Published April 2006
By Monte Guitar
In a 2000 National League playoff game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves, Cardinal southpaw Rick Ankiel tossed five wild pitches to the backstop in one inning.
Latest RoHS Recast Impacts Materials for Precision Machining Industry Tuesday April 15, 2014 This members-only update advises PMPA members of the potential impact and current status of our bar stock materials under the latest RoHS regulation adopted by the EU. This report includes links to relevant documents and suggested response to customers’ queries regarding compliance….
Bottom Line: The U.S. is still the world’s largest manufacturer. U.S. factories produced almost twice as much output in 2007 as China, and the U.S. produced an amount equivalent to the total manufacturing output of the four BRIC countries combined (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
Choosing Work Perks Workforce is tight and there are a lot of ideas to retain your skilled workers. How do you choose? by Carli Kistler-Miller Director of Programs & Marketing, PMPA Published December 1, 2022 The manufacturing workforce is a challenge. That is not news. That fact is decades old and, with our current economic…
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Honor Your Scope Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn review how your quality systems scope minimizes risks in your shop as well as describes what you do. Published May 20, 2024
Published April 2016 By PMPA Staff Zach came to work for NEM in January 2015, as part of a co-operative position that was developed to have a junior and senior employee share a full-time machinist position. VIEW ARTICLE
John Detterbeck shares a full picture of the details involved with the process of estimating and quoting: base knowledge and resources, to standard tooling costs, available software for estimating, working with toolrooms and tool vendors for the best pricing, suggestions about materials costs and potential hidden costs. Recorded: May 2, 2022 at National Technical Conference…