ARTICLE – Change in Demand: Time to Change Your Thinking
Published October 2018
By Miles Free III
According to our analysis of the PMPA Business Trends Sales Index, the demand for our products has shifted steadily upwards in the market.
Published October 2018
By Miles Free III
According to our analysis of the PMPA Business Trends Sales Index, the demand for our products has shifted steadily upwards in the market.
Released May 16, 2022. Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the PMPA March 2022 Business Trends Report and examine the details behind the record high performance in our precision machining businesses.
Published August 2019 By PMPA Staff In 2019, at its new headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois, Tornos Technologies US celebrated its 60th anniversary as one of the world’s leading producers of Swiss-type automatic lathes and multi-spindle machines. VIEW ARTICLE
Published September 2008 By PMPA Staff Cox Manufacturing Company specializes in custom, screw machine products, as well as CNC turning and machining services. VIEW ARTICLE
Making of Cold Finished Steel Chris Kelly from NUCOR Cold Finish Group Attendees can expect to learn about the various steel grades that are used in machining and how they are made. We will go through the steel making process (including cold finishing operations) followed by a discussion of why some steel grades preform…
Published September 2011 By Miles Free III I was intrigued by a recent discussion on the PMPA’s Manufacturing Listserve. It involved whether programming for machines is best handled by operators on the shop floor or “from the office” by the engineers or programmers. VIEW ARTICLE
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Starting A Quality System From Scratch Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss how to start a quality system from scratch and how important our quality policies, procedures and processes are to our precision machining shops. Published February 13, 2023