People & Companies

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Keith Jennings

Shifting gears to manage crises

I'm a big a supporter of my local community college's machining programs. There's one facet of machine shop management a classroom can't prepare a student for, though: the constant, yet unexpected, gear shifting that goes on when you're running a shop.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

A shop grows in Brooklyn

Tucked into the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, Linda Tool, a family-owned machine shop, is adding to its capabilities.

News • September 24, 2013

MSC opens co-headquarters in N.C.

MSC Industrial Supply Co., a distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations solutions, services and supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States and Canada, announced the grand opening of its co-headquarters in Davidson, N.C. MSC celebrated the occasion on Sept. 24 with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by elected officials, business partners, associates and community representatives.

Products • September 13, 2013

Dualpak Briquetter

PRAB's Dualpak briquetter adds value to scrap, reduces volumes and transportation costs, and helps manufacturers comply with EPA regulations by removing hazardous cutting fluid from material.

Videos • September 5, 2013

True mold manufacturing

Len Graham, Business Unit Leader, Rexam Mold Manufacturing, discusses the motivation behind the Buffalo Grove, Ill., company's decision to build a Mega Cell automated mold manufacturing system. Graham offers a detailed walk-through of the company's Mega Cell, which began operation in March 2013.

Articles • September 1, 2013 • Keith Jennings

Bigger is not always better

After working in the machining and fabrication business for 21 years, Keith Jennings, the Manager's Desk columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering, has concluded that million-dollar jobs don't guarantee big profits.

Videos • August 5, 2013

Responding to change

Thomas W. Malone, a professor at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, suggests in the latest Sandvik Coromant "Looking Ahead" video series that recognizing and rapidly responding to change will be critical to the success of any company in tomorrow's business environment.

Videos • August 5, 2013

Consolidating innovation

Element Six, which consolidated its four R&D centers spread around the world into one 60,000-sq.-ft. facility now known as its Global Innovation Centre in Harwell, U.K., offers a video tour of the new facility.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Keith Jennings

What goes around, comes around

Representing your company through community involvement accomplishes two goals. Hopefully, you're doing something positive and, in return, raising the reputation of you and your company. You may also gain access to another network of valuable contacts and potential leads.

Videos • July 5, 2013

Hyperspecialization age

In it's second Looking Ahead video, Sandvik Coromant gathered industry experts to talk about talent mismatch, employment outsourcing and the age of hyper-specialization.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Keith Jennings

When business slows, time to tweak

This month's Manager's Desk column suggests that good managers are able to shift gears and take maximum advantage of all business cycles, up or down.

Articles • June 1, 2013 • Keith Jennings

Keeping distance when managing

A challenge arises when a worker is promoted to manage a group of what were previously his coworkers. It's not an easy situation to tackle and much thought should be given to how this arrangement may impact personal relationships.