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IFI Responds to Expansion of Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

Fastener News Desk

Background: IFI represents approximately 85% of North American fastener production, and our members supply fasteners in industrial, automotive and aerospace applications. Since 2017 when the Section 232 tariffs were first considered, IFIs position has been that tariffs on raw material imports into the U.S. metals producers. and Canada.

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True Five-Axis Machine Yields More Throughput, Greater Productivity

Mold Making Technology

The company also provides custom CNC machining of large metal parts for prototyping, automotive, aerospace and composite layup molds. Capacity Constraint In 2017, CDM was busy and starting to feel capacity-constrained, so Hansen searched for the company’s next CNC machining center to increase efficiency and production capacity.

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Giving Australian Made a new heartbeat

Manufacturer's Monthly

Emerging entrepreneurs need to run a lot leaner in the early days considering the long lead time to get to market. Scott Anderson joined Space Tank in 2017, bringing commercial and corporate experience to help grow the business makerspace into a venture studio ‘startup factory.’.

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What is supply chain?

Fastener News Desk

For instance, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down electronics factories, and 2017’s Hurricane Harvey disrupted US oil refineries and petrochemical plants, ultimately leading to shortages of some plastics and resins critical to different industries. How do great supply chain organizations work?

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FABTECH 2023 – 3D/Additive Manufacturing, Forming & Fabricating

Fabricating & Metal Work

government’s aerospace and defense needs with maintaining their compliance. Based on the demand, I assembled a team to develop the product, which we launched in 2017. In 2017, about 25% of new Global Shop Solutions customers opted for cloud-based ERP. Currently, about 65% of new customers choose that route.

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