A2Z Manufacturing Magazine RM Jan 2024

Vol. 17, No. 1 Jan / Feb 2024

Rocky Mountain Edition (CO, UT, ID, MT & WY)

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Know what you want, in life, and in your career, and be the best version of this that you can be. And don’t expect more than you put in.

After graduating from college, my first job was at AT&T in their data center operations. I ran first shift in this massive computer center, and one of our primary tasks was to mount tapes onto the tape drive storage devices. Aging myself, yes! We walked miles each day running these tapes to a designated storage device within the rows of devices. Our shift performance was timed, so it was necessary for each employee to pull his/her weight. As a young manager, I was annoyed when one employee wanted to go to HR during his shift because he felt his paycheck was incorrect, as I didn’t want to mess up our teams’ statistics. It was a wise boss who told me that not everyone wanted to move up in the company — that in fact some people worked hard to feed their family and that they might be content doing just what they were doing. Alan (my boss) even said this was desirable, as if everyone wanted to acheive the next levels in the corporation, we would have a lot of disassisfied employees.

Years later, I absolutely understood his rationale. Additionally, as I hear from more and more of my colleagues who are nearing retirement, many want to continue working, just not as hard or for as many hours. Many want to ease into retirement. This can be beneficial not just for the employee, but also the employer. What is better than having an experienced set of employees who can mentor, fill in during heavy peak work loads and may not even require benefits.

On the other hand, it seems we have a class of employee who wants more money but not more work. Consider the recent UAW (United Auto Worker) strike. One of newly elected Union president Shawn Fain’s early bargaining goals was to reduce the work week from five days to a four-day, 32-hour work week. Without a cut in pay, too. In fact, their initial bargaining called for roughly a 46% wage increase while employees worked less!

These workers are not more productive than their non-union automotive workers working in other parts of the country nor those working for Tesla, all of whom were paid less even before the strike. In the end, the strikers and the UAW Union president did secure many new benefits and wage increases for their constituents. Then, just six weeks after they agreed to the new contract, General Motors announced a layoff of 1,314 workers at two plants.

Knowing what you want out of work and doing the required work to achieve this is a feasible goal, one that works for the employee and the employer.

It’s simple to me, if you want more money, work harder and increase your marketability with new skills. If you want to make just enough money, it’s still important to do your job well, come to work on time, and recognize that you are not doing what it takes to make substantially more money. Which ever mode of employee you are, aspire to be the best version of this. In closing, God bless our troops and I wish you wondefull holidays and continued success. And may this be a year in the US where there is less discord....and more acceptance of others.

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The Women in Manufacturing® Association invites industry professionals to submit speaking proposals for its 14th annual SUMMIT, October 7-9, 2024, in Boston, MA. The SUMMIT is the highlight of WiM’s full calendar of year-round programming dedicated to supporting, promoting and inspiring women in the manufacturing sector. Accommodating both inperson (at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston) and virtual participation, the SUMMIT will bring together an estimated 1,500 manufacturing professionals from across the country to hear inspiring keynote addresses, participate in professional development educational tracks, visit leading manufacturing facilities, and connect with peers through networking events.

WiM encourages industry leaders and experts to submit presentation proposals on topics including professional and A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 50 • May / June 2020 personal development; technical developments; sustainability; innovation and transformation; allyship; manufacturing business trends; strategic leadership; and diversity, equity and inclusion.

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“WiM is thrilled to be bringing SUMMIT 2024 to Boston, a leading city for women in the manufacturing sector, where the number of women in manufacturing careers outpaces the national average,” said Allison Grealis, WiM president and founder. “WiM SUMMITs are not just about breaking down barriers but are also about building up a stronger industry for the future. We look forward to developing an outstanding lineup of speakers that will educate and motivate our SUMMIT attendees to grow their own careers and create opportunities for others.”

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T. J. SNOW Announces 2024 Resistance Welding Training Dates T. J. Snow is pleased to announce the return of their popular regional Resistance Welding Seminars in 2024. T.J. Snow’s regional seminars have been hosted throughout the United States for over twenty years and are always received with praise from attendees.

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One seminar attendee writes of his experience, “As a young engineer it was incredibly valuable to be able to take a one-day training and immediately be able to understand what is happening with our resistance welding machines.”

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Custom Retention Knobs and Machine Tool Components from TJ Davies Extend the Life and Precision of Older, or Obsolete Machine Tools T.J. Davies Co., Inc., an industry leading manufacturer of retention knobs, can make custom retention knobs, pull bolts, and other workholding components and accessories to fit older, or obsolete machinery. All dimensions of knobs can be customized, including length, diameter, thickness of collars, dimensions between collar and knob end, thread size, and more.

Additionally, customers can specify a coolant hole, taper style, and whether O-rings are required. Custom made retention knobs are sized to fit the machine tool and spindle or toolholder to maximize the toolholders performance and cutting tool life and extend the life of existing machine tool assets. A fill-in-the-blanks form is provided at https:// A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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tjdavies.com/quote-request/ to simplify the process. Typical lead time for custom retention knobs is 3-4 weeks.

All TJ Davies custom retention knobs are manufactured from American-made 8620 alloy steel which has a high tensile strength to withstand strong centrifugal force, high load force, high feed rate, and difficult to machine material. All knobs are machined in-house with single point threading to Imperial (Class 2A UNC) or Metric (Class G6) standards. After threading is completed, each component is heat treated to 58-62 HRC then treated with hot black oxide to military specifications for protection against corrosion. Each retention knob is magnetic particle tested and then pull tested to 2.5 times the pulling force of the drawbar it is designed for.

The use of 8620 ensures that the components will work harden over time, rather than becoming brittle as is the case with the use 9310 alloy steel.

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Working as members of their team, our Quality Specialists quickly implemented structure and formalized their Quality Management System; rapidly achieving AS9100 certification”.

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Small business is the core of American business, generating 44% of U.S. economic activity and two-thirds of net new jobs over the past 25 years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Yet many small business owners are unaware of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) programs as a strategic option to save taxes, and how they and their investors might benefit.

This plan’s tax benefit was initially instituted in the early 1990s to encourage investment and growth in small business.

QSBS is stock developed by an active, domestic C corporation whose gross assets—valued at the original cost—do not exceed $50 million on and immediately after its private stock issuance. In a QSBS program, shares of a qualified small business can be set up to share profits with employees and may be used as a form of irrevocable trust to help business owners save money upon sale of the business.

While these plans may not be a fit for some companies in service industries, QSBS strategies can be good for those in manufacturing, technology and other product-centric industries.

When used correctly, QSBS can be a powerful strategy for employee stockholders and owners of a company to keep more gains from the stock upon sale of the company and can be used with other financial strategies.

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Announcements & Releases able to defer taxes on up to 50% if owned between 1993 and February 18, 2009, 75% if purchased between February 18, 2009 and September 27, 2010, or 100% if purchased after September 27, 2010 of the gains from the sale of qualified small business stock, providing the stock has been held for over five years.

Note that there may be a nominal amount of Alternative Minimum Tax due.

For what types or sizes of businesses is a QSBS appropriate?

Only small businesses that meet the Internal Revenue Code Section 1202 – specifically, active domestic C corporations with gross assets that do not exceed $50 million, when valued at original cost on and immediately after its stock issuance – qualify for QSBS. There are other state-level requirements and restrictions to consider as well, which should be discussed with the business’s financial advisor.

It is used by C corps and their ownership/leadership, which creates shares in the company and then either keeps 100% of the stock or gives an equity stake to key employees or investors. QSBS is only monetized upon sale of the company and the company must be a C-corporation for at least 5 years before anyone can gain from this tax advantage.

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Its biggest advantage is as a powerful tax strategy. When the company sells to a strategic buyer, the first $10 MM in gain is tax free. Another $10mm (or less) for each eligible shareholder can be put into irrevocable trusts for their children or spouse, also tax-free. This opportunity makes a lot of sense for companies that may have larger exits. The money also could be given to a charity or other foundation, which then also receives the tax benefit.

Some owners of smaller businesses may not know about the tax advantages or ability to save money by setting up these irrevocable trusts. In an irrevocable trust, the benefactor relinquishes the right to ever touch those funds again, so they should be sure they want to give away this money.

It can also be used as a recruitment or retention strategy for key employees.

The issuing company can put some stock into a profit-sharing program for employees as long as it’s not into a qualified plan (like 401k, which is qualified.)

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Each state may handle it differently. California, for example, doesn’t recognize the tax breaks so the business seller still has to pay state tax on the sale. Other, more tax-friendly, states may not handle it like California does, but businesses would probably have to be headquartered in that other state for a set amount of time. State law applies to wherever the business is incorporated, as well as to where the business owner lives. Most likely, each shareholder would have to pay taxes to the state where they live, if that state has state income tax.

QSBS can work quite well for any companies that start small but anticipate a large-scale exit, perhaps especially for those that might have venture-capital investors. However, even in a smaller-scale exit where the founder owns most of the shares, maybe backed by a few family and friends, the tax benefit works the same way. The first $10 million gain in the sale is federally tax-free.

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Zone tax credits less useful for a planned $869 million Daimler Truck, the capital project.

German company that makes electric “Project Hydrogen” is a planned expansion of a big rigs for the manufacturing plant in Colorado Springs that produces U. S . consumer market i n semiconductors for use in automotive, Portland, Oregon, aerospace and defense communications and computing and has a parts markets, according to OEDIT. distribution center Goodyear,in is “It’s one of the largest known plannedininvestments w j otoi n t terms of CapEx jobs and wage impacti nin athen estate venture to manufacture battery cells in the United States. date,” Salvetti told commissioners.

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The company currently Cummins employs about 1,000 people in Daimler and partners and Paccar said they Colorado and expects to to create 371 local with a expect to invest $2 billion $3 billion into jobs the Accelera multi-facility and modernization at itscommercial Colorado joint venture, expansion which will supply cells for electric Springs plant.

The project would increase manufacturing vehicles and industrial applications. output between product lines by a factor of three to seven, OEDIT staff members said.

Indiana-based Cummins and Bellevue, Washington-based Paccar and Daimler are “considering anywhere in the U.S.” for the planned 21-gigawatt battery factory, Jonrefund Mills, a Project Hydrogen was offered a $10 million spokesman forcommissioners, Cummins, said.translating to an $8 million certificate by . cash value to the company. Once the company earns its The move tax follows a ittrend of use investment in to battery enterprise credits, first can those credits pay A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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manufacturing byrefund transportation OEMs thatforare its taxes. Then, the certificate can be used an transitioning to electric locomotion.

80% cash refund, Salvetti said.

12/21/18 10:14 “This strategic joint enables its owners create “Project Helium” wasventure the second company to gettoan offer the scale at for$3.3 access to cost effective and of a necessary refund certificate million. differentiated battery cell technology, ultimately creating value for commercial vehicle in Northof America,” That company is working oncustomers the construction a $724 the partners said in an announcement. million, 680,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on a greenfield site in Colorado Springs that would add 600 The has become somewhat a hotspot for electric jobsValley to the area.

It currently has of about 300 employees battery facility investment in recent years. in Colorado who work on manufacturing equipment and advanced materials used in semiconductor, life sciences South Korean batteryindustries. giant LG Energy Solution is planning and other high-tech a 1.4 million-square-foot battery plant in Queen Creek that’s create 4,000 jobs.

Phaseexpected one of theto project has already begun and is expected to reach commercial operation in early 2025, OEDIT said.

LG’s which is to break ground this Phaseproject, two is expected to expected begin construction in 2025 or 2026. year, will consist of a $3.2 billion cylindrical battery Project Helium facility was approved for vehicles $3.8 million OEDIT’s manufacturing for electric withfrom a capacity of Strategic Fund last and is expecting $10.7 million 27 gigawatt hours andyear a $2.3 billion lithium-iron phosphate in Enterprisebattery Zone plant tax credits over storage the nextsystems eight years, pouch-type for energy with said. aSalvetti capacity of 16 gigawatt hours.

And earlier this summer, Power secured He said both offerings areKORE expected to said haveitahad major return aonconditional from the federal government investmentcommitment in terms of helping those companies draw for an federal $850 million loan through the Department down funds. For Project Hydrogen, he said $1 of Energy to support construction of the 2 million-square-foot the program funding has the potential to leverage $16 in KOREPlex in Buckeye that will house several production federal money.

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Electric VehicleParts MakerExpected Acquires Large Site $18.8B In West Valley 3D Printed to Reach in

Value in 2023, Grow to $119B in 2032

Arizona-based v e h i c l eof market maker Additive Manufacturing Research, the leading provider Nikola Corp. quietly data and consulting services to the 3D printing industry, has p u rc h a s e d n e a r l y released the annual update of a flagship data product, AM Parts 1,000 acres in the Produced 2023, describing the production volumes and resulting Phoenix metro at the estimated market values of various additively endmanufactured of September components, both metal and polymer. The study the for reconfirms $16.5 million, positive long-term outlook for leading AM technologies a c c o r d i moving ng to into significant manufacturing roles across a multitude M a r i c oofpindustries a County over the coming decade, with print productionrecords. activity eventually

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This report exhaustive data files (one for George Quinif of Peak Group LLC represented Nikola in the sale.

Metal 3D printed parts, and one for Polymer 3D printed parts) with historical and projected production volumes and resulting The massivemarket site is located at 28702 W. Patterson Road in south Buckeye projected value of AM parts spanning prototypes, tools just west of State Route 85 near the Arizona Department of Corrections and tooling, and end-use production parts across eight major Lewis Prison, which is one of the largest prisons in the state and houses industries and dozens of part categorizations, from aircraft and more than 4,400 inmates. helicopter engine components in the aerospace industry, to nuclear reactor the energy sector. The data reflectsthat realit The salecomponents comes after in Nikola made multiple announcements market activity through Q2 2023 and proprietary projections over planned to break ground on a hydrogen production hub in Arizona. The the comingCEO decade. company’s said in August that Nikola would start construction on

the new facility by the end of this year but did not disclose the location.

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reports/metal-parts-produced-2023According to the Arizona Corporation Commission, Corey Hessen and Omar global-market-data-forecast/ Khayum, senior vice president and vice president of Canada-based TC Energy, Colorado Supersonic Jet respectively, are the managers of Phoenix HydrogenLands Hub LLC. Oil and gas giant TC Maker Saudi Investment Energy partnered with Nikola last year to Backing develop large-scale hydrogen production hubs across the U.S. and Canada.

Boom Supersonic has landed financial backing from a fund though, connected to Nikola hasn’t confirmed, whether Saudi Arabia’s royal family inproduction a deal the it plans to build a hydrogen hub in Buckeye. saidsays it has no experimental jet Nikola company takes comment about the Buckeye land sale it over $700 million in funding for the or its plans for the property. The city of business.

Buckeye said nothing has progressed with the company beyond negotiations.

Centennial-based Boom Supersonic aims to faster-than-sound passenger Themake automaker is currently producing jets that founder and CEO Blake Scholl battery electric vehicles and has produced predicts will revolutionize several alpha prototypes ofinternational its fuel cell travel cuttingwhich trans-oceanic flight electricby vehicles, run on hydrogen. times Nikolainis half. planning to build out a hydrogen fuelingSupersonic network to support its agreeing vehicles. Its Boom describes to first three locations will be established in collaborate with NIF on “opportunities California. to make the Gulf region dramatically more accessible through the power of In addition to the fueling stations, the supersonic flight.”

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“Our goal is to bring the world closer

together through faster flights,” Scholl said, in a statement. “We’re excited to collaborate with partners and investors around the globe as we work to realize our shared vision.”

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Boom Supersonic is nearing the first test flight in Mojave, California, of a single-seat test jet meant to confirm design choices and technologies for the Overture passenger jet it’s designing. Overture is meant to fly as many as 80 passengers at Mach 1.7 speeds across oceans. It would be the first supersonic passenger airliner since the Concorde retired in 2003.

The company says it’s ahead of schedule building its North Carolina factory where Overture planes will be made.

The northwest region of Saudi Arabia has been dubbed NOEM by Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of the Saudi ruling family. As the founder and chairman of the NOEM board of directors, he has outlined a vision of $500 billion invested to transform that part of his kingdom into a global innovation hub.

The NOEM Investment Fund will invest in viable commercial projects and “moonshot ideas enabled by cutting-edge technologies”.

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Boom’s announcement of $700 million in funding described the money being both investment and “other forms of capital.”

The company’s XB-1 test jet has been granted permission by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly, and the company has been steadily building up at the Mojave Air and Space Port to that initial flight.

The business aims to have its first Overture passenger planes plying in 2026 and its first flights with passengers occurring in 2029. By Greg Avery – Denver Business Journal A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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Manufacturing Modernization Grant Awardees Announced To strengthen Utah’s manufacturing industry, the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) designated $10 million for a new Manufacturing Modernization Grant (MMG). The program incentivizes Utah businesses to modernize, establish, relocate, retain, or develop manufacturing in the state. The grant updates Utah companies’ manufacturing, increases supply chain resilience, and lessens American dependence on foreign manufacturing. To qualify for the grant, the manufacturing modernization project must be located in Utah, and the company must have contributed to the project’s cost.

“This grant provided businesses with incredible opportunities to enhance their manufacturing capabilities,” said Jim Grover, managing director. “Investing in small businesses that produce valuable products by pairing a skilled workforce with advanced manufacturing technology is a win-win scenario.”

Of the 185 applications requesting funding of over $100 million, grant recipients are the following 21 companies:

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Department of Defense (DoD) Contracts RLT Networks*, Denver, Colorado, is awarded a $33,431,765 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide cyber survivability risk assessments and cyber engineering on major aircraft and weapons systems, as well as research and development of new systems for the Navy. Additionally, this contract provides for the implementation of the cybersecurity and cyber warfare system safety certification required to deploy new and updated warfighting system capabilities to the fleet. This contract was competitively procured as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside; one offer was received. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity (N6893624D0003).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $10,380,542 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00060) to previously awarded contract FA8823-21-C-0001 Space Based Infrared System Contractor Logistics Support (SBIRS) Product support Integration Contract Evolution (SPICE). Work will be performed at Peterson Space Force Base, Buckley SFB, Greeley Air National Guard Station, and Boulder, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by May 14, 2025. Space Systems Command, Peterson SFB, Colorado, is the contracting activity.

Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, is awarded a $21,096,638 modification to previously awarded performance-based indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract N62470-20-D-0010 to exercise option year three for base operation support services at Isa Air Base, Bahrain, and its outlying support sites. Award of this option brings the total cumulative value to $238,775,324.

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Kingdom of Bahrain and is expected to be completed by November 2024.

Aleut Information Technology LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $69,349,206 contract for Air Force Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System (JWICS) Enterprise and Local Operations Support. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,999,656 are being obligated at time of award.

The Acquisition Management and Integration Center, JBSA-Lackland, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA7037-24-C-0001).

Systems Implementers Inc., Clearfield, Utah, has been awarded a $35,000,000 ceiling increase modification (P00006) to previously awarded contract FA8224-19D-A0003 to continue technical services for the maintenance business system modernization, comprised of Impresa, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul applications within the

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A Message From: Broc Bryson, MSC Direct NUNTMA President I recently learned from Matt Wardle that NTMA was formed during World War II. The roots of the organization were to work together to supply the war effort. It’s hard to imagine a more deeply meaningful reason to exist than that. That war was won – if anything in war is considered a win – in large part due to people like us helping get all of the needed items to the frontline troops. Those front-line troops included both of my grandfathers and I have no doubt, people that are close to every one of you.

With that in mind, what brings us together today? If we had to name the most focused on and discussed topic, it would definitely be workforce issues. How do we recruit and retain good machining talent has got to be far and away the biggest, broadest issue facing our industry today. As an association, we are, by definition, “a group of people organized for a joint purpose.” There

are many more reasons to work together, but let’s focus on the biggest one for today.

What are we doing together to address the workforce issue?

Members of our chapter have recently helped develop a statewide path for Mentorships. We are again sponsoring the SkillsUSA machining contest this upcoming spring (more below). As a chapter and as individual members, we participate with the local trade schools and support STEM Fest events, shop tours, MFG Day, and more things like this all the time.

Can all of us participate in all of these efforts and events? Kind of a tall task for anyone – unless you have unlimited time and resources. If we all do something, can we work together for impactful change? We know that, yes, we can. If you want to see and feel what this effort is like firsthand, get involved with this year’s SkillsUSA contest.

There are a lot of options for you to get involved in the effort.

What we are doing should be considered a good start. What other creative, effective ideas can you contribute to the cause of manufacturing? They are out there, and we need to find them together. Hopefully, we can all look around – recognize the state that the industry is in, and decide on a way that you can help that works for you. And by all means, bring your new ideas and your friends with you too.

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“It’s an awesome external validation of our thesis and the traction we’ve been able to accumulate to date,” said Even Rogers, co-founder and CEO of the company.

True Anomaly has grown from about 50 employees to 107 over the past year. It expects to expand to over 190 by the end of 2024, Rogers said.

True Anomaly formed in early 2022 to help the U.S. military, especially Space Force, respond to the growing militarization of space and the need to have space fighters learn and practice the art of flying satellites and spacecraft in orbit in potentially hostile situations.

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Its over the next decade. Some of the empty slots will come by way of Centennial headquarters, just south of Denver, is where retiring baby boomers, while others are related to new positions crethe business designs, builds and operates satellites and ated as a result of natural business growth, the report found.What the develops software for satellite operations. report also predicts: As conditions stand now, 2 million of those jobs will go unfulfilled. In other words, the need for the manufacturing secItstoMosaic being designed to defined use artificial tor appeal tosoftware Millennialsis– the generation typically as those intelligence and automation to help space warfighters born between 1981 and 1997 – is both critical and a very tall order. fly dozens of small satellites in coordination with each other to a degree that hasn’t been readily available to Indeed, manufacturing still has a negative image among younger genthe military, Rogers said. erations, experts say. In a 2015 public perception of manufacturing study, also by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte, respondents The19Space Force in September awarded the company ages to 33 ranked manufacturing as their lowest preference in terms $17 million in a small business innovation research of potential career choices. grant to further work on Mosaic. With its new VC funding, the company also plans to build dozens of Manufacturing’s image problem is complex and in, some aspects, based satellites in 2024 and 2025 it will launch to add to its on false assumptions. But one real obstacle is that some manufacturing training portfolio.By – Denver Business systems can seem antiquated,Greg and it’s Avery an issue that many manufacturers Journal and related organizations are already addressing.

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The Cutting Tool Market Report is jointly compiled by AMT and USCTI, two “The associations Phoenix metro area and nearby universities with thousandsand of engineering trade representing the development, production, distribution create an environment rich with Ittech talent,” said Sethstatement Crawford, on Senior ofstudents cutting tool technology and products. provides a monthly U.S. Vice President and General Manager, Precision Ag & Digital.

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Historical data for the Cutting Tool Market Report is available dating back to The acceleration center is located at SkySong Innovation Campus, which is January 2012. This collaboration of AMT and USCTI is the first step in the two an extension of Arizona State University (ASU) since 2003. SkySong supports associations working together to promote and support U.S.-based manufacturers the launch of startups and inventions in partnership with ASU researchers. of cutting tool technology.

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With more than 220 referrals listed on her website, and several hundreds of clients, you’ve likely heard of BMSC. But whether you have or haven’t, the story of Bretta’s personal journey as an Entrepreneur/Quality Professional is worth a read.

I graduated from Arizona State University (ASU) with a degree in Industrial Engineering, and my very first job was with Intel Corporation doing very traditional industrial engineering work. I was responsible for their Work in Process (WIP) tracking software and I had a hand in preparing our submission to the Malcom Baldridge award (The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) is an award to raise awareness of quality management and recognize U.S. companies that have implemented successful quality management systems.)

I left corporate to get my masters at ASU in Industrial Engineering; it is here that I was first introduced to ISO 9001. As a student, I was recommended by one of my professors for a local company that needed contracting help with facility design. In essence, my first entrepreneurial effort was as a contractor for Varian Tempe Electronics, helping them with facility design.

While I was there, the quality manager quit and they asked me if I knew anything about ISO 9000. I said yes because they had mentioned it in a class I was taking (perhaps affording me 1 week of experience!) and all the sudden I inherited an ISO 9000 system with over 600 procedures and 25 controlled document books. This was the late ‘90s when it was required that you have a document for every single thing you do and everything was hard copy.

When the first auditor came in to audit us, they told me I had to change a lot of things in my system so I made all the changes. Then 6 months later a new auditor came and told me I had to make some other changes and then yet another 6 months later another new auditor came and told me a whole different story; I thought this is crazy. So, I decided to take my first Lead Auditor course and see what they’re supposed to be auditing me to. It turned out they weren’t supposed to tell me how to change my system; rather they were supposed to audit what I told them we did and how we did it. So, I revamped the entire quality management system and reduced it down to having just a few internal auditors that reported directly to me and it was much better.

I was happily working as an Industrial Engineer with a specialty in quality, when a few years later I became pregnant with my first son. I thought everything was going to be fine; I had two sets of grandparents and I would be able to take a six week maternity leave. But then I had my baby and thought, ”No way, I can’t go A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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back to work.”

Months later one of the auditors reached out to me letting me know there was a company in Tempe that needed help implementing their ISO system and would I quote it.

I quoted them implementing ISO 9001 including design; won the contract and I went in one day a week to work with them. 4 months later they were registered with no findings from there on it was just word of mouth.

One business owner told another business owner about me if they needed help implementing ISO and that’s how my consulting business began.

2 years later, I decided that I should do audits through a registrar to help teach my clients how to prepare for an audit at the same time that I’m teaching them to implement their quality management systems. I started auditing for a registrar out of Houston, MCNA and then a couple of years later, Great Western Registrar, a local registrar to Arizona, where I was one of their first auditors.

H2H Consulting. We do some together, some separate and we do these audits for companies that use the BMSC system and companies that have their own systems already set up.

Shortly after that time I began working in the aerospace industry implementing and auditing to AS9000 (which has now become AS9100), more than 15 years ago.

In 2006 the registrar in Houston was opening a food registrar and I went to Texas for training and that’s where I met Peter Sanderson. Peter had a consulting company in Canada and he was showing me at the training the software he was building called CIS (Continuous Improvement Software) and was helping his ISO 9001 clients become paperless. He kept telling me I should implement it for my companies. I invited him to come to Arizona (in August unfortunately for him) to present at a Great Western Users Group meeting. I had many clients with me on the day that he presented his CIS software and we were all very excited about it. One of my clients signed up for the software that day and within a year we had 10 local companies using the CIS software. Soon after, we started monthly user groups learning and improving on it. A short year later, I had so many clients using the software that I decided to buy into the company and in 2007 became president of CIS Worldwide Sales Group as a part owner.

In 2010 I met Debbie Hart. Our boys were playing football together and we became friends immediately. When we talked about what we do for a living, Debbie was working in the medical industry but doing similar things as far as documenting processes and auditing processes. I was getting so busy with customers that I needed help. I knew Debbie would be a superior addition to BMSC and that’s where our journey began! I knew from Debbie’s personality that she was going to be really great at auditing and consulting so I brought her with me to one of my clients and threw her in headfirst and said, “Go audit these processes”, and she was great at it.

Within a year Debbie had her Lead Auditor certification and was auditing for two registrars and coming with me on all of my consulting jobs. Debbie began her own consulting company H2H Consulting for jobs that came through her but we outsource work to each other all the time.

I can’t remember doing a consulting implementation project without her in the last 10 years. A large portion of our clients, once they get registered to ISO 9001 or one of the aerospace standards (AS9100, AS9120, AS9110), needs to do internal audits and hold management reviews every year.

Many of our customers are very small companies that don’t have the resources so they outsource the maintenance activities to Debbie and me. This has become so popular that today Debbie manages most of the maintenance audit clients; sometimes going through BMSC sometimes going through

This past year CIS software has made huge improvements and we are very, very excited to be launching our newest CIS auditing app which is amazing and can be used not only for ISO audits or aerospace internal audits, but for every kind of inspection or activity that requires questions and objective evidence and actions. It’s amazing. Our CIS software has also been upgraded to include ChatGPT 4.0 imbedded into it, so you get automatic help with root cause, problem solving and writing documents and work instructions and so much more.

You can visit any one of the websites to watch videos and see everything that’s new.

Hear From A Few of BMSC’s More Than 220 Referrals “Bretta and Debbie know the AS9100 process inside and out, and they are always extremely professional. We highly recommend BMSC to anyone embarking on the ISO or AS9100 journey.

They truly want us to succeed as much as they want success for their business.” APS Machining, who

achieved AS9100 Revision D certification with ‘0’ findings

“What I have heard about other ISO and AS9100 consultants is that they overcomplicate things; they write a system that doesn’t match how we do business. With BMSC, before they started helping us to write our system, they observed our company employees in their day to day operations, and they helped us to write a simplified business system based upon what we do.” MTI “Certifying to ISO9001 with the help of BMSC was substantially less expensive and less difficult than I had expected. The BMSC team was fantastic. With their help, we were so prepared for our ISO audit, and we completed it with ‘0’ findings.” Marzee “BMSC was great to work with - they didn’t tell us what to do but rather trained us in what was needed for certification in a positive, constructive way. ISO certification didn’t mean more paperwork - it meant better paperwork. It has helped us to improve operations - in every aspect of our business.” GSA,

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Sanderson went to work, and a few weeks later the management system was complete; Sanderson trained the employees and the company received certification. Sanderson received the $3,200 check for the work and also an envelope. On opening the envelope, Sanderson was presented with several quotes from other consultants, the lowest at $38,000, the highest $61,000.

Imagine the possibilities when you can effortlessly create new relational databases, design customized edit forms, establish third-party portals, and tailor existing databases like never before. Continuous Improvement Software (CIS ) empowers you to shape your quality A year’s notice was given to his employer, management system precisely to your unique needs, and Sanderson started developing ensuring seamless integration and optimal efficiency. a system to effectively build quality management systems for the MIL-I The creation of CIS stemmed from general discontent standards, NCA 3800 and ISO 9001. Total founder Peter Sanderson perceived in industry over Quality Management Systems Inc. (TQMS) the implementation of ISO 9000. Many companies was the name Sanderson gave the firm. were ISO certified solely because customers required it, seeing it as something that resulted merely in a lot of Sanderson’s goal with TQMS was to meetings and wasted paper, but not any real benefits. simplify the creation and maintenance of “So I started to ask the question,” says Sanderson, “What is it all about? What quality management systems, creating a will it take to make the owners feel that ISO or any quality system would make Web-based approach. them faster, reduce their costs and make them outstanding global citizens at The result was Continuous Improvement the same time?”

Software (CIS) Version 1.0, launched in 2001.

Over the years, Peter says, “We Today, with CIS Software, you gain access to a proven software management solution that has been trusted by countless organizations across the United looked at it from the point of view States, Canada, and Mexico since 1999. It is a fully integrated suite of 30 apps of-obviously ISO is part of it, but so is human resource management, planning, crafted to cater to the dynamic requirements of all business models. management meeting, improvements, Just this year, the company introduced the ChatGPT assistant, an exclusive ASPI preventive actions and calibration-all of system, seamlessly integrated into your specific URL and embedded throughout this was part of managing a company-from your chosen package. Not only does CIS provide unparalleled flexibility and purchasing to managing vendors. customization, but it also delivers a comprehensive suite of tools that streamline your quality processes. Best of all, CIS is now more affordable than ever, making Today, the cross platform aspect of the program gives a company’s customers, it accessible to organizations of all sizes. suppliers and even auditors controlled How CIS Came To Fruition: access to its management system.

For example, suppliers can access In 1983, Peter Sanderson saw the need for some requirements, or see all inspections, in computerization at the manufacturing entity he worked process receiving and nonconformities, for, and he developed a system to manage production with root corrective actions and root causes, that pertain to them. Customers and schedule jobs. can log on and submit complaints or failures, and CIS will alert the appropriate During his tenure, Sanderson also wrote a complete manager in real time so immediate action quality management system for his employer, which earned him a promotion can be taken. to quality manager. While working with his employer’s suppliers, Sanderson recognized that several did not possess the certification that would allow them Perhaps the most notable attribute of CIS to be involved in projects with high-profile clients. When Sanderson’s employer is the speed with which it is implemented. cut hours for its employees, Sanderson broached the notion to some of their In a matter of weeks a company can be up suppliers that he be hired to create a management system, train their employees and running with CIS. and get them certified.

To learn how your company can benefit When his first supplier expressed interested and asked Sanderson how much he from CIS, contact: Bretta Kelly, President wanted, “To be honest,” says Sanderson, “I needed a new roof on my house of CIS’ Worldwide Sales Group; 602) 445and I wanted a new furnace. The total cost was $3,200, so I asked for $3,200.” 9400 or brettagkelly@gmail.com.

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Code-named “Project Solitaire,” commission members approved $7.6 million for a company that builds tools and equipment used to make semiconductors to expand in the Denver metro area.

The expansion of a cleanroom and manufacturing space would create 631 new roles such as technicians, sales associates and engineers paid an average salary of $123,000, according to OEDIT. Ninety out of the company’s 100 employees already work in the Denver area.The new cleanroom would support the domestic supply chain serving semiconductor manufacturers, national security technology accelerators and research laboratories, staff members said.

The company behind Project Solitaire had previously applied for tax credits under the code name “Project 14er” for a facility that would improve battery storage for vehicles and mobile devices but did not go through the contract requirements to be eligible for credits. The most recent award is contingent on the company raising $27.45 million in capital by the end of 2023.

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A multinational producer and distributor of “consumable products and carrier devices for those products” is considering a manufacturing space in Aurora that would act as the primary worldwide production facility for one of its products.

The company, called “Project Waterfall,” would bring 500 new jobs to the area and the potential for a $16.5 million incentive package — $4.5 million in job growth tax credits and $12 million in local incentives from Aurora and Adams County.

The company employs 80,000 people worldwide and said it would invest about $600 million in real property and manufacturing equipment in its selected site, according to OEDIT. Roles at the new facility would include technicians, finance professionals and supervisors and pay an average salary of $89,000.

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A rare-earth magnet manufacturing company that builds components for industries such as aerospace, defense and energy is considering a headquarters and a manufacturing facility somewhere in the state.

The package is also contingent on the company proving it has raised $3.75 million in capital by the end of 2023 and proof of financing to build the $71 million project.

A foreign manufacturer of lithium iron phosphate batteries was offered $1.9 million to build a cell production facility somewhere along the Front Range, such as Aurora, Fort Collins or Colorado Springs.

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The Ignitor program develops companies through three different tiers based on their technology readiness levels, said Casey Anglada DeRaad, NewSpace’s CEO. Satellite and spacecraft startup Aphelion Aerospace develops eco-friendly propulsion tech. The startup was co-founded in 2019 by Miguel Ayala and Matthew Travis, both of whom have extensive backgrounds in the engineering and aerospace industries. Aphelion Aerospace was awarded a NASA contract three months ago to support its long-term space exploration goals, including the research of autonomous ground processing, testing and launching.

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Although all of the companies chosen for the new cohort aren’t strictly aerospace-related, all are developing space-enabling technologies, DeRaad said. NewSpace’s Ignitor program is unique from other incubators or accelerators, she added, which typically have a specific market focus or are run for shorter periods.

“I think our key niche is we’re trying to get the suppliers to the money — I say the suppliers to the buyers,” DeRaad said.

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NewSpace estimates it’s helped recently graduated and existing Ignitor companies land around $25 million in funding through a blend of government contract dollars and private investment.

DeRaad said 24 startups were in consideration for the new Ignitor cohort. A network of aerospace experts who work with NewSpace Nexus narrowed the field down to the 12 chosen companies based on criteria that included tech readiness levels, time in business and strength of team members, she added.

NewSpace did provide some resources to the startups not selected, such as networking connections and introductions to other incubator and accelerator-type programs.

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Don Loveless 181 Bristol Park Dr Bristol, CT 06010 www.gmnusa.com

Over 500 Styles Ready To Ship Same Day Shipping

Rudy Schumann Regional Sales Manager

Tel: 800-686-1679 Fax: 860-409-2552181 dloveless@gmnusa.com

P: 989.799.4550 C: 720.273.0846 rschumann@fullertontool.com

fullertontool.com

440-248-5510 sales@tjdavies.com Lucas Cassil

Account Manager

LK Metrology, Inc. 12 Goodyear, Suite #105 Irvine, CA. 92618 Email: scott.collier@LKmetrology.com Mobile: 760-978-7091 Office: 949-716-4440 Website: www.LKmetrology.com

Scott Collier Metrology Solutions Business Manager

We Have Solutions!

cell 801.518.0546 e-mail l_cassil@metalfluids.com toll-free 800.367.9966 fax 602.256.2231

2340 South 3270 West | West Valley, UT 84119

…we are metrology

Live Tools Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Sulli Tool & Supply_____ 714-863-6019 Lubricants / Systems Chipblaster_________ 310-502-4184 Qualichem, Inc.______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 Tyler Acheson Territory Sales Manager Machine Tool Accessories Dormer Pramet______801-230-6794 Dormer Pramet______720-837-3232 HAIMER_________ 503-726-8202 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 SCHUNK__________ 919-602-8294 EDM Materials & Supplies Sulli Tool & Supply_____ 714-863-6019 Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 THINBIT___________888-THINBIT EDM Network________ 480-836-1782 Shrink Fit Machines Von Ruden Manufacturing_ 763-682-0322 EDM Perform. Access.____ 800-336-2946 HAIMER_________ 503-726-8202 Global EDM Supply_____ 480-836-8330 Machine Tool Cool. Filtration Solvents /Degreasing Agents Chipblaster_________ 310-502-4184 Castrol____________ 800-894-7773 Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 Hasco Oil__________ 562-595-8491 EDM: Tooling Systems Milling and Turning EDM Perform. Access.____ 800-336-2946 Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 Products End Mills Spindles Fullerton Tools_____ 989-799-4550 Dormer Pramet______801-230-6794 GMN USA__________ 800-686-1679 HAIMER_________ 503-726-8202 Dormer Pramet______720-837-3232 Sulli Tool & Supply_____ 714-863-6019 Machine Tool & Cutter Grinding_ 435-512-4416 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 Surface Plates Von Ruden Manufacturing_ 763-682-0322 Starrett____________ 949-382-4123 Filtermist Mist Collectors Parts Washing Equipment Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 Toolholding Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 HAIMER_________ 503-726-8202 Gage Blocks Power Tools Starrett____________ 949-382-4123 Hainbuch_________ 818-970-7874 Ingersoll Rand______206-472-0826 Garnet Abrasives Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 Barton International_____ 800-741-7756 R8 Quick Change Tool System Tooling for Swiss Type Lathe Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 NTK Cutting Tools_________425-365-3613 Knives: Replacement Retention Knobs Superior Grinding______ 801-487-9700 Vices and Vice Jaws Lifting & Material Handling T.J. Davies_________ 440-248-5510 Desert EDM Sales______ 480-816-6300 Robot Accessories Hainbuch_________ 818-970-7874 Systems Ingersoll Rand______206-472-0826 SCHUNK__________ 919-602-8294 Sulli Tool & Supply_____ 714-863-6019 FANUC Master Certified Service Engineer

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402.650.8132 844-4-ACIETA

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Waterjet Cutting Abrasives Barton International_____ 800-741-7756 Workholding Hainbuch_________ 818-970-7874 AUTOMATION Acieta___________ 402-650-8132 DATRON__________ 480-826-3689 Bystronic Inc_________ 702-340-6964 Hainbuch_________ 818-970-7874 Fiero Automation ______ 303-431-3600 Productivity Inc. _____ 303-571-4933 Automation Controls Acieta___________ 402-650-8132 CALIBRATION SERVICES Advanced Coord. Tech ____ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial Sales__ 480-948-1871 Total Qual. Syst._______ 480-377-6422 GRINDING Grinding Machines Moncktons Mach Tools__ 303-571-4933 Grinding Wheels HAIMER_________ 503-726-8202 Manual Lathes & Mills AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266

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2835 S. Raritan St Englewood, CO 80110 303-991-1500 (Ph) 303-991-1921 (Fax) Web: www.ezpullerusa.com E-Mail: Dan@eztram.com

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RIBAL BTADDINI

Innovative Measuring Systems 521 S 48th St. Tempe, AZ 85281

Strategic Account Manager OEM WEST REGION DATA COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION

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Helping You Find The Right Solutions For Your Measuring Needs

Ken Lambert (602)527-5488 ken@innovativemeasuring.com

Hexagon _________ 303-859-7159 KEYENCE______ _____720-614-9241 Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 Starrett____________ 949-382-4123 Klontech Industrial Sales_ 480-948-1871 Metrology Instruments LK Metrology________ 949-716-4440 Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Renishaw_________ 847-286-9953 Hexagon __________ 303-859-7159 Innovative Measuring Systems Coordinate Measuring Mach. Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 1711 W. 17th St. Tempe, AZ 85281 Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 KEYENCE______ _____720-614-9241 www.innovativemeasuring.com Sharp Precision______ 310-370-5990 Ken Lambert Hexagon __________ 303-859-7159 Klontech Industrial Sales_ 480-948-1871 Pedestals for Grinders (801)673-4783 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 LK Metrology________ 949-716-4440 Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 Sawing Machines Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 Moncktons Mach Tools__ 303-571-4933 Klontech Industrial Sales__ 480-948-1871 Starrett____________ 949-382-4123 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__303-761-3000 LK Metrology________ 949-716-4440 Productivity________ 303-571-4933 Total Quality Systems____ 720-338-2581 Saw Replacement Parts Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__303-761-3000 Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 Zeiss Industrial Metrology__ 800-327-9735 Microscopes Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 INSPECTION EQUIP KEYENCE______ _____720-614-9241 Advanced Coord. Tech ____ 303-469-6161 Total Quality Systems____ 720-338-2581 Optical Comparators Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Zeiss Industrial Metrology__ 800-327-9735 Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Hexagon __________ 303-859-7159 Gauging Equipment Hexagon __________ 303-859-7159 Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Klontech Indust. Sales____ 480-948-1871 Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 LK Metrology________ 949-716-4440 Klontech Industrial Sales_ 480-948-1871 Klontech Industrial Sales_ 480-948-1871 Productivity Inc. _____ 303-571-4933 LK Metrology________ 949-716-4440 LK Metrology________ 949-716-4440 Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 Total Qual. Syst._______ 480-377-6422 Starrett____________ 949-382-4123 Total Quality Systems____ 720-338-2581

IMS

Helping You Find The Right Solutions For Your Measuring Needs

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Zeiss Industrial Metrology__ 800-327-9735 Total Quality Systems____ 720-338-2581 Sensors: Contact & Optical Laser Marking Systems Zeiss Industrial Metrology__ 800-327-9735 Barcode Scanners Video Measuring Systems KEYENCE______ _____720-614-9241 KEYENCE______ _____720-614-9241 Measurement Systems Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 CMM Probes Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Hexagon __________ 303-859-7159 Klontech Industrial Sales_ 480-948-1871 A2Z MANUFACTURING ROCKY MOUNTAIN •

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P: 888.668.6818 C: 937.479.5381 ribal.btaddini@legrand.us www.legrand.us Legrand, North America 3555 Kettering Blvd.

Moraine, OH 45439 C2G® | ORTRONICS® | QUIKTRON® RAPIDRUN® | WIREMOLD®

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Total Quality Systems____ 720-338-2581 HARDWARE Horizon Carbide Tool___480-968-0957 Utah Metal Works, Inc.__ 801-364-5679 METALS & MATERIALS AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 Coastal Metals______ 800-811-7466 Erickson Metals_____ 303-373-0820 Laube Titanium___ 805-388-1050x124 Olympic Metals______303-286-9700 Ryerson__________303-227-6310 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Western States Metals__801-978-0562 Aluminum Affiliated Metals______ 800-748-4711 Erickson Metals_____ 303-373-0820 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025

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Jeff Klimowicz Regional Sales Manager 480.320.0308 mobile jklimowicz@qualichem.com qualichem.com ISO 9001:2015 | All products proudly made in the USA.

Pallet Changers & AutoDoors for Affordable CNC Automation

AlIen Webb Sales Associate

KNUTH Machine Tools USA, Inc. 590 Bond St. Lincolnshire, IL 60069

Ph: (847) 415-3333 x260 Fax: (847) 415-2402 a.webb@knuth-usa.com Made in USA

www.knuth-usa.com

call: (855) 593-5668

Armor: Military & Commercial TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 Brass Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________303-227-6310 Bronze Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Carbon Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Ryerson___________303-227-6310 Copper Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Garnet Abrasives Barton International_____ 800-741-7756 Metals: Bar & Plate AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Erickson Metals_____ 303-373-0820 Ryerson___________303-227-6310 TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•

Titanium Laube Titanium___805-388-1050x124 METAL DISTRIBUTORS Erickson Metals_____ 303-373-0820 Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Laube Titanium___ 805-388-1050x124 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Mold Steel Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 Romi Machine Tools LLC_ 859-647-7566 AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 TW Metals__________ 800-203-8000 Sharp Precision______ 310-370-5990 Nickel Alloys United Perform. Metals__ 317-946-0025 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 Western States Metals___ 801-978-0562 Tornos USA_________951-695-0342 Ryerson__________ 303-227-6310 NEW MACHINERY Triad Machine________303-424-0268 TW Metals__________800-203-8000 3D Metal/ Additive CNC Lathes United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Manufacturing Machines Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Plate-Precision Saw Cut Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Erickson Metals_____ 303-373-0820 Renishaw__________ 847-286-9953 DMG Mori___________801-561-2001 Pre-Honed Tube CHIP CUTTING Doosan___________ 973-618-2500 Western States Metals__801-978-0562 CNC Drilling/Tapping Stainless Steel Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 Foothills Machinery____ 303-466-3777 J.M. Grisley_________ 801-486-7519 AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 CNC Mills Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 J.M. Grisley_________208-861-8991 Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Hurco____________ 800-634-2416 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 DATRON__________ 480-826-3689 KTR Machine_________623-202-7177 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 DMG Mori_________ 801-561-2001 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 Doosan__________ 973-618-2500 Productivity Inc. _____ 303-571-4933 Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC________480-784-1600 Hurco___________ 800-634-2416 Smith Machinery Co____801-263-6403 Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 J.M. Grisley________ 801-486-7519 Triad Machine________303-424-0268 CNC Swiss Turn Machines Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 J.M. Grisley________ 208-861-8991 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 KTR Machine_______ 623-202-7177 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Ryerson___________ 303-227-6310 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 Methods West________602-437-2220 United Perform. Metals_ 317-946-0025 Productivity Inc. _____ 303-571-4933 Productivity____ ____303-571-4933

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Tornos USA_______ 951-695-0342 Cold Saws Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 Fullerton Tools_____ 989-799-4550 EDM Machines KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 CNC Punching Centers Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 Latitude Machinery_____ 602-517-7153 EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 CNC Routers Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Productivity Inc. _____ 303-571-4933 Drill Lines Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 Fiber Lasers EDM Tooling Systems Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Grinding Machines EDM Perform. Access.____ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 DCM Tech_________ 800-533-5339 Manual Mills & Lathes Latitude Machinery_____ 602-517-7153 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 NEW MACHINERY Multitool USA_______ 800-660-0880 FABRICATION Iron Workers Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Latitude Machinery_____ 602-517-7153 Latitude Machinery_____ 602-517-7153 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Band Saws S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Laser Cutters Ultimate Machinery_____ 480-966-2000 Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Bar Feeders Bud’s Machine Tools____ 385-271-6718 Edge Technologies______ 951-440-1574 Bystronic Inc_________ 702-340-6964

Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Productivity Inc. _____ 303-571-4933 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268 Magnetic Particle (NDT) Machines DCM Tech__________ 800-533-5339 Pipe & Tube Benders/Notchers

OTHER ACCESSORIES Grinding Accessories Multitool USA_______ 800-660-0880 Bystronic Inc__________702-340-6964 Tooling Systems S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Desert EDM Sales______ 480-816-6300 Plasma Cutters USA EDM Supply______ 480-836-8330 Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 PALLET SYSTEMS Bystronic Inc__________702-340-6964 Automatic Pallet Systems KNUTH Machine Tools____ 847-415-3333 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Multicam__________ 970-218-9046 Automatic Door Opener Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Systems Press Brakes Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Bystronic Inc__________702-340-6964 Manual Rotary Pallet Systems Latitude Machinery______602-517-7153 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Robotic Part Loading Systems Rotary Surface Grinders Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 DCM Tech__________ 800-533-5339 PLASTICS Sawing Machines Acrylics And Polycarbonates Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 Fullerton Tools_____ 989-799-4550 Plastics: Fabrication Latitude Machinery______602-517-7153 Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 Production Machine Tools__ 425-881-1200 Shearing Machines Graphics Materials Action Machinery _______888-289-9100 Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 Bystronic Inc__________702-340-6964 Mechanical/Engineering Material Latitude Machinery______602-517-7153 Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 PROG. SYSTEMS Vacuum Tables Bending CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD KNUTH Machine Tools____ 847-415-3333 Bystronic Inc_________ 702-340-6964 Latitude Machinery_____ 602-517-7153 DATRON__________ 480-826-3689 AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 A2Z MANUFACTURING ROCKY MOUNTAIN •

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Office: 801-463-3597 Cell: 801-979-3361 Fax: 801-294-3319 mdenison@ucreditu.com www.UcreditU.com

The Industry’s Most Trusted Source to Buy, Sell, and Trade-In Used CNC, Plastics, and Sheet Metal Fabrication Machinery.

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Process Improvement BMSC______________ 602-445-9400 Reverse Engineering Advanced Coord. Tech ___ _303-469-6161 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Klontech Measure Sol__ 480-626-8131 Rigging & Transfer IRH ____________801-972-5581 R&R Transportation ____801-747-2607 Eric Winkelmann Transportation Marketing Manager Yvonne Newman IRH ____________801-972-5581 Business Development & Marketing R&R Transportation ____801-747-2607 +1.847.427.3333 main office www.platinumregistration.com Office: 303-639-9001 Yvonne@platinumregistration.com Direct: 720-626-5458 2550 Arthur Avenue +1.847.545.6906 direct SPINDLE REPAIR Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 USA +1.630.853.5408 mobile www.perfectionglobal.com eric@perfectionglobal.com RMS Assembly & Mfg__ 303-777-3064 Metrology Services TOOLING Delcam (Autodeck)_____ 877-35-2261 Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Quality Measurement Services_ 9 70-413-2438 PrecisionToolholding Products MLC CAD______ 800-364-1652 x1113 MultiCAM_________ 970-218-9046 Western States Calibration_ 801-466-1700 Hexagon __________ 303-859-7159 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 Tooling Systems Consultant,Operational Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 _ SolidCAM_________ 530-863-0461 Consultant, ISO Quality Measurement Services_970-413-2438 Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 RECYCLING Live Tool Holders BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 Western States Calibration_ 801-466-1700 Recyclable Metals Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 Process Improvement/ Audit Cavendish Scott______ 303-480-0111 Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Static Tool Holders Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 Contract Inspection Industrial Supply____ 800-288-3838 BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 Scrap Metal Recycling Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Cavendish Scott______ 303-480-0111 CAD/CAM Training Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Klontech Measure Sol_ _ _ 480-626-8131 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 Blackwing Machine_____ 801-645-4485 X-Ray Quality Measurement Services_970-413-2438 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Certified Inspection Service__602-267-0661 MultiCAM_________ 970-218-9046 Education Acieta___________ 402-650-8132 Machining Software ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

Ogden-Weber Tech College_801-395-3795 MultiCAM_ ___________ 970218-9046 Integrated Systems Inc__ 928-649-9600 BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 Engineering Services Robot Accessories USED MACHINERY Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Cavendish Scott______ 303-480-0111 Acieta___________ 402-650-8132 Action Machinery ________888-289-9100 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Financing DATRON_ _ __________480-826-3689 SCHUNK___________ 919-452-4535 Tech Financial Services_____ 414-224-0209 Platinum Registration_______ 303-639-9001 Robotic Repairs Univerity Federal Credit Union_ 801-463-3597 RRBG,Inc._________ 469-714-6260 EDM Network_________480-836-1782 K.D. Capital Equipment____480-922-1674 Acieta____________ 402-650-8132 First Article Inspection Methods West_________602-437-2220 SERVICES ISO Registrar Advanced Coord. Tech _____303-469-6161 AS9100 Certification Perfection_________ 847-545-6906 Platinum Registration_ _ _____ 303-639-9001 Heavyhaul ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 Resell CNC___________844-478-8181 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 IRH ____________801-972-5581 S&S Machinery Sales_____602-368-8542 Machine Tool Rebuilding Injection Molding Cavendish Scott______ 303-480-0111 WATERJET CUTTING EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 RRBG,Inc._________ 469-714-6260 3D Parts To Go______ 801-380-7935 MACHINERY Nadcap Approvals - Consulting Inspection Services Auctioneers Action Machinery ________888-289-9100 Advanced Coord.

Tech _ _ ___303-469-6161 Perfection_________ 847-545-6906 Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 Global EDM Supply _____480-836-8330 Quality Measurement Services_970-413-2438 Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Business Forms/ Machinery Resources_____480-694-9919 Lean Consulting Custom labels/Brochures Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 Multicam___________970-218-9046 Pryntink___________ 855-675-1444 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 Frontier Group_________ 602-437-2426 Abrasives/Blast Media Logistics/Freight Calibration Services Barton International______800-741-7756 Phoenix Heat Treat_____602-258-7751 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 R&R Transportation ____801-747-2607 2 A Rocky Mountain Mountain •• A2Z Z Manufacturing Manufacturing Rocky

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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes JACK TERRELL

SHELLEY TERRELL Owner & President

Owner & VP

(623) 670-3406 SHELLEY@A1PMA.COM

(623) 377-2191 JACK@A1PMA.COM

Precision metal fabrication and sheet metal design A1PMA.COM

2216 E. MAGNOLIA ST. PHOENIX, AZ 85034

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Phone: (801) 531-9922 Fax: (801) 531-9944 Cell: (801) 301-1160

Andy Martin The CNC Pros, Inc. 3329 W 2555 S West Valley City, UT 84119 PHONE: 801-973-0800 CELL: 801-637-8806 andy.martin@cncprose.com www.thecncpros.com www.facebook.com/thecncpros

3D SCANNING The CNC Pros________801-973-0800

BAR CODING Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome Western Sintering______ 509-375-3096 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648

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Innovative Precision______ 801-334-6317 ASSEMBLIES Precision Mach’d Products_ 970-482-7676 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Advantage Manufacturing__ 877-727-0281 Specialty Steel Services___801-539-8252 PAS Technologies______602-744-2648 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 CAID Industries________435-890-8823 COMPOSITES CASTINGS CNC Machine & Design Inc__ 801-531-9922 S.A. Composites_________970-776-3877 MTI______________ 505-247-4276 Aluminum Casting Paramount Machine_____801-886-2755 Dayton Rogers______ 763-717-6303 Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 DESIGNCAD/CAM The Toolroom Inc._______ 801-773-6331 JD Machine________ 801-782-4403 Die Casting CNC Machine & Design Inc__ 801-531-9922 Thompson Machine______505-823-1453 Mountain View Machine_ 435-755-0500 TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278 DIES Wrico_____________480-892-7800 Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Pillar Machine________ 801-965-1900 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278 EDM Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 CHEMICAL PROCESSING Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 EDM: Drilling Small Hole Wrico____________ 480-892-7800 PAS Technologies_____ 602-744-2648 LAYKE, Inc.___________ 602-272-2654 CNC Machine & Design Inc__ 801-531-9922 COATING Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Electronics Assemblies Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 Coating:Black Oxide Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-7270281 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) CAID Industries_______ 435-890-8823 Phoenix Heat Treat______ 602-258-7751 Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317 FABRICATION A1 Precision Metal_____ 623-377-2191 Maverick Mold & Machine__ 970-535-4604 Coating: Liquid Welded Assemblies Weiser Engineering_____ 303-280-2778 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 Micropulse West________ 480-966-2300 Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 A2Z MANUFACTURING ROCKY MOUNTAIN •

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Paramount Machine

www.paramount-machine.com sales@paramount-machine.com Office: 801.886.2755 Fax: 801.886.2759

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Star Precision________303-926-0559 FINISHING Fabrication: Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Medium & Large Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CPCS_____________303-438-8328 EMJD Corp__________ 303-761-5236 Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Aero Tech________ 801-292-0493 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Precision Mach’d Prod____ 970-482-7676 Sandblasting Auburn Tool & Machine_ 303-278-8769 Group Mfg Serv______ 480-966-39528 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Superior Grinding______801-487-9700 Phoenix Heat Treat_____ 602-258-7751 Fabrication: SheetMetal CNC Machine & Design___801-531-9922 TVT Die Casting_______800-280-2278 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 A1 Precision Metal_____ 623-377-2191 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Finishing: One Stop EMJD Corporation______ 303-761-5236 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Aero Tech________ 801-292-0493 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 FORMING Glass Bead Clean Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 A1 Precision Metal_____ 623-377-2191 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Dynamic Design & Mfg____ 303-652-0431 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 EMJD Corporation______ 303-761-5236 Marzee___________ 602-269-5801 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Phoenix Heat Treat_______602-258-7751 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Mountain View Machine __435-755-0500 Group Mfg Serv_______480-966-3952 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Iron Phosphates MTI_____________ 505-247-4276 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 FOUNDRY Precision Laser Processing____ 801-561-4200 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 Passivation Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Star Precision________303-926-0559 GAS NITRIDING Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Pillar Machine______801-965-1900 Bending Collins Metal Finishing___ 602-275-3117 GEAR CUTTING Precision Laser Processing_801-561-4200 Precision Laser Processing____ 801-561-4200 Photochemical/Etching Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Custom Auto/Truck/Bike H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 Star Precision________303-926-0559 VACCO Industries______ 626-443-7121 Specialty Steel Svcs____ 801-539-8252 Gear Hobbing Powder Coating Fabrication: Filament Winding Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Ponderosa Ind_ _______ 303-298-1801 S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 Wrico____________480-892-7800 CPCS_____________303-438-8328 Fabrication: Composites Metals Finishing LLC______801-718-7969 Fabrication: Steel GRINDING S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 Bandsaw LLC_________303-744-7181 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 EMJD Corp________303-761-5236 Star Precision________303-926-0559 GMN USA_________ 800-686-1679 Fabrication: Enclosures Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Precision Laser Processing_801-561-4200 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Machine Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 435-512-4416 40

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Shipping Address: 2405 West Mohave, Phoenix, AZ 85009-6413

Phone: (602) 258-7751 Cell: (623) 512-3233 E-Mail: tjohnston@phxht.com www.phoenix-heat-treating.com

PAS Technologies______602-744-2648 Prec. Mach’d Products__ 970-482-7676 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 Superior Grinding______801-487-9700 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 Grinding, Blanchard Auburn Tool & Machine_303-278-8769 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Grinding, Centerless Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Grinding, Cold Saw AA Carbide________ 801-486-4881 Grinding: OD Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Grinding: Tool & Cutter BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 Exact Tool Grinding_____ 801-712-2720 Machine Tool & Cutter Grinding_ 435-512-4416 HEAT TREATING Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Controlled Thermal_____ 602-272-3714 Industrial Heat Treat____ 801-363-7318

Phoenix Heat Treat_____ 602-258-7751 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146 VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 Quick Turn Machine_____801-334-6800 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 The Toolroom Inc.______801-773-63311 Wrico____________480-892-7800 MACHINING Large Capacity Drop Bottom Advantage Manufacturing___ 877-727-0281 Oven/ Aluminum Phoenix Heat Treat_____ 602-258-7751 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 HONING/LAPPING LAYKE, Inc._________602-272-2654 CNC Machine & Design Inc 801-531-9922 IDENTIFICATION CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Industrial Labels Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 TUFFLabels_________855-855-8833 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 INSPECTION Inspection, First Article GL Manufacturing______ 801-634-5894 Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Inspection Services Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 LASER CUTTING Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Advantage Manufacturing____877-727-0281 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 RD Machine & MFg____ 801-977-0447 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Marzee___________ 602-269-5801 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Precision Laser Processing__801-561-4200 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278

Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Machining: 5 Axis Accutech Machine______ 801-975-1117 Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 LUX Precision_______ 928-380-0317 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 MTI_____________ 505-247-4276 Paramount Machine___ 801-886-2755 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995

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Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Paramount Machine____ 801-886-2755 Pinnacle Precision____ 435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Precision Mach’d Products_ 970-482-7676 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & MFg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Machining: Automatic StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 Machining: Ceramic O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888 Ceramic: Sapphire, Alumina, Silicon, Aluminum, Quartz O’Keefe Ceramics______ 719-687-0888 Machining: CNC A1 Precision Metal_____ 623-377-2191 Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Accutech Machine______ 801-975-1117 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering_____ 435-713-0072 Auburn Tool & Machine__ 303-278-8769 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 CNC Machine& Design__ 801-531-9922 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 Denver Precision Products__ 303-469-1771 DMSI___________801-972-6093 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg________970-535-4540 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 GL Manufacturing______ 801-634-5894 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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Machining: Turning American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering_____ 435-713-0072 Auburn Tool & Machine__ 303-278-8769 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 Denver Precision Products__ 303-469-1771 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 GroveTec Machining_____503-557-4689 HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Leading Edge Machine___ 435-563-9425 LUX Precision_______ 928-380-0317 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine___ 435-755-0500 MTI_____________ 505-247-4276 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Machining: Swiss Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 CNC Machine & Design Inc_ 801-531-9922 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 Denver Precision Products__ 303-469-1771 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 GroveTec Machining_____503-557-4689 Machining: Ultra-Precision GroveTec Machining_____503-557-4689 LV Swiss___________435-635-1482 Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing_ 503-557-9407 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing_ 503-557-9407 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 MANUFACTURING Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 A&L Machining_______303-373-1540 LV Swiss___________435-635-1482 StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 CAID Industries______435-890-8823

Flex-Pro ___________ 480-773-3239 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 MTI_____________ 505-247-4276 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Quick Turn Machine_____801-334-6800 Leading Edge Machine___435-563-9425 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Mountain View Machine_ 435-755-0500 Precision Machined Prod.__ 970-482-7676 StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 Precision Enterprises____ 731-642-8709 TVT Die Casting_______800-280-2278 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 Machining: R & D RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 S.A.Composites______ 970-776-3877 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 StarRex Precision_____ 480-834-6344 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 The Toolroom Inc._____ 801-773-6331 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Machining: Precision Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Precision Enterprises____731-642-8709 Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 The CNC Pros________801-973-0800 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995

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SERVICES AS9100 Certification ABS Quality Evaluations_702-371-7591 BMSC__________ 602-445-9400 Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 Western States Calibration_801-466-1700

SAW CUTTING Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 SHOT PEENING Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 SINTERING Western Sintering______509-375-3096 SPINNING: METAL Metal Spinning Solutions__ 480-899-0939 SPLINES Etching/Photochemical Specialty Steel Services__ 801-539-8252 VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 SPRINGS Passivation Custom/Compression/ExtenPREMIUM PLASTIC-INJECTION MOLDING Collins Metal Finishing___ 602-275-3117 sion/Assembly/Torsion Brian Parker 303-592-9548 Owner brian@ltmplastics.com Frontier Group_____ 602-437-2426 Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831 Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY Foresight Finishing_____480-921-0000 Flat & Wire MOLDS 3D Parts To Go_____801-380-7935 Anodizing Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831 Blackwing Machine____ 801-645-4485 SPRING WORKS Utah____ 801-298-0113 PUNCHING Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 STAMPING Maverick Mold & Machine_ 970-535-4604 Collins Metal Finishing___ 602-275-3117 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 Star Precision________303-926-0559 A1 Precision Metal_____ 623-377-2191 Molds: Plastic Injection Copper LTM Plastics_________303-592-9548 Weiser Engineering___303-280-2778 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 Frontier Metal Stamping__ 303-458-5129 Foresight Finishing_____480-921-0000 Maverick Mold & Machine__970-535-4604 RECYCLING Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Electroless Nickel Molds Steel Recyclable Metals Precision Die & Stamping__480-967-2038 Collins Metal Finishing___ 602-275-3117 DMSI____________ 801-972-6093 Iron & Metals, Inc____ 303-292-5555 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Foresight Finishing_____480-921-0000 Aero Tech_________ 801-292-0493 Utah Metal Works____ 801-364-5679 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 Frontier Group________ 602-437-2426 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 REPAIR Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Nickel/Chrome/ Bearing Surface PACKAGING Wrico__________ 480-892-7800 Copper Denver Machine Shop___303-295-6000 Tymar Industries______ 719-548-8995 High Production PrecisionForesight Finishing_____480-921-0000 Hydraulic Cylinder Stamping PAINTING Tin Plate Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 Frontier Metal Stamping__ 303-458-5129 Coating Technologies______623-581-2648 Foresight Finishing_____480-921-0000 Rolling: thread Stamping:Aerospace CPCS___________ 303-438-8328 POLISHING Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Precision Die & Stamping__480-967-2038 Frontier Group_____ 602-437-2426 PRECISION FORMING Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 PAS Technologies_____ 602-744-2648 Scrap Metal Recycling Richards Fab________801-409-0392 Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Stamping:Deep Draw Pillar Machine______801-965-1900 Thompson Machine_____505-823-1453 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 Frontier Metal Stamping__ 303-458-5129 Richards Fab__________801-409-0392 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Painting CARC Integrated Systems Inc__ 928-649-9600 Wrico__________ 480-892-7800 PROCESSING: METAL Frontier Group_________ 602-437-2426 Stamping:Design Electro Polish ROUTERING, CNC PLATING Blanchard Metals Proc.__ 801-972-5590 Collins Metal Finishing___ 602-275-3117 Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Frontier Group_____ 602-437-2426 Pilkington Metal Finishing___ 801-972-2146 TOOL & DIE Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Tool & Cutter Grinding BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 Exact Tool Grinding_____ 801-712-2720 TOOLING Mountain View Machine__ 435-755-0500 Western Sintering______509-375-3096

Custom Tooling BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 Tool Coating/ Refurbishing BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 WATERJET CUTTING Auburn Tool & Machine__ 303-278-8769 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Leading Edge Machine___435-563-9425 Marzee___________ 602-269-5801 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Southwest Waterjet-Laser__480-306-7748 WELDING A1 Precision Metal_____ 623-377-2191 Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Advantage Manufacturing___ 877-727-0281 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 ENS Welding Service____208-670-0538 Frontier Group_____ 602-437-2426 H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Quick Turn Machine_____ 801-334-6800 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Wrico__________ 480-892-7800 Pre-Fabricated Pipe Welding ENS Welding Service__ 208-670-0538 Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Welding: Orbital Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Welding: Pipe ENS Welding Service__ 208-670-0538

Frontier Metal Stamping__ 303-458-5129 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Welding: TIG Mountain View Machine___ 435-755-0500

Welding: Precision Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Welding: Robotic

WIRE FORMING Flat & Wire Ace Wire Spring & Form__ 412-458-4831 SPRING WORKS Utah____ 801-298-0113 ASSOCIATIONS N. Utah NTMA________ 801-337-7097

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BLAZING SPEED INCLUDED. INTRODUCING THE NEW

VARIAXIS C-600 With its robust C-frame construction, lightning-fast 4.5 second chip-to-chip tool changer, double-ended tilting table and enhanced rapid traverse rates – which add up to shorter non-cut times for the lowest part-cycle times – the VARIAXIS C-600 handles the most demanding jobs with its flexible, automation-ready design and a new MAZATROL SmoothAi CNC made for 5-axis machining. And it can handle what your rotary table HMCs take multiple setups to do in as few as one.

Find out everything that’s included with the new VARIAXIS C-600 at MazakUSA.com/VRX-C600.

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CO, WY 888.289.9100 action-machinery.com

UT, ID & MT 801.263.6403 smithmachinetools.com

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Insert width available from .004” - .063” in .001” increments.

InsertGROOVING width available from THREADING .004” - .063” in .001” increments.

PARTING BORING GROOVING TURNING THREADING FACE GROOVING PARTING CUSTOM TOOLING FORMBORING TOOLING MILL TOOLING TURNING

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FACE GROOVING CUSTOM TOOLING FORM TOOLING MILL TOOLING

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