Modern Machine Shop

MAY 13, 2025

When Tangible Solutions launched just over a decade ago, the founders anticipated that there would be demand for additive manufactured spine implants largely for their design possibilities. Today Marle Tangible produces more than 50,000 3D printed implants at its Ohio site per year. I never thought we’d be competing strictly on price.”

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3D printing Automation Manufacturing Made-to-spec 94

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Supply chain disruptions continue to plague global economies, especially within the manufacturing industry. In Australia, manufacturers with offshore operations are experiencing significant supply chain issues that threaten productivity and financial stability. Tackling supply chain uncertainty with 3D printing. reduced costs.

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3D printing Supply Chain Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Bottleneck 115

Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Source: AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology The world’s leading additive manufacturing (AM) trade show is launching a U.S. This will further raise awareness of the opportunities offered by additive manufacturing across the industry. based event in 2025 here in McCormick Place, the same venue as IMTS.

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3D printing Value chain Rapid prototyping Manufacturing 52

AU Manufacturing

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Irish manufacturing sector recorded a second month of deteriorating operating conditions in December as new orders fell sharply, according to the latest AIB PMI® data. . Pressure on supply chains eased further, leading to the slowest round of input price inflation since February 2021. Media Release by AIB, S&P Global.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Lead Time Composites 64

Modern Machine Shop

JULY 18, 2024

Tom Cimino, manufacturing manager at Major Tool, is part of one of these teams, and they are looking at several different areas where AI could help, from create and write job descriptions to distilling user manuals that are hundreds of pages long into short, bulleted lists of key points.

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Aerospace Lead Time 3D printing Robotics 105

Fastener News Desk

APRIL 3, 2023

Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The March Manufacturing PMI ® registered 46.3 Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The March Manufacturing PMI ® registered 46.3 percent, 1.4

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Lead Time 52

Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 3, 2022

New Orders and Employment Contracting; Production and Backlogs Growing; Supplier Deliveries Slowing at a Slower Rate; Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing at a Slower Rate; Exports and Imports Growing; Record-Long Lead Times for Production Materials and MRO Supplies.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 15, 2022

Manufacturers’ Monthly sits down with Titomic managing director Herbert Koeck to learn about the company’s future plans – and how it continues to harness cold spray technology as a valuable tool to enter joint ventures with different manufacturers. Titomic provides a complementary advanced manufacturing ability,” Koeck said.

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AU Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Additive manufacturing company SPEE3D has successfully completed the first hot fire test for a prototype rocket engine in Darwin as part of its SPACE3D Project. . The prototype is the first in a series of rocket engines and components that will be manufactured and tested over the next 18 months. . In 2021, SPEE3D received $1.25

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 8, 2023

4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in December for the second consecutive month following a 29-month period of growth, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM ® Report On Business ®. TEMPE, Ariz. , Jan. Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M., percent, 0.6

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in September for the 11th consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM ® Report On Business ®. A Manufacturing PMI ® above 48.7 Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M.,

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Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 17, 2022

an aerial equipment and material handling company, announced it has expanded its product line to offer nine new aerial lift machines from construction manufacturing company, XCMG. XCMG was ranked third place for top construction equipment manufacturers globally by KHL Group’s “Yellow Table 2021”.

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Lead Time Supply Chain Manufacturing Automation 52

E&T

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The number of manufacturing businesses in the United Kingdom fell from 270,000 at the start of 2021 to 244,140 a year on, contributing to concerns regarding the country's future financial stability. . per cent, decreasing from £636bn to £577bn, while the number of people employed in manufacturing dropped by 1.7

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Manufacturing Lead Time Advanced manufacturing 45

Automation Mag

JULY 19, 2023

The performance of the Canadian manufacturing sector continued to worsen during June reportedly due to an underwhelming business environment. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) remained below the 50.0-change change mark during June. Registering at 48.8, slightly lower than 49.0

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2022

Historically, vendors like ABB, WEG, Siemens and Nidec have had minimal difficulty securing supply of key raw materials used in the manufacturing of their motors. Electric steel is used heavily in the manufacturing of electric motors. In 2021, 21.2 million cars were produced between these three manufacturers alone.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The results: The impact and benefits achieved by implementing the solution, including quantifiable metrics like cost savings, reduced lead times, improved quality, etc. A solution: The technology, process, or strategy implemented to address the problem. Read the full article.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

SAN ANTONIO – November 30, 2023 – Frost & Sullivan recently researched the contract development and manufacturing organization industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Bushu Pharma with the 2023 Japan Customer Value Leadership Award.

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Additive Manufacturing

MARCH 13, 2023

The beauty of today’s manufacturing environment is that anyone can start a 3D printing service bureau and begin printing parts today. According to a recent report by Persistence Markets , the 3D printing service bureau industry is projected to surge eight times the size of its present state over the next decade.

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Donlouco

APRIL 29, 2021

The current price is sitting under the mean price for the last year while also considerably lower than the all-time high of CNY 6198 in May 2021. Increasing Input Costs for Manufactured Items of Metal, Steel etc. European steel manufacturing capacity is currently at 75% approx. Fig 1: Source : Trading Economics.

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Freight Supply Chain Lead Time Sourcing 52

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

MSI Mold Builders identified a bottleneck at the very start of its manufacturing process where it squared mold blocks and drilled and tapped eye-bolt holes to rapidly and safely move large blocks around the floor. Conservatively, that Unisig saves us six to 10 hours of setup time in the first step of our operation.”

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Photo Credit: AMT Registration has officially opened for IMTS 2024 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show , taking place Sept. Eelman, chief experience officer, AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology , which owns and produces IMTS. Now, manufacturers are integrating AM as part of a bigger value chain.

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Credit: Unirope) Unirope is a manufacturer and distributor of high-performance wire rope and rigging products. expansion represents completion of a journey that started in 2018, prior to ground-breaking two years later, and a major construction project that concluded in 2021. and Europe. Their Mississauga, Ont.

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Fit Bottleneck Lead Time Automotive 59

E&T

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Record growth in solar power capacity and electric car sales since 2021 are in line with a net zero emissions pathway by mid-century, as are industry plans for the roll-out of new manufacturing capacity for them. As a result, no new long-lead-time upstream oil and gas projects are needed.

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Lead Time Manufacturing 59

i4.0 today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

To help Irish manufacturers benefit from faster scanning times when using coordinate measuring machines (CMM), industrial metrology supplier The Sempre Group recently became an approved supplier for LK Metrology and Renishaw in Ireland. The probe offers flexibility, allowing operators to integrate and change a stylus with ease.

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Aerospace Lead Time Manufacturing Industry 4.0 52

Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 11, 2023

In order to get approved for use at destinations like Yosemite, these canisters must undergo testing that includes a trial where live bears are given a certain amount of time to break into a canister. Parts for a line of these canisters are manufactured at Above All CNC , a Goleta, California, machine shop founded in 2016.

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Bottleneck Aerospace Cycle time Robotics 98

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JULY 26, 2022

It has established a flexible operational structure capable of handling all SCM functions from import/export to manufacturing on a 24-hour basis. It has established a flexible operational structure capable of handling all SCM functions from import/export to manufacturing on a 24-hour basis.

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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Logistics Lead Time 52

Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 5, 2022

announces that the Company has initiated the detailed design of the commercial manufacturing process, and equipment with long lead times are being concurrently procured through the selection of verified manufacturers. VANCOUVER — NEO Battery Materials Ltd.

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Canadian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 17, 2022

AZUR manufactures high-efficiency solar space cells and has operated in the business of developing specialty semiconductor materials for the global space industry for more than 50 years. 5N Plus acquired the company back in 2021. MONTREAL — 5N Plus Inc.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

All Metals Fabricating is an Allen, Texas-based contract manufacturer that performs sheet metal fabricating, powder coating, electromechanical assembly and machining for the telecom, banking/cash processing, medical, aerospace/defense and alternative energy industries.

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Aerospace Lead Time Robotics 105

Modern Machine Shop

JULY 16, 2023

Behrens Manufacturing produces between 100 and 150 shippable SKUs of steel containers, from trash cans and pails to buckets and tubs. Behrens Manufacturing has produced galvanized steel containers, including trash cans, pails, buckets and tubs in its Winona, Minnesota factory since 1911. Photos provided by Rapid Robotics.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Our plan is to be operative on Q1-2025 FND: There is a lot of ‘business talk’ in America about reshoring to increase US manufacturing, jobs, sustainability, and advancing industries of the future such as Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Aerospace and Construction. FND: How does Norm Fasteners connect with the new workforce?

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Logistics Supply Chain Lead Time Additive manufacturing 59

Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

2] Its successor Clean Aviation was launched in December 2021. The TCF casing is one of largest additively manufactured parts produced for the aerospace industry. The additively manufactured TCF casing is designed for narrow-body engines in which the part is approximately one meter or more in diameter.

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Additive manufacturing Aerospace Supply Chain Lead Time 52

Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 24, 2024

Its specialty is turning out complex parts with short lead times, rapid prototyping, and working on materials that include aluminum and exotic materials such as Inconel and Haynes. She was the machine shop manager and Jay was the director of manufacturing for machining, welding, and programming.

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Rapid prototyping Aerospace Prototype  Lead Time 40

Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 17, 2023

manufacturers. The Mid-West Fastener Association and BTM Manufacturing announced that Jake Davis, BTM Manufacturing President , will begin serving as the Mid-West Fastener Association’s Board President effective January 2023. Jake Davis, BTM Manufacturing to Serve as Mid-West Fastener Association’s Board President.

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Aerospace Logistics Electronics Supply Chain 52

Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 10, 2023

Brent Donaldson, Editor-in-Chief of Modern Machine Shop: Welcome to Made in the USA, the podcast for Modern Machine Shop all about major themes shaping American manufacturing today, I'm Brent Donaldson. Its manufacturing operations and suppliers have been and still are global. Develop that for the company.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

The ultimate manufacturing supply chain disruptor was the arrival of the global pandemic of 2020, which is still affecting the timely delivery of products, noted Leigh Chesley the Chief Customer Officer of Longbow Advantage Inc. Delivering components and parts to customers in a timely manner is more critical than ever.

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Supply Chain Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Form Automation 52

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At the very least, use a mold design checklist (see Plastics Technology ’s August 2021 article, “ 80 Questions Moldmakers Should Ask Themselves and Their Customers” ). Their lead times are quoted in days — not weeks. They give you a design for manufacturing and a flow analysis at no additional cost.

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