Getting big-company business: People & Companies
If growth is part of your business model, landing contracts from the big guys can help fuel that growth and generate healthy revenue streams.
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Rain rider: JDA Aqua Cutting and JDA Custom offer both machining services and motorcycle-related products
The manufacturing industry has a long tradition of machine shop employees wanting to be their own boss and starting their own shops. Gary Lee took a similar path but with a twist.
Bremen Castings celebrates its 75th anniversary, but doesn’t look back
What do baseball legend Ted Williams slugging his first big-league dinger, Batman comics hitting the streets and Germany attacking Poland to launch World War II have in common? They all occurred in 1939, the same year Ellis Brown, Charles W. Kling and Harold Heckamen founded Bremen (Ind.) Gray Iron Foundry Inc.
Diagonal-Shaft Wringer
PRAB's Diagonal-Shaft Wringer reclaims costly cutting fluids and produces more valuable dry chips.
One good deed too many
It should be assumed that companies with blue-collar positions are social organizations looking to employ goofballs with troubled pasts.
Seco customers attend Indy 500 practice
Toolmaker Seco Tools LLC, Troy, Mich., a technical and supplier sponsor of Andretti Autosport's Verizon IndyCar Series championship racing team, invited customers from across the Midwest to attend an Indy 500 practice day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The day included a meet and greet with IRL driver Marco Andretti, a tour of the Andretti Autosport garage, a catered lunch in the team's suite at the track and a visit to the pits to watch the Indy cars in action.
Musical machinist gets sweet sounds from CNCs
In 2003, Kevin Burkett was offered $30,000 for his 1978 Travis Bean "Wedge" guitar and realized it was too valuable to perform with. Most guitarists would make do with using a similar, less-valuable model, but Travis Beans have a distinguishing characteristic that makes them hard to replace — they're made of metal.
Managing family dynamics: People & Companies
The dynamics at play when a machine shop is a family affair.
Something from nothing: People & Companies
Ask any entrepreneur and he or she will tell you that getting from concept to reality isn't easy. It almost always requires a hellish amount of work, risks and disappointments.
Steady aim
Despite setbacks, a South Carolina shop thrives, develops winning production strategy.
Kennametal Extrude Hone opens German plant
Kennametal Inc. completed the relocation of Kennametal Extrude Hone GmbH to its new location in Holzgünz, Germany, after a year of planning and construction. The new building combines several previously separate production and administrative sites in one new building, which is based on "green" design principles. The inauguration and a Technology Days event took place May 6-8 and an employee family day was held May 10. During Technology Days, Guest speakers from industry and academia universities provided insights into market developments and new technologies while Kennametal experts answered questions on metal cutting and other topics.
Small items can have a big impact
Shop growth is much easier when your credit is solid, even with slight profitability, suggests Keith Jennings in his Manager's Desk column for the April 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
