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“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” Sam Walton As we enter a new year, there is no better time than now to consider ways we can improve our business, our department, or our work team. One of the most important areas to look for continuous improvement is to look at how we can better serve our customers. Customer acquisition and customer retention are two metrics used to monetize customers.We often hear that it costs 5-7X more to gain a new customer versus retaining a current customer.Whether this range of numbers applies to your business, you can argue, but I think we all agree that it is indeed beneficial to retain customers. Quality, Customer Service and Price are all necessary baseline metrics, but there are always things we can do above and beyond that will make our business just a better place to go to than others.

Here are just a few suggestions to consider as we think of this year as a time to grow our relationship with customers.

Reach out to tell them how you’ve implemented their suggestions. There is no better way to communicate with a customer than to show them you were listening. You want customers to feel like they have an open line of communication to you at all times — whether that’s for praise, complaints, or requests.

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Published by: A2Z Manufacturing

PUBLISHER/EDITOR Linda Daly linda@a2zMANUFACTURING.com

Go old school and handwrite a note to thank your customers. It’s surprising how rarely this proven way of showing gratitude is actually used. Can you remember the last time you received a handwritten thank you card? You’ll make your customer’s day—everyone loves receiving real mail!

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Make every effort to say thanks by sending business to your customers. Look for opportunities to refer them to other clients or link them into your network.You can also thank them with web traffic; link to their business on your website, including enthusiastic comments and your own testimonial, if applicable.

And while retaining customers is what we strive to do, there are times when it is appropriate to ‘fire your customers’. The idea of firing customers might sound like a sacrilege. But when they abuse your employees, refuse to pay their bills, and generally take advantage of your business, you’re probably better off without them.Your people are one of your most valuable assets, and customers who make their lives miserable are just not good for your business.

On another subject, just before Christmas the manufacturing industry received a beautiful present!

The Tax Section 179 and Bonus Depreciation were made permanent!

While a strong dollar may have been a reason manufacturing equipment sales slumped in 2015, another factor was uncertainty over a popular tax rule that allowed significant write-offs for equipment purchases. Called Section 179, the measure played a big role in equipment buying decisions through 2013, but starting in 2014 when the tax provision expired, uncertainty appeared.

For manufacturers who delayed equipment purchases when times were lean, the 2015 retroactive nature of this tax move is good news for those that finally did buy equipment this year when their business rebounded. And if you’re in a holding pattern, at least now you know when financial times do improve this enhanced Section 179 provision will be there waiting for you to take advantage of it for your operation.

Until next issue, I wish you a fabulous NewYear and God Bless our Troops!

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CONTRIBUTORS Kim Carpenter Takashi Sato Gene Wirth Hugh Taylor Kate Carpenter

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Announcements & Releases Nelson Eng ineer ing Named Honeywell’s Supplier Of The Year For 2015 Last quarter, Nelson Engineering was named Honeywell’s Supplier of the Year for 2015. This acknowledgment was in response to our exceptional quality and delivery metrics combined with our ability to react to several critical need situations during the past year. Out of over 1900 Honeywell suppliers including large, multi-national corporations, we were one of two that received recognition. Nelson Engineering would like to thank our employees and vendors for making this achievement possible.

Visit nelsonengineering.com to learn more about how Nelson Engineering can help you with your manufacturing needs.

Arizona Commerce Authority Announces Finalists in the Fall 2015 Arizona Innovation Challenge The Fall 2015 round of the Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC) continues as the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced 10 finalists in its bi-annual business plan competition.

The ACA provides $3 million in grants annually – $1.5 million in the spring and $1.5 SolarThermiX Co-Founders million in the fall – to the most Michael Daly and Michael qualified, innovative startups Corridan and early-stage companies. Up to $250,000 is granted to each recipient to commercialize their technologies and grow their businesses. Grant money is provided only as each company reaches specific business milestones during a 12-month period.

“Startups and small businesses are critical to Arizona’s economy, and we value the opportunity to help them grow through programs such as the Arizona Innovation Challenge.” said Sandra Watson, Arizona Commerce Authority President and CEO. “These finalist companies are excellent examples of the incredible innovation occurring in Arizona, and we wish them all the best of luck in the last round of competition.”

The 10 Fall 2015 Arizona Innovation Challenge Finalists are as follows: COMPANY Allbound Beacon Biomedical BeckonCall ClearVoice A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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A panel of expert judges evaluated 131 applications for the Fall 2015 AIC submitted by companies based in Arizona, California, Ohio, Utah and Virginia.The judges assessed each application on a set of criteria including technology potential, marketing strategy, quality of management team and economic impact. In October 2015, a total of 25 semifinalists were named in this round.

Every applying company that meets the AIC’s eligibility requirements receives constructive feedback generated from the rigorous online evaluation and scoring process. All 25 semifinalists are considered for participation inVenture Ready, the ACA’s mentor program that connects early stage companies with high-level CEOs to further refine business plans and investor pitches.

The ACA will name its Fall 2015 Arizona Innovation Challenge winning companies later this month.

Haas Factory 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.

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

Mill training class – January 11th – January 13th 2016 Lathe training class – February 22nd – February 24th 2016 Training is held at Haas Factory Outlet- Phoenix, a Division of Ellison Machinery, located at 1610 S Priest Drive, Tempe, AZ. To register or for additional information, call 480-968-5877 or visit ellisonaz.com

EdgeTechnologies Introduces New Economically Priced Scout 320 Magazine Bar Feeder The Scout 320 is the newest and most economically priced Edge brand magazine bar feeder for feeding round, square and hexagonal bar stock in a diameter range of 3-20mm and lengths up to 12’ into CNC lathes.

It features robust construction with heavy gauge structural steel that ensures rigidity and long term durability.A two-pusher system drastically reduces the overall length of the unit by as much as 4 feet. A short pusher pre-feeds the bar then retracts, then a second full-length pusher lowers Announcements Continued Page 7

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The Scout 320’s double pusher system is propelled by a toothed belt for accuracy, as well as smooth quiet running.

As a standard feature on the Scout 320, the synchronization device for Swiss style lathes employs an electro-magnetic coupling, mechanically linking the lathes headstock’s z-axis travel to the bar feeder’s pusher to ensure synchronous movement and no loss of connection between the bar stock and pusher collet.

Dual anti-vibration devices stabilize the bar stock at two critical points between the guide channel and lathe spindle maximizing RPM potential. Its adjustable roller design provides superior support and easy set-up of all bar diameters without the cost of multiple bearing blocks.

The Scout features a 3-20 mm bar diameter capacity with hydrodynamic quick-change polyurethane guide channels. An extruded aluminum case surrounds the Scout’s polyurethane guide channels, increasing strength and stability. The channel is flooded with oil to create a hydrodynamic effect to support the rotating bar resulting in the ability to run at higher RPM with reduced noise and vibration. The top guide channel is profiled for all bar stock sizes.The “U” shaped bottom guide channel sections slide easily out of their base. To make the change for a new channel size, a new section is inserted, a screw is tightened and the Scout is ready to run a new bar stock diameter.

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The Scout 320 features the convenience of an easy-to-use remote control pendant with a Mitsubishi control and servo drive that provides the Scout’s motion control and functionality. Functions include: manual and automatic operation, manual load/unload of bar stock for set-up and/or change over, movement of bar pusher, and the emergency stop.

The control is easy to program, yet flexible enough for all applications.

Parameters are set through simple F functions.Alarms are well defined and displayed on the operator control panel; panel swings out for ease of use.

At their national technical center headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Edge Technologies not only stocks bar feeders, but provides full-service technical support, service in the field, and order desk capabilities for their stock of parts and accessories. Installations and training round out Edge Technologies’ offerings.

Edge Technologies has extensive experience and a history of success and innovation demonstrated by 25 years providing bar feeder and lathe automation solutions, including over 10,000 successful installations of

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Sandvik Coromant Launches A New Series Of End Mills That Deliver High Performance And Security In Side And Pocket Milling Operations The CoroMill® Plura HFS (high feed side milling) end mills are developed for steel and stainless steel applications, but they can also enhance productivity in difficult-to-machine materials such as heat-resistant super alloys (HRSAs) and titanium.

Today’s modern shops utilize the latest milling strategies, such as trochoidal milling, to enhance productivity and process reliability. Often generated with CAM software, tool paths for this type of milling provide a constant maximum chip thickness and short arc of contact offering Announcements Continued Page 10 A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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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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The grade for the CoroMill Plura HFS is the tough GC1740 which was developed to resist bending forces generated when using a 4xDC length of cut. This is especially needed when the component has a large depth of cut and cutting width. Furthermore, Sandvik Coromant’s Tailor Made offer includes CoroMill® Plural end mills for manufacturers or machine shops needing a 5xDC length of cut. For more information, go to www.sandvik.coromant.com/en-us/products/news/Pages/default. aspx#new-milling-tools.

Best-Selling EC-1600 HMC Upgrade Boost The highly popular Haas EC-1600 Series HMCs are rugged 50-taper horizontal machining centers with large work cubes, and a maximum part capacity of 10,000 lb. The EC-1600ZT adds 8” of Z-axis travel to accommodate larger parts and longer tools. Both models are available with an integrated 4th-axis rotary platter.

Shop-proven and affordable, the EC-1600 HMCs have a dedicated following, and are prized by shops handling larger work. They’ve also undergone a complete overhaul in the past half-year, and are now faster and more reliable machines, with the same work envelopes.

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Designed with these strategies in mind, the CoroMill Plura HFS utilizes the complete cutting length of the end mill and achieves a higher metal removal rate with smaller diameters compared to indexable milling and traditional milling strategies.The result is lower tools costs and improved overall productivity.

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The tool changer was totally redesigned, and is now 20% faster and a lot more robust. The X/Z base casting now has a more solid integrated design, and – following the lead of the other Haas machines – all air and lubrication systems have been consolidated into one module. The EC-1600s also have a host of new standard features for easier operation and higher productivity.

Using Finite Element Analysis, Haas engineers optimized the EC-1600 design to get the structure just right. The result is a leaner machine that’s more rigid, and cuts far better than its predecessor.

Mazak Broadens Management Team as Part of Aggressive Business Plans Over the past few years, Mazak Corporation has aggressively mapped out long-term structural changes for its Kentucky-based operations to ensure continued business stability and future company growth. Among the various forward-thinking strategies the machine tool builder has already put into place are the complete digital integration of its factory and, most recently, adding a new executive vice president to its leadership team.

Since opening its factory doors in 1974, Mazak has continuously evolved and grown its Kentucky operations to be able to quickly adapt to market changes as well as push the envelope in developing new products and services that advance beyond the competition. As a result, the company Announcements Continued Page 12

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As today’s manufacturing landscape evolves at a faster, more dynamic pace than ever before, Mazak continues to lead the way by, once again, aligning its business strategy with the modern landscape.

And, to help the company continue down its successful path, Mazak Corporation President Brian Papke expanded his leadership team with the appointment of Daniel Janka to the position of executive vice president.

Following a thorough search, Papke hand selected Janka who will officially begin his new post on January 1, 2016. Under Papke’s direction, Janka will be responsible for the company’s North American operations, which includes providing strategic leadership and performance management of the company’s short and longterm goals.

According to Papke, Janka is a perfect fit for the role in that his experience as an accomplished, results-driven leader perfectly aligns with Mazak’s aggressive growth strategy. Overall, he has more than 30 years of machine tool experience, working with companies across a variety of manufacturing segments, including aerospace, oil and gas, automotive and mining equipment. He also comes to Mazak with extensive international business development experience as well as merger, acquisition and joint venture expertise.

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Papke also noted that as smart machines, software analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things give rise to a new generation of innovative technologies and advanced manufacturing practices, Janka’s extensive experience in product development and technology platform enhancements will add a new perspective to the company.

Most recently, Janka served as the president and CEO of Fives Machining Systems, an industrial engineering group based in Hebron, Kentucky. Prior to Fives, he spent eight years at MAG Industrial Systems serving in a presidential capacity. Throughout his tenure with MAG, he led four different areas of the company to success.

Additionally, Janka has been involved with several manufacturingrelated associations and committees. Currently, he is an active member of the National Association for Manufacturing as well as the National Tooling and Manufacturing Association. He also served as chairman for the Association for Manufacturing Technology from 2009 to 2010 and was involved with the U.S. Manufacturing Revitalization Task Force Board in 2010.

Janka holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and technology from Southern Illinois University, an associate’s degree in mechanical technology from Illinois Community College and has completed post-graduate coursework in finance and economics at the University of Cincinnati.

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Lynch Brothers Manufacturing Integrates Aerospace Heat Treating Of Aluminum Components As A Key Part Of Their Business Strategy Lynch Brothers Manufacturing (LBM) has procured and installed a Delta H Technologies Model DCAHT dual chamber oven system designed specifically for performing a wide variety of Aerospace Aluminum heat treating applications. Previously all of their aluminum heat treating was purchased from outside suppliers which added up to 3 weeks in lead time.

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heat treating as an individual service, not just on the components we currently manufacture.”

LBM is Nadcap certified for aluminum heat treating and has also received customer approvals as well.The Model DCAHT system is fully compliant to AMS-2750E (pyrometry), and will solution heat treat, anneal, and age (precipitation hardening) aluminum components. With a chamber size of 24 inches wide by 16 inches high and 48 inches long, there is room to heat treat very large aluminum parts.

Because of the limited options in Phoenix, LBM represents a significant addition of capacity for the heat treating of aerospace aluminum components. The cost of the machine, installation, training, and Nadcap certification represent an investment in the diversification of LBM, one that is expected to pay off over time as the company continues to grow their business and expand their market.

Lynch Brothers Manufacturing is an ISO9001/ AS9100 certified supplier to the Aerospace Industry focusing on CNC machining, sheet metal and tubing fabrication, welding, and heat treating. Located in central Phoenix, LBM has been in business since 1967.

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GMN Releases A New Range Of High-Speed Spindles GMN, a world leader in spindle development has released a new range of high-speed spindles with highly efficient hydroviscous damping. The innovative product successfully reduces natural vibrations by up to 65% in comparison with standard spindles. This makes for more cost effective workpiece machining, since components can be worked consistently with greater cutting depths and therefore higher material removal rates. Improved surface quality can be obtained throughout the machining process whether rough or finish machining.

The new high-speed spindles are independently driven by their own small, energy-saving Announcements Continued Page 16

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In addition, the bearing preload of the spindle can be controlled via the oil pressure. Through this process, the rigidity of the spindle can be modified and therefore its behavior optimized depending on the machine task, speed and tool. Increased preload can, for example, be used to significantly improve spindle performance at lower speeds.

in the ME program at WIT that she took her first manufacturing class, which became the catalyst that led her to more manufacturing classes, hands-on labs and a co-op job in her home state of New Jersey, where she worked for a small machine shop. In addition, during her time at WIT she became involved with the local SME Student Chapter at Wentworth and was a committee officer and also chair.

The new spindle models with hydroviscous damping are available for machining centers for use in milling and drilling operations as well as grinding machines. Since they are structurally identical to the standard models, they can easily be retrofitted to existing machines.

“As with all of the 30 Under 30 winners, Brittany Speroni is an inspiration to the future manufacturing workforce. Her work teaching problem-based learning through projects with Methods Machine Tools and the Wentworth Institute of Technology students helps the future workforce lessen the learning curve between college and working in industry,” said Dolores Nixon, industry professional from SME.

For more information, please contact GMN USA at 800-686-1679.

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It was through a student group visit to an open house at Methods prior to graduating that led Ms. Speroni to her first and current position at Methods in 2012, working in the automation department designing robot end of arm tools, in addition to quoting and managing projects.

Her love of engineering has inspired her to expose STEM to young women and she has spoken to a local Girl Scout chapter in her home state of New Jersey, and also at an event held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) called, “Geek is Glam,” which was for girls in grades 4-8. She not only spoke to the girls at the event, but also involved the girls in a small hands-on demonstration. One girl who she assisted at the event was so motivated she went on to enter a biotechnology program and joined a STEM club. “It proved to me how important it is to talk Announcements Continued Page 18

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Announcements & Releases Continued to these girls at a young age because it can really make a difference in their future. They are also the ones who are going to impact our world and we need to make sure they realize how important their contribution will be to manufacturing,” Ms. Speroni said.

For more information about Methods contact, TEL: (978) 443-5388, FAX: (978) 440-9405, or visit their website at www.methodsmachine. com.

AzPMAP Corner As we come to the end of 2015 I want to thank those companies and apprentices that are AzPMAP. These companies are providing AzPMAP qualified apprentices the opportunity to do their apprenticeship at their company. It is very important that the manufacturing community recognize the need to train and educate our workforce of the future.

Thank you to the Gene Haas Foundation for providing scholarship funds in 2014 and 2015. Thank you to the educational institutions, Gateway Community College, Maricopa Skills Center, Mesa Community College,West-Mec for offering manufacturing programs.

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As we move forward to a new year I am looking for additional companies to join AzPMAP and hire an apprentice. In my years of being in the Manufacturing Industry I learned one person cannot make a difference it takes a team. Join AzPMAP. Apprentices pictured attending the Mesa High School District Job Fair recently to assist in recruiting candidates to AzPMAP are: left to right, Gunnar Richardson, Empire Machinery, Austin Nagel, Auer Precision, Markus Gonzales, Modern Industries, Maxine Jones (AzPMAP Executive Director) Zeke Vincent, Modern Industries and Mark Lashinske (AzPMAP President).

For more information about AzPMAP, contact Maxine Jones; Executive Director; mjones@azpmap; 602-723-8191

Okuma’s Manufacturing Excellence and Technology Showcase Events Highlight Emerging CNC Machining Technologies Okuma America Corporation, a world-leader in CNC machine tool manufacturing, hosted more than 600 customers, partners and distributors at its Manufacturing Excellence and Technology Showcase events, December 8-10, 2015.The three-day event, held at Okuma America’s headquarters and Aerospace Center for Excellence, Announcements Continued Page20

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See What AMBA Members That Use Cimatron Say: “Our efficiency has been increasing incredibly. I know it has impacted our bottom line. We can take on more business, because we are not spending as much time in design. The flow from design to manufacturing is much smoother, shortening our delivery dates, making us more efficient and improving quality.”

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Demonstrations featured exotic material cutting - such as Inconel and titanium – as well as stainless steel and aluminum. The demos were relevant to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, construction/farming (heavy equipment), die/mold, firearms/munitions, medical, oil/ energy, and general job shops.

Members of Partners inTHINC demonstrated how peripheral equipment such as tooling, gaging, workholding and automation can be integrated with Okuma technology to increase productivity.

“Cimatron has really helped us stay ahead of the curve when it comes to creating more sophisticated molds, such as those required for products with blended curves. Without Cimatron in place, designing and producing such goods would be nearly impossible.”

Thomas LaMarca, Jr., Owner, L&Z Tool and Engineering

Keynote speaker, Robert Mudge from RPM Innovations, discussed laser deposition technology (LDT) and how a work cell that combines additive and subtractive technologies has the potential to increase productivity and quality.

“We believe one of the things that sets LS Mold apart from other shops is our Cimatron CAD/CAM capabilities. Cimatron really listened to our needs and it shows in how they implement our requirements in the software. The modeling package is first rate. It particularly shines in electrode creation. Customer support from Cimatron is outstanding.”

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Attendees were able to see more than 20 CNC machines cutting parts including a titanium engine case and a bladed rotor, stainless steel shaft and a turbine blade, and an aluminum rocker arm and bracket hinge.

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Announcements & Releases Continued highlighted emerging CNC machining technologies with a special concentration on aerospace manufacturing. Attendees came from Canada, Mexico and from 28 states in the U.S. to learn about cryogenic machining, IIoT, additive manufacturing and many other leading-edge Cimetron_CCI.indd 1 1/16/13 10:45 AM technologies.

The event included a wide array of learning sessions and featured machine demos from top CNC machining experts. Attendees learned how to apply emerging technologies such as ecofriendly cryogenics from 5ME and additive manufacturing from RPM Innovations to improve productivity and increase profitability. An overflow audience attended a session about the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), which demonstrated how connectivity in the shop can reveal comprehensive real-time data that can be used to maximize productivity. Attendees also A Z MANUFACTURING SW 2

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About Okuma America Corporation Okuma America Corporation is the U.S.based sales and service affiliate of Okuma Corporation, a world leader in CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools, founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan.

The company is the industry’s only singlesource provider, with the CNC machine, drive, motors, encoders, and spindle all manufactured by Okuma. For more information, visit www.okuma.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @OkumaAmerica.

New Verisurf® Software, Major Enhancements Verisurf Software, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Verisurf X9, software for 3D measurement. The new release includes the addition of Verisurf SOLIDS, a complete 3D solid modeling application, as well as major productivity enhancements to each Announcements Continued Page22

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“At Verisurf our goal is to provide a comprehensive set of measurement tools so Quality and Manufacturing Engineers can effectively do their jobs.

With the release of Verisurf X9 we continue to close the gaps in being able to maintain a digital thread between design, manufacturing, and quality inspection,” said Ernie Husted, President of Verisurf Software, Inc. Verisurf X9 is scheduled for global release in December, 2015. Live demonstrations can be viewed online and at select tradeshows. Contact sales@verisurf.com for more information.

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Announcements & Releases Continued of the modules that comprise the Verisurf solution – CAD, MEASURE, ANALYSIS and REVERSE. Three components, which were previously cost add-ons, are now included in the Verisurf CAD module: creation and editing of solid models; raster-to-vector conversion of images and photos; true shape nesting of 3D geometry for use in composite materials, 3D printing and many other applications.

New Speed Menu options for point cloud and mesh objects greatly reduce the time necessary to scan, align and inspect part data. In the improved point cloud display with shading, the fine details of live scans look great and appear in real-time, as the data is collected. Analysis functionality has been optimized for increased speed and accuracy when using large scan data with the capability to process and display one million points per second in real-time. These enhanced capabilities have enabled new productivity features, including a ‘Do It’ icon to run the macro for quick alignment, registration, analysis, and reporting.

Our industry supplies the necessary precision tooling and machining for such vital industries as defense, automotive, aerospace, nuclear, and many more. In point of fact, nearly every manufacturer does business at one time or another with the contract tooling and machining industry.

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Productivity Inc. Partners With Moncktons Mark Lashinske; Modern Industries; ATMA President Machine Tools Kevin Beach; R&D Specialty Manco; ATMA Vice President Dustin Whaley; Resonant Solutions; ATMA Treasurer Productivity Inc., the Midwestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest disMichael Holmes; Aero Design/ Cadence Mfg; ATMA Secretary tributor of CNC machine tools and related David Lair; Dynamic Machine & Fabrication ; Trustee metalworking equipment, has combined with Maxine Jones; Executive Director Moncktons Machine Tools, a long-standing machine tool company serving the Contact: Maxine Jonesreputable @ mjones@arizonatooling.org Colorado and Rocky Mountain region since 1952.

This newIndustries entity, also called MMT, LLC, Yamazen Inc. and Brother Announces A Division of Productivity (abbreviated from the NEWEST Addition to the SPEEDIO Compact Moncktons Machine Tools) has offices in DenMachining ver and Salt LakeCenter City.WhileLine-Up MMT, LLC will continue to service the Rocky Mountain region and maintain its company employees anda current locaYamazen Inc., a specialized global trading with strong focus tions, it now has the capacitytools to add more its engineering capabilities on the distribution of machine and otherresources industrialasand increase to serve the metalworking sector.

The logo was redesigned equipment, along with Brother Inustries, LTD, a Japanese multinational to reflect the partnership with Productivity Inc. electronics and electrical equipment company, introduces the new release of therepresents SPEEDIOHaas R650X1 Compact Machining with Moncktons through its Haas FactoryCenter Outlets, as high-speed, QT (quick turn) 2-face pallet changer. well as Makino and Citizen/Miyano, in addition to other lines,

out of each office. Mark Smith is the VP General Manager of the The R650X1 incorporates changer technologies Denver office, and SteveBrotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polster isoriginal the VPpallet General Manager of the that Salt have Lakebeen Cityinstalled office. on over 15,000 units. This technology allows workpieces on one pallet to be changed while machining workpieces on the other pallet, eliminating waste in workpiece change time and The two firms have many synergies with the lines they represent and enabling nonstop machining. The machining area provides sufficient A travels, Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain â&#x20AC;˘ 22 July / Aug 2015 an X-axis travel distance ofâ&#x20AC;˘650mm and a Y-axis travel distance 2

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Automation, Applications Engineering and Used Machines/Auctions to provide the Rocky Mountain region a full service machine Brother increased the turning diameter on with the R650X1 to 1,250mm and toolwork company. the area size (one face) has been enlarged to 800mm x 400mmm, along with a load capacity of 200kg. These improvements enable the Greg Buck, statedAdditional that â&#x20AC;&#x153;MMT,options LLC intends to expand and mounting of President, larger fixtures. are available to assist deepen the excellent relationships that Tom Monckton and George such as: a low-floor table that increases the fixture height, a turning Michel developed over the many years they manageddiameter the company.â&#x20AC;? diameter enlargement option that increases the turning to 1,300 mm. The loading capacity can also be increased to 300 kg (one side).

For more information on MMT, LLC, go to mmtproductivity.com The R650X1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s machining performance is driven to the fullest withorits or for the Denver office contact msmith@mmtproductivity.com, enhanced speed acceleration; a spindle start/stop time of 0.15SEC, for the Salt Lakeand City office contact spolster@mmtproductivity.com. along with its high-speed tool change, 22-tool (or 14-tool) magazine, of 0.9s(0.8s) tool-tool and 1.7s(1.6s) chip-chip.

The highly rigid structure Productivity Inc., based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with facilities in and high-power spindle motor high-range machining capabilities Cedar Rapids and Omaha, is provides the leading distributor of machine tools from heavy-duty machining toMidwest high-speed high-efficiency machining, and tooling accessories in the including Minnesota, North resulting in an increase in productivity.

Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and Western Wisconsin. Since 1968, Productivity Inc. has been distributing a broad range of CNC Brother provides many machining solutions and can increase production machine tools, tooling and accessories and related metalworking and profits with its SPEEDIO Compact Machine Tools. The complete products. As a single source machine tool supplier, Productivity Inc. line-up is available through Yamazen Inc. View the SPEEDIO Compact offers Machine Tools, Tooling and Accessories, Service, Preventive Machining Center videos online at www.yamazen.com, or make an Maintenance,Turnkey Solutions, Robotics and Automation, Machineappointment to see them live at one of our 12 national Technical Centers. sused.com and a broad range of other services and products. For more information on Productivity Inc., please go to productivity.com or To learn more about Brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SPEEDIO R650X1 or to schedule a call 1.800.328.3272. demonstration, contact your local Yamazen sales representative toll-free Announcements Continued Page 26

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Flow International Corporation Introduces Chad Mooneyham To New PositionAs New Western Regional Manager After being an integral part of the success of Flow waterjets for over a decade, Chad Mooneyham was recently promoted to the role of Regional Manager for the Western US.This is a well-deserved promotion as he has served Flow in several roles for over 10 years. Chad started installing and training customers back in 1996 as part of an internship with Flow.

Since then he graduated at the top of his class with a BS in business from UCR, and then relocated to the Northeast region to support Flow.

During his time in the Northeast, Chad was responsible for equipment installations, customer training, and application support. Due to Chad’s high level of contribution, he was given the role of Sr. Applications specialist. In 2010 Chad received another promotion and relocated back to California where he started supporting the Southwest customer base for Flow.Through his knowledge of waterjet technology, applications, and the ability to partner with our customers and our dealers, the Western region has become one of the top performing territory for Flow waterjets.

To reach Chad, please call him at 714.393.3783 or email cmooneyham@flowcorp.com

Join AZTC in DC for CompTIA DC Fly-In The Arizona Technology Council is once again participating in the annual CompTIA DC Fly-In organized by our national trade association TECNA (Technology Council’s of North America) A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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and CompTIA. The Council would like technology company executives representing our member companies to join AZTC President + CEO Steven G. Zylstra in meetings with each of the Congressional delegation offices on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Prior to that, there will be a dinner on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 6:30pm for the Arizona contingent, and informative panel sessions, followed by a reception and awards dinner on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.

Also on Wednesday morning, there will be a “speakers series” prior to our visits to the Arizona congressional delegation.

Past speakers have included House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte; Sean Greene, Associate Administrator for Investment and Special Advisor for Innovation at the Small Business Administration; and FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel.

Over the past six years Steve has taken executives from the following Council member companies on the trip: Nammo Talley, Signature Technology Group, IDS Technology Marketing (now Allbound), GlobalMedia Group, LLC, IO, DMD Systems Recovery, Inc., MSS Technologies, 360 Vantage, NSB/Keane USA, IR Labs, Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, Levementum LLC, Invoy Technologies, LLC, and many more.

Registration information for the event is available via CompTIAWebsite by clicking here. Please register online but also RSVP to Leigh Goldstein, vice president, operations + events at lgoldstein@ aztechcouncil.org if you are interested in attending this year. We need to know exactly how many members (and who) will be in attendance, as we will be setting up meetings with the various government representatives. Each year we limit the number going to five to seven members due to the space limitations in the Congressional offices. All attendees are responsible for their own expenses which include airfare and hotel.

For complete event information including agenda and hotel information, email lgoldstein@aztechcouncil.org

Business Conditions In Private Sector Improve To Six-Month High Business conditions in the private sector improved to a six-month high last month as new orders and employment levels stabilised while output declined at a slower pace.

The Markit/Standard Bank SA purchasing managers index (PMI) rose from 47.5 in October to 49.6 last month. About 400 private-sector executives at companies across various sectors were surveyed on current business conditions including new orders, employment and input prices.

“While this is an encouraging sign of a pickup in domestic demand specifically, we note that output has been in contraction for seven consecutive months,” Standard Bank economist Kuvasha Naidoo said.

Although a reading below 50 shows deterioration in private-sector business conditions, the slight improvement indicated a slower pace of deterioration.

The main driver of the improvement in the PMI was a stabilisation in new business following a five-month period of contraction.

“Some companies commented on successful contract wins,” the bank said.

Employment also stabilised with only marginal job cuts being reported.

Companies remain cautious, with pre-production inventories and purchasing activity falling further. The rates of decline, however, eased in each case.

Input costs continued to rise due to higher wages and purchase prices.

Companies were forced to marginally raise selling prices.

“Higher input prices in general are expected to squeeze manufacturers’ margins. Notably, firms continued to pass on higher costs … as reflected by the rise in output price inflation to a six-month high,” Ms Naidoo said.

New export orders remained in contraction, indicating sluggish global demand.The last time new export orders grew was in December last year, according to the bank. Source: Manufacturing News Today

Raytheon Awarded $543 Million Contract For SM-3 Missiles Raytheon Co was awarded a contract for more than $543 million for 17 Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles, the Pentagon said last month.

The contract is to “manufacture, assemble, test and deliver” the missiles and is an addition to a previous contract awarded in July, the Defense Department said in its daily digest of major contract awards.

It added that the work is expected to be completed by March 2020.

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by Walter Tighe, Sustaining Edge Solutions, Inc. Will the ISO 9001:2015 standard make a real difference in promoting leadership involvement?

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Let’s face reality.The ISO 9001 standard has not had any meaningful new requirements in 15 years! A mature, certified quality management system has most likely remained in the “been there, done that” stage for many years. Unless you’re working for a technology juggernaut or a progressive auto manufacturer, such as Tesla Motors, radical change has not affected your documented operational management system in years. Consequently, your leadership team’s involvement has been administered in a two-to four-hour management review meeting every quarter or, even more likely, once or twice a year.

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Come Attend The Aerospace, Aviation & Defense and Manufacturing Conference In Scottsdale on March 3, 2016 Sustaining Edge Solutions, Inc. is a Presenter, Exhibitor Sponsor at this industry event.

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We central role protecting the integrity of the tax system. Cases often take years finishers own website got hit in June, with thieves stealing information on Perma-Finish, Inc. Celebrates 30 Years In survived some pretty of painstaking work to meet the legal threshold of proving beyond a reasonable fought aboutthrough 100,000and taxpayers to generate $39 million in refunds. Identity Business and Thanks Its Loyal Customers and tough times; off shore outsourcing, doubt the intent to cheat on taxes. And with resources stretched, ambitious theft rose to 28 percent of all newinflation/ investigations in 2013.Though such deflation/stagflation, oil prices,they account for about half tax and money-laundering cases risk falling by the wayside.

Vendors With A Celebration! cases have since been high/low declining nationally, two wars, 911, thein housing of Gulf investigators’ time South boom/bust, Florida.

Weber, 50, who has run theOwner/ CI division since 2012, said(Rick) the agency only two normal recessions and the Great Recession of 2008 that took down Partners Richard Quirozcan and do so much with 2,000 agents. is “very concerned that to we’re not going banking AngelHeCastellano are pleased announce institutions, competitors and customers – we have survived “An agency that was created to conduct complex financial investigations Perma-Finish, one of the largest to be as relevant as we arethat shrinking and otherInc., law enforcement agencies and thrived.” is being used to pursue simpler identity theft cases,” saidTony Gonzalez, are increasing,” Weber said.independent powder coating facilities in who recently retired as head of the Miami CI office.

Over the years, the company invested heavily so that they could keep Arizona is now celebrating 30 years in business!

While working on financial crimes, he said, “we’ll still be in the game with prices says, “You will have to seek supplier Evenvery so, competitive. more agents Angel work today on cybercrimes, anda they use To thankfinancing its loyaland customers and vendors, Texas or California to find a shop that offers linear volume at the respect to corruption and terrorist money laundering andthe fraud in analytical software to mine data from the Treasury Department’s company hosting a 30 year celebration.

Youcyber.” are invited to come by price we do.Crimes You will find it mostNetwork. cost effective here at Perma-Finish.” and offshoreisand tax evasion, identity theft and Financial Enforcement to share in the event: As the number of cases they can pursue declines, investigators say the IRS is Contact Perma-Finish to see what they can do for you or to RSVP for This allows them to “locate and make connections a lot faster” using July one 1, atof74 4th Avenue, Phoenix from 10:00 - 2:00 their celebration. They can be reached at 602-278-1733 or email Rick losing itsNorth most potent tools: deterrence. account and other financial information,Weber said. “We’re still Mexican pastries and food provided (Mariachis from 11:00 at bank rick@perma-finish.com out there, and we’re still committed to going after tax fraud.”

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US Air Force Secretary Directs Initiative to Speed Up Foreign Military Sales In response to complaints from partner nations about the challenges of buying US military equipment, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has directed an effort within the service to speed up the clunky foreign military sales process.

During a trip last month to the Middle East, James noticed a trend: partner nations desperately want Pentagon products, but are repeatedly deterred by the arduous approval process for sales of US military equipment.

“The bottom line, having talked to all these individuals, is I believe the United States is the partner of choice for all of them,” James said Dec. 2 at an event at the National Press Club. “But I also heard repeatedly about the challenges they feel they face in working with us to get that total package” of US equipment as well as training and maintenance services.

Allies and industry have complained for years that the FMS process impedes sales. The system has always been incredibly complex, requiring approval from the Defense and State departments, and Congress, before a weapon sale can be cleared.

But the issue has taken on new urgency in the Middle East as Gulf nations become embroiled in new conflicts, particularly the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, and operations in Yemen. Industry and government officials alike told Defense News last month that Gulf partners are now threatening to look elsewhere for key military technologies.

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In response, James said she has directed her staff to examine ways within the Air Force to speed up the FMS process – in particular in the area of munitions sales.

As part of that effort, Heidi Grant, the Air Force’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs, is working on developing a strategy that will identify capabilities the US would like to see allies acquire to enable the service to better forecast and prepare for future sales, James said.

The Air Force is also working to set preapproved technology transfer baselines for major systems, which could cut the process down by weeks or even months, James noted.

“I came back recognizing that I honestly don’t have the power to fix or speed it up in all those different arenas, but I was going to try to do my best to fix it where I could,” James said. “To that end, I’ve directed my staff to examine how the Air Force can speed up our part of the process and work with other stakeholders to make sure that US security cooperation efforts are responsive to evolving needs.” Source: Defense News

Balanced Innovation Among U.S. Manufacturers Is Key To Growth Grant Thornton survey suggests holistic approach to innovation of products, business models and processes may blaze trail for success for U.S. manufacturers Manufacturing executives know that “innovation” is the key to long-term success, but just how to innovate might be the biggest question. As a result, it’s not an either-or but a holistic approach that could foster more growth, as all three of the categories behind a balanced approach to innovation – product, business model and process – were overwhelmingly marked important by manufacturing executives in the 2015 Grant Thornton LLP Innovation in U.S. Manufacturing Survey.

Confidence around the ability to innovate among U.S. manufacturers is healthy, with the survey revealing that 43 percent of respondents rank their “innovation capability” as above average. When asked

how important product, business model and process innovation was to grow their business, no one strategy stood alone. More than three quarters of U.S. manufacturers surveyed (84 percent) believe that product innovation is important, 82 percent believe that process innovation is a key to growing their business and 79 percent selected business model innovation as being important.

“Innovation is a lot broader than before.Today, it’s not just innovation in what you manufacture, it’s innovation in how you make it and how you take it to market,” said Jeff French, Manufacturing practice leader at Grant Thornton. “As manufacturing evolves and barriers to entry are removed, companies now need to think holistically in terms of innovation, otherwise, they’re not going to survive the new wave of manufacturing.”

Among the three categories of innovation, the survey found that a focus on product innovation has been the No. 1 action U.S. manufacturers have taken to reposition themselves in the market over the past three years. This is especially the case for midsized manufacturers in the $1 billion to $5 billion range. In that midmarket segment, 87 percent point to product innovation as a key area, compared with 79 percent of smaller manufacturers ($100 million to $1 billion) and 81 percent of large ones ($5 billion to $15 billion).

Survey data also reveals that 20 percent increased the offer of customized or niche products, while another 20 percent increased collaboration with suppliers and customers to create new or improved products.

While product innovation is a key focus, business model innovation also plays a major role in the growth of American manufacturers’ businesses.

While a quarter of respondents (25 percent) say their company has already made a major change to its business model, 41 percent expect to make such changes over the next three years – the top drivers of business model change in the next three years include changes in customer needs (28 percent), changes in supplier or partner capabilities (18 percent) and emergence of new technology (17 percent).

Midmarket manufacturers in particular are bullish about business model innovation. Almost one-half (46 percent) of respondents say their business model will be completely revised or significantly changed in the next three years, compared to just 29 percent of large companies.

Business model innovation can also create significant delivery challenges.

New key performance indicators will need to be designed that reflect the transition from a product focus to a service focus. Current processes will need to be re-engineered to enable new services.This sentiment is shared across both large and midsized companies. Among larger manufacturers, 87 percent are focused on process innovation, while 79 percent of midsized U.S. manufacturers are focused on this form of innovation.

About the Innovation in U.S. Manufacturing Survey The survey is based on answers from 381 respondents collected in July and August 2015. Respondents were C-suite and senior executives from the U.S. manufacturing sector. Participant titles included CEO, COO, CFO, CIO, chief marketing officer, chief sales officer, head of R&D, and other senior executives.

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Talent Shortage Still Cause for Concern Among Manufacturers, According to ASQ An increasing number of manufacturers now struggle to find qualified applicants for open positions, according to data from the ASQ 2016 Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

51% of respondents say the lack of qualified applicants is their greatest hurdle when hiring for vacant positions, up from 44 percent in 2011 when ASQ last surveyed manufacturers. According to the more recent data, 25 percent of respondents said their biggest challenge is the time it takes to hire a new employee, while 17 percent cited the lack of budget to fill open positions.

But many manufacturers aren’t sitting idle: 55 percent say they’ve hired an agency to help find skilled applicants, and 41 percent are working with local colleges on programs that teach the skills they need, according to the survey results.

“With the Baby Boomer generation retiring and leaving manufacturers with vacant positions, the shortage of qualified applicants remains a clear concern for manufacturers,” said Cecilia Kimberlin, ASQ Chair. “It’s pivotal that workers get the training and education they need to fill these roles and be successful in the high-tech manufacturing field -- whether that’s through on-the-job training, or through an organization like ASQ.” Manufacturers are split on the impact retirements will have on their organizations in 2016, with 37 percent saying retirements aren’t likely to affect the organization, and 34 percent saying retiring employees will greatly affect the organizations.

Regardless of manufacturers’ perceived impact retirees have on their organization or quality, the overwhelming majority rely on on-the-job training to transfer knowledge from retiring workers to new employees.

And while 86 percent of manufacturers rely on on-the-job training, 17 percent require additional, company-provided classroom training and 9 percent require classroom training through a third-party.

According to the 2016 Manufacturing Outlook Survey, only 65 percent of manufacturers anticipate an increase in revenue in 2016.

And while 83 percent of manufacturers expected increased revenue in 2015, only 65 percent experienced a revenue increase, according to the survey results. In 2014, 75 percent of manufacturers experienced revenue growth, according to the 2015 Manufacturing Outlook Survey fielded in late 2014.

According to the latest survey, 40 percent of respondents cited the economy as their organization’s greatest hurdle in 2016. Thirty percent say the shortage of skilled workers will be the greatest challenge for their organization.

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“This is the early stage of defense M&A activity,” said Tess Oxenstierna, managing director of Headwaters MB, an investment banking and advisory firm that specializes in aerospace and defense.

“What’s happened in the last 12 to 18 months is an uptick. There’s $2 trillion of cash sloshing around in the aerospace/ defense market.”

Consolidation among the major weapons makers — the so-called primes — is unlikely, because the Pentagon wants to ensure competitive bids for contracts.

But experts say investors should look for deals involving lower-middlemarket businesses, including some with hot niches such as cybersecurity, intelligence analysis and surveillance.

Also, unmanned aerial vehicles, both strategic and tactical, are expected to see more M&A. “You’re going to see some of the cash that was used to buy back stock go towards M&A,” said Joseph DeNardi, a defense industry analyst at Stifel.

“Transformative M&A is something that you have to think really carefully about, because while it can be transformative, you’ve got to study carefully ... before you pull the trigger on something.”

-James Reagan, CFO, Leidos Holdings.

In the third quarter of 2015, there were 15 deals in aerospace and defense with a total value of about $52 billion, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers M&A report. The total value of deals so far this year is $64 billion, compared with $22 billion for all of 2014, the report said.

According to PwC, restructurings, divestitures and spinoffs are expected to remain popular among industry companies.

One of the year’s largest deals was Lockheed Martin’s $9 billion acquisition of Sikorksy Aircraft, maker of the Black Hawk helicopter. The seller — United

Technologies — said in July after the Sikorsky deal was announced that it would maintain a “placeholder of $1 billion for M&A” but CEO Gregory Hayes also indicated at the time that “we can grow organically even without big M&A.” “Where we’re seeing more consolidation is in the defense services companies,” said RBC Capital analyst Steven Cahall.

“I don’t see the primes participating — and for the most part they’ve been sellers as opposed to buyers.”

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Sikorsky deal about what industry consolidation might mean in Other possible industry consolidation terms of U.S. military buying targets include recently separated BWX power. The Defense Department Technologies, sole supplier of nuclear reactors to the U.S. Navy, and now wants to have the power to limit such big defense deals. Kendall Oshkosh, which recently won the nearly $7 billion military contract told CNBC last month, “I’m working with my staff, and I’m working to replace the Humvee. with Congress, and I’ll be making some recommendations to Congress Patriot missile firm Raytheon has been on a buying spree with deals for about what they might do along those lines.”

Blackbird Technologies and Websense, but it appears to have cooled on Meanwhile, Engility Holdings and CACI International — two billion-dollar moves. CFO Toby O’Brien told analysts on the company’s information technology companies with U.S. defense services — third-quarter earnings call last month that future deals “would be the “have actively talked about being more aggressive in terms of M&A more niche, targeted type of acquisitions that fill technology gaps or and being consolidators,” according to Cahall. product gaps or customer gaps.”

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Cost Of Manufacturing Rises In November - CSO

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The most significant price changes were increases in computer, electronic and optical products, basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations The most significant price changes were increases in computer, electronic and optical products, basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations Monthly factory gate prices, the cost of manufacturing goods before profit mark-up is added, rose by 2.9% in November.

This compares to an increase of 0.3% for the same month last year.The annual percentage change showed an increase of 4.4% in November 2015, compared with an increase of 1.8% in the year to the end of October.

The figures from the Central Statistics Office also show that the price for export sales increased by 3.2% in November, while the index for home sales increased by 0.3%.

Annually there was an increase of 5.8% in the price index for export sales (this can be influenced by currency fluctuations) and a decrease of 4.6% in respect of the price index for home sales.

T he most significant price changes were increases in computer, electronic and optical products (+4.0%), basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+3.9%) and ‘other food’ products - including bread and confectionery (+3.6%).

Meanwhile, the cost of production of dairy products fell by 0.9%.

Year-on-year computer there were increases for electronic and optical products (+14.2%), basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+7.0%) and ‘other food’ products including bread and confectionery (+4.1%).

Annually there were drops in the areas of dairy products (-13.1%), fruit and vegetables (-3.3%) and ‘other non-metallic’ mineral products (-1.9%).

According to the CSO, the cost of production for building and construction materials increased by 1.3% between November this year and the same month in 2014.

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Elsewhere, there have been significant drops in the price of energy products (-16.5%) in the year since November 2014, while petroleum fuels decreased by 11.6%.

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MetzFab, Your Full Service Fabrication Company, Adds Waterjet Cutting To Its Capabilities Metzfab opened for business just 5 short years ago, started by a young and ambitious man at the age of 20.

Perhaps it is easier to start your own business when it is something you love to do, and Brandon loved welding and building products.

He started welding f ro m t h e e a r ly age of 13. “I loved working with cars, and I didn’t have the money to buy the accessories, so I built them.”

It may also have been easier for Brandon to open his business because entrepreneurism runs in Brandon’s family. Brandon’s father Mark moved the family from Buffalo, NY to the Phoenix area when Brandon was a small child, and he opened a manufacturing facility here in the valley that builds machinery to automatically bag ice.Today, Brandon does all of the sheet fabrication for his father’s business, and he often helps with design work.

In his short employment career before starting Metzfab, Brandon worked at a variety of companies; for a time he helped his father in the ice machine business, he was a welder for a fabrication company, he worked as a diesel mechanic and he worked atVictory Lanes Sports Park, Big Bear Ice Arena, and the Glendale Arena. “While I was working at each of these companies, I paid attention to how the owners ran their businesses. I learned how to work with financial packages like QuickBooks. I think this helped ready me to run my own business.” Brandon also knew from his tenure at each of these companies that he didn’t want to work for anyone else – he wanted to be his own boss. Brandon is an only child, and as is typical with only children, Brandon demonstrates maturity beyond his age.

In between working, Brandon went to school to become a helicopter pilot. “It was really great becoming licensed to fly helicopters, but when I graduated right about the time of the last recession, there weren’t job opportunities for helicopter pilots.”

Brandon didn’t have a large amount of capital to invest into his new business (he was a kid – just 20 years of age) – but he had acquired a lot of fabrication equipment for his hobby. With little debt, just his truck loan and the tuition from helicopter school, Brandon launched Metzfab with just 1 employee - himself. From its inception, Metzfab manufactured metal fabrication accessories, automotive accessories (e.g. brackets, chassis, shock mounts, aftermarket grills, switch panels), full hot rod builds and DIY kits, custom rolling chassis, UTV accessories and more for the greater Phoenix, AZ area. Brandon says, “In the early days, A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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Metzfab fabricated our own products. We designed the products and did 50% of the work. Then we outsourced the other 50% because we didn’t have the equipment we needed to do 100% of the work.” He continued, “This wasn’t a business model I liked – you had to rely on others – it cost us time and money. We don’t outsource anymore.” One of Brandon’s favorite projects was rebuilding a 1930 Model A. “We built it from the ground up”, Brandon says, “and it took 72 days from start to finish.”

Business at Metzfab grew and Brandon needed more space. He had purchased a house and built a 3200 square foot shop right on his property to accommodate the company’s growth. Sometimes bad things happen for a reason.The county Brandon was living in and operating his shop in forbid him to continue to operate the business on his property. “Once this happened, we looked for space to relocate the business, and we moved to our current shop in Deer Valley just a half year ago”, he said. “It was the best thing that could have ever happened to our business.”

Once Brandon and the team moved to Deer Valley, machine shops nearby came to Metzfab for their fabrication capabilities. Brandon says, “We had renamed our custom aftermarket automotive and UTV accessories business ‘MFI’, and it operates as a separate division with its own website complete with online ordering capabilities. Now Metzfab became the entity of our business for cutting and general metal fabrication.”

Today, Metzfab, the fabrication arm of Brandon’s business is the fastest growing segment of his company. “Our move to Deer Valley launched us into the next level as a company.To support our fabrication customers, we purchased additional machinery. We offer the following services to our customers: • Ceramic Media Parts Tumbling • CNC Machining • CNC Plasma Cutting • Tube Cutting and Bending • Mig and Tig Welding • Sheet Metal work

• Deburring and Polishing • CNC Engraving • Clear Coating and Finishes • Media Blasting • Countersinking, Drilling and Tapping • Riveting and Pem-Setting

“And”, he continued, “Our newest capability is waterjet cutting. We couldn’t have purchased and run the waterjet if we were still in the shop on my property — a waterjet consumes more power than we could accommodate — so again our move to our shop in Deer Valley helped us to add this new capability. ”

When Brandon made the decision to expand Metzfab’s capabilities with the addition of a waterjet, he contacted 3 manufacturers.

He says, “One made a great waterjet, but their initial sales support wasn’t up to my expectations. Plus, they didn’t have waterjets available in the Southwest for me to go see.With the 2nd manufacturer, I didn’t feel the machine was well built, and I wasn’t a fan of their traction drive system. I also didn’t feel the sales person was terribly knowledgeable about the benefits of their waterjet.”

Brandon’s 3rd call was to Flow International at their corporate headquarters in Kent, Washington.

“I didn’t know much about Flow waterjets”, he says. “Flow Corporate immediately put Brandon in touch with Chad Mooneyham, Regional Manager supporting Arizona customers. Chad visited Brandon at Brandon’s shop at his house, where the business was still operating, and Chad demonstrated Flow’s software to Brandon. The following week Chad returned to Arizona to bring Brandon to see some shops that had Flow waterjets. “Not only was Chad so knowledgeable on his products, I appreciated the superior customer support he demonstrated from the start. He is so much more than a sales guy.”

Brandon decision on the manufacturer he wanted to work with for his new waterjet purchase was made. He purchased the Flow MACH 2 4020b waterjet several months ago, and it arrived at his new shop in Deer Valley. Brandon says, “Flow offers a 4 day class for 2 employees at their Kent,WA headquarters.We haven’t gone yet, but plan to in the coming months.”

He continued, “We did receive excellent training at our facility when the waterjet was installed.” He adds that his team’s experience operating a plasma cutter at the facility made the learning curve for waterjet cutting much simpler.

Metzfab made the decision to upgrade the pump on the MACH 2 4020b. Chad says, “The pump is the heart of the waterjet system. The pump pressurizes the water and delivers it continuously so that a cutting head can then turn that pressurized water into a supersonic waterjet stream.” He continued, “Two types of pump can be used for waterjet applications — an intensifier based pump and a direct drive based pump. Though direct drive pumps are used in some industrial applications, the vast majority of all ultra high-pressure pumps in the waterjet world today are intensifier based.”

Brandon says, “Purchasing the Flow waterjet has helped us to grow our customer base and to expand the size of the parts we can cut — we can now cut parts up to 61/2’ by 13’. Our turnaround is even better than it was before we had the Flow waterjet — we can eliminate 2nd operations and we can cut more parts at a time, and faster.” Brandon adds a benefit to the Flow waterjet over competitive machines is that the rebuild cost is lower, reliability his higher, and consumables are considerably less expensive. “We can use these benefits of the Flow waterjet to save our customers time and money”, Brandon elaborated.

Metzfab is a success by any measures, as it has doubled every year in revenues since opening for business. Since moving to Deer Valley less than a year ago, business has been even more explosive. “We get inquiries from 3 or more new potential customers every day. We have a high win rate, too, as not only is our turnaround and quality outstanding, but we will also beat any competitor’s price by 5%.”

Metzfab’s new Flow waterjet is helping them to win new business, and Brandon says their recent acquisition of a 125 ton 10’ 7 axis press brake will increase their capabilities in forming large parts. “We do a lot of unique bending”, Brandon says.

The company also recently upgraded their software with the acquisition of JobBoss.

Hear From A Metzfab Customer “We have been using Metzfab since they opened for business. They do all of our sheet metal work. I have used other suppliers in the past, and now we exclusively use Metzfab.They are more accurate in their fabrication, and their turnaround is much quicker. They are a pleasure to work with.”

Owner, Manufacturing Company For Commercial Industry To learn more about Metzfab Metal Works capabilities, including their newest addition, waterjet cutting, contact them at 602-618-2841 or visit MetzfabIndustries.com Flow International Corporation provides technologically advanced, environmentally sound solutions to the manufacturing and industrial cleaning markets. Flow’s roots date back to the early 1970s, when former research and development scientists from Boeing founded Flow Research. The first technology commercialized by that company was the use of an ultrahigh pressure waterjet as an industrial cutting tool. Flow later invented, patented and perfected the world’s first abrasive waterjet system to cut hard materials up to 12 inches thick. Since 1974, Flow has delivered more than 9,500 waterjet and abrasive waterjet systems to customers in more than 45 countries. To learn more about how you can acquire a Flow waterjet, contact Chad Mooneyham, Regional Manager at 714.393.3783 or email him at: cmooneyham@flowcorp. com A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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“I’m optimistic,” said the new president of the powerful Look out the Aerospace Industries window of Association, David Melcher, most Boeing looking ahead to 2016.

737s, and That statement in itself is a you’ll see fueldeparture from the often dire saving curved warnings of his predecessor, winglets at the long-time AIA president (and tips of the jet’s former Breaking Defense contributor) Marion Blakey. wings, developed by Seattle-based Aviation Partners Inc.

“ILook remember we had a meeting said, something out a similar window five or in sixAIA yearsthat from now‘we andneed you may see the like aiteration Ryan-Murray 2.0Partners that would give usflexible someand stability through this next of Aviation ingenuity: continuous control year andthat election And a lotridofofpeople said,that ‘that’s never gonna surfaces reduce year.’ drag by getting sharp edges cause turbulence. happen.’… Well, you don’t ever give up on these things.”

The design of the first blended winglets was so successful, saving up to 6 percent fuel on Boeing aircraft, thatbudget the two companies formed joint Yes, the of budget deal sets the defense topline for 2017 lowera than venture to build and sell them. that for 2016 (which is already tight), acknowledged Melcher, a retired three-star general and Pentagon budgeteer himself. But, he said, “I’ll Now, the membrane-like flexible wing flaps are expected to allow air to take a little lower — which is still over the BCA caps — any day, just flow more smoothly over them. This could decrease fuel burn up to 3.5 for the stability of it.” percent if added to existing aircraft designs, and up to 12 percent if built into a new jet.

AIA’s working with the Pentagon to guide procurement reform, Melcher said,technology proudly noting the DefensebyDepartment hasawithdrawn year’s The was developed Sridhar Kota, mechanicalthis engineer proposal for tighter restrictions on industry’s Internal Research And and professor at the University of Michigan.

Development (IRAD) reimbursements. It’s working with the Federal In 2000 Kota founded FlexSys Inc., a company intended to commercialize Aviation Administration to streamline certification of new aircraft, trying the technology. andairAviation Partnerssystem, announced joint venture to build up the FlexSys NextGen traffic control and aregulate small to commercialize flexible technology. drones in private the hands.

It’s working with the Commerce Department to ease exports. And, as always, it’s pushing for more funding for the “ItFAA, is robust, is the scalable, theDepartment. technology is ready. Now it’s a matter NASA itand Defense of choosing the right application and getting it certified; that’s where Aviation comes in,” said “They have theLong-Range expertise, they’re MelcherPartners particularly singled outKota. the long-awaited Strike aBomber, fantasticreplacement group.” to the 1962-vintage B-52 that now forms of the bulk of America’s heavyJoebomber fleet.hisYes, the program’s currently Aviation Partners CEO Clark said company, which continually on hold because of a protest before the Government Accountability comes up with new breakthroughs, is considering many different Office, withof Boeing seeking to overturn contract Northrop applications the technology.“It’s prettythe exciting, it’saward prettytonew,” Clark Grumman, he said, “[but] honestly, ends uptechnology, manufacturing this said in an interview.

“We think it’s awhoever breakthrough we think thing in the end, it’s gonna be a great capability that the nation needs.” it’s a disruptive technology.”He adds that the company will have certified equipment available in two years.

All that said, Melcher was hardly a Pollyanna about the prospects of the Pentagon getting neededanalyst funded.

WithMerluzeau the current budget Frost and Sullivan aerospace Michel agrees withdeal the extending“Itthrough the election, crucial factor will befor thefuture next promise. really potentially is antheinteresting technology presidenthe— and we don’t know enough about the candidates yet, he designs,” said. said.

Just a few percent fuel savings is very significant for airlines, and efficiency increases the key reason the market has been spending so strong for “You can’tareeven fund any why of your discretionary byBoeing 2030, and Airbus jets. because interest on the debt and the mandatory spending program and everything else swamps it; so there has to be a higher-level solution,” A NASA analysis says that winglets’ 4 percent to 6 percent fuel savings on Melcher went on. “I’m happy to try to take that on, as one association a Boeing 737 can save about 100,000 gallons of fuel a year. that has a point of view and has a voice…. to help inform some of the campaigns.”

Aviation Partners tracks the fuel savings from winglets it has delivered, a number now above 5 billion gallons. The company predicts double that That’s a tremendously issue for any trade group to take on, by 2020.

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Arizona added 65,400 jobs in November – a 2.5 percent increase over 2014 – and Phoenix saw 49,600 jobs added, a 2.6 increase over last year.

Although all building permits are up, particularly in residential development, and housing prices are climbing, construction employment in Arizona has not fully recovered.

Arizona saw strong construction job gains in November but the sector still could be better, say economists.

In November, the workforce in Arizona topped 2.66 million workers, still less than the 2.69 million jobs. The state is still 7.3 percent under the October 2007 peak employment level.

In Phoenix, employment almost hit 2 million, coming in at 1.96 million workers, up from 1.91 million a year ago.

Construction showed a hefty 8.2 percent gain in the Valley, but general contractors still say they can’t find enough workers, especially in the specialty trades, to fill open positions. Employment in the trades grew 13.1 percent over last year.

“Construction is showing steady gains year over year for the first time in November since the recession,” Doug Walls, economist for DOA. “The trend in construction is positive.”

Walls wouldn’t hazard a guess as to when Arizona would finally close the gap between the peak employment numbers and what DOA calls the trough – the November 2010 employment when the workforce bottomed out at 2.37 million workers.

Wells Fargo economist and Regional Chief Investment Officer Wells Fargo Sean McCarthy said he sees the state hitting its peak employment

“Construction is not at levels it used to be, and it’s still a reason that Arizona employment rates trail the rest of the nation,” Walls said.

The monthly unemployment rate dropped statistically to 6 percent, a percentage point higher than the U.S. numbers, and down from 6.6 percent from last year.

Ten of the 11 employment sectors gained jobs over last year, with most in education and health services at 13.800. The depressed pricing in the natural resource sector resulted in mine closings, putting a net 100 workers into unemployment lines.

Maricopa County is looking at a 1.7 percent population increase in 2015 over 2014, while Pinal County jumped 2.6 percent.

DOA estimates that between the two counties, there was a net population increase of near 80,000 new residents. Maricopa County is approaching 4.1 million residents with another almost 407,000 in Pinal. The Phoenix metro now has 4.5 million persons.

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However, the delta between what military leaders are seeking next year and what they are slated to receive in the aggregate is roughly $15 to $17 billion—depending on who’s counting. Exacerbating this shortfall is the increased pace of global instability, which has caused rising troop commitments from Iraq to Turkey to Cameroon even as the military finds itself with declining forces available to cover all contingencies.

2. For this reason, defense hawks will increase the budget using “emergency” funds in 2017 while leaving the caps alone.

Revising budget caps means reopening all the politics of everything outside of the military that still affects its budget, including non-defense spending trends, taxes and deficit reduction. Defense hawks know they cannot win an attempt to change legal spending caps after the hardfought deal. So they’ll bump up Pentagon spending through the war budget, or “emergency” account.

This money is by no means “free,” but it is off-the-books as it is essentially debtfinanced (requiring no offsets to pay for it) and requires no changes to legal spending limits to grow.

3. Emergency money for wars and contingencies has lost all pretense of being for “emergencies.”

5 Reasons Congress Will Increase Next Year’s Defense Budget With the latest two-year budget deal for federal spending levels agreed upon, lawmakers are busy putting the finishing touches on an omnibus spending bill before dashing out of town for the holidays.

The ink is barely dry on the Bipartisan Budget Act, but some politicians are already scrambling to redraw the budget battle lines next year for the US military. And they’ll surely get most, if not all, of what they want.

Here are five answers for why they want more and how they will get it.

1.While the budget deal lifted all (domestic discretionary spending) boats, defense is still under-funded relative to need.

For America’s military, the revised budget is unequivocally better than the last one, often called the “RyanMurray” deal.While Ryan-Murray only gave the Pentagon a Band-Aid equivalent of $31 billion over two years, the new agreement provides the Defense Department with $56 billion over the same time frame.

For the current year, the Pentagon got just about everything it asked for, with a modest trim of $5 billion.

This allows for base defense budget growth for the first time since America’s draw-down began in 2010.

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There is already $20 to $30 billion in regular, predictable military requirements in the Pentagon’s so-called emergency account for wars, crises and unexpected contingencies. Examples include the European Reassurance Initiative to deter Russia and bolster counter-terror operations in Europe and hundreds of millions of dollars for the Israeli Iron Dome system.

This amount allowed for war spending is set to grow even larger with the budget gap predicted next year. Since revisiting the spending caps is a non-starter, the only outlet is this Overseas Contingency Operations account.

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4. There will still be budget losers, and the favorite pot to raid is always the same: modernization.

Though Congress is working to increase supplemental spending, political and other restrictions on cutting military pay and benefits or readiness too deeply means that military modernization programs will absorb a disproportionate hit if full funding is not granted.This has been the well-worn solution to smaller budgets over the past five years, and next year will be no different.

Decreased fuel prices and new economic assumptions mean that the Pentagon will probably have to find a little over $10 billion in cuts.The preferred solution will be to delay the production of certain weapons systems— big and small. Research and development programs will also be impacted, but to a lesser extent, according to the Pentagon’s acquisition chief.

Programs experiencing delays for whatever reason, such as the Air Force Long-range strike

bomber and the Navy’s unmanned carrier drone, also represent easy targets in these situations. The Army’s equipment portfolio, since it consists almost entirely of upgrades, will also be an attractive mark for cost savings.

Still, defense officials have indicated they will seek to protect to the extent possible key high-profile weapons programs like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and subject them to relatively smaller hits than everything else.

This means any program that doesn’t qualify as high-profile is vulnerable to disproportionate reductions.

What is considered high priority at the Pentagon these days?The aforementioned Joint Strike Fighter, the nuclear triad—including the Ohio Replacement Program since it is first up for upgrades, space assets, electronic warfare capabilities, and cyber anything and everything.

5. Defense spending only grows when paired with vigorous reform efforts.

The budget deal should not be understood as politicians merely writing a bigger check for the Defense Department. In addition to

increasing defense dollars, the 114th Congress continues to vigorously pursue significant, structural defense reforms.

In this year’s military policy bill, Congress overhauled military retirement, reformed purchasing for weapons systems with an emphasis on speed and decentralization, and cracked open the door to a future base closure round with a new study of excess basing.

In next year’s defense policy bill, Congress defense leaders have stated clearly they will overhaul the military health care system known as TriCare, pass a complementary acquisition reform package aimed at services and IT, and tweak the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols law that has served its purpose in many ways while growing personnel and acquisition bureaucracies.

In today’s Washington, there is not one additional dollar for defense without corresponding Pentagon reform. And next year’s efforts will be bigger than this year’s as Congress seeks to bridge the gap in resources and fill the defense coffers with an additional $15 to $17 billion in needed funds. Source: Mackenzie Eaglen, Forbes Magazine A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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A Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business Certifies To ISO9001 : 2008 /AS9100 where for 12 days before the Christmas holiday, team members all brought dessert to share with the team.” The company offers its team 100% paid healthcare, paid holidays and vacation, a 401K-match plan, life insurance, and paid uniforms for the machinists.

Ruben says, “In order to continue to improve our services for our current customers and to attract new customers, over the past 3 years we made substantial investments into the company, with more than $600,000 in investments over the past few years. Our capital improvements included large CNC horizontal mill and vertical mill and large CNC lathe, state-ofthe-art software, new mobile CMM that can measure up to 12’ with great accuracy, as well as ISO/AS9100 certification.”

There are so many reasons to contact State Technology & Manufacturing (“State”). Ruben Cadena, owner for nearly 10 years now, has an impressive background that has been instrumental in helping to grow the business.

He is an Electrical Engineer and MBA by education, and he served our country as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer in the United States Air Force. Prior to purchasing State Technology & Manufacturing, Ruben was employed by Intel Corp in purchasing/ manufacturing engineering. Under current ownership, the company is certified by the SBA as an 8a Small Disadvantaged Business and as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. If these aren’t enough reasons to take your precision machining requirements to this company, they just added one more reason: they are now certified to ISO9001: 2008/ AS9100 Revision C.

The company has performed so well for its customers, including Tier 1 Defense and Aerospace manufacturers that it has been designated a ‘Gold Rated’ supplier. It has won business from some of its customers by its ability to help them to cost reduce their products. Ruben says that his purchasing experience at Intel helped him to pass on this expertise to customers building new products.

State Technology & Manufacturing has morphed itself over the past decade. From its inception, the company was known for its expertise as an industrial repair machine shop.

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Ruben says that he first heard about Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC, a few years ago. “I had plans to move forward with ISO/ AS9100 certification – and then the recession happened.” Still, earlier on, Ruben contracted with Bretta to develop the company’s quality manual, and he was able to see first hand her expertise.

As the economy improved, “State” once again pursued a plan to achieve ISO/AS9100 certification. The team interviewed a few consultants, some of whom were out of state.

Ruben says, “Their quotes were much higher than BMSC’s, particularly when they added in travel costs.”

Ruben says, “ISO/AS9100 consultants can often make the certification process seem extremely arduous, and the resulting certification can result in more, not less paperwork. With BMSC, both Bretta and her colleague Debbie Hart, were all about simplification – about making our company better in our processes, but not about adding significant paperwork.” Ruben adds, “Bretta has certified so many companies, hundreds in fact, and most are small businesses like ours. I knew that Bretta would bring the value of so many diverse companies to our certification experience. And this is just what happened.”

“Both Debbie and Bretta were very enjoyable to work with”, Ruben says, “and they were also extremely thorough and knowledgeable.” He continued, “I have already recommended them to others, and they won a new contract from my recommendation!”

Ruben says, “We have so many great customers, big and small. For our large customers, particularly those in the Defense industry, we would not have been able to continue building products for them in the coming years if we hadn’t achieved our certifications.” He continued, “One even suggested that while we were a great supplier, they were reducing their number of suppliers, and the certification would soon become a must-have.”

If you have precision machining needs for parts small and large, you require an ISO9001/ AS9100 certified company, and if you can benefit from a Service-DisabledVeteran Owned Small Business/ 8a Small Disadvantaged Business, contact State Technology & Manufacturing at 602-275-0990 or visit www.azsip.com To learn more about how to achieve ISO9001/ AS9100 certification with the help of consultants who specialize in supporting small businesses, contact Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC.You can reach the company at 602-445-9400 or you can visit their website at www.BusinessMSC.com

Universities Collaborate to Attract Females, Other Minorities to STEM Victoria Baskerville, a first-year student majoring in biological sciences at the University of Maryland—Baltimore County, recently ran her final experiment in Science 101L, an interdisciplinary laboratory-intensive course. She and her lab partners had collected water samples from various sources on campus, tested them for purity and compared the results to their control, distilled water.

“One of the things that we have to do is a final project where we get to actually put together our own experiment for the first time, rather than following a protocol,” says Baskerville, 18. “That’s really interesting to, for the first time, have a university lab, have the materials, and, in groups, put together and conduct our own experiment from start to finish.”

Baskerville is one of 20 BUILDTraining ProgramTrainees as part of STEM BUILD at UMBC, an undergraduate research initiative and research study, funded by the National Institutes of Health. In its first year at the university, it looks at how to increase the diversity among students who intend to pursue undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields.

“One of the things that I believe in and wanted to accomplish here is a program that takes what’s best out of [the university’s] scholars programs and move more toward the middle of the learning curve,” says William LaCourse, dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences and principal investigator of STEM BUILD at UMBC. “We drew from all of the different programs we have on campus, looking at what’s effective in teaching, what’s effective in advising … What did we learn from the existing programs?

One component LaCourse says the STEM BUILD at UMBC leadership team knows works is building a community for the students and in which they can build an identity. The STEM Living Learning Community is a dorm floor designated for BUILD Training Program Trainees and 29 students who are not in the STEM BUILD program but who are interested in STEM. Students have leadership training and access to peer mentors and other programming.

Baskerville says the STEM Living Learning Community experience is one of her favorite aspects of the program since she is part of a community of peers who are pursuing the same majors, taking some of the same classes and are understanding of each other’s academic struggles.

The National STEM Collaborative, an advocacy initiative of CGEST, was announced in September at a White House Champions of Change event and it serves as a consortium of 27 university or college members and nonprofit partners dedicated to addressing practices and policies that aim to increase diversity, especially among women from underrepresented communities, within STEM disciplines, focusing on American institutes of higher education. UMBC is one of its members.

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CubeCab, in contrast, aims to provide individual launches for 3U cubesats—measuring 30 X 30 X 10 cm—with the ability to place 5 kg into a 400-km polar orbit for $250,000 beginning in 2018. Using 3-D-printed components and storable propellants, the Cab-3A booster will be air-launched from a civilian-operated Lockheed F-104 fighter.

Generation Orbit started out planning the GOLauncher 2 (GO-2) to air-launch a 100-lb. payload to 400-nm LEO. Supported by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA, the first launch from a Gulfstream III is planned for the end of 2017.

Somewhere between these approaches lies UP Aerospace, which is building on its SpaceLoft suborbital sounding-rocket experience to develop a rail-launched, dedicated cubesat launcher. Weighing less than 2,500 lb., the Spyder is designed to orbit up to six 1U cubesats—a 16-lb. payload to 200-nm LEO for a target launch cost of $1 million.

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Raytheon Co has won a contract worth up to $2.35 billion to build 52 SM-3 Block IB missiles for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency using fiscal 2015 funding, plus three one-year options, the Pentagon said.

The contract finalizes a preliminary contract for 44 SM-3 Block IB missiles awarded to Raytheon in April with a value of $541 million and adds eight missiles for a total of 52, the Defense Department said in its daily digest of arms contracts.

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The Aegis Ashore site includes a powerful radar, missile interceptors and communications equipment built by Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon. The site will use the new SM-3 Block IB missiles built by Raytheon.Source: Reuters

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30 Years Manufacturing, Repairing, And Overhauling Of Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Replacement Parts With A Record of ‘0’ Failures Imagine a company that competes with the 3 largest jet engine manufacturers in the world —General Electric, Pratt & Whitney (a United Technologies Company), and Rolls Royce. Now envision a company based in Phoenix, Arizona with just a couple of dozen employees called Southwest Turbine, Inc. who does just this. Their competition is mind-boggling.

The company, which opened for business in 1986, is a recognized leader in new manufacture, repair, overhaul, and remanufacturing of aircraft gas turbine engine replacement parts. Southwest Turbine’s gas turbine engine parts go into commuter and cargo planes, helicopters, and auxiliary power units (APU) parts. An APU provides aircraft auxilliary power. Southwest Turbines’ APU spare parts are sold to the transport (passenger) airline industry, to companies like American Airlines.The company’s business model is focused on a mature industry – their parts go into planes and helicopters that are 20-40 years old, typically.

(from our machine tools to our heat treat to our vacuum furnaces to our air flow measurement systems to our ‘touchless’ video and optical CMMs), and with 3D printing, we continue to reduce the cost and time of manufacturing jet engine components.”

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The company just successfully completed its annual FAA audit (FAA Repair Station | #S2WR314J). Steve Yeary, co-owner with his wife Paula, and with General Manager Zach Orcutt, says, “In our past nearly 30 years, we have never been fined by the FAA for any infractions.” He added, “We also have never had one part failure of our jet engine components.”

How does Southwest Turbine successfully compete with these gas turbine engine-manufacturing giants? Zach says, “In the FAA world, quality is a baseline.

It is a given, as there is just no room for error in these mission critical parts.”

He continued, “We compete on price and delivery. If a customer calls by 4 pm for a replacement part, we can have it to them anywhere in the United States by 10:30 am the next morning, We can guarantee this incredible turnaround because we stock all of the engine parts that we manufacture. Nobody else in the industry stocks to the level we do.”

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Steve says, “When an older gas turbine engine part needs to be repaired, it typically takes 60-90 days for the repair. Since we’ve manufactured the part they need, we can have it to them immediately.”

Steve adds, “We also win on price. Our jet engine parts are typically 60% less expensive than the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). We can manufacture parts much more cost effectively than the ‘Big 3’ for a number of reasons: 1) We aren’t part of a big Fortune 100 with all of the overhead that comes with it.

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their doors. Steve says, “Their customers were comfortable doing business with a small manufacturer, rather than with the Big 3, so we were able to win their business.”

Southwest Turbine offers a service that nobody in the industry does. They built a proprietary software program to help their customers purchase the optimal engine part — based upon each customer’s required performance. Steve says, “Gas turbine

engine parts aren’t like your car engine parts — a given part goes bad, and you have it replaced with the part specified by your automotive manufacturer. In the gas turbine engine business, you have options on the part replacement and there is a spectrum of eligible parts — we help you to select one that meets the FAA minimum rated power within a temperature range. Our software allows us to offer this consultative assistance to our customers.” Southwest Turbine recently helped a customer whose helicopter was down for a year because they couldn’t make their repair work to FAA specifications in temperature and power.

When they turned to Southwest Turbine, the company helped get their helicopter back up and running, with the assistance of their software program. Zach says, “This software and consultation is offered to all of our customers at no additional charge.”

Southwest Turbine is the exclusive provider of the FAA approved CoreTech CRT™ process. CoreTech CRT is an innovative and unique component overhaul technology, which replaces over 98% of the original part with brand new material consistently providing its customers with new part fit, performance, and service life equal to or better than OEM new.

Zach says, “The FAA provides reliability statistics, and in many cases, the results are superior for aftermarket gas turbine engine part manufacturers versus the OEMs.” The barriers to entry are high in this industry.

Steve says, “In a given year, we have reversed engineered 10 new components for the industry.Then we submit our new products to the FAA for certification. Certification can take 5 years, which means that we can have 50 products into the FAA awaiting certification.We have to bear the expense for the engineering and product development long before we will see any revenues for each and every product we develop.”

To make the business model even more complex, gas turbine engine parts are manufactured with some of the most expensive and hard to machine materials, including such alloys as MAR-M-247 (a nickel-based casting alloy) and Inconel 625 (a nickel-base alloy used both for its high strength and outstanding aqueous corrosion resistance) and 738(a nickel-based alloy, vacuum-cast and precipitation-hardened, offering exceptional mechanical properties to 1800°F (982°C). Steve says that nearly 70% of his business is cast parts, which require molds that the company manufactures, each with a cost of $150K to $200K. A small company like Southwest Turbine just has no room for errors, and to ensure nearly ‘0’ scrap, the team consists of superior machinists typically with several years of experience. Steve says, “We pay wages to our experienced machinists that are comparable to the Big 3 – with our experienced machinists making up to the mid $30’s per hour.” Zach adds, “With very competitive paid time off and health care coverage, coupled with a ‘great place to work’, we are fortunate to be able to retain our great employees. On average, our machinists have ~10 years of tenure with the company.”

Southwest Turbine’s In-house capabilities include: • Airflow area measurement & adjustment (CCDI 88) • CNC machining & Conventional machining • Diffused aluminide coating • GTAW, plasma, and electron beam welding • Plasma, wire arc, and flame metalizing (manual and robotic) • Precision grinding & High speed CBN grinding • Sheet metal fabrication, roll-forming & deep draw press forming • Ultra -high vacuum activated diffusion brazing • Vacuum heat treating • Wire EDM The company’s machine shop is equipped with 9 Haas machine tools. Steve says, ”The Haas machines are perfect for our business.We have done cost analysis on several different machines tools – there are really some nice machine tools out on the market – and the cost benefit is just best for our Haas machine tools.”

Zach says, “We’ve been buying from Ellison Machinery since before Patrick Elllison took it over years ago. Patrick runs a superior machine tool dealer business. His sales people, like Chris Hansen, are outstanding - they are so knowledgeable - and their service is amazing. When we have a requirement to be scheduled in for maintenance/service, the scheduling is instantaneous.

It is great to work with a supplier like Ellison Machinery that provides such superior support.”

Steve added, “On a scale of 1-10, I give Ellison Machinery a ‘10’.”

To learn more about Southwest Turbine, or if you are an experienced machinist seeking employment in the gas turbine engine business, contact them at 602-278-7442 or visit their website at SouthwestTurbine.com To learn more about how Ellison Machinery can help you with your machine tool needs, contact them at 480-968-5877 or visit EllisonAz.com A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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Announces ISO9001:2008 Certification With The Help of Consulting Firm BMSC RC Fasteners just improved their business. Dramatically, in fact. Rick Johnson, co-founder of the company with his wife Chris, says, “If I had known how much ISO certification would help our business, and how relatively painless this would be, we would have certified long ago!”

Prior to ISO certification, RC Fasteners, a component and fastener superstore, stocking industrial and commercial fasteners combined with specialty components for aerospace, precision electronics, and other specialized industries, had improved their business processes by increasing their operations to 50% ‘paperless’.Today, coincident with their successful certification to ISO9001: 2008, they are 90% paperless, and their goal is to achieve ‘100% paperless’.

Previously, when a customer sent a purchase order to RC Fasteners, it was entered into the system and the paper copy was filed.All aerospace related parts received by RC Fasteners from their suppliers must contain manufacturing certifications, which allows RC Fasteners to document manufacturer lot traceability where every part originated.

These must be kept in RC Fasteners file cabinets for 7 years, just in case one of their customers requires certification documentation years from now.

“Today, the manufacturing certifications on every part we deliver to our customers are scanned electronically, and then backed up on the Cloud nightly”, Rick says. He continued, “Recently, we had a customer who contacted us requesting certifications on parts they ordered 6 years ago. We didn’t have to dig through file cabinets to obtain manufacturing information — is was available at our finger tips immediately.”

When RC Fasteners issues a purchase order for aerospace components, they always request the manufacturer’s certifications. Rick says, “In the past, we often had to make several phone calls to receive the certifications. Now, when our PO says that we are ISO certified and that we require the manufacturer’s certifications, our acknowledgement nearly always comes back with all of the certification paperwork we need.” He continued, “ISO certification just provides us with a higher level of respect from our customers and suppliers.”

The processes put in place with ISO certification have been advantageous to RC Fastener’s customers, Rick says.We know immediately if there is a delay from one of our manufacturers in a shipment, and we can now communicate this delay immediately to our customers. What happens next is that RC Fasteners and their customer either renegotiates a new shipment date, or the parts get expedited. “This immediate communication with our customers on the status of their order is invaluable”, Rick says.

Rick has been in the fastener industry for more than 30 years, and he remembers years back how painful and disruptive ISO certification was to a business. This, he says, is what kept him from taking this important step in the company’s business processes until recently. “We risked losing 2 customers because we lacked the certification”, he says, “and we knew it was time to take this next step.”

Once Rick and the team at RC Fasteners made the decision to certify to ISO9001: 2008, he contacted and interviewed a few ISO consultants. “I talked to colleagues in the industry, and Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC, came up with high recommendations.” He continued, “I prayed for the right choice, and once I interviewed Bretta, everything fell in line. I knew she was the ISO consultant RC Fasteners needed.”

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complete package. Rick says this was well worth it, and it meant that certification could be completed in just about 3 months. “Bretta and her colleague Debbie Hart were just outstanding”, Rick says. He continued, “They earned our trust, and this is critical in a consulting relationship.”

Rick says, “Because we distribute our products to the Aerospace Industry, we decided to be proactive and implement an AS9100/ AS9120 compliant system. At the same time Great Western Registrar conducted our ISO 9001:2008 registration audit, they also performed an AS9100/AS9120 compliance audit, which concluded successfully.”

“Our entire team is thrilled about achieving ISO certification, and about our success in the audit (with 0 nonconformance’s)”, Rick says.

Everything we do today is a notch up — as an example we always had an incoming and outgoing inspection on all parts shipped to our customers — now we have 3 inspections — incoming, outgoing, and final inspection.” Rick says this is especially advantageous for the parts that they ship overseas. “We are honored to be certified, and we see the increased respect we receive from our customers and suppliers on a daily basis”, Rick adds.

For over 30 years, the RC team has built strategic relationships with industry-leading manufacturers, enabling them to offer top quality products at factory-direct prices.

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One of NASA’s most hotly debated efforts, the commercial crew program, receives $1.2438 billion in the omnibus bill, the exact amount requested by the administration and several hundred million dollars above levels in the House and Senate bills.The final bill, like the earlier Senate bill, moves the program from the Exploration Systems budget account to the Space Operations one, which primarily funds the International Space Station.

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Nominal wage growth of 4.9 percent across a range of 24,000 firms and organizations around the world was in line with recent years. But the fall in inflation was putting more money into the pockets of consumers globally, Benjamin Frost, a consultant with Hay Group who oversees its salary databases, said.

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Central banks, such as the Bank of England, are watching to see if the fall in inflation results in lower pay rises in cash terms, which would push down on future inflation and reduce the need for raising interest rates from their rock-bottom lows.

The study was drawn from data from companies and organisations in 110 countries.

The biggest gain in real wages by region was expected in Asia where workers in China were likely to see a 6.3 percent increase in 2016 as demand grew for skilled workers despite the economy’s economic slowdown, it said. Source: Reuters

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“For Colorado to be elliptical at the forefront and toSPP be Pacific,” he said. ment contracts in 2012 and have delivered a period of seven years and 24 close solar orbits, NASA Solar Probe Will Touch Thebecause Sun of the changes to theOver prototypes for field testing, which will end able to build our hubs to help local National Defense and its 10 thermally-shielded science instruments willbusinesses skirt our in June. compete is really at the heart of our effort to star’s roiling hot corona (or outer atmosphere). Using seven Venus SPP will aim to answer two be home to this,” Lund said.

“It will allow us C o l oin rsolar a dphysics: o t o bflybys e otoncontinually e o f get closer to the Sun, the spacecraft will have to nagging questions The goal is to get the most capable vehicle be able to retrain our workforce to befrom able survive temperatures exceeding 2500 degrees F. and impacts Why is the 7 Sun’s corona of so much hubs national digital to -- with the biggest payload, best perforto compete in the future.” hypervelocity dust particles. hotter than its visible photosphere manufacturing institute mance and most protection available(or -- for surface)? And what actually $250,000 or less per vehicle, Cavedo accelerates said.

SPP will aim to answer two nagging questions in solar physics: Why the solarwill wind Colorado be that one of seven hubs for a na- Digital manufacturing is a rapidly evolving is the Sun’s corona so subset much hotter its visibleIt photosphere (or creates the space weather that of thethan industry. involves using tional digital manufacturing institute — an “Meticulous work was done on finding out surface)? And what actually accelerates the solar wind that creates affects us all? opportunity to continue its efforts to grow computer tools such as simulations and 3D the right capabilities that were achievable at the space weather thatvisualization affects us all?to drive production. its advanced-manufacturing sector, with $250,000,” he said. The services don’tThe want first close approach at only majorthe financial from the federal industry “coming in with a $180,00035.7 trucksolar some radii from Sun’s help At its very closest approach of only 3.8 million miles from the Sun’s Several to Colorado already employ government. when you’ve traded away all ofthree this capability.” center will happen just over months after launch, Ralph McNutt, surface, SPP will be subjected up to 475companies times the solar irradiance the practice, including Woodward in chief scientist for space science at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied experienced at Earth. Thus, the science collection phases Inc. of the Collins are anddesigned Bal Seal Engineering Inc. in The Marine Physics LabCorps and a and SPPArmy team also lead,considered said. during close Fort encounters to be autonomous.

President Barack Obama ismission expected to anColorado Springs, but the placement of lifecycle costs, including fuel efficiency and Thatfurther is, without nounce the seven locations and detailsreal-time direction from ground-controllers. three reliability, as part of its source selection training “nodes” in the state will let more In untold ways, humanity remains as clueless about ourthe own star asbut it Ken Lund, executive about project, strategy, he said. ago. But that should change soon companies technolwas a generation after the projected Data taken during these collectionlearn phaseshow willtobeemploy saved onthe solid state director of the Colorado Office of Economic ogy, Lund said.

July 2018 launch of NASA ’s Solar Probe Plus (SPP) — a $1.5 and billion recorders for consubsequent downlink via a high gain antenna pointed Development International Trade, The Army that planswill to travel buy 49,000 spacecraft closer tovehicles, its surface than any previous manback to Earth. firmed last month that this state will be one. while Marine Corps plans to order 5,500. madethe object.

UI Labs of Chicago will be awarded the main of them.

The probe’s thermal protection system is an 8-foot-diameter, 4.5-inch$70 million grant from the U.S. Department The service is currently doing an analysis of Nearly 60 years after NASA first discussed sending a suicide probe into thick, carbon-carbon, carbon foam shield that sits atop the spacecraft.

With the announcement will come a federal of Defense to fund the Digital Lab for Manualternatives to see it can issupport the Sun itself, thewhether space agency makinga good on a probe that will Basically, most of the entire spacecraft “hides” thismatched shield during facturing project.

Thatbehind will be with grant of about $10 million to match the $10 requirement newcloser vessel, travel nearlyfor tenthe times to Fahley our starsaid. than the planet Mercury. The the spacecraft’s closest$250 approach to the Sun, says McNutt. million in contributions from industry, pledged already to the project by That willinwrap up as early this provide spring. newmillion hopestudy is that, the process, SPPaswill data about the Sun’s academia and private sources to sustain the OEDIT and several universities in Colorado, effects on everything from space weather to short term climate change.

“The solar arrays do retract and there is a battery,” said McNutt. “But full nationwide network.

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Raytheon willwecontinue niche-type of Meanwhile, still are to at apursue loss to“targeted, explain orsmaller, predict the Sun’s yearacquisitions” under during $1 billion, said. on-year anomalies its 11O’Brien year solar cycles; the last two of which have seen a drastic reduction in sunspots.

Volvo Studying KanIt’s still unclear as to if there’s an actual link between the solar cycles garoos To Prevent and Earth’s climate.

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That’s bigsystem question mark, says McNutt, what SPP drivers. will do is It saysa the reacts even more quicklybut than human provide clues to how known cyclic solar phenomena manifest into the Volvo has tested thewind, technology onfield, slower animals like which moose interplanetary solar magnetic andmoving energetic particles and cows in its home market of Sweden.

Now, it’s studying kangaroos, impact Earth. Such space weather impacts satellite communications, whichgrids, move more quickly and erratically. power pipelines, radiation exposure on airline flights, and astronaut safety.

A team from Volvo traveled to a nature reserve near Canberra this And even though this isn’troadside the much talked about suicide probe week to study kangaroos’ behavior. first recommended to NASA in 1958 by the National Research Volvo says there are more than 20,000 car-kangaroo accidents Council’s Space Science board, it does represent a giant step in fullyin Australia each year.

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“For a suicide probe to make sense, it Subsidiary would need to survive Ball Buys Rest Ofscientific Brazilian For well past SPP’s planned closest approach and receive an extremely $400M high data rate against the [solar] background,” said McNutt. “How one could do thatsaid is unclear at best.”

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“Limiting production of the new bomber, LRS-B, to 100 airframes would severely decrease the options available to national decisionmakers during times of crisis or periods of instability,” Moeller wrote in the study. “A modernized bomber force of 200 aircraft will sustain America’s asymmetric advantage in long-range precision strike for decades to come.”

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Retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, former deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, has said the Air Force needs to build 174 LRS-Bs: Airmen need 12 combat-coded aircraft for each of 10 squadrons, plus another 30 dedicated to training and testing; and the service needs another 24 aircraft for back-up and attrition reserve. Source: Defense News

Half Of $1B Economic Bet On Solarcity Plant Takes Aim At Top Arizona Industry Arizona is getting some unlikely and 6:33 AM heavily bac ked competition for The US Air Force solar jobs and future wants to buy 100 Long growth in the sector.

Range Strike-Bombers, Secretar y Deborah The state of New Lee James said today, a York is pumping $1 figure at the high end of billion to Buffalo’s economy with half of that going towards a new solar the 80-to-100-aircraft panel factory for SolarCity which will lease the plant. purchase the service predicted earlier.

SolarCity is one of Elon Musk’s companies and it’s not stranger to Arizona.

The California company was and has been a big rival to Arizona Public “I believe the number is 100,” James said today at an event at the National Service Co. over subsidies and taxes.

Press Club, offering a rare detail on the service’s plans for the hush-hush contract recently awarded to Northrop Grumman.

Arizona is also a top solar state in terms of jobs and businesses. But that hasn’t always translated into large numbers of manufacturing jobs.

The service has faced mounting pressure in recent months to procure more LRS-Bs than the planned 80 to 100 planes, particularly in the face The Buffalo plant looks to make solar panels on U.S. soil in an industry of increased aggression from Russia and China. where most manufacturing is done in China.

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Many advocates believe even 100 LRSBs are not enough. Lawmakers and analysts recently called for a fleet of as many as 200 next-generation bombers to project power in an increasingly dangerous world.

It’s also the latest incentive-based move by NewYork to attract high-tech and advanced manufacturing jobs to its economically challenged Upstate region.

In study released Nov. 18 by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Moeller made the case for the Pentagon to procure a modernized bomber force of 200 aircraft by 2045.

Arizona economic developers also want more advanced manufacturing and industries as the state claws back from the recession. Source: Phoenix Business Journal

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But company officials showed reporters an advanced manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California, where Northrop built all 21 B-2 bombers and now builds the center fuselage for the Lockheed F-35 fighter jet, and a composites plant in El Segundo, California.

About half the Palmdale building stands empty, with 1 million square feet of capacity available for new work on advanced aircraft, according to company officials. A huge photograph on display shows the building crammed full of B-2 bombers, each of which has a wingspan of 172 feet (52.43 m), during the heyday of that program.

Vice, who started at Northrop Grumman in 1986 as an engineer testing the B-2 program, said the company is boosting spending on research and development of new technologies that might not be harnessed for a decade under its NG NEXT program.

The company is also working on capabilities that could be available sooner, including hypersonic systems and new fiber-based lasers, he said.

Northrop has set its gaze on two key aerospace programs: an $11 billion program to build 350 new training planes for the Air Force, and separate early efforts by both the U.S. Air Force and Navy to develop sixthgeneration fighter jets.

Vice showed reporters a model of the company’s design for the so-called T-X trainer, which bears some resemblance to the T-38 trainer that Northrop built from 1961 to 1972. He said the first flight of the newly designed aircraft is scheduled for early next year, and declined to provide photographs of the new design.

Northrop Grumman Maps Out ‘Bold’Vision For Aerospace Sector Northrop Grumman Corp , riding high after its selection to build the next U.S. long-range bomber, says it is investing heavily and hiring workers as part of a focused plan to unveil at least one “big, bold and ingenious” new technology each year.

Northrop is also poised to win a contract from the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for continued work on TERN, a new unmanned aircraft designed to operate on U.S. destroyers, said one U.S. defense official. The only other would-be competitor, Aerovironment, did not submit a bid.

U.S. Air Force Aims To Replace Spy Planes As Soon As Possible

Tom Vice, president of Northrop Aerospace Systems, told reporters that Northrop aims to drive innovation and develop new technologies that the Pentagon says it needs to stay ahead of Russia and China.

The U.S. Air Force aims to start replacing its aging fleet of E-8 JSTARS spy and battle management planes “as soon as realistically possible,” Air Force Secretary Deborah James said on Monday.

Northrop, the third-largest U.S. weapons maker, scored a huge win in late October when it beat out Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp to win the Air Force bomber contract, a deal analysts say could be worth up to $80 billion.

The Pentagon’s chief arms buyer last week approved the next step in a multibillion-dollar competition to replace the 16 existing Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft, or JSTARS, which have flown over 100,000 combat hours and are approaching the end of their service life.

“The bomber win positions them as one of the two long-term combat aircraft players in the United States,” said Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis at the Virginia-based Teal Group. “They’re getting back into a leadership position.”

Northrop builds key parts of both Lockheed’s F-35 fighter jet and Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, as well as the high-altitude Global Hawk and Triton unmanned planes, but it has not been the prime contractor on a major combat plane for years.

Vice declined to discuss the bomber program, which remains classified, or a protest filed by the losing team.

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Northrop Grumman is G/ATOR’s average procurement unit cost is between $147 The upgrade ensures C-130 radios comply program in early 2016. developing and will field IBCS — the brains of thewith futurenewly missile defense system adopted European Air million Traffic and $254.6 million, MFCR is predicted to cost $223.9 — in fiscal recapitalization year 2019.

“JSTARS is absolutely million Management requirements by providing 8.33 per copy and the MFCR with a surveillance radar is necessary for the Air Force to continue estimated kilohertz (kHz) channel spacing in the range to cost $326.4 million.

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The G/ATORThe system — which would need 118 months to global nanosatellite and microsatellite The MXF-626K is a VHF tactical cost of maintaining the planes was growing move through market the acquisition cycle — was assessed will reach $2.5 billion byas having 2020, To focus theaged. study, the Army made several assumptions.

For one, it assumed that provides communications system that as the fleet highairschedule risk in both theatechnology maturation and risk according to forecast by market research any alternative could be fully integrated into the AIAMD Raid vignettes to-air network. and air-to-ground line-of-sightreduction Single phase (TMRR) and the EMD phase. The program firm Research and Markets. This reflects a Senator Johnny Isakson aand other capability. were designed to represent single12battery’s Channel Ground and Air Radio System could see schedule slippage, thegrowth Army rate predicts, compound annual of 23.2anywhere percent senators urged Defense Secretary Ashton (SINCGARS), Air Traffic Control (ATC) and14 to 18 months. from from $889.8 million in 2015.

The Army evaluated cost to based on 91 procured radarsband — four prototypes Carter in also a letter datedthe Friday protect maritime operations in single channel funding for the JSTARS thelaunchers fiscal and 87 production assetsprogram — andin485 consisting of four prototypes and to more and frequency hopping modes The strongest growth will be in Earth TheThe Army concluded that upgrades and replacement radar 2017 budget request that is being finalized.

481 production assets. than 400 C-130H and C-130J aircraft. observation and remote sensing. North options the same amount of time to field. The MXF-626K is a designed-as-a-form, fit, and take nearly America will be the largest market.

“Due to high demand over the years and baseline Patriot would reach initial operational capability The service figured the program schedule would reach initial operational capability functional replacement for the ARC-186 increasing maintenance requirements, it is in fiscal year 2027, upgraded in early Demand will alsoPatriot be driven by thefiscal “low2028, cost ideally by fiscal year 2026 and procurement quantities would stay atonboard 15 battalions radio presently C-130H aircraft. becoming increasingly difficult and costly to MFCR and MFCR with surveillance capability in late fisof design, increasing demand for miniature as described in a Nov. 7, 2014, materiel development decision. keep aircraft available to meet operational The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon cal two ‘28. G/ATOR would theinvestment longest tofrom reachSilicon initial satellites, andtake huge andassess training requirements.

Thiswere leaves a previous contracts to upgrade operational capability, according to the slides, reaching the Valley,” the report said.

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Key design changes introduced with the MAX include Boeing Readies 737 MAX For First Flight the higher-bypass Leap-1B engine with a larger Methods West Hosts Another Successful Open House in CFM Phoenix Boeing is set to begin preflight tests of the first 737 MAX, following a Dec. 8 unveiling event for employees at its Renton, Washington, facility.

The aircraft—expected to make its first flight in 2016—rolled off the production line and into the paint hangar on Nov. 30, the exact date defined in the program schedule four years ago. Its entry-into-service targeted for the third quarter of 2017 with launch customer Southwest Airlines, the MAX will succeed the 737 Next Generation (NG) that first rolled out 19 years ago to the day in 1996.

The 737 MAX makes its debut just as its arch rival, the Airbus A320neo, nears service entry with launch airline Qatar Airways. Despite the 60-40 market share lead enjoyed by the A320neo, the 737 MAX’s expected 20% fuel-burn improvement over the current 737 model will continue to attract sustained orders, 737 MAX Vice President And General Manager Keith Leverkuhn said. “We are very comfortable with the way the market is settling out,” he said. “It’s not unlike where we are with the NG and the A320 today, which is about 50-50, and I’d expect that to continue. It’s going to be a dog fight for every campaign, and for us to demonstrate we have the right product at the right price.”

Firm orders for the NEO—launched more than one year ahead of the MAX—have now reached more than 4,410, compared to the MAX’s approximately 2,930. But Leverkuhn says that, “since the MAX has been available it has been about 50-50.”

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diameter fan and bigger flight-deck displays. The new aircraft also has several wing improvements, including the addition of a large, bifurcated winglet, a nosegear extension to improve ground clearance and the incorporation of a lower drag tail cone. Fan diameter was increased to 69.4 in., but Boeing avoided a commensurate increase in nacelle diameter. It achieved this by introducing a closer-fitting thrust reverser lined with titanium—instead of one lined with the typical insulated composite—to withstand the higher temperatures.

However, reverser supplier Spirit AeroSystems recently dropped GKN as supplier of the titanium lining amidst mounting concerns about the U.K. company’s ability to produce the unit at the coming high rates. Sufficient titanium units are available for the initial batch of testaircraft, but a new solution has been devised for the longer term.

Flight tests with the first aircraft, a 737-8 dubbed 1A001, will follow the standard Boeing format of “flying it slow and low to begin with,” so that engineers can be sure they understand its handling qualities and verify that what they modeled and saw in the wind tunnel was correct, Leverkuhn says. “Then we will expand the envelope to make sure we can fly higher and faster and clear flutter.”

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frustration in recent months about delays in arms sales approvals. They argue that the U.S. government has not expanded its capacity to process arms deals despite a big spike in such transactions.

Jeff Kohler, Boeing Co’s vice president for international business development, said earlier this month he and his Gulf customers were “a little frustrated” with delays in getting U.S. approvals for fighter jet sales.

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A $3 billion deal for 28 Boeing F/A-18E/F fighter jets for Kuwait, and a separate Qatari deal for F-15 fighters, have been delayed for some time.

Rixey said DSCA was keeping up with surging arms sales requests largely through process improvements and better training, but he warned that potential cuts in Pentagon headquarters funding could pose a problem.

DSCA is handling a total of 13,500 cases with a total value of $461 billion.

Last year’s total was the biggest yet, outside of a spike caused by Saudi fighter jet sales in 2012.

Rixey said his agency was coordinating more closely with the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Commerce Department and other Pentagon agencies and leaders to advocate for U.S. arms sales as a key instrument of U.S. foreign policy.

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He said requests from countries that were “well-behaved” and protected U.S. technology were generally processed quickly, but the U.S. government would take its time vetting sales to countries with weaker records on human rights and technology.

U.S.Working To Keep Up With Surging Weapons Demand: Pentagon

DSCA had increased training and was working on a variety of initiatives, Rixey said, including pre-processing reviews and stockpiling some munitions and other weapons that were in high demand by using a special revolving defense acquisition fund.

The U.S. government is working hard to ensure quicker processing of U.S. foreign arms sales, which surged 36 percent to $46.6 billion in fiscal 2015 and look set to remain strong in coming years, a top Pentagon official said.

“Projections are still strong,” Vice Admiral Joe Rixey, who heads the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), told Reuters.

He said the agency was trying to sort out the impact of a much strongerthan-expected fourth quarter as it finalized its forecast for arms sales in fiscal 2016, which began Oct. 1.

The fight against Islamic State militants and other armed conflicts around the globe were fueling demand for U.S. missile defense equipment, helicopters and munitions, Rixey said, a shift from 10 years ago when the focus was on fighter jets.

“It’s worldwide.The demand signal is coming in Europe, in the Pacific and in Centcom,” he said, referring to the U.S. Central Command region, which includes the Middle East and Afghanistan.

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Congress has authorized the agency to spend up to $400 million from the account since it was reconstituted in 2011, about $75 million of which remains available, said Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Joe Sowers.

Rixey said some munitions had also been sold from U.S. military reserves to ensure that they were available to allies quicker. Source: Reuters

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The study—“Managing the Multigenerational Workforce”—was released this month and is based for both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. expensive. on two separate online surveys: the first of 700 business professionals, and the second of 1,010 If Northrop wins, Ager argued, the market 2015 HaasAds_FO130.indd 3 teenagers young adults between ages of 13 and 24.lose a competitor and become more may There is noand clear frontrunner in thisthe tightly

consolidated. contested matchup, as both BAE Systems While workers across all generations want their companies to be strong technology users, according and Northrop Grumman have successfully to CompTIA Senior Director of Technology Analysis Seth Robinson, the desire is growing as “Competition does bring out some great tested prototypes at the culmination of a employees get younger. innovation. A BAE win would maintain three-year development program that ended that,” said that Ager.

He cautioned he out has in March.

“I think that that use of technology is one of the biggest things a company needs that to sort no knowledge of how the Army would when it’s considering how to manage these different generations, how to make them effective with factor industrial-base considerations in the The notified contractors thattalent,” there Robinson each Army other, and how to keep the best said. selection process, if at all. “This could be an will be no more proposal revisions and asked unintended consequence that has an impact themoption to submit their best and finalway offers.

The to telecommute is one to attract and retain that talent.

The majority of millennials on the industrial base.” and gen X-ers prefer to work for organizations that offer telecommuting, and 42 and 44 percent, Chris Ager, will whoaccept oversees BAE Systems’ respectively, a lower salary in exchange for this benefit. However, they both still value willtobework the lighter, expensive infrared countermeasures business, face-to-face interaction as much as oldersaid generationsCIRCM and prefer outside less the office only replacement for the advanced threat infrared both companies are strong contenders, one to two days a week. countermeasures (ATIRCM) system that but wonders if the Army will consider the BAE developed for the Army in 2008 on an proposals strictly on technical merittoor But the study also shows some resistance telecommuting: Currently almost half of baby boomers accelerated schedule in the wake of rampant whether it will also weigh the industrial want to eliminate telecommuting, a mentality and culture Robinson said will have to change in missile attacks against Army helicopters in implications of its decisions. order to recruit younger employees. “The potential is there for employees to be as productive when war zones. they’re on the go as they are in the office, and obviously when they don’t have to come to the office “There’s only two them of ussome that do directional every day, it gives flexibility and some work-life balance,” he said.

When an aircraft comes under attack, a infrared countermeasures,” he said in an warning system detects the incoming missile interview.

The constant competition over That blending of work and personal life also rolls overand intocommunicates social media use, 43 percent of thewhich missile’s position the years has created a “vibrant industrial millennials think is an asset they bring to the workplace.

A third of employees in their 20s and 30s relative to the aircraft, cueing the ATIRCM base” that could be weakened as a result use Facebook for both professional and personal purposes, a trend study found exists across jam head to thethe missile’s location.

ATIRCM of the CIRCM award, Ager said. If BAE social media platforms.Younger employees share workthen information with personal contacts and add locates and tracks the incoming threat wins, Northrop Grumman would still have coworkers on personal accounts. and emits a high-energy laser beam to thwart a substantial workload supplying infrared the missile’s infrared seeker, effectively countermeasures to the Air Force and Navy In comparison, less than 20 percent of baby boomers have this blending, and about a quarter do

not even use Facebook. But no matter social blinding its guidance system and preventing media or technology trends, companies need to it from homing in on the aircraft.

12/11/14 9:04 AM focus on how best to recruit and retain younger employees, especially they’re less loyal to The Army wants tosince eventually produce their workplaces, according to Robinson.

CIRCM in large quantities so it can provide

aircraft with 360-degree coverage. “They “Companies, order ATIRCM to find that that didn’t buildinenough forbalance the entire they want to have of having some employees Army fleet because of weight and cost,” Ager that areWith going want replacement, to stick around, said. thetolighter the they’re Army going to have to be aware of what makes people plans to install two lasers kits in each aircraft move, to have to address to getand nearthey’re sphericalgoing coverage.

“That’s one of those things rather than sticking to an the big advantages of CIRCM,” he said.overall corporate mission and culture,” he said. Source: Now Associations Whoever is selected next month will receive a 26-month development contract for 21 systems, with options for low-rate DOD Wants To of$15B To production and the Up possibility supplying Advance Technological Edge additional CIRCM units to the Navy.

Full production would begin in 2019.

The Army In 2017 has budgeted about $1 billion over the next fiveDefense years forSecretary the program, including Deputy Robert Work contractor and government costs. has confirmed up to $15 billion will be

requested by the Pentagon for war games and Defense industry consultant LorenThompson experimentation in 2017. said winning this contract is “crucially important” to BAE Systems and Northrop “We believe that the advantage we have is ...

Grumman. “For the loser, living without the our people; that tech-savvy people who’ve revenue from CIRCM will be a heavy blow,” grown up in the iWorld will kick the crap out Thompson wrote in Forbes.com. Source: of people who grew up in the iWorld under an National Defense Magazine authoritarian reign,” he said. Source: Reuters 65••Jan July/ /Feb Aug2016 2015 73

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A Superior FamilyOwned, Woman-Owned, ISO9001:2008 / AS9100 Rev C Certified Precision Machine Shop Meet Gibbs Precision Machine. Since it opened for business in 2007, this family run woman-owned ISO9001/ AS9100 Certified business has grown exponentially. The company has over 70 years of experience supporting many industries in precision manufacturing. Gibbs’ core competencies include CNC machining (milling and turning), from prototype to production components from a diverse variety of materials.

Owners Terry and Shelley Gibbs were blessed to have their children Kristie, Patrick and Kyle all participating at various times in the business to

help grow it. Terry is a gifted machinist, having first learned the trade back in Southern California when he was just out of high school.

Terry worked for Morsch Machine in Phoenix for 26 years, and he credits owners Joe and Claudia Salontai for helping to prepare him for the business he would open when his years with Morsch Machine came to an end. “If I were to name 10 of the most important people in my life, Joe and Claudia would be on this list.”

As a mentor, Joe was excited for Terry’s decision to open his own business, and he supported his departure. Terry also credits his wife Shelley for helping him take the leap of faith to open his own business.

For the first 3 months of Gibbs Precision Machine’s existence, Terry worked full time at his employer and ran his new business on evenings and on weekends. He opened in a small bay, at 1500 square foot, and with one Haas machine. Fast forward to today, where the company resides in a facility 3 times the size, and now has 4 Haas CNC mills and 2 CNC lathes along with other support equipment.

In its 8 years of business, the Gibbs Precision Machine team hasn’t made sales calls to solicit new business. Terry says, “Morsch outsourced to us early on as did Jesse Shaw, owner of Shaw Precision. I really thank our early customers for helping to launch Gibbs Precision Machine.”Terry and Shelley are spiritual people, and they believe several key signs came to them to help them feel comfortable opening the business. They also had spiritual support in bringing new contacts to them -- and this sometimes resulted in new customers.

Since Terry and his team don’t make sales calls, they must rely upon customer referrals to grow their business. Terry says, “If you deliver quality parts at a fair price, and on-time, people will always recommend you to others.”

He continued, “Service is what can make or break a business.When I purchase my machine tools, as a small shop, I need to know that I will receive superior and quick service when I have a problem with a machine.” He recalls a time back when he had just opened for business and he called Ellison Machinery for help with his only machine, the Haas VF-2.

“I told Connie about the issue, and she told me that she could have a service technician out to our shop in 2 days. I told her that this was my only machine, and this meant I couldn’t make parts for the next 2 days – I just couldn’t have this down time. Connie moved the company’s service schedule around to have someone here to fix my machine the next morning. “We love Connie”, Shelley says! The team also values Ellison Machinery superior long-term customer support by team members Jose Felix and Rick Fleming.

Terry says that in the 8 years of owning Haas machine tools and being open for business, he has only had to contact Ellison Machinery twice for support. “We haven’t had a need

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for their service often, but it is invaluable to know that it is there when you need it.”

Terry says, “We have had machine tool dealers come to see us in the past.When I ask if they have service in Arizona, I often hear that ‘they can fly someone in from California or somewhere else in the country.This just doesn’t work for our business.

Ellison Machinery is committed to the Valley, and they have probably a dozen trucks supporting all the machine shop owners and machine tools they have sold.” He continued, “I also think that the generosity of the Gene Haas Foundation in helping to train our next generation machinists is outstanding. I am proud to purchase from a US builder that is so supportive of manufacturing in this country.”

Terry appreciates the style of his Ellison Business Manager, Jameson Pack. “He isn’t pushy — he is respectful of my time, and he helps me to make the best decision for my machine tool purchases.”

Coming from a sophisticated high-tech machine shop in theValley,Terry recognized the importance of certifying his business to ISO9001: 2008 / AS9100 Revision C. “We knew it would be advantageous to certify when we were small, and then to grow our business with the processes in place.”Terry and the team were very pleased with their ISO/AS9100 consultant, Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC. Today, Gibbs Precision Machine supports

customers in the semiconductor, automotive, commercial and aerospace industries. They continue to serve their loyal customers and add new customers through referrals. The company prides itself on its quick turn-around, its superior customer service, and its ability to accept the challenge of some very difficult to make parts. Shelley says, “8 years after opening the business, Terry still works 7 days a week, and he begins his work day hours before the start of rush hour.” A good work ethic is a core value in the family — when Gibbs Precision Machine first opened for business, son Patrick worked 30 hours per week while going to college full time to become a special education teacher. While he has a full time position in his career today, Patrick still helps the family business when he can.Youngest son Kyle and daughter Kristie are active in the business today. Every family member operates the Haas machine tools! Terry and the team at Gibbs Precision Machine are very appreciate of the support they get from Terry’s former colleagues, Debbie Arneson and Brian McInnis, who still work full time jobs, but help the Gibbs’ team out on evenings and weekends.

Gibbs Precision Machine’s latest Haas purchase, just weeks ago, was the VF2-SS. It is a SuperSpeed Vertical Machining Center. With Terry’s purchase of the VF2-SS, he added the new Automatic Coolant Refill System. Jameson says, “The Automatic Coolant Refill System is a new option for Haas machines that mounts to the handle of any standard Haas coolant tank.

It automatically monitors the machine’s coolant usage, and then replenishes the tank with coolant mixed to the correct concentration. The system, when connected to a water supply, blends the coolant concentrate of your choice with water, and automatically dispenses the mixture into the coolant tank.” Terry added, “ The system saves hours of maintenance, while keeping the machinist at the front of the machine making chips, instead of at the back of the machine making a mess!”

What’s next for Gibbs Precision Machine? “Continued growth”, Terry says, and he adds that he hopes to build the machine shop to where he can begin to purchase machine tools that increase automation. “I know how to run lights out from my previous employment. At Gibbs Precision Machine, we embrace new technology that will allow us to continue to improve the efficiencies of our operations.We are already ISO9001: 2008 / AS9100 Revision C certified, so we are ready and able to take on more customers in the aerospace and medical industries.”

Contact Gibbs Precision Machine at 480.753.1166, email terry.gibbs@gibbsprecision.com or visit their website at GibbsPrecision.com To learn more about Ellison Machinery and Haas Factory Outlet, contact them at 480.968.5877 or visit EllisonAZ.com A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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over-promise.

Jones said that growth is accelerating and that the current seven production lines will be increased.“We were at production capacity,” he said. “We produce 55 percent of the Sub-Zero products.”

IDC’sTop 10 Manufacturing Predictions For 2016: The Cloud Enables Greater Customer Centricity • Worldwide manufacturers will spend an estimated $323B on external IT expenditures in 2016.

• Manufacturers making the most of their customer-centric IT investments will gain 2 – 3% more market share over competitors.

•Worldwide manufacturers will spend an estimated $323B on external IT expenditures in 2016.

• Manufacturers making the most of their customer-centric IT investments will gain 2 – 3% more market share over competitors.

These and other insights are from IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2016 Predictions published last month.

Prediction 1: By the End of 2017, Those Manufacturers That Have Leveraged Customer-Centricity Investments Will Gain Market Share Growth in the Range of 2–3 Percentage Points.The future of manufacturing is being defined more by companies willing to deal with the tough decisions about investing in IT to become more responsive to customer needs. A big part of the customer-driven revolution in manufacturing is happening in Quote-to-Cash (QTC), and Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ), two areas manufacturers, continue to invest in heavily.

Sub-Zero Expands Goodyear Facility The 248,000-square-foot, $34 million expansion of Sub-Zero Group Inc.’s West Valley manufacturing facility is an economic coup for the city of Goodyear.

New products, growing demand and a lack of space at its 155,000-squarefoot Phoenix plant at 38th Avenue and Van Buren Street sent the company looking for a new building in 2010.

“The company developed a new series of products, the new generation integrated platform allowing customers to design a unit to meet their needs,” said Ron Jones, Goodyear plant manager for Sub-Zero, which has operated in the Valley since 1980. “Our sales took off, increasing more than 20 percent a year. We needed to consolidate and expand.”

The company selected space near Indian School Road and Loop 303 and developed a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. Promising Goodyear 100 jobs over seven years, Sub-Zero hit its goal in two. The high-value advanced industry jobs are coveted in the West Valley, paying more than similar jobs.

“We want to be the employer of choice,” Jones said. “We don’t want to lose well-trained manufacturing employees.”Sub-Zero is now adding half as much space again to its facility, bringing the total manufacturing floor to 700,000 square feet.

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Prediction 2: In 2016, 90% of Manufacturers Will Impose Their Global Standards on All Operations, Including Outsourced Operations, and Suppliers, to Decrease Risk and Increase Market Opportunities. Part of these standards will include quality management data which is isolated, even siloed, in many production centers. Inbound inspection, audit, CAPA (Corrective Action/Preventative Action), NC/CA CA +0.00% (Non-Conformance/Corrective Action), outcomes of Six Sigma quality analysis, and many other forms of data rarely get outside of manufacturing and across the broader value chain of a manufacturer.

Prediction 3: By the End of 2016, 65% of ManufacturersWill Have Metrics in Place to Evaluate and Drive Pervasive Changes in the Workplace with Their NewTechnology Investments. IDC predicts metrics associated with 3D printing productivity and security will become more pervasive in 2016. In addition to these, advanced analytics that can recommend which customized product configurations, service bundles, and pricing options are optimal for a given sales cycle will emerge, supporting by cloud-based platforms capable of providing analytics reporting on any device, anytime.

Tableau will continue to see adoption accelerate in manufacturing as a result of the myriad of new metrics being created today and in 2016.

Prediction 4: By 2019, 75% of ManufacturingValue ChainsWill Undergo an Operating Model Transformation with Digitally Connected Processes That Improve Responsiveness and Productivity by 15%. Manufacturers need to pursue speed first and production scale second if they are going to compete and win new customers in 2016. From the largest B2C and B2B manufacturers to the smallest start-ups, choosing accuracy, responsiveness, and speed as the new cornerstones for improving customer-facing processes will be the key catalyst driving growth in 2016.

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Streamlining logistics networks by enabling greater use of 3D printing, robotics, and cognitive computing also needs to be anchored in a customer-driven quality, response, and service recovery Manufacturers who are early adopters have the potential to break through barriers that held them back from improving accuracy and increasing long-term customer loyalty.

Prediction 6: By the End of 2019, Enterprisewide Improvements in Resiliency and Visibility Will Render Short-Term Forecasting Moot for 50% of All Consumer Products Manufacturers and 25% of All Others.

For manufacturers to attain this level of supply chain collaboration and orchestration by 2019, there’s going to need to be a compelling reason to move beyond existing The motivation will come from the race to stay relevant as manufacturers competing with greater insight and speed take market share and react faster than those that hold onto past forecasting techniques.

Prediction 7: By 2018, 60% of top 100 Global Manufacturers Will Be Using a Product Innovation Platform Approach to Drive Enterprise Quality Throughout the Product and Service Life Cycles. According to IDC, a product innovation platform unifies product, manufacturing, supply chain, and service information, processes, and people thereby enabling decision support and collaboration across value chains, enabling higher product and process quality.

Prediction 8: By 2017, 40% of Large Manufacturers Will Use Virtual

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Virtual simulations help process manufacturers gain efficiency, and discrete manufacturers meet customer requirements.

Prediction 9: By the End of 2017, 50% of Manufacturers Will Exploit the Synergy of Cloud, Mobility, and Advanced Analytics to Facilitate Innovative, Integrated Ways of Working on the Shop Floor. IDC believes that companies will realize the short-term opportunity of using the cloud as the fabric to establish a companywide platform to analyzing data coming from the shop floor and converting it into actionable information for enterprise decision makers. Acumatica, Microsoft AX on Azure, NetSuite, and Plex Systems are cloud-based ERP providers who have experience scaling manufacturing operations starting at the shop floor. A few including Plex have analytics that support shop floor to top floor reporting.

Prediction 10: In 2016, 20% of Manufacturers Will Begin to Break Down Organizational Silos, Reshape IT Portfolios, and Import New IT Talent in the Plant for Digitally Executed Manufacturing. IDC predicts that rigid, centralized factory control systems will start to give way to decentralized intelligence as machine-to-machine communications start to hit the factory floor. To support this transformation, IDC says that a new generation of technology-savvy and technology-empowered workers, with information available at their fingertips, will be needed.

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Marines Select BAE, SAIC to Build Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototypes

tests. The final winner for low rate initial production will be decided in late spring or early summer 2018, with initial operating capability expected in 2020, Marine Corps officials said.

The Marine Corps on Nov. 24 chose BAE Systems and SAIC to build 32 prototypes of a new fighting vehicle designed to replace its fleet of aging amphibious assault vehicles.

Deepak Bazaz, director of new and amphibious vehicles at BAE Systems, in a statement said: “Our vehicle was designed to be fully amphibious with exceptional ground mobility and protection. Our ACV solution will provide the Marine Corps with a mature, cost-effective solution with significant growth capacity.”

They were two of five competitors on the amphibious combat vehicle program. Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics Land Systems and Advanced Defense Vehicle Systems did not make the cut on the engineering development and manufacturing (EMD) phase.

The $1.2 billion program aims to build 204 vehicles. BAE’s EMD contract is worth $103.8 million and SAIC’s is for $121.5 million, a Marine Corps statement said. Marine Corps documents call for the two winners to provide 13 vehicles each, with an option for an additional three each depending on future funding.

This is the Marine Corps’ third attempt to replace the aging amphibious assault vehicle.The service ultimately wants vehicles that can be launched from beyond the horizon, swim at high speed toward a landing area, then continue to fight on land with enough armor to protect them from such weapons as roadside bombs.

This wish list has proven to be a technological bridge too far, so the service decided on an incremental approach with ACV 1.1 featuring some of the desired capabilities, and other more challenging requirements tackled later.

Col. Rodger Turner, director of the capabilities development directorate for the Marine Corps, said in a press conference prior to the announcement that the ACV 1.1 “will allow us to be lethal, mobile, expeditionary and it provides MRAP-level protection to the forces, which is a key attribute of the future operating environment, or even the current operating environment.”

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BAE is partnering with IVECO Defence Vehicles of Turin, Italy, which has manufactured some 30,000 armored military vehicles. The BAE prototypes will be built “from the ground up,” the statement said, and can carry a crew of three and 13 troops.

James Hasik, a senior fellow for defense at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security said: “Both winners are working with highly mature foreign designs.The decision “makes a heck of a lot of sense for the Marine Corps. They’re going to get something that works and they’re going to be highly assured that it is going to work.”

He said the win would be a boon for both SAIC and BAE. “BAE could definitely use the work,” he noted.

Executives at SAIC, which is more often considered a services company, “probably were very strategic about figuring out where they wanted to bid to be a system integrator.” They were most likely looking for a program where they would be believable and convincing as a prime contractor, he said. “And they have found it.”

“The folks that probably are most discomfited by the decision would be Lockheed Martin,” he said. “They have had … big aspirations to get into the armored ground vehicle business.” The joint light tactical vehicle seems to have not worked out although the protest is spending, and now this hasn’t panned out for them, he said.

“They are having a problem entering into a market that has excess capacity in which multiple companies have a reputation for quality products,” which can be really hard, Hasik said. “They may think twice about this and decide that helicopters are more profitable.”

Testing of the swim capabilities for the vehicles will occur at the

Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch in Southern California, said John Garner, program manager for advanced amphibious assault. Other facilities at Aberdeen, Maryland, Yuma, Arizona, and the Nevada Automotive Test Center will also be used during that phase.

customer funds, foreign military sales funds in the amount of $11,917,937 will be obligated at time of award and funds in the amount of $442,937 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

In testing, “We’re going to focus on the swim capability. We will do blast testing so we clearly have to demonstrate the protect capability.”

Ground mobility and carry capabilities will also be tested. Each of those four factors were treated with equal importance in the ACV 1.1 selection, he said.

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However, in addition to those four factors, the Marine Corps identified other requirements that companies could work toward, which would act as “extra credit,” Garner said. “Those emphasis areas were weighted toward the amphibious capability of the vehicle because there are some very capable ground vehicles out there, but fundamentally this vehicle has to be an amphibious vehicle,” he noted. “That’s what makes it different from other vehicles that are currently fielded of this type.”

Meanwhile, the Corps will be looking at the 1.2 version, which can be launched and recovered from ships independently and a 1.3 version that can reach higher water speeds.

The Marine Corps plans to buy 490 of the second iteration, which would include a mix of personnel, command-and-control and recovery variants, the officials said. Source: National Defense

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, Awarded Naval Contract Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded an $11,917,937 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024 13 C-5403) to exercise an option for Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 engineering and technical service to ensure continuity in production, design integrity, and total systems integration of the missile round and its components. Services will support both the U.S. Navy and Australia. This contract modification combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (94 percent) and the government of Australia (6 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (98.5 percent) and Boston, Massachusetts (1.5 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2016. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy), fiscal 2015 weapons procurement (Navy), and fiscal 2015 other

The end of 2015 marked an eventful year for the aerospace industry. The F-35 continued to dominate headlines as the F-35B neared its in-service date and the US considered ordering up to 450 of the fighter jet from Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin also acquired Sikorsky from United Technology Corp. in a transition free of regulatory hurdles. In other acquisition news,Textron Aviation acquired the assets of UTC Aerospace Systems.

Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman secured a bid from the Air Force to build the Long-Range Strike Bomber, which could join the pantheon of storied bombers such as the B-52 to the B-2. In a nod to warbird history, a flyover in honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day was streamed live from Washington, D.C. Both Lockheed and Northrop Grumman were listed on the top 20 defense contractors for 2015, joining Raytheon, Boeing and General Dynamics in the top five. Boeing faced a rocky year in 2015 as it downsized its satellite division.

However, growth areas in aerospace continue to shine. The Scorpion team unveiled design changes for its aircraft slated to enter production in 2016.The Orion drone from Aurora Flight Sciences also set an endurance record for an 80-hour flight.

What’s ahead for 2016? The Defense Department is seeking more input from Silicon Valley, but lawmakers have expressed concern over a rule that could undermine the effort to reach out to private firms.Source:AIA

FAA GivesType CertificationTo HondaJet HA-420 The HondaJet HA-420 has received type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, paving the way for delivery to initial customers.

The certification caps more than a decade of work by Honda Aircraft.

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

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Jack Bayer bayersystems@gmail.com

Phoenix, AZ 85016 www.bayersystems.com

CNC Spindle Liners Trusty-Cook _________ 877-240-2462 Collet Fixtures Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 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 Ingersoll Cutting Tools ____480-599-0273 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 Sandvik Coromant______480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant______602-628-4242 Schenk Intertech_______ 949-360-1512 Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Digital Readout Units Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 D & R Machinery ______ 480-775-6462 Lone Arrow _________ 480-507-8074 Magnum Precision Mach __ 602-431-8300 Dust Collectors Lone Arrow__________480-507-8074 End Mills Ingersoll Cutting Tools ____ 480-599-0273 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 Fluid Control Products (Valves & Filters) VACCO Industries ______ 626-443-7121 Form Tools Ingersoll Cutting Tools ____ 480-599-0273

Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders Midaco Corporation _____847-593-8420 Inserts Ingersoll Cutting Tools ____ 480-599-0273 Live Centers Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 Live Tool Holders Schenk Intertech_______ 949-360-1512 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 Machine Tool Accessories Schenk Intertech_______ 949-360-1512 Von Ruden Manufacturing _ 763-682-0322 Magnetic Particle Ins Equip.

DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Milling and Turning 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

Parts Washing Equipment Qualichem, Inc _______480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ______800-367-9966 R8 Quick-Change Tool System Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Spindles GMN USA __________800-686-1679 Setco Spindles & Slides ___866-362-0699 Static Tool Holders Schenk Intertech_______ 949-360-1512 Von Ruden Manufacturing _763-682-0322 Steel Service Center Apache Steel Company ___602-323-2200 Tooling Columns Stevens Engineering _____602-272-6766 Vibratory Equipment Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 Vises and Vise Jaws Arizona CNC Equip______ 480-615-6353 Desert EDM Sales ______480-816-6300 Stevens Engineering _____602-272-6766 Waterjet Abrasives Barton International ____800-741-7756 GMA Garnet _________882-243-9300 Lone Arrow _________480-507-8074

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Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. Since 1946

Fluid Power / Mechanical / Tool Products ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Brandon Anderson President

MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com

DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954

or!AZ,!NM,!and!NV!publication!Southwest!Edition!!

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

www.vonruden.com

Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

Made in USA

Nickel!!!

Cobalt!

Titanium!!!

Stainless!

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O mar D e lfin

T echnicalSalesManager Arizona T erritory

Delivering!Alloy!Solutions!Worldwide!

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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

Waterjet Replacement Parts EDM Performance acc’s ___ 800-336-2946 Arizona CNC Equip______480-615-6353 Global EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330 Barton International ____ 800-741-7756 Qualichem Inc ________ 480-320-0308 GMA Garnet _________882-243-9300 Star Metal Fluids ______ 800-367-9966 Work Holding EDM Fluids Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5335 Hangsterfers_________ 316-640-2462 Kurt Manufacturing _____ 763-574-8320 Pioneer Distributing Co. ___ 602-278-2693 Impression Materials Schenk Intertech_______ 949-360-1512 Stevens Engineering _____ 602-272-6766 Roydent ___________ 480-607-1876 Machine Tool Cool. Filtration CONSUMMABLES Canyon State Oil_______ 800-894-7773 Cleaners: Ultrasonic or!No.!CA,!OR,!and!WA!publication!Northwest!Edition!!

Pro- Ultrasonics _______602-938-0603 D & R Machinery ______ 480-775-6462 Cutting Fluids & Oils Nickel!!!

(Cool- Qualichem, Inc _______ 480-320-0308 Cobalt!

Star Metal Fluids ______ 800-367-9966 ants) Titanium!!!

Canyon State Oil_______800-894-7773 Measurement Products Stainless!

Echols Saw & Supply ____ 602-278-3918 for In Process/First Article Delivering!Alloy!Solutions!Worldwide!

Inspection Hangsterfers _________ 316-640-2462 Bill!Voden!(800)337"3766!ext.!152!!!

Roydent ___________ 480-607-1876 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 bvoden@aerodynealloys.com!!

Solvents & Degreasing www.aerodynealloys.com!

Pioneer Distributing Co. ___602-278-2693 Agents Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 Canyon State Oil_______ 800-894-7773 Star Metal Fluids ______800-367-9966 Pioneer Distributing Co. ___ 602-278-2693 EDM Materials & Supplies Qualichem, Inc _______ 480-320-0308 Adams Machinery ______480-968-3711 Star Metal Fluids ______ 800-367-9966 Canyon State Oil_______800-894-7773 HARDWARE MATERIAL D & R Machinery ______480-775-6462 Alloys: High Temperature Desert EDM Sales ______ 480-816-6300 Aerodyne Alloys _______ 860-289-3820 EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782 Western States Metals ____ 801-978-0562 Alloys: Specialty Aerodyne Alloys _______ 860-289-3820 Apache Steel Company ___ 602-323-2200 Interstate Steel Salvage ___ 623-536-2512 Aluminum Apache Steel Company ___ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals __________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals Phoenix____ 602-252-1918 O’Neal High-Performance Metals

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(855) 400-2269 Tel

A Division of SC Fuels

(602) 369-5185 Mobile

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(602) 269-2685 Fax

Phoenix, AZ 85009

swatkins@canyonstateoil.com

tal Metals ________ 800-811-7466 Coastal Fry Steel Company _____ 800-423-6651 Ind. Metal Supply ______ 602-454-1500 Interstate Steel Salvage ___ 623-536-2512 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 Interstate Steel Salvage ___ 623-536-2512 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 Castings Ind. Metal Supply ______ 602-454-1500 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 Phoenix____ 602-252-1918 Bralco Metals Albuquerque _505-345-0959 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 Fasteners RC Fasteners _________ 623-516-1551 Lead Ind. Metal Supply ______602-454-1500 Material Sales Samuel, Son & Co. _____ 800-631-9765 Sunshine Metals _______ 714-225-4972 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 Phoenix____ 602-252-1918 Bralco Metals Albuquerque _505-345-0959 Coast Aluminum _______ 877-977-6061 Davis Salvage Co ______602-267-7208 Erickson Metals _______ 877-543-6061 Ind. Metal Supply ______602-454-1500 Interstate Steel Salvage ___ 623-536-2512

Kloeckner Metals ______480-389-2883 Reliance Metal Center ___ 602-275-4471 Samuel, Son & Co. _____ 800-631-9765 State Industrial Prod ____602-275-0990 Sunshine Metals _______ 714-225-4972 TCI Precision Metals _____ 800-234-5613 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 Bralco Metals Phoenix____ 602-252-1918 Bralco Metals Albuquerque _505-345-0959 Coast Aluminum _______ 877-977-6061 Davis Salvage Co ______ 602-267-7208 Erickson Metals _______ 877-543-6061 Ind. Metal Supply ______ 602-454-1500 Interstate Steel Salvage ___ 623-536-2512 Kloeckner Metals ______480-389-2883 Reliance Metal Center ___ 602-275-4471 Samuel, Son & Co. _____ 800-631-9765 Sunshine Metals _______ 714-225-4972 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 Tube Service Company ___ 602-267-9865 Tubing: Titanium & Hastelloy Apache Steel Company ___602-323-2200

INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE Electronic Locking Systems EMKA Inc. __________ 717-986-1111 Gasketing EMKA Inc. __________ 717-986-1111 Handles & Hinges EMKA Inc. __________ 717-986-1111 Locking Systems EMKA Inc. __________ 717-986-1111 Qtr Turns/Rod Controls EMKA Inc. __________ 717-986-1111 TOOLING Boring Bars B & T Tool & Engineering __ 602-267-1481 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 Carbide B & T Tool & Engineering __ 602-267-1481 Cutting Tools Consultants __602-277-1342 Helical Solutions _______866-543-5422 Horizon Carbide _______480-968-0957 Magnum Precision Mach __602-431-8300 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 The Tool Crib _________ 602-978-3130 Chucks Bilz USA ___________800-227-5460 Cutting Tools Cutting Tools Consultants __ 602-277-1342 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Helical Solutions _______866-543-5422 Horizon Carbide _______480-968-0957 Sandvik Coromant______480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant______602-628-4242 Cutting Tools: Custom B & T Tool & Engineering __ 602-267-1481 Horizon Carbide _______480-968-0957 Drills Cutting Tools Consultants __602-277-1342 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 Moore Tool & Equipment __602-455-8904 Sandvik Coromant______480-233-0997

Sandvik Coromant______602-628-4242 602-628-4242 End Mills Coast Aluminum Sales ___ 480-797-5162 Cutting Tools Consultants __602-277-1342 Helical Solutions _______866-543-5422 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 Sandvik Coromant______480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant______602-628-4242 Form Tools B & T Tool & Engineering __ 602-267-1481 Coast Aluminum Sales ___ 480-797-5162 Cutting Tools Consultants __ 602-277-1342 Horizon Carbide _______480-968-0957 Holders Bilz USA ___________800-227-5460 Inserts, Indexable Coast Aluminum Sales ___ 480-797-5162 Horizon Carbide _______480-968-0957 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 Sandvik Coromant______480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant______602-628-4242 Inserts, PCD/CBN Coast Aluminum Sales ___ 480-797-5162 Horizon Carbide _______480-968-0957 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 Reamers & Drills, PCD Bilz USA ___________800-227-5460 Coast Aluminum Sales ___ 480-797-5162 Marshall Tool & Supply ___602-269-6295 Precision Toolholding Products Von Ruden Manufacturing _ 763-682-0322

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Jimmy Wahbeh

Certified Sales Professional

Celebrating three decades of “Unbeatable Service”

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

Rob Schwister

Relationship Manager 480.905.2407 rschwister@alerusmail.com alerusfinancial.com

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Thread Mills PRODUCTS Cimatron___________ 248-596-9700 Ci CASES Coast Aluminum Sales ___ Arizona 480-797-5162 ___________ 877 335 2261 Machine Delcam Tool Service, AMTS PlaSteel __________888-752-7899 Horizon Carbide _______ 480-968-0957 Opening a new chapter in my life, after 30 years, 22 in Arizona as Machinery Sales Feature Cam _________ 602-502-9654 Co. Senior Service Engineer, servicing Bridgeport, Cincinnati, Hardinge, Okamoto, Guns Sandvik Coromant______ 480-233-0997 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) and many others, CNC and Manual Machine___ Tools, 480-696-6056 I will continue to provide service Layke Tactical ________602-272-2654 Sandvik Coromant______ and 602-628-4242 repair to Arizona, MLC CAD (SolidWorks) ___ 480-696-6056 Thank you SERVICES Tooling Columns/ Tombstones Mike Smith Banks Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 SolidProducts ________ 480-206-0330 Stevens Engineering _____ 602-272-6766 TMI (GibbsCAM) _______ 602-618-6553 Alerus Bank & Trust _____480-905-2407 CAD/CAM Software National Bank of Arizona __460-756-7124 Tooling: Cutting Tools Business Consulting Nesting and Automation Custom B & T Tool & Engineering ___602-267-1481 SIGMATEK ___________ 513-674-0005 BMSC ____________480-445-9400 Tooling Systems Quick Turn Financial_____480-385-1220 Software, Inv. Control Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 Delcam ___________ 877 335 2261 Rev AZ ____________602-845-1200 Global EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330 Feature Cam _________ 602-502-9654 Calibration Services Sandvik Coromant______ 480-233-0997 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) ___ 480-696-6056 Advanced Coordinate Tech _480-921-3370 Sandvik Coromant______ 602-628-4242 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) ___ 480-696-6056 Arizona CNC Equip _____ 480-615-6353 Von Ruden Manufacturing _ 763-682-0322 SolidProducts ________ 480-206-0330 Klontech Industrial Sales __480-948-1871 PALLET SYSTEMS Software, NC Programming Washington Calibration __ 480-820-0506 Manual & Automatic Pallet Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 Calibration: Repair & Certify Systems Delcam ___________ 877 335 2261 Advanced Coordinate Tech _480-921-3370 Bayer Systems ________602-448-9409 Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 Washington Calibration __ 480-820-0506 Midaco Corporation _____847-593-8420 Computer/Web Services Feature Cam _________ 602-502-9654 Gartman Manual Lift Off Pallet Technical Services _602-788-8121 Systems MLC CAD (MasterCAM) ___ 480-696-6056 Consulting Bayer Systems ________602-448-9409 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) ___ 480-696-6056 ABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-644-2770 Midaco Corporation _____847-593-8420 SolidProducts ________ 480-206-0330 BMSC ____________480-445-9400 Manual Rotory Pallet TMI (GibbsCAM) _______ 602-618-6553 Quality Training Consultants 928-284-0856 Systems Rev AZ ____________602-845-1200 Software, Servicing Bayer Systems ________602-448-9409 Delcam ___________ 877 335 2261 Sustaining Edge Solutions__888-572-9642 Contract Inspection Midaco Corporation _____847-593-8420 Feature Cam _________ 602-502-9654 Klontech Measure Sol ____ 480-626-8131 ROBOTICS MLC CAD (MasterCAM) ___ 480-696-6056 Contract Programming Robotic Part Loading SysMLC CAD (SolidWorks) ___ 480-696-6056 Adams Machinery ______480-968-3711 tems SolidProducts ________ 480-206-0330 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Midaco Corporation _____847-593-8420 TMI (GibbsCAM) _______ 602-618-6553 Klontech Measure Sol ____ 480-626-8131 CAD/CAM Tooling Systems CNC Training Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 Arizona CNC Equip______ 480-615-6353 Global EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330 Adams Machinery ______480-968-3711 A2Z MANUFACTURING SW

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480-968-5335 Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5335 Gateway Community College 602-286-8050 Design Services Metalcraft Inc.________480-967-4889 Electrical Installation/ Maintenance Lights Out Electric ______623-703-2950 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 623-780-4137 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. __602-272-4571 Schenk Intertech_______ 949-360-1512 Financial Services Alerus Bank & Trust _____480-905-2407 BMO Harris Bank ______602-650-3779 National Bank of Arizona __460-756-7124 Quick Turn Financial_____480-385-1738 SBG Capital ________ 480-897-4988 US Bank __________ 909-466-5020 US Bank __________ 507-532-8437 Heavyhaul IRH ___________ 800-334-2409 Insurance Services NFP Property & Casualty _ 480-458-6052 Sentry Insurance _____ 877-373-6879 ISO/AS9100 Consulting ABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-644-2770 BMSC ____________480-445-9400 Quality Training Consultants 928-284-0856 Rev AZ ____________602-845-1200 Sustaining Edge Solutions__888-572-9642 IT/ Network Support Gartman Technical Services _602-788-8121 Leasing and Financing Alerus Bank & Trust _____480-905-2407 BMO Harris Bank ______602-650-3779 National Bank of Arizona __460-756-7124

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MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC. 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

Scott HAISCH Sales Manager Cell: 1(480) 689-8756 haisch.scott@rotarex.com 221 Westec Drive – Westmoreland Technology Park I Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666 – USA – www.firedetec.com

Quick Turn Financial_____ 480-385-1220 US Bank ___________909-466-5020 US Bank ___________507-532-8437 Lean Manufacturing ABS Quality Evaluations ___702-644-2770 BMSC ____________ 480-445-9400 Rev AZ ____________ 602-845-1200 Sustaining Edge Solutions___888-572-9642 Management Systems Certification/Training ABS Quality Evaluations ___702-644-2770 Machine Tool Utilization Tracking E Solutions __________ 602-524-0192 Manufacturers Rep Quality Training Consultants 928-284-0856 Rigging/Machinery Moving IRH ____________800-334-2409 Political Consultant Jill Norgaard_________ 602-753-9155 Real Estate, Commercial Del ______________ 480-241-6319 NAI Horizona ________ 602-852-3433 Phil Terry __________ 602-903-3762 Recycling Auerbach Waste LLC _____ 623-536-1015 Barry Metals _________ 602-484-7186 Broadway Metal Recycling _ 602-795-6328 Consolidated Resources Inc. _ 623-931-5009 Davis Salvage Co ______ 602-267-7208 Phoenix Metal Trading ___ 602-257-4660 Reverse Engineering BMSC ____________ 480-445-9400 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Klontech Measure Sol ____ 480-626-8131 Metalcraft Inc. ________ 480-967-4889 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. __ 602-272-4571 Rigging IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Schools, Custom Training AZPMAP ___________ 602-723-8191 Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 Gateway Community College 602-286-8050

TechShop __________480-327-0820 Schools, Machining & Training Gateway Community College 602-286-8050 TechShop __________480-327-0820 Schools, Your Own Machine Shop for Hobbiests TechShop __________480-327-0820 Systems Integration Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5877 Testing, Metallurgical ARTL _____________ 602-374-3770 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. __ 602-272-4571 Starrett Co __________ 978-249-3551 Trade Show Booth Design Fry Fabricators _______ 602-454-0701 Transportation IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Transportation:Air/Freight/ Ground IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Vision Certification Exams, Onsite Hollie Perlow, Nurse _____ 602-910-0956 Working Capital, Credit Lines Quick Turn Financial_____ 480-385-1220 SBG Capital _________480-897-4988 US Bank ___________909-466-5020 US Bank ___________507-532-8437 REPAIR/DESIGN Bar Feeder Repair Edge Technologies ______ 562-597-7824 Machine Tool Design/ Engineering Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5335 Machine Tool Rebuilding AC/DC Engineering _____ 602-818-0157 Advanced Precision _____ 602-525-0156 API Services _________ 757-223-4157 Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 AMTS_____________602-397-4008 DM Machine Repair _____ 480-709-1450

EDM Network etwork ________ 480-836-1782 Setco-Pope Spindles _____ 866-362-0699 The Werks C&C, Inc _____ 602-569-1809 Machine Retrofitting/CNC AC/DC Engineering _____ 602-818-0157 Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 API Services _________ 757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip______ 480-615-6353 Machinery Moving Advanced Precision _____ 602-525-0156 API Services _________ 757-223-4157 Klontech Measure Sol ____ 480-626-8131 Contract Programming Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 Klontech Measure Sol ____ 480-626-8131 CNC Training Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5335 Gateway Community College 602-286-8050 Design Services Metalcraft Inc.________480-967-4889 Electrical Installation/ Maintenance Lights Out Electric ______ 623-703-2950 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 623-780-4137 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. __ 602-272-4571 Schenk Intertech_______ 949-360-1512 Financial Services Alerus Bank & Trust _____ 480-905-2407 BMO Harris Bank ______ 602-650-3779 National Bank of Arizona __ 460-756-7124 Quick Turn Financial_____ 480-385-1738 SBG Capital _________ 480-897-4988 US Bank ___________ 909-466-5020 US Bank ___________ 507-532-8437 Heavyhaul IRH ___________ 800-334-2409 Maint/Repair Services AC/DC Engineering _____ 602-818-0157 Adams Machinery ______ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision _____ 602-525-0156 AMTS_____________ 602-397-4008

Arizona CNC Equip______ 480-615-6353 DM Machine Repair _____480-709-1450 D & R Machinery ______480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5335 State Industrial Prod ____602-275-0990 The Werks C&C, Inc _____602-569-1809 White’s Niche Products ___602-290-9402 Mold Repairs B&B Tool ________ 520-397-0436 Stamping Repairs B&B Tool. ________ 520-397-0436 Prev. Maint Programs AC/DC Engineering ____ 602-818-0157 Adams Machinery _____ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 AMTS____________602-397-4008 API Services ________ 757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 DM Machine Repair ____ 480-709-1450 D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _____480-968-5335 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 SAFETY Fire Protection Systems Rotarex _________ 480-689-8756 FOD Prevention PlaSteel _________ 888-752-7899 WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821

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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

www.daytonrogers.com 800-677-8881

● Complex Stampings ● On Time Delivery ● Quality Assurance

WESTERN CAST PARTS LLC Steve Whisel

● Difficult Assemblies ●Contract Mfg. ●Design Assistance

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

Mark Erickson ● General Manager merickson@daytonrogers.com 763-717-6303

ADDITIVE MFG / 3 D PRINTING Faustson ___________ 303-420-7422 ASSEMBLY Abrams Airborne Mfg _____520-887-1727 Acme Metalworks _______480-926-4171 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 CAID Industries ________520-294-3126 Campro Mfg _________ 602-298-8700 DNKB Inc __________ 480-659-7703 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 Pierpont Manufacturing ____ 602-233-1335 PlaSteel ___________ 480-491-8100 Precise Metal Products ____602-272-2625 2820 Brandt Ave Nampa, ID Profiles Tool & Engineering __480-894-1008 83687 ProtoTech ___________520-579-9873 Wrico _____________480-892-7800 Ph: 208-442-1999 Cable/Harness Assembly www.rpmmachineinc.com rpm@rpmmachineinc.com Bar-S Machine _________ 928-636-2115

BROACHING Marilyn Kahler Ponderosa Ind________303-298-1801 Industrial Sales Marilyn@TriFabSales.com Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676 phone: 480-607-1876 480-607-7695 Specialty Steel Servicesfax:__ 801-539-8252 Panasil Impression Material used in inspection for consistent, accurate measurements

Turning: Automatic Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451

Clean Room Assembly Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701 Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 L&W Fluid __________ 602-323-2560 Bending: CNC B&B Fabrication & Machine _ 623-271-6855 Custom Creform Assembly PlaSteel ___________ 480-491-8100 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 BAR CODING BRAZING Western Sintering ______ 509-375-3096 Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Thermal-Vac _________ 714-702-0488 BENDING Advanced Metal Sales ____ 623-434-8343 Brazing: Aluminum Dip AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Abrams Airborne Mfg _____520-887-1727 AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595 Brazing: Vacuum B&B Fabrication & Machine __623-271-6855 Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972 www.dolphincasting.com MICHAEL BUTLER mikeb@dolphincasting.com Manager Ext. 3335 Phone:Sales 602-272-6747 mikeb@dolphincasting.com

602-272-6747 3335 ISOPhone: 9001, PED DirectiveExt. 97/23/EC ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC

ASSEMBLIES Coating: Nickel/Teflon/Chrome Plasma Cutting CASTINGS Bar-S Machine ________ 928-636-2115 Die Casting Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181 ISO9001:2008 Joe Tripi Dayton Rogers _______ 763-717-6303 Watkins Tool & Supply __ 303-295-9603 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 President Plastic jtripi@micropulsewest.com Progway ___________435-656-9585 TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282 RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. ImageTek 444 (480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323 _________ 303-806-8111 Our company logo Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Saw Cutting A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 90 • Jan / Feb 2016 Investment Casting Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Superior Metal Products__ 303-791-7550 Precision Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181 Wasatch Laser Processing__801-972-3500 Dolphin Inc. ________ 602-272-6747 Powder Extreme Coatings _ 801-450-2819 2

ROBERT ASSENMACHER PRESIDENT

t 520.294.3126 c 520.834.7444 roba@caid.com www.caid.com

May Foundry & Machine ___801-531-8931 BROACHING Apache Gear, Inc ______ 623-934-7144 Western Cast Parts _____ 480-250-9764 Ayers Gear & Mach ______623-934-6913 Castings: Production AATC_____________602-268-1467 CASTINGS AATC_____________602-268-1467 Dolphin ____________602-272-6747 Dolphin ____________602-272-6747 May Foundry & Machine ___801-531-8931 May Foundry & Machine ___801-531-8931 Western Cast Parts _____ 480-250-9764 COATING Western Cast Parts _____ 480-250-9764 Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Castings: Prototype Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 AATC_____________602-268-1467 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Dolphin ____________602-272-6747 108 N. 40th St. Phoenix 1245 E. Buckeye Rd.

Production and Design Technology and Precision Machining Education Experts info@gatewaycc.edu Phoenix, AZ 85034 602-286-8050 maricopaskillcenter.com/machining gatewaycc.edu/industrial

CCollins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 District 7 Powder Coat _____480-636-1145 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

Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 FutureWeld __________602-437-2426 Gold Tech Industries ______480-968-1930 LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Treffers Precision _______602-744-2636 The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448 Coating: Black Oxide Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 Coating: Dry Film Lube LA Specialties _________602-269-7612 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Coating: Cerakote District 7 Powder Coat _____480-636-1145 Masic Industries ________503-232-9109

Coating: Chem Film AP Industrial _________480-968-1947

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Craig Roth President/C.O.O.

Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

Patrick H. Stewart II President

A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly

21631 N. 3rd Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85027 p (623) 492 9400 x215 f (623) 492 9071 pstewart@stewartmfg.com www.stewartmfg.com

SPRINGS STAMPINGS- MACH INED SPRINGSPARTS- WASHER S -WIR E FORMSFORMED TUB ING-ASSEMBLIES

3325 East Wier Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777

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Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

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

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Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

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

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Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting _ 602-256-0260 Coating: Liquid Collins Metal Finishing ___ 602-275-3117 Pilkington Metal Finishing _ 801-972-2146 Coating: Nickel/Teflon Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Coating: NP3 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648

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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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 Coating:Passivation LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Powder Coating Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 District 7 Powder Coat _____480-636-1145 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 Bandsaw Cutting bandsawparts.com _____ 800-240-2932 Echols Saw & Supply ____ 602-278-3918 CNC Router Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 Die Cutting CGS Technologies _______623-434-3136 Laser APMI _____________ 480-668-0024 CGS Technologies _______623-434-3136

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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 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 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 Tech __________ 602-278-6666 Faustson ___________ 303-420-7422 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

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Craig Roth President/C.O.O.

Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

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

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EDM: Dialectric Systems Craig Roth /Filtration President/C.O.O. Ebbco Inc ___________ 800-809-3901 Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc. EDM: Wire A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly East Wier Avenue 3D Machine LLC ________3325 480-239-8254 Phoenix, Arizona 85040

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(602)243-4329 Arizona Wire & Tool ______Phone: 480-813-1002 Cell: (602)370-5777 Arizona Wire Specialists ____480-829-6530 Auer Precision _________ 480-834-4637 Continental Machining ____ 800-777-2483 EDM Tech ___________ 602-278-6666 Faustson ____________ 303-420-7422 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______ 602-437-8995 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 Aerospring1@aerospringmfg.com

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Sun Tech ____________ 480-921-1665 Thompson Machine ______ 505-823-1453 Toolcraft of Phoenix ______ 623-435-5405 WC Machine & Tool ______ 480-507-4620 Whitley Machine________ 602-323-5550 Wrico _____________480-892-7800 Graphite Services Micro-Tronics, Inc _______ 602-437-8995 ENGINEERING/ PROGRAMMING Exactitude Precision ______ 602-316-6957 Pierpont Manufacturing ____ 602-233-1335 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 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 Anovaprise__________ 623-551-5775 APMI ____________ 480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal _______303-427-6419 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 B&B Fabrication & Machine _ 623-271-6855 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 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506

Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 Hollow Metal Xpress _____ 866-936-7001 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 Lynch Brothers Mfg _____ 602-267-7575 Metzfab ____________602-618-2841 Nelson Engineering ______602-273-7114 Phoenix Metalcraft _____ 602-279-4810 Pierpont Manufacturing ___ 602-233-1335 PlaSteel ___________ 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 Engineering _____ 303-280-2778

W Whitley Machine_______ 602-323-5550 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 Fabrication: Custom Metal Allfab Engineering_______602-437-0497 Arrow Sheet Metal _______ 303-427-6419 CygnetStamping & Fab ____ 818-240-7574 Fine Line Fabricating _____602-863-3506 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Metal Products ___408-699-5037 Fabrication: Medium & Large Abrams Airborne Mfg _____520-887-1727 Anovaprise___________623-551-5775 APMI ______________480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal _______ 303-427-6419

district7powdercoat.com

480-636-1145

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4045 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85009 (602) 267-7575 office (602) 909-5239 cell wayne@lynchbros.com

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3301 EAST MADISON STREET PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85034

Continental Machining ____ 800-777-2483 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129 Fine Line Fabricating _____ 602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701 Innovia ____________ 480-966-6090 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129 Fine Line Fabricating _____ 602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701 Hollow Metal Xpress ______ 866-936-7001 Innovia ____________ 480-966-6090 Jan’s Inc.____________ 480-833-7305 JD Machine __________ 801-782-4403 Metzfab ____________ 602-618-2841 Phoenix Metalcraft ______ 602-279-4810 Pierpont Manufacturing ____ 602-233-1335 PlaSteel ___________ 480-491-8100 Precise Metal Products ____ 602-272-2625 Precision Metalworks _____ 602-455-9575 Precision Metal Products ___ 408-699-5037 Stewart Precision Mfg _____ 623-492-9400 TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448 Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778 FINISHING AP Industrial _________ 480-968-1947

Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Arizona Hard Chrome _____602-278-8671 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries _____ 480-968-1930 LA Specialties _________602-269-7612 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Phoenix Heat Treating____ 602-258-7751 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 TVT Die Casting _______ 800-280-2278 Abrasive Blasting AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 STP Performance Coating LLC _602-276-1231 Dry Film Lubrication Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Electro-Polishing Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 Finishing: One Stop Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Glass Bead Clean Arizona Hard Chrome _____602-278-8671 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries _____ 480-968-1930 LA Specialties _________602-269-7612 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 Glass Bead Clean A2Z Sandblasting ______ 602-716-5566 Desert Fire___________ 602-268-1511 Lone Arrow _________ 480-507-8074

Sales@azhardchrome.com

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Gun Finishing Louie’s Gun Finishing _____ 602-257-0530 Passivation Coating Technologies ____ _623-581-2648 FutureWeld __________ 602-437-2426 Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 L A Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Polishing Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 L A Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Powder Coating AP Industrial _________ 480-968-1947 District 7 Powder Coat _____ 480-636-1145 Powder Coating: Custom District 7 Powder Coating ___ 480-636-1145 Sand Blasting A2Z Sandblasting _______ 602-716-5566 Byington Steel Treating ____ 408-727-6630 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 District 7 Powder Coat _____ 480-636-1145 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Southwest Powder Coating __ 602-272-0878 STP Performance Coating LLC _ 602-276-1231 Shot Blasting Desert Fire___________ 602-268-1511 Stripping Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Southwest Powder Coating __ 602-272-0878

FIXTURES Exactitude Precision ______602-316-6957 ProtoTech __________ 520-579-9873 RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 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 GASKETS CGS Technologies _______623-434-3136 Tooling Sonic Tool & Gage ______ 480-777-1789 May Foundry & Machine ___ 801-531-8931 ProtoTech __________ 520-579-9873 GEAR CUTTING Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996 Apache Gear, Inc _______623-934-7144

Grinding, Blanchard Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996

Ayers Gear & Machine_____623-934-6913 GRINDING Air Gear Industries ______602-275-7996 Anovaprise___________623-551-5775 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 Fives _____________909-263-9282 GMN USA __________ 800-686-1679 Grindworks __________ 623-582-5767 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

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 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 Anovaprise__________ 623-551-5775

Arizona Hard Chrome _____602-278-8671 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 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 GUNDRILLING Acme Metal Works_______ 480-926-4171 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 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 Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Heat Treating Bolt’s Metallizing _______ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating ____408-727-6630 Lynch Brothers Mfg ______ 602-267-7575 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 & Bar Code EPSI______________714-256-8950 Tool / PartMarking (Laser) 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

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3422 West Wilshire Drive Phoenix, AZ 85009

edgibson@continentalmachiningco.com www.continentalmachiningco.com

602 278 6704 602 278 6717 Fax

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 Faustson ____________303-420-7422 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325 Industrial Tool Die & Eng ___ 520-745-8771 Lindel Engineering ______520-792-3160 Metalcraft Inc. _________480-967-4889 Morsch Machine ________ 480-961-7673 Uni-Tek ____________602-272-2601 Machining: Aerospace AATC _____________ 602-268-1467 Abrams Airborne Mfg _____520-887-1727 Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 American Spirit Investments__480-367-9545 Arcas Machine Inc _______480-632-9414 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 B&B Fabrication & Machine __623-271-6855 Backerworks Mfg _______505-342-2943 Campro Mfg __________602-298-8700 Cassavant Machining _____602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace _____480-894-0802 Continental Machining ____800-777-2483 Evans Precision Machining __623-581-6200 Gibbs Precision Machine ___ 480-753-1166 Glover Precision Inc. ______480-464-0150

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, 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 Process Improvement/ Audit BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Quality Training Consultants 928-284-0856 Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642 JIGS RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 96 • Jan / Feb 2016

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 Lindel Engineering ______ 520-792-3160 Lynch Brothers Mfg ______602-267-7575 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 Osborn Products ________623-587-0335 PGI ____________ 505-884-5782 PlaSteel ___________ 480-491-8100 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 Southwest Swiss Precision __602-438-4670 Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601

Gilbert Metal Stamping ____480-503-1283 Group Mfg Serv. _______ 480-966-3952 HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704 Infinisys ____________602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 JC Machine & Motorsports___602-790-2207 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 Lindel Engineering ______520-792-3160 McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388 Metzfab ____________ 602-618-2841 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 Pierpont Manufacturing ____602-233-1335 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 ProtoTech __________ 520-579-9873 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 TVT Die Casting _______ 800-280-2278 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Machining: CNC 3D Machine LLC _______ 480-239-8254 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Abrams Airborne Mfg _____520-887-1727 Absolute Turning and Machine 520-624-5628 Alpha Machine _______ 602-437-0322 American Spirit Investments__480-367-9545 Arcas Machine Inc _______480-632-9414

Machining: Contract Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 Aero Design & Mfg ______602-437-8080 AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____ 602-243-4329 Arizona Wire & Tool ______ 480-813-1002 Campro Mfg __________602-298-8700 Evans Precision Machining __623-581-6200 Flex-Pro ____________ 623-581-0551 Arizona Wire & Tool ______480-813-1002 GHT Services__________480-396-1800 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 Gibbs Precision Machine ___ 480-753-1166 B&B Fabrication & Machine __623-271-6855

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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

AB BSO BS SOL S OL OL LU UTE U TURNING & MACHINE

BID Machine, Inc _______480-892-7304 480-892-7304 CAID Industries ________ 520-294-3126 Campro Mfg __________602-298-8700 Challenger Aerospace___ _ 480-894-0802 Continental Machining ____800-777-2483 Evans Precision Machining __623-581-6200 Faustson ____________303-420-7422 Fives _____________909-263-9282 Flex-Pro ____________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services__________ 480-396-1800 Gibbs Precision Machine ___ 480-753-1166 Glover Precision, Inc. _____ 480-464-0150 HK Machining _________ 602-278-6704 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 Infinisys ____________ 602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305 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 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co _______602-323-2560 LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654 Lindel Engineering ______ 520-792-3160 Matrix Machine ________ 480-966-4451 McFarland Machine & Eng __ 480-966-1388 Metalcraft Inc. _________ 480-967-4889 Metzfab ____________ 602-618-2841 Micropulse West ________480-966-2300 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______ 602-437-8995 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet ___ 714-373-0098 Morsch Machine ________ 480-961-7673 Osborn Products ________ 623-587-0335 PGI ______________505-884-5782

Pierpont Manufacturing ____ 602-233-1335 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 ProtoTech ___________ 520-579-9873 Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480 R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries ________ 623-780-4993 Sunshine Metals ________ 714-225-4972 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 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 Alpha Machine ________ 602-437-0322 American Spirit Investments__ 480-367-9545 Arcas Machine Inc _______ 480-632-9414 AzMark ____________ 480-926-8969 Bar-S Machine _________ 928-636-2115 Campro Mfg __________ 602-298-8700 Cassavant Machining _____ 602-437-4005 Continental Machining ____ 800-777-2483 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 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 JC Machine & Motorsports___ 602-790-2207 JD Ellen LLC __________623-587--0253 JD Machine __________ 801-782-4403 Jemelco, Inc.__________ 480-804-9541 McFarland Machine & Eng __ 480-966-1388 Cassavant Machining _____ 602-437-4005 Metzfab ____________ 602-618-2841 Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802 Morsch Machine ________ 480-961-7673 Continental Machining ____ 800-777-2483 Osborn Products ________ 623-587-0335 Evans Precision Mach’g ____ 623-581-6200 PGI ______________505-884-5782 Faustson ____________ 303-420-7422 Precision Metalworks _____ 602-455-9575 Fives _____________ 909-263-9282 Profiles Tool & Engineering __ 480-894-1008 Flex-Pro ____________ 623-581-0551 Rentzel Tool Compnay_____480-832-0700 Gibbs Precision Machine ___ 480-753-1166 RMSS _____________ 623-780-5904 Glover Precision , Inc. _____ 480-464-0150 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___ 520-889-8325 RPM Industries ________ 623-780-4993 HK Machining _________ 602-278-6704 Stewart Precision Mfg _____ 623-492-9400 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 JB’s Precision _________ 623-581-9088 Val-Tech Mfg __________ 480-966-7376 JC Machine & Motorsports___ 602-790-2207 Metalcraft Inc. _________ 480-967-4889 JD Ellen LLC __________623-587--0253 Morsch Machine ________ 480-961-7673 JD Machine __________ 801-782-4403 Sunshine Metals ________ 714-225-4972 Jemelco, Inc.__________ 480-804-9541 Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601 JWB Manufacturing ______ 480-967-4600 LAYKE, Inc.___________ 602-272-2654 Machining Plastic Absolute Turning & Machine _ 520-624-5628 Lindel Engineering ______ 520-792-3160 Glover Precision, Inc. _____ 480-464-0150 Lynch Brothers Mfg ______ 602-267-7575 PlaSteel ___________ 480-491-8100 Matrix Machine ________ 480-966-4451 Micropulse West ________ 480-966-2300 Machining Precision 3D Machine LLC _ ______480-239-8254 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______ 602-437-8995 AATC _____________ 602-268-1467 Metalcraft Inc. _________ 480-967-4889 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Morsch Machine ________ 480-961-7673 Abrams Airborne Mfg _____ 520-887-1727 Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 Absolute Turning & Machine _ 520-624-5628 Osborn Products ________ 623-587-0335 Alpha Machine ________ 602-437-0322 PGI _____________ 505-884-5782 Anovaprise___________ 623-551-5775 Powill Mfg ___________ 623-780-4100 Arcas Machine Inc _______ 480-632-9414 Pro Precision _________ 602-353-0022 Arizona Wire & Tool ______ 480-813-1002 ProtoTech ___________ 520-579-9873 Auer Precision _________ 480-834-4637 Quality Mold__________ 480-892-5480 AzMark ____________ 480-926-8969 R&D Specialty Manco _____ 602-278-7700 Backerworks Mfg _______ 505-342-2943 Rentzel Tool Compnay_____ 480-832-0700 BID Machine, Inc _______ 480-892-7304 RMSS_____________623-780-5904 A2Z MANUFACTURING

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RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 Service & Sales _______ 480-968-9084 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 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 Engineering _____ 303-280-2778 Wire-Tech ___________480-966-1591 Machining: Production GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 HPMP _____________801-619-9850 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 Lindel Engineering _____ 520-792-3160 JC Machine & Motorsports__ 602-790-2207 Rentzel Tool Compnay____ 480-832-0700 Machining: Prototype AATC____________602-268-1467 Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Alpha Machine _______ 602-437-0322 Anovaprise__________ 623-551-5775 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 Evans Precision _______ 623-581-6200 Exactitude Precision ______602-316-6957 Flex-Pro ____________623-581-0551 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 Gibbs Precision Machine ___480-753-1166 Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150 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 A2Z MANUFACTURING

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KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ______ 602-323-2560 Lindel Engineering ______520-792-3160 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Metalcraft Inc. ________ 480-967-4889 Micropulse West _______ 480-966-2300 Osborn Products _______ 623-587-0335 PGI_______________505-884-5782 Rentzel Tool Compnay____ 480-832-0700 Pro Precision ________602-353-00220 ProtoTech __________ 520-579-9873 R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 RMSS ___________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 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 Gibbs Precision Machine ___480-753-1166 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 AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595 Bar-S Machine _________ 928-636-2115 Challenger Aerospace ____ 480-894-0802 Exactitude Precision ______602-316-6957 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Flex-Pro ____________623-581-0551 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 Gibbs Precision Machine ___480-753-1166 Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Infinisys ____________602-276-2276 JC Machine & Motorsports___602-790-2207 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 Jemelco, Inc._________ 480-804-9541 L&W Machine Co ______ 602-323-2560 Metalcraft Inc. ________ 480-967-4889 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995

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Morsch Machine ________480-961-7673 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Uni-Tek ____________602-272-2601 Wire-Tech ___________480-966-1591 Machining: Semiconductor KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ______ 602-323-2560 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 Machining: Turning: Automatic Absolute Turning and Machine 520-624-5628 American Prec. Machine___ 602-269-6298 Anovaprise__________ 623-551-5775 Ayers Gear & Mach ______623-934-6913 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 Challenger Aerospace ____ 480-894-0802 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 Weiser Engineering _____ 303-280-2778 MACHINING: LASER Laser Cutting AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Allfab Engineering______ 602-437-0497 EDM Tech __________ 602-278-6666 Fine Line Laser Cutting ____602-863-3196 CAID Industries ________520-294-3126 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 Vacco Industries ________626-443-7121 Weiser Engineering _____ 303-280-2778 Laser Cutting:Rotary Axis K-zell Metals, Inc. ______ 602-232-5882 Laser Engraving & Etching TechMark __________ 480-820--9444 Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121 Laser Marking TechMark __________ 480-820--9444 MANUFACTURING Abrams Airborne Mfg ____ 520-887-1727 Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 APMI __ __________ 480-668-0024 B&B Fabrication & Machine _ 623-271-6855 CAID Industries _______ 520-294-3126 Creedbilt Inc __________623-939-8119 Exactitude Precision ______602-316-6957 Harschco LLC _________602-617-7514 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 KLK Ind. ____________602-267-1331 Metzfab ____________602-618-2841 PMBC _____________602-431-8131 Precision Metal Products __ 408-699-5037 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Scriven Precision_______ 480-961-9775 Manufacturing: Electrode Wire-Tech ___________480-966-1591 Mfg: PhotoChemical Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121 Etching Fabrication Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121 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

Dennis Reynolds PH 602-863-3196

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AZ CNC............................8,9,25,51,67,71 FutureWeld .................................... 93 AZ CNC.............................81,82,84,86,87 Ganesh Machinery....................21,83 AZMARK ................................................99 Gartman Tech Services ..........58,100 AZ Metals......................................... 36,84 Gateway Community College . 35,91 AZ Tool Steel.........................................86 Geiger Electric Inc ......................... 82 B&B Fabrication & Machine...............92 GoSynergy Petroleum ................... 49 B&B Tool ...............................................87 GHT Services LLC...........................90 B & T Tool & Engr................................85 Gibbs Precision Machine ... 74-75,98 Backerworks Mfg................................. 97 Gilbert Metal Stamping.................90 bandsawparts.com .......................94,101 Gladhill Assoc............................50,95 Barry 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