PMPA Business Trends April 2018 With 89 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for April 2018 was 133, up 15 points (12.7%) from April 2017’s value of 118. This is our Index’s highest value recorded for April, and our sixth highest month ever recorded. At 133, the April index is up 10.6 points…
PMPA Business Trends March 2018 With 91 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for March 2018 increased 14 points or 10.8% over February to 143, the highest value for the Business trends Index EVER! At 143, the index is up 11.2 points or 8.5% above the five-year average for the March sales index…
ITR Economic Report – February 2018 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic growth and decline in key market segments for the Precision Machined Products Industry. They are provided to PMPA members as part of the association’s overall business intelligence program and are used as a management tool to…
PMPA Business Trends February 2018 With 81 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for February 2018 declined 6 points or 4.4% to 129, the highest index for February on record. At 129, the index is up 10 points or 7.4% above the five-year average for the February sales index of 119.4. While our…
January 2018 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #62 PMPA’s Business Trends Report has been reporting an eight percent or more increase in the level of sales and shipments for our industry in 2017. We and our favorite economists see that trend continuing in the first half of 2018. Here’s what I think is in store…
PMPA Business Trends January 2018 With 82 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for January 2018 jumped to 135, up 25% over December 2017, and up 5% over January 2017. This is up 8.9% over the five year average for January Sales. This 135 value is a new record for our January Sales…
December 2017 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #61 Deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Patrick Kapust, presented the agency’s preliminary list at the National Safety Congress and Expo on September 26 this year. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
November 2017 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #60 Decarburization on surface layers can affect heat treatment and hardness attained on parts. Decarburization also provides evidence of where in a process a defect or imperfection occurred. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
October 2017 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #59 Busy machines and production lines are good, but even better are busy machines and production lines that are making the right product and making the product right. This is one perspective on OEE – Overall Equipment Efficiency. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
September 2017 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #58 Machinability of different materials is generally expressed as a percentage compared with a known standard. Carbon and alloy steels are compared with 1212. So are stainless steels. Coppers, brasses and bronzes are compared with 360 Brass. The benchmark grade for aluminum is 2011 at 100 percent. Generally speaking,…