Published January 2009
By Miles Free III’
When I grew up—way back in the mid-20th century—everyone aspired to have a job with a major national publicly traded company.
PMPA Testifies on Impact of Section 232 Tariffs to USITC PMPA’s Director of Industry Affairs, Miles Free, provided testimony, as did Rich Hoster president of Smith and Richardson, supported by Omar Nashashibi of The Franklin Partnership, regarding the impact of the 232 Tariffs, first imposed by the Trump administration, and continuing on today. …
PMPA Business Trends October 2022 The PMPA October Business Trends Index pivoted toward softening in October, with Sales, Leadtime, and Profitability all to the negative. Sentiment for Employment remained level. While our sales index for October is down 6.4 percent from September, it is the highest ever for the month of October, up 7 percent…
Published January 2014 By PMPA Staff Workshops for Warriors, a San Diego nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing job training to veterans at no cost to them, is the only accredited 501(c) (3) nonprofit that trains, certifies and places veterans and wounded warriors into manufacturing careers. VIEW ARTICLE
Released November 23, 2020 Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the secret to understanding steel and all the steel aspects that are effected by carbon..
PMPA’s Latest Membership Manufacturing Survey Results Thanks to the 72 companies that responded to our latest request for updated information about your shops’ current status and expectations going forward. We have forwarded these results to our team at The Franklin Partnership who will use this to help craft policy in Washington D.C. Typically we share…
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Defeating the Hanging Cross-Hole Burr Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn discuss the tedious task that is cross-hole burrs and why it is better left to the machines in our precision machining shops. Published September 25, 2023