Industry Trends & Analysis

Youth skills training for machinists takes place in schools with metalworking programs and in connection with competitions, such as WorldSkills.

Productives Times: Proactive progress. End user: Ford Motor Co., Lima Engine Plant. Challenge: Improve productivity and maximize quality when machining aluminum heads. Solution: Replaceable-head reamers with PCD cutting edges. Solution provider: Mapal Inc.

The metalworking industry sustained a body blow in 2009, but it's getting back on its feet as 2010 nears.

Machinist's Corner column in October 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

You can find out that times are tough by reading the newspaper but it really hits home when your company downsizes you. That was recently the case for me and about 30 others at the company I worked for.

Machinist's Corner September 2009 column

Machining large compacted graphite iron castings for diesel engine components is challenging, but applying the proper tools and techniques can help.

The members of the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) predict a tough year ahead for the industry, according to a spring survey conducted by the organization.

Manager's Desk

Stef Wertheimer is the founder of Iscar Metalworking, which began operations in 1952 as a one-man tool shop in northern Israel. Today, Iscar is a multinational business, 80 percent of which was purchased in 2006 by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Co.

Six manufacturing executives discuss the economics of metalworking in the U.S., competition in the global marketplace and recruiting and training workers.

Orders for machines and cutting tools are up even as economy slows.