West Coast Edition June July 2014

Vol. 4, No. 2, June/July 2014 Front Cover Story

Regional Manufacturing Magazine West Coast Edition (WA, OR, and CA)

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Cascade Systems Technology The Industry Leader for Contract Manufacturing

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A TWIN-SPINDLE, MULTI-TASKING TURNING CENTER with a standard option gantry loader creates a Done-in-OneÂŽ automation cell.

A VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER can achieve greater spindle utilization with a two-pallet changer.

A COMPACT, FULL 5-AXIS VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER offers high yields and takes up less floor space.

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OUR NETWORK OF REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTERS can help you achieve the next level of productivity.

BY OFFERING THE BROADEST RANGE of innovative machine tools and automation strategies on the market, all backed by the industry’s most comprehensive support network, we can maximize your productivity and profitability like no one else can.

To learn more about Mazak’s total approach to your success, visit one of our eight North American Technology Centers or visit WWW.MAZAKUSA.COM.

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OUR NORTH AMERICAN PARTS CENTER achieves 97% same-day delivery on all part orders.

OUR SPINDLE REBUILD FACILITY stocks more than 200 rebuilt spindles to minimize machine downtime.

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Our Goal is 100% defect free products and to exceed our customers requirements.

Cascade Systems Technology (CST) is a Hillsboro, Oregon based contract electronic manufacturing company. CST was founded in 1989 and we have been providing quality electronics manufacturing and engineering services to our customers for over 20 years. We specialize in the design and manufacture of electronic assemblies for a variety of applications. + Prototype and QTA Capabilities with Turnkey, Kitted and Consignment + Seamless Transition to Production + Fine Pitch, BGAs, MLF Packages + Lead Free Processes + Engineering Design Services + High Density and Double-Sided Capabilities + Flying Probe, and Functional Testing + Supply Chain Management + Electro-Mechanical and Sub-Assembly Builds + High Speed SMT Lines + Automated Conformal Coat + OSP Process + Microelectronics + Flip Chip Technology + Wire Bonding + Die Placement + Encapsulation

Industries Served Defense Aerospace Medical Industrial Commercial Renewable Energy

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Editors Corner

tandem a group of two or more arranged one behind the other or used or acting in conjunction 1 : in a tandem arrangement 2 : in partnership or conjunction Together we are more than the sum of our parts.

I watched a fierce, competitive, yet humble man work in tandem with a team of talented athletes.When the team won the championship they were elated and some cried and most hugged each other in a joyous celebration.

While some of the players were interviewed, there in the back away from the camera and the microphone was Gregg Popovitch. Gregg is a man of few words but when he speaks every word counts, he wastes no breath on sensationalism.

The partnership that this great coach has with his great team is the secret sauce for success and one that I am seeing in most successful companies that I have had the opportunity to interview. Hard work always pays off, but working in tandem with concerted effort, and working every day within your partnership, in conjunction with your teammates to produce a quality of life that would take ten times longer on your own, is definitely the secret sauce.

The act of truly working together, thinking together, and feeling the same pride of a shared goal is a monumental force to success. The people that wear this on their lapel as a badge live and breathe the oneness that a team in tandem can only accomplish. From these accomplishments come greater satisfaction and while these successes are shared the drive for more and greater things is spawned. It’s a beautiful thing to see a company work together as if they share the same hands and mind and soul. One can actually speak for the other because they are of the same mind and same mission.

We are not all leaders but we all lead by example. We are not all athletes but we all work hard at what we do and we work better in conjunction with each other and with a shared goal. It is said we are what we think, and we become what we most think about. So, if our thoughts are trained on a common goal of satisfaction, a joyous outcome, and a shared win, wouldn’t we be remiss if we didn’t all work together in tandem?

In this issue you will read of two great companies that have a secret sauce they would like to share with you.

Thank you for your continued support!

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This Month’s Cover - Shop Profile, & Articles:

Cascade Systems Technology Marketcraft Industries and Fahey Machinery Announcements/Releases ....................6-21 Front Cover & Shop Profile ............. 1,24-26 Business Highlight Profile .................30-31 Feature Articles......................... 24-26,30-31 Buyers Guide Equipment....................54-59 Buyers Guide Processes ......................60-65 Card Gallery ........................................54-65 Index Of Advertisers ...............................66 Editorial .................................. Throughout

Published by: A2Z Metalworker NW PUBLISHERS/EDITORS Kim Carpenter & Linda Daly Kim@A2ZMetalworker.com

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Long Products – a sampling of what we offer Carbon Steel Bar

Stainless Steel Tube

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• 304 SQUARE TUBE – 1/2"SQ X .065W THRU 12"SQ X .500W • 304 RECTANGLE TUBE – 1/2" X 1" X .065W THRU 12"SQ X 8" X .500W • 304 ROUND TUBE – 1/2"OD X .065W THRU 6.0"D X .375W • AVAILABLE IN MILL FINISH AND 180 GRIT POLISHED

CF1018 ROUNDS – 3/16" THRU 6" CF1018 SQUARES – 1/4" THRU 6" CF1018 FLATS – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 3-1/2" X 6" CF1045 ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 6" CF1144 STRESSPROOF ROUNDS – 1/2" THRU 4-1/2" CF12L14 ROUNDS – 1/2" THRU 6"

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CF4140ANN ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 4-1/2" CF8620ANN ROUNDS – 1-1/8" THRU 4-3/4" CF4140HT ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 3-1/2" HR4140ANN ROUNDS – 1-1/2" THRU 24"

Aluminum Bar

Carbon Steel Tube • ERW STEEL TUBE – 1/2"OD X .049W THRU 6"0D X .188W • ORN STEEL TUBE – 1/2"SQ X .065W THRU 4"SQ X .120W • STRUCT STEEL TUBE – 1-1/2"SQ THRU 6"SQ X .250W (INCLUDING RECTANGLES)

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303, 304L, 316L, 17-4 ROUNDS – 1/8" THRU 12" 304L, 316L PLATE CUT FLATS – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 1/2" X 8" 303, 304L, 316L ROLLED BAR – 1/4" X 3/4" THRU 1-1/2" X 2" 304L, 316L ANGLES – 3/4" X 3/4" X 1/8" THRU 4" X 4" X 1/2" 304L, 316L CHANNELS – 2" X 1" X 1/8" THRU 6" X 4" X 3/8"

• 6061 EXTR & CF ROUNDS – 3/16" THRU 12" • 6061 EXTR SQUARES – 1/4" THRU 6" • 6061 EXTR RECTANGLES – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 4" X 8" • 6061, 6063 EXTR ANGLES, CHANNELS, BEAMS • 2024 CF ROUNDS – 3/8" THRU 4"

Tube & Pipe • 6061, 6063 EXTR SQUARE TUBE – 3/4"SQ X .065W THRU 8"SQ X .500W • 6061, 6063 EXTR RECTANGLE TUBE – 3/4" X 1-1/2" THRU 2" X 8" X .250W • 6061 EXTR ROUND TUBE – 1/2" X .125W THRU 8"OD X .250W • 6061 EXTR PIPE – 1/2" SCH40 THRU 8" SCH80

Fabrication Ryerson simplifies customer manufacturing and procurement. From one-of-a-kind components to parts in production quantities, our one-stop shopping reduces overall costs and streamlines operations.

Carbon & Alloy Plate We routinely stock: • Carbon from general purpose to structural, PVQ and improved machining grades.

• Alloy in construction, case hardening, PVQ, aircraft quality and abrasion resisting grades.

Lower Production Costs Trim outsourcing handling costs and inspection points. Eliminate scrap handling costs and inspection points. Minimize capital expenditures. Our ready-to-assemble parts reduce customer work-in-process inventory.

Plate processing: Oxy-fuel Cutting Plasma Cutting Shearing

Aluminum Plate We routinely stock: • Heat treatable, cast tooling and cast mold plate • Standard thicknesses to 16” • Widths to 60.5” • Standard lengths of 96”, 120”, 144”, 240” and 288” • Diamond Tread plate

Consolidate Supplier Base Save transportation and administrative costs. We’re responsible for all work

Plate processing: Sawing Band Saw Cutting Shearing Cutting to Length

Increase Flexibility Test new designs and prototypes without tying up machines or employees. We know fabrication and materials and recommend the best for customer applications.

Meet Demand Fluctuations Eliminate bottlenecks. Avoid capacity overloads. Eliminate capital tied up in underutilized equipment. We help customers focus on core competencies and meet processing requirements.

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Stainless Plate We routinely stock: • All standard grades • Plate up to 4” thick • Coiled plate inventory: 36, 48, 60, 72” wide • Stainless floor plate in 1/8, 3/16 and 1/4” thickness Plate processing: Plasma Cutting Sawing Shearing Cutting to Length Precision Leveling

performed, even for services of our extended fabrication network. We screen and audit all of our sources.

Seattle: 600 SW 10th Street, Renton, WA 98057 206-624-2300 Local | 800-562-9067 Toll Free

Portland: 6330 Basin Avenue, Portland, OR 97217 503-247-2300 Local | 800-452-9935 Toll Free

Boise: 6759 S. Supplyway, Boise, ID 83716 800-452-9935 Toll Free

Spokane: 207 N. Freya Street, Spokane, WA 99202 509-535-1582 Local | 800-541-6365 Toll Free

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Announcements & Releases Advanced Waterjet Technology Brings High Accuracy Laser Height Sensing for More Precise Parts

Pre-Squared Tool Steel from Diehl Steel Reduces Labor Costs

Flow International Corporation, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of industrial waterjet machines for cutting and cleaning applications, introduces the only non-contact material height sensing solution available in the industry, the DynaBeam™ Laser Sensing System. Exclusively from Flow, the DynaBeam provides superior accuracy to traditional height monitoring methods.

“We are very excited to introduce the first non-contact precision height sensor to the waterjet industry” say Dr. Mohamed Hashish, senior vice president of technology at Flow, “With this advancement we continue to ensure that our customers have the most advanced tools for the highest productivity and accuracy of cut parts.” Laser measuring is highly accurate without requiring physical contact with a material. The DynaBeam laser height sensing technology maps the natural state of materials, reducing the need for manual adjustment throughout cutting. Operators can choose between setting the standoff height between the waterjet nozzle and the workpiece before every pierce, or pre-mapping an entire workpiece quickly and easily. Used in combination with both Dynamic Waterjet® and Dynamic Waterjet XD for 2D and 3D bevel cutting the system ensures faster, more accurate waterjet cutting.

“The DynaBeam is a unique combination of waterjet cutting versatility and laser precision measuring capabilities” says Dr. Alex Chillman, product team leader for Flow, “nozzle offset height can be set to an accuracy of +/- 0.1mm [0.004 inch] very quickly.”This fast, accurate, non-contact method results in no scratches to the material. The laser ensures waterjet cutting to high precision; necessary when producing close tolerance, multi-axis parts. Operators can quickly and easily cut precise parts, even when bevel cutting.

Accu-Square™, pre-squared tool steel from Diehl Steel saves tool, die and mold makers time by reducing or eliminating the need for further squaring of the blocks. It comes pre-squared on all six sides to a tolerance range of the customer’s choosing.

Accu-Square is designed to help companies save time and cut costs.

“While my peers didn’t believe it, the cost of having Diehl do the squaring for me was less than doing it in-house,” says Ken Seilkop, CEO of A-G Tool and Die’s parent company, Seilkop Industries, Inc., a long time user of Accu-Square.

Diehl offers tool steel, alloy steel, high speed steel, carbon steel, powder metal products, stainless steel and aluminum block to tool and die makers. The company offers an extensive inventory and in-stock items are typically shipped in 48 to 72 hours.

About Diehl Steel Diehl Steel is an international supplier of quality tool steel, alloy steel, CPM powder metal, mold steel, carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum products and services. The company offers standard and custom cut and machined sizes of flats, bars, squares, sheets, plates, drill rod, hollow bar and rounds. With its unique Accu-Square process, the company can square metal block to toolmaker tolerances. Diehl Steel focuses on serving the rapid turn-around needs of the tool and die, mold shop, machine shop, and O.E.M. industries, typically shipping in-stock items in 24 to 48 hours.

For more information, visit www.FlowWaterjet.com.

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For more information: Diehl Steel Company 800 Ross Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45217 www.DiehlSteel.com, Phone: (513) 242-8900

Swift Tool The Northwest Distributor for the finest machining supplies and tools expands to become the exclusive CERATIZIT distributor

Precision Quality Used Machine Tools From Automatics. We Are At The Center Of Everything You Do!

Beginning in a modest Seattle machine shop over 50 years ago, Swift Tool has been providing the NW with high quallity industrial tools, supplies and state of the art cutting tool design and manufacturing.

We have the largest cutting tool inventory in the Pacific NW and provide programming & applications support as well as custom tool coating and grinding, bandsaw welding and laser marking. Swift Tool is the only WA State distributor of the amazing SwiftCarb RampMill.

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Swift Tool has just become the exclusive WA State Master Distributor for the entire CERATIZIT product line. We’re offering the A211 & C211 MaxiMill Milling Cutters FREE with the purchase of inserts (minimum quantities vary). Please call 800-562-0900 for details.

Chevalier Machinery Engineers To Demonstrate 9 Machines At IMTS Chevalier plans to exhibit nine machines September 8 - 1 3 i n C h i c a g o ’s enormous McCormick Place. The mac hines, many of which have been designed to increase production and efficiency, will be running their paces in a 5,000-square-foot booth on the IMTS showroom floor. Chevalier’s own engineers will be on hand throughout the duration of the show to answer any questions.

Chevalier’s exciting line-up of breakthrough machines include the new FSG-2440ADS automatic grinder, the new FBB-110L horizontal boring machine and the new FBL-520D heavy-duty horizontal turning lathe. IMTS attendees will also watch a FANUC intelligent robotic team with a Chevalier heavy-duty horizontal turning lathe, demonstrating increased production efficiency through automation.

“IMTS is a great show to meet with the brightest minds and see the newest technology. And there’s no better place to learn, connect and network,” says Johnson Lan, Chevalier’s vice president and top expert on grinding systems.

For more information on turning and milling machines, please contact Herbert Hou of Chevalier Machinery at (562) 903-1929, extension 128. For information on grinding machines, please contact Johnson Lan of Chevalier Machinery at (562) 903-1929, extension 126 or email: info@ chevalierusa.com or visit us on the web at www. chevalierusa.com www.facebook.com/a2zmetalworker

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Since 1989, customers have relied on A&M’s expertise to locate and acquire the right machine to meet their requirements. We buy, sell, consign, auction and appraise machine tools and peripheral equipment. Our used precision machines produce parts of the highest quality and tolerance. All machines are checked out in our warehouse or at their current location. Let’s us help you with your next machine tool. www.automatics.com

Fahey Machinery Continues To Deliver The Best In Fabrication Machine Tools And Service Bill Fahey Sr, President TJ Hatfield, and the Fahey Team continue their quest to deliver the best in fabrication machine tools, customer service, and a machine tool service and parts center second to none!

When you need a solution for your business Fahey Machinery consults with you on what you need regardless if it’s what they have or not.The customer’s needs come 1st and Fahey has a long trusted history of delivering solutions that are best for the customer every time.

Call today or email us a day and time we can come to your facility for a FREE consultation.

WWW.faheyinc.com (800) 523-2439 / (800) 52FAHEY office@faheyinc.com

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United Performance Metals Receives Pratt & Whitney Approval

The Team At GS Testing LLC Are Stewards Of Public Safety And Recovery

United Performance Metals has gained approval from Pratt & Whitney as a qualified source authorized to perform Laser Beam Metal Removal in accordance with PWA 119-1&2.

GS Testing LLC, is a bio-fluids (urine, blood, saliva), hair and breath alcohol collection site for DOT (49 CFR Part 40) and Non-DOT compliance with regard to a drug free workplace. Our facility is located in a home converted to a non-traditional clinical setting, offering a comfortable test environment free of that “institutional ambiance”. GS Testing is owned and operated by Bill Fahey Jr., Steve H. West, MA, LPC and Joseph ‘Pappy’ Corbitt, BS Pharmacy. We are also staffed with a clinical phlebotomist, Kim Wellner, for blood draws and TB testing.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, auxiliary and ground power units, and small turbojet propulsion products.

“We look forward to being able to offer laser cut blanks to our customers that work with Pratt & Whitney. Laser cut blanks have helped our customers realize savings in both time and money,” according to Ryan Getz, Laser Business Cell Leader for United Performance Metals.

About United Performance Metals United Performance Metals is a leading supplier of stainless steel, nickel, cobalt, aluminum and titanium. The company’s comprehensive inventory of high temperature, high strength and corrosion resistant alloys includes sheet, coil, strip, plate and near net shapes that can be processed to customers’ exact specifications using its proprietary FIRSTCUT+® Services.

Headquartered in Hamilton, Ohio, United Performance Metals maintains branches in La Mirada, California and Houston, Texas as well as sales and stocking locations worldwide. Specialty divisions of the company include Plus Ten Stainless located in Benicia, California, and Vulcanium located in Northbrook, Illinois.

United Performance Metals is one of 14 leading brands owned by O’Neal Industries, Inc. (onealind.com), parent company of the U.S.A.’s largest family-owned group of metals service centers.With sales of approximately $2.3 billion in 2013, O’Neal Industries is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and has more than 90 specialized facilities throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

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

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The owners and staff understand the importance of maintaining the integrity of not only the workplace but individual families as well.

We often hear about the consequences suffered by people addicted to drugs and alcohol, along with the financial burden of litigation.

However, we have to remember that one does not have to be an alcoholic or addict to have problems with drugs and alcohol. The key to solving the addiction issue and/or problems related to substance use/abuse is early intervention. Addicts and alcoholics while in their active disease, are in strong denial and often will not seek help even though they see their lives unraveling before them. Addiction is a disease that actually tells the sufferer that they don’t have a disease and that if everyone would just do as they tell them, the world would be a better place. In reality they are full of fear, shame and guilt and drink or use to numb those emotions. For this reason, drug screening can be the catalyst that moves the person into acceptance of their problem, and into a solution.

The team at GS Testing are stewards of public saftey and recovery, donating lecture series on the signs and symptoms of substance abuse for churches, health professional recovery networks and family interventions.

GS Testing LLC 17649 SW 65th Ave. Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035 Phone 503-992-6359 Fax 503-992-6526, gstestingllc@gmail.com www.gstestingllc.com

Proclamp.com Offers AVise Handle That Adjusts Torque The Repeater Vise Handle from Proclamp.com adjusts torque - producing jaw pressures from 50 to 1400 psi.

Its clutch disengages when selected pressure is reached. It allows the use of one tool to both clamp and release.

It is designed for light to medium clamping - especially in the case of thin walled or plastic parts or in any situation where deflection can occur.

Part deflection can occur on most materials when excessive clamping forces are used. Excessive pressure causes warping of the workpiece which can affect flatness and dimensional tolerances. The only effective way to control part deflection is by applying consistent clamping force - adequate but not excessive.The Repeater eliminates inconsistent clamping forces every time – from vise to vise, from operator to operator.

Tests have shown that clamping pressures can vary greatly from operator to operator. Proclamp also offers a Calibration Gauge to verify pressure settings, allowing for minor differences between Repeaters and between vises. The psi reading can be noted on a traveler so the operator can set the Repeater on the next run of parts. Proclamp. com also offers a pressure gauge which mounts on an arbor press - in addition to a range of workholding and clamping products. www.facebook.com/a2zmetalworker

Industrial Metal Supply Is Hosting A Customer Appreciation Party And Celebrating The Newly Remodeled Store.

Not only will West Coast Customs be featuring vehicles at this event, but we’ll be having a Car Show, Free Lunch, Live Music & offering 20% OFF Store Purchases. Come Join Us!

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12 Regions Win Federal ‘Manufacturing Communities’ Competition The Department of Commerce has selected 12 “manufacturing communities” that will receive a total of $1.3 billion in federal funds to help them with their economic development plans.

The winners were chosen from 70 communities that applied for the first round of funding through the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership. Another round of competition will launch later this year.

Here’s a list of this round’s winners:

A full inventory of Nickel, Cobalt, Stainless, Titanium Alloys including, 718, 625, 321, 347, Alloy X and 6AL4V CA 800.337.3766 CT 800.243.4344 SC 800.243.4344 TX 800.527.4705 AerodyneAlloys.com

O’Neal High-Performance Metals Group!

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for small precise parts.

Southwest Alabama led by the University of South Alabama, Southern California led by the University of Southern California Center for Economic Development, Northwest Georgia led by the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, The Chicago metro region led by the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, South Kansas led by Wichita State University, Greater Portland region in Maine led by the Greater Portland Council of Governments, Southeastern Michigan led by the Wayne County Economic Development Growth Engine, The New York Finger Lakes region led by the City of Rochester, Southwestern Ohio Aerospace Region led by the City of Cincinnati, The Tennessee Valley led by the University of Tennessee,TheWashington Puget Sound region led by the Puget Sound Regional Council,The Milwaukee 7 Region led by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Besides federal funding, the winners will benefit from being branded as a Manufacturing Community, which should help attract additional private investment.

The plans of each community reflect the program’s strategy of building on a community’s existing strength in manufacturing.

Here are some examples: Northwest Georgia, which produces 70 percent of the carpet made in the U.S., hopes to create a more sustainable floor covering industry by applying innovations developed through university research.

Starrag USA Inc. 2379 Progress Drive Hebron, Kentucky 41048 P: +1 859-534-5201

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South Kansas, which is an aerospace manufacturing hub, will focus on advanced materials used in airplanes, machinery and refineries.

Milwaukee, which is strong in precision machining, will try to attract new jobs in energy, water technologies, and food and beverage manufacturing.

Ellison Technologies In Wilsonville, Or Sponsored An Open House And Featured Some Of Their Great Machine Tools Dmg Mori Ellison Technologies of the Northwest featured a wide variety of machine tool products at their open house in May including: DMG MORI, Tsugami, SNK, Schutte, Okamoto, Taiyo Koki, Dixi and Shoda USA. They offer all machine types to fit various manufacturing requirements: vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, lathes, mills, grinders, and swiss machines; all available inWashington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

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Beat That: Apple To Buy Beats Electronics For $3B Apple Inc. will officially pay $3 billion to buy Beats Electronics, the headphone and music-streaming service founded by West Coast rapper Dr. Dre and music executive Jimmy Iovine, Re/code reported.

The price comes in $200 million lower than the number initially reported last month.

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Mike Mills, president of the new entity, will run the West Coast Division for the company. Mike has 11 years of experience selling used machinery and 37 years in machinery sales. He has been a Certified Machine Tool Sales Engineer (CMTSE) over the course of his career. Mike says, “I’ve done business with ReSell CNC over the years. I always admired they way they conduct themselves and their business model. I am very excited to come on board.”

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ReSell CNC opened it’s doors 8 years ago with plans to change the way used machinery is bought and sold. The company offers assistance with appraisals, auctions, and reselling used machine tools.

He continued, “ReSell CNC has grown exponentially since they opened for business. Their business model is ‘To consistently provide the easiest platform for manufacturers to buy and sell machine tools’. I feel confident their success east of the Mississippi will be matched here on the west coast.”

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Beats gives Cupertino-based Apple a head start in product development and brings “incredible people, kindred spirits” into Apple’s fold, Re/code quoted Apple CEO Tim Cook as saying.

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3D Printing Specialist Opens Headquarters In The Dalles Integrated 3D Manufacturing makes “complex metal products in a repeatable, reliable manufacturing process.” It works with companies in the aerospace, UAV, clean energy, automotive and medical markets.

The company says it can help those demanding “production runs that demand structural integrity as well as complex design requirements.”

It will employ five workers in The Dalles, with two more expected to come on board by the end of the year.

“Our vision is that we bring jobs, ingenuity and manufacturing back to the United States,” said Erin Stone, Integrated’s CEO, in a release.

“Our manufacturing capability enables U.S. companies to manufacture their complex parts in a timely and price competitive way.

“There is less reliance on offshore manufacturing which brings back jobs to the U.S. and protects valuable intellectual property.”

The company also has a sales office in Bend.

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“From DOE’s perspective, composites is already in aerospace and the business case is easy to make for that,” said Bonlender. “In order to get composites in other sectors, the costs have to come down.”

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“Going into this thing, a lot of people thought we shouldn’t pursue it. Because aerospace is specifically excluded, we wouldn’t make it past the first round,” he said. “We thought long and hard about that.

We came to the conclusion it was an opportunity our region could not pass up.”

Winning Boeing’s promise to manufacture the 777X wing inWashington — a promise that arrived with the Machinists Union’s approval Jan. 3 of a contract extension — will help even more.

“In terms of mass manufacturing large carbon fiber components, we are among the top in the world,” Bonlender said. “We’re leveraging our capabilities in aerospace to say we can leverage our capabilities to other industries, to find ways to reduce those costs.”

Oregon is teaming with Washington in the grant, although Washington is the lead. If it wins Washington would open a facility, likely to be located in King, Snohomish or Pierce counties, but not at a university. Source: Puget Sound Business Journal

Manufacturing Summit Honors Growing California Companies The California Manufacturers & Technology Association is launching a recognition program for manufacturers of with its Champions of Manufacturing Summit in Sacramento.

For its inaugural year, the association picked seven companies to highlight at the free event from 10 a.m. to noon June 18 at the Sacramento Convention Center.

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started out of a garage in the late 1980s. It makes micro-controllers used in all kinds of electronics, many of them used by hobbyists and enthusiasts.

The summit will be hosted by comedian and radio personality Adam Carolla and Gov. Jerry Brown has been invited to speak.

This year’s honorees are: Sierra Nevada Brewing from Chico; California Steel Industries from Fontana; Vista Metals from Fontana; Parallax; Fathom 3D from Oakland; Keystone Engineering from Long Beach; and California Custom Fruits & Flavors from Irwindale.

“All you hear about is companies looking to move out of state, but there are many important companies that are succeeding in California,” said Gino DiCaro, spokesman for the association.

The CMTA picks about seven companies to honor every year. The companies were nominated by regional and local economic development groups and agencies, DiCaro said.

Parallax engineers, designs, builds and does technical support for a host of products, said Bonnie Teuton, human resources manager with Parallax.

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The Cambridge-based biotech firm, which plans to file for U.S. approval by the end of the year for a drug to treat Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, said it has an agreement to acquire the facility for $25 million.

The company used to be known as AVI Biopharma and was based in Oregon. It still owns a manufacturing facility in Oregon, and spokesman Jim Baker said there are no plans to get rid of it.

“This is really part of a larger strategy,” he said. The company also works with several contract manufacturers around the world.

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“This strategic acquisition complements our existing internal manufacturing capability and global network of suppliers,” said Chris Garabedian, president and CEO of Sarepta, in a prepared statement.

“While we scale up to address the potential U.S. commercial demand for our lead product candidate eteplirsen in the event of an approval next year, the addition of internal resources will enhance our ability to advance the development of our broader exon skipping platform and explore the potential of our technology platform in other therapeutic areas.”

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Vigor Industrial and Oregon Iron Works will join forces as the companies seek to attract larger projects that bring more jobs to the Pacific Northwest.

The move gives the Portland area a potentially big-time contributor to the international industrial manufacturing scene.The combined com-

pany will employ about 2,300 people in Oregon, Washington and Alaska.

Terms of the deal weren’t released. Vigor, which builds and repairs ships from its North Portland base, generated $500 million in revenue during 2012, the most recent year for which figures are available. It employs 1,800 workers.

Oregon Iron Works generates around $100 million in yearly sales.

It was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Clackamas. The company employs 480 workers is perhaps best known for the work of its subsidiary, United Streetcar, which has built streetcars for Portland and other cities.

It will become a wholly owned Vigor subsidiary.

The merger is easily the largest pairing of two Oregon companies in the last 10 years. As a point of reference, last year’s largest merger of two Oregon companies, which teamed Pacific Continental Corp. and Century Bank, produced a business with a base value of $13 million.

The companies agreed to terms yesterday. The merger will take effect in late June.

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he expects the strategy will allow the company to add jobs as Vigor extends its products and services.

“We won’t lose anyone: It’ll be just the opposite,” Foti said. “Oregon IronWorks’ expertise in complex fabrication can be played out with our larger facilities in Oregon,Washington and Alaska. And, this is the corporate headquarters for Vigor and Oregon Iron Works.You get a larger critical mass of employment, which offers the ability to effectively retain and maintain a skilled workforce and develop leaders. Source: Portland Business Journal

Hardware Companies Get Some Love The dozen or so technology incubators in the region are filled with promising software companies. Now hardware companies have another incubator to call their own.

Beaverton-based Axiom Electronics, a contract manufacturer that makes electronic systems and other infrastructure that supports the Internet and the emerging Internet of Things, recently launched E1ectr0n. The incubator, which will be housed at Axiom’s Northwest Von Neumann Drive headquarters, will offer office space, access to equipment, technical support, prototyping and perhaps funding to one or two startups.

While small, Axiom expects the incubator will not only provide an assist to an electronics startup or two.

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Google To Spend $1B To Boost Global Connectivity Google plans to invest more than $1 billion in an effort aimed at getting unreached parts of the globe connected to the Internet, using a fleet of 180 low-altitude satellites. “Google and Facebook are trying to figure out ways of reaching populations that thus far have been unreachable,” said Susan Irwin, president of satellite communications firm Irwin Communications Inc. “Wired connectivity only goes so far and wireless cellular networks reach small areas. Satellites can gain much broader access.” Source:The Wall Street Journal

Inside Lockheed Martin’s new space research center Lockheed Martin’s new Palo Alto-based STAR Labs, recently renamed from Advanced Technology Center, opened its doors March 25. About 130 employees work within these doors on nanotechnology, 3-D printing and thermal sciences, all designed to advance space exploration.

Lockheed Martin’s R&D facility in Palo Alto is an aerospace fantasy camp, with 37 labs working on technologies like 3-D printing, nanotechnology and thermal sciences.

The 82,000 square-foot space houses 130 Lockheed engineers working on problems like how to 3-D print a small satellite rather than hefting school-bus sized hunks of metal into orbit.

Lockheed’s center, which opened this spring, recently renamed itself to STAR Labs, standing for Space Technology Advanced Research and Development Labs.

The project has been several years in the making. Plans started in 2008, with demolition of three existing buildings on the site beginning in 2012.Source: SiliconValley Business Journal

North San Jose’s ‘Renovation Row’ Lures Manufacturer Away From Sunnyvale Vander-Bend Manufacturing will move its operations and 450 employees to North San Jose after signing a long-term lease for more than 200,000 square feet in one of the larger deals this year.

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for about $14 million. The lease allows Vander-Bend, which is currently in four buildings totaling roughly 175,000 square feet, to get under one roof with room to expand.

“We had pretty much maxed out in this neighborhood,” General Manager Steve Wolf told me. “We looked in various places, including the East Bay, looked north and south. The particular site we’ve chosen is a very attractive neighborhood, it’s close to our customers and where we are now.”

Vander-Bend, founded in 1980 by Bill Vanderbeek, started out doing precision sheet metal for the electronics industry, such as building computer cabinets, enclosures and brackets. Still family-owned, today its workers also offer precision machining, cable-harness manufacturing and value-added assembly operations for mechanical and electro-mechanical products. It has about 230 customers including KLA Tencor, Varian Medical Systems, Tesla, Facebook and Flextronics.

The transaction is notable because it is the first large lease in a neighborhood that has been Ground Zero for the region’s renovation craze. In a trend I’ve written about before, investors have been snatching up decades-old R&D buildings and renovating them in hopes of boosting rents and landing tenants priced out of newer Class A product. While it’s occurring throughout the Bay Area, the trend has been especially visible in and around Orchard Parkway. Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal

Volcano To Buy Menlo Park-Based Atheromed For $115M

Volcano said that in addition to paying $115 million in cash at closing, which is expected to occur in the current quarter, it plans to make a $15 million milestone payment if an AtheroMed catheter now being considered by the FDA is cleared by November. The agreement also calls for potential future revenue-based milestone payments by Volcano to AtheroMed.

AtheroMed, which has developed an FDA-approved catheter to treat arterial disease, has agreed to be acquired by Volcano Corp. for $115 million.

Volcano CEO Scott Huennekens said his company plans to initiate a limited market release of AtheroMed’s catheter by the end of 2014 and a full market release in early 2015.

The Menlo Park company led by CEO Mike MacKinnon had raised at least $37.7 million from investors since it was founded in 2006. Its investors include US Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, the Vertical Group and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.

The company plans to begin manufacturing at AtheroMed’s facility in Menlo Park and later transition manufacturing to Volcano’s manufacturing facility in Costa Rica in late 2015. Source: SiliconValley Business Journal

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About 45 miles south of the Silicon Valley factory where Tesla Motors is building out the electric automobile industry one car at a time, Zero Motorcycles is undertaking a perhaps more difficult task.

torcycles on its two assembly lines in Scotts Valley. All told, about 120 people work at Zero, which ships bikes to dealerships in North and South America as well as Europe.

Zero represents the rare Silicon Valley enterprise that actually builds physical things, and for the foreseeable future keeping the design and production functions of the company together in Scotts Valley makes sense because product iterations are easier to manage in house, CEO Richard Walker said.

To grow, Walker is relying on wider acceptance of electric vehicles (thanks,Tesla) and a three-pronged strategy that targets consumer sales, fleet customers like police departments and sales of its power trains to makers of ATVs and other small vehicles.

“The benefit we have is the focus on electric cars and the progress Tesla has made,”Walker said. “Consumers generally understand that electrics are viable alternatives to gas products, and that’s carrying over into the motorcycle space.”

Walker cites a 400 percent increase from last year in consumer requests for test rides as evidence of that acceptance. He said that ideally, Zero will hit profitability before the end of 2015.

Zero competes against both gas motorcycles as well a fractured field of other electric motorcycle manufacturers. A looming question for any upstart like Zero is what happens when the established powers — in this case the Hondas,Yamahas and Suzukis of the world — decide to attack the electrics market. Already, other manufacturers make electric scooters, a slightly different market.

A 2012 study by Pike’s Research pegged Zero ahead of the electric motorcycle competition in terms of strategy and execution.

The company, based in Scotts Valley, is vying to establish itself as the dominant seller of electric motorcycles globally. Zero shipped about 1,300 of its bikes last year — an increase of about 30 percent from the year before. By comparison, sales of Tesla’s Model S increased more than eightfold to 22,477 units in 2013.

To chisel away market share from established gas-motorcycle manufacturers, Zero is relying on the magic of electric motors, which can generate tremendous torque (the force that spins your car’s wheels and pulls you into your seat when you floor the pedal.)

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A gas-powered Honda CBR650F (which has a 649 cc engine) starts at about $8,500.

The limiting factor for Zero’s bikes — as with Teslas and all electric vehicles — is battery capacity. Zero’s appeal for both consumers and fleet buyers has moved in correlation with its motorcycles’ range.

The company now offers a model with an optional battery pack that extends its range to about 170 miles of city driving.

That puts police departments in Zero’s marketing sights, Walker said. The company has sold motorcycles to 20 smaller departments (including the San Jose State University police department) and is knocking on bigger departments’ doors, Walker said.

It’s a remarkable evolution for a company that was started in 2006 by former NASA engineer Neal Saiki, who initially created a dirt bike model. Saiki left Zero in 2011 and is currently developing a line of electric bicycles through his company NTS Works, based in Santa Cruz.

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Far Northern California Takes Steps To Enter Global Markets The California Community Colleges system has launched an export survey in far northern California intended to help bring international trade to the region.

The survey was released earlier this month to more than 500 businesses across north California counties north of Butte.The idea is to facilitate the same kind of trade activity that is active in more southern regions that includes hosting delegations, trade summits and trips.

The information from the survey would assist in the opening of a new regional Center for International Trade Development, a state-funded program that administers trade networking programs.

Global trade generates an estimated $250 billion annually for California businesses and over $300 million for far north California.

The survey is also intended to help community college students and faculty understand the importance of international trade in order to improve business courses.

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Follow the LeaderCascade Systems Technology Cascade Systems Technology (CST) is a cutting edge design and contract manufacturing leader and an employee owned company that holds true perfection as their goal with 100% inspection of every assembly they make, every day, all the time.

The company started in Steve Batti’s (President, CEO of CST) house with humble beginnings; Steve’s business started with a dream to build his own product with $5000.00 startup money from Grandma, and 2 rooms in his house converted to cable harness tester work stations, with Steve’s children helping and learning to solder components.

Steve Batti is an electrical engineer and graduated from Purdue University in 1973. He started writing software as a consultant and designed some products that he was going to sell. Steve said, “ I didn’t know how to do marketing, but I designed the products and engineered what I felt was a solution. I really didn’t know how to sell the products but I knew they were needed and that they worked well. I had quit my job at Miles Laboratories to develop the business, but was unable to make it work, and within seven months, I had to find a job. After taking a job at Phillips, I wound up on the team that developed what is now the CD (Compact Disk). After a few years, Phillips decided to move our development team to Knoxville so, I decided to move on and got a job at Arrow Electronics first as outside sales, and then later, in a few months as an applications engineer. There, I learned how to sell.That was kind of a trial by fire; I was thrown in the field and told to sell.

Previously, as a bench engineer, I had no experience at selling or, how to network so I was really out of my comfort zone. I learned to sell by asking questions and asking potential customers what they needed help with. I then worked hard to come up with solutions.”

While working for Arrow, Steve spent evenings and weekends designing products that went into pizza ovens and other food products. Steve designed great ideas and then the customer asked who was going to make it for them. That’s how Steve got into business.

Steve said, “I moved from my house business setting in Indianapolis into a real building where I had to buy real equipment to build production. In 1989 our Indiana based company branched out to build an Oregon facility with the profits from the Indianapolis facility.”

Both companies eventually were sold in 1994 and Steve stayed on as division president and ran the Oregon branch from Indianapolis. In 1996 he bought back the Hillsboro, OR operation and moved to Oregon full time. He says, “It was a great move and I always wanted to live in Oregon.”

Mary Lou, (CST General Manager) had been running production at the Oregon facility since 1991. While running production, getting new accounts and keeping accounts from the inside, quoting, and supporting the customers, she took care of purchasing, and wore most of the company hats. Mary Lou says, “In those days we all just did what ever we had to and made it work. We have really grown and we continue to grow and growth means hiring quality employees to handle jobs we all used to do when we were a smaller company. We are very proud of what our team has built.”

Steve said, “Most times an entrepreneur is a great visionary but he or she is often terrible at things that are happening right now, multitasking, and being in the trenches. Most entrepreneurs cannot be both of those people. Mary Lou was instrumental in growing this company from that side because I could not do it and I still can’t do it.” Mary Lou, agreed and said, “Steve’s the future, and I’m the ship it now person.” Steve goes out to the customer and works with the engineering teams and Mary Lou runs the day-to-day operation from inside the business.Today Mary Lou has recruited help for various functions like purchasing, and production so that she can focus on the growing business.

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Julie Moore (Field Sales Manager) came on board to become an integral team member of CST 8 years ago. Julie says, “When I came to Cascade Systems I was given such a great opportunity to get hands on manufacturing training. I came from distribution sales and I did not have the manufacturing knowledge Steve and Mary Lou have, so it was wonderful to get my hands dirty so to speak and learn. I was taught by the best and I truly mean that.

Steve is a genius with many patents under his belt and Mary Lou is amazing, she has literally run this company single handedly in time past doing many of the jobs we have recently filled with talented people Mary Lou has hired. I am proud to be a member of this great team.”

Steve continued, “CST is a leading edge technology company.We invest heavily into cutting edge technology and we really welcome projects that are very difficult. We listen to what the customer needs and where they are going and we will design a solution, prove the solution, and even design a testing system and procedure to propel them into a successful production mode. This adds new vertical markets for us and still allows us to maintain all of our core competencies.We are very diverse and we work with our customers to pioneer new directions and we rise to the occasion by developing new, high tech alternatives, like nanotechnology for example.”With electronics packages getting smaller and smaller, CST’s machinery is very versatile and flexible and they can handle all size technologies from micro to large, from hard to near impossible. CST loves to rise to the challenge. Steve says, “As long as you stay in your comfort zone you don’t learn anything new and you don’t grow or hone your skills.”

Another example of CST’s company model of pushing themselves to the next level is evidenced in their early history where the company was making through-hole technology PC boards (a standard type of printed circuit board at the time) for one of their customers.

In the mid 80’s Steve and his team saw the next wave of technology on the horizon, (SMT) surface mount technology. SMT assembly was easier to automate, faster, a much smaller package, and a very cost effective way to produce printed circuit board assemblies. They invested time and money into re-designing their customer’s through-hole PCB’s to SMT boards and started production very soon after their re-design as a state of the art surface mount device manufacturer.

Part of the message is value; the CST Team takes the customers’ design, R&D, fixturing, testing, and shipping over as the customer’s partner. They take products from conception to the delivered, tested, boxed and shipped assembly direct to the customer’s customer.

People like working at CST and are proud to help their customers be successful. CST is an employee owned company (an ESOP company) and this team owned company has one goal with their concerted effort, to make their customers successful, period.

To meet this goal of helping their customers the CST Team is highly trained, both internally with a designated company mentor and education through classroom time. All employees live and breathe quality manufacturing electronics training through IPC-A-610, a world class training specification. IPC (originally known as the Institute for Printed Circuits) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developing organization and is known globally for its standards. It publishes the most widely used acceptability standards in the electronics industry.

Quality is generally maintained with a degree of control. CST turns up the heat of quality by maintaining document control throughout the company with read only monitors at every workstation. Practical process improvement is lived and is a CST motto. There is no substitute for quality. A company can be the best at delivery, and a fair market price is always sought after. But, if you lack quality everything else is for naught. CST lives in quality.

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Instead, CST asks, “what can we do to help make your company be successful?” From customer managed inventory to packaging solutions, CST is there to help. Ultimately CST is their Customers’ partner, their business extension, and an integral part of the customer’s team! Mary Lou, continued, if it’s easier for our customers to do business by us taking over their purchasing, inventory, shipping, or any facet of their business we step up to the challenge and take it on. Ultimately we make it easy for our customers to do business. Every customer is issued a program manager to take care of every detail that the customer might need from start to finish, complete customer care.”

Steve Batti continued, “We are very flexible and we follow through! We are innovative and we are looking at that next market trend for our customers. Stay on the cutting edge of technology and know what your customers are going to want in the near future so you can be there first for them and by so doing we create great jobs for our employees.”

Hear What A Few Of CST’s Customers Have To Say About Their Great Service “CST provides our company with high quality product and great customer service.

Their quoted lead times are consistently reliable. They can be depended on for providing product inside of lead time when we experience spikes in demand.”

- Buyer-Planner, From A Life Technologies Company In Wa “Mary Lou and her team have consistently exceeded expectations. Over the years, I have taken them some complex, innovative technologies along with unrealistic timelines and they always came through. From board builds to rework to system assembly and modifications, nothing fazes them and they always supported us with professionalism and an attention to detail.You simply cannot do better at what they do.”

- Product Engineer, From A Major US Semi-Conductor Company “The integrity and quality of people that make Cascade what it is are exceptional in my experience. Steve Batti and Mary Lou Parker are an asset to the entire industry.

I can not say enough good about the people that make Cascade Systems what it is.

From the top management to the technicians involved there they all have a sense of ownership and pride in what they do.

I love working with them.”

- A Buisiness Professional At Major Diagnostic Company Cascade Systems Technology enjoys what they do, the pure satisfaction of a job very well done, for every customer. The bright horizon for the future brings a new larger site to support their growing number of customers, new technologically advanced machines, and higher certification to support aerospace customers. CST is in process of becoming ISO certified for their engineering department and AS9100 Rev C certified for the entire manufacturing facility.

For more information on Cascade Systems Technology and to learn how the CST team can help you bring your product from concept to production contact them at: 503-640-5733, sales@cascadesystems.net www.cascadesystems.net

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“The fuel cell hardware design selected for the LEUVP program is identical to that being used for our qualified Fuel Cell Power Module on the Spanish Navy’s S-80 submarine,” said G. Allen Flynt, general manager, Space Systems, UTC Aerospace Systems. “With this heritage we feel that we are well-placed with our partners to deliver a proven option to ONR and the U.S. Navy on this program.”

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Cisco Achieves Top Rank In Americas’ X86 Blade Server Market, Named No. 1 In Revenue Market Share Cisco has achieved the ranking of No. 1 provider of x86 blade servers in the Americas, measured by revenue market share, according to a report

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This IDC report validates Cisco® UCS’s status as a leading platform for critical business applications, big data and virtual desktop services, gaining market share for the 17th consecutive quarter since it began shipping in July 2009. Since its introduction in 2009, UCS has claimed 94 world records on application performance benchmarks, most recently posting three new record-setting benchmark performance results on SAP and Java workloads, as measured by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).

“Disruptive innovation has been the secret to our server success,” said Paul Perez, vice president and general manager, Cisco UCS. “In 2009 we delivered the first true innovation the server industry had seen in over a decade. Five years later, we’re now the undisputed leader in x86 blade servers across the Americas, and are poised to capture the worldwide market over the next few quarters. Our innovation engine continues to accelerate; it must, the market is moving fast. Customers are adopting UCS because our innovation drives positive business outcomes for them. Our application-centric infrastructure will revolutionize the application experience and unlock further growth for Cisco.”

The growth of Cisco UCS has been driven in part by a continuing industry build out of cloud computing environments. Automation and virtualization innovations unique to UCS make it a platform of choice for enterprise private cloud initiatives and for public cloud development by Service Providers worldwide.

Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS), which unifies computing, networking and solid-state application acceleration technology into a single integrated architecture, has received strong support from customers since entering the server market five years ago. As of May 2014, Cisco UCS® has attracted over 33,000 unique customers from 75% of all Fortune 500 companies, which is responsible for 45% yearover-year growth. www.facebook.com/a2zmetalworker

Boeing Looks To Commercial Satellites To Offset Defense Slide Boeing is well-poised to boost its commercial satellite business from today’s 30% to as much as 40% within six years, helping offset a downturn in defense spending, says Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Boeing’s space and intelligence systems business.

The company’s satellite division is open to acquisitions and is courting Google and Facebook as possible customers. “A lot of companies are all scrambling for their piece of the pie, and that pie has gotten a lot smaller,” Cooning says. “At Boeing, we’re in a unique position because we have this strong balance between our commercial work and our military work.” Reuters A2Z METALWORKER NW •

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In total, the 36-acre site at 750 Ridder Park Drive could include four buildings with 455,000 square feet of manufacturing space; 795,000 square feet of warehouse; 280,000 square feet of office; and a 2,000car parking garage. The proposal, disclosed in a planning application submitted last week, is still in the early stages and could change.

The project would be built in phases, and the total amount of space would rank it among the largest expansions of a manufacturer in the area in recent years.

San Jose-based Super Micro, founded in 1993 by current CEO Charles Liang, has been growing strongly in recent quarters. It employs 1,564 workers as of its last annual report in June. About 1,100 of those are based in San Jose.

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Marketcraft Industries, A Veteran Owned Company Elevating Their Customers Above Their Competition On January 1, 2011 John Johnson started Marketcraft Industries. John started with a life long dream of owning his own business and with a major Mantra; Focus on the two major assets, Employees and Customers. John said, “If I make both successful, employees and customers, everything else will follow. I have created a platform for my employees to be successful.They have the tools, great tools and they bring their ambition to work every day. Our successful employees help make our customers successful.”

John worked as a minority owner for a company for many years in the marketing support industry and helped it grow to over ten million dollars. It got so big he really didn’t enjoy it any more. In 2007 John sold his minority interest in the company and with the goal of owning his own business he set off for new destinations; he had a truck, he had tools, and he had a great work ethic.The only wrinkle in the plan was he had a 3-year non-compete clause. His Grandfather told him a long time ago, “if you have a truck, tools, and are willing to work (not lazy) you will always have a job.” John got his contractors license in 2008 and worked very hard as a contractor during our nations economically roughest years, and he would not have changed a thing.

After the dust settled on John’s non-complete agreement he set out to create a business that would support 10-15 families.

John’s business supports 12 families now. Knowing the marketing support business very well, John set out to please some of the biggest names in the business with state of the art marketing displays, Nike, Callaway, & Columbia to name a few. John continues to build his business by listening to the customer and when his customers continue to push for all operations to be faster and more cost effective that dictates, keep the operations in house as much as possible. John said, “we strive to keep all of the engineering, routing, mill work, waterjet cutting, welding, silk-screening, painting, assembly, and many other processes under our roof.This cuts turn around time, cuts cost, increases quality through strict control, and makes our customers very happy. We are able to take a napkin sketch, a print, or a CAD file, to the delivery of the product from one location.” www.facebook.com/a2zmetalworker

A few months ago John was in the market for what he thought was a laser-cutting machine. He consulted a trusted Dealer of machine tools Fahey Machinery and asked for advise on the type of laser cutting machine he should purchase. After Fahey surveyed his current business, requirements and current workload he was surprised that Fahey told him he really did not need a laser-cutting machine at this time in his business. He was told he needed a waterjet cutting machine. With the waterjet machine he can cut all types and thicknesses of materials, from foam to stainless steel and plastic. John was most surprised because the purchase saved him countless thousands of dollars on the initial purchase and the waterjet was a perfect fit to his business. John said, “I spent months researching what waterjet to buy once Fahey helped me realize I really needed a waterjet. I looked first at about 15 different brands and then narrowed it down to about 5.The last shop I worked at used Fahey Machinery and they were very trusted and always took the time to sell us what we needed not what would benefit them, so I relied heavily on Fahey to educate me on waterjets. I finally bought the Maxiem by Omax. It’s built in Kent, WA USA and I’m proud of that. The Maxiem has been perfect for us and we just recently won a job no one else could do in house. The two-part material of plastic on steel was easily cut by the Maxiem waterjet and our parts have made the customer very happy and we have cut the time to market substantially.”

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Pentagon Funds Development Of New Tech For Detecting ‘Dirty Bombs’ The Pentagon is funding research into a next-generation detection system that would not rely on helium 3, which is in dwindling supply.

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presence of possible “dirty bombs.”

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Helium 3 gas is employed in most of the nuclear-detection systems in use today. The rare substance is currently produced as a byproduct of the radioactive decay of tritium, a material used in nuclear warheads.

As helium 3 is collected from aging warheads, the supply of the gas has dwindled as the U.S. nuclear arsenal has grown smaller.

That has prompted the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency to seek out promising new technologies that can supplant the use of helium 3 in detection devices, which are used to find radiological substances. Officials fear that attackers could pair these substances with conventional explosives to disperse harmful radiation across a wide area.

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To that end, the agency has awarded a $2.8 million contract to Alion Science and Technology of McLean, Va., to further its research into a next-generation detection system that utilizes bundles of thin copper tubes coated with boron.

The current generation of helium 3-powered detectors can alert authorities to the presence of a nearby radioactive source, but these systems cannot determine the direction from which the radiation is coming. Alion plans to use its Pentagon funding to give its boron-coated “straw” sensors the ability to pinpoint the direction of a source.

“By researching the means to make the boron-coated straw detector more precise and more reasonable to produce, Alion can help [the Defense Threat Reduction Agency] employ improved technologies to mitigate threats effectively and keep warfighters and citizens safe,” company senior vice president Terri Spoonhour said in a released statement. “But, beyond providing a drop-in replacement for He-3 detector components, this engineering effort opens up a number of possibilities for new or enhanced portable systems that can be carried into questionable areas or permanently installed to protect ports and depots.”

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About half of the new 127,525-squarefoot building will be dedicated to production, allowing Insitu to use more streamlined manufacturing techniques, said Jenny Taylor, director of facilities.

“It gives us the ability to consolidate and be more efficient, lean and better meet our customers’ business needs and expectations,” she said.

The ribbon cutting to open the building, located on the Columbia River in Bingen,Wash., is scheduled for June 12.

People will start moving in the week after that. About 150 of the company’s 800-person work force will be housed there.

When the building is occupied, the company will drop from 19 buildings to 12, Taylor said.

At its peak, the company was in 28 buildings, many of them quite small.

“We grew so rapidly, we took on whatever mom-and-pop storefront we could find,” Taylor said.

Insitu, purchased by Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) in 2008, produces two pilotless aircraft in the middle range of the size spectrum.

How To Achieve Greater Success In Hiring National Guard Members And Other Veterans A recording of last month’s webinar “How to Achieve Greater Success in Hiring National Guard Members and Other Veterans” is now available. Two experts in military recruiting and placement describe specific ways to improve recruiting success.

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The ScanEagle weighs 40 pounds and has a 10-foot wingspan, while the larger Integrator weighs 130 pounds and has a 16-foot wingspan.

While most of Insitu’s sales have been to the Department of Defense, the company is now facing declining defense budgets. So it’s moving toward the commercial drone market, and overseas, for growth.

“We are geared up for the wind-down in Afghanistan, and will be ready to accommodate increasing business in the international market,” Taylor said.

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U.S. Power Plants To Reduce Co2 Emissions The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced new regulations for existing power plants in the country. By 2030, their CO2 emissions are to be reduced by 30%.The year 2005 will be used as a baseline.

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SpaceX is on track for certification on national security launches by the end of the year despite the company’s lawsuit against the US Air Force, the company’s president said.

The upstart space launch company sued the Air Force in April over a decision to award the United Launch Alliance (ULA) a guaranteed block of 36 national security launches. At the same time, the company hopes to have its Falcon 9 rocket certified by the service for military launches before the end of the year.

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“There are two elements here,” Shotwell said. “There’s the procurement end and then there’s certification. We’ve been working with the Air Force on the certification side. There’s been a lot of rhetoric about it, but if you were to ask [Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, the head A2Z METALWORKER NW •

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Shotwell expressed confidence that the Falcon 9 will be certified before the end of the year, but acknowledged the new certification process is putting strain on the service.

Because of that, SpaceX has held off on beginning the certification process on its Falcon Heavy system, which would be able to take larger payloads into space than the Falcon 9. The Heavy will fly in “the first half of next year.”

“We are going to start that process shortly,” she said of the Falcon Heavy certification. “I have to tell you, we are overwhelming the Air Fore with data and documents for review right now, so we want to keep that [Falcon 9 certification] piece on track, and we could like to enter into Falcon Heavy certification as soon as we can thereafter.”

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However, she continued the company’s line of attacking ULA, a joint Lockheed Martin and Boeing venture that has had a monopoly on the Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle market. SpaceX and other critics claim ULA has been gouging taxpayers on the cost of launch.

For its part, ULA claims SpaceX is purposefully overstating how much it costs per launch under the block buy contract.

She also hit at ULA’s continued reliance on the Russian-made RD-180 engine for its Atlas V rocket. There have been threats from Russia that it could cut off supplies of the engine, potentially leaving the Atlas V grounded.

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In the Teamsters’ letter to Pritzker, Hoffa explained: “American steel producers employ 8,000 workers across the country making OCTG and each of those jobs supports seven more in the supply chain. The steel produced for the U.S. energy market accounts for ten percent of domestic production. It is imperative that American OCTG producers have a level playing field on which to compete.”

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A group of seven defense contractors and service companies including Northrop Grumman Corp. and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. landed seats on the Defense Department’s second-largest contract in May, a deal potentially worth $877 million for the Navy’s Joint Force Development program.

Specifically, the firms will provide “support for training and real-world operations by offering varying combinations of education (academics), training assessment, experimentation (war-fighting solutions), and infrastructure,” according to the announcement.

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The unit of United Technologies Corp. will supply the Marine Corps with six S-92 aircraft and two training simulators — the first step in building a 21-chopper fleet over the next decade — under the solesource Navy agreement announced last month.

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suppliers’ costs, as well as its own, to reduce the overall cost of production.

And with Boeing in knife-edge competition against Airbus, trying to sell aircraft to airlines increasingly ready to consider price over loyalty, the pressure to cut costs is fierce.

“As we expand, we’re touching more of that cost base.Targeting a 10 to 15 percent cost reduction, in partnership with our partners, creates great opportunities for us,” Muilenberg said in response to a question.

Boeing’s seven-year order backlog is making the process easier, he said, because Boeing has a carrot to offer suppliers: a lot of work. “We have suppliers working with us to gain volume advantage, and offer us pricing advantages,” he said.

But McNerney said that Boeing has to be genuine about meeting suppliers halfway, implicitly responding to a criticism that Boeing has been squeezing the supply chain too hard.

“You’ve got to find a win-win. You just can’t go to people and say, ‘Hey, I want 15 percent of your margin for me; get back to me when you’ve got a plan.’ That’s not the way it works,” McNerney said. “You’ve got to find mutual success and mutual benefit.

500 Suppliers Now Partnering With Boeing To Cut Costs, Execs Say Five hundred Boeing suppliers are now engaged with Boeing’s Partnering for Success program, and positive results are showing up on the bottom line.

That was the upbeat assessment by top Boeing executives last month, as they responded to questions about Boeing’s sometimes-controversial program for driving down suppliers’ costs.The questions came from analysts at Boeing’s annual analysts’ conference, which was scheduled at a downtown Seattle hotel.

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“I am pleased with the progress we’ve made,” McNerney said. “A number of our biggest partners are working with us on a Partnering for Success basis. On the big-partners side, we’re making very good progress.”

An especially high-profile critic of the program has been Teal Group Analyst Richard Aboulafia. In a speech before the annual Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance convention, he called it a possible “self-inflected wound.”

The program is of particular interest in Washington, because the state is

home to more than 700 aerospace suppliers, some of which have been having trouble stepping up to Boeing’s cost-cutting pressures.

Pointing out that Boeing launched the program in 2012, Muilenberg said negotiations with suppliers are now entering a new realm where suppliers are making suggestions to Boeing. For instance, one supplier suggested milling an internal 777 wing part out of one piece of metal rather than building it from several, and that halved the cost of the part. Another supplier had an idea for reusing software for the F-15 fighter, and that cut that cost by 40 percent, Muilenberg said.

“When you add up hundreds of those ideas, we’re gaining a lot of traction here,” he said, adding that the number of ideas coming in from suppliers has increased tenfold since 2012. Source: Puget Sound Business Journal

A Computer In Your Mirror? Electric Mirror Sees Sales Rise On Hot Demand Behind the reflection of mirrors, all kinds of technology can be hidden.

This is the basic premise of Electric Mirror LLC, an Everett company that has been riding demand for its high-technology mirrors to sales growth expected to be 40 percent to 50 percent this year, after 50 percent growth last year.

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“Ultimately our company is kind of a fusion of fashion and technology,” said CEO Jim Mischel. “Imagine the traditional mirror used in every home around the world practically, and combine that with technology.”

Started by Mischel and his father, the firm’s first product was a mirror with built-in defogging. This has been gradually followed by mirrors with embedded flat-screen televisions, with computers, with Bluetooth music connections and with flat speakers.

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“We have a major quality advantage, and we’re always innovating,” he said. “I think that’s the trick with countries that specialize in knocking off products, is to stay ahead of the innovation curve, and we really drive those forward.”

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Mercedes-Benz Teams With Tesla On $41K Car, Taps Silicon Valley Tech For Mind-Reading Autos Mercedes-Benz first set up shop in Silicon Valley two decades ago, when Elon Musk was still a twenty-something college kid.

Last month, worlds collided when the German auto company debuted its new B-Class Electric Drive model at its Sunnyvale R&D headquarters using a battery created by Musk’s Tesla Motors Inc. The electric Benz will start at $41,450 and be available this summer in select U.S. states, including California, before Musk brings his new all-electric Model X SUV to market in 2015.

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Mercedes parent Daimler AG — which brought in a $12 billion profit on $118 billion of sales during 2013 — still has a small ownership stake in Tesla. And Tesla batteries powering Mercedes’ first all-electric car may signal a line of business with staying power for Tesla. The Palo Alto-based automaker is forging ahead on a planned $5 billion battery “gigafactory,” which the company says will eventually create 500,000 battery packs per year, matching current worldwide production. Source: SiliconValley Business Journal

Durable Goods Manufacturing Grew For The Third Straight Month And The Fifth Time In The Last Six Months With a reading of 56.4, the Gardner Business Index shows that durable goods manufacturing grew for the third straight month and the fifth time in the last six months. The rate of growth this month was the fastest since March 2012. Compared to March 2013, the index was 11.0 percent higher.

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Community Colleges Team Up With Industry To Provide Usable Skills Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports in “The Management Blog” that there is a growing trend across the nation to align the curriculum of America’s community colleges with the needs of employers. The blog cites several examples of how community colleges have aligned with local industries to teach usable skills, including those needed for advanced manufacturing jobs.

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Tesla’s Musk envisions need for 200 Gigafactory battery plants Those aren’t the only things the Gigafactory needs, mind you, but those minerals are particularly interesting because they’re currently considered “niche” materials. Unlike, say, copper foil — which Tesla will also need a lot of — cobalt, lithium and graphite are not mined in massive quantities and they aren’t widely traded as commodities.

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The addition of the Gigafactory, then, will spike the world’s demand for battery-grade graphite by 152 percent by the analysts’ math. To keep up with that demand, nine new graphite mines would have to be opened if Tesla’s graphite hunger is to be fed by mining. Tesla didn’t immediate respond to emails seeking comment on the report.

The rub, of course, is that graphite is just carbon and can be obtained through any number of methods beyond just digging it out of the ground — it’s a bi-product of steel production, for example, or it could be repurposed from coal mines. But the world’s supply today mostly comes from cheap flake graphite mined in China that is more easily and cheaply turned into battery-grade graphite.

That means that converting to another supply would add cost — not a good thing when UBS analysts peg 76 percent of the price of one of Tesla’s battery packs coming from materials costs and the stated goal of the factory is to reduce battery pack cost by 30 percent.

Cobalt is another interesting mineral. According to the report, Tesla needs about 7,000 metric tons of cobalt at full capacity, which compares to a worldwide supply today of about 110,000 metric tons.

But that number hides an unfortunate truth — 55 percent of the world’s cobalt comes from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, meaning that Tesla will be working from a smaller supply if it wants to avoid the Congo entirely. It also puts the project at risk to price shocks if unrest in the region disrupts worldwide supply.

And finally there’s lithium.The Gigafactory will need about a fifth of the world’s supply — 25,000 metric tons per year compared with a worldwide supply of 125,000 metric tons per year. Supplying the Gigafactory is expected to raise demand in the battery industry by about 50 percent, and demand in the overall market by 20 percent.

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Roughly 54 percent of the world’s lithium comes from mines in Chile.

The U.S., by contrast, currently has only one mine (although it IS close to one of the proposed Gigafactory sites in Nevada).

Bottom line, if the Gigafactory gets built, it will shift the global economy for these minerals by itself — and there might be a materials squeeze if suppliers don’t start ramping up to address that soon.

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Defense Giants Accelerate R&D But Lag Tech Firms

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Major U.S. defense firms ramped up internal research and development spending last year, pumping in $800 million more than a year earlier, but they still lag large technology firms in R&D investment.

Collectively, Boeing Defense, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon spent $4.1 billion on R&D last year, according to data compiled by Byron Callan, defense analyst with Capital Alpha Partners; at the same time, tech giants Apple, Google and Microsoft each spent between $4.5 billion and $10.4 billion. Defense News

KARE-TV reports on its website that manufacturing companies are offering significant incentives to students pursuing technical and manufacturing degrees. At one college of technology, there were over 400 requests to hire 30 students graduating from the Machine Tool Technology Program at the Dunwoody College of Technology. Companies are offering scholarships to first-year students in the program to make sure they get the best-qualified candidates. Owners of companies offering the benefits emphasize that there is a “tremendous opportunity” to become successful in advanced modern manufacturing.

Reshoring Initiative Wins 2014 Manufacturing Leadership Award The Reshoring Initiative, led by founder Harry Moser, was honored by Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council as one of the winners of the 2014 Manufacturing Leadership Awards in the category of Industry Advocacy. Now in its tenth year, the Manufacturing Leadership Awards program honors companies and individuals that are shaping the future of global manufacturing.

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US Automakers Remain Consistently Profitable Bloomberg News reports that General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and the Chrysler Group LLC have reached a “milestone” in that they have boosted sales while remaining consistently profitable.

The paper writes that this comes after the “near-death” of American automaking almost 50 years ago.

The companies have been able to “shed brands, shut unneeded factories and gain greater flexibility in labor contracts” that have resulted in cars that are more favorable to foreign manufacturers.

The article goes on to explain how restructuring and other strategic decisions have allowed the Detroit automakers to be successful.

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Senate Committee Approves Funds For New US Rocket Reuters reports the Senate Armed Services Committee approved an additional $100 million for the US military budget to start work on a new US rocket engine in an effort to eliminate use of the Russian-made RD-180 engine. The decision comes in response to threats from Russia to stop selling the engine to the United States as tensions over sanctions increase. Experts estimate it will cost $1 billion and 5 years for the US to develop its own rocket.

Poll: Few Firms Looking For Liberal Arts Grads, More Seeking Engineering, Business Majors The Los Angeles Times reports that according to a new survey by research and consulting firm Millennial Branding, only “2% of companies are actively recruiting college graduates with liberal-arts degrees,” noting that “many more corporate hiring managers are on the lookout for engineering or business majors.” The survey found that 27% of firms are seeking engineering and computer science grads, while 18% are seeking business majors. However, the survey found that over 80% of hiring managers “cited communication skills as a top trait they’re looking for in job candidates, a skill typically

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US Businesses Sign Up For $8 Billion In Loans And Leases During April Reuters reports information from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association indicates that US companies signed up for $8 billion in new loans leases and lines of credit in April. That amount is up 7 percent from this time last year and indicates that companies are spending more on capital investment.The company’s confidence index, based on surveys of its members, is at a level of 65.4 percent.

A reading above 50 indicates a positive outlook. The company also reported that credit approvals totaled 77.4 percent last month, down .04 percent from March.

Manufacturers Bringing Jobs Back To The States The Los Angeles Times reports that a “sea change in American manufacturing” is taking place as companies who shifted production to China are now moving operations back to the United States. An expert who tracks the flows of jobs reports that for the first time since offshoring began, the number of factory jobs being created in the US has matched the number of factory jobs leaving at about 40,000 apiece. The article attributes a rise in Chinese wages, increased US automation, poor quality goods from China, and the rise of online commerce as drivers of the reshoring trend among manufacturers.

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Reuters reports the National Federation of Independent Business said that its Small Business Optimism Index rose to 95.2 last month.

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USA Today reports that 40 economists surveyed from May 2-6 said they expect “wage gains will accelerate in 2014.” Economists interviewed said that as the unemployment rate approaches six percent, the limited supply of workers will put upward pressure on wages.

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Senate Advances Bill On Two-Year Extension Of Tax Breaks

Northrop Wins $9.9 Bln Contract For B-2 Bomber Sustainment

The AP reports the Senate voted 96-3 to open up debate on a bill that will renew more than 50 expired tax breaks and add an estimated $85 billion to the budget deficit.The Senate bill will extend the tax breaks for two years through 2015.

Northrop Grumman Corp has won a five-year contract valued at up to $9.9 billion from the U.S. Air Force to modernize and support the B-2 stealth bomber, the Pentagon announced last month.

The bill includes provisions to extend a business tax credit for research and development, a sales tax deduction for individuals who live in states without an income tax, a tax credit for using wind farms and other renewable energy sources for electricity, and provisions that let businesses write off capital investments more quickly. Although the bill enjoys broad bipartisan support, some Republicans have said they are looking to change the package.

States Move Closer To Making Cellular Kill Switches Law The Washington Post reports that it took two attempts Thursday, but California finally passed a bill requiring electronics manufacturers to install a shut-off function in smartphones. Supporters hope the bill will deter thefts of the device. Industry opposition to the bill says the measure is unnecessary. The Post also reports that the states of New York, Minnesota, and Illinois are considering similar legislation. Minnesota passed a bill requiring smartphones and cellular-connected tablets sold in the state after July 2015 to have the so-called kill switch function.

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The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers a range of enhancements, software maintenance, and other support services, including scheduled maintenance of the bombers, the Pentagon said in its daily digest of major contract awards.

The base contract runs through May 2, 2019, and includes an option that would extend it through 2024.

Northrop delivered the first of 20 B-2 stealth bombers to the U.S. Air Force in December 1993.The B-2 bombers can carry both conventional and nuclear weapons and are able to penetrate sophisticated enemy air defenses and attack even heavily defended targets.

Lockheed Martin Wins ‘Space Fence’ Contract Lockheed Martin won a highly anticipated contract to build a “space fence” for the Pentagon that can track hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris floating in orbit around the Earth.

The company beat out Raytheon for the $915 million Air Force contract to build the radar system, which will be located in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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AS9100 Registration Great Western Registrar________ 623-580-1881 Financial Services 8300 San Fernando road 8300 San Fernando road Sun Valley, Ca 91352 Sun Valley, Ca 91352 Intech Funding ____________800-553-9208 Quick Turn Financial _________ 415-608-5692 www.BandSawBlog.com U.S. Bank Equipment _________206-948-0022 ISO Consulting/Registration Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 WATERJET CUTTING Great Western Registrar________ 623-580-1881 Cimatron_________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 ACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534 Delcam ______________877-335-2261 Lean ConsultingTraining 8300 San Fernando road 8300 San Fernando road Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Mechanical Design GladhillSun Associates 719-239-9830 Valley, Ca__________ 91352 BandSawBlog_Ad.indd 1Sun Valley, Ca 91352 4/4/12 Lambie Engineering _________ 509-868-3100 Cimatron_________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Flow International __________ 909-620-5707 Delcam ______________877-335-2261 Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 ISO / AS9100 Certification BMSC_________________ 602-445-9400 Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052 SPINDLES & SLIDES Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 Waterjet & Blast Abrasives Spindle Rebuilding/Repair Sustaining Edge Solutions_______888-572-9642 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._______503-691-0955 Barton Mines _____________ 951-551-2685 MachineTool Rebuilding GMN USA LLC______________800-686-1679 GMA Garnet Group __________209-6-63-9931 EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 Setco _________________714-222-6523 Waterjet Replacement Parts Management SystemsTraining Spindle Sales New Barton Mines _____________ 951-551-2685 BMSC_________________ 602-445-9400 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._______503-691-0955 EDM Performance __________800-336-2946 Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 GMN USA LLC______________800-686-1679 WOOD PRODUCTS Sustaining Edge Solutions_______888-572-9642 Setco _________________714-222-6523 Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239 Supply Chain Assessments USED MACHINERY Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 Sustaining Edge Solutions_______888-572-9642 EDM Network _____________480-836-1782 Jorgensen Machine Tools ________ 800-952-0151 SIX SIGMATRAINING K.D. Capital Equipt ___________480-922-1674 Sustaining Edge Solutions_______888-572-9642 Machine Tools Northwest ________206-650-8999 SOFTWARE CAD CAM North Western Machinery________206-583-2333 Machining Performance Machine Tools_______ 510-249-1000 MONday - frIday 7:00 aM to 5:00 PM saTurday 8:00 aM to 2:00 PM

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David BELLHOUSE Regional Sales Manager – Cutting Tools | Abrasives david.bellhouse@fivesgroup.com T +1 909 263 9282 - F +1 909 494 7989 Cinetic Landis Corp.

Manufacturer of CITCO tools & Gardner abrasives 7605 Disovery Lane Concord Twp., Ohio 44077 - USA www.fivesgroup.com

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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes RWE

Innol/ative Tool !!iales Manufacturers Representatives

Custom Mechanical Design

Randall J. Wilson Industrial Products 755 East Debra Lane Anaheim. CA 92805

P L L C

Manager

ITS Office, (714) 780-0730

Advanced Engineering Analysis

Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690

randall@lnnovativetooisaies.com

Fax,

[714] 780-0735

www.innovativetoolsales.com

[ell,

(714) 51 2-73 I 4

Richard D. Widdle, PhD, PE Mechanical Engineer / Principal 425-281-3180 rich@richardwiddle.com www.richardwiddle.com PO Box 1793 Duvall WA 98019 CAGE Code: 64GH7 NAICS Codes: 541330, 541420

MarZee I nc.

2345 N. 34th Dr.

Phoenix, AZ 85009 Home of 5 Omax Waterjets 80” x 240” Cutting Envelope Virtually Zero Taper Available Fast Quoting & Turn Arounds Prototype to Production

The Manufacturers’ secret weapon

602-269-5801 602-269-5810 1-877-885-1059 FAX

www.marzee.com

marzee@marzee.com

206.790.5464

3D TOOLS 3D Printing Peak Solutions __________ 503-944-9438 3D Scanning Peak Solutions __________ 503-944-9438 3D Software Peak Solutions __________ 503-944-9438 ASSEMBLIES Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 Matrix Machine _________ 480-966-4451 Prescottʼs MFG _________ 719-659-0262

Bar & Plate Cutting Matrix Machine _________ 480-966-4451 AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 BRAZING Coating: Black Oxide Precision Casting Repair _____ 801-972-2345 Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 BROACHING Coating: Dry Film Lube Ponderosa Ind ___ _______303-298-1801 Specialty Steel Services _____ 801-539-8252 Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome Turning: Automatic Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Matrix Machine _________ 480-966-4451 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

CASTING Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648

Investment Casting-Precision BENDING Dolphin Investment Castings___ 602-272-6747 Mandrel Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919 CHEMICAL ETCHING Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 COATING Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________ 503-612-8311 Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 BONDING CUTTING Diffusion

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DIE CASTING SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 DIES Tool & Dies Micropulse West Inc. _______ 480-966-2300 Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 EDGING United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

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EDM EDM: Dialectric Systems /Filtration Ebbco Inc _____________586-716-5151 EDM: Drilling Small Hole Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098 Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185 EDM: Wire EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Jet Processing ________ 623-869-6749x117 Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185

ELECTRO MECHANICAL Sub-Assembly Builds Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Hexatron Engineering ______ 801-363-8010 Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100 Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095 RWE, PLLC ____________ 425-281-3180 FABRICATION Fabrication: Sheet Metal Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080 Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095 Mountain View Machine _____ 435-755-0500 QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Fabrication: Custom Metal Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122

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Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Group Mfg Serv _________480-966-3952 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Weiser/Mile High Precision ___303-280-2778 Wrico_______________480-892-7800 Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication: Medium & Large Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Group Mfg Serv _________480-966-3952 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678 Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Solid Form Fabrication______ 503-435-1400 Weiser/Mile High Precision ___303-280-2778 FINISHING Arizona Finishing ________602-438-4443

Aluminum Arizona Hard Chrome _______ 602-278-8671 Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Hand Forgings Gold Tech Industries ________ 480-968-1930 Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Galvanizing: Hot Dip Titanium TMM Precision ___________800-448-9448 Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Glass Bead Clean GLASS/OPTICAL Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ____408-727-6630 Prescottʼs MFG _________ 719-659-0262 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 GRINDING Gold Tech Industries ________ 480-968-1930 AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 GK Machine ____________ 503-678-5525 ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 Liquid Painting EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Aero Tech MFG ___________ 801-891-2740 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 MPI International _________956-631-6880 Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Passivation Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 Gold Tech Industries ________ 480-968-1930 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Grinding, Blanchard Polishing AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Arizona Hard Chrome _______ 602-278-8671 Diversified Metal Services ____ 801-972-6093 Powder Coating Aero Tech MFG ___________ 801-891-2740 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Sandblasting Grinding, Centerless Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ____408-727-6630 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Silk Screening Grinding, Double Disc Arizona Finishing _________602-438-4443 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

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FORGINGS

Grinding: OD

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Darrin J. Caschette President

888-280-7080 | djc@metalcraftind.com www.metalcraftind.com

Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com

ISO 9001:2008

Marjorie Langton President

1703 NE 43rd Street Renton, WA 98056 Phone: 425-204-0848 Fax: 425-204-0850 Email: Marj@jm-machine.net

Oregon

Shelly Conti Shelly@alphapre.com

Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 Precision Tech __________ 801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 Grinding: Surface ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Grinding: Tool & Cutter Almar Tools, Inc. _________503-680-9716 Superior Grinding_________888-487-9701 HEAT TREATING Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Controlled Thermal Tech______602-272-3714 Inland NW Metallurgical______800-379-2231 MET-TEK Heat Treating______503-519-9864 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Cryogenics Phoenix Heat Treating ______ 602-258-7751 Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100 Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Heat Treating/Aerospace Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Inland NW Metallurgical______800-379-2231 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751

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Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 MET-TEK Heat Treating_______503-519-9864 Vacuum Inland NW Metallurgical______800-379-2231 HONING Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 HYDRAULIC REPAIR Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 INJECTION MOLDS Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 INJECTION MOLDING Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 Prescottʼs MFG _________ 719-659-0262 INSTALLATION Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678 Metal Products Company ____800-345-2069 Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095 United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 Wrico_______________480-892-7800

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Laser Cutting: Micro Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Laser Cutting: 3D Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 E-Coat MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 EMI/RFI Shielding IndustrialEX ___________ 303-456-6847 Laser Engraving Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678 PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 Laser Marking PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 Precision Etched Parts PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 LEVELING United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292 MACHINING Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Howard Precision Machine____ 801-619-9850 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700

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J&M Machine, LLC

Washington

www.mohawkmetal.com

Doug Mielenz Sales Manager dmielenz@mohawkmetal.com Cell 541.556.6095 Toll-free 1.855.JIT.SHOP (548.7467)

MacKay Manufacturing _____ Matrix Machine _________ Metalcraft Industries _______ Metal Products Company ____ Portland Precision Manufacturing Ron Grob Co ___________ St. Vrain _____________ SMH Inc LLC ___________ Treske Precision Machining ___ TVT Die Casting _________ Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____

509-922-7742 480-966-4451 888-280-7080 800-345-2069 503-708-7212 970-667-5320 303-702-1529 360-341-2226 503-625-2821 800-280-2278 425-207-5951

Machining: 5-Axis Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Machining: Aerospace Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Machining: Chemical

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Hugh Taylor Business Development 503-913-2376 HughWTaylor@comcast.net

Rebecca Prentice Business Manager www.IndustrialMachineServices.com

Scott FerguSon

Marketing & Sales Manager

scottf@treske.com (503) 625.2821

Custom Metal Fab 503-788-5701

treSke.coM ISO 9001:2008 | AS9100C (2013) | ITAR

www.WeldMetalWorks.com

NW Etch _____________ 408-364-6001 Machining: Proto-R & D Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Matrix Machine _________ 480-966-4451 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Prescottʼs MFG _________ 719-659-0262 Proto Technologies. ________509-891-4747 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 Machining: CNC Milling Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350 Bar-S Machine, Inc. __ ______928-636-2115 Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878

Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Matrix Machine _________ 480-966-4451 Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Machining: Large Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Machining: Medical Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Prescottʼs MFG _________ 719-659-0262 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Machining: Production Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350

Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Machining: Turning Large MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED Prescottʼs MFG _________ 719-659-0262 Contract Manufacturing Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Machining: Swiss Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 GK Machine ___________ 503-678-5525 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952 Machining: Turning Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Turnkey Product Services Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 METAL POLISHING SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Commercial Polishing Teton Machine __________208-642-9344

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Heather Cutler Sales Manager OFFICE 503-406-3774 MOBILE 503-853-6234 hcutler@omep.org

Gary Grossen

ggrossen@gkmachine.com

Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Metal Polishing By Timothy ___503-253-5294 Custom Airplane to Marine Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___503-253-5294 Personal Collectables Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___503-253-5294 Production Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___503-253-5294 Timesaving Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 METALIZING Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 MOLDING: RUBBER Molds: Plastic Injection Plastic Injection Molding _____509-531-2634 SMH Inc LLC ___________360-341-2226 MOLDS Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 Arizona Finishing ________602-438-4443 Jet Processing _______ 623-869-6749x117 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______714-373-0098 Plastic Injection Molding _____509-531-2634 Molds: High Volume Class 100 Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185 Molds: Fast Turn Prototype and Bridge Molds Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185 Molds: Expertise in Overmold and Insert Molding Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185 PAINTING & POWDER COATING A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350 Marketcraft ___________503-329-7678 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Precision Industrial Painting ___602-256-0260 Intricate Masking Precision Industrial Painting ___602-256-0260

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PC BOARDS Surface Mount & Thru Hole Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 PLASTIC MACHINING MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 PLASTIC MOLDING Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Mold Making Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 PLATING ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 East Side Plating _________ 503-654-3774 EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Anodizing ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 Bright Tin Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 Chrome/Nickel/Palladium EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Copper Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Embrittlement Relief EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Electroless Nickel Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Gold EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387

Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 MPI International __________956-631-6880 Hard Chrome Chem-Film Conversion Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 Precision Industrial Painting ____ 602-256-0260 Masic Industries ___________503-232-9109 Nickel-Bright Dry Lube Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 Precision Industrial Painting ____ 602-256-0260 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Plating Alodine GTin / Zinc Plate MPI International __________956-631-6880 EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Phosphate Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 MPI International __________956-631-6880 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 PROTOTYPES Olive Drab-Chromate Cascade Systems Technology ___ 503-640-5733 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 PUNCHING Silver Plating EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _______ 818-240-7574 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 Group Manufacturing Serv ____ 480-966-3952 Mohawk Metal ___________541-556-6095 PLASMA CUTTING Pacific Tool, Inc____________425-882-1970 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 QUAL-FAB, Inc. ____________ 206-762-2117 Oxy Fuel-Plasma Cutting RECYCLING MATERIALS Chapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442 Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Nickel, Plastics, PRECISION FORMING Stainless Steel, Steel, Tin Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919 Calbag Metals Company ______253-283-8657 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______818-240-7574 Metro Metals Northwest ______503-819-1284 Pacific Tool, Inc__________ 425-882-1970 Bin Service QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 Calbag Metals Company ______253-283-8657 SpringWorks Utah _________801-298-0113 Excess Material Handling Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800 Calbag Metals Company ______253-283-8657 Full Service Scrap Management PRINTING Calbag Metals Company ______253-283-8657 UV LED Printing Scrap Metal Prrocessing Stratavision Industries ______ 951-272-5700 Calbag Metals Company ______253-283-8657 Waste Metal Management Flat Bed Digital Printing Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678 Calbag Metals Company ______253-283-8657 Wood Products PROCESSING: METAL Perry Pallet Co. ______________360-366-5239 Acid Pickle ROUTING -CNC MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 Marketcraft _____________503-329-7678 Chemical SANDBLASTING LA Specialties ___________602-269-7612 Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ____ 408-727-6630

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