PMPA Business Trends July 2023 The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index declined 27 points or 18 percent to 127 in July 2023. On first look, this appears to be a stunning reversal of fortunes for our shops in July. However, a critical reading of the figures and placing them in context allows us to…
PMPA Business Trends June 2023 The PMPA June Business Trends Report shows that precision manufacturing continues to operate at a strong level of activity, up 3.3 percent from last month and with outlook remaining level for the next three months for sales and profitability. Prospects for employment increased in June, and our shops continue…
PMPA Business Trends May 2023 PMPA’s May Business Trends report shows the sales this year to be midway between calendar year 2021 and 2022 performance. The Sales index is up 10 points or 7.5 percent over April, 2023. We are optimistic that our shops can sustain this level of performance for the balance of…
PMPA Canada Chapter Presents: Product Solution Specialist Turning Tuesday, October 17, 2023 (5pm – 7pm US/Eastern) That’s Italian Ristorante 2 Tall Grass Trail #4 Woodbridge, ON L4L 3Y9 PMPA and the Canada Chapter would like to thank everyone who came out. Please look out for future events. …
Thursday, October 12, 2023 (1pm – 3pm US/Eastern) iSwiss Tools Corporation 161 Sanrico Drive Manchester, CT 06042 PMPA and the Connecticut Chapter would like to thank everyone who came out. Please look out for future events.
PMPA Business Trends April 2023 The PMPA monthly Business Trends Report for April dropped 17 percent to 140, the second highest level for April ever. Typically the Index declines between March and April on average by about 10.8 percent, so this decline was an overachievement. That said, the 140 value for April 2023 is up…
PMPA Canada Chapter President’s Round Table Thursday, June 8, 2023 (5pm – 7:30pm US/Eastern) That’s Italian Ristorante 2 Tall Grass Trail #4 Woodbridge, Ontario L4L3Y9 Canada We would like to thank everyone for attending the President’s Roundtable. It was a pleasure.
PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report May 2023 The purpose of our precision machining shops is to manufacture components that provide functionality that is needed by our customers. Knowledge of our craft is important. But knowledge of our craft can be made irrelevant by events and circumstances beyond our control. This month’s…
PMPA Business Trends March 2023 Our shops have had two extraordinarily strong years of sales and production. March sales return to that trend. Our Business Trends Sales Index- at 169 for the month of March- was unexpectedly high. It was the fifth highest level of sales we have ever seen for our Business Trends Sales…
PMPA Illinois Chapter: Understanding Corey Steel and the Cold Finished Steel Process Thursday, May 25, 2023 (5pm – 6:30pm US/Central) Corey Steel Company PMPA would like to thank every one who came out. A special thank you to Mike Laughlin and Corey Steel Company for hosting a great event