Supply Chain & Logistics

Articles • November 17, 2025

Advanced Machining Fuels Growth

Sugar River Machine's "2.0" strategy—facility expansion, Mazak multitasking tech, and diversified customers—is driving rapid growth and new opportunities.

Articles • August 20, 2025

Reshoring & Tariffs

Tariffs may drive U.S. manufacturing reshoring ... or not. Either way, small- and mid-sized shops stand to benefit from whatever work reshoring may bring.

Articles • January 20, 2025 • Alan Richter

Therapeutic Equipment

For medical parts, get the right machine tool to effectively make complicated 3D forms, tiny part features and faces with aesthetically pleasing surfaces.

Articles • May 11, 2024 • William Leventon

Tapping timesaver

Reduce setup and up your precision with an all-in-one solution: ANCA's TapX CNC tap grinder.

Articles • December 26, 2023 • Christopher Tate

Giving mold making its due

Tracing well-known machining innovations over the last few decades spurred by challenges faced by mold makers.

Articles • August 3, 2023

The truly connected factory

The benefits of agility, connectedness and transparency make investing in smart factory capabilities essential for machine shops.

Articles • July 7, 2023 • Mark Backus

Green means go

Maximize machine utilization and productivity with quick-change tooling solutions.n

Articles • June 6, 2023

Software for growth

Machine shop seeks a more up-to-date, robust planning system to resolve the challenges that come with growth

Articles • May 23, 2023 • Brandt Taylor

Shop floor career evolution

Today's machinists are more productive, and they must know more — therefore they are worth more.

Articles • April 26, 2023

Chasing profitability

Manufacturer seeks cost-effective thread shafts with shorter lead times

Articles • January 13, 2023 • Alan Richter

Change it up with modular boring bars

These adaptable tools can effectively finish a variety of holes in a high-mix, low-volume environment.

Articles • October 17, 2022

Thread milling logistically

Switching from taps to thread mills increases efficiency.n