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ARTICLE – Safe, Smart, Sustainable, Stable — Dispelling the Manufacturing Myths
Published September 2021 By Miles Free III Manufacturing has had a bad rap for a long time. The 3-D’s — Dark, Dirty, Dangerous — are almost a universal cultural belief, wherever you go, and no matter with whom you speak. VIEW ARTICLE
REPORT – PMPA Business Trends August 2025
PMPA Business Trends August 2025 August Sentiment Drop Indicating Possible End of Year Slowdown In August 2025, the PMPA Business Trends Sales Index fell 10 points (6.3%) from July to 158. The sales number is a good number for August falling just below the five year average, down 4.4 points (2.9%). Sentiment fell sharply…
CRIBSHEET – #55 The Eight (8) Wastes Found in Business and Manufacturing Processes
June 2017 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #55 In “The Toyota Way,” author Jeffrey Liker lists and discusses the eight non-value-adding wastes that can be found in business and manufacturing processes. These can be applied anywhere, not just on a production line. Here is a look at these wastes through the lens of our precision machining…
PODCAST – Five Questions (more or less) with Omar Nashashibi of The Franklin Partnership
Released May 31, 2021. Miles Free puts The Franklin Partnership’s Omar Nashashibi in the interview chair as Omar dives into his introduction into politics, how he navigates Washington on behalf of the precision machining industry, having success regardless of administration and much much more!
To Advance Member Companies- PMPA Government Affairs
To advance member companies is part of the PMPA’s Mission; “to identify legislative issues having a significant impact on the Precision Machining Industry… to provide information to impact those issues” is part of the PMPA Government Affairs Committee’s Mission. The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 signed into law today by President…
ARTICLE – PMPA Member Lusk Quality Machine Products Finds Success in Superior Technology and Customer Dedication
Published May 2017 By PMPA Staff When Lloyd Lusk bought his first Davenport screw machine and founded Lusk Quality Machine Products in 1976, few could have predicted that his background in the oil industry and little prior experience in the screw machine business would lead to more than 40 years of success as a custom…