Published July 2017 By Miles Free III What are the indicators we use to guide our outlook, planning and investment? VIEW ARTICLE
Published June 2017 By Sterling Gill III There is a movement growing. This movement is about opening doors. Why should we open our doors? You may ask to whom are we opening our doors? The answer is two words: skilled workforce. VIEW ARTICLE
Published June 2017 By PMPA Staff PMPA member Aneesa Muthana, president and owner of Pioneer Service Inc., was one of only 100 women in manufacturing honored by The Manufacturing Institute’s STEP Awards for excellence in manufacturing in April this year. VIEW ARTICLE
Published June 2017 By Miles Free III Your purpose is more than making products, so why isn’t your focus? VIEW ARTICLE
Published May 2017 By Sterling Gill III If the number one challenge today facing our workforce is finding skilled talent, then what is number two? I believe that the number two challenge is: How do we train them? VIEW ARTICLE
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…
Published May 2017 By Miles Free III All of us likely earned a Ph.D. in how to muddle through the bad times in our businesses with cost cutting, hunker down attitudes and reining in all of those “nice to have” ideas so we can stay focused on what “we need to have.” VIEW ARTICLE
Published April 2017 By Sterling Gill III Precision machining experts Core Powered, Peel School District and PMPA collaborated to sponsor a “Future of Manufacturing Technology and Talent” event for ninth to 12th grade students at the Hansen School of Technology in Mississauga, Ontario. VIEW ARTICLE
Published April 2017 By PMPA Staff While Hannes Precision was established in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1973, the company’s roots go back to the 1940s in a small town of 7,000 people in Switzerland. VIEW ARTICLE
Published April 2017 By Miles Free III The precision machining industry, NAICS 332721, is composed of 3,682 shops in the United States. Our shops are also called “job shops” or “contract manufacturers.” VIEW ARTICLE