Published May 2016 By PMPA Staff For almost 25 years, PartMaker Inc., a subsidiary of Autodesk’s Delcam unit, has worked tirelessly to stay on the cutting edge of CAD/CAM software solutions—even when the CNC industry was still catching up to it. VIEW ARTICLE
Published April 2016 By PMPA Staff Manufactured goods are an integral part of our life at home and work. VIEW ARTICLE
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
Published April 2016 By PMPA Staff In July 1966, two engineers, Richard Lawton and Ernie Corts, with over 50 years combined experience working in the screw machine industry, partnered to start Buell Automatics Inc. VIEW ARTICLE
Published April 2016 By Miles Free III The commercial demands of keeping our shops busy, machines up and running and employees working means that many of us spend just enough time to get the job to the floor, but no more. VIEW ARTICLE
Published March 2016 By Miles Free III Americans today still believe that manufacturing is the foundation of a strong economy. VIEW ARTICLE
Published March 2016 By PMPA Staff In 1964, Donald Holbrook took two Brown & Sharpe cam screw machines he purchased from a dissolved machine shop and set them up in a bay of the garage of his family home in North Easton, Massachusetts, to create what would become North Easton Machine Company (NEM). VIEW ARTICLE…
Published March 2016 By Miles Free III Customers are quick to scold and point out perceived waste in our plant operations, but when was the last time you evaluated your customers to see how much waste and lost revenue your customers create for your companies? VIEW ARTICLE
Published February 2016 By Miles Free III When was the last time you evaluated your customer list to see how much waste and lost revenue your customers create for your companies? VIEW ARTICLE
Published February 2016 By Bernie Nagle In coordination with our advocacy team in Washington, The Franklin Partnership and PMPA members recently spent two hectic days thrashing shoe leather in the halls of the House and Senate office buildings in D.C. VIEW ARTICLE