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PMA Industries is a leading photo-chemical etching manufacturer in North America. We produce products using photo-chemical etching and other processes for dozens of industries worldwide.
Dies Direct is pleased to announce the launch of its new offering of Hot Foil Stamps. The new offering features an attractive heat-resistant copper finish, is made from a different grade of steel than our classic offering – which now makes it compatible with nearly all hot foil platforms, and still carries small minimum order quantities. For those that have not offered Hot Foil stamps to their customers in the past, the versatility of this new offering may be particularly attractive – as now your customers can use your designs manufactured by Dies Direct on any of the popular Hot Foil machines in the market.
Dies Direct originally began producing Hot Foil stamps in 2019. The original offering is made from a thicker grade of steel and features a navy finish. This original design of Hot Foil stamps from Dies Direct will continue to be produced for those customers that prefer the classic look, feel and usability of this classic design. VOC”) content paint. Craft dies require a tremendously rugged paint to withstand the pressures created at the cut line – a demand that required a significant amount of research on Dies Direct’s part during 2020 to ensure the dies would achieve the same (or better) end-product using a low-VOC paint formula.
After significant cost, time, and effort, Dies Direct is happy to announce die production is moving to a low-VOC paint for all newly produced dies by the second quarter of 2021. Customers may notice a modest color change from the existing die color – the new low-VOC content dies exhibit a slightly brighter silver. In addition to the attractive color change, the exhaustive testing has concluded the new paint formula ultimately provides improved durability as well. Dies Direct is proud to bring these product enhancements to our customers without an impact to price.
With PMA’s commitment to low-VOC paint and already producing product from a state of the art facility, PMA Industries once again demonstrates its commitment to responsible manufacturing practices for the benefit of our customers, our employees, our investors, and our world.
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Raytheon Co., Goleta, California, is awarded a $30,981,359 long-term, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for the repair of three ALE-50 towed decoy system components in support of the F/A-18E/F aircraft. The contract includes a five-year base period with no options. Work will be performed in Forest, Mississippi (75%); and Goleta, California (25%). Work is expected to be completed by December 2026. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $6,307,158 will be obligated at the time of award and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00383-22-D-T501). DCX-CHOL Enterprises,* Los Angeles, California, is awarded a $12,414,000 firm-fixed-price modification to previously
awarded contract N6339421C0002 for the manufacture, assembly, test and delivery of Module Electronics Box and Hazard Electronics Box units in support of the Vertical Launch System. Work will be performed in Los Angeles, California, and is expected to be completed by August 2022. Fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,674,000 (54%); and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $5,740,000 (46%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $10,377,842 modification (P00012) to previously awarded delivery order (FA8620-15-G-4040, FA8620-19-F-2310) for the Netherlands MQ-9 update. Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2021. This contract involves 100% Foreign Military Sales to the Netherlands. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $8,504,176 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Space and Airborne Our Showroom At: 3305 Edison Way, Fremont, CA 94538 Systems, El Segundo, California, is awarded a $71,446,885 level-of-effort Is Open Monday - Friday From 8am To 5pm modification (P00011) to a previously awarded, cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinitedelivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N6893619D0001). Work will be performed in El Segundo, California (80%); China Lake, California (10%); Patuxent River, Maryland (5%); and St. Louis, Missouri (5%), and is expected to be completed in February 2024. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity. Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, California, is being awarded a firm-fixed-price other transaction prototype award with a total value of $20,938,788 through the Missile Defense Agency’s authority under 10 U.S. Code § 2371b. Announcement with Glide Phase Interceptor Special Topic, HQ0851-21-S-0001. Under this award, the performer will further develop and refine their concept. The work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California; Huntsville, Alabama; and Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of September
2022. Research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HQ0851-22-9-0001).
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $103,206,787 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, satellite airborne data terminals, and government furnished equipment maintenance. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $103,206,787 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-22-C-0014).
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $63,103,871 fixed-priceincentive-fee modification (P00011) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0001). This modification exercises options to procure 19 AN/APG-79(V)4 radar systems and associated software in support of radar retrofit and integration into the F/A18C/D aircraft on behalf of the Marine Corps. Additionally, this modification provides engineering and obsolescence management support as well as associated technical, financial, and administrative data in support of the retrofit and integration effort. Work will be performed in Forest, Mississippi (41.1%); El Segundo, California (32.6%); Andover, Massachusetts (18.3%) and Dallas, Texas (8%), and is expected to be completed in March 2023. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $63,103,871 will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $31,720,280 contract action for the Belgium MQ-9B SkyGuardian procurement. This contract provides for one MQ-9B simulator, training, spares and support equipment. Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2024. This contract involves 100% Foreign Military Sales to Belgium and this award is the result of a
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Manufacturing Doesn’t Need More Workers, It Needs the Right Ones
It has always been true—to survive, a business must adapt. Adapting is no small feat. Only 52 U.S. companies remained on the Fortune 500 list from 1955 until 2019.
And, one could argue that manufacturing is facing one of its largest disruptions—digital transformation—in modern history. “My prediction is that half of all American manufacturers will close their doors in the next 10-to-15 years,” says Jeremy Frank, CEO of KCF Technologies. Franks says he has heard loud and clear what’s going on with the sector as a board member of National Association of Manufacturers, a board member of the Hydraulic Institute, an active participate in a local MEP and by working with manufacturers including the world’s largest automotive companies.
Of course, he doesn’t want to see that happen, so he formed his business in 2000 with the vision of “solving problems through the convergence of technology and people.” It’s the combination of these two essential components that will “save” manufacturing, he says. It’s very personal to Frank. At a recent company event he recalled, with emotion, how the factory where his grandfather worked, Westinghouse in Mansfield, Ohio, shut down and is now an empty parking lot. Avoiding that fate is his life’s mission. While his company advises manufacturers on what technologies will make them more efficient and able to stay in business, he’s calling for a public policy that ensures the vibrancy of the sector. He points to one plan that isn’t hitting the mark. The American Jobs Plan Initiative aims to creates job, but not the right ones. Frank says, “Simply creating more jobs is short-sighted and does nothing to address the manufacturing skills gap—specifically, the need for workers who can manage Industry 4.0 technology.”
However, there are some government-backed plans that work very well. Frank points to the model of the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR), which invests in entrepreneurial companies. Each year the government sets aside around $3 billion for external R&D to small businesses. This program, along with the Small Business Technology Transfer program, which the SBA calls America’s Seed Fund, allows small businesses to explore technology with the goal of commercialization.
“It’s a competitive process and has proven to be successful,” Frank says, noting that his company received $1 million in 2004 and today is a growing, thriving company. He thinks this program should be expanded. “We should be putting 10 times that number into small businesses as they create the majority of the jobs. And these are the companies tapping into the technology which will solve the knowledge gaps as well as create technologies of the future.” We also need to rework our education systems, says Frank. “It’s very hard for a two-year community college to be able to change quickly enough to match the expanding technological skills needed.”
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“If education policies are not flexible enough to allow students to explore various pathways,” Curry says, “students may ultimately bypass even the best workforce development opportunities. I came across the idea of pursuing technology as a career by chance after already embarking on a serious course of post-secondary studies. If I was exposed to technical or STEM programs before college, I would have landed on my pathway much sooner.”
Attracting talent early and positioning the field in the light of entrepreneurship is Frank’s prescription for ensuring the health of the manufacturing sector. “We need to get people excited about technology and about building something for the future.” Source: Industry Week; By: Adrienne Selko
Fisker unveils new Fisker Ocean electric SUV
Fisker Inc. revealed its newest electric vehicle, the Fisker Ocean SUV, featuring advanced performance and safety technology, a sleek design, and extensive use of sustainable materials.
At Fisker Ocean SUV’s debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Fisker Chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker detailed the vehicle’s sustainable design features, technical specifications, vehicle trim levels, performance capabilities e and driver-assist technologies.
Fisker estimates that the EPA range of the front-wheel-drive, single-motor Fisker Ocean Sport will be 250 miles on a single charge, using a lithium-ion phosphate battery cell chemistry in Touring Range packs to be supplied by CATL. EPA Ranges for the all-wheel-drive, dual-motor Fisker Ocean Ultra and Fisker Ocean Extreme are estimated at 340 miles and 350-plus miles, respectively.
The Fisker Ocean Sport will have an expected zero-to-60-mph time of 6.9 seconds with peak horsepower of 275. The Fisker Ocean Ultra will have an estimated zero-to-60-mph mph time of 3.9 seconds, with an estimated peak horsepower of 540 hp. The Fisker Ocean Extreme and Fisker Ocean One will have an estimated 0-60 mph time of 3.6 seconds, with an estimated peak horsepower of 550 hp. Fisker said the Fisker Ocean was designed to be a true SUV, rather than an aerodynamic all-electric hatchback. A 20-inch aero wheel is available, as well as three 22-inch wheel options. All Fisker Oceans will be outfitted with tires created by partner Bridgestone to enhance range and performance. By I-Chun Chen – LA Business Journal
Key features include California Mode, for a near-convertible SUV experience, and Fisker’s SolarSky roof, available on the Fisker Ocean Extreme and Fisker Ocean One. The SolarSky roof adds additional, emission-free miles.
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M e t a Platforms Inc.’s has preleased another Spring District building in Bellevue, this time taking 213,000 square feet, project developers Wright Runstad & Co. and Shorenstein Properties said Monday.
The news comes five days after Meta (Nasdaq: FB), owner of Facebook and Instagram, said it would lease more than 700,000 square feet in Sunnyvale, California, near the company’s Menlo Park headquarters, as well as space in another Bay Area city, Burlingame. Together, the California leases total more than 1 million square feet, Bloomberg reported.
The Bellevue and Bay Area expansions are one of the clearest signs to date that the office is not on its way to extinction at least among big tech companies. Meta’s latest Spring District lease is for Building 13, which is between the former REI headquarters that Meta bought last year for $367.6 million and the Global Innovation Exchange. Building 13 is the fifth Spring District building that Meta has leased in the emerging neighborhood.
NBBJ designed Building 13 and BNBuilders is the general contractor. Construction of the nine-story structure will start in 2022 with completion expected in 2024, the developers said.
The five buildings total over 1.4 million square feet. Those, along with Meta’s offices in Seattle and Redmond, total 3.2 million square feet. That would be enough for more than 18,000 employees based on a commercial real estate industry space-per-employee standard.
That’s well above the more than 7,000 employees Meta has in the Puget Sound region, so the new lease is the latest signal that Meta plans to grow significantly more here. Last year, after the purchase of the REI headquarters, Meta said it had 5,431 employees in Washington state in 2019. Nearly 1,175 available jobs in the Puget Sound region are listed on Meta’s website.
In addition to Meta’s presence and the Global Innovation Center, the 36-acre Spring District has over 800 apartments. On tap is Bellevue Brewing Co.’s new location, which is scheduled to open in 2022, and a light rail station opening in 2023.
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Here’s What’s On Aerospace Leaders’ Minds As 2021 Comes To A Close
The demand for air travel and the planes to enable it returned in 2021 almost as suddenly as it declined the year before, leaving jet makers and their suppliers scrambling to adapt to the change of pace.
As the year comes to a close, aerospace leaders forecast continued demand — and competition — from China, and are looking for ways to secure precarious supply chains and workforces. While sustainability has emerged as a top priority for the industry, manufacturers are divided on where to invest and how soon those strategies will bear fruit.
Here are some top takeaways from conversations among industry and government leaders this fall:
Competition from China
China’s jet industry may be behind, but “they don’t mean to stay that way,” Washington Lt. Gov. Denny Heck said at the Aerospace Futures Alliance summit in late October. China’s ability to perform quick pivots under its command-and-control leadership could give its manufacturers an edge as it grows to take on Washington’s “considerable” industry base, he said.
That said, the relationship doesn’t have to be adversarial, Heck added. “I don’t think we should look at China as the enemy. But I do think we should look at them as our fiercest competitor and that we have to take that very seriously.”
China likely won’t have the same outsize demand for commercial jets that it has in the past two decades, senior aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia said in a recent virtual forecast. While its relationship with the West is changing as it prioritizes its fledgling domestic industry, Chinese jet makers are still heavily dependent on Western technologies from engines to avionics, which is likely to keep them at the table.
Supply chain challenges
Janene Collins, vice president of supply chain contracts and sourcing at The Boeing Co., said the company’s “chief struggle” is the consolidation of its supply base. Those with the balance
