A2Z Metalworker SW Edition Jan 2015

Vol. 21, No.1 Jan/Feb 2015

Southwest Edition (AZ, NV, and NM)

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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” –Steve Jobs, Let’s welcome in 2015 -- it should be a great year!According to the Gardner Research Capital Spending Survey/Forecast, metal cutting machine tool consumption will increase 37% in 2015. If the forecast proves true, then 2015 will be the strongest year since 1998, and the U.S. will become the number one consumer of CNC machine tools for the first time since 2000.

So it should be a good year to be a precision machinist, particularly a skilled programmer. Demand for the occupation is high, and pay is good.

For this issue, we looked at some of the‘best jobs’ across all industries.They varied dramatically across the survey groups who conducted the research,likely because the metrics used for scoring were very different.

All jobs aren’t created equal. U.S. News 100 Best Jobs of 2014 offers a mosaic of employment opportunity, good salary, manageable work-life balance and job security. Some careers offer just the right mix of these components – for instance, nearly 40 percent of the U.S. News 100 picks are health care jobs – but the list also includes strong showings from occupations in the social services and business sectors.

Here is U.S. News’Top Picks for 2014.

1) Software Developer 2) Computer Systems Analyst 3) Dentist 4) Nurse Practitioner 5) Pharmacist

6) Registered Nurse 7) PhysicalTherapist 8) Physician 9)Web Developer 10) Dental Hygienist

CareerBliss.com also gave the #1 best job in software, calling it a ‘software quality assurance engineer’, but their subsequent best jobs differed sharply from U.S. News’ picks. #2 was executive chef, followed by property manager. CareerBliss.com noted that some of the happiest jobs have some component of working with people. Other surprising findings? Bank teller and warehouse manager, and it stated that even jobs that didn’t rank high on compensation, can rank high based upon‘great place to work’, and‘enjoying the people you work with’, which are obviously factors every business executive/ company owner, can impact. CareerBliss.com noted,“We have noticed that happiness definitely does not align with pay,and once basic needs are met,the additional money on the job is a nice perk but is not what drives employee happiness.”

Another research entity, called CareerCast, used a formula that takes into account income and growth potential, and a range of measures like the degree of competitiveness and the amount of public contact, physical demands including crawling and bending and work conditions like toxic fumes and noise. In addition they look at stressors like the amount of travel the job requires, deadlines, and physical risks including whether the workers’ or their colleagues’ lives are put at risk on the job.Their picks? Mathematician was #1 and #2 was tenured university professor.

What does all this mean for us? 2 of the 3 surveys’ top ranking careers are heavily math/science oriented, something that our ScienceTechnology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) initiatives are focusing on here throughout the United States.The central mission of the STEM Education Coalition is to inform federal and state policymakers on the critical role that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education plays in U.S. competitiveness and future economic prosperity.

In summary, I think there are a few key takeaways. Love your work! As an owner/manager, help to make your place of work one where people want to come to.And if you can have an impact on STEM education with our next generation, find a way to do so!We wish you a great 2015, and God Bless ourTroops! www.facebook.com/A2ZMetalworker A2Z METALWORKER SW

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Linda Daly Publisher

MLC CAD Systems, Your SOLIDWORKS and MasterCam Provider, Welcomes Its Customers to SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Announcements....... 6-7,10,12,14,16,18,20 Feature Articles.............. .32-33,36-37,48 More Feature Articles 50-51,56-57,72-73 Buyers Guide Equipment............... 81-89 Buyers Guide Processes ............. 90-101 Card Gallery ................................ 81-101 Index of Advertisers .......................... 102 Editorial.................................Throughout

Published by: A2Z Metalworker PUBLISHER/EDITOR Linda Daly linda@azmetalworker.com

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Al Bertrand, a 10 year veteran of the company, will now direct the sales organizations in San Diego, CA, and throughout Arizona.

Al has a diversified work history. After attending the University of Texas at Austin, he spent several years in the oil tool industry in various engineering positions, then progressed to working with Makino selling machine tools. Al played golf professionally, and served as Head Golf Professional at a Troon Golf facility in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years.

Steve Olson joined the company and will support customers throughout Arizona as a Sales Engineer. Steve Olson comes to Sandvik Coromant with several years of industry experience. Al says, “We are delighted that Steve joined our team. Number one is his enthusiasm, you just can’t teach this.” He continued, “Steve is highly technical and his years of industry experience will be invaluable to Sandvik Coromant’s customers, both new and old.”

To learn more about Sandvik Coromant, visit www.sandvik.coromant. com/us or feel free to contact Steve at 623-203-0191 or via email at steven.olson@sandvik.com.

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Layke Tactical is pleased to announce that they now offer a ‘BUILD YOUR ULTIMATE CUSTOM FIREARM’ from their components wall in 5.56 NATO CAL., 300 ACC Blkout, .204 Ruger, 7.62 X 39 (Russian Cartridge), or .22LR. Owner Ernie Apodaca, an avid hunter, is pictured, top left, with a LaykeTactical hunting rifle. Operations Manager Dan Schulze, is pictured bottom left, in the AR Custom build shop with a tactical AR. When you come to Layke Tactical, by appointment only, please, you can tour the Factory, where their rifles and pistols are manufactured, assembled, and tested. You can then select aAR off the shelf from one of their many unique and varied Firearms.You can

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He continued,“We custom engrave, custom serialize, and we offer five colors of hard coat anodize. (Think in terms of Family Crests, Class Crest/ Logo, Military Emblems, etc).

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Datum Inspection Expands with 3D Scanning Capabilities In an effort to continue to provide one stop shopping for all of your measurement and reverse engineering needs, Datum Inspection Services is happy to announce we are offering some exciting new services and products. We now have 3D scanning capabilities with the addition of both Laser Scanning and Structured Light Scanning.

In addition to the new services offered we are now authorized

distributors for Steinbichler 3D scanning equipment and Gaspardo and Associates automated scanning systems. Steinbichler offers a full line of 3D scanning systems ranging from structured blue light scanning systems, 3D laser scanning systems, non-contact surface finish systems, motion capturing systems, and various metrology software solutions. Gaspardo and Associates offer automated 3D scanning as turnkey systems or on a retrofit basis for your current structured light scanning systems.

Give Myron Tomlinson a call at 602-997-1340 or email at Myron@ datum-inspection.com to schedule a demonstration or to assist you in determining the best 3D scanning solutions for your application.

United Performance Metals Provides Materials For Heat Exchangers United Performance Metals understands the unique material requirements for the heat exchanger industry.

A variety of stainless steel, duplex stainless steel and nickel alloys used in heat exchange applications are available through the company. Insight on the industry as well as available alloys can be found on the company Announcements Continued Page 10 A2Z METALWORKER SW

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WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN YOUR MACHINE TOOL DISTRIBUTOR? TOP QUALITY EQUIPMENT ARIZONA CNC offers a wide range of top quality, new and used equipment, in all sizes, capabilities and prices. When it comes to machine tools or accessories to enhance your productivity, you can count on getting the right solution for the right price, without compromise.

EXPERIENCED APPLICATIONS ENGINEERING Time Studies, Programming Services, Training, Turnkey Projects, Automation If you are looking for a partner to help solve your machining challenges and optimize your cycle times turn to our applications engineering department. You benefit from the knowledge and experience that comes with people who work full time solving tough problems for various companies every day. Whether it’s evaluating your parts to help you make your machine selection, training the people in your facility to maximize your productivity or providing you a full turnkey system we are committed to your success.

PROFESSIONAL SALES ENGINEERS RELIABLE SERVICE SUPPORT Local, Responsive, Factory Certified Your emergency is our emergency. So don’t panic. If anything goes wrong with your equipment, call Arizona CNC. You will get a quick response from an expert, factory certified service engineer. On-site or over the phone, AZCNC's team of expert service personnel can solve problems fast-usually within hours. Your uptime is our goal.

Keep in mind time spent preventing problems can save you the unwanted costs of having to fix them later. AZCNC offers preventive maintenance programs to help you avoid unexpected downtime through managed care of your equipment.

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Knowledgeable, Experienced Our goal is to provide you with the right solution and improve your profitability. The cheapest machine on the market is seldom the best value or the most cost effective. Our sales engineers are trained professionals with the ability to recognize and apply the appropriate manufacturing process for your needs. Their understanding of processes as well as product enables them to find the most efficient machine tool for your application. Our sales staff also can present you with the financing options that make your machine tool purchases more affordable.

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HARDINGE Hardinge is the leader in providing highly reliable turning, milling, grinding and workholding solutions unmatched in the industry for more than 100 years.

Products include:

• HARDINGE, manual lathes to high-performance, SuperPrecision multi-tasking CNC lathes, world’s largest manufacturer of precision collets and workholding systems.

• BRIDGEPORT, manual knee mills to high-performance vertical and horizontal multi-tasking CNC machining centers.

• KELLENBERGER, precision CNC universal grinding machines for OD, face and ID grinding.

• TSCHUDIN, compact, high precision CNC grinding machines for low or high-volume OD production CNC grinding.

• HAUSER, multi-axis precision jig grinding for complex profiles.

Announcements & Releases Continued website www.upmet.com/application-briefs.

For a closer look at the applications for this industry, the company has developed the following brief: Heat Exchanger Applications Heat exchangers use containment vessels to heat or cool one fluid by transferring heat between it and another fluid. Users of heat exchangers include chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, power generation, refrigeration, pharmaceuticals, HVAC, food & beverage processing and pulp & paper industries.

A plate heat exchanger is a specialized design well suited to transferring heat between medium and low pressure fluids. Plate heat exchangers contain thin plates joined together with a small space between them allowing fluid to flow between a larger surface area. They are highly efficient and more compact in design than other forms of heat exchangers.

Shell and tube heat exchangers are well suited for high pressure applications. They consists of a shell with a bundle of tubes inside it transferring heat from within and around the bundle.

Air cooled heat exchangers are pressure vessels which cool a circulating fluid within finned tubes by forcing ambient air over the exterior of the tubes.

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United Performance Metals is one of more than a dozen companies that comprise O’Neal Industries (onealind.com), the U.S.A.’s largest family-owned group of metals service centers. With sales of approximately $2.5 billion in 2013, O’Neal Industries is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and has more than 90 specialized facilities throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

For more information on United Performance Metals and its specialty divisions, visit www.upmet.com.

Haas Factor y Outlet-Phoenix Invites Machinists to CNC Training Mill and lathe classes are scheduled every other month. Each course consists of 3 days of hands on instruction led by a Haas Certified Instructor. Students will learn the basics of the Haas control, operation of machines, and Haas programming using G & M codes.

Classes are help Monday through Wednesday from 3:30 to 7 pm.

One day classes are also offered on some of the most common topics raised to our service technicians and applications engineers.

Please join us for an upcoming session of the Haas CNC training.We recommend registering as early as possible as class sizes are limited.

January 12 – 14th, 2015: Mill Training February 23 – 25th, 2015: Lathe Training Announcements Continued Page 12

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Austin continued, “AZPMAP along with Auer Precision have the best experience and role models for training and preparing people for the future, in precision manufacturing industry.”

AUER Precision Company Apprentice Wins Apprentice of the Year

To learn more about Auer Precision, visitauerprecision.com or call (480) 834-4637.

Auer Precision is pleased to announce that Austin Nagel, Apprentice at their company through the Arizona Precision and Machining Apprenticeship Program (AZPMAP), was recently awarded ‘Apprentice of theYear.”

Austin is a recent graduate from Gilbert High School and the as the welding program at EastValley Institute of Technology.

After graduation, Austin started working at a local welding facility manufacturing small and large welded assembly components, and he started taking night classes at Gateway Community College pursuing a degree in industrial manufacturing.

Austin says, “While working at my degree I got my first opportunity at a machine shop called Auer Precision Stamping and never looked back.

I started off in production grinding and then moved into quality control.

Auer allowed me to become certified in ACT/OGP measuring systems as well as Ziess calypso training certification.”

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DaveValerio says,“Austin came to us when we were looking to hire and train a production grinder. He was already working on his schooling that was targeted towards manufacturing. His positive attitude and mechanical aptitude showed immediately and he excelled. A position was posted here at Auer Precision for an opening in the quality department. Austin applied and was selected. Again Austin excelled.

After many discussions about the future, we here at Auer came to the realization that Auer’s highly skilledTool and Die makers were getting ever closer to retirement and we had no replacements for the future.

With a lack of younger qualified people in the workforce we decided it was time to commit to an apprentice program. We gathered up the details and posted the position internally. Multiple employees applied. After a lengthy interview process The Management team at Auer chose Austin.”

He continued, “It’s been almost 2 years now but with the help of AZPMAP and again Austin’s hard work we now have what we feel will be a blueprint for our future.Austin continues to excel and will be the first but certainly not the last of our plan to replenish the talent that is absolutely vital to Auer’s future.”

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QualiChem Director of Metalworking, Mike Forest (L) with QualiChem President, Glenn Frank (R) present award to Russ Kurzawski (Center).

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Pro Precision, an ISO9001/ AS9100 Certified Precision Machine Shop, Adds 2nd Ganesh Machine

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IntroducingWohlhaupter’s Precision Boring Starter Kit Wohlhaupter’s PrimeBore precision boring head was introduced during IMTS 2014 in kit form.The kit provides a boring range of .236 to 5.04 inches (6 to 128mm). It includes three boring tools, a serrated boring tool with two serrated insert holders, and a serrated slide that attaches directly to the PrimeBore head and utilizes the larger serrated insert holder.

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Tyler Crouse, founder and owner of Pro Precision, LLC, is pleased to announce that he has expanded his capabilities with the latest Ganesh machine tool purchase, a CYCLONE-32 CS - CNC Swiss Machine.

He says the machine offers a 7 Axis Twin Spindle CNC Lathe with Sub-spindle and full “Y” Axis.

Tom Camp, owner of TSM Machinery and Equipment Sales, is the distributor for the Ganesh line in Arizona.Tom says the Ganesh CYCLONE-32 CS combines turning and milling for complete machining.

Tyler says, “Ganesh manufactures some very good machines, but what I appreciate most is their superior service. I haven’t worked with another machine tool dealer that has better service than Ganesh.”

To learn more about Pro Precision, including if you are looking for a new opportunity as an experienced machinist, call the company at 602-353-0022 or email Tyler at proprecision@earthlink.net.

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Witzig & Frank re-enters US market with long-term partner Hydromat Inc. After a successful production and market re-launch, FFG Werke GmbH’s Witzig & Frank brand has renewed its traditional partnership with St. Louis-based manufacturer Hydromat Inc., combining their matching portfolios of high volume metal cutting solutions for the automotive communications, medical, aerospace, plumbing, and general machining industries.

Witzig & Frank, a manufacturer of highly integrated machining solutions for high volume applications based in Offenburg, Germany, is looking back at a long and successful history of machine tool engineering. Just before its 150th anniversary due next year, the machine tool builder has gone through a successful period. Under new ownership of FFG Europe, production at the Offenburg plant was re-launched in December 2013 and sales targets for 2014 have already been exceeded. Several metal forming and metal cutting machining systems for German customers are currently on the shop floor.

Following FFG’s global market approach, Witzig & Frank is now leveraging its long history in theAmerican market.The natural choice for a partner in the US was the St. Louis, Missouri manufacturer of rotary transfer machines and multi-spindle machines Hydromat Inc. Apart from the matching portfolios, the companies have had close

ties for more than 25 years when Hydromat President and CEO Bruno Schmitter co-founded a joint venture with Witzig & Frank. Hydromat’s Chief Sales Officer Matthias Walter started his career at Witzig & Frank – where his father had been managing director for many years – and later took overWitzig & Frank’s US entityTurmatic Systems. Says CSOWalter: “We have actually sold, installed and serviced more than 160Witzig & Frank machines in the US, so we’re very experienced in the field and know the relevant players.Also, with our portfolio and theWitzig & Frank products, we can now cover a vast range of different sizes applications, leveraging our mutual strengths and giving our customers the competitive edge.”

Witzig & Frank’s portfolio of rotary transfer machines chines can boast up to 15% increased performance with the newly available Siemens Solution Line controls. In addition, newly developed, application-oriented and standardized machining units, as well as a new, rotary indexing unit with an indexing time of 1.0 seconds provide for overall cost reduction and performance enhancements.

According to Pascal Schnebelt, Sales Director at Witzig & Frank, the demand for their products in the Northern American market is strong, “There is a variety of industries in the growing American manufacturing industry and also existing German customers setting up production in the US where our solutions for high volume applications perfectly match customers’ needs.With the proven partnership of Hydromat we have the expertise on site and we can guarantee a top service for our customers.”

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CNC machines and operators, thus improving overall profitability. For each technology shown, a side-by-side demonstration of basic vs. advanced machine functionalities and the benefits that can be gained by leaping into higher technology were featured.

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M e m b e r s o f Pa r t n e r s i n T H I N C demonstrated how peripheral equipment such as tooling, gaging, workholding and automation can be integrated with Okuma technology to improve productivity.

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Okuma America’s “Make the Leap”Technology Showcase Highlights Advanced CNC Manufacturing Technologies Okuma America Corporation, a world-leader in CNC machine tool manufacturing, hosted more than 500 customers, partners and distributors at its 2014 Technology Showcase event on December 9-10, 2014 in Charlotte N.C.This two-day event featured a wide array of learning opportunities for attendees featuring hands-on demonstrations,App Store and machine demos, a facility tour highlighting titanium machining at the new Aerospace Center for Excellence, and a behind-the-scenes look at Okuma’s electrical and mechanical repair operations.

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HaasAutomation now offers a 15,000-rpm inline direct-drive spindle for most of its 40-taper VMCs, including Super Speed models, VM Mold Maker models, and standardVFs.The spindle is driven by a 30 hp vector drive system, and yields 90 ft-lb of cutting torque. The spindle will replace the 15K belt drive spindles, providing a much improved torque and HP curves as compared to the belt drive as well as being a more reliable system.

U S S h o p To o l s O f f e r s Expanded Offering Of Round Jaws U S Shop Tools has expanded its’ Round Jaw offering and now offers sizes up to 28 inches in diameter. The company also offers large diameter steel round jaws up to 15” with a height of 6”. Ideal for thinAnnouncements Continued Page 18

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Stocked in California and Michigan, U S Shop Tools’ round jaws range from 6 inches in diameter to 28” in a variety of heights in aluminum, cast iron and steel. Round jaws are available for most manual and CNC lathe chucks.

Jaws are manufactured from 1018 or 1050 steel and 6061-T6 or A319 extruded aluminum.The company offers technical assistance to help customers select the proper jaws for their chuck. In addition, the company manufactures special chuck jaws, made in the USA per your dimensions, that will normally ship within 5 days.

U S Shop Tools offers one of the largest varieties of chuck jaws in the United States. Its’ chuck jaw offering includes Round, Soft and Hard chuck jaws, jaw nuts and keys, as well as master and base jaws. The company also distributes many popular brands of manual and CNC lathe chucks.

In addition, U S Shop Tools’ line of workholding solutions also includes collet pads and top jaws, vise jaws, collet chucks,16C, 3J and 5C collets and machinable expanding collets for ID holding.

Customers can receive a more information on U S ShopTools’ large selection of chuck jaws by calling the company at (800) 243-7701 or by visiting the company’s website at www.usshoptools.com.

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The first five models in the next generation MAXIEM JetMachining Center product line were introduced in April 2014 to meet customer demands for costefficient, yet high-performance waterjet cutting technology with more productivity enhancing features. The lineup now comprises eight models including the new 2060, 2080, and 3060 JetMachining Centers.

The 2060 and 2080 models are ideal for a wide range of modern large format machining of parts up to 6’ 7” wide by 20’ 6” long and 27’ 2” long, respectively. The 3060 JetMachining Center boasts a wider work envelope ideal for machining of a wide range of materials and thicknesses, from metals and composites to glass and plastics.This machine features aY cutting travel of 10’ 2”, more than three and a half feet wider than the 2060, and an X cutting travel of 20’ 6”.

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AzPMAP is responsible for qualifying, testing, and providing candidates that have passed the mechanical, math, verbal, and reasoning tests, approved by the National Tooling and Machining Association, the opportunity to interview with precision manufacturers that have signed to our program. Once selected the apprentice will have On-The-Job training and will have, as it is awarded, scholarship funds to attend classes that lead to a journeyman certification. AzPMAP has partnered with the community colleges throughout the valley to provide the correct manufacturing curriculum required in today’s precision machining industry.

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The website TweakTown reports the US Navy is making progress with its Silent NEMO Rapid Innovation Cell (CRIC) project with the creation of the GhostSwimmer unmanned underwater vehicle, which mimics the swimming motion of regular fish and can operate in water 10 inches to 300 feet deep. Michael Rufo, Boston Engineering director of the Advanced Systems Group program, said, “GhostSwimmer will allow the Navy to have success on more types of missions, while keeping divers and sailors safe.”

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In similar coverage, UPI reports that testing at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS) finished Dec. 11 but more are planned in the future. The article notes that SilentNEMO is a “project aimed at examining the possible uses of underwater drones” and the GhostSwimmer resembles a large fish, weighing almost 100 pounds and measuring about 5 feet long.

Amazon May Move Drone Research Overseas TheWashington Post reportsAmazon may “have no choice” but to move the company’s drone research overseas if the company “doesn’t get approval to test its fleet of unmanned delivery vehicles” in the US soon.

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A California company that tests aerospace and industrial equipment has bought a Chandler research and development center for $1.7 million.

Talon Test Labs also is expected to relocate a Phoenix R&D center to the Chandler building.

Camarillo-basedTalon acquired a 24,600-square-foot R&D building near Chandler Boulevard and Kyrene Road from NewYork-based 228-32 W 42nd St Realty Corp.

“The property offers the new owner,TalonTest Labs, a fully air conditioned building for their non-destructive testing services on composites, plastics, powdered and exotic metals for the aerospace, automotive, power generation and medical industries,” said Jeff Hays, one of the Commercial Properties Inc. brokers who negotiated the deal. “Talon Test Labs is doubling building square footage.”

Talon executives either declined or could not be reached for comment.

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Single-Pilot Cockpit Idea Floated in NASA Study Facing potential shortages of airline pilots and dramatic advances in automation, industry and government researchers have begun the most serious look yet at the idea of enabling jetliners to be flown by a single pilot.

All large commercial jets for passenger and cargo service worldwide now fly with at least two pilots in the cockpit. A new study by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Rockwell Collins Inc. will focus on the provocative idea that co-pilots could remain on the ground, remotely assisting solo aviators on the flight deck during the busiest parts of flights, said John Borghese, Rockwell’s vice president of its Advanced Technology Center.

Whether the concept will eventually come to fruition depends on political viability and social acceptability as well as technical feasibility. The researchers aren’t endorsing the idea or devising specific plans for single-pilot operation of large commercial jets. Rather, they seek to analyze changes in technology and operations that could make the concept feasible in the future—even if that means as far off as 2030.

From self-operating elevators introduced well over a half-century ago to advanced plans for driverless cars today, human mobility has become increasingly automated.The NASA study reflects not only technological ambition but more practical concerns: Many airline industry officials are worried that the world-wide pool of pilots will dwindle over the next two decades while air-travel volume doubles.

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and signals that NASA officials are convinced the general notion isn’t too far-fetched to merit further research.

Thenearlyhalf-decadestudywillinclude running simulations, determining where technology is needed and even potentially undertaking live flight trials.

NASA officials say they anticipate Rockwell’s efforts will spaan array of other companies and experts.

Under the concept the researchers are studying, aviators on the ground could be assigned to assist solo cockpit pilots on multiple flights, virtually co-piloting during the busiest times through crowded airspace, approachand-landing maneuvers,or if something goes wrong.“It’s a reasonably new area” to study how the notion may apply to large jets, according to Parimal Kopardekar, the program’s manager based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in northern California. When pilots need a midair rest or bathroom break, those on the ground even may “need to baby-sit the vehicle,” he said.

Such a dramatic shift won’t happen any time soon, and there is virtual consensus that reduced crews for passenger planes won’t be considered until they are introduced first in the cargo arena. That is unlikely to gain traction much before the end of the next decade, according to experts and airline officials.

Jets today are designed to have two pilots behind the controls, and retrofitting existing aircraft“may be too expensive and may be too difficult” to obtain regulatory approval, according to NASA’s Mr. Kopardekar. Industry officials say all-new aircraft would be needed with cockpits designed from the start with a single pilot in mind.

The early industry discussion was aimed at cutting costs, but Rockwell’s latest study is partly inspired by an anticipated shortage of pilots. Boeing projects a need for 533,000 new commercial airline pilots over the next 20 years as the number of miles flown doubles, and the plane maker has warned that personnel availability might fall short.

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SIPRI ReleasesTop 100 Defense Companies Sales of arms and military services by the world’s 100 largest armsproducing companies declined for a third year to $402 billion in 2013, according to data on international arms production by the Stockholm-based think tank SIPRI (Stockholm Int’l Peace Research Institute).

However, the pace of decline slowed to 2 percent in real terms in 2013 compared to 3.9 percent in 2012. According to SIPRI, this is partly attributable to significant increases in arms sales by Russian companies and producers in other emerging suppliers.

SIPRI’s Top 100 Companies’ data reveals that sales by companies headquartered in the United States and Canada continued to show a moderate decline, while sales by Russian-based companies increased by 20 percent in 2013.

The limits imposed on U.S. spending under the U.S. Budget Control Act in 2011, coupled with the withdrawal of military forces from Afghanistan and Iraq, has resulted in a gradual decline in U.S. arms companies’ sales, according to SIPRI data.

The downward trend in sales continued in 2013 producing a decrease of 4.5 percent in the total estimated arms sales of US companies ranked in the SIPRI Top 100, compared with sales recorded in 2012.The number of U.S. producers in the Top 100 has also fallen from 42 companies in 2011 to 38 in 2013.

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and services related to major operations overseas,” said Dr.Aude Fleurant, director of SIPRI’s Arms and Military Expenditure Program.

While global arms sales from emerging countries, including Brazil, India, South Korea, Singapore and Turkey remains at modest levels on a global scale, the sales generated by certain companies has been significant. Sales

by South Korea’s KoreanAerospace Industries rose by 31 percent in 2013, while Brazil’s Embraer andTurkey’s Aselsan both increased their sales.

The arms sales picture was mixed inWestern Europe. Although France’s defense industry increased sales, British companies experienced stagnant sales in 2013, while arms producers in Spain and Italy saw declines.

At around 118 percent, Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corp saw the largest increase in sales for any international defense sector company in 2013.

Similarly, Russia’sAlmaz-Antey produced a 34 percent increase in its sales while UnitedAircraft Corporation recorded a 20 percent jump in its sales.

Almaz-Antey’s arms sales in 2013 ranks the company as the world’s 12th (excluding China) biggest arms producer, elevating the Russian company’s position closer to the SIPRITop 10 producers’ list, a group that historically has been exclusively the domain of arms producers from the U.S. and Western Europe since the end of the ColdWar. The increases in Russian companies’ arms sales in 2012, and again in 2013, are to a large degree credited to uninterrupted investments by the Russian government in military procurement since 2000, said Siemon Wezeman, Senior Researcher with SIPRI’s Arms and Military Expenditure Program.

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Yet the business of getting bits to people and their devices has barely begun. Most people don’t have access to the Internet, and of those who do, most are on connections you, the reader, would find unacceptably slow.

The solution to the related challenges of getting Internet to the next four billion people, and making it fast, will very likely be Internet from the sky.This has been tried before, of course. In the recent past, Internet from space has been a difficult business. Both Iridium and Globalstar, pioneers in networks of low-Earth orbit satellite networks, have spent time in bankruptcy.

Typically, satellite networks have two problems. If they are close to Earth, they are expensive, because they require many satellites to cover the planet. For example, there are 66 satellites in the Iridium network, and the satellites orbit at about 485 miles from Earth. If much bigger and more powerful satellites are used in geostationary orbit—22,236 miles above Earth—the planet could be covered with just three satellites, but it would take so long for a signal to reach them that the latency would be unacceptable for many applications.

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Google’s project Loon aims to deliver Internet to Earth’s remote areas through fleets of balloons. Mike Cassidy, who heads project Loon, believes the total cost for Internet from balloons could be 10% or even 1% of Internet from satellites.

Google’s balloons, of which the company says it can now launch 20 a day, float in a layer of Earth’s atmosphere above conventional weather patterns.The high-altitude balloons are, in a way, satellites that don’t have to be launched from rockets.

While project Loon is using modified versions of the same balloons that have long been used to study weather, Facebook (and a separate division of Google) are pursuing an even more far-reaching approach.

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Much closer to Earth, competition is coming from unlikely places, namely Facebook and Google . Each is exploring ways to deliver Internet access from objects that remain within Earth’s atmosphere, including drones and balloons.

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“I will say [drones are] really hard,” says Yael Maguire, head of

Facebook’s Connectivity lab. Challenges faced by Mr. Maguire and Titan Aerospace, which is also working on high-altitude drones and was acquired by Google in April, include the need for better solar panels, batteries and autonomous navigation systems, as well as regulators willing to let gigantic pilotless drones share the sky with passenger aircraft.

Other contenders in this race include medium-Earth-orbit satellites, like those launched last week by O3b Networks, which orbit 5,000 miles above Earth.These satellites are large and powerful like their geostationary counterparts, but aren’t plagued with the issues of latency.

Hedging its bets, perhaps, Google has plans to invest more than $1 billion in satellites for Internet access.The former CEO of 03b, Greg Wyler, who was briefly at Google, is now collaborating with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to create a network of hundreds of low-Earth orbit satellites.

Satellites can last decades, but balloons and drones must be constantly replenished, and many more are needed to cover the Earth. On the other hand, the communications equipment in them can be constantly upgraded, says Mr. Maguire.

Given that the demand for bandwidth is growing at such a rapid pace, Facebook’s and Google’s ecumenical approach on which technology to use makes sense. It’s likely we’ll end up in an “all of the above” world, in which distant, powerful satellites provide for streaming media while an assortment of balloons, drones and close-in satellites will provide

more responsive Internet.

Satellite Internet is already becoming faster and cheaper at a rate that is “retarding the growth of [ground-based] fiber and microwave systems,” says Mr. McGlade. In the U.S., about 1.5 million people get home Internet through a satellite connection, though globally only 0.2% of people in developed countries connected through satellite in 2012.

Of course the one advantage terrestrial networks have over wireless ones is sheer bandwidth.Those networks can always lay a new fiber optic line when the existing ones get crowded.

In the meantime, business travelers have this to look forward to: The near future will bring Internet access on planes that’s as fast as what we are accustomed to on the ground, says Mr. McGlade. In other words, streaming Netflix at 30,000 feet could be a side benefit of the push to connect the next four billion people to the Internet.

NIH Funds Robot Research To Help Disabled Patients Roll Call reports in its “Healthopolis” blog that the National Institutes of Health are supporting efforts to “help make ‘co-robotics’ – robots that work cooperatively with people in movement and rehabilitation – a reality.”

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New Mexico Senators Urge CongressTo Focus More On Clean Energy In an opinion for the Albuquerque (NM) Journal, Sens.Tom Udall (DNM) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) write that they “firmly believe” New Mexico must “move forward with a clean energy economy that will create jobs and protect the environment.”They believe that “ignoring climate change is not only dangerous for our health, it is disastrous for our economy.” Both Udall and Heinrich voted against the Keystone XL pipeline bill, wanting Congress to instead focus “on supporting domestic energy production that creates permanent American jobs.”

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Manufacturers See Sales Rising 5.6% In 2015, ISM Says Bloomberg News cites the latest semiannual survey by the Institute for Supply Management as predicting that purchasing managers at factories anticipate sales will increase 5.6% next year, up from 3.6% for 2014.

In terms of hiring, manufacturers surveyed by ISM projected a 1.5% increase in 2015, compared with a 1.2% rise since April. For capital spending, purchasing managers in manufacturing intend a 3.7% year-on-year increase in 2015, down from a 14.7% gain for this year.

Similar gains were forecast by services-based purchasing managers in the ISM survey.

Bloomberg TV posted online an audio recording of a teleconference featuring Bradley Holcomb, chairman of the ISM’s manufacturing business survey committee, and Anthony Nieves, head of the group’s non-manufacturing business survey committee.

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The MLC CAD Systems Mission

M L C C A D S y s t e m ’s mission is to help design and manufacturing companies, entrepreneurs, creative individuals, researc h institutions and other organizations put their ideas and products into production using the industry’s best software technologies including SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, SOLIDWORKS Simulation, SOLIDWORKS PDM, SOLIDWORKS Composer as well as MASTERCAM Dynamic Motion,Multiaxis,Mill,Lathe,Router,Wire,Art and other leading CAD and CAM technologies toArizona and throughout the Southern United States.

About SOLIDWORKSWorld 2015

MLC CAD Systems welcomes its customers, new and old, to the upcoming SOLIDWORKSWorld 2015. SOLIDWORKSWorld 2015 is an international conference and exhibition for users of SOLIDWORKS CAD software.The event, which will be held in Phoenix,Arizona, on February 8-11,2015,will bring together CAD Designers,Estimators,and Engineers from all over the world!

Prior to the SOLIDWORKS World event, MLC CAD Systems held new product rollouts in 28 cities where they are the authorized reseller. One lucky customer will be the recipient of an all expenses paid trip to Phoenix for SOLIDWORKSWorld 2015, courtesy of MLC CAD Systems.

SOLIDWORKS World 2015 will introduce participants to the latest in 3D design and technology, future developments of SOLIDWORKS CAD software, efficient and faster use of SOLIDWORKS and solutions from solution partners.The event includes SOLIDWORKS partners, including MASTERCAM, who are invited to participate with exhibit booth presence.

Just A Little Bit of MLC CAD Systems History

The focus at MLC CAD Systems has always been to provide the finest CAD and CAM technologies on the market, and the very best service available in the industry. Each of their application specialists has many years of real world, hands-on experience with the solutions they represent and MLC CAD Systems invests heavily in training and new technologies to meet our goal of providing “Unbeatable Service”.

Founded in 1982, MLC CAD Systems is a value-added-reseller of industryleading solutions for design, analysis, manufacturing, data publishing, and data management for over 30 years. The company’s experienced team of industry professionals offer real-world, hands-on expertise in implementing a wide variety of solutions, including MASTERCAM, SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS Simulation, SOLIDWORKS Plastics, SOLIDWORKS Composer, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, SOLIDWORKS A2Z METALWORKER SW

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Sustainability and SOLIDWORKS Enterprise Product Data Management.

With offices in Austin, Dallas Fort Worth,Houston and SanAntonio,TX; Oklahoma City, Stillwater and Tulsa, OK; New Orleans, LA; Birmingham and Huntsville, AL; Jackson, MS; Atlanta, GA; Orlando and Tampa, and soon to open Miami and Fort Lauderdale locations FL; Phoenix, AZ; and Saltillo, MX; MLC CAD Systems is one of the largest and most well-respected companies in CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM, and PLM industry.For more information about MLC CAD Systems and to learn more about myMLCservices.com support offerings, please visit our website www.mlc-cad.com or call 800-364-1652

MASTERCAM

MASTERCAM isWindows®-based CAD/CAM software for 2- through 5-axis routing, milling and turning, 2- and 4-axis wire EDM, 2D and 3D design, surface and solid modeling, artistic relief cutting, and Swiss machining. MASTERCAM CAD/CAM solutions have more than 200,000 installations in 75 countries, in industries including mold making, prototyping, automotive, medical, aerospace, and consumer products.

With MASTERCAM at the hub of their computer aided manufacturing capabilities,users can orchestrate a wide range of labor saving technologies including MASTERCAM Dynamic Tool Motion. In some instances, machine shops and industrial manufacturers have reduced cycle times up to 70% using MASTERCAM’s game-changing Dynamic Motion toolpaths.

Joel Hill, Director of Business Development at MLC CAD Systems, says, “Dynamic Motion dramatically extends tool life, saves wear and tear on machines, and cuts hard materials more easily. Then this is where the reseller comes in. A good one makes sure that all the pieces fit together and does not walk away from the installation until he’s sure that the CAM system will actually deliver all the CNC manufacturing improvements it is fully capable of.”

SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS Corp., founded in 1993 in Waltham, Massachusetts, offers complete 3D software tools that let you create,simulate,publish, and manage your data. SOLIDWORKS products

are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better,faster,and more cost-effectively.The SOLIDWORKS focus on easeof-use allows more engineers,designers and other technology professionals than ever before to take advantage of 3D in bringing their designs to life.

Today, more than 2,573,350 product designers and engineers worldwide, representing 204,500 organizations, use SOLIDWORKS to bring their designs to life–from the coolest gadgets to innovations that deliver a better tomorrow.

Art-To-Part

Dennis Hill,President of MLC CAD Systems,says“We view the experience our customers have through our company as what we call‘Art 2 Part’.Very few resellers of manufacturing software offer best in class solutions for both CAD and CAM. MLC CAD Systems, through its relationship with SOLIDWORKS and MASTERCAM,truly offers an‘Art 2 Part’experience.

We’ve asked just a few of our innovativeArizona customers who use both SOLIDWORKS and MASTERCAM to share their experiences.

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high quality, hand crafted products, and, they do it here in the USA. Since the beginning, their goal has been to use their collective experiences to bring unique, trendsetting products to market. Because they make what they sell, KarasKustoms is able to control Alloy 5 iPhone Case everything from product development to manufacturing, and do it all under one roof.

Bill Karas,founder of the company,says,“Our company purchased licenses for SOLIDWORKS and MASTERCAM from MLC CAD just over a year ago.We were using competitive CAD and CAM software prior to this.

We value the fact that MLC CAD Systems offers both the CAD and CAM software, all available from one reseller.When we met the team at MLC CAD Systems, we found them to be extremely knowledgeable and we valued their superior training. Buying both CAD and CAM solutions from MLC CAD Systems is just very convenient.

With SOLIDWORKS, we value the ability to develop a solid model prior to taking the time and cost to make the part on our machines.You are, in essence, designing a product in virtual space. If you make the part to SOLIDWORKS specification, the part will be right and we value the ability to control every step of the machining process through the software.”

him a part we were having difficulty making. Within 20 minutes, he had programmed the part, and then helped us to machine it.Jimmy then invited me to attend his training.No charge,and no license, unless I felt after the class that our company could use MASTERCAM.” “We are still in business today, and we are making some of the most complex SMT ‘The Edge’ motorcycle parts you have seen.We are using MASTERCAM and SOLIDWORKS, all purchased and supported through MLC CAD Systems. We have found that both MASTERCAM and SOLIDWORKS are user-friendly superior CAM and CAD packages.

We thank MLC CAD Systems from our heart for how they have helped our business.”

DEFY ProductsThang Nguyen,

Designer/Programmer for the company says, “I was using another CAD program a few years ago, and then I made the switch to DEFY Metal Cover SOLIDWORKS.It was and still is the best CAD solution for our company -- both because we make small parts and the 3 D design capabilities are outstanding” He continued, “I think SOLIDWORKS is one of the most intuitive CAD programs available.While MLC CAD Systems offers training, I was able to self teach it to myself easily -- it is just so straight forward.”

“We purchased MASTERCAM some time ago,and what we find very helpful is that MASTERCAM programs interface directly with SOLIDWORKS. Any changes we make to our design and program in SOLIDWORKS is automatically uploaded to the machine toolpath.”

To learn more about MLC CAD Systems, your one stop shop for CAD and CAM solutions, visit them on the web at www.mlc-cad.com or call 800-364-1652. For their local Arizona office, call 480-696-6056.

Parts MadeWith the Help of SOLIDWORKS and MASTERCAM By MLC CAD System’s Customers

SMT Machining Sebastian says, “I started working with Jimmy Wahbeh at least 7 or 8 years ago.If I hadn’t met him,I am sure our company would not be in business today.4 years into company ownership,I couldn’t keep up with the software. My dad and I know machining and we know mathematics, but we couldn’t handle the parts we were commissioned to make.Though my dad and I had invested much money and time into our business, I knew it was time to call it quits.”

He continued, “My dad had a friend who was using MASTERCAM. He told me just give the MASTERCAM guy a call. If he doesn’t convince you we can make the business work, then we can close.

Jimmy came out to present to Sebastian and his father.He asked us to show

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Big solar-panel maker First Solar and Colorado’s Clean Energy Collective ink deal First Solar Inc., the biggest U.S. solar power panel manufacturer, has teamed with Colorando-based Clean Energy Collective, which develops and builds community solar power projects in eight states, to boost the two companies’ push into the fast-growing sector.

money, Spencer said.

“We’ve been looking at investors for probably the last nine months and we’ve had many, many options come to the table — large, prominent, respectable companies,” Spencer said.“But it came down to the strategic nature of the investment.”

The deal calls for First Solar, based in Tempe, to make an undisclosed investment in Clean Energy Collective (CEC), one of the first and biggest developers of community solar power systems in the nation.

First Solar traditionally has focused on building big, large-scale solar power plants for utility customers. The company says it has installed about 8,000 megawatts’ worth of solar power panels at solar power plants around the world.

First Solar received an equity stake in privately held CEC. And First Solar’s CEO, James Hughes, and Marc van Gerven, its vice president for global marketing, are joining CEC’s board of directors.

CEC focuses on building and operating smaller solar power plants called “community solar” projects.

“First Solar is a highly scaled business model and we really know the utility sector well,” van Gerven said in an interview with the Denver Business Journal.

Community solar is the name for solar power projects, typically capable of producing a few megawatts of power, in which people or businesses can buy or lease individual panels.The owners of the panels get a credit on their monthly utility bills for the power the panels generate.

“We know centralized power plants very well and CEC knows the end customer market well. This allows us to combine both companies strengths,” he said.

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Community solar is aimed at people and businesses that want to use renewable energy but can’t put solar panels on their roofs for a variety of reasons, such as they rent their home or office space, or the roof is shaded by trees, or other reasons.

Van Gerven said First Solar focused on the community solar market, instead of the rooftop solar power market, because the larger, community-sited arrays can reach more end customers.

“There’s there’s a lot of rooftops but only one in seven is actually suitable for a single-tenant type home rooftop solar,” van Gerven said.

Building a larger array that serves groups of customers can be cheaper than installing individual rooftop systems and also benefits the utility customer because they can be better sited within the existing electricity grid, he said.

Samuel Aerospace is one of North America’s top ten processors and distributors of metals, operating more than 40 facilities which are strategically located throughout Canada and the United States.

Additional facilities maintained in the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico and China extend our reach globally. Our strategically placed processing and service centers allow us to offer on time and JIT delivery services.

“With community solar you can reach more customers in the end, and that’s what it’s really all about,” van Gerven said.

First Solar decided to team with CEC because it liked the business model CEC uses, in that it sells individual panels to customers who can take advantage not only of the power that’s produced but also tax incentives that are available, van Gerven said.

The sector is the fastest-growing segment of the solar power industry in the nation, Spencer said.

“Our business model is to partner with utilities to create community solar and this agreement serves First Solar’s utility customers, as well as our utility customers, with additional services,” Spencer said.

“We can offer community solar to their customers, and if our utilities want to go hundreds of megawatts of community solar we have a partner that can do that. It’s a great symbiotic partnership,” he said.

And because First Solar is one of the largest manufacturers of solar power equipment in the world, CEC will be able to take advantage of that partnership in buying equipment for its own community solar systems, Spencer said.He expects the partnership will help CEC lower its price for customers by about 20 percent.

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projects as well as the larger utility-scale project, he said.

“This allows them to round out their portfolio to have a great solution for the rest of the market that they don’t currently serve,” he said.

CEC started in 2009 and is based in Carbondale. In November it combined two offices in Boulder and Broomfield into a single, 30,000-square-foot office in Louisville.

Currently,CEC sells panels in its community solar arrays to customers at prices ranging from about $1 to $3 per watt, depending on the specifics of the agreement with the utility partner and the rebate programs the utility offers its customers, Spencer said.

The company, which has about 100 employees, works with 18 utilities in eight states. It has 45 projects either completed or under construction and expects to build about $50 million worth of new projects in 2014, Spencer said.

First Solar also will benefit by expanding its market to include the community solar

He expects that with the new deal with First Solar, CEC could have a revenue stream of about $200 million in 2015.

To date, including the project under construction, CEC has built about 36 megawatts worth of community solar power projects, he said.

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Machine & Motorsports, LLC For Journeyman Expertise, Quality, Integrity, And Quick Turns Curt Stewart,owner of JC Machine & Motorsports,LLC,thanks business owner and mentor Mr. Dyke (Richard) for much of his success as a machine shop owner.

Mr. Dyke founded Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC in 1976.The company makes short and long-barreled rifles, including the M16 military rifle and the related AR15. Law enforcement agencies, private security firms and the militaries of 50 countries use their products.

The company, based inWindham, Maine assembled firearms, and outsourced all machining.

More than a decade ago, the company purchased a machine shop in Lake Havasu,Arizona. It was their entree into machining.

Curt says, “This was during an economic downturn, and there weren’t many supervisory manufacturing positions in the Phoenix area.” He continued,“One Friday afternoon, my wife Jan called me and said that I got a call from, of all places, Maine, about an employment opportunity.”

Curt had answered a help wanted ad that Mr. Dyke had placed in a Phoenix publication. He says, “I grew up in Bullhead City, and my wife and I have a vacation home in Parker, not too far from Lake Havasu. Mr. Dyke flew me out to Maine for the interview, and my wife and I made the decision to take the Plant Manager position with Bushmaster Firearms.”

It is immediately apparent what Mr. Dyke saw in Curt Stewart, and why he made the decision on the spot to offer Curt the Plant Manager position. Curt is a very disciplined machinist and supervisor. By his own admission, he is ‘old school’.With experience as a quality manager from a California-based manufacturer and as a sourcing inspector for McDonald Douglas, Curt is unwilling to compromise on quality or integrity. He says, “I managed a lathe department for a machine shop here in theValley, and every time an employee from our largest customer, aTier 1 OEM aerospace company, came to our facility, all of my guys were moved off their current assignment to do the work for this particular customer.” He continued,“That just isn’t how I run an operation, and it is not fair to all of our other customers.” Due to philosophical differences, Curt left this employer.

Back to Curt’s new position with Bushmaster. He immediately found that Bushmaster Firearms was a superior place to work, but life was slower in Lake Havasu than big city Phoenix. Curt got permission from his employer to start up his own machine shop, which he operated from his garage in the evenings and on weekends. His first and primary customer? It was Bushmaster Firearms, and Curt manufactured parts on his first machine tool purchase, a Haas TL-1 CNC lathe. Curt says,“The HaasTL-1 was perfect because it only required 220 power, which worked in my garage. It was good for Mr. Dyke and Bushmaster Firearms, also, because we couldn’t make enough parts fast enough internally.”

Curt’s ‘garage business’ grew successfully in Lake Havasu, and he officially founded the company with the name JC Machine & Motorsports, LLC nearly eight years ago.

In 2006, Mr. Dyke decided to retire (he is 80 years old today). He sold Bushmaster Firearms to a private equity firm. But, just 5 years later, in 2011, Mr. Dyke learned that the private equity firm was planning to move his former company “lock, stock and barrel” to NewYork.This was a terrible blow to the 70 plus employees in Windham, Maine, and the nearly 20 employees in Lake Havasu,Arizona. Maine congressional representative Chellie Pingree stated,“The workers of that company have earned an international reputation for the quality of their work … It’s very disappointing to see them cut out of the respected brand they have worked so hard to build.”

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back to the new entity, owned and run by him. Not surprisingly, his former employees said yes, and the company, now calledWindhamWeaponry, was open for business!

Soon after, Mr. Dyke made the decision to launch a carbon fiber division in Phoenix. He knew of a superior machinist/plant manager in Curt Stewart, but Curt was now a machine shop owner in Lake Havasu, with 6+ machines and a staff. Curt says, “My wife was ready to come back to Phoenix to be closer to our family, and so we made the decision to form a partnership with Mr. Dyke andWindhamWeaponry, and with a 3rd company (Patriot Ordnance Factory).” Today, the 3 companies jointly occupy a 12,000 square foot production facility in the DeerValley area of Phoenix,AZ.Three of Curt’s employees made the move to Phoenix.

Today, JC Machine & Motorsports is a full service machine shop with 13 machines.The company manufactures mill spec barrel nuts, carriers, all caliber extractors as well as bolts for firearms. Curt says the ‘Motorsports’ inclusion in their company name reflects their dragster race team activities. Curt and his son Jordan’s hobby in their spare time is racing his Super Comp dragsters in Division 7 of the National Hot Rod Association.

“We are a Haas machine tool shop through and through”, Curt says. “I can make any part on a Haas machine that others make on much more costly machine tools.We have a Haas SL10 that is 10 years old and still holds tolerances of +/- .0005. On our other machine tools, we can hold tolerances as tight as +/-.0002.”

The firearms industry is cyclical, and this enables JC Machine & Motorsports to support customers in theValley who are looking to outsource some of their machining. Curt says, “We had a customer come to us who was making a part on a Haas lathe, the same machine we own.

Their part was taking 5 minutes to make. I am old school. We use software to make a part, but sometimes that software will specify more steps than you really need.We used the same machine tool and reduced the time to make the part from 5 minutes to 1 minute, 45 seconds.

We welcome you to bring your parts to us for quick turn, cost effective, and high quality work.”

Curt says that both he and his machinists have machined on several different machine tools, including many premium machine tool brands. “We all really like the Haas machines for a number of reasons; •They are extremely user friendly •They are accurate and easy to set up •They are extremely reliable (“we hardly ever have any downtime”)

• They are made in America” (Curt grew up in a family that would only buy American, if they could. His dad was a Union electrician, and he says that the family never owned a foreign vehicle.)

Curt recognizes the need for superior service from his machine tool dealer. He says, “Even though our Haas machines rarely go down, when they did, and we were back in Lake Havasu, you needed a machine tool dealer who would support you 4 hours from Phoenix. Ellison Machinery Company, the Haas dealer for Arizona, came immediately if we needed it.” He continued, “If we didn’t need immediate service, they would wait to come until they had a few other maintenance /servicing requests in our area.That way we split the cost of travel. Ellison Machinery Company is outstanding, and I wouldn’t buy from another dealer.” Curt added that he appreciates the fact that Chris Hansen, Business Development Manager for Ellison Machinery Company, knows first hand a machine shop owner’s needs, having run one himself.

To learn how JC Machine & Motorsports can help you with your precision machined parts, manufactured with the highest quality,on time,and cost effectively, call them 602.790.2207 or email them at j_cmotorsports@yahoo.com.

To learn more about Ellison Machinery Company’s line of precision machine tools and their superior service capabilities, contact them at 480.968.5335 or visit ellisonaz.com.As the newest Ellison Machinery Company team member, Chris welcomes your call at 480-773-5602.

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IBM,Apple Release FirstWave Of Mobile Apps For Business IBM andApple unveiled their first jointly developed mobile applications aimed at business customers,generating a large amount of positive media coverage in print and online.

The funding “will underwrite the creation of a smart manufacturing hub run by the Department of Energy and a flexible hybrid electronics hub run by the Pentagon.”The hubs “will be the seventh and eighth such institutes launched during Obama’s presidency.”Additionally, the President will announce another $100 million in funding to develop apprenticeship programs.

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The AP reports that the two companies revealed ten “business-oriented programs for Apple’s popular iPhones and iPads.” The article goes on to say that the new apps include “specialized programs for airline pilots, bankers, insurance agents, sales clerks and government case workers.”

The NewYorkTimes reports that the more engineers experiment, the “more they find unexpected ways to capture carbon dioxide.” One “novel approach” is taking shape in Connecticut by FuelCell Energy, where “engineers say carbon capture could be a cheap byproduct of running a fuel cell.”

TheWall Street Journal adds that the new apps also include specialized programs for law enforcement and retail.

The Department of Energy“sees potential in the technology,enough to provide a grant of $2.5 million for the experiment.”

Obama To Announce Funding To Encourage Manufacturing

General Electric Implements Major Manufacturing Changes

The Hill reports President Obama “will announce some $390 million in new public and private spending designed to boost manufacturing and apprenticeship programs during a meeting with his export council.”

TIME profiles General Electric, saying that it embodies the trends of the US economy in that it has gone from a finance company that makes a few things to making big bets on manufacturing.The company has reduced the portion of its profits coming from finance to less than half and is betting that emerging market economies are going to enter periods of growth like the US after World War II. GE has also set up an internal venture-capital firm that vets new ideas for products being presented by employees that is “shortening dramatically” the production cycles for new ideas.

The spending will include $290 million to open competition “for two new ‘manufacturing innovation hubs,’ the latest in a series of institutes designed to bring together private companies, universities and federally backed researchers in a bid to spur job creation.”

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Intel retrofits existing plants in Chandler for new, smaller chips While Intel Corp.’s new billion dollar-plus plant in Chandler still sits empty, two older Intel facilities have been retrofitted to manufacture what the newer factory was originally intended to make: 14 nanometer wafer chips for consumer products.

With this several-billion-dollar retrofit that took six to nine months, Arizona is the exclusive high-volume manufacturer of this newest technology for about a year, said Rachel Sutherland, Intel’s Arizona communications manager.

“Intel found it was more cost effective to upgrade its existing fab space and install new processes into existing fabs, that way we would have more fab space for the next process,” Sutherland told me today. “It’s all about the next generation.”

Intel announced its investment of $5 billion into the Chandler campus in 2011. But due to changing technology, Fab 42 was built but never opened.

The latest technology is now manufactured in Fabs 22 and 32 on the Chandler Ocotillo campus.

Fab 42, which was completed at the end of 2013, awaits the newest technology and is ready for production when Intel decides what to do next.There is no timeline when that is planned, Sutherland said.

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“At our Intel plant in Oregon they have the R&D and that’s where they are basically figuring out the next recipe,” Sutherland said. “When Intel makes a decision, we move really fast.”

The remaining $5 billion was used to retrofit the two older fab plants using tools/automated machines the size of a room, Sutherland said.

The 14 nanometer technology will be used in a range of computing and consumer devices, including servers with powerful processors that support data centers.

Arizona has been the exclusive manufacturer of this newest technology for several months and will be until an Intel plant in Ireland is up and running in the first half of 2015, Sutherland said.

The 14 nanometer replaces the 22 nanometer using the theory that every couple of years the number of transistors on a chip can double, known as Moore’s Law. “That’s why the nanometers are getting smaller,” Sutherland said. “We’re working with the same size chip and packing more and more transistors.

It makes it more powerful and more energy efficient.”

The smaller the chip, the smaller the device it can power, which makes for thinner laptops and fanless devices.

The 14 nanometer chips are the second generation tri-gate transistor chips.

Instead of flat chips, these are three dimensional, which is the same as building up in a city, Sutherland said.

“The chips have 3-D transistors and no one else has perfected this technology,” she said. “We’re about three and a half years ahead of the competition,

and we’re already making our second generation. That’s a big advantage for us and it’s a great thing for Moore’s Law. This will enable us to continue to shrink the transistor.”

Intel has 11,700 employees in Chandler on two large campuses in the city.

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Intel also announced earlier this month it was reorganizing and moving its mobile chip units into its more successful personal computer division. Source: Phoenix Business Journal

Sandia To Help Develop Museum Programs The AP reported that “Sandia National Laboratories is teaming up with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.” The lab and the museum “have signed a memorandum of understanding in which the lab will help identify and develop programs and exhibits that focus on space exploration, renewable energy, water and nanotechnology.

The museum will evaluate initiatives of interest to Albuquerque and the region.”

According to Lab director Paul Hommert “Sandia and the museum have a common interest in exposing young people to science, technology, engineering and math. He says the agreement signed serves as a vehicle to strengthen the relationship that the lab already has with the museum.”

$3 million grant to transform Pickle House into 200-job incubator in Phoenix Chicanos Por La Causa Inc. will create 200 light manufacturing and high-tech jobs while transforming the iconicArnold Pickle House into an incubator space in downtown Phoenix.

Funding for this project comes from a $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. Part of that funding will be used to purchase that 32,897-squarefoot structure at 1401 E. Van Buren St., which is listed for $1.4 million.

The program has been named “Pickle House,” reflecting the original building

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Many long-time Arizonans in the neighborhood remember the smell of the brine permeating the neighborhood back when the pickle plant was in its heyday — even in the early morning hours.

While creating jobs, the program also will provide opportunities to entrepreneurs in the high-tech and light manufacturing industry in downtown Phoenix. Plans call for breaking ground early next year.

The incubator will be called the CPLC Pickle House Makerspace Business Incubator, said Edmundo Hidalgo, CPLC president and CEO. He said the incubator will transform the building into a key hub where the spirit of entrepreneurship will flourish and reach new heights.

The Pickle House, which is at 14th and Van Buren streets, will focus on four strategies: • Manufacturing incubation and innovation, using high-tech tools, including 3-D printers, to cost effectively make prototypes and products • Access to capital, including unconventional loans • A business enterprise to develop opportunities for small business ventures •Workforce development to train skilled labor Source: Phoenix Business Journal A2Z METALWORKER SW

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Where they went for help: Smith and Flores are among the inaugural companies in the ExporTech boot camp developed by the Arizona Commerce Authority. The ACA referred them to the U.S. Commercial Service and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Exos; Founder and president: MarkVerstegen HQ: Phoenix Service: Training for athletes, and bringing in people for training with tourism as a form of export. “We (generate) 5,000 room nights a year in Phoenix for international and out-ofstate athletes,” said Marty Weems, international director of business development for Exos.“Every one of those clients are here for several days.They eat here, they spend money here. That’s new money into the market.”

Why it exported: “We have a unique training program, and in the beginning all it took was a couple of international athletes engaging our services,” he said. “We suddenly were building a referral business of international hockey players (and) golfers, and we had a history with soccer players.”

Growing business: Exporting accounts for 30 percent of Exos’ sales and is growing at a pace of more than 20 percent per year. The company added divisions — corporate training, performance institute, education and tactical.

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Why it exported: Able Engineering is certified in dozens of countries torepair, restore and remanufacture aviation parts. “We do it more efficiently than anyone else,” Benson said. “So efficiently that we are able to beat Chinese companies on price in China.”

Aiding others:Running an efficient and productive business is the top criterion for successful exporting, Benson said. He and Global Chamber CEO Doug Bruhnke are developing a “12 Step Program for Exporting” to share with businesses.

Where it went for help: Benson said Able Engineering was pretty far down the road to exporting before it sought help from theArizona District Export Council.

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International packaging company buys Phoenix commercial supply property AMW Packaging Supply has bought a commercial building in Phoenix for $1.3 million.

The company currently is at a 5,000-square-foot building at 32nd Street and Broadway Road.

The seller of the new building was Voytech Five LLC. That entity is managed by Al and Ewa Grabowski, according to Arizona Corporation Commission records.They are principals with precision manufacturing companies L&W Fluid Inc. and L&W Machine Co.Those companies work with semiconductor, renewable energy and defense firms.

AMW also has offices in Las Vegas and warehouses in Australia, China, New Zealand, Florida, California andTexas.

The company has 16 employees in Phoenix and could add as many as four new workers.

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Nextiva Inc.: Cloud communications company; HQ: Scottsdale 2: Rank on communications/networking industry list 80: Overall rank 1,548%: Growth rate Inilex Inc.: Auto recovery tech firm; HQ: Phoenix 14: Rank on communications/networking industry list 247: Overall rank 394%: Company growth rate LifeLock Inc.: Identity theft protection provider; HQ:Tempe 65: Rank on Internet industry list 416: Overall rank 181%: Growth rate Telesphere: Cloud telecommunications company; HQ: Scottsdale 28: Rank on communications/networking industry list 444: Overall rank 163%: Growth rate GPS Insight LLC: Developer of transportation tracking devices and software; HQ: Scottsdale 222: Rank on software list 454: Overall rank 156%: Company growth rate Source: Phoenix Business Journal

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Inventure posted $253 million in sales for the past year.The specialty food marketer and manufacturer posted 14 percent sales growth, 19 percent growth in earnings per share and a 12 percent return on equity over the past five years.Source: Phoenix Business Journal

CPI Fell 0.3% In November, “The Most Since December 2008 Bloomberg News reports, “The cost of living in the U.S. fell in November by the most in almost six years, depressed by falling energy prices that signal inflation will stay below the Federal Reserve’s goal heading into 2015.The consumer-price index dropped 0.3 percent” in November, “the most since December 2008,” according to a report released by the US Labor Department.

Bloomberg News adds, “The median forecast of 84 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 0.1 percent fall.”

The Business Insider reports, “‘Core’ inflation, which excludes the more volatile cost of food and gas, rose by 0.1% in November, inline with expectations. Headline inflation rose 1.3% year-on-year, just below expectations, while core inflation rose 1.7%, also just below expectations.”

Fed SignalsThat It Is In No HurryTo Raise Rates The AP reports that the Federal Reserve said that it will be “patient” when it comes to deciding when to increase rates.At a news conference, Fed Chair JanetYellen “said she foresaw no rate hike in the first quarter of 2015.”

Yellen added that the “strength of U.S. economic data and the level of inflation, not a calendar date, will dictate when it raises rates.”

Chandler’s Everspin Tech finds partner for new line of battery-less computer memory Everspin Technologies Inc. is ready to build its new generation of computer and electronics memory that doesn’t need batteries, and it’s got a new partner to help it.

The Chandler-based company announced late last month it will work with Santa Clara, California-based GlobalFoundaries to develop silicon wafers for the latest version of its magneto-resistive random access memory. MRAM is a form of digital memory that can be used in everything from computers to industrial equipment.

“This technology is really big. MRAM is one of the leading, emerging memory technologies,” said Everspin President and CEO Phillip LoPresti, who spent 22 years at NEC Corp., a Japanese semiconductor company. “It doesn’t replace or eliminate, but augments technology.”

GlobalFoundries has invested an undisclosed amount in Everspin, while also investing in advanced spin torque MRAM processing equipment that will be used for the latest version of the memory.

“Our partnership with Everspin will help drive ST-MRAM adoption and feed the rapidly growing MRAM market,” said Gregg Bartlett, GlobalFoundries’ senior vice president of product management, in a statement.

LoPresti said GlobalFoundries has the technology to build high-density MRAMs. This opens up Everspin to a new market, which includes companies that make storage products, such as Dell Inc. , LSI Corp., and Seagate Technology PLC, a data storage company.

GlobalFoundries will make the new MRAM for Everspin at its Singapore facility, and the new products are expected to be out within a year.

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Everspin’s first generation MRAMs are sold into an overall global market that is between $200 million and $300 million.The second generation product allows Everspin entry into a $2 billion to $5 billion market, he said.

“This is a significant jump, and the strategy is to enter into the larger available market,” said LoPresti.

“We plan to expand into this market next year.”

Everspin will hire employees at its Chandler and Austin offices.The company is still ironing out its plans, but will hire engineers, manufacturers and marketing business development.

Everspin was spun out from private investors from Freescale Semiconductor Inc.’s (FSL) research and development group in 2008.The MRAM technology was launched in 2006. Everspin’s customers range from companies making casino gaming machines to transportation and auto giants such as BMW and Airbus SAS. Everspin has thousands of clients, and has shipped 40 million units to date, most in the last three to four years, LoPresti said. It has an intellectual property portfolio of more than 500 patents and patent applications.

The private company, which has 90 employees, is growing 40 to 50 percent year over year in revenue, and its products have grown 60 to 70 percent year over year, LoPresti said. Everspin leases a 10,000-square-foot space from Freescale in Chandler for its manufacturing line to produce its first generation MRAM.Source: Phoenix Business Journal A2Z METALWORKER SW

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EDM Express Certifies Their Arizona and Missouri Locations to ISO:9001 With The Help Of Consultant Company BMSC

If you have ever visited EDM Express and you were asked if they were ISO certified, your answer unequivocally would have been, “Of course they are.”That is what I would have said, as I have been through the pristine shop filled with the latest technology.

The truth is that they just officially certified last month. Joe Jackson founded the company, now in its 15th year. Joe says, “A lot of mediocre machine shops are ISO certified, and I just intuitively believed ISO certification wouldn’t make us a better shop.” “But”, he continued,“We are finishing up a record year, and I made the decision that if banner years continue to occur, we will need a more formal set of documented procedures.We want processes in place to facilitate continued growth. ” Troy Six, Engineer and ISO Manager at the company, says,“We didn’t go through the ISO certification process as a result of customer requirements.” He continued, “While every once in a while we have had a customer ask if we were certified, when we told them we weren’t they still used our services. Everyone who visited us just made the assumption that we were certified, because we operated much in the way you would expect an ISO certified company to be run.”

When Joe and the team made the decision to certify in 2014, they contacted Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC. Joe says,“This was inAugust, and we hired her immediately.”When asked if they contacted other consulting companies to help them prepare for ISO certification, the answer was “No”. Joe elaborates, “I read about BMSC and Bretta and Debbie Hart in every Metalworker issue. They’ve helped prepare like 700 companies for certification, so there was no need to look elsewhere for an ISO consultant.”

EDM Express opted for BMSC’s premium ISO certification package, which takes the most advantage of BMSC’s expertise.Additionally, they felt that with the pressures associated with unprecedented growth, their team needed to stay focused on getting products to customers.This enabled them to complete the certification process in a very short time frame. In fact, they certified just beforeThanksgiving, so the whole process was completed in about 3 months.As is typical of clients BMSC supports prior to ISO certification, EDM Express certified with zero findings, and only a few ‘Opportunities for Improvement’.

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ISO certification has been beneficial to their business, and that it will be even more valuable over time.Troy says, “It is just another tool we have in our tool box.”

They all additionally are unanimous in their glowing recommendation of Bretta and BMSC. Joe says, “We actually found some processes that we were doing could be improved, and so we have made some concrete internal improvements.” Robin Lund, pictured above with Joe and Troy holding their ISO certification on 2 plaques, says, “EDM Express is synonymous with continuous improvement, and ISO certification will facilitate measurable improvements that we can now quantify.” The team also agrees that their certification process will help the company’s communication across 2 geographically diverse locations.

Troy says,“We are continuously working to eliminate unexpected down time. Being proactive with equipment maintenance and staying current with the latest technology, we can better manage and forecast downtime to avoid interruption in our processes.”

If you haven’t been to EDM Express in a while, I encourage you to schedule a tour. Joe says, “We’ve made significant capital equipment acquisitions in 2014, and we additionally improved our website.”

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Owner Alex Kollitz Is Using FeatureCAM and AutoDesk To Design Products and Run His Business Alex Kollitz, Owner, and ‘Chief Speed Freak’ of WARP Off-road SxS & ATV, has just one regret regarding his business career. “I wish I learned years ago how much I love designing and building stuff ”, he confessed.

Alex did have experiences that helped shape where he is today. He served in the Marine Corp; his studies spanned commercial art to engineering to business. He additionally spent a number of years working for Hewlett Packard, where he was heavily involved in supply chain business analysis, and optimizing manufacturing processes.Alex says, “HP was a great place to work and I learned so much about the manufacturing supply chain. I really enjoyed working with such intelligent people.” In the end, Alex found that he wasn’t a ‘big corporation guy’, and when HP moved their operations from Corvallis, OR to Fort Collins, CO,Alex and HP parted ways.

Many kids take up dirt bike racing from the time they can ride. NotAlex. He was 27 when he entered his first Motocross race on a KDX 200 (Kawasaki) at a local (in Oregon) MX track. He says, “It was really muddy, and I only lasted for 1 lap, but it was then that I got the racing bug.”

Once Alex made the decision to leave HP, he and his wife moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where her employer had relocated her.A few years later,Alex started up a marketing company in the valley.

The company, called‘Crazy Dog Imprints’ saw success almost immediately.Alex had won a significant wholesale account, called ‘Costco’, and Crazy Dog Imprints supported Costco’s small business clients with banners, trade show displays, magnets, and other marketing materials.Alex says, “It was very enjoyable because I got to use my creative side.”When Crazy Dog Imprint developed an online application that would allow Costco’s business customers to design and order their marketing materials online, Alex saw a new opportunity. He and his wife sold Crazy Dog Imprints, and Alex used the funds to launch a company that would develop software for the wholesale print industry. He found his software developers and the new entity planned to spend X dollars and 6 months before they would have a marketable product.Alex says, “It cost 4X investment and took 4X the time to launch a product, and we still didn’t have anything we could market.With funds depleted,Alex abandoned the entity he had started up.

He found solace once again in motor sport racing, and he rediscovered the‘joy of adrenalin’. He also discovered that his body didn’t respond as well as it had in his 20s to the physical sport. Alex says, “After one race, I fractured my wrist.” He continued, “I didn’t fracture it from falling or crashing, but just from the sheer force of the vehicle bouncing and hitting the ground.” It was then that he found a new purpose, and a new company to start. Alex called it ‘WARP Off-road, SxS & ATV Diabolical Engineering.’ For those of you wondering how Alex picked this company name and what diabolical means, Dictionary.com defines it as having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked.TheWARP acronym comes from‘Wicked Al Racing Products’, and the company specializes in designing and building highly innovative motor sport race parts.

WARP Off-road’s first product development effort was a shock absorbing handlebar (a suspended handle bar with 4” of travel) that will sit on the ATV steering stem to dampen the shock on the upper body.The‘Air Bar’ has gone through 2 renditions and Alex expects that prototype 3 will be the final product that will go to market, early in 2015.

For Prototypes 1 and 2,Alex worked on the design and outsourced the machining to a 3rd party.Alex not only wanted to do this himself but he also believed that he could learn to machine.Without any background in the trade,Alex signed up for a CNC Precision Program at Maricopa Skills Center.The program is skill based, and Alex says on average it takes about 1200 hours to complete the program.

Alex was obviously a very good student, as the Center hired him when they lost their machine shop teacher.

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Alex accepted the teaching position. He says,“One of the things I wanted to add to the program, which was all NIMS -based (The National Institute for Metalworking Skills), was an introductory program on CAD/CAM in the design process.

Alex says, “I looked for a CAD/CAM program that was low cost and that had a great reputation. I did most of the research on available software packages on my own and through various CNC forums, because I didn’t want to hear from biased sales people. In the end, I determined the best CAM package was FeatureCAM. FeatureCAM had a lot of positive feedback from people who had experience with a variety of systems.” Alex also values Delcam’s superior education through the DelcamTraining Center Program.

Christian Briscoe,Vice President Western Sales for Delcam, says,“The latest release of FeatureCAM enables you to choose from three levels of 3D milling, from single surface machining, through to multiple surface support, and state-of-the-art high speed toolpaths that Delcam is renowned for.”

Maricopa Skills Center is in the process of acquiring the FeatureCAM package to add to their CNC Precision program, thanks toAlex.Alex left the school after one year of teaching to startWARP Off-road, and he thanks Christian for his efforts in putting together a program specifically for the Maricopa Skills Center.

Back to WARP Off-road. Alex designed a clean sheet desert race ATV called the Wraith 1000. Using an innovative triple shock suspension Alex gets 18” of wheel travel in the front and 20” in the back.TheWraith is powered by an 110hp Suzuki SV1000 twin cylinder street bike engine to reach speeds over 115mph. 120 wall chromoly tubing, tig welding and custom billet aluminum parts are just part of what makes theWraith special.Alex calls it theTrophyTruck of quads.

Alex describes it as a niche product for people who desire only the best in personal off road high performance riding whether it is desert racing, ripping it at the dunes or simply a desire to be unique. The Wraith is available for purchase and can be seen on the Edge Factor show.

Alex says, “These are custom built to your spec which may affect pricing.We will offer customizedATV’s to your personal preference with respect to powder coating, engine mods/turbo,positioning of foot pegs/seat/handlebar,additional fuel storage for long distance riding etc.The price point of $35,000 will give you aWraith very similar to our prototype.We will quote eachWraith depending on your needs.”

Today,WARP Off-road utilizes Delcam’s FeatureCAM package, and they also have a Fusion 360 license, available through Autodesk, the parent company of Delcam.

Alex says that with Fusion 360, he can create 3D CAD models. The software is a superior cloud-based tool with integrated industrial design and mechanical engineering, built-in collaboration, and data management.

Alex utilizes a small space in his brother Ron’s shop forWARP Off-road. Ron is a custom cabinet builder, and he makes other custom artistic wood designs for his customers. Christian and Ron are in discussions about ArtCAM. Christian says, “The easy-to-use and customizable features of the ArtCAM range have allowed sign makers, woodworkers, engravers and jewelers the freedom to design and manufacture high-quality 2D or 3D products from their artwork faster than they ever thought possible.”

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Virgin Galactic has plans for satellites No one knows for sure when any tourists will be flying on a Virgin Galactic craft taking off from SpaceportAmerica in New Mexico. But that’s not stopping the company from talking about doing even more.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, the company is developing a new vehicle to launch satellites into orbit.

“We’re doing great things in the Mojave Desert, although it’s less in the spotlight than our testing of SpaceShipTwo,”Virgin Galactic President George Whitesides said, according to the Journal. “Over the course of a few years, we’ve set up a world-class manufacturing operation that will be crucial to our services in New Mexico.”

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“We are pleased to have been selected for this follow-on contract with Honeywell as part of a Phase II DARPA award,” Mark Cola, president and CEO of Sigma Labs, said in a statement. “Having successfully completed the Phase I piece of the program earlier this year, we look forward to working with Honeywell and its team to further demonstrate our PrintRite3D technology for precise metal manufacturing applications.Through this award we will have additional opportunities to showcase our unique software and help develop a standardized, rapid-qualification approach to metal 3D printing, potentially leading to faster commercialization of our cutting-edge technology.” Source:Albuquerque Business First

Ford Ships Thousands Of Trucks With New Aluminum Body Bloomberg reports Ford Motor Co. has already shipped thousands of its new aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup trucks to dealers across North America. Notably, the trucks’ introduction is not being delayed by extra quality inspections, as the company works to make sure the new truck is “absolutely perfect” before they are shipped off to dealers.

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After almost two decades of making the targets for Sandia National Laboratories’ Z Machine,TEAMTechnologies lost the contract in 2009.

On CEO Bob Sachs’ birthday, Dec. 15, he learned the company was losing the contract that built the firm in the Sandia Science &Technology Park in the shadow of the labs.

In two weeks, he had to reinvent the company. “We did 80 percent of that work, that was all taken in internal,” at Sandia, Sachs said.“It was the worst birthday gift. It was the majority of our business, and everything here was built to support that.We had to go into survival mode.”

Five years later, Sachs says the company has gone in a direction he never would have imagined. Not only is it growing (it has 70 employees now), it’s building prototypes and manufacturing circuit boards for the U.S. Navy and Sandia, as well as doing high-quality machining and more for a variety of companies.

But Sachs said what has really filled the offices at the TEAM building is a slate of 14 companies that TEAM is incubating. The company is trading its engineering and development services, as well as office space, for equity in companies working on everything from an advanced beer kegerator to surgical devices and Apple iPhone docks.Two more companies will likely become tenants in the incubator, Sachs says.

“The core of the business had grown into electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software, and we have one of the best machine shops, and we’d had an electrical fab, and we’d been working on electronics manufacturing,”he said.“We had built this world-class center, and word was getting out. People were coming to us for prototypes, and we were the natural place to come.”

But, he said, those people didn’t have capital. They didn’t have the means or expertise to make a prototype, for example, of a continuously variable transmission like VeriTran, or a super-cooled laser that can blast though the night sky, like FASORtronics, or the delicate materials needed to make drones for Silent Falcon.

So, Sachs has been taking equity in some of the companies. His new incubator firms have access to the same engineers, chemists and materials research that the U.S. Navy, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, NASA and others have atTEAM. “Some, we’ve taken equity. Some want to just be here in the building in the park. And if they’re successful, we’ll build it for them,” he said.

“WithVeriTran and the others, we’d like to create them in New Mexico.”

VeriTran was a presenter at the recent Deal Stream Summit for investors from across the Southwest.

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Sachs said he sees a new way to make these companies successful.

With the help of former Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Fred Mondragon, he’s moved some of his manufacturing operations to Mexico, where he’s hoping to capitalize on Chihuahua’s growth in the aerospace world, and where the cost of manufacturing is lower.

“The price points of the incubator companies mean you have to be more creative with manufacturing. Our hopes with the Chihuahua business is to build it there and do final assembly here,” Sachs said.

Sachs, who has a history as an engineer with Hughes Aircraft and others, where he was a rocket scientist, boughtTEAM in 2001.

“We wanted to get back home.We have four boys, and wanted them to be raised here,” Sachs said. He was working at Fiore Industries when theTEAM opportunity arose, he said, and he bought the company with his brother.

The two, however, were not strangers to business.“I was born and raised in a family business in Belen. My grandfather started an appliance shop that became Sachs Appliance, and we would sit around the dinner table and talk business,” Sachs said.

But, he said, he never thought he would have a company that employs 70 people, has high-level clearances for the military and produces so many products for high-tech sector. He said he’s excited about the chance to leverage his employees’ talents to give new companies a jump-start and help the local economy.

“I didn’t set out to create this. I’m not trying to compete with ABQid or TheBioScience Center. We’re quietly doing our thing,” Sachs said. “At some point, we just never fit in.”

AMRI manufacturing facility reopens Albany Molecular Research Inc., a biotech company, announced that a briefly-closed Albuquerque manufacturing plant has reopened.

The plant, a sterile injectable facility, has been closed since September due to what anAMRI press release refers to only as a “weather related business interruption.”AMRI spokespeople didn’t specify what the event was, but, but New Mexico was hit by the effects of Hurricane Odile that month.

AMRI recently bought New Mexico-based Oso Biopharmaceuticals, and the recently-reopened plant was acquired by AMRI as part of that deal.

The company made mention of the plant’s closure in a quarterly earnings release.The report blamed the plant’s closure for a drop in revenues compared to Q3 2013.

William S. Marth,AMRI’s president and CEO, said in a press release that the company is back on track with the reopening of the facility.

“We are pleased to report that all suites at our OsoBioAlbuquerque aseptic manufacturing facility are fully operational,” he said. “I would like to acknowledge and thank our colleagues and vendors for their dedicated efforts in remediating the affected manufacturing suite as quickly as possible.” Source:Albuquerque Business First

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Quickly Becoming The Largest Precision CustomTool Maker in The Southwest

Announcing The Acquisition of Cutting Tool Consultants Just months ago, this past summer, US CarbideTool announced that it was expanding its custom tool business. Since it opened in 2010, it has established a reputation as a manufacturer of very accurate/high precision small tools (from .006” to 3/8”). Its machines of choice for its business early on were the EWAG 6 axis CNC and manual grinding machines. Approximately 95% of the tools US Carbide Tool manufactures on the EWAG machines are ‘specials’, or custom tools.

This summer the company expanded, taking over space it was leasing to a tenant, and converting the full 10,000 square foot facility to its own operations.With the planned growth, it was going to offer its customers the same accuracy and precision they were getting from US Carbide for their small tools, but it was going to expand its capabilities to manufacturing larger tools.

The machines selected for the business expansion,manufacturing larger tools (up to 2”) were the Walter CNC grinders and the Walter high-resolution Helicheck inspection machines.

Today, just a few months after installing the first of many new Walter CNC grinders, General Manager Randy Hansrote says that both existing customers and new customers are coming to rely upon US CarbideTool’s ability to manufacture both small and larger tools. While the percentage of ‘specials’ for the larger tools isn’t as high as it is for the small tools, still approximately 60% of the larger tools US Carbide manufactures are custom.

“The new machines and new capabilities have immensely help our capacity”, Randy says. “What used to take one month now takes between 1-2 weeks, and it’s going to get even better over time”, he continued.

Randy admits that the company wasn’t prepared for the increase in business, nor did it have enough of the skill set required to manufacture the larger tools, at least not from its existing team.

Randy says, “We talked to one of our customers about what we were looking for and he recommended Walter Pena.Walter joined US Carbide Tool a few months ago, in September, as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). Randy says thatWalter’s experience in cutting/grinding/ inspection and management is invaluable.Walter was versed in machining larger tools, both unique and standard re-grinds.

Walter had worked with Mark Clements at a previous shop.Walter says, “I knew that Mark had opened his own shop with a couple of partners, and the company was called CuttingTool Consultants.This shop had just the skill set we needed for our business expansion, and I knew just how capable Mark was in cutting tools.”Walter introduced Mark Clements to US CarbideTool Owners/Partners Randy Hansrote and Sal Kielbus.

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to US CarbideTool, inTempe,AZ. Mark is coming with the business purchase, as are some of Cutting Tool Consultants’ employees. Also, CuttingTool Consultants has about a dozen customers that were not doing business with US Carbide Tool. New talent, new customers and new machines are the end result of the acquisition.

Mark is very excited to be an integral team member of US Carbide Tool. He says, “Sal is extremely ambitious, he is a straight shooter, and he embraces new technology. I will really enjoy working in this exciting, high-growth environment.”

Randy andWalter agree that the purchase of CuttingTool Consultants will help their business. Randy says, “We talked about how we are improving our turnaround times, and this will even help more.Walter says that US CarbideTool can even provide 24-hour turnaround now when special circumstances/critical issues arise for their customers.

Sal has a very specific goal in mind for US Carbide Tool. “We are actively growing to become the largest and best grinding company in the Southwest”, he says. In fact, Sal founded US CarbideTool with Randy because of a specific need he had that wasn’t being fulfilled.

He ownsAerospace Contacts and he struggled with getting quality micro tools in the timeframe that Aerospace Contacts needed them.

While US CarbideTool is a supplier to Aerospace Contacts, over the past 4 years many other companies just like Aerospace Contacts found that the new company could help them with their micro tool requirements.

Sal says,“We want allArizona manufacturing companies that need custom micro tools to large tools to rely upon US Carbide Tool. We eliminate downtime, whether you need off the shelf tools or custom tools made right away.” Randy adds, “We assist our customers in maintaining their tools, including helping them to handle their tools for longevity, we do re-grinds for our customers’ current tools, and we maintain an inventory of tools.”

Today, US CarbideTool’s customer span several states, with approximately 50% of their work done for customers in Arizona, and ~50% for customers throughout the US. Stay tuned for US CarbideTool’s Open House in the first quarter of 2015.

If you aren’t using them for your precision cutting tools, I encourage you to contact them for a tour. This fast growing company with stateof-the-art technology is guaranteed to impress you. Call them today at 480.755.3812 or visit USCarbideTool.com.

Hear From US Carbide Tool’s Customers “I’ve been using Sal and US Carbide Tool since they opened for business a few years ago. I have seen them grow so much. Sal is such a go-getter, they have the best equipment around, and their quality is fantastic.They turn our form tools quickly and their pricing is competitive. I sure hope they don’t get too much business from this article-- and with all the new customers, their turnaround times suffer! I highly recommend Sal and his company.” Tim, Machine Shop Owner “US CarbideTool makes custom drills and tools for us.They custom make most of our tooling to print.The quality at US Carbide is awesome!They really work with us on designs, and help us come up with new tools.

Randy andWalter are great, their machinery is best in class, and I’ve got to say they are outstanding in turning our tools around, often in less than a week.” Jeff, Purchasing Manager, Machine Shop “This shop is amazing! If I am working with a new part or new material for the first time, I will drive over to US CarbideTool and sit down with Randy to come up with ideas for tooling.Their flexibility and knowledge are just a couple of reasons I use the company. Another critical reason I always use US Carbide Tool is that they always make me look good! I so appreciate that they often pull me out of a bind.

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What’s LostWhen Experts Retire Across the globe, there is a tsunami of Baby Boomer retirements. This is good news for them and for the younger colleagues who will take their place. But what does this mean in terms of losing business-critical, experience-based knowledge — what we call deep smarts? One organization reported that the next anticipated wave of almost 700 retirements would mean the loss of over 27,000 years of experience. If that know-how and those skills (or better ones) can be hired on the open market — no problem. Or if the succession planning has been meticulous and a highly qualified successor can step right into the vacancy — terrific.

But in dozens of recent interviews with CTOs, CIOs, and top HR managers in preparation for writing our new book Critical Knowledge Transfer, we found that managers often don’t know what they have lost until after the expert leaves — and by then, it may be difficult to recover.

In after-the-fact stories, we heard about critical losses in four areas in particular: relationships, reputation, re-work and regeneration. And the price tag associated with such losses were estimated to be as much as 20 times the more visible, tangible costs of recruitment and training.

First, consider relationships. Built up over years, they allowed a seasoned expert to pick up the phone and get a response from a customer’s CEO or a timely bit of analysis from an expert in a different field. “Smart people know other smart people,” a CTO commented to us. “When ‘Al’ suddenly left because of a family emergency, he left us his electronic file of contacts — but just names, email addresses, and phone numbers.We don’t really know when to use them, how reliable they are, what expertise they have.Without Al’s knowledge about why, when, and how to contact them, it’s just a list.”

That’s inconvenient, but not usually fatal. But we also heard about situations when corporate reputation took a hit because an incoming replacement didn’t have the high level of experience and skills expected.

An engineer, whom we’ll callAmit, recalled being flown at great expense to a customer site to fix a problem that a relatively junior engineer had bungled. In fact, the customer had asked for Amit by name and was very disappointed to hear that he was retiring.Amit knew the client’s equipment, failure modes, and the work-arounds he could put in place until he could get a new part. “The new guy just didn’t have that experience,” he noted.

And what about re-work? We certainly don’t believe that a clone of the departing incumbent would be desirable, even if it were possible.

Fresh thinking is often very valuable. But when the incoming successor has to spend time understanding product lines or critical processes, learning informal norms and ways to get things done, figuring out how organizational units interact — that’s all time-consuming, wasteful re-work. One company completely revamped their internal financial reporting system, spending almost $6 million over two years, only to find that the system did not fit the practices of their widespread businesses.

The investment was made without the guidance of an IT director who had been with the company 30 years but had left and then died shortly afterwards.“The new IT director,” the CIO explained to us,“simply didn’t ask the right questions of the vendor. He asked if they could do it — but not how they were going to do it. He didn’t understand how most of our overseas businesses work. [The departed director] would never have made that mistake.We’re going to have to start over almost from scratch. And it’s not even the vendor’s fault. It’s ours.”

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Innovation springs from fresh thinking, true. But it is also often built on years of experience and expertise with designing and producing a particular kind of product. When Boeing decided to build the Dreamliner 787 airplane, management anticipated it would be the most revolutionary jetliner created in 60 years. The success of this enormously complicated project depended on the expertise held in the heads and hands of Boeing engineers. However, with about half of the company’s top technical staff eligible for retirement in the next several years, Boeing management realized that it was essential to design a disciplined process for gathering detailed insight, knowledge, and experience in developing airplanes. As CTO John Tracy told us, “You can’t just write down how to create a new airplane and leave a page or two of instructions for the people after you.You need strategies and methods for capturing and sharing complex, unique, and hardearned experience.”

You can never extract and transfer all the deep smarts that an expert has accumulated, but it’s important to identify what needs to be captured before it walks out the door. In-depth succession planning, knowledgesharing programs, even just questioning the experts before they leave the organization are imperative steps to ensure that your organization’s deep smarts stay within the walls of your organization.

The four costs we’ve described are by no means the only ones associated with lack of knowledge transfer — but they are widespread and surprisingly pervasive. They put your company at risk, both immediately and in the future. Managers cannot afford to ignore them.

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Analysis: Congress Reworks 10 Percent of DoD Procurement Budget Congressional committees tweaked nearly 10 percent of the money that the Pentagon requested for its fiscal year 2015 appropriations accounts before the “cromnibus” spending bill was passed on Dec. 11 — resulting in $4.4 billion in additional procurement and research and development projects — an analysis of the budget shows.

Of the 812 budget lines for procurement appropriations — as tallied by VisualDoD — lawmakers added $6.9 billion to 60 programs while taking money away from 229 other programs, for a total cut of $2.9 billion.

Overall, that works out to a net $4 billion increase in funding over what theWhite House and Pentagon had originally asked for earlier in the year.

That money went into buying things both that the services didn’t ask for — but still clearly wanted — as well as things that they most definitely did not want, like $120 million more for Abrams tanks that the Army has said it has no use for, and $850 million to overhaul the aircraft carrier George Washington that the administration had planned to defer until the 2016 budget.

Congress also added 15 F-18 Growler aircraft to the Navy’s stable, as well as an additional LPD-17 amphibious ship.

The final procurement-appropriations amount came to $101.9 billion, meaning that lawmakers adjusted nearly 30 percent of the lines and around 10 percent of the total amount.

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UNM Foundation makes venture capital play The University of New Mexico Foundation is now in the venture capital game.

The foundation has approved its first coinvestment of $100,000 with Pajarito Powder LLC, a company using UNM technology to reimagine how fuel-cell motors work, Pajarito Powder CEO Tom Stephenson said.

“This is the UNM Foundation’s first entry into this type of investment and partnership with the university, and we are pleased to be a part of this effort to help promote technology and entrepreneurship,” Jennifer Kemp, communications manager for the UNM Foundation told Business First on Friday. “The $1 million allocation of funds is part of the Consolidated Investment Fund, the university’s endowment which the foundation manages. Depending on how well this works, the board of regents and board of trustees may decide to make additional commitments with STC in UNM technology.”

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the $410 million Consolidated Investment Fund, and this is the first time CIF money has been invested like this, Kemp said.

“As investors, we hope to receive a return on investment, and it is quite possible that the return could be significant depending on the type of startup, but that is not the foundation’s primary goal for participating,” she said. “The goal is to partner with UNM in achieving its mission.”

For Pajarito Powder, the $100,000 investment will give the firm more time to grow and develop its technology.

“It’s going to give us a year’s worth of additional runway to grow the business,” CEO Tom Stephenson told Business First. The Verge Fund and local angel investors helped fund the company, he said.

The company started in 2012 and spent 10 months investigating the

technology.

“We’re optimizing technology from other places, too,” Stephenson said. “We licensed UNM technology, but we brought in guys from LANL to our advisory board.”

The company makes powder that can be sprayed or painted onto the plates of fuel-cell motors. Usually, those plates are coated with exotic or expensive materials such as platinum that are chemical catalysts. Pajarito Powder’s product, however, is up to 40 percent less expensive and can achieve similar results.

Fuel-cell motors convert energy in a fuel such as hydrogen into electricity, and the only exhaust is water vapor.

Stephenson said the industrial forklift market is promising; it already uses fuel cell-powered vehicles because they don’t pollute large indoor spaces such as warehouses.

Eventually, he said, the company would like to create a manufacturing facility in Albuquerque.

Congress restores business tax breaks for 2014, but they end Dec. 31 The Senate ensured that businesses can take advantage of numerous tax breaks for 2014 by passing legislation that

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These breaks include popular provisions such the research and development tax credit, and the ability of small businesses to expense up to $500,000 of investments in new equipment through Section 179 of the tax code. Those breaks are designed to encourage business investments, but under the Senate bill, they’ll expire again on Dec. 31 — meaning they’ll have little impact on future investment.

But they hope the next Congress will be forward-looking and overhaul the tax code.

“This tax bill doesn’t have the shelf life of a carton of eggs,” said Sen. RonWyden, D-Ore., who voted against the legislation.

The bill, which previously passed the House, made it through the Senate on a 76-16 vote.

“In 2015, we urge Congress to build on tonight’s bipartisan agreement and pursue a longterm, comprehensive tax reform plan that will create certainty for businesses, fuel investment and job growth, and make American companies more competitive with the rest of the world,” said Linda Moore, president and CEO of TechNet, which represents the technology industry.

Business groups were grateful for that.

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“With today’s passage of tax extenders legislation, America’s businesses will not be hit with a harmful and unnecessary tax hike at the end of the year,” said Business Roundtable

United Poly Systems announced that its newest manufacturing plant will be located in Mesa del Sol.

The legislation will save businesses who made such investments in 2014 millions of dollars on their tax bills.

United Poly Systems, which is headquartered in Springfield, Mo., will bring 35 new jobs to the plant.

Steve Chavez, the co-owner of WisePies Pizza and Salad as well as Integrated Control Systems, told Business First that part of his company’s 40 acres of land on Mesa del Sol will become the new home of UPS, a firm that makes PVC piping for the oil and gas industry.

Bernalillo County SpokesmanAndy Lenderman confirmed that a $9 million, 20-year, industrial revenue bond passed

by Bernalillo County on Oct. 28 was designed for UPS.At the time of the vote, however, the project was just called “project essential,” because the company wanted to remain anonymous, he said. Source:Albuquerque Business First

BAE Systems announces Eclipse Electronic Systems acquisition and closure of SilverSky deal BAE Systems has announced an agreement to acquire intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) products company Eclipse Electronic Systems (EES) from Esterline Corporation, and the completion of its previously announced purchase of cyber-security services provider SilverSky. The transactions were announced on 12 December.

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F-35 Industrial Base Relies On International Participation

obligation to that buyer and every other buyer to provide the best aircraft at the best price,” Nathan says.

According to Aerospace Industries Association’s Remy Nathan, who runs AIA’s international trade division, aerospace is a global industry and an increasingly competitive international marketplace and is becoming more so all the time.

“A program of the magnitude of the F-35 is all about partnerships,” says Steve Over, Lockheed Martin’s director of F-35 international business development.

That international competition is a good thing, broadening the market that may offer new, better or different products. “We can tap into the best technologies at the best possible price,” Nathan says. “Our warfighters and customers worldwide benefit.”

There has been an emphasis of security cooperation and building partnerships, especially in the post-9/11 environment. “There is international content in every single defense platform,” Nathan says.

There is a direct relationship between having foreign customers for your products, to include major systems like the F-35, and having foreign content. “It can be a discriminator,” Nathan says.

In an average program, a country buys the airplane and they have either a policy or law that stipulates some percentage of the purchase price of that airplane has to be offset back in the purchasing country. Countries can spend literally billions of dollars buying the weapons system, and most of them are looking for some economic return for that large an outflow of cash. So many programs require “offsets.”

Offsets come in two forms — direct and indirect — direct meaning equipment that is installed on the airplane weapons system, and indirect being anything that stimulates their economy that may not be related to the purchase of that weapon system.

Some offset programs require investment, and some just include foreign content.The more flexibility the better. “It can be a challenge to discharge offset obligations and have a value in the foreign buying country. But it behooves both sides of the transaction that they succeed,” according to Nathan.

Despite offset obligations, every supplier has to meet a high standard.

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“It starts off first at the government-to-government level, because the F-35 is a tool of U.S. foreign policy and developing stronger relationships with all these international partners around the world,” Over says. “And it’s about building coalition capacity, where the U.S. is providing the absolute best, state-of-the-art, 5th-generation fighter technology to partner nations that someday in the future they anticipate going into combat with against the forces of evil.

As they look forward 10 years from now, 15 years from now, 20 or even 30 years from now, these international partners have the capacity to go to war with the United States.”

There are currently no offsets with any of the partner countries purchasing the F-35, but industries in the countries that are buying the airplane have been given an opportunity to participate in its global supply chain, he adds.

For Denmark’s Terma A/S, participation in the F-35 program is critical to the company today and for the future. Terma is providing composite components to Northrop Grumman, which is responsible for the center fuselage; Marvin Engineering, which is making the missile pylons; and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, which is building the gun pod.Terma is also providing the horizontal tail leading edge and the data acquisition, recording and telemetry pod directly to Lockheed Martin.

Over says Denmark and Terma are good examples of the F-35 global supply chain. “Terma had to compete against U.S. and other countries’ providers of equipment. In each of these competitions, the selection was based on a cost/value basis, meaning that their prices and the equipment that they operate is a best value to the overall F-35 supply chain.”

But in order for industrial partners like Terma to have the opportunity to supply parts for the entire program of record, that that supplier has to continue to maintain best value, Over says. “So

it’s not a birthright, but as long as they are doing what they need to help us bring the price of the airplane down and maintain competitive pricing, there is no reason those companies won’t be supplying that part for [the] 3,100 aircraft program of record.”

There’s a huge incentive to be competitive. “The program of record is slightly under $400 billion just to acquire the airplanes.And about 20 percent of that will be sourced outside the United States from international companies that are from these purchasing nations,” says Over.

“So when you do the math, it’s an enormous amount of money that is going to these industry partners around the world that will be supplying parts for the next 30-plus years associated with everyone’s F-35s,” he adds.

The F-35 is the first fully digitally designed aircraft.There are no 2-D drawings. And it’s made largely from composites.There are no sheet metal parts on the F-35. Terma’s expertise in composites make it an attractive partner.

“We are supplying our components to all F-35s, regardless of where they fly on this planet. The pure magnitude is of vital importance,” says Peter Worsøe, vice president of sales and business development at Terma’s precision composites manufacturing facility in Grenaa, Denmark.

Terma’s composites are fabricated from carefully cut layers of preimpregnated carbon fibers that are put into a mold and heated under vacuum and pressure in an autoclave. Out of that comes a molded, completed product ready for trimming and surface treatment. The quality control process includes ultrasonic scans and X-rays. A horizontal tail fin may include 80 layers, or “plys,” and take two weeks to complete.

“The most unique process linked to the F-35 is the trimming process, which has to meet stringent tolerance requirements,”Worsøe says.

The F-35 has about 300 different composite panels, andTerma makes 55 of them.

Composites offer opportunities for integrating parts. “An aircraft based on composite can typically end up consisting of fewer and larger,

high-precision parts,” says Worsøe. “If they were done in metal, it would require more individual parts which would require assembly.”

Compared to metal, composites reduce weight without sacrificing strength. The heavier the plane, the more power and fuel that is required. Low weight means more payload, or more fuel for longer range or mission endurance.

Although typically more costly, one advantage to the high-precision composite parts is that they are easier to exchange. It also improves aerodynamics because it reduces gaps between parts.

Worsøe acknowledges there’s risk associated with the project. “This F-35 program is like any commercial program. We are not guaranteed today a workload for the future. It’s an investment from our side based on our own risk assessment.”

“What is vital in order to help develop us into a very competitive aerospace company in the future is to move beyond low-rate production of military aircraft components and have the opportunity to participate in modern high-rate production programs — military and commercial — that brings down our learning curve, and can justify implementation of automatic manufacturing procedures,” says Worsøe. “This will make us more competitive in the future, for the program that comes after the F-35 or a commercial program we can run in parallel to the F-35 program.”

Over says the industrial partners recognize the opportunity that has been afforded them. “We’re seeing every one of these partner companies doing what’s necessary to bring their associated prices down. From an industrial standpoint, we’re all focusing on a price learning curve, getting smarter and finding better ways to build parts more efficiently.”

That’s something that’s incredibly important for Lockheed Martin, Over says. “As the prime contractor, we hear it almost every day from our customer — focus on bringing the price of the airplane down. So we rely tremendously on our supply base to do their part.

All of our international industrial partners are cooperating with us to help us bring the price of the airplane down where it needs to be.”

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JohnThomas, Cubic’s chief financial officer, said at a recent investor event that it was looking for one or two opportunistic acquisitions a year, including overseas deals as international business accounts for half its sales.

The recent passing of the Pentagon’s budget for fiscal 2015 has helped stabilize the outlook for military spending, with the final quarter of the year set to be the strongest for merger and acquisition activity in the sector.

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San Diego-based Cubic generated 57% of its $1.4 billion sales in fiscal 2014 from defense, with the balance from its transport division. Cubic also runs MetroCard in NewYork and electronic transit card systems in other cities including Chicago and London.

The Detroit Free Press reports that sparks and noise are missing from the Dearborn, Michigan, truck plant which assembles the new aluminum-body Ford F-150. The aluminum material has created a “more open and clean appearance” at the plant as 500 robots are being employed in ways that eliminate sparks and safety fences from welding, and noise from machines.

DTech provides secure communications systems for the military, first responders and corporate executives and specializes in leveraging commercial technology, a route that is favored by the Pentagon in an effort to cut costs and foster innovation. It is also active in supplying special operations forces, another growth area for Cubic.

“DTech is the first step in our near-term strategy to build a niche $100-200 million C4ISR business,” said Cubic Chief Executive Officer Bradley Feldmann in a statement.

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The final RFP had no substantial changes from previous drafts, according to the program office, which billed the final solicitation as, “clarifying expectations about the delivery of specific requirements, while still allowing vendors to propose tradable options in some areas.”

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There are many superior machine shops in Arizona. I am fortunate... the shops where I do interviews and write articles about are all doing great things.We just don’t get calls to write about fledgling businesses.

√ Longevity: The company was founded 16 years ago with 4 partners,

I don’t have the opportunity to write aboutTucson shops near as often as I would like to, and I don’t often get to write about companies that are just so outstanding as Innovative Manufacturing Solutions, Inc (IMS).There is one thing that is clear to me in my 10 years of interviewing machine shops -- providing a differentiating skill/product and manufacturing it very well almost always leads to a successful business. IMS has so many differentiating qualities, skill sets and characteristics you just don’t see in the typical shop, that I want to articulate these qualities so that new buyers are encouraged to find out more about what this company can do for their business.

√ Optics Expertise: While IMS manufactures parts for the Aerospace and Defense industries, they are best known for serving the Laser and Optics industries.

They are one of very few shops in the United States with a diamond turning machine, which helps them with their customers’ requirements for superior finishes, whether they require highly reflective, flawless surfaces for bonding or other pristine finishes. One of their suppliers who was present for the interview, says, “I worked at Raytheon and we had tremendous difficulty finding skilled diamond turning shops. In fact, there were (and still are), less than a hand full throughout the United States.”

Dan Hade, Rex Shea, Robert Millshap and Michael Mizner. What is almost unprecedented in any industry is that this partnership is still intact after 16 years! This is less surprising when you learn that the average tenure for IMS employees is 9.5 years! Rex says, “It is difficult finding the skill set we need for our team, but once we find the right match, our team stays with IMS. Dan adds, “I think that employees stay with IMS because all of the company shareholders are hands-on members of the team.The team respects us because we don’t ask them to do anything we wouldn’t do.” Rex adds, “When we need new machine tools, the team isn’t meeting with an accounting type of owner.They are meeting with machinist/owners who know what the shop needs.”

√Talent:The partnership at IMS is comprised of 3 Journeymen caliber machinists plus one degreed engineer. Rex and Dan agree that Michael and Robert (Bob) are the face their customers see. Michael is the employee/owner who engineers meet with when they are designing a new product. He is valued by IMS’s customers for his ability to take a prototype and help his customers with design for manufacturability.

Bob is the degreed engineer, and he has regular interaction with all of IMS’s customers.

√ Superior Grades: IMS works directly with a number of Fortune 1000 customers, and they receive report cards.They are almost always an A or A+ student, both in quality and on-time delivery. In fact, with a number of customers, they are ‘dock-to-stock’. This is indicative of the highest level of trust from a customer, as all inspection must occur from IMS prior to the product shipping.

Years ago, they sent their diamond turning to a company in Chicago, Illinois. With local presence in Tucson, Arizona, home to University of Arizona, renown for its optics capabilities, the company determined it was critical to bring this skill and accompanying equipment in-house.Today, some of their largest customers are in the optics industry, and they even manufacture parts for a manufacturer of Optical/Measurement devices.Their customers, while largely based inArizona, also span the United An IMS Team Member Running One of States and even globally.

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Most machine shops must be on an approved list to manufacture parts for their Tier 1 customers. IMS is on the approved list of many large companies, but their approval goes a step further. When a company meets the Tier 1 customer’s quality and pricing, it often makes the list.WhenTier 1 customers have a number of extraordinary requirements that can’t be

met by many good machine shops, ‘ability to make complex parts’ is factored into the decision for machine shop selection. IMS is top rated with a number of its customers for superior performance on complex parts.

√ Production Capabilities: Rex says that many of IMS’s production customers begin with prototype designs. “Michael works so closely with our customers in their prototypes Partners Robert Millshap (left) and Michael that very often we win their production Mizner Work Closely with IMS’s Customers contracts.” Though IMS has lost some of its production work to companies outsourcing to developing countries, they are proud that they have retained many of their clients’ production work for over a decade. Dan says,“We had a local production customer in the beginning.

That company was purchased by another entity, and now all of their production has been moved to Thailand.This is still our customer today, and we ship production parts toThailand.” IMS’s largest customer, an aerospace company, is based in Tucson.

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Some IMS Diamond-Finished Parts many worked well for us in the past. Today, there is one machine tool dealer who is just outstanding in its customer support for us.”

Dan elaborates, “Ellison Machinery is our machine tool dealer of choice.We work with Jason McCurdy from a sales perspective. Not only is Jason loyal and trustworthy, we appreciate that he never wastes our time. As a lean shop, we just don’t have time to entertain sales people. Jason is so respectful of our time.”

Rex says, “By far, Ellison Machinery offers the best service at IMS is picky with their hires. for precision machine shops in They have to be, as they expect their Tucson. Their service was good, team to remain with the company as was other machine tool dealers’ for a very long time. That being service,with all are headquartered said, Dan says,“We have brought on in Phoenix. Each and every year, engineering students who worked with us part time while going to The Production Side of IMS’s 25,000 Square Foot Shop, With Ellison Machinery has increased its service capabilities for its school for engineering.”

Haas Machine Tools Supporting IMS’s High Volume Products customers in Tucson, and the IMS wants to help aspiring engineers fact that they hired a dedicated and machinists.A surprising side benefit with their new hires is that the engineers’ graduate, move service person for us in Tucson is invaluable to new companies throughout the US, and bring IMS on as a supplier to their new employer. to our operations.”

√ Many In-House Capabilities: Rex says, “By necessity, we do almost everything needed to make parts in-house. We can’t wait for wire EDM, grinding, electromechanical assemblies, tooling, or fixtures to be done by a 3rd party, often in Phoenix. For this reason, we’ve taken much of this in-house.”The company even brought NiagaraTesting, a Non-DestructiveTesting company, into its facility to expedite some of their special processes.

√ Loyal and SelectiveWithTheir Machine Tools Supplier: The management /ownership team at IMS is very particular when they choose their machine tool supplier. Rex says, “Being based inTucson, it is critical that all of our suppliers provide outstanding support outside of Phoenix, whether it is machine tools, supplies, materials, etc.”

Partner Rex Shea In Front of Their Diamond Turning Machine

He continued, “We have worked with a number of machine tool dealers in our 16 years of business ownership, and

Dan continued, “The Haas machines were always a good choice for some of our work, particularly our standard production work.We purchased our first 2 Haas machines, 2 minmills, more than 11 years ago, and they are still running today! As we continue to purchase new Haas machines nearly every year, we have found that the machine, alwaysAmerican made, just keeps getting better and better.”

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A number of news stories in the media this month point to one thing for Alcoa: Growth in Aerospace is in the company’s future.

A report in MarketWatch noted that Alcoa reported a $190 million investment at its Davenport Works facility in Iowa. The purpose of the investment is to expand its product offerings in the aerospace and industrial markets. “Alcoa is installing manufacturing technology to enhance the performance of thick aluminum and aluminum-lithium plate in various applications, including wing ribs and fuselage frames.”

One piece of equipment featured in the article is a new‘very thick plate stretcher.’This advancement will reportedly enable DavenportWorks to produce the largest high-strength monolithic wing ribs in the industry.

According to an Alcoa spokesman, new airplane designs feature thicker aluminum wing rib to reinforce composite wings. Operating since 1948, the Davenport Works facility is more than a mile long, and houses 128 acres of manufacturing under one roof.

Nasdaq reported on the Iowa plant expansion as well, writing “The investment is in sync withAlcoa’s strategy to profitably grow its aerospace business.The company is witnessing healthy airline fundamentals. It has backed its global growth expectations of 8–9% in the aerospace sector for 2014 on the back of strong demand for both large commercial aircraft and regional jets.”

As another example of its move into more value-added offerings,Alcoa is reported to have acquired a provider of aerospace jet engine parts, Firth Rixson, as reported in press release dated November 20.The press release states that “Firth Rixson strengthens Alcoa’s robust aerospace portfolio and positions the company to capture greater profitable growth from its expanding value-add business.The transaction doubles Alcoa’s average revenue content on high-growth engine programs.Accelerating Alcoa’s transformation to a multi-material enterprise, the acquisition increases its offerings made of nickel-based superalloys, titanium, stainless steel and advanced aluminum alloys, produced using the most advanced isothermal forging technology and ring production capabilities.”

Even more is on the horizon, as Alcoa moves into 3-D printing for part manufacturing. According to TribLive, the chief technology officer for Alcoa is quoted as saying the company is working on 3D printing for jet engine parts.The company has a team at theAlcoaTechnology Center in Upper Burrell and at other locations working on 3D printing production, according to the article.“Product development costs could be 25 percent lower and enable the ability to quickly design new iterations of complex products that is not possible with traditional forging technology.”

Boeing to equip Navy’s new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for high-altitude Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command announced a $67.8 million contract to Boeing to integrate capabilities and training systems upgrades to the P-8A aircraft -- a variation of the Boeing 737-800 single-

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Among the upgrades Boeing will perform is to equip the P-8A aircraft with torpedoes that can be released from altitudes as high as 30,000 feet. These high-altitude torpedoes are Navy Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes with add-n kits that enable the weapons to glide through the air to attack enemy submarines from long ranges.

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Ultimately, the Navy plans to buy 108 P-8A aircraft from Boeing to replace the service’s fleet of 196 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, which are approaching the end of operational life.The P-3 is a version of the Lockheed Martin Electra four-engine turboprop aircraft.

Last summer Boeing delivered its 15th P-8A Poseidon to Navy Patrol Squadron 16 at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Fla. P-8A squadrons and air crews will be based at Jacksonville NAS and at Whidbey Island NAS, Wash., where the squadrons will train for extended deployments.

Navy officials plan to use the P-8A in tandem with the Northrop Grumman RQ-4NTriton BroadArea Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) -- a maritime-patrol version of the Global Hawk long-range surveillance UAV. One or more Triton UAV can detect and track hostile submarines, and the P-8A can launch torpedo attacks from high altitudes. Plans call for the P-8A to operate from high altitudes to save fuel, although the aircraft is hardened to operate at low altitudes.

Boeing is building the Poseidon aircraft at its factory in Renton,Wash.

The 737 fuselage and tail sections will be built by SpiritAeroSystems in Wichita, Kan., then transferred to Renton where all structural features are incorporated in sequence during fabrication and assembly.

The P-8A’s flight management system and the stores management system have been developed by GEAviation Systems in Grand Rapids, Mich. (formerly Smiths Aerospace).The cabin has as many as seven operator consoles.

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US manufacturers finish 2014 strong with more than 91% optimistic about their company’s outlook for 2015 and a majority forecasting both increased sales and higher employment.

Recent data show relative strength in demand and output in the manufacturing sector, with activity levels reflecting improvements since earlier in the year. In particular, the latest Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers’ index has reflected robust growth in new orders and production since the summer, and employment and pricing pressures appear to be moving in the right direction.The forecast for real GDP and industrial production for 2015 also show promise, both of which are anticipated to expand by roughly 3% next year.

That is not to suggest a smooth road ahead, as there are challenges.

The slowing global economy, a still-cautious consumer, rising interest rates, a stronger dollar, and tax and regulatory uncertainty could each pose downside risks to U.S. economic growth. Along those lines, manufacturing production and retail sales numbers have been softer than desired in the autumn months, and export sales growth has continued to be sluggish in light of economic challenges abroad.

Manufacturing Leaders Have a Positive Outlook With that said, manufacturers in the most recent National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)/IndustryWeek Survey of Manufacturers remained mostly optimistic, at least for now. Indeed, 91.2% of respondents were either somewhat or very positive in their own company’s outlook.This continues an upward trend that began in the first quarter of 2013, and it was only the fourth time since the survey began in 1997 that the outlook measure has been 91% or better.The last time was in the fourth quarter of 2005. Parsing this data out by firm size, larger manufacturers (i.e., those with 500 or more employees) were the most positive, with slightly more than one-quarter saying they were very positive; in contrast, only 18.8% of the smallest manufacturing firms (i.e., those with fewer than 50 employees) were very positive.

Stronger sales expectations supported the better outlook in the fourth quarter. Manufacturers predict sales to grow 4.5% on average over the next four months, up from 4.1% in June and 4.4% in September.

This marks the fastest pace since the first quarter of 2012. In the most recent survey, 77.3% of respondents forecast increased sales over the next year, with nearly 49% predicting sale growth of 5% or more.

Medium-sized manufacturers (i.e.., those with 50 to 499 employees) had the greatest sales expectations for the next 12 months, at 4.8% versus 4.0% for smaller entities.

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According to Amstat and Salesforce.com data cited by Textron, the number of used Citation jets and used King Air turboprops available for sale has steadily come down over the past few years.This reduced availability of used Textron aircraft in the market is a result of rising customer demand, which will likely lift sales of new Textron aircraft in the coming months.

In addition, reduced availability of used general aviation aircraft will likely also compel buyers to purchase new aircraft, further boosting Textron’s new aircraft sales.

In the current year, we anticipateTextronAviation – the division formed with the combination of Beechcraft and Cessna units – to constitute nearly a third of Textron’s top line.We currently have a price estimate of $40 forTextron, approximately in line with its current market price.

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Bar Feeder Accessories Adhesives R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 Edge Technologies ____ 562-597-7824 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Blast Abrasives Air Blast Cabinets,Blast Rooms Barton International ___ 800-741-7756 Lone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074 GMA Garnet Group ____832-243-9300 Air Compressors Boring Tools: Precision Airtek ___________ 480-966-5267 Wohlhaupter _______ 937-885-1878 Air Drying Systems Cabinets, Custom Airtek ___________ 480-966-5267 Lone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074 Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300 Chip Management Band Saw/ Blades Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 bandsawparts.com ___ 800-240-2932 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Echols Saw & Supply ___ 602-278-3918 Chip Removal Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades303-761-3000 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Roentgen USA_______847-787-0135 Chuck Jaws S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 sawblade.com_______ 877-501-7297 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Chucks Starrett Co_________ 978-249-3551 Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Bar Feeders Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Automatics & Machinery _ 303-651-6545 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Edge Technologies ____ 562-597-7824 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Cleaners Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300 CNC Lathe Accessories Nick Hochuli Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Sales Engineer Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 CNC Collet Chucks Cell: 937/503-4708 Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Office: 937/885-1878 E-mail: hn@wohlhaupter.com CNC Spindle Liners Wohlhaupter Corporation 10542 Success Lane Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Centerville, Ohio 45458 C O R P O R A T I O N

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Collet Fixtures Royal Products _____ 800-645-4174 CompressedAirPipingSystems Airtek ___________480-966-5267 Coolant Systems Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 Ebbco Inc _________800-809-3901 Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966 Cutting Tools Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Micro 100 _________480-495-1454 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000 Sandvik Coromant ____480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____602-628-4242 Scientific Cutting Tools __805-584-9495 Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Deburring Equipment S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000 Digital Readout Units Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462 Lone Arrow ________480-507-8074

An ISO 9001 Company

Jeff Klimowicz Senior Sales Engineer Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID All Products Proudly Made in the USA

Magnum Precision Mach _602-431-8300 Door Opening Systems: Automatic Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 Dust Collectors Lone Arrow________480-507-8074 Electronic Hardware Southwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600 Fasteners Southwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600 Fasteners:Specialty Southwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600 Filtration Equip.

Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773 Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 Ebbco Inc _________ 800-809-3901 Qualichem, Inc. ______480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 EDM Performance ____800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330 Filtermist Mist Collectors Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174

Mobile: 480‐320‐0308 jklimowicz@qualichem.com www.qualichem.com

Fluid Control Products (Valves & Filters) VACCO Industries _____ 626-443-7121 Filtration -GrindWheels & Belts S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders Midaco Corporation _____847-593-8420 Industrial Automation IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Industrial Controls IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Industrial Electronics IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Live Centers Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Live Tool Holders Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Lubricants / Systems Canyon State Oil _____ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Pioneer Distributing Co. _ 602-278-2693 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 MachineToolAccessories Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Magnetic Particle Ins Equip.

DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Milling andTurning Products Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Pallet Systems Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711 Arizona CNC Equip ____480-615-6353 D & R Machinery________ 480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335 PartsWashing Equipment Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Qualichem, Inc_________ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________ 800-367-9966 Power Tools R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 R8 Quick-ChangeTool System Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Safety R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 Sensors IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Spindles GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Setco Spindles & Slides_____ 866-362-0699 Static Tool Holders Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Steel Service Center Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 Surface Preparation Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Tapes R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565

Vibratory Equipment Adams Machinery _______480-968-3711 Vises andVise Jaws Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353 Desert EDM Sales _______480-816-6300 Waterjet Abrasives Barton International __ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group ___ 832-243-9300 Lone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074 Waterjet Replacement Parts Arizona CNC Equip ____480-615-6353 Barton International __ 800-741-7756 Work Holding Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335 Kurt Manufacturing____ 763-574-8320 CONSUMMABLES Cleaners: Ultrasonic Pro- Ultrasonics ______602-938-0603 Cutting Fluids & Oils (Coolants) Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773 Echols Saw & Supply ___ 602-278-3918 Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 Pioneer Distributing Co. _602-278-2693 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______480-753-5000 Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966 EDM Materials & Supplies Adams Machinery_____480-968-3711 Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773 D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462 Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______480-836-1782

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www.micro100.com

Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

O mar D e lfin

T echnicalSalesManager Arizona T erritory

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide

C h e me t all U S ,I nc.

16961 KnottAvenue La Mirada,CA 90638 ollF ree:800-331-1197 ext.2672 F ax:714-670-6480 T el:714-739-2821 T Omar.Delfin@chemetall.com www.chemetallUS.com Cell:619-208-8968 •

Patty Negoro (800)337-3766 ext. 148 pnegoro@aerodynealloys.com www.aerodynealloys.com

EDM Performance acc’s__ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply ____480-836-8330 Qualichem Inc_______480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 EDM Fluids Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Pioneer Distributing Co. _ 602-278-2693 Impression Materials Roydent ____________480-607-1876 MachineTool Cool. Filtration Canyon State Oil ________800-894-7773 D & R Machinery________480-775-6462 Qualichem, Inc_________480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________800-367-9966 Measurement Products for In Process/First Article Inspection Roydent ____________480-607-1876 Solvents & Degreasing Agents Canyon State Oil ________800-894-7773 Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Pioneer Distributing Co. _ 602-278-2693 Qualichem, Inc_________480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________800-367-9966 Solvents:Vapor degreasing Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728

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Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. Fluid Power / Mechanical / Tool Products ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Since 1946

Brandon Anderson President MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com

DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954

1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA Made in USA

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Armor:Commercial Temtco Steel________ 480-389-2883 Armor:Military Grade Temtco Steel________ 480-389-2883 Bar: Large Diameter Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Brass Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel Company ____ 800-423-6651 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 Bronze Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 Carbon Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Fry Steel Company ____ 800-423-6651 Cast Iron Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 Stan Watkins Industrial Account Sales & Technical Support

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Canyon State Oil

(855) 400-2269 Tel

A Division of SC Fuels

(602) 369-5185 Mobile

2640 N. 31st Avenue,

(602) 269-2685 Fax

Phoenix, AZ 85009

swatkins@canyonstateoil.com

Castings Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Ceramics MarZee Inc. ________ 602-269-5801 Chrome Rod Western States Metals __801-978-0562 Cobalt United Performance Metals _ 888-282-3292 Copper Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 Western States Metals __801-978-0562 Drill Rod Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 Extrusions TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Lead Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Material Sales Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888

Metals Advanced Metal Sales___623-434-8343 Apache Steel Company __602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471 Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 State Industrial Prod ___602-275-0990 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Temtco Steel________480-389-2883 Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 TW Metals _________800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888 United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 Metals-Bar & Plate Aerodyne Ulbrich Alloys _ 800-337-3766 Apache Steel Company __602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471 Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 Temtco Steel________480-389-2883 Steel Sheet Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471 Tool Steel Apache Steel Company __602-323-2200 Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Tubing & Pipe Apache Steel Company __602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471

Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 End Mills Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Tubing:Titanium & Hastelloy Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 GASES Cylinder Storage/Microbulk Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______480-753-5000 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Purification Units Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 (CO2 and Hydrogen) Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151 Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495 Welding and Cutting Form Tools Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151 B & T Tool & Engineering 602-267-1481 TOOLING Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Boring Bars Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 B & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Inserts, Indexable Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Carbide Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 B & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Inserts, PCD/CBN Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Loose Abrasive Grains Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495 S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000 The Tool Crib _______ 602-978-3130 Reamers & Drills, PCD Cutting Tools Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 PrecisionToolholding Products Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Thread Mills Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Cutting Tools: Custom Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 B & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481 Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Tooling Columns Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495 Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335 Drills Tooling: Cutting Tools Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Custom Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 Tooling Systems Moore Tool & Equipment _ 602-455-8904 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Ellison Machinery _____480-968-5335 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330

Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495 Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322 PALLET SYSTEMS Manual & Automatic Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 Manual Lift Off Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 Manual Rotory Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 ROBOTICS Robotic Part Loading Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 PROG. SYSTEMS Business Software Infor ____________ 520-431-4349 CAD/CAM Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Cimatron _________ 248-596-9700 Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Feature Cam _______602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __480-696-6056 SolidCAM _________ 602-369-0630 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330 TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553 ERP Software Infor ____________ 520-431-4349 Software, Inv. Control Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Feature Cam _______602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __480-696-6056 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330

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Rob Schwister

Relationship Manager 480.905.2407 rschwister@alerusmail.com alerusfinancial.com

30 Years Experience MIKE SMITH 602-397-4008

amtsmike@hotmail.com mike.amts@hotmail.com

Software, NC Programming Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __ 480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __ 480-696-6056 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330 TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553 Software, Servicing Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __ 480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __ 480-696-6056 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330 TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553 Tooling Systems Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 REPAIR/DESIGN Bar Feeder Repair Edge Technologies ____ 562-597-7824 Machine Tool Design/ Engineering Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Machine Tool Rebuilding API Services ________ 757-223-4157 Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711

Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 DM Machine Repair ____ 480-709-1450 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 Setco-Pope Spindles____ 866-362-0699 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 Machine Retrofitting/CNC Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 API Services _________757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Machinery Moving Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 API Services _________757-223-4157 Maint/Repair Services Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Desert Machine Tool Repair 480-226-3128 DM Machine Repair ____ 480-709-1450 D & R Machinery _____ 480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 White’s Niche Products __ 602-290-9402

Jimmy Wahbeh

Certified Sales Professional

Celebrating three decades of “Unbeatable Service”

800-364-1652 Ext 1080 Phone 480-696-6056 Ext 1080 Email jimmyw@mlc-cad.com Fax 866-465-0652 A2Z METALWORKER SW

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Mold Repairs B&B Tool ________ 520-397-0436 Stamping Repairs B&B Tool. ________ 520-397-0436 Prev. Maint Programs Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 API Services ________ 757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Desert Machine Tool Repair 480-226-3128 DM Machine Repair ____480-709-1450 D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _____480-968-5335 Jemelco, Inc. _______480-804-9541 The Werks C&C, Inc ____602-569-1809 Repair -Hydraulic Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 The Werks C&C, Inc ____602-569-1809 Repair - Portable Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 Spindle Rebuilding API Services ________ 757-223-4157 Setco-Pope Spindles ____ 866-362-0699 GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679

Tool Repair, Coating, Treatment Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 PRODUCTS Guns Layke Tactical _______602-272-2654 SERVICES Aerospace Advocate Jill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155 AZ House of Representatives Jill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155 Banks Alerus Bank & Trust ____ 480-905-2407 National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124 Business Consulting BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Quick Turn Financial ___ 480-385-1220 Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200 Calibration: On Site Linear Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963 Calibration Services Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370 Arizona CNC Equip_____ 480-615-6353 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963 Washington Calibration__480-820-0506

p: 602-753-9155 e: jill@jillnorgaard2014.com w: www.jillnorgaard2014.com MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC. Attract. Engage. Retain.

Donovan Ray Hardenbrook Marketing Consultant don@leapinnovation.com LeapInnovation.com

DAVID MORENO BUSINESS: 915-856-7900 12025 ROJAS DR. SUITE A FAX: 915-857-4700 EL PASO, TX. 79936 CELL: 915-892-0797 www.magnumprecisionmachines.com

EMAIL: dmoreno@magnumep.com

Sheila Berru Account Executive Direct: 310 753 7104 Email:sheila.berru@infor.com Web: infor.com Infor VISUAL ERP: http://go.infor.com/visual/abouterpvisual/

Schools, Custom Training AZPMAP __________ 602-723-8191 Business insurance Ellison Machinery_____ 480-968-5335 solutions for the precision TechShop _________ 480-327-0820 manufacturing industry Schools, Membership 1-877-373-6879 businessproducts_direct@sentry.com Based Machining &Training sentry.com TechShop _________ 480-327-0820 Design Services Lean Manufacturing Calibration: Repair & Certify Schools, Your Own Machine Metalcraft Inc.________480-967-4889 ABS Quality Evaluations _702-644-2770 Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370 Shop for Hobbiests BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Electrical Installation/ Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963 TechShop _________ 480-327-0820 Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200 Maintenance Washington Calibration__ 480-820-0506 Surface Preparation Sustaining Edge Solutions___888-572-9642 Lights Out Electric ____ 623-703-2950 Computer/Web Services Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Management Systems Engineering Services Gartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121 Certification/Training Advanced Coord. Tech __ 623-780-4137 Systems Integration Consulting ABS Quality Evaluations _702-644-2770 Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5877 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 ABS Quality Evaluations _ 702-644-2770 Machine Tool Utilization Testing, Metallurgical Financial Services American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648 Tracking BMSC ____________480-445-9400 Alerus Bank & Trust ____ 480-905-2407 E Solutions ________ 602-524-0192 ARTL _____________ 602-374-3770 Metals Eng & Testing Lab.__ 602-272-4571 Advanced Custom Screens _800-992-7936 National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124 Manufacturers Rep Quality Training Consultants__928-284-0856 Quick Turn Financial __ 480-385-1738 Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110 Starrett Co __________ 978-249-3551 Rev AZ ____________602-845-1200 SBG Capital _______ 480-897-4988 Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856 Trade Show Booth Design Marketing/ Consulting Fry Fabricators _______ 602-454-0701 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 US Bank __________ 480-303-5422 Leap Innovation______ 480-235-6188 Contract Inspection Transportation Heavyhaul Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 IRH ___________ 800-334-2409 Rigging/Machinery Moving IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Lynden Intl. ________ 602-252-2911 Contract Programming Insurance Services Political Consultant Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 NFP Property & Casualty 480-458-6052 Transportation:Air/Freight/ Ellison Machinery_____ 480-968-5335 Sentry Insurance ____ 877-373-6879 Jill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155 Ground Real Estate, Commercial Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 ISO/AS9100 Consulting IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 ABS Quality Evaluations 702-644-2770 Lee & Associates _____ 602-956-7777 Lynden Intl. ________ 602-252-2911 CNC Training Recycling Adams Machinery______ 480-968-3711 BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Vision Certification Exams, Barry Metals_________602-484-7186 Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5335 Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856 Consolidated Resources Inc. 623-931-5009 Onsite Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200 Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Hollie Perlow, Nurse ____602-910-0956 Degreasing Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Sustaining Edge Solutions_ _888-572-9642 Reverse Engineering IT/ Network Support BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Working Capital, Credit Lines Gartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121 Datum Inspection ___ 602-997-1340 Quick Turn Financial ____480-385-1220 Leasing and Financing Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 SBG Capital ________ 480-897-4988 Alerus Bank & Trust ____ 480-905-2407 Metalcraft Inc. ________ 480-967-4889 US Bank __________ 480-303-5422 National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 WATER TREATMENT Quick Turn Financial ___ 480-385-1220 SYSTEMS Rigging US Bank __________ 480-303-5422 IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 A2Z METALWORKER SW

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WESTERN CAST PARTS LLC Steve Whisel

Field Sales & Engineering 9630 N Rock Ridge Trail Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 (480) 284­6618 Office (480) 250­9764 Mobile swcastings@cox.net, email

ASSEMBLY Abrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727 Acme Metalworks ______ 480-926-4171 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Cascade Systems Tech____ 503-640-5733 East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331 Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673

Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Cable/Harness Assembly Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 Cascade Systems Tech____ 503-640-5733

AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595 B&B Fabrication & Machine_ 623-271-6855 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165 Clean Room Assembly Bending: CNC Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 B&B Fabrication & Machine_ 623-271-6855 L&W Fluid ________ 602-323-2560 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 BAR CODING Western Sintering_____ 509-375-3096 BONDING VACCO Industries ______ 626-443-7121 BENDING Advanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625

BRAZING Bolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432 Thermal-Vac __________714-702-0488 Brazing: Aluminum Dip Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727 Brazing:Vacuum Bolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432 BROACHING Apache Gear, Inc _______623-934-7144 Ayers Gear & Mach ______623-934-6913 CASTINGS AATC_____________602-268-1467

Marilyn Kahler Industrial Sales Marilyn@TriFabSales.com phone: 480-607-1876 fax: 480-607-7695

Panasil Impression Material used in inspection for consistent, accurate measurements

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972 www.dolphincasting.com

mikeb@dolphincasting.com Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC ISO 9001 PED Directive 97/23/EC

ISO9001:2008

Joe Tripi President jtripi@micropulsewest.com

444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323

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Aerospace Welding and Chemical Processing

TONY MANOCCHIO PRESIDENT

3518 E. WOOD STREET • PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85040 OFFICE: (602) 437-2426 • FAX: (602) 437-2088 • CELL: (602) 810-8332 tony.manocchio@futureweld.com

Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747 May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931 Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764 Castings: Prototype AATC_____________602-268-1467 Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747 May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931 Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764 Castings: Production AATC_____________602-268-1467 Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747 May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931 Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764 COATING Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117

LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878

Lynch Brothers Mfg _____ 602-267-7575 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Treffers Precision ______ 602-744-2636 The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448 Sav-On Plating________ 602-252-4311

Coating: Black Oxide Coating: Dry Film Lube Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Coating: Cerakote Coating: Liquid Masic Industries _______ 503-232-9109 Collins Metal Finishing ___602-275-3117 Coating: Chem Film Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146 AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 Coating: Nickel/Teflon Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 FutureWeld _________ 602-437-2426 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Gold Tech Industries____ _480-968-1930 Coating: NP3 LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

Chemetall __________ 714-739-2821 Coating Technologies _____623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Powder Coating Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 AG Machining _______ 805-531-9595 Masic Industries ______ 503-232-9109 Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146 CUTTING Advanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343 bandsawparts.com ____ 800-240-2932 Echols Saw & Supply _____602-278-3918 Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514 Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748 The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448

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AERO

Craig Roth President/C.O.O.

Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc. Patrick H. Stewart II President

Bandsaw Cutting bandsawparts.com ____ 800-240-2932 Echols Saw & Supply ___ 602-278-3918 CNC Router Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Laser APMI_____________480-668-0024 Fine Line Laser Cutting ___ 602-863-3196 Tube Laser Cutting Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 DIE CASTING TVT Die Casting ________800-280-2278 Die Casting/Aluminum & Zinc TVT Die Casting ________800-280-2278 DIES Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002

Ilene Price: iprice@precise-metals.com Steve Bangerter: sbangerter@precise-metals.com 4534 N. 44th Ave, Phoenix AZ 85031 602-272-2625

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Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Precision Die & Stamp’g ___480-967-2038 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 EDM EDM: Drilling Small Hole Arizona Wire Specialists____480-829-6530 EDM Express__________800-780-7075 EDM Tech ___________602-278-6666 LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098 Sun Tech__________ 480-921-1665 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) EDM Express__________800-780-7075 EDM Tech ___________602-278-6666 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098 Quality Mold _________480-892-5480 Sun Tech__________ 480-921-1665 EDM: Dialectric Systems /Filtration Ebbco Inc __________800-809-3901

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A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly SPRINGS- STAMPINGS- MACH INED PARTS- WASHER S -WIR E FORMSFORMED TUB ING-ASSEMBLIES

3325 East Wier Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777 Aerospring1@aerospringmfg.com

Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405 EDM: Wire 3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254 WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620 Arizona Wire & Tool______480-813-1002 Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550 Arizona Wire Specialists___ 480-829-6530 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Graphite Services Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 ELECTROFORMING EDM Express_________ 800-780-7075 EDM Tech __________ 602-278-6666 VACCO Industries _______ 626-443-7121 ENGINEERING/ Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 PROGRAMMING Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet__ 714-373-0098 PGI_______________505-884-5782 Powill Manufactuing_____623-780-4100 Quality Mold__________480-892-5480 Sun Tech__________480-921-1665 Thompson Machine____505-823-1453

Profiles Tool & Engineering __480-894-1008 FAA REPAIR STATION Air Gear Industries ______602-275-7996 FABRICATION Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727 Acme Metalworks _______ 480-926-4171 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 Advanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329 Aero Tech ___________801-292-0493 Allfab Engineering ______602-437-0497 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 APMI ____________ 480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal_______ 303-427-6419 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855

Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538 BID Machine, Inc ______ 480-892-7304 CAID Industries _______ 520-294-3126 Continental Machining ___ 800-777-2483 CygnetStamping & Fab ___ 818-240-7574 Creedbilt Inc_________ 623-939-8119 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 Nelson Engineering _____ 602-273-7114 Phoenix Metalcraft _____ 602-279-4810 Plastic Eng. _________ 480-491-8100

Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037 Scriven Precision ______ 480-961-9775 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 Fabrication: Custom Metal Advanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800 Allfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497 Arrow Sheet Metal______ 303-427-6419 CygnetStamping & Fab ___ 818-240-7574 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506

Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037 Fabrication: Medium & Large Abrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 APMI______________ 480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal_______303-427-6419 Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701 Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403

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Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com

Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575 Trepanning Specialties ___ 562-633-8110 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Fabrication: Rebuild/ Large Bell Steel ___________480-833-5538 Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580 Fabrication: Sheet Metal Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 AEI Fabrication ________480-733-6594 Allfab Engineering ______602-437-0497 APMI_____________480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal_______ 303-427-6419 Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538 Capital Stainless _____ 480-967-0016 CygnetStamping & Fab ____ 818-240-7574 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129 Fine Line Fabricating _____602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701 Howell Precision________ 623-582-4776 Innovia ____________480-966-6090 Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 Phoenix Metalcraft ____ 602-279-4810

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Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Electro-Polishing Precision Metalworks _ 602-455-9575 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 Finishing: One Stop Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Finishing: Ops Cleaning TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448 Semiray Aerospace Testing __623-842-3030 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Glass Bead Clean FINISHING Polishing Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 Byington Steel Treating ____408-727-6630 Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 Coating Technologies _____623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 L A Specialties _________602-269-7612 EPSI______________714-256-8950 LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Powder Coating Southwest Powder Coating __602-272-0878 Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 Glass Bead Clean LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Sand Blasting A2Z Sandblasting _______602-716-5566 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 A2Z Sandblasting ______ 602-716-5566 Desert Fire___________ 602-268-1511 Perfection Industrial Finishing520-434-9090 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Lone Arrow __________480-507-8074 Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Gun Finishing Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 Louie’s Gun Finishing _____602-257-0530 Masic Industries _______ 503-232-9109 TVT Die Casting _______ 800-280-2278 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 Passivation Abrasive Blasting Coating Technologies _____623-581-2648 STP Performance Coating LLC_602-276-1231 AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 FutureWeld __________602-437-2426 Shot Blasting STP Performance Coating LLC 602-276-1231 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 Desert Fire___________602-268-1511 Stripping L A Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Dry Film Lubrication Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Semiray ____________ 602-275-1917 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648

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May Foundry & Machine __801-531-8931 GEAR CUTTING Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996 Apache Gear, Inc ______ 623-934-7144 Ayers Gear & Machine ___ 623-934-6913 GRINDING Semiray ____________ 602-275-1917 Southwest Powder Coating __ 602-272-0878 FIXTURES RB Machine Co, Inc ______ 602-272-6869 Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957 Hogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939 FORGINGS R&D Specialty Manco _____ 602-278-7700 Forgings:Titanium R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700 FOUNDRY AATC ______________ 602-268-1467 GAGES Design & Build Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789 Tooling Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789

Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996 Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 Arizona Wire & Tool_____ 480-813-1002 Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 ChemResearch________ 602-253-4175 East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601 EDM Express_________ 800-780-7075 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Powill Manufacturing ____ 623-780-4100 Ron Grob Co. ________ 970-667-5320

Steel Services Grinding ___ 800-662-0126 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Grinding, Blanchard Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996 Industrial Precision Grinding 310-352-4700 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Steel Services Grinding ____800-662-0126 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Grinding: Centerless Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401

Ron Grob Co. _________970-667-5320 Shaw Precision ________480-785-4925 Sun Grinding _________602-238-9595 Superior Grinding _______ 888-487-9701 Grinding, CNC/Contour Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 National Grinding & Mfg ___602-588-2869 Powill Manufacturing____623-780-4100 Superior Grinding _______ 888-487-9701 Grinding… Cylindrical Grindworks __________ 623-582-5767 Grinding… Double Disc Industrial Precision Grinding _310-352-4700 Phoenix Grinding _______ 602-437-8401 TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613 Grinding: ID/OD Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088

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3422 West Wilshire Drive Phoenix, AZ 85009

edgibson@continentalmachiningco.com www.continentalmachiningco.com

Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 Grinding:Mattison Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Grinding: OD Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Grinding: Surface Arizona Wire & Tool_____ 480-813-1002 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 Industrial Precision Grinding 310-352-4700 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620 Grinding: Tool & Cutter B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 CTE_____________800-783-2400 Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 A2Z METALWORKER SW

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GUNDRILLING Acme Metal Works ______480-926-4171 Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110 HEAT TREATING Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Controlled Thermal Tech’y _ 602-272-3714 Desert Fire___________602-268-1511 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 L A Specialties _________602-269-7612 Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac _________ 714-702-0488 Heat Treating/ Aerospace Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751 Heat Treating/ISO9001/ AS9100 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 LargeCapacityDropBottomOven/ AluminumHeatTreating Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751 HONING/LAPPING Grindworks __________623-582-5767 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Powill Manufacturing_____623-780-4100 IDENTIFICATION Labels&BarCode EPSI______________714-256-8950 Tool/PartMarking(Laser) Ace Laser ___________ 480-924-3232

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B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 TechMark __________ 480-820--9444 Silk Screen Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 INSPECTION Calibration Washington Calibration ___ 480-820-0506 Inspection, First Article Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340 Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131 Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422 Inspection Services Arizona Wire & Tool______480-813-1002 Challenger Aerospace ____ 480-894-0802 Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340 Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422 Inspection Services (NDT) Semiray Aero. Testing_____ 602-275-1917 Inspection Services,Welding Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648 BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Gladhill Assoc _________623-939-4412 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Quality Training Consultants _ 928-284-0856 ISO Registrar American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Liquid Penetrant Semiray ____________ 602-275-1917

Process Improvement/ Audit BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Quality Training Consultants _928-284-0856 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 X-Ray Semiray ____________602-275-1917 JIGS RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 MACHINING Machining: 3D 3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254 Arcas Machine Inc ___ 480-632-9414 Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace _____480-894-0802 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 Pro Precision ________ 602-353-0022 Machining: 5 Axis Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Industrial Tool Die & Eng 520-745-8771 Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673 St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Machining: Aerospace AATC ____________ 602-268-1467

Swami Subramanian

860 East 46th Street, Tucson AZ 85713 520-624-5628 • Cell 602-418-2171• Fax 520-624-5636 www.atmswiss.com • swami@atmswiss.com

NATHAN CONSULTING, LLC dba

ABSOLUTE TURNING & MACHINE

Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727 Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855 Backerworks Mfg _____505-342-2943 Cassavant Machining___602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace ____ 480-894-0802 Continental Machining __800-777-2483 Evans Precision Machining _ 623-581-6200 Excaliber___________ 623-878-6800 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 HK Machining ________602-278-6704 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 JB’s Precision ________ 623-581-9088 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 Matrix Machine ________480-966-4451 Metalcraft Inc._________480-967-4889 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Morsch Machine________480-961-7673 Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products________623-587-0335 PGI ____________ 505-884-5782 Powill Manufacturing___ 623-780-4100 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Pro Precision ________ 602-353-0022 R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 Service & Sales _______ 480-968-9084 Satowfi ____________480-374-5706

Southwest Swiss Precision __602-438-4670 St. Vrain Manufacturing____303-702-1529 Trepanning Specialties ___562-633-8110 Uni-Tek ____________602-272-2601

Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322 Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222

Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 Machining: Contract Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855 Aero Design & Mfg _____ 602-437-8080 BID Machine, Inc ______ 480-892-7304 AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329 Challenger Aerospace___ _ 480-894-0802 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601 East Valley Precision______480-288-6601 Evans Precision Machining __ 623-581-6200 Evans Precision Machining _ 623-581-6200 Fives _____________909-263-9282 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services__________480-396-1800 GHT Services__________480-396-1800 Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283 Glover Precision, Inc. ____480-464-0150 Group Mfg Serv._______ 480-966-3952 HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704 HK Machining _______ 602-278-6704 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 Hogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939 Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 JC Machine & Motorsports __602-790-2207 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 JB’s Precision ________ 623-581-9088 McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388 JC Machine & Motorsports __ 602-790-2207 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 TVT Die Casting _______ 800-280-2278 L&W Machine Co _____ 602-323-2560 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654 Machining: CNC Metalcraft Inc._________480-967-4889 3D Machine LLC______480-239-8254 Matrix Machine _______ 480-966-4451 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388 Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Absolute Turning and Machine 520-624-5628 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___ 714-373-0098

Morsch Machine________ 480-961-7673 Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products________623-587-0335 PGI ______________505-884-5782 PMBC ___________ _602-431-8131 Powill Manufacturing____ 623-780-4100 Precise Metal Products ____602-272-2625 Profiles Tool & Engineering __480-894-1008 Pro Precision _________602-353-0022 Quality Mold _______ 480-892-5480 R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries ________623-780-4993 Satowfi ____________ 480-374-5706 St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529 Toolcraft of Phoenix____623-435-5405 Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg__________ 480-966-7376 WC Machine & Tool ______480-507-4620 Wire-Tech___________480-966-1591 Wrico _____________480-892-7800 X5 Manufacturing____ ___602-454-7385 Machining Composites Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 Machining: Large Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322 Backerworks Mfg _____ 505-342-2943 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 Empire Precision Mach.___480-633-4580 HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 Mach:Turning CNC 3D Machine LLC_______480-239-8254 Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800

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AATC_____________602-268-1467 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727 Absolute Turning & Machine _ 520-624-5628 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 Alpha Machine ________ 602-437-0322 Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 Auer Precision _________ 480-834-4637 AzMark __________ 480-926-8969 Backerworks Mfg _____ 505-342-2943 BID Machine, Inc _______480-892-7304 Cassavant Machining___ 602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision Mach’g _ 623-581-6200 Fives _____________909-263-9282 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 Glover Precision , Inc. _____ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___ 520-889-8325 HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 JB’s Precision _______ 623-581-9088 JC Machine & Motorsports __ 602-790-2207 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine __________ 801-782-4403 Jemelco, Inc. ________480-804-9541 JWB Manufacturing ______ 480-967-4600 LAYKE, Inc. ________ 602-272-2654 Lynch Brothers Mfg ______ 602-267-7575 Matrix Machine______ 480-966-4451 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995 Metalcraft Inc._________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine________ 480-961-7673 Nelson Engineering ___ 602-273-7114 Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335 Machining Plastic Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 PGI _____________ 505-884-5782 Powill Mfg ___________ 623-780-4100 Machining Precision 3D Machine LLC______ 480-239-8254 Pro Precision _________602-353-0022

Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322 Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 Cassavant Machining___ 602-437-4005 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601 EDM Express__________ 800-780-7075 Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services__________480-396-1800 Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325 Hogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 JC Machine & Motorsports __ 602-790-2207 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 McFarland Machine & Eng __ 480-966-1388 Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673 Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 PGI ______________505-884-5782 Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575 Profiles Tool & Engineering __480-894-1008 Rentzel Tool Compnay ____480-832-0700 RMSS _____________623-780-5904 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 RPM Industries ________623-780-4993 St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529 Stewart Precision Mfg _____623-492-9400 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376 Metalcraft Inc._________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine________ 480-961-7673 St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529 Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601

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Quality Mold ______ 480-892-5480 R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 RMSS_____________623-780-5904 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 Satowfi ___________ 480-374-5706 Service & Sales _____ 480-968-9084 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Sun Tech_________ 480-921-1665 Toolcraft of Phoenix __ 623-435-5405 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376 WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Wire-Tech _________480-966-1591 Machining: Production GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165 Machining: Prototype A A T C ____________602-268-1467 Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800 Alpha Machine _______ 602-437-0322 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 Arcas Machine Inc ___ 480-632-9414 Backerworks Mfg ____ 505-342-2943 Bar-S Machine ______928-636-2115 BID Machine, Inc ______480-892-7304 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision _____ 623-581-6200 Exactitude Precision_____ 602-316-6957 Flex-Pro __________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 Glover Precision, Inc. ___ 480-464-0150 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939

HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 PGI_______________505-884-5782 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 Pro Precision _______ 602-353-00220 R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 RMSS ___________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376 Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591 Machining: Quick Turn Flex-Pro __________ 623-581-0551 HK Machining _______ 602-278-6704 JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 RMSS_____________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 Machining: Milling 3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800 AG Machining ________805-531-9595 Anewco ___________520-751-1222 Bar-S Machine _____ 928-636-2115

Office: 480.306.7748 4221 E. Raymond Str. Fax: 480.306.7769 Suite #103 Info@swwj-laser.com Phoenix, AZ 85040

www.swwj-laser.com Dennis Reynolds

PH 602-863-3196 17464 N. 25th Ave. Ste B1 Phoenix, AZ 85023 DR@finelinefabricating.com

Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802 EDM Express_________ 800-780-7075 Exactitude Precision______602-316-6957 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Flex-Pro ___________623-581-0551 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 Glover Precision, Inc. ___ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Morsch Machine________480-961-7673 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591 Machining: Semiconductor KLK Ind. ____________602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Satowfi ___________ 480-374-5706 Machining: Swiss Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628 Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005 HPMP _____________801-619-9850 Ron Grob __________ 970-667-5320 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 Machining: Ultra-Precision Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593

Machining:Turning: Automatic Absolute Turning and Machine520-624-5628 American Prec. Machine___ 602-269-6298 Ayers Gear & Mach ____ 623-934-6913 AzMark __________ 480-926-8969 Challenger Aerospace __ 480-894-0802 EDM Express_________ 800-780-7075 Evans Precision Mach’g__ 623-581-6200 HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850 JB’s Precision Ind _____ 623-581-9088 LAYKE, Inc. ________ 602-272-2654 Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451 Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995 PGI _____________505-884-5782 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 MACHINING: LASER Laser Cutting Ace Laser ___________480-924-3232 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Allfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497 Fine Line Laser Cutting 602-863-3196 Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776 KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037 Research Engineering Dev 602-484-8982 Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748 The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448 TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448 Tube Service Company __602-267-9865 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Laser Cutting:Rotary Axis K-zell Metals, Inc. ____ 602-232-5882 Laser Engraving & Etching Ace Laser ____________480-924-3232 TechMark ___________480-820--9444 Laser Marking Ace Laser ____________480-924-3232 TechMark ___________480-820--9444 MANUFACTURING Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727 Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493 APMI __ ___________ 480-668-0024 B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855 Cascade Systems Tech_____ 503-640-5733 Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119 Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957 Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___ 520-889-8325 Howell Precision________ 623-582-4776 Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 PMBC ____________ 602-431-8131 Precision Metal Products_ 408-699-5037 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Scriven Precision _______480-961-9775 Manufacturing: Cable Assemblies Cascade Systems Tech_____ 503-640-5733 Manufacturing: PC Boards Cascade Systems Tech 503-640-5733 Manufacturing: Electrode Wire-Tech ___________ 480-966-1591 Mfg: PhotoChemical Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493 Etching Fabrication Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493 METAL FORMING Allfab Engineering ______ 602-437-0497 B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855 Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119 Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701 TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448 Tri-Matrix ___________ 480-844-0165

METAL STAMPING High Production Precision Stamping Precision Die & Stamping__ 480-967-2038 Thompson Machine____505-823-1453 METALIZING Bolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432 MOLDING: RUBBER Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 MOLDS PMBC ____________ 602-431-8131 JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480 Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405 Molds: Construction JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 Molds: Plastic Injection Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591 Molds: Rubber Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405 Molds: Steel Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 PAINTING AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 Painting& Blast Booths AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 Phosphate Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Powder Coating AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 LA Specialties _________602-269-7612 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 Wet Paint/CARC AP Industrial _________480-968-1947

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BOB HUDZIK

E.D.M. Specialists Precision Machining

SUN TECH Since 1980 1930 E. 3rd St., #13 Tempe, AZ 85281

& ENG.

(480) 921-1665 Cell: (480) 215-7144 suntech@suntecheng.net

AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF Founder / CEO

TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL

480.733.6594 480.733.6596 Ron@AEIFab.com www.AEIFab.com 1113 W. Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210

6532 W Flint St. Ste. 1 Chandler, AZ 85226

Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Sandblast/Automated STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 Screenprinting & Pad Printing AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 PLATING Arizona Hard Chrome _____602-278-8671 ChemResearch_________602-253-4175 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I. ____________ 714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 L A Specialties _________602-269-7612 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Precious Metal Plating ____800-481-6271 Precision Metalworks __602-455-9575 Sav-On Plating_________602-252-4311 Anodizing Chemetall __________714-739-2821 ChemResearch_________602-253-4175 A2Z METALWORKER SW

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Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 FutureWeld __________602-437-2426 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146 Brass Plating Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 Bronze Plating Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 Copper Foresight Finishing ______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Electroless Nickel Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Embrittlement Relief E.P.S.I. _____________714-256-8950 Gold E.P.S.I. _____________714-256-8950 Foresight Finishing ______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930

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Nickel/ Chrome/Palladium Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950 Foresight Finishing ______ 480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930 LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 Silver Plating E.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930 Tin: Bright Foresight Finishing ______ 480-921-0000 Tin: Matte Gold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930 Tin / Zinc Plate Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 POLISHING Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 L A Specialties_________602-269-7612 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 PRODUCT DESIGN Design and Modeling Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 PROCESSING: CHEMICAL LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612

PRODUCTION Challenger Aerospace _____480-894-0802 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 PUNCHING Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388 Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 Phoenix Metalcraft ____ 602-279-4810 Precision Metalworks __602-455-9575 Precision Metal Products_ 408-699-5037 Tri-Matrix ___________480-844-0165 WC Machine & Tool_ ____ 480-507-4620 X5 Manufacturing _______602-454-7385 ROLLING AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595

SAW CUTTING Industrial Precision Grinding _310-352-4700 SINTERING Western Sintering______509-375-3096 SPINNING: Metal Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 SPLINES Apache Gear, Inc ______ 623-934-7144 SPRAY: METAL, PLASMA Bolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432 Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580 SPRINGS Flat and Wire Springs AERO Spring & Mfg Co ___ 602-243-4329

SPRINGWORKS Utah ____ 801-298-0113 Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165 STAMPING AERO Spring & Mfg Co ___ 602-243-4329 Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637 CygnetStamping & Fab ____818-240-7574 Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283 Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Die & Stamping__ 480-967-2038 Scriven Precision ______ 480-961-9775 Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550 Wrico_____________480-892-7800 Precision Metal Forming SPRINGWORKS Utah _____801-298-0113 Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Stamping: Aerospace Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Stamping: Bending Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Stamping: Deep Draw Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Stamping Design Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Stamping Flat Forming Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Stamping: Light Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Stamping: Precision Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 TAPPING Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283 Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514 TESTING Testing: Flow /Target Semiray Aero. Testing____ 623-842-3030 Testing: Non-Dest/ Pressure Chemetall __________714-739-2821 FutureWeld _________ 602-437-2426

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Klontech Indus. Sales......................81 K-Zell Metals, Inc.............................92 Kurt Manufacturing Co...................86 Kwik Mark Inc..................................82 L&W Machine Co. ...........................95 LA Specialties............................. 46,95 Layke Inc ..........................................91 Layke Tactical ................................. 89 Leap Innovation.............................. 89 Lights Out Electric...........................88 Lone Arrow ......................................84 Louie’s Black Oxide...................92,94 Louie’s Gun Finishing......................94 Lynch Brothers.................................94 Lynden Intl. ..................................... 90 Machinery Sales.............................. 83 Magnum Prec.............19,79,81-83,89 Makino ........................................21,81 Marshall Tool & Supply ..................87 MarZee................................54,93,101 Masic Industries ..............................95 Mario Pinto ......................................88 Matrix Machine ..........................90,91 May Foundry....................................93 McFarland Machine.........................97 Mesa Machinery........................55,83 Metalcraft Inc...................................95 Metal Finishing Systems................ 29 Metal Processing Intl.......................97 Metals Eng & Testing Labs.............88 Methods West.................................83 Micro-Tronics ..................................91 Micro 100................................... 30,86 Micropulse West............................ 90 Midaco Corp....................................91 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet..............91 MLC CAD Systems......... 1,6,32-33,88 Moore Tool & Equip.......................83 Morsch Machine............................. 90 National Bank of Arizona............... 89 National Grinding & Mfg. ...............93 Nelson Engineering...................75,92 NFP Property & Casualty.................88 Nichols Precision.............................97 North-South ...............................29,84 OGP...................................................82 Omax ..........................................65,83 ONA EDM USA.................................82 Orion Registrar................................95 Osborn Products .......................91,93 Pacific Metal Stampings..................97 Perfection Industrial Finishing.......98 PGI.....................................................95 Phoenix Grinding.............................91 Phoenix Heat Treat .........................94 Phoenix Metal Fin. & Polishing....... 94 Phoenix Metalcraft......................... 99 Pilkington Metal Finishing........... 100 Pioneer Distributing Co..................91 Powill Mfg ........................................94 Precious Metal Plating. ...................95 Precise Metal Products ...................92 Precise Measurements LLC.............88 Precision Die & Stamping............. .90 Precision Industrial Painting...........91 Pro Precision ...............................58,93 Profiles Tool & Eng..........................92 QS Machinery...................................82 Qualichem, Inc..................................85 Quality Improvement Consulting...89 Quality Mold.....................................93 Quick Turn Financial........................89 R&D Specialty Manco......................96 RB Machine.....................................100 Reliance Metal Center......................87 Rentzel Tool Co................................98 Research Engineering Dev.....................91 Resell CNC West.........................41,83 Rev AZ..........................................55,89 RMSS.................................................98 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...........82 Roentgen USA..................................82 Ron Grob .........................................96 Royal Products............................76,83 Roydent............................................90

RPM Industries.................................96 R.S. Hughes.......................................84 S&S Machinery Sales........................83 S L Fusco............................................85 Samuel, Son & Co....................... 35,85 Sandvik Coromant...................... 85,89 Satowfi ..............................................96 Sav-On Plating...................................98 Savage Machine ......................... 58,82 Sawblade.com ................................103 SBG Capital........................................87 Scientific Cutting Tools...............34,87 Scriven Precision Fab. ......................90 Semiray ....................................... 64,96 Sentry Insurance...............................89 Service & Sales............................... 100 Setco Spindles & Slides ...................86 Shaw Precision Grind’g....................92 Southwest Powder...........................94 SolidProducts.............................. 44,88 Sonic Tool & Gage............................94 Southwest Electronic Hardware.........84 Southwest Powder...........................94 Southwest Swiss Precision..............96 Southwest Waterjet-Laser...............99 Spectrum Aerospace........................98 SPRINGWORKS Utah..................... 100 St Vrain..............................................97 Star Metal Fluids......... 13,84,85,87,88 Starrett ..............................................82 State Technology..............................85 Steel Services Grind’g..................74,91 Stewart Precision Manufacturing.........92 Streaming Teacher...................................23 Sun Grinding............................... 38,93 Sun Tech......................................... 100 Superior Grinding....................... 40,94 Sustaining Edge Solutions..........12,87 TCI Precision Metals................... 71,85 TMM Precision............................ 90,93 T.S.M. Mach. ...............................39,81 TechMark ..........................................93 TechShop ..........................................89 Temtco Steel.....................................85 The Metal Man............................ 90,93 The Werks C&C ................................86 Thermal-Vac......................................97 Thompson Machine.........................92 TMI (GibbsCAM) ...............................88 Toolcraft of Phoenix.........................96 Tornquist Machinery........................82 Total Quality Sys...............................85 Trepanning Specialties.....................98 Treske Precision ...............................75 Triad...................................................59 Tri-Matrix...........................................99 Trusty-Cook ................................ 27,83 Tube Service .....................................85 TVT Die Casting.......................... 46,93 TW Metals.........................................86 U S Shop Tools ........................... 43,84 Ulbrich of CA............................... 67,85 United Performance Metals..........54,84 Universal Laser Systems Inc ................82 Uni-Tek..............................................95 US Bank....................................... 44,89 US Carbide Tool ..........................56,57 Vacco Industries ...............................91 Val-Tech Mfg.....................................92 Verisurf..............................................83 VonRuden ................................... 86,88 Warp Offroad...............................50-51 Washington Cal. ........................94 WC Machine & Tool.........................92 Weiser/Mile High Precision .............93 Western Cast Parts...........................90 Western Sintering Co.................... 100 Western States Metal................. 78,88 White’s Niche Products....................83 Whitley Machine ........................93 Wire-Tech..........................................92 Wohlhaupter.....................................84 Wrico........................................... 66,92 X5.......................................................93 Yamazen USA...............................25,81

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