks that can be computerized continue to disappear. First, it was from from the factory floor, but it also affects the back office, where processing and support jobs are declining. The strongest job growth is concentrated in healthcare and the scientific, technical and computer fields, which usually require at least a post-secondary education.

“We are pro-actively working to fill them. It can take 90 to a hundred days, probably, to fill them,” he told Reuters. “We are creating jobs.We just don’t necessarily have the right people to fill them.” On average, companies usually take seven weeks to fill job openings.

“The old jobs are not coming back. We need to invest in education and training to get people prepared to fill these high-skilled, high-wage jobs of the future,” said Eric Spiegel, president and CEO of Siemens Corp. Siemens is recruiting in states where unemployment is high.

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In contrast, there are roughly three people for every advertised job in sales.

Dubbed the Modernized Expanded Capacity Doosan Announces Vehicle (MECV), these revamped Humvees PLENTY OF WELL-PAYING JOBS will still look like the vehicles that American Golf Sponsorship forces have been using since 1989.

Few of the thousands of jobs open in the manufacturing sector are low-wage positions. Workers at the very low levels can earn as much as $30 an hour, with annual salaries for engineers ranging Doosan has announced it will once The Army will keep offered both the and from $75,000 to $100,000.

At Siemens, the average potential salary for two-door its open positions again be an Official Patron of the British four-door versions of the Humvee, and the is $89,000 a year.widely as The Open Open (known trucks will still haul both men and material Championship), the oldest of the four Manufacturing lost its appeal during the 1990s in the field. But the MECV will have thicker when companies started moving production to major championships in professional golf. armor a larger carrying capacity, Asian countries like China, in search of cheap labor.

Butand rising wagescargo in China are forcing some compared to its older brothers. companies toOpen bring production back home. Although manufacturing accounts for about 12 percent The British is organized

by The of U.S.golf’s gross governing domestic product and about R&A, body outside of 10 percent of total non-farm employment, it has been the pillar of support for the and economy one of the highest-paying sectors. The shortage the main United States and Mexico, is and Along with the additional armor, the service also included a requirement that soldiers must of skilled workers is also compounded by the depressed housing market, which is making it tough celebrating its 140th year. Doosan is one have access to escape exits if the vehicle flips for Americans to relocate to where the jobs are.

The housing market crash has left many people of five British Open Patrons, a group or rolls over. Humvee rollovers are one of the with home loans owingHSBC, financial institutions more than what their houses are worth, making it that includes Rolex, Mercedesmain causes of non-combat related deaths in difficult for them to sell.

Benz, and Nikon. Doosan is also the first Iraq and Afghanistan. company headquartered in Korea to BRING IN THE ARMY support the tournament.

In the end, the modifications included in the asMECV program “regain In hopes of addressing the skills gap, companies such Siemens and ATS will are turning to vehicle the military, A global company, Doosan specializes in performance and while payload by targeting veterans. Siemens is embarking on apprenticeship programs, ATSconsumed is running training the infrastructure support business (ISB), the addition of extensive armor to technical the legacy force, and programs for young people. “We have found that veterans have training which includes thermal and nuclear power

adequately protect the crew from operational experience that they gain through threats, and incorporate lessons learned from military service, and these skills are current operations.” extremely valuable to us and match up well with manylearned of our over 3,000 open And those lessons from current positions,” Spiegel said. operations have been harsh ones.

Siemens has hired 450 military veterans The improvised explosive devices planted so far this year. Others are teaming

by Afghan and Iraqi insurgents, along with up with professional bodies like the weapons like rocket-propelled grenades and Society of Manufacturing Engineers mortars, exposed fatal flaws in the light(SME), which has developed online armored Humvee. courses to support its members. “We are not filling the pipeline with enough An up-armored version of the Humvee and candidates for these positions.

This the new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected problem has been ongoing for the vehicle did help close those gaps, but the last three or four years,” said Mark tactical vehicle fleet is still dominated by those Tomlinson, CEO of the SME. But the weaker Humvees. long-term solution lies in revamping nation’s education system to meet Army the Chief of Staff nominee Gen. Ray the current challenges and invest Odierno told the Hill that the service more was in vocational training, industry leaders in the process of taking care of the problem. say.

DoD has already begun strengthening certain versions of the MRAP that “Often people say we do are havevulnerable vocational to a particular kind of IED, known as an training, but it’s geared towards explosively formed penetrator, built by Iran. yesterday’s technology and yesterday’s job opportunities,” said ATS’s Owens.

The MECV requirements list comes just as the “I am not sure the educators are on the Army is preparing for a wide-scale Pentagon mark with what exactly needs to be review of its entire ground combat fleet. taught for today’s environment.”

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Boeing Deal 155 CH-47Fs to U.S. GE ‘all in’ on Offers aviation deal with China Army At a General Electric flight simulator here, the visibility has been set at neariszero to mimic thick rain and clouds. a video Boeing preparing to deliver a proposal to theBut U.S. Army console to build near 155 the pilotChinook shows a vivid pictureasofpart nearby precise enough to CH-47F helicopters of a mountains multiyear procurement deal. allow a plane to take off or land despite the conditions.

The Chinooks purchased under the pact will include some newer The system is one inofthe several valuable next-generation features not installed currenthighly CH-47F fleet. (U.S. Army) technologies that GE has developed — and that the company has passed along to China as part of a the jointpact venture the some state-owned The helicopters purchased under will with include newer Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). features not installed in the current CH-47F fleet.

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Access to the world’s second-largest economy is critical for nearly “Those aircraft will include a series of small design changes primarily any global company.Yet this often comes at a cost: the transfer of the driven by fielding requests,” Patrick Donnelly, Boeing’s director of very technologies that leading business officials — including GE chief domestic Chinook programs, said during an interview at the annual executive Jeffrey Immelt, who heads an Obama administration panel Association of the U.S. Army convention in Washington. on U.S. jobs and competitiveness — cite as essential to the United States’ economic future. The “synthetic vision” system, for example, One modification is a new floor that includes embedded rollers - similar could be worth millions of dollars to airlines, which could significantly to the ones used in U.S. Air Force’s C-17 cargo planes – that make reduce costs from weather-related delays. loading pallets easier.Today, some Chinooks use an optional pallet-roller system that is not integrated.

GE, like other companies, must weigh which technologies should be brought to joint ventures with China and how to protect them from The proposal is due by Nov. 1, however contract award is not expected being stolen or misused. These decisions face virtually any executive until January 2013, Donnelly said.The multiyear order “will essentially trying to develop a presence in the country — from the most complete” the current CH-47F program of record, Donnelly said. Army sophisticated technology firms, which worry about software piracy, to production is expected to wrap up at the end of the decade. old-line industrial equipment makers, which have seen knockoffs of their products pop up soon after making deals with Chinese partners.

The Army awarded Boeing a $4.3 billion multiyear pact for more than Under the agreement with AVIC, GE avionics will be on board a new 180 CH-47F aircraft in August 2008.

Chinese commercial airliner that is likely to become a rival to aircraft produced by U.S.-based Boeing and Europe’s Airbus. The potential The Chinook replacement, the Joint Multi-Role Heavy, is not expected competition with Boeing, coming at a time when the United States until the 2030s. Boeing is looking to keep the existing Chinook fleet is fighting to maintain its own manufacturing base, has stirred some flying for decades to come.

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Boeing is developing a new rotor blade that will give the helicopter “We are all in and we don’t want it back,” said Lorraine Bolsinger, chief about 2,000 more pounds of lift, without degrading forward flight executive of GE Aviation Systems. She said new airplanes don’t come performance, Donnelly said. The system is not scheduled to deliver along that often, and that the chance to be part of developing a major with the first aircraft in the multiyear procurement deal. new aircraft is not to be missed — even if most of the jobs will be in Shanghai or elsewhere in China.

“We have a critical design review coming up in January and we’ve already started to build flight ballistic test specimens and other things “We don’t sell bananas,” she said in an interview here. “We can’t afford to qualify it,” he said. to take a decade off.”

Lockheed Starts SDD On companies Canes But American business leaders wonderTesting privately whether such as GE are at risk of giving up long-term strategic advantages Bid

when they agree to technology-transfer deals for shorter-term gain.

Lockheed Martinmaintain recently started system development and GE executives that is informal not the case.

They say that they demonstration testing for the U.S. Navy’s proposed Consolidated negotiated robust protections in their contract with AVIC. The 50-50 Afloat Networksfor andexample, Enterprise (Canes) program, and is on joint venture, hasServices strict limits on employing Chinese track for formal testsalater this month to complete the SDD contract nationals who have military or intelligence background.

A board by December, the company says. committee that monitors compliance with the joint venture agreement is effectively under GE’s control and can, in a dispute, overrule the Canes is designed to consolidate and enhance five shipboard legacy full board, Bolsinger said.

network programs, providing the common computing environment for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence applications now controlled by several existing systems. The primary goal of the Canes program, the Navy says, is to build a secure shipboard network required for naval and joint operations.

Lockheed Martin is battling with Northrop Grumman to win the program, which could yield contracts worth about $1.7 billion to develop a consolidated communications network to connect more than 190 ships, submarines and maritime operations centers over the next 10 years. Lockheed Martin submitted its proposal last month, with the Navy looking to begin deployments on select ships in early 2012.

“This will accommodate all surface combatants in the Navy,” says Joe Villani, vice president of Canes for Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems & Sensors business in Moorestown, N.J. “The Navy wants to replace the existing system,” Villani says, “but stay within the footprints of those systems.”

His company’s proposal, Villani says, features a modular and scalable system leveraging commercial-off-the-shelf technology that will help the Navy in its quest to upgrade its systems and aging equipment.

The Canes program received Milestone B approval in January, beginning the program’s engineering and manufacturing development phase, and “green-lighting” the production of four limited-fielding units. Those units are for operational and training use, and will not be installed after the operational assessment and Milestone C approval, the Navy says.

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The Navy touts Canes as an example of the “better buying power” initiative started recently by the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.The effort directs the services to target affordability and control cost growth, incentivize productivity and innovation in industry, promote real competition, improve tradecraft in services acquisition, and reduce nonproductive processes and bureaucracy.

CompaniesWorking On Reusable Launch Vehicles Technology Review reports on how “two prominent commercial space companies have announced plans for reusable launch vehicles, and their progress is notable.” Both SpaceX and Blue Origin are working on reusable rockets, with officials speaking about their work at the recent AIAA Space 2011 conference. The article notes that “this is not the first time companies have shown an interest in building reusable launch vehicles,” but those projects “never materialized.”

Charles Lurio, who publishesThe Lurio Report, “says current companies have made more progress than earlier firms, including building and flying hardware.” Lurio added he thinks these companies have a “fair shot” at launching these types of rockets.

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Blaser______________801-722-4095 Canyon State Oil _____ 800-894-7773 Ebbco Inc _________ 800-809-3901 Hangsterfer’s _______ 800-433-LUBE Qualichem, Inc. ______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 Total Filtration Services___602-244-0717 EDM Materials & Supplies Blaser______________801-722-4095 Canyon State Oil _____ 800-894-7773 D & R Machinery _____ 480-775-6462 Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 EDM Performance acc's __ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330 Qualichem Inc _______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 EDM Tooling Systems CVD Diamond Corp. ____ 661-254-1788 Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 EDM Performance ____ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 Filtration -Grind Wheels & Belts S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000

CERTIFIED BY DNV 1509001:2008_

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Kevin Randall

Outside Sales Representative

AS9120:2002 -

Fire Extinguishing Systems Firetrace Intl _______ 480-514-4450 Guard & Vacuum Pedes Pedestals For Grinders Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420 Laser Accessories Canyon State Oil _____ 800-894-7773 Lubricants / Systems Canyon State Oil _____ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s_________800-433-LUBE Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 Machine Tool Accessories Industrial Workholding __ 714--935-9686 Machine Tool Cool. Filtration Blaser______________801-722-4095 Canyon State Oil ________ 800-894-7773 D & R Machinery________ 480-775-6462 Hangsterfer’s_________800-433-LUBE K-Tec Equip & Supplies __ 800-468-5832 Production Tool Co _______ 800-266-3253 Qualichem, Inc _________ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________ 800-367-9966 Total Filtration Services __ 602-244-0717 Magnetic Particle Ins Equip.

DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Metal Finishing Chemicals Galaxy Associates, Inc. _____ 480-393-3218 Mist Collectors Production Tool Co _______ 800-266-3253 Total Filtration Services __ 602-244-0717 Pallet Systems Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711 D & R Machinery________ 480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335 Parts Washing Equipment Blaser______________801-722-4095 Hangsterfer’s _______ 800-433-LUBE Mirachem _________ 800-847-3527 Production Tool Co _______ 800-266-3253 Qualichem, Inc _________ 480-320-0308

Star Metal Fluids ________ 800-367-9966 Solvents & Degreasing Agents Blaser______________801-722-4095 Canyon State Oil ________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s_______800-433-LUBE K-Tec Equip & Supplies __ 800-468-5832 Mirachem _________ 800-847-3527 Petroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899 Qualichem, Inc _________480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________ 800-367-9966 Solvents: Vapor degreasing Petroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899 Solvents:Hand Wipe Mirachem _________ 800-847-3527 Petroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899 Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Petroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899 Spindles Setco-Pope Spindles ______866-362-0699 Steel Service Center Ryerson ____________ 602-455-3374 Subplates Stevens Engineering ______800-635-0657 Vacuum Pumps &Workholding Airtek _____________ 480-966-5267 Industrial Workholding ____714--935-9686 Vibratory Equipment Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711 Production Tool Co _______800-266-3253 Vises and Vise Jaws Arizona CNC Equip _______ 480-615-6353 Desert EDM Sales _______ 480-816-6300

Elrod Machinery ________928-526-9032 928-526-9032 Industrial Workholding ____714--935-9686 Waterjet Abrasives Barton International ___800-741-7756 KMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274 Lone Arrow_________480-507-8074 Waterjet Replacement Parts Barton International ___800-741-7756 KMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274 Work Holding ATS Industrial Supply__ 602-276-7707 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Industrial Workholding __714--935-9686 Innovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730 FIXTURING Industrial Workholding __714--935-9686 Stevens Engineering ___ 800-635-0657 Fixturing Designs Stevens Engineering ___ 800-635-0657 HARDWARE MATERIAL Alloys: High Temperature Aerodyne Alloys_____ 860-289-3820 Horizon Carbide Tool __ 480-968-0957 Mountain Rep ______ 480-899-1900 Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 Alloys: Specialty Aerodyne Alloys_____860-289-3820 Aluminum AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Ind. Metal Supply ____ 602-454-1500

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3 47 5 S y m m e s R o a d Hamilton, OH 45016 9830 Norwalk Blvd Suite 155 S a n t a F e S p r i n g s , C A 9 0 670 ph 888.282.3292 fax 513.860.6516

www.upmet.com

Coast Aluminum _____877-977-6061 877-977-6061 Fry Steel Company ____800-423-6651 MarZee Inc. ________602-269-5801 Phoenix Metal Trading _ 602-257-4660 Ryerson __________602-455-3374 Samuel, Son & Co. ____ 800-631-9765 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Tolleson Steel ______ 623-936-3325 Tube Service Company __602-267-9865 Aluminum Extrusions Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Ind. Metal Supply_____602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum _____877-977-6061

Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 Sa Armor:Commercial Temtco Steel ________ 480-389-2883 Armor:Military Grade Temtco Steel ________ 480-389-2883 Bar: Large Diameter Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Brass AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel Company ____ 800-423-6651 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Phoenix Metal Trading __ 602-257-4660 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 Western States Metals __801-978-0562 An ISO 9001 Company

Jeff Klimowicz Senior Sales Engineer Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID All Products Proudly Made in the USA

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

Bronze AZ Metals _________602-688-8003 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Phoenix Metal Trading __ 602-257-4660 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 Western States Metals __ 801-978-0562 Carbon AZ Metals _________602-688-8003 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Fry Steel Company ____ 800-423-6651 Cast Iron Western States Metals __ 801-978-0562 Castings Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Mountain Rep _______ 480-899-1900 Phoenix Metal Trading __ 602-257-4660 Castings, Investment Mountain Rep _______ 480-899-1900

Ceramics MarZee Inc. _________ 602-269-5801 Chrome Rod Western States Metals __ 801-978-0562 Cobalt United Performance Metals __888-282-3292 Copper Apache Steel Company ___602-323-2200 AZ Metals _________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals ________ 602-252-1918 Ind. Metal Supply ______ 602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum ______ 877-977-6061 State Industrial Prod ____602-275-0990 Western States Metals __ 801-978-0562 Extrusions TW Metals __________800-203-8000 Lead Ind. Metal Supply ______ 602-454-1500 Material Sales Samuel, Son & Co. ____ 800-631-9765

Bar / Plate 24 Hour Delivery

Delivering Alloy Solutions to the World.

Nickel Cobalt. Titanium. Stainless.

Patricia Negoro 800.337.3766 x 148 AerodyneAlloys.com Santa Fe Springs, CA pnegoro@aerodynealloys.com

TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California ___800-237-2888 Metals Advanced Metal Sales___ 623-434-8343 Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals _________602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Ryerson __________ 602-455-3374 Samuel, Son & Co. ____ 800-631-9765 State Industrial Pro ____ 602-275-0990 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Tolleson Steel _______ 623-936-3325 Temtco Steel ________ 480-389-2883 Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California ___800-237-2888 United Performance Metals _ 888-282-3292 Western States Metals __ 801-978-0562 Metals-Bar & Plate Aerodyne Ulbrich Alloys _ 800-337-3766 AZ Metals _________602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061

Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 Temtco Steel ________ 480-389-2883 Tolleson Steel _______ 623-936-3325 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888 Metals-Strip, Wire & Bar TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888 Mold Steel Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 New & used Metals Phoenix Metal Trading __ 602-257-4660 Nickel Alloys Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Fry Steel Company ____ 800-423-6651 MarZee Inc. ________ 602-269-5801 Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 Ulbrich of California ___ 800-237-2888 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Plate: Wear and Structural Temtco Steel ________ 480-389-2883 Pre-Honed Tube Western States Metals __801-978-0562 Recyclable Metals Barry Metals_________602-484-7186 Consolidated Resources Inc. 623-931-5009 MMR,LLC __________ 623-937-0385 Phoenix Metal Trading __ 602-257-4660 Recycling: Carbide Ebbco Inc _________ 800-809-3901 Rubber MarZee Inc. ________602-269-5801 Scrap Metal Recycling Barry Metals_________602-484-7186 Consolidated Resources Inc. 623-931-5009 MMR,LLC __________ 623-937-0385 Phoenix Metal Trading __ 602-257-4660

Stainless Steel Apache Steel Company _ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coast Aluminum _____877-977-6061 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel Company ____800-423-6651 Ind. Metal Supply _____602-454-1500 MarZee Inc. ________602-269-5801 Ryerson __________602-455-3374 Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Steel Advanced Metal Sales___ 623-434-8343 Apache Steel Company _ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel Company ____800-423-6651 Ind. Metal Supply _____602-454-1500 MarZee Inc. ________602-269-5801 Ryerson __________602-455-3374 Temtco Steel ________ 480-389-2883

Tolleson Steel ______ 623-936-3325 Tube Service Company _ 602-267-9865 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Steel Coil-sheet Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Ryerson _________ 602-455-3374 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Steel Service Centers Advanced Metal Sales___ 623-434-8343 Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 Structurals Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Titanium Aerodyne Alloys ______ 800-237-2888 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 MarZee Inc. ________ 602-269-5801 Mountain Rep _______ 480-899-1900 Ulbrich of California ___ 800-237-2888 Tubing AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 GASES Cylinder Storage/Microbulk Praxair Distribution ____ 602-269-2151

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Doug Klein, ASQ CQE

3021 St Lane 5730S.E.35th Leith Phoenix, AZAZ 85034 Scottsdale, 85254 480-626-8131 Fax 480-626-2101 doug@klontech.com www.klontech.com

Purification Units Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 (CO2 and Hydrogen) Innovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730 Praxair Distribution ____ 602-269-2151 Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Welding and Cutting Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Praxair Distribution ____ 602-269-2151 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 B & T Tool & Engineering _ 602-267-1481 TOOLING Cutting Tools Boring Bars B & T Tool & Engineering _ 602-267-1481 CVD Diamond Corp. ____ 661-254-1788 Criterion __________602-315-5258 Eclipse Carbide _______ 480-214-3719 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Seco Tools Inc. _______ 248-528-5960 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Carbide Cutting Tools: Custom BC Tool Grinding_______ 602-252-3507 B & T Tool & Engineering _ 602-267-1481 Eclipse Carbide _______ 480-214-3719 CTE ____________ 800-783-2400 Diamond Coated End Mills Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 CVD Diamond Corp. ____ 661-254-1788 Eclipse Carbide _______ 480-214-3719 Drills Elrod Machinery _____ 928-526-9032 CTE ____________ 800-783-2400

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Cutting utting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 CVD Diamond Corp. ____ 661-254-1788 BC Tool Grinding_______ 602-252-3507 Elrod Machinery _____ 928-526-9032 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Moore Tool & Equipment _ 602-455-8904 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Seco Tools Inc _______ 248-528-5960 End Mills CTE _____________800-783-2400 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 CVD Diamond Corp. ____ 661-254-1788 Elrod Machinery ____ 928-526-9032 Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Form Tools CTE _____________800-783-2400

utting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Cutting B & T Tool & Engineering 602-267-1481 Inserts, Indexable Horizon Carbide Tool __ 480-968-0957 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Inserts, PCD/CBN Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Loose Abrasive Grains S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000 Reamers & Drills, PCD Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Thread Mills Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Tooling Columns Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335

602-550-1339

Feature Cam ______ 602-502-9654 Software,Lean/6 Sigma 4 Sight Technologies ___ 480-922-6484 30 Years Experience Software, NC Programming Adams Machinery ____ 480-968-3711 MIKE SMITH 602-397-4008 Delcam _________ 877 335 2261 mike.amts@hotmail.com amtsmike@hotmail.com Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Elrod Machinery ____ 928-526-9032 Tombstones/Subplates Arizona Machine Tool Service, AMTS Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654 800-635-0657 Opening a new Stevens chapter inEngineering my life, after 30___ years, 22 in Arizona as Machinery Sales TMI (GibbsCAM) ______ 602-618-6553 DISTRIBUTORS Co. Senior ServiceMETAL Engineer, servicing Bridgeport, Cincinnati, Hardinge, Okamoto, and many others, CNC and Manual Machine Tools, I will continue to provide service Western States Metals __801-978-0562 Software, Servicing and repair to Arizona, DDi (Solidworks) _____ 602-241-0900 PALLET SYSTEMS Thank you Mike Smith Manual & Automatic Pallet Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Systems Elrod Machinery _____ 928-526-9032 Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420 Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654 Tooling Systems Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Manual Lift Off Pallet Sys- TMI (GibbsCAM) ______ 602-618-6553 tems Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 Tooling Systems Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420 Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Manual Rotory Pallet Systems REPAIR/DESIGN Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Machine Tool Design/EnMidaco Corporation ____847-593-8420 Seco Tools Inc _______ 248-528-5960 gineering ROBOTICS Tool Repair, Coating, Robotic Part Loading Systems DDi (Solidworks) _____ 602-241-0900 Treatment Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 BC Tool Grinding_______ 602-252-3507 PROG. SYSTEMS Machine Tool Rebuilding B & T Tool & Engineering _ 602-267-1481 CAD/CAM A&J Ind Mch. Repair ___ 602-550-1339 CTE _____________ 800-783-2400 Adams Machinery _____ 480-968-3711 Adams Machinery _____ 480-968-3711 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 DDi (Solidworks) _____ 602-241-0900 CNC Machinery Sales ___ 602-244-1507 Elrod Machinery _____ 928-526-9032 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 TMI (GibbsCAM) ______ 602-618-6553 Setco-Pope Spindles ____ 866-362-0699 Southwest Spindle Service 480-837-0368 Software, Inv. Control The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 BC_Adam.pdf

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Rob Schwister

Relationship Manager 480.905.2407 rschwister@alerusmail.com alerusfinancial.com

Machine Retrofitting/CNC Adams Machinery _____ 480-968-3711 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 CNC Machinery Sales ___ 602-244-1507 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 Elrod Machinery _____ 928-526-9032 Machinery Moving Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 A&J Ind Mch. Repair ___ 602-550-1339 Machine Repair Parts/Filters Total Filtration Services __ 602-244-0717 Maint/Repair Services A&J Ind Mch. Repair ___ 602-550-1339 Adams Machinery _____ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 D & R Machinery _____ 480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335

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Michael Manning 2233 S. 15th Place, Phoenix, AZ 85034 (602) 252-4426 phone :: (714) 713-0006 cell mmanning@mmrmetals.com

Jemelco, emelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 Southwest Spindle Service 480-837-0368 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 Mold Repairs Trish Mooney B&B Tool _________520-397-0436 2233 S. 15th Place, Phoenix, AZ 85034 (602) 252-4426 phone :: (623) 414-7835 cell Stamping Repairs tmooney@mmrmetals.com B&B Tool. _________520-397-0436 Prev. Maint Programs A&J Ind Mch. Repair ___ 602-550-1339 Adams Machinery _____ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 D & R Machinery _____ 480-775-6462 Rich Crouse Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 2233 S. 15th Place, Phoenix, AZ 85034 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 (602) 252-4426 phone :: (623) 533-0519 cell The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 Total Filtration Services __ 602-244-0717 Repair -Hydraulic A&J Ind Mch. Repair ___ 602-550-1339 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 Road Machinery _______ 520-623-8681 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 Chendo Rivera Repair -2233Portable S. 15th Place, Phoenix, AZ 85034 (602) 252-4426 phone :: (623) 224-1772 cell A&J Ind Mch. Repair ___ 602-550-1339 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 The Werks C&C, Inc _____602-569-1809 Spindle Rebuilding Setco-Pope Spindles _____866-362-0699 Southwest Spindle Service 480-837-0368 MACHINERY REPAIR PARTS Belts All World Machinery Supply 815-943-9111 Bearings(Precision) All World Machinery Supply 815-943-9111 Metric O-Rings All World Machinery Supply 815-943-9111 Switches (Proximity, Limit) All World Machinery Supply 815-943-9111 Valves (Hydraulic, Pneumatic) All World Machinery Supply 815-943-9111 A2Z METALWORKER

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CNC Training Adams Machinery ______480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Jet Products _________623-869-6749 Design Services DDi (Solidworks) _____ 602-241-0900 Metalcraft Inc. ________ 480-967-4889 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech ___623-780-4137 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 Financial Services Alerus Bank & Trust _____480-905-2407 Arizona Bank & Trust ___480-844-4562 Bank of Arizona _______480-642-2876 Country Financial _____ 602-321-3232 O’Donnell & Assoc. ____ 602-843-8018 SBG Capital ________480-897-4988 Spectra Financial Services _480-440-2496 Heavyhaul IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Inpection: Repair & Certify NBS Calibrations ____ 480-894-0592 Inspection Gauging Equipment NBS Calibrations ____ 480-894-0592 Insurance Services Country Financial _____ 602-321-3232 HUB Intl __________ 602-749-4190 Leavitt Group _______602-264-0566 International Trade Mountain Rep _______ 480-899-1900 IT/ Network Support Gartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121 Leasing and Financing Alerus Bank & Trust _____480-905-2407 Arizona Bank & Trust ___480-844-4562 Bank of Arizona ______ 480-642-2876 O’Donnell & Assoc. ____ 602-843-8018 Spectra Financial Services _480-440-2496 Lean Manufacturing 4 Sight Technologies ___ 480-922-6484 Arizona MEP _________ 480-874-9100 BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Sustaining Edge Solutions___888-572-9642 Manufacturers Rep Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110 Pro-Salez _________ 480-773-3239 Quality Training Consultants__928-284-0856

SERVICES Banks Alerus Bank & Trust ____ 480-905-2407 Bank of Arizona ______ 480-642-2876 Spectra Financial Services 480-440-2496 Business Consulting BMSC____________480-445-9400 O’Donnell & Assoc. _____602-843-8018 Quality Training Consultants_928-284-0856 Spectra Financial Services __ 480-440-2496 Calibration: Gauging Equipment NBS Calibrations ____ 480-894-0592 Calibration: Repair/Certify NBS Calibrations ____ 480-894-0592 Calibration: Services NBS Calibrations ____ 480-894-0592 Cash Flow Management Bank of Arizona ______ 480-642-2876 Spectra Financial Services 480-440-2496 Cleaning Services: Industrial OpenWorks__________602-909-1167 Cleaning Serv. Clean Room OpenWorks__________602-909-1167 Computer Services Gartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121 Consulting 4 Sight Technologies____480-922-6484 BMSC____________480-445-9400 Advanced Custom Screens_800-992-7936 Arizona MEP _________ 480-874-9100 Quality Advisory Services__602-910-1510 Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Contract Inspection Advanced Coordinate Tech _ 623-780-4137 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Contract Programming Adams Machinery _____ 480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery _____480-968-5335 Mexican Shelter Programs Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Mountain Rep _______ 480-899-1900

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Rigging/Machinery Moving IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Retirement Planning Country Financial ______ 602-321-3232 Recycling Barry Metals_________ 602-484-7186 Consolidated Resources Inc. 623-931-5009 MMR,LLC ___________ 623-937-0385 Phoenix Metal Trading ___ 602-257-4660 Reverse Engineering Advanced Coordinate Tech__623-780-4137 Copperstar Engineering _ 928-778-7513 Datum Inspection ____ 602-997-1340 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Metalcraft Inc. _________ 480-967-4889 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 Rigging IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Schools, Custom Training DDi (Solidworks) _____ 602-241-0900 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Jet Products ________ 623-869-6749 Quality Advisory Services ___602-910-1510 Services: UT/ Network Support Shop Floor Automations___ 877-611-5825 Supplier Auditing BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Systems Integration Arizona CIMTECH ______ 480-834-4404 Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5877 Testing, Metallurgical Metals Eng & Testing Lab. __ 602-272-4571 ARTL _____________ 602-374-3770 Trade Show Booth Design Fry Fabricators _______ 602-454-0701 Transportation IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Web Design Gartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121

Working Capital, Credit Lines Bank of Arizona _______480-642-2876 O’Donnell & Assoc. ____ 602-843-8018 SBG Capital ________ 480-897-4988 SHOP FLOOR AUTOMATION USB Shop Floor Automations _ 877-611-5825 Scheduling Shop Floor Automations _ 877-611-5825 Serial Port Shop Floor Automations _ 877-611-5825 Software:CNC Networking Shop Floor Automations _ 877-611-5825 RS232 Cabling Shop Floor Automations _ 877-611-5825 Virtual CNC Shop Floor Automations _ 877-611-5825

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

BONDING Diffusion VACCO Industries ______ 626-443-7121

ASSEMBLY Aerostar Aerospace _____ 602-861-1145 CAD Enterprises _______ 602-278-4407 CGS Technologies ______ 623-869-0600 Foresight Technologies ___ 480-967-0080 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 JRT Hunt ___________ 480-968-5928 Morsch Machine ________480-961-7673 Cable/Harness Assembly Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 X5 Manufacturing ______ 602-454-7385 Clean Room Assembly Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 L&W Fluid ________ 602-323-2560 Electrical Assembly (UL508A) Southwest Metal Fab ____ 602-470-1200 BENDING Advanced Metal Sales___ 623-434-8343 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Southwest Metal Fab ____ 602-470-1200

BRAZING CAD Enterprises ________ 602-278-4407 Joined Alloys ________ 602-870-5600 Precision Casting Repair __ 800-622-2404 BROACHING Action Machine _______ 602-233-0883 Apache consolidate, Inc ____ 623-934-7144 Ayers Gear & Mach ______ 623-934-6913 Lewis Aerospace ________ 623-581-0764 CASTINGS AATC______________602-268-1467 Aerostar Aerospace ______602-861-1145 May Foundry & Machine __ 801-531-8931 Castings: Prototype AATC______________602-268-1467 May Foundry & Machine __ 801-531-8931 Castings: Production AATC____________602-268-1467 May Foundry & Machine __ 801-531-8931 Castings: Repair Precision Casting Repair __ 800-622-2404 CLEANING A2Z Sandblasting _______ 602-716-5566 COATING Accuwright Industries _____480-892-9595

Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Louie's Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 MPI International ______ 956-631-6880 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Perma-Finish ________ 602-278-1733 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Precision Powdercoat ____ 480-894-5224 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 Coating: Black Oxide Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Louie's Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Coating: Chem Film AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 Certified Inspection Sevice____602-267-0661 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Gold Tech Industries ____ _480-968-1930 Jet Products _________ 623-869-6749 METCO Metal Finishing ___ 602-276-4120

LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Lynch Brothers Mfg ______ 602-267-7575 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting _ 602-256-0260 Treffers Precision _______ 602-744-2636 LAI Southwest _________602-304-1160 STP Performance Coating LLC _ 602-276-1231 The Metal Man ________ 800-448-9448 Coating: Dry Film Lube Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Jet Products __________ 623-869-6749 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting _ 602-256-0260 Coating: Nickel/Teflon Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 Coating: NP3 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 Louie's Black Oxide ______ 602-257-0530

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email: mikeb@geromeaz.com

jhull@foresighttech.net www.foresighttech.net

E-Coat •Wire EDM •Surface Grinding MPI International _______956-631-6880 •Small Hole EDM •Advanced CAD/CAM Electro-Coating Services •CNC Machining •Fast Quotes PMA PhotoMetals ______ 800-899-3366 •CNC Turning HVOF Metal Spraying •Waterjet Cutting .....And More Prime Machine _______ 801-575-8430 Powder Coating Precision Powdercoat _____480-894-5224 LAI Southwest ________ 602-304-1160 CUTTING The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448 Advanced Metal Sales___ 623-434-8343 CNC Router Echols Saw & Supply _____602-278-3918 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 EDM Express.com ______ 877-336-4548 Laser Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514 APMI ____________ 480-668-0024 Fine Line Laser Cutting __ 602-863-3196 Taycar Enterprises ____505-265-2121 Tube Laser Cutting Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 DIES Arizona Wire & Tool ______480-813-1002

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Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Precision Die & Stamp'g __ 480-967-2038 EDM EDM: Drilling Small Hole Arizona Wire Specialists __ 480-829-6530 CAD Enterprises _______ 602-278-4407 EDM Tech __________ 602-278-6666 EDM Express.com ______877-336-4548 Landmark Precision_____480-940-4001 LAYKE, Inc. _________ 602-272-2654 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 Sun Tech ________ 480-921-1665 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) EDM Tech __________ 602-278-6666 Landmark Precision_____480-940-4001 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 Petersen Inc_________800-410-6789 Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480 Sun Tech ________ 480-921-1665 Tooling Molds West _____ 480-921-9939 EDM: Dialectric Systems /Filtration Ebbco Inc _________ 800-809-3901 EDM: Wire 3D Machine LLC ____ 480-239-8254

Arizona Wire & Tool ______480-813-1002 Arizona Wire Specialists ___ 480-829-6530 Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637 Central Valley Machine ___ 435-752-0931 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 EDM Express.com ______ 877-336-4548 Landmark Precision _____ 480-940-4001 Hawkeye Precision _____ 480-926-8642 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 PGI_______________505-884-5782 Powill Manufacturing____623-780-4100 Quality Mold_________ 480-892-5480

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Your Manufacturing Solutions Partner

Precision CNC Machining

Geno Forman

President Tel: 602.454.7385 Fax: 602.454.7389 Cell: 480.710.8420 Email: gforman@x5mfg.com

Sun Tech _________ 480-921-1665 Toolcraft of Phoenix ___ 623-435-5405 WC Machine & Tool ______ 480-507-4620 Whitley Machine _______ 602-323-5550 Graphite Services Micro-Tronics, Inc _______ 602-437-8995 FABRICATION Advanced Metal Sales ___ 623-434-8343 AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____ 602-243-4329 APMI ______________480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal ______ 303-427-6419 ASHER Metal Products ____ 773-276-5007 AzMark ____________ 480-926-8969 Astra Fab ___________ 480-497-8250 Bell Steel ___________ 480-833-5538 BID Machine, Inc _______ 480-892-7304 CAID Industries ________ 520-294-3126 Central Components ___ 520-571-1433 Central Valley Machine ___ 435-752-0931 CGS Technologies _______ 623-869-0600

Capital Stainless _____480-967-0016 480-967-0016 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 CygnetStamping & Fab ____818-240-7574 Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Gerome Mfg ________ 520-622-8402 Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 Howell Precision _______ 623-582-4776 Nelson Engineering ______602-273-7114 New Hope Machine _____ 520-825-7830 Phoenix Metalcraft ____602-279-4810 Plastic Eng._________480-491-8100 PMC Manufacturing______ 623-582-2233 Precision Casting Repair __ 800-622-2404 Prime Machine___________801-575-8430 Scriven Precision_______ 480-961-9775 Southwest Metal Fab ____ 602-470-1200 Systems 3 __________ 480-894-2581

3342 E. Wier Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85040 NADCAP Approved Facility

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TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448 Tolleson Steel _______ 623-936-3325 Weiser/Mile High Precision _ 303-280-2778 Whitley Machine_______ 602-323-5550 Wintech __________ 602-437-9001 Wrico_____________ 480-892-7800 Fabrication: Custom Metal Arrow Sheet Metal _______303-427-6419 ASHER Metal Products _____773-276-5007 Capital Stainless _____ 480-967-0016 CygnetStamping & Fab ____818-240-7574 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Howell Precision ________623-582-4776 Landmark Precision _____ 480-940-4001 Systems 3 __________ 480-894-2581 VACCO Industries ______ 626-443-7121 Fabrication: Medium & Large APMI______________480-668-0024

Arrow Sheet Metal _______303-427-6419 303-427-6419 ASHER Metal Products _____773-276-5007 Bell Steel___________ 480-833-5538 Continental Machining __800-777-2483 CGS Technologies ______ 623-869-0600 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Howell Precision ________623-582-4776 Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575 Prime Machine___________801-575-8430 Trepanning Specialties ___562-633-8110 Fabrication: Rebuild/ Large Bell Steel___________ 480-833-5538 Empire Precision Mach. __ 480-633-4580 Fabrication: Sheet Metal ACME Metal Works _____ 480-926-4171 APMI______________480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal _______303-427-6419 Astra Fab __________ 480-497-8250 Bell Steel___________ 480-833-5538

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Precision Die Cutting

Capital Stainless _____480-967-0016 CygnetStamping & Fab ____818-240-7574 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Howell Precision _______ 623-582-4776 Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 Landmark Precision _____ 480-940-4001 New Hope Machine _____ 520-825-7830 Petersen Inc _________ 800-410-6789 Phoenix Metalcraft ___ 602-279-4810 Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575 TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448 Weiser/Mile High Precision _ 303-280-2778

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FINISHING AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 Anodizing of Mesa______ 480-833-6412 Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117 LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Louie's Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 METCO Metal Finishing ___ 602-276-4120 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Perma-Finish ________ 602-278-1733 Phoenix Heat Treating____ 602-258-7751 Precision Powdercoat ____ 480-894-5224 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 Finishing: One Stop Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 FINISH OPS-CLEANING Cleaning: AF 5333 Jet Products _________ 623-869-6749 Semiray Aerospace Testing _ 623-842-3030 Dry Film Lubrication Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Glass Bead Clean ABS Metallurgical Processors 602-437-3008 Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671

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Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 L A Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 ACME Metal Works _____ 480-926-4171 Gun Drilling ACME Metal Works _____ 480-926-4171 Gun Finishing Louie’s Gun Finishing ____ 602-257-0530 Passivation ABS Metallurgical Processors 602-437-3008 Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 Coating Technologies ___ _623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries _____ 480-968-1930 Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117 Jet Products _________ 623-869-6749 L A Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 METCO Metal Finishing ___ 602-276-4120 Semiray ___________ 602-275-1917 Polishing Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries _____ 480-968-1930 L A Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Powder Coating AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 Precision Powdercoat ____ 480-894-5224 Sand Blasting A2Z Sandblasting ______ 602-716-5566 ABS Metallurgical Processors 602-437-3008 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Jet Products _________ 623-869-6749 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 STP Performance Coating LLC 602-276-1231 Stripping Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Jet Products _________ 623-869-6749

Semiray ___________ 602-275-1917 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 FIXTURES EDM Express.com ______877-336-4548 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 FORGINGS Aluminum Precision _____ 805-488-4401 R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 Forgings: Aluminum Aluminum Precision _____ 805-488-4401 Forgings: Titanium Aluminum Precision _____ 805-488-4401

Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com

R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700 602-278-7700 FOUNDRY AATC ______________ 602-268-1467 May Foundry & Machine __ 801-531-8931 GALVANIZING Petersen Inc_________800-410-6789 GEAR CUTTING Action Machine _______ 602-233-0883 Apache Gear, Inc _______ 623-934-7144 Ayers Gear & Machine ____ 623-934-6913 GLASS BEAD A2Z Sandblasting _______ 602-716-5566 Lone Arrow_________480-507-8074 GRINDING Arizona Engineering ____ 520-586-1522 Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 Arizona Wire & Tool ______ 480-813-1002 Auer Precision _________ 480-834-4637 AzMark ____________ 480-926-8969 BC Tool Grinding________ 602-252-3507

TEMPERATURE PROCESSING Eric Engelhard

Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 ChemResearch________ 602-253-4175 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 JRT Hunt ___________ 480-968-5928 Osborn Products _______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Powill Manufacturing_____623-780-4100 PMC Manufacturing______ 623-582-2233 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 Steel Services Grinding ___ 800-662-0126 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Grinding, Blanchard JRT Hunt ___________ 480-968-5928 Steel Services Grinding ____800-662-0126 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Grinding, CNC/Contour Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Powill Manufacturing____623-780-4100 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 Grinding: Centerless Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 JRT Hunt ___________ 480-968-5928 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products _______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 Shaw Precision _______ 480-785-4925 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701

Grinding… Cylindrical Grindworks __________623-582-5767 JRT Hunt ___________ 480-968-5928 Grinding… Double Disc Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Grinding: ID/OD Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks __________623-582-5767 JRT Hunt ___________ 480-968-5928 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products _______ 623-587-0335 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 Superior Grinding _______888-487-9701 Grinding:Mattison Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Grinding: OD Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 BC Tool Grinding_______ 602-252-3507 Grindworks __________623-582-5767 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Road Machinery _______ 520-623-8681 Grinding: Precision Tool US Carbide Tool LLC ______480-755-3812 Grinding: Surface Arizona Wire & Tool ______480-813-1002 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 EDM Express.com ______ 877-336-4548 Grindworks __________623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products _______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401

Quality Mold_________ 480-892-5480 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620 Grinding: Tool & Cutter BC Tool Grinding_______ 602-252-3507 B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 CTE ____________ 800-783-2400 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 Grinding: Ultra Precision Systems 3 __________ 480-894-2581 GUNDRILLING Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110 HEAT TREATING ABS Metallurgical Processors 602-437-3008 CAD Enterprises _______ 602-278-4407 Controlled Thermal Tech'y__ 602-272-3714 Joined Alloys ________ 602-870-5600 L A Specialties _________602-269-7612

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THE

LINDGREN GROUP ISO 900 I :2000 CERTIFIED

Gregg A. Dunlap Business Development

greggd@metcofinishing.com www.thelindgrengroup.com

3508 East Corona Avenue Phoenix. AZ 85040 OFFICE 602-276-4120 CELL 602-725-8380 FAX 602-276-0109

INDUSTRIAL SEALINGS Gaskets:Manufacturing Phoenix Heat Treating____ 602-258-7751 Cupps Ind Supply _______602-269-2301 Industrial Sealings Team Industrial Services __ 602-269-7868 Cupps Ind Supply _______602-269-2301 Temperature Processing ___ 303-772-0250 Packing Heat Treating/ Aerospace Cupps Ind Supply _______602-269-2301 CAD Enterprises _______ 602-278-4407 INSPECTION Temperature Processing ___ 303-772-0250 Calibration Advanced Coordinate Tech __623-780-4137 HONING/LAPPING Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 Washington Calibration ___ 480-820-0506 Inspection, First Article LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 Advanced Coordinate Tech __623-780-4137 Road Machinery _______ 520-623-8681 Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131 Osborn Products _______ 623-587-0335 Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Inspection Services Powill Manufacturing_____623-780-4100 Advanced Coordinate Tech __623-780-4137 Arizona Wire & Tool ______480-813-1002 IDENTIFICATION Challenger Aerospace ____ 480-894-0802 Labels & Bar Code Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131 Tool / PartMarking (Laser) Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 Ace Laser____________ 480-924-3232 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 East Valley Laser Inc ______ 480-855-7137 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 East Valley Laser Tucson Inc __ 520-888-1259 Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422 TechMark __________ 480-820--9444 Inspection Services (NDT) CAD Enterprises ________602-278-4407 Silk Screen Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Jet Processing ______ 623-869-6749 x117 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Jet Products __________623-869-6749

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Joined Alloys ________ 602-870-5600 Semiray Aero. Testing ____602-275-1917 Team Industrial Services __ 602-269-7868 Inspection Services, Welding Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 ISO Consultant Arizona MEP ________ 480-874-9100 BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Gladhill Assoc_________623-939-4412 Quality Advisory Services _ 602-910-1510 Quality Training Consultants _ 928-284-0856 Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Gladhill Assoc_________623-939-4412 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Great Western Registrar ___623-580-1881 Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 Quality Training Consultants _ 928-284-0856 ISO Registrar Great Western Registrar ___623-580-1881 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Liquid Penetrant Certified Inspection Service _602-267-0661 Jet Products _________ 623-869-6749 Semiray ____________602-275-1917 Team Industrial Services __ 602-269-7868 MAG Particle Certified Inspection Service__602-267-0661 Jet Products____ _____623-869-6749

Team Industrial Services __ 602-269-7868 Metrology/inspection Serv Prime Machine___________801-575-8430 Process Improvement/ Audit Arizona MEP _________ 480-874-9100 BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Quality Training Consultants__ 928-284-0856 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 X-Ray Certified Inspection Service __ 602-267-066 Semiray____________602-275-1917 Team Industrial Services __ 602-269-7868 IRON STITCHING Precision Casting Repair __ 800-622-2404 MACHINING Machining: 3D 3D Machine LLC _____ 480-239-8254 Aerostar Aerospace _____ 602-861-1145 Cassavant Machining ___602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802 Hawkeye Precision _____ 480-926-8642 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 Powerhaus Precision ____ 480-225-8854 Pro Precision_________ 602-353-0022

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Profiles rofiles Tool & Engineering __ 480-894-100 Tooling Molds West _____ 480-921-9939 Machining: 5 Axis Bogue Machine Co ___ 505-344-9988 CAD Enterprises _______ 602-278-4407 Cassavant Machining _ 602-437-4005 Clings Mfg _______ 480-968-1778 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Industrial Tool Die & Eng 520-745-8771 Metalcraft Inc. _______ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine _______480-961-7673 Petersen Inc _________800-410-6789 Prime Machine___________801-575-8430 St. Vrain Manufacturing __ 303-702-1529 Systems 3__________ 480-894-2581 Wintech __________ 602-437-9001 Machining: Aerospace AATC_____________602-268-1467 Action Machine_______ 602-233-0883 Adams Mfg & Eng _____ 623-486-2019

Aerostar Aerospace _____ 602-861-1145 Arizona Engineering ____ 520-586-1522 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 Backerworks Mfg _____505-342-2943 Ba Bogue Machine Co ____505-344-9988 Cassavant Machining __602-437-4005 Central Components ___ 520-571-1433 Challenger Aerospace _____480-894-0802 Cling’s Manufacturing ____480-968-1778 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 EDM Express.com ______ 877-336-4548 Evans Precision Machining __623-581-6200 Excaliber ___________623-878-6800 Foresight Technologies ____480-967-0080 Gerome Mfg ________520-622-8402 Gilbert Precision Machine ___480-892-4730 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325 HK Machining ________602-278-6704 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 JB's Precision _________623-581-9088 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 Jet Products __________623-869-6749 Joined Alloys ________ 602-870-5600 L&W Machine Co _____602-323-2560 Landmark Precision_____ 480-940-4001 LAYKE, Inc. _________ 602-272-2654 Lewis Aerospace________623-581-0764

Matrix Machine ________480-966-4451 Metalcraft Inc. _________480-967-4889 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Morsch Machine ________ 480-961-7673 Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 Osborn Products ________623-587-0335 Petersen Inc __________ 800-410-6789 PGI ____________ 505-884-5782 Pivot ______________602-306-2923 PMC Manufacturing ______623-582-2233 Powerhaus Precision ____ 480-225-8854 Powill Manufacturing ___ 623-780-4100 Prime Machine ________ 801-575-8430 Pro Precision__________602-353-0022 R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700 Service & Sales ________480-968-9084 Satowfi_____________480-374-5706 Southwest Swiss Precision __602-438-4670 St. Vrain Manufacturing ____303-702-1529 Stewart Manufacturing ____623-582-2261 Systems 3 ___________480-894-2581 Trepanning Specialties ___ 562-633-8110 White Rock Inc. ________ 435-750-6414 Wintech __________ 602-437-9001

Aero Design & Mfg ______602-437-8080 602-437-8080 AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329 Aerostar Aerospace _____ 602-861-1145 Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 Banner Machine, Inc _____ 602-437-4984 Evans Precision Machining __623-581-6200 Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283 Gilbert Precision Machine ___480-892-4730 Group Mfg Serv_ _____ 480-966-3952 HK Machining _______ 602-278-6704 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc. ___________480-833-7305 Joined Alloys ________ 602-870-5600 Lewis Aerospace ______ 623-581-0764 Micropulse West ________480-966-2300 Pivot______________602-306-2923 Machining: Contract Action Machine _______ 602-233-0883 Stellar Machining & Fab _ 480-961-3075 Adams Mfg & Eng ______ 623-486-2019 Stewart Manufacturing ____623-582-2261 A Z METALWORKER • 93 • Nov/Dec 2011 2

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Wintech __________ 602-437-9001 Machining: Chem. Etching VACCO Industries ______ 626--450-6472 Machining: CNC 3D Machine LLC ____ 480-239-8254 Absolute Turning and Machine 520-624-5628 Action Machine _______602-233-0883 Aerostar Aerospace _____ 602-861-1145 Arizona Engineering ____ 520-586-1522 Arizona Wire & Tool_____ 480-813-1002 Astra Fab __________ 480-497-8250 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 BID Machine, Inc ______ 480-892-7304 Bogue Machine Co ___ 505-344-9988 CAD Enterprises _______ 602-278-4407 Challenger Aerospace___ _ 480-894-0802 Central Components ___520-571-1433 Central Valley Machine ___ 435-752-0931 Cling’s Manufacturing______480-968-1778 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 EDM Express.com ______ 877-336-4548 Evans Precision Machining __ 623-581-6200 Foresight Technologies ___ 480-967-0080 Gilbert Precision Machine __ 480-892-4730 Glover Precision, Inc. ___ 480-464-0150 HK Machining _______ 602-278-6704 Hawkeye Precision _____ 480-926-8642 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc. __________ 480-833-7305 JB's Precision ________ 623-581-9088 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 Jet Products ________ 623-869-6749 Joined Alloys ________ 602-870-5600 JRT Hunt___________ 480-968-5928 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Landmark Precision_____ 480-940-4001 LAYKE, Inc. _________ 602-272-2654 Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889 Matrix Machine _______ 480-966-4451 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Morsch Machine _______480-961-7673 New Hope Machine _____ 520-825-7830 Osborn Products ______ 623-587-0335 PGI______________505-884-5782 PMBC ____________602-431-8131 A2Z METALWORKER

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3D Machine....................................87 4 Sight Technologies..................... 85 A&J Indus. Mch Repair............34,85 AATC................................................87 ABS Quality Evaluations................40 ABS Metallurgical Processors........90 Absolute Machining & Turning....97 ACC Machinery.......................7,41,78 Accuwright...........................................90 Ace Laser........................................88 ACME Metal Works ......................96 Action Machine .............................89 Adams Mfg & Eng.........................90 Adams Mach ........... 15,51,68,78,100 Advanced Coating Technologies ..96 Advanced Coord Tech .................. 79 Advanced Metal Sales ....................84 Advanced Precision ...................... 85 Aero Spring & Mfg........................89 Aerodyne Alloys ............................ 83 Aerostar Aerospace ..................... 93 AgieCharmilles ...............................19 Airtek .............................................. 82 Alerus Bank & Trust ................. 14,85 All World Machinery Supply .....32,85 Aluminum Precision .....................90 American Aerospace .................... 87 AMTS .............................................. 85 Anodizing of Mesa........................96 Apache Gear ..................................90 Apache Steel ................................. 82 AP Industrial ..................................96 APMI ............................................... 87 Arizona Engineering ..................... 92 Arizona Finishing............................91 Arizona Hard Chrome ...................91 Arizona MEP .................................. 92 Arizona Wire Spec .............. ..........87 Arizona Wire Tool ......................... 97 Arrow Sheet Metal ..................54,90 ARTL ...............................................86 Asher Metal Products ..................89 Astra Fab ........................................ 87 Auer Precision ...............................90 Ayers Gear & Mach ....................... 87 AZ CNC .....8,9,21,46,57,64-67,78,80 AZMARK .............................70,88,96 AZ Metals ....................................... 82 AZ Tool Steel.............................82,83 B&B Tool ........................................84 B & T Tool & Engr ......................... 82 Backerworks Mfg .........................94 bandsaws.com................................ 3 Bank of Arizona ............................ 83 Barry Metals .............................58,83 Bar-S Machine Inc ......................... 87 Barton Mines ........................... 22,79 BC Tool Grinding ............................91 Bell Steel ................................1,38-40 BID Machine, Inc...........................89 Blaser.............................................. 83 Blue Streak Grinding .............. 30,90 BMSC.........................................75,85 Bogue Machine............................. 93 Bolt’s Metallizing, Inc ................... 93 Bralco Metals ............................81,82 CAD Enterprises ............................ 92 CAID................................................88 California Tool.................................81 Canyon State Oil ........................ 2,83 Capital Stainless .......................38,86 Cassavant Machining ................... 95 Castrol ...............................................2 Centaur Technologies .................. 92 Central Components .................... 93 Central Valley Machine ................ 95 Certified Inspection Services ...... 87 CGS Technologies, Inc. ................ 89 Challenger Aerospace .................. 92 ChemResearch...............................91 Cling’s Manufacturing ..................89 CNC Machinery .............................80 Coast Aluminum..............................82 Coastal Metals..........................12,84 Coating Tech............................69,88 A2Z METALWORKER

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