West Coast Oct Nov 2014

Vol. 4, No. 4, OCT/NOV 2014 Front Cover Story

Regional West Coast Edition (WA, OR, and CA) Western Precision Products, Inc. Teams Up With Their Customers & Suppliers For A Winning Combination

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DMI International Is Your Plus-Manufacturing Partner Precision Quality + So Much More DMI International is a North Plains, Oregon manufacturing company specializing in precision machining and high end assembly solutions. DMI has been bringing manufacturing solutions to their customers for over 25 years.

+ Proven Track Record Of Delivering On Time + 3-Axis Vertical CNC Machining + Guaranteed Quality And Conformance To Specifications + Fast Turn Around Times + Measurement Equipment, Certified To National Bureau Of Standards + Design Services And Engineering + Surface Finishing Including Paint, Silkscreen Nomenclature, Embossing, And Plating + Certified ITAR Compliant + Fabrication Services + 3D Printing In PLA, ABS, And Other Materials + Welding, For Stainless, Aluminum, and Steel + Manufactures PlasticFab-3D.com Components

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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

“Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them.Then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of their life into the sort of thing they wish it to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune or the quirks of fate. Everyone has the power to say,“This I am today.That I shall be tomorrow.”

Louis L’Amour

The world we live in fluctuates depending on what we are focused on. We can choose to be caught up in worrying over a virus, or ecstatic over a team of people creating a human chain on the coast of Oregon to save a swimmer in peril. I choose the chain gang.

Depending on what you choose to listen to, life is still pretty good in the ole US of A! But no matter of the various stages the world is in we will always focus on our family and the state of affairs in our tight little family’s future. It may also be a family of friends and it may be your business.We all tend to look to the future of our hearts’ desire instead of really focusing on today, the day at hand.

Today we lay the foundation for tomorrow and we can’t really do anything about a day we haven’t been given yet. But, we can definitely do our best to get up with the zeal of someone on a mission for the present day and make the best of it.

We find when we focus on the best outcome for our families our energy usually facilitates this positive goal and the outcome is a good one. We also will look in the mirror and check the face of the leader we want to be. That person staring at you should be able to make decisions, be a good example, and always work to improve their disposition in hopes of furthering the cause, a happy family. I know its tough sometimes. But, we choose, and what we choose will come, like it or not. I once heard someone say worry was a prayer for an unwanted outcome. So, we really are what we think and what we think we become. Let’s pray for the health, happiness and prosperity of our family and friends. Then let’s try and do something about it by walking the walk.

We are coming into my most favorite holiday season, Thanksgiving and Christmas, not to mention NewYears, where we all get another year to make some great things happen. The pumpkins are out front and we will meet with family and eat a bit too much. But the warm feeling we will receive from friends and family can’t be explained with a pen. It’s magical and rewarding. The holiday season is like the icing on the cake. It comes at the end of the baking of the cake and it’s the first thing we taste when we bite in. Bite in to the anticipation of the upcoming holiday season and live your day like it was your last.

One other important day coming up is Veterans Day on November 11th! I encourage you all to salute your Vets every day and on this day to thank them for their service and for helping us maintaining freedom in our great country.

Thank you all for your support of our regional magazines! Please let us know how we can serve you more! Until next issue, God bless you all, and God bless our troops!

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

Western Precision Products, Inc. & Ellison Technologies Ron Grob Company Announcements/Releases ....................6-21 Front Cover & Shop Profile .............1,24-25 Feature Articles................................... 48,49 Buyers Guide Equipment....................66-71 Buyers Guide Processes ......................72-77 Card Gallery ........................................66-77 Index Of Advertisers ...............................78 Editorial .................................. Throughout Published by: A2Z Manufacturing West Coast

PUBLISHERS/EDITORS Kim Carpenter & Linda Daly Kim@A2ZManufacturing.com

Mail Address: PO Box 33857 Portland, OR 97292 Telephone: (480) 773-3239

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CONTRIBUTORS

Linda Daly, Hugh Taylor, Eugene Wirth, Stephen Hannemann, Kate Carpenter Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufacturers abreast of news and to supply a viable supplier source for the industry.

Circulation: A2Z Manufacturing West Coast maintains a master list of over 14,000 decision makers consisting of fortune 1000 companies, small manufacturing companies, engineering firms, DOD & Scientific Lab facilities, machine shops, fab-shops, and secondary source businesses. It has an estimated pass on readership of more than 25,000 people. The majority of our readers are based in CA, OR, WA area!

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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"

Alloy Steel Bar • • • •

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

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.

Plate processing: Oxy-fuel Cutting Plasma Cutting Shearing

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.

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.

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

Plate processing: Plasma Cutting Sawing Shearing Cutting to Length Precision Leveling

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

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 Machinists Inc. Creates Parts For World’s Largest Underwater Observatory

initiatives as it continues to seek to provide high-quality products and exceptional service to customers nationwide.

Machinists Inc. creates parts for world’s largest underwater observatory

“This investment will enable Ganesh to better serve our customers, by helping us to meet our customers’ equipment needs more quickly, to expand our post-sale support, and to bring new products to market,” said Harvinder Singh, President of Ganesh Machinery. “By partnering with Perpetual Capital Partners, Ganesh will be able to serve more customers across more industries and in new geographic regions that we were not previously able to reach with the level of service and support we like to provide.”

At 10,000 feet down to the Pacific Ocean floor, off the Washington, Oregon coast, the pressures are incredible. It’s called the Regional Scales Nodes Project, a joint project of the University of Washington and the National Science Foundation.

Duncan L. Evans, Chief Investment Officer of Perpetual Capital Partners, added “What attracted us to Ganesh Machinery were the principles of unquestionable customer support and highquality products on which the Ganesh brand has been built. We are excited to partner with the Ganesh team and look forward to helping Ganesh Machinery expand and be recognized as a nationwide leader in providing CNC equipment to machining businesses and manufacturers throughout the U.S.” About Ganesh Machinery

Machinist Inc. is building titanium components for the project, very high pressure cylinders, where the scientists will place their electronic monitoring equipment, and also the titanium frameworks where all these monitoring devices will be placed and installed onto the sea floor.

It is the largest underwater observatory in the world, giving real time data back to the scientists who are watching the movement on those plates. At the same, its giving real time information on things related to climate change, changes to the ocean atmosphere and other affects on ocean life in that area.

Machinist Inc. has been building deep water equipment for a long time, according to MI sales and estimating. MI understands the real world circumstances that impact their customer’s designs and helps them develop workable solutions.

For more information on the Regional Scales Nodes Project go to: www.apl.uw.edu/project/project.php?id=rsn

Ganesh Machinery Announces Investment From Perpetual Capital Partners Ganesh Machinery, a leading source for CNC Swiss Machines, CNC Turn Mill Centers, CNC Lathes & CNC Milling Machines, announced today it has received an investment from Perpetual Capital Partners, a private investment firm. The investment will support Ganesh Machinery’s continued expansion and new growth A2Z MANUFACTURING West Coast •

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Ganesh Machinery was established in 1985, as a 1,200 sq. ft. family business. In just three short years, the company developed into a 4,000 sq. ft. warehouse, and the growth didn’t stop there.

By stressing customer service and building customer loyalty, Ganesh has today expanded into a state-of-the-art 15,000 sq. ft. facility, backed by a 40,000 sq. ft. warehouse.

Ganesh has sold and serviced machines to over 12,000 machine shops, technical schools, manufacturers & distributors throughout the U.S. and across many industries. Ganesh stands behind its commitment to providing its customers with complete satisfaction through flexible financing options, high quality products and outstanding after-sale service.

For more information go to: www.ganeshmachinery.com.

Western Precision Products (WPP) Hires Jeff Mayhew to Direct Sales For The Company

Quality New & Used CNC Machine Tools Since 1989

Specializing in

CNC Turning Centers CNC Machining Centers CNC Swiss - Bar Feeds & Bar Loaders Western Precision Products, Inc., has been in the machining business for over 30 years. In 2013, WPP made a move to invest in its future with their move to a new 48,000 Sq. Ft. facility in Tualatin OR. For the prior 15 years, WPP leased space from one of its major customers located in Milwaukie OR. As business grew and changed, it became obvious that change would drive the company forward.

Bill, Jerry, and Joel, WPP’s managing team who are involved in every facet of the business, recognized that they could not expand the business without more space and without more state of the art equipment and robotic cells. As change has come, they began putting people in place to facilitate the needs of the company and expand capabilities. That being accomplished, they then set their sights on hiring a sales manager. In September 2014, Jeff Mayhew was brought in to guide the sales effort. Jeff comes with 35 years of successful sales background in electronics and castings with knowledge of many of the industries WPP now serves. Jeff has been tasked with developing new business in those industries, not just locally but also beyond.

Jeff says, “I see the strength in WPP through the employees and their dedication and work ethic, it’s not just a job; I can see they all care.”

Jeff wants to use his expertise in recognizing that services sell and this industry is driven by service. Jeff said, “It is a service oriented approach that has made WPP successful and will continue to guide us going forward.” Jeff wants WPP to differentiate itself through the strength of the people here doing the work. He says that “the industry is full of companies offering similar machining services and armed with similar advanced machines. Because we have outstanding people we can be the best choice for our customers. When you call, we call back. When you ask how, when, and why; we communicate, commit and accomplish. It is how you finish that will bring results.

It will be how we respond and follow through that will allow us to be successful and that means ultimately the customer will be successful too.” See Pages 24-25 For Full Story!

For more information on WPP Western Precision Products impeccable service contact them at: 503-380-8647, www.westernprec.com

Machines - Accessories - Tooling Buy - Sell - Trade Ins - Appraisals - Auctions

(303) 651-6545 - sales@automatics.com www.automatics.com

Western precision Products, Inc., has been in the machining business for over 30 years. As a second generation familyowned business, we make it a priority to listen to our customers in order to provide the best ser vice exper ience.

WPP employs state-ofthe-art precision CNC machines. We offer support of prototypes through production.

Contact us today:

5 Axis Mill/Turning

21101 SW 115th Ave. Tualatin, Oregon 97062

We Offer Personalized Service

Phone: (503) 786-8923 Fax: (503) 786-5042 info@westernprec.com www.westernprec.com

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At AEI Fabrication, we believe in service and are celebrating 20 years of expertise in cost-saving, high-quality metal fabrication. Our turn-key precision laser cutting and metal fabrication operation has become a ‘go-to’ fab source for customers in a variety of industries throughout Arizona and the West.

We believe first impressions are everything and are meticulous with our fabrication processes to ensure quality throughout your order, from design to your doorstep. We believe anything is possible. Our 6,000-Watt Amada LC3015F1-NT laser system cuts up to 1.25-inch steel, up to .75-inch stainless steel/aluminum and is the only precision laser cutting system of its kind in Arizona.

At AEI, we believe in our business and want to turn your first impression into a lasting relationship.

Call on us today and let us show you why we are your West Coast fabrication source.

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Maintaining locations in Hayward and Santa Clara are key components to Gorilla Metals’ success. Customers visit the stores to help visualize their project, while many order same-day deliveries. “Having local warehouses allows us the flexibility to meet customer needs,” says Vesta.

Inventory in each warehouse is customized to meet the expectations of the local market, mostly stocking steel, stainless steel, and aluminum in many shapes and sizes. However, Gorilla Metals is not only concerned with local inventory. They also source specialty material. Terry says, “Sourcing specialty metals is very common.

Our skilled staff allows us to get it right the first time. We have the experience and contacts in the industry to find it.”

Due to their focus on customer-service, Gorilla Metals is active participant in the international business trade. “The Bay Area is a world-wide business market. We support our customers wherever they need it; whether it’s next door, or on a dock in Japan,” says Terry. “We ship them the materials they need, fast.”

In addition to providing materials, Gorilla Metals sources fabrication work. Vesta says, “Outsourcing fabrication allows our customers to have one bill for the AEIFABRICATION • 1113 West Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210 • 480.733.6594 • 480.733.6596 Fax • AEIFab.com project, instead of having to buy the material, fabrication and finishing services at different locations. We take the hassle Announcements Continued out of the process by moving the material from our warehouse, to the Gorilla Metals launches in the Bay Area fab-shop, the finisher, and then to the customer.”

Vesta Moody, President and C.E.O. of Gorilla Metals, has launched a smallquantity metal supplier focused on service. Gorilla Metals is comprised of an experienced staff from the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing over one hundred years of combined experience to support operations. Vesta says, “Purchasing metal can be stressful and difficult. We focus on creating a purchasing experience that is simple, straight-forward and stress-free.” According to Terry Moody Chief Operating Officer, “We’re always here to help a customer. After regular business hours, a live operator answers the line. If you need it now, we’ll A2Z MANUFACTURING West Coast •

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To streamline the process, they are developing a new website to compliment their business. “Recently, we’ve finished integrating a new Point-of-Sale system.

Our next step is to rebuild our online presence with a robust e-commerce website.You can have a great website, but without the service to back it up, it’s just window dressing,” says Vesta.

For more information, contact Gorilla Metals at 855-51METAL or at www.gorillametals.com.

Alpha Precision Machining’s Recent Aquisition Of A Mazak Horizontal Center Nexus 6800-II HM Package Adds To Their High Tech Arsenal Alpha Precision Machining Inc. is a contract manufacturing and assembly machine shop that specializes in CNC machining and close tolerance precision machining for Aerospace, Medical, Military, Industrial and Communication applications.

Alpha Precision works in cooperation with such companies as Boeing, Raytheon and ITT Cannon.Their customers know from experience that Alpha Precision will meet their most exacting needs. CERTIFIED TO AS9100C:2009 AND ISO 9001:2008. Certification ID A0003375-2.

upgrading our capacity and our high quality machine tools and Mazak has been very reliable for us. We get great local service that we feel is second to none. We chose the new 6800 a few months ago to help us achieve a higher capacity and to basically do more. Our palletized systems can run lights out and are very reliable. My Husband Dean and I are constantly building our business to meet our customers demands and we always work to improve what we do, how we do it, and to use the best machine tools to keep us on the cutting edge of technology.

We choose Mazak and Machine Toolworks Washington Tech Center to support our business.

For more information on Alpha Precision contact them at: 253-395-7381 or visit their website at: www.alphapre.com

Consistently high quality has made Alpha Precision a component supplier for such demanding projects as the Boeing 777, 737-X, & the space station. Alpha Precision’s work is found in submarines and the International Space Station. From the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space, Alpha Precision is there.

It is Alpha Precision objective to provide world class quality products and services, keep promised delivery dates, maintain high levels of customer satisfaction, nurture their qualified, trained, highly motivated and quality-oriented team, and strive for continuous improvement.

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Shelly Conti President of Alpha Precision said, “ We are constantly

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Buyken Metal Products and Aerospace Apprenticeship Host Manufacturing Day for Kent,WA Area High School Students

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The Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC) and Buyken Metal Products partnered to celebrate “Manufacturing Day” at Buyken’s facility in Kent. The purpose of this event was to inspire Kent, WA area students to consider a career in today’s modern manufacturing environment and discover how apprenticeship can serve as a pathway to manufacturing careers, including machining, precision metal fabrication and more. Buyken and AJAC hosted a fun-filled day of tours, manufacturing projects and presentations for Kentridge and Kentwood High School students at Buyken’s facility and on AJAC’s Advanced Inspection and Manufacturing Mobile Training Unit (AIM-MTU).

Buyken participates as a registered Training Agent in AJAC’s apprenticeship with employees currently enrolled in the precision metal fabrication program.

“It has been a challenge for us to get young people coming out of school interested in a manufacturing career and in part this is due to the lack of education and training programs geared specifically for our industry.

We are happy to now offer a path for young people to get the training needed through our partnership with AJAC,” stated Tom Kuzniarek, Buyken Metal Products Operations Manager. “For us, it not only is exciting, but makes good sense for our future here at Buyken Metals open our doors on Manufacturing Day and get young people interested in a manufacturing career and offer them a way to bring it to fruition.”

T i m R o w l e y, president says, “We believe Streaming Teacher is the most comprehensive training available for Mastercam” The courseware is “all inclusive”, featuring all versions and levels. Not only does ST enable you work at your own pace to learn from the ground up but it’s a great ongoing reference tool.

Buyken, a Washington State metal products manufacturer, offered students the opportunity to build a metal airplane while they toured each area of the facility involved in the design, production and inspection processes. AJAC,Washington State’s funded aerospace and advanced manufacturing apprenticeship program invited students to climb aboard its AIM-MTU and design their own key chain using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, specifically, SolidWorks.

Students also observed how a key chain is printed on a 3D printer .

“AJAC was excited to co-host Manufacturing Day with Buyken Metal Products. It is a tremendous opportunity to dispel the common myths often associated with manufacturing and paint, for local area students, a full and vibrant picture of what it really means to work in the manufacturing industry – innovation, advanced technology, competitive salaries and more,” said Demetria “Lynn” Strickland,AJAC Executive Director. “AJAC is looking forward to educating students on apprenticeship as an ‘earn while you learn’ pathway to train for a career in manufacturing as a machinist, precision metal fabricator, tool & die maker, etc.”

For more information or to purchase Mastercam training visit streamingteacher.com

For more information on Buyken Metal Products and AJAC visit their websites at: buyken.com, www.ajactraining.org

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Micro 100 Tool Corporation Arizona Regional Sales Manager

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Advanced Manufacturing Training & Education Center (AMTEC) Is Open For Training Our Future Manufacturing Pros AMTEC is a planned 37,000 sq. ft. modern facility located in Everett and operated by Everett Community College to serve more than 200 manufacturing industry employers and Boeing in Snohomish County.

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Individuals who complete the full 2-year degree will acquire a broad understanding of the full manufacturing life-cycle, including how to work in cross-functional project teams across company silos to add value, reduce costly errors, and streamline production.

AMTEC programs are unique from most traditional professionaltechnical programs. Programs are short and stackable, building to credit bearing certificates and college degree.

AMTEC will create partnerships with industry, K-12, colleges, and industry labs and research institutions to create seamless education and career pathways in high demand fields, and provide regional leadership in developing manufacturing and engineering talent for 21st century jobs.

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Makino DMG Mori Ellison Maintains Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Through It’s Familiy Of Locally Focused Locations and World Class Service

DMG MORI ELLISON TECHNOLOGIES is a provider of advanced machining solutions to North American metal-cutting manufacturers and their global affiliates. As a family of companies we are committed to the survival and growth of the American manufacturing industry. Independent offices provide us a local market focus and the flexibility to advocate the needs of each of our valued customers.

Our priority is to introduce technologies that strengthen our customers’ ability to compete in the markets they serve. Whether the solution involves a stand alone machine, multi-process equipment, or an integrated manufacturing system with robotic automation, our goal remains the same; to optimize throughput and quality at the lowest per-part manufacturing cost.

Our team of engineers, equipment and automation specialists, and project management professionals, are dedicated to helping manufacturers get the most from their technology investments.

Service and parts engineers provide post-installation support aimed at optimizing machine availability, productivity, and cost of ownership.

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technology to provide the most comprehensive and productive solutions the industry has to offer.

At DMG MORI ELLISON TECHNOLOGIES, helping you get the most from your equipment investment is everyone’s priority. It begins with our contract administration team who oversees quality of the fulfillment process, from receipt of the initial order until the machining solution is in full production. They advocate your needs inside our company, ensuring timely availability of solution components and the internal resources needed to get you up and running.

We pride ourselves in having the best engineers the industry has to offer. Application engineers support pre-sale platform selection and process design, in addition to programming and training elements of the integration process. Service engineers provide post-install technical support aimed at optimizing machine availability with best-in-class response time. Parts technicians also play an integral support role, working with our suppliers on part stocking strategies and administering second sourcing programs to make sure you have the part you need, when you need it. www.ellisontechnologies.com

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Now it pays to invest in high performance and productivity with the new Swiss ST 26. Two totally independent tool systems provide balanced operations, 7 linear axes, 2 C-axes and conversion to a guide-bush-less machine in only 30 minutes. The Swiss ST 26 is equipped with the most powerful and dynamic spindle and counter spindle ever built for this class of machine, allowing extreme machining capabilities. Choose from three turnkey equipment packs: “Starter”, “Advanced” and “Medical”.

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Announcements Continued Industrial Rotary Surface Grinders

IMPROVE YOUR GRINDING PROCESS DCM-Tech Designs And Builds A Premier Line Of Rotary Surface Grinders And Automotive Engine Rebuilding Equipment. We Have Provided Quality Machine Tool Equipment And Customer Satisfaction For Over 40 Years.

DCM-Tech’s Application Specific Solutions In Rotary Surface Grinders Have Consistently Brought Increased Dollars To Our Customers Through Process Improvement.

Call to discuss process development and free sample grinding: (800) 533-5339

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Fear The FURY! Fullerton Tool is pleased to announce the release of the 3500 Series Fury Advanced Performance Solid Carbide End Mills.The Fury is very versatile and is dominating in stainless steels, hightemp alloys and titanium. The unique geometry has created a versatile end mill that is capable of both high-speed machining and full diameter milling.

Utilizing the Fury equates to higher productivity, fewer tool changes, and longer tool life. The Fullerton Fury has been effectively applied in many difficult applications in major Aerospace, Medical and Nuclear manufacturers.

Where other tooling has failed, the Fury has prevailed!

Recent real world manufacturing tests have had the Fury running 1000 SFM dry in 304 Stainless and 4140 Steel with a Rockwell Hardness of 28 with exceptional wear resistance. The Fury has been applied in duplex stainless and performed exceptionally – able to produce several parts where the competitors could not produce a single part. Other recent applications have it running over 600 SFM in Titanium Alloys.

The Fury is a 4-flute center cutting end mill. Presently it is available in both corner radius and ball end cuts with stub and standard lengths.

It relies on features such as Fullerton’s Standard FC-20 Coating, variable helixes and indexes to provide exceptional performance.

Grind These Materials: Produce These Products: Glass Carbide Ceramic Copper Aluminum Cast Iron Nitrided Steel Tool Steel Titanium Neodymium Ferrite Composites

Turbine Engine Components Forging Dies Compressor Heads Pelletizer Plates Turret Tooling Sputtering Targets Prizms / Lenses / Filters Piezoelectric Components Aircraft Brake Rotors Transmission Pump Parts Boules / Cores / Wafers

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For more information on Fullerton Tool contact them at: PChludil@fullertontool.com, 989.799.4550 ext 220 www.FullertonTool.com

US Shop Tools New Catalog Is Now Available Anaheim, CA- Supplying America’s machine shops and manufacturers for over 20 years, U S Shop Tools is proud to announce the release of their 2014/15 EXPRESS Catalog. The all-new 178-page catalog features the company’s most popular items in an easy to use format. The 2014/15 Express Catalog contains information and pricing on the company’s large offering of chuck jaws, lathe chucks, lathe toolholder bushings, collet pads, live centers, internal lathe workholding, ER, TG, DA & AF collets, retention knobs, vise jaws, milling toolholders and indexable drills.With warehouses in Anaheim, CA, andWarren, MI, most shipments can reach customers throughout North America within 3 business days. In addition, all in stock items

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“Our Express Catalog is a complement to, not a replacement for, our Master Catalog,” states Greg Stoddard, Sales and Marketing M a n a g e r. “ We wanted to make it easier for our customers to view and buy the items they use most.

Our Express Catalog puts the items they need most right at their fingertips.” In addition, to further simplify the ordering process, the company also has a website dedicated to the products offered in their latest catalog at www.usstexpress.com.

U S Shop Tools has built their reputation by offering the largest selection of lathe chuck jaws in the United States. With a product line that includes Lathe Workholding, Cutting Tools, Retention Knobs, Milling Toolholders, ER, TG, DA & AF Collets, Abrasives, Measuring Tools, Cutting Fluids and Safety and Shop Supplies, U S Shop Tools has established themselves as the low price leader in the metalworking industry.

Customers can receive a FREE copy of the U S Shop Tools 2014-15 EXPRESS Catalog by calling the company directly at (800) 243-7701 or by visiting the company’s website at www.usshoptools.com.

MC Machinery Systems To Debut Latest In Fiber Lasers And Large Press Brake At Fabtech 2014 MC Machinery Systems is taking its extensive line of laser and press brakes to FABTECH 2014, held Nov. 11-13 in Atlanta. Highlights of the MC Machinery booth #B-1925 will be the new NXF-4000 fiber laser, the eX CO2 laser, and several large-bed press brakes.

Laser • The NXF-4000 fiber laser, the NXF40, packs 4kW of power, almost double the wattage of its 2012 predecessor.

• Mitsubishi Laser’s eX CO2 laser offers 6kW of power to meet the needs of demanding job shops and heavy 2-D cutting.

Press brake • The DEXL 220-40 and DEXL 60-20 from the Diamond Elite XL Series offer heavy welded frames and the latest in motors and controls. Both are designed with Finite Element CAD and manufactured under the most stringent technologies.

• he BB 4013-FF is built with 100 percent Mitsubishi parts and features an AC Servo motor and ball screw mechanism for highspeed productivity and repeatability (± 0.001mm).

• The BH250-40 hybrid from the Diamond BH Series with “Dual Drive” system controls high-speed up and down movement at 200 mm per second with high repeat-stop accuracy.

As always, all products in the Mitsubishi lineup are backed by MC Machinery’s exemplary customer service team. The MC Connect portal receives rave reviews on its ability to connect

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OMAX® Corporation Unleashes Intelli-MAX® 21

DuraVertical 5100

Vertical Machining Center

NHX4000

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LEGENDARY QUALITY – BUILT IN AMERICA The 200,000 sq. ft. DMG MORI manufacturing facility in Davis, California produces two of their most popular machine tool product lines; the NHX horizontal machining line (400mm to 630mm) and the DuraVertical (20” x 40”) milling machine line.

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Announcements Continued customers with maintenance software and support making it easy for customers to get the assistance they need.

MC Machinery Systems’ superior products are backed by industryleading service and support.

Olsen said.

OMAX Corporation recently expanded its Intelli-MAX Software Suite for OMAX JetMachining® Centers with the release of Intelli-MAX 21. The latest version – with a new fourth generation cutting model – not only optimizes tool paths automatically, it gives users precise predictability as to cutting speeds, taper, jet lag and other abrasivejet factors of those particular tool paths.

The cutting model within Intelli-MAX 21 builds upon years of real-world abrasive waterjet data accumulated through OMAX’s first and secondgeneration equation-based cutting models as well as from the massive data set of its third-generation model. The result is a cutting model that provides highly precise process and machine behavior predictions.

According to Carl Olsen, lead software engineer for OMAX Corporation, this new cutting model is superior in every respect, offering improved cutting performance across the board. “We took the best software in the industry and made it even better. With version 21, OMAX abrasive waterjet users gain the highest level of control, most uniform cutting and surface finishes, extended ranges of machinability and the best waterjet cutting precision, speed and repeatability on the market,”

Intelli-MAX Software updates bring performance enhancements to the company’s broad range of machine accessories.With version 21,Tilt-AJet® users experience increased speed and accuracy when machining inside corners and small radii, especially in thick materials. .

For more information about Milling, High-Speed VMC, Wire EDM, Sinker EDM, Laser, Waterjet, Press Brake, Additive Manufacturing, EDM Drill, or Consumable Products, contact MC Machinery Systems, Inc., 1500 Michael Drive, Wood Dale, IL 60191, Phone: 630-616-5920

“Whether it involves better file importing or expanding our parametric shape library for enhanced 3D cutting, we continuously update and improve our software so we can effectively support the diverse and changing needs of our customers,” said Olsen. “Intelli-MAX updates are free to OMAX machine owners for as long as they own their equipment.”

or visit http://www.mcmachinery.com.

Please visit www.omax.com/waterjets/software for more information on the Intelli-MAX Software Suite.

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Fahey Machinery Co. Inc. A Proud Accupress Dealer

Accurpress offers a selection of press brake and shear models unparalleled in the industry.

We sell into the highest of precision sheet metal shops and the heaviest of fabrication shops throughout all of North America, and have been doing so for almost four decades.

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Fahey Machinery Invites You To Stop In For A Tour Of Our Facility Fahey Machinery maintains a large stock of new and used fabrication machinery tools and parts. We also maintain the best fabrication service department around. Our main office in Oregon houses a wide variety of new and used equipment and machines for: bending, punching, shearing, stamping, sawing, burning, welding, rolling, finishing, as well as milling and turning.

We invite you to come by our show room to tour our fully stocked facility for any of your service, new and used equipment, parts, and tooling needs. We are prepared to make you the best deal around!

Come see us TODAY: 17605 SW 65th Avenue, Lake Oswego, OR 97035, (503) 620-9031 (OR), (425) 398-1554 (WA), office@faheyinc.com, http://www.faheyinc.com New: Mazak Tubegear: New TUBE GEAR 2D Laser-Cutting Machine for Tube & Pipe The TUBE GEAR 2D laser-cutting machine offers high-speed and high-precision cutting for thin-walled tube and pipe applications.

New:Accurpress EDGE 250 Ton X 12’ EDGE,The Accurpress Edge is engineered with finesse and to the demanding standards of all Accurpress products.This press brake is suited for the precision shop looking for Y1/Y2 technology with affordability.

Fahey Machinery Co. Inc. 17605 SW 65th Ave. Lake Oswego, OR 97035

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Pride in Workmanship

At A.R.E. Our Team Starts Every Day With A Great Work Ethic!

We Don’t Come To Work To Eat Our Lunch.

• * Lean Manufacturing * Contract Manufacturing * Design For Manufacturability

The T1’s unique casting and kinematic structure provide easy accessibility to large prismatic or cylindrical workpieces. The machine features a plus 45-degree to minus 110-degree A-axis tilting spindle, which, coupled with a deep chest column design, allows a minus 90-degree spindle centerline positioning to 550 mm (21.6 inches) beyond pallet center. As a result, large workpieces can be machined in a single five-sided machining process.

The value of the T1’s operation consolidating 5-axis accessibility is compounded by its spindle capability. The torque and power of the 12,000rpm spindle make it highly productive in the machining of aluminum, steel and titanium, putting shop owners in a unique position to deliver highly competitive machining solutions for workpieces of virtually any shape and any material.

The T1 is ideal for the large parts and provides X-, Y- and Z-axis travels of 1,500 mm (59.1 inches), 1,300 mm (51.2 inches) and 2,000 mm (78.7 inches), respectively.Workpiece limitations on the 1,000-mm (39.3 inches) pallets are 1,500 mm (59.1 inches) in diameter by 1,500 mm (59.1 inches) tall. Maximum pallet payload is 3,000 kg (6,600 lbs).

* Prototyping

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The Makino commitment to customers starts with global leadership in metalcutting and manufacturing technology, with industry-leading horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, wire EDM and Ram EDM, and graphite machining centers.

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Helping customers make what matters also means that Makino is both a software company and an engineering services company. A service company and a financing company. A turnkey engineering company and an integration services company. An automation systems company and a machine tool supply company. A training company and a process technology company.

All of which means Makino is the one company you need to machine parts more accurately, productively and at a lower cost per part. The partner you need to build and sustain a metal-cutting business that thrives by making the parts that matter for the customers that matter the most.

For more information on Makino and their fine line of manufacturing Tools contact one of their local Distributors listed to the right on the following page or go to their website at: Makino.com

503-538-0350, www.AREmanufacturing.com Announcements Continued

Makino T1 Horizontal Machining Center 5-Axis Today’s premium job shop requires machining capabilities to handle a wide variety of complex parts with repeatable precision and high efficiency. Makino’s new T1 5-axis horizontal machining center has been designed with versatile cutting capabilities and a sizable work envelope to handle parts of any shape and any material.

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YOUR SETUP AND CHANGEOVER TIMES ARE NEXT TO NOTHING. YOU’RE RUNNING 24/7 WITH EASE. NO WONDER THROUGHPUT NUMBERS ARE OFF THE CHARTS.

Modular, automated pallet systems and 24/7 machining capabilities are opening whole new doors of productivity. And opportunity. With the Makino MMC2 and MAS A5 cell controller, you know you’re working with the industry standard for virtually eliminating setup and changeover times. While helping you manage what matters most: production schedules, costs and throughput.

See how the Makino MMC2 system can help you compete globally. MAKINO.COM/MMC2

WHEN YOU MAKE WHAT MATTERS Ellis Machinery 6225 20th Street E Fife, WA 98424 253-926-6868 www.ellismachinery.com sales@ellismachinery.com

Clancy Machine Tool, Inc 3942 Valley Ave Pleasanton, CA 94566 925-249-2299 www.clancymachinetool.com info@clancymachinetool.com

SST Southwest 17800 Newhope Street, Suite K Fountain Valley, CA 92708 714-444-4334 www.singlesourcetech.com jonathan.hay@singlesourcetech.com

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Announcements Continued

Fab-Line Machinery Opens a New Sales Office & Showroom

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Exemplar Global On-Line/ Public Certified Lead Fab-line Machinery is once again growing and is happy to announce ISO 9001/14001 RABQSA Certified Online/ Auditor Courses the Public Auditor Courses opening of a new sales office and showroom in Nashville, TN. ISO 9001 - ISO 14001Lead - AS 9100 - ISO 22000 This represents another accomplishment in 2014, which has already 18001 been a big year.

Public -OHSAS In-House/Customized Courses Additional On-Line Training Courses

AS9100 RABQSA & AS9110 RABQSA 2014 is Fab-line Machinery’s ninth year as the exclusive U.S importer

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and representative of the Baykal fabrication machinery. For Fab-line

9100 Machinery, this year has included the receipt of Baykal’s “Worldwide *ISO/TS 16949 /*OHSAS 18001Importer & of the Year” award for 2013 and growth across the entire country. In addition to the new sales office in Nashville, this growth For More Information Our Website/Call/E-Mail Us: *ISO Visit 17025 Internal Auditing

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Robert Mann in the Southeast and Robert Herling in the Western states. All of these moves are a result of Fab-line’s efforts to be closer to the customers, in order to better serve the customers.

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About Fab-Line Machinery LLC brodish@gladhillassociates.com Human Factors - Corrective/Preventive Action admin@gladhillassociates.com Process Mapping - Six Sigma - Implementation Fab-Line Machinery offers a full line of equipment to serve the Documentation - Management Overviews fabrication marketplace, but specializes in PRESS BRAKES, SHEARS ISO/AS Software Modules AND PLASMA CUTTING SYSTEMS. Fab-Line has selected, and is

proud to be affiliated with, For more information call: 623.939.4412 or visit: www.gladhillassociates.com

the oldest and most reliable manufactures of top quality Press Brakes in Turkey.

Fab-Line products are only sold through selected distributors, which are trained to help the customer select the best machine available for their needs. In addition, they can provide the customers with machine demonstrations, as well as provide parts and service quickly if needed.

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Sharp Industries Features New Die-Mold Linear Way Machines SHARP Industries introduced their new line of Linear Roller Way Vertical Machining Centers at IMTS 2014. This line of linear way machines features travels of 33” x 20” x 22” (SVL-3320), 40” x 20” x 22” (SVL-4020) and 45” x 25” x 20” (SVL-4525).

Sharp drew the most focus to the SVL4525, which is a heavy duty, linear roller way machine perfect for die-mold manufacturing. The machine features a high speed, direct drive 15,000 rpm spindle. This machine comes equipped with Schneeberger MONORAIL MR profiled linear roller guideways for maximum precision and rigidity. The rollers feature a convex “barrel” profile for a high load-carrying capacity and rigidity and will reduce wear with minimum roller friction.

The SHARP SVL-4525-SX has a rapid traverse up to 1,417 inches per minute (36M) and 24 HP motor. As the heaviest machine in its class at over 18,000 lbs., this machine is perfect for high precision mold work. The thermal stability of the machine is maintained by a spindle oil chiller and electric cabinet heat exchanger. The model uses a Fanuc Oi-MD advanced control system with high speed contouring software and Fanuc drives and motors.

SHARP offers numerous standard features which enhance the productivity of this machine, they include: a removable MPG hand-wheel, USB port and embedded Ethernet on the control panel, spindle air blast, air gun and coolant gun mounted at front of machine, oil skimmer, chip conveyor, coolant through spindle prepped and ATC air accumulator.

For more information contact Sharp Industries at 310-370-5990, www.sharp-industries.com.

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ship. When it’s assembled, it’ll be 960-feet long.

GOT CIMATRON? More than 40 AMBA member companies are using Cimatron CAD/CAM software to increase productivity and shorten delivery times.

Learn more at www.bettermoldmaking.com or call 248-596-9700 ext. 237 today.

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

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

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

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Vigor is investing $50 million-plus to build and deliver the drydock, with which it will service cruiseships, tankers and cargo ships.

Already, two Maritime Administration ships are booked for service from Vigor.

Foti had sold the company’s largest drydock in 2001 to pay off some of the company’s debts.That the privately held company is growing validates that decision.

“The Vigorous is a symbol of the resurgence of the maritime industry in Portland and the wider Pacific Northwest,” Foti said in a release. “Back in 2000, the shipyard was struggling.Today, we’re growing across the region, and I’m proud and profoundly grateful that we’re in a place to make this kind of investment.”

Portland’s shipyard employs more than 600 workers today. Overall, Vigor, which bought United Streetcar in May, employs more than 2,000 workers.

Ebay Goes All-In In Portland, Makes Room For Additional 200 Employees Portland Business Journal

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Nation’s Largest Drydock Floats Toward Its New Portland Home Cimetron_CCI.indd 1

TheVigorous makes its way under the Astoria-Megler Bridge in Astoria.

The drydock is the nation’s largest.

After years of planning, a massive piece of equipment used to lift gargantuan ships out of the water is close to arriving in Portland.

The drydock, called The Vigorous, made its way through the Columbia and has hit the Willamette River. It’s expected to be at the St. John’s Eventually, the item will land at Vigor Industrial’s Portland shipyard on the Willamette.

Vigor had bought the drydock, the nation’s largest, in early 2013.

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EBay has been quietly growing in Portland since 2010 when it purchased mobile development company Critical Path Software. The Silicon Valley stalwart is now upping the ante, with aggressive growth plans that could see its downtown office balloon to 400 employees.

The San Jose, California-based e-commerce giant already has more than 200 employees, all focused on the company’s mobile development.Today, the company announced that its Portland1/16/13 10:45 AM based Vice President of Mobile Product Kevin Hurst is taking over the general manager role of the Portland operation.The office consists of five floors, roughly 70,000 square feet at 1400 S.W. Fifth Ave. Last year, apps developed by the Portland office did $22 billion worth of commerce which translates to one third of eBay’s business globally, Hurst said.

Par t of Hur st’s new role is community outreach. The c o m p a ny i s bu i l d i n g o u t community space at its office that it wants local groups to use, free of charge.

When eBay landed in Portland, following the Critical Path acquisition, it inherited roughly 50 employees. A major driving force behind raising the company’s Portland profile is retention of the more than 200 employees it now has, as well as attraction of new employees.

Last year, the company added 35 people in Portland, the majority coming from the local market. Currently, there are 20 open positions at the office and 12 new people have been hired this year. As mobile becomes a more important part of the eBay business, the need is only expected to rise.

Boeing, BOC Aviation Announce Order for 82 Airplanes Boeing announced an order by BOC Aviation for 50 737 MAX 8s, 30 Next-Generation 737-800s and two 777-300ERs (Extended Range).

The order, valued at $8.8 billion at list prices, is the largest in BOC Aviation’s 20-year history and part of the Singapore-based leasing company’s effort to grow its portfolio of fuel-efficient airplanes.

“Following the successful placement of the 50 Next Generation 737 aircraft that we ordered in 2006, this is a continuation of our commitment to be responsive to airline customers which are expanding or replacing older fleets,” said Robert Martin, managing director and chief executive officer, BOC Aviation. “The 737 is known for its operational and fuel efficiency, and BOC Aviation expects

healthy demand for the Next Generation 737 and 737 MAX variants in the next seven years.”

The order adds to BOC Aviation’s fleet, which is among the youngest in the leasing industry with an average of less than four years.

“BOC Aviation has established a proven track record in the airplane leasing industry,” said Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president Asia Pacific and India Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “They have played an important role in the success of the Next-Generation 737 and the 777-300ER in the leasing market by helping place the airplanes with airlines worldwide. We’re excited about our continued relationship with BOC Aviation and look forward to working with them on the new 737 MAX.” The Next-Generation 737-800 is the best-selling version of the highly successful Next-Generation 737 family, because of its ability to deliver outstanding, dependable operational and financial performance across the widest wide range of missions. The 737 MAX incorporates the latest-technology CFM International LEAP-1B engines to deliver the highest efficiency, reliability and passenger comfort in the singleaisle market.

The 777-300ER extends the 777 family’s span of capabilities, bringing twin-engine efficiency and reliability to the long-range market. The airplane can fly up to 7,825 nautical miles (14,490 kilometers) and is equipped with GE90-115BL engines, the world’s most powerful commercial jet engine.

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Western Precision Products Teams Up With Their Customers & Suppliers For A Winning Combination Western Precision Products started as a custom hardware and fastener company. With a small chucker lathe and cut off saw, the former one-man shop made parts by night and delivered by day.After a couple of years working a day job and making parts all night, the owner decided it was too much work, and put the business up for sale. Larry Shodin bought the business in the mid 1980’s, renaming the company Western Precision Products (WPP), incorporating in October of 1989.

Howard Mullins had his own machine shop business in McMinnville, OR and was coincidentally selling to the same set of customers as Larry. Larry had turning equipment and Howard had milling equipment.They began trading work back and forth. A short time later Howard and Larry combined the strengths of each company and merged their two companies. In 1998, Larry semi-retired and started a small shop near La Grande, OR. Sole ownership was taken over by Howard.

Just over a decade ago, Howard’s sons Jerry and Bill purchased the business from their father and became equal partners.

Jerry, current Vice President, started working with his Dad and running milling machines from the time he was 10 years old. Bill, now President of the company, started working for WPP in 1997. Bill had an extensive background with metal distribution and his father asked him to come into the business and develop sales for the organization.

In 2007WPP became ISO certified and in 2013 they stepped up their quality rating to AS9100 Rev. C certification. “Certification changed our paradigm here atWPP,” Bill said. “Certification really improved us. It helped us internally to become more efficient.” Joel Stateler added, “As we grow, there are more hands in the cookie jar, therefore, it is necessary to have rock-solid processes in place that are repeatable that everyone follows. ISO/AS9100 certification helped us create and maintain those rock-solid repeatable processes. The industry and our customers demand it as well.”

In 2013WPP moved into a new 48,000 square foot facility. Morale and pride of ownership is very high atWPP. Employee tenure averages 11-12 years; Joel sees his team bringing family members to interview at WPP.The new break room is a testament to how WPP management values their employees and endeavors to continually create a family environment. The team congregates in the state of the art break room and talks about everything from Ducks vs Beavers football to the next operation on the router of a job they are working on together. Efficiency has increased since moving into the new facility.The break room with computer stations, fresh food vending machines, A2Z MANUFACTURING West Coast •

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and ergonomic chairs and tables fosters socialization, comradery and creates synergy. “ We e n c o u r a g e togetherness,” Bill says. “We want our employees to work as a cohesive team.

How are we going to solve problems unless we feel we are a family and can rely on one another? We also make sure our team succeeds with the right tools, so we listen and make sure we get the resources they need.

The machine tools and state of the art facility don’t matter unless you have the right crew. We have to compete for talent every day, and as time goes on we want to attract the best of the best.We are very proud of our team!”

WPP also works with local schools to attract and encourage students to see the benefits of manufacturing.

Regularly scheduled tours of the facility include a hands-on study of making their own products, such as setting up their own metal ruler on the engraving machine. WPP gives them the opportunity to see the job offers challenges, pride in accomplishment, and family living wages.

In the old days, manufacturing wasn’t as cool and high tech as it is today.

In this era, computer programs take dimensional data and convert it into machine readable G code. The code is then loaded into state of the art Mori Seiki CNC machines utilized atWPP. In their 3 machine, 36 pallet Mori Seiki manufacturing cell, a centralized computer keeps track of which pallets, tombstones and programs are needed to manufacture a part. A rail guided vehicle delivers pallets to and from the machines and operator stations. Its noticeable manufacturing is not what it used to be.

When the Mullins brothers took over ownership of the company and in teaming with manufacturing manager, Joel Stateler, the decision was made to move in the direction of high-tech, precision automated equipment.This type of equipment was an upgrade from the commodity-type machines the company was used to. This allowed for greater precision, faster cycle times, more reliability, tighter tolerances, etc.WPP started the evaluation process based on local support, state of the art CNC machine tools with robotics and automation; the key being good solid support.They wanted their spindles to keep turning as much as possible and to maintain the best in class precision available.WPP interviewed a number of machine tool distribution companies during this change over and they felt the best fit for their company from a quality and service standpoint was with Ellison Technologies.

Bill said, “Basically we started our relationship with Ellison Technologies in 2003 and we have never looked back. We have a great partnership with Ellison Technologies and consider them and their line of machine tools our partner.We have purchased over 14 DMG-Mori Seiki machines from Ellison Technologies.We have also purchased our CMM and Tsugami Swiss Lathes from them because they sell top of the line quality machines.”

Bill continued, “We took the approach that Southwest Airlines takes; they fly Boeing airplanes and they stick with the 737’s. It works for them in many ways. In choosing DMG Mori Seiki we are likewise applying a similar approach to our overall business model.We partner with our suppliers and with our customers. They become an intimate part of our business. Not to say everything always goes right, but as partners we work it out together just like any relationship.”

Jerry said, “In the past we had problems with service from other machine tool dealers. DMG Mori Seiki machines are a fine product, and Ellison Technologies is a great distributor with local service.This equipment and our relationship with Ellison keeps our spindles turning, and helps us maintain the confidence to go out and grow our business in ways we never did before with our old equipment.”

Bill said, “The next five years will bring expansion in servicing our existing customer base, and growing the customers and sectors we serve right now. We serve aerospace, electronics, test and measurement instruments, consumer goods and semi-conductor equipment markets, to name a few. We look to improve on what we do well right now.Through our automation we feel we can provide more value to our customers. Our equipment and automated facility will support high mix low volume as well as production demands very efficiently.We constantly train our team to become more efficient and a big part of that training comes from our machine tool distributor, Ellison

Technologies.”

Jerry said, “Support from Ryan Green, our salesman at Ellison is fantastic. His technical background in applications is valuable when we want to explore a new project.

The applications team is very knowledgeable and easy to work with as well. Ellison’s service department is accessible and responsive addressing any problems that come up with the machines. We have the best machine tools, the best training, and the best team talent around so we feel we have the winning combination.”

Bill said, “We listen to our customers and promise them only what we can achieve.

We firmly believe the relationship between our customer and our company should be a fun and rewarding journey. How you get treated on the journey as our customer is so very important and is our main focus.We have a vital interest in our customers’ success. We feel that if we are concerned with our customers’ well-being, what’s good for them is good for us as well.”

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In recent years, politicians -- among them President Obama in his 2013 State of the Union address -- have publicly acknowledged the economic significance of the manufacturing sector. But their focus is almost exclusively on jobs. The sector does still employ just under 10% of the total workforce, providing jobs with an average compensation level greater than the average for the rest of the business community. But it’s also clear that 21stcentury automation and productivity gains will prevent manufacturing employment as a percentage of total employment from ever approaching the halcyon days of the 1950s.

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The retail and wholesale trade sectors have much lower multipliers, generating 54 cents and 58 cents respectively in other additional inputs for every dollar of economic activity they generate.

And yet, it turns out that those figures underestimate the actual impact that manufacturers have. A new analysis by Inforum, an economic consulting service working out of the University of Maryland, suggests the manufacturing multiplier is much higher -- $1.92, almost doubling the base value of the manufacturing output itself.

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While Inforum’s analysis still uses the BEA multiplier data, it provides a more holistic perspective, taking into account a broader assessment of both upstream suppliers and the supplier’s suppliers. So, for example, the group’s more comprehensive measure not only identifies the value added of the electricity sector used by manufacturing, but also the value added of the coal consumed making the electricity that manufacturing consumes. Inforum’s

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Moreover, while BEA data from 2012 shows that manufacturing accounts for about 12.5% of GDP and 9.4% of employment, Inforum’s new analysis can also identify the proportion of GDP (11.5%) and employment (10.4%) generated in non-manufacturing establishments for the upstream production of inputs to manufacturing.

Broader and More Dynamic Many experts believe that, because multipliers can only capture effects quantified by measuring inter-industry transactions, the size of manufacturing’s multiplier is even more underestimated than even Inforum suggests. The multiplier does not capture indirect economic activities generated by spillovers -- for example, unintended side effects that benefit other businesses within a supply chain and even competitors when manufacturers invest in research and development.

Politicians should continue to promote the importance of manufacturing to our economy. They just need to understand that while jobs are important, the sector’s impact is much broader and more dynamic.

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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sunnyvale, California, is awarded $60,109,750 for modification P00008 to a previously awarded cost-plusincentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-14-C-0011) for Trident II (D5) Underwater Launcher System and Advanced Launcher Development Program support.This modification provides for the exercise of options for ongoing support for the Trident deployed SSBN and the SSGN underwater launcher subsystem, engineering refueling overhaul shipyard support, and United Kingdom launcher trainer support.Work will be performed at Sunnyvale, California (77.52 percent); Kings Bay, Georgia (11.48 percent); Bangor, Washington (9.82 percent); and Camarillo, California (1.18 percent), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2018. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $3,801,000, and United Kingdom contract funds in the amount of $1,893,673, are being obligated on this award. Subject to the availability of funding, fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $26,343,699, and fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $28,071,378, are being obligated on this award. Contract funds in the amount of $26,343,699 will expire at the end of fiscal 2015. Strategic Systems Programs,Washington, is the contracting activity (N00030-14-C-0011).

The Boeing Co., Seattle,Washington, is being awarded a $43,283,263 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N0001912-C-0112) for integrated logistics and contractor services in support of the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington (58 percent); Jacksonville, Florida (12 percent); Valencia, California (6 percent); Linthicum, Maryland (5 percent); Greenlawn, NewYork (3 percent); and various locations within the United States (16 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2017. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $43,283,263 will be obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being awarded a $36,185,301 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract for USS Boxer (LHD 4) fiscal 2014 phased maintenance availability (PMA). A PMA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship’s military and technical capabilities.

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Marvin Engineering Co., Inc., Inglewood, California, is being awarded $12,816,113 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0011 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0009) for the upgrade and overhaul of 626 LAU-127 Missile Launchers.Work will be performed in Inglewood, California, and is expected to be completed in September 2018. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Navy) and fiscal 2014operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,816,113, are being obligated at time of award, $6,021,617 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year.The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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Erickson Helicopters, Inc., McMinnville, Oregon, is being issued a $7,004,248 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00033-13-C-8000) to exercise a 12-month option for the provision of ship-based and shore-rebased vertical replenishment and other rotary-wing logistic services. Services include search and rescue support; medical evacuations; passenger transfers; internal cargo movement; and dynamic interface testing in support of commander, Naval Air Forces Command. Erickson Helicopters, Inc., will provide one detachment comprised of two helicopters, personnel, support equipment, and all supplies necessary to perform flight operations in the U.S. 2nd Fleet, U.S. 5th Fleet, and U.S. 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.Work will be performed in the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of responsibility, and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $7,004,248 are being obligated and are subject to availability of fiscal 2015 funds. Funds will expire at the end of fiscal 2015. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00033-13-C-8000).

United Launch Services LLC, Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $126,966,232 firm-fixed-price modification (P00055) to previously awarded contract FA8811-13-C-0003 to exercise an option for backlog transportation and order launch vehicle production services. Contractor will execute a requirement for the fiscal 2014 launch vehicle configuration of one Air Force Atlas V531 and the exercise of an option for backlog transportation. Work will be performed at Centennial, Colorado, and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and is expected to be completed

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Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $6,757,764 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0006 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N68335-11-G-0009) for the procurement of one ScanEagle System for the government of the Czech Republic under the Foreign Military Sales program. The system consists of seven ScanEagle electro-optics, and three ScanEagle infra-red unmanned air systems.Work will be performed at Bingen, Washington (50 percent), and Afghanistan (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2015. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $6,757,764 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

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(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said it will buy a European-built military communications satellite for South Korea as part of a $7 billion deal to supply Seoul with 40 F-35 fighter jets, in what industry observers call among the most unusual “offset” agreements ever to accompany a major arms sale.

Lockheed, which builds its own satellites, declined to detail the cost of the new satellite or name its manufacturer, but said the spacecraft would provide a “state-of-the-art” system that met South Korea’s military requirements.

“The Lockheed Martin offset commitment ... directly benefits Korean national defense requirements, enables substantial Korean industrial activity and transfers a large amount of high technology to the Republic of Korea,” Lockheed said.

Steve Over, director of international business development for the F-35 program, said Lockheed would buy and launch the satellite by 2017, including all necessary control equipment and technical training. He declined to give further details.

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U.S. government and industry officials said they believed it was the first time that a U.S. firm had included a satellite in a so-called “offset agreement” with an arms deal. In this case, Seoul’s offset target was 50 percent of the value of the jets.

Weapons sales are generally negotiated between governments, but offset deals are worked out between the company and the purchasing government. A U.S. defense official said the State Department had approved the overall F-35 deal, including any offset costs, but the decision to include the European satellite was “purely” that of South Korea and Lockheed.

“The U.S. Department of Defense is not a party to any offset arrangement between U.S. industry and the foreign government,” said the official, who asked not to be named.

Such agreements have long been demanded by countries to “offset” the cost of new weapons systems. They pay for a wide array of goods and services, ranging from arms components to unrelated items such as construction of hotels and financing for movies. In one case in 2005, Thailand asked Lockheed to buy 80,000 tons of stockpiled frozen chicken as part of an ultimately unsuccessful bid to sell F-16 fighter jets.

Analysts and industry executives say offset deals have grown more sophisticated in recent years, but South Korea’s interest in a satellite is a new development.

Most of Lockheed’s F-35 sales thus far have been with countries that helped fund the plane’s development and qualify for industrial participation in the F-35 program, rather than offset deals for unrelated items. Lockheed’s

two other sales to countries outside the partnership, Israel and Japan, did not include offset arrangements, according to company officials.

As part of the offset deal with Seoul, Lockheed will also provide engineering expertise and technical documentation to help South Korea develop its own fighter airplane.

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Marco Caceres, an analyst with the Virginia-based Teal Group, said the new satellite may be built by France’s Thales (TCFP.PA), which has already built several satellites for South Korea. The satellite was likely medium-sized and would cost several hundred million dollars to build, plus another $100 million to launch, he said.

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Neither company had any immediate comment.

Brett Lambert, a former senior Pentagon official, said it was not unprecedented for companies to buy equipment from a third countries as part of offset deals, but it was ironic in this case since Lockheed builds its own satellites and has long called for changes in the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) export rules to enable more exports.

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“It’s the last ironic twist of ITAR,” Lambert said, noting that the U.S. government had finally begun reforming export control laws for satellites and related exports, but the Korean deal may have been shaped before those rules went into effect.

Insitu Inc., Bingen,Washington, is being awarded $10,976,866 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0007 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N68335-11-G-0009) for the procurement of one ScanEagle System that consists of nine ScanEagle Electro-Optics and three ScanEagle Infra-red Unmanned Air Vehicles for the government of Yemen under the Foreign Military Sales program. This order also provides for one 12-month/3,600 flight-hour sustainment package with acceptance testing, spares, technical manuals, and training; a site activation team; field service representative; and force rotection.Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington (50 percent), and Sanaa, Yemen (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2015. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $10,976,866 are

being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

New Steel Mill Considered In Vancouver The Port of Vancouver USA is considering selling nearly 10 acres to a company that wants to build a steel tubing mill.

The Port of Vancouver is considering the sale of 9.6 acres to a company that wants to construct a manufacturing plant.

The Columbian reports the port commission will consider the proposal when it meetsTuesday. Mariuichi Northwest wants to build a $30 million 160,000-square-foot steel tubing mill at the port’s Centennial Industrial Park. It would employ up to 50 people.

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NASA recently awarded $6.8 billion in contracts to Boeing and SpaceX to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. The Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract will enable the launch of astronauts from the U.S. to the International Space Station by the end of 2017. Boeing’s CST-100 and SpaceX’s Dragon are both 7 passenger capsules that will also be fitted to carry cargo. A cargo carrying version of Dragon A2Z MANUFACTURING West Coast •

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In 2012, the SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to the space station, and on September 19th , carried the first 3-D printer into space. The 3-D printer, produced by a company aptly named Made in Space, has been modified and tested to function in zero-gravity environments. The goal is that astronauts will one day be able to print replacement parts “on-demand” which could revolutionize the constrained supply chain and parts inventory required today. After all, you can’t exactly “order that part” if you are half way to Mars.

But it’s not only the ability to manufacture tools and parts in space that is exciting. The printers, once fully operational should help speed up innovation of “space aged” technology. Engineers will be able to rapidly design, produce, test and fine tune items in an iterative design approach that could speed up the launch of new parts components and equipment.

Earlier this year, NASA awarded a contract to study the feasibility of using 3D printing, for making food in space. I suppose that if I had to spend three months on the International Space Station there would be a point when I could not face any more freeze dried dinners and would do anything for a slice of printed pizza.

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8/12/2014 4:03:32 PM Increasingly we are seeing 3D visualizations being utilized to assemble and service complex machinery and equipment, whether on the ground or in the atmosphere. So while the 3D printer is making replacement parts, 3D visual enterprise solutions can be put into action to help guide the astronaut in making the needed repair with easy to follow step-by-step 3D animations. 3D is also driving assembly processes on the ground to help build the transport modules and in space to make complex repairs simpler, faster and more efficient.

So as we move into privatized space travel, we are seeing innovation and technology driving companies like Boing and SpaceX into unchartered territory, and in the near future, where “no man has been before”.

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Tesla Chooses Plant Location, Gets Closer To Electric Car For Masses 15 miles east of Reno, Nevada. Tesla Motors has selected the site in Nevada for a massive, $5 billion factory that it will build to pump out batteries for a new generation of electric cars, a person familiar with the company’s plans said Wednesday.

To bring electric cars to the masses,Tesla Motors will use an expanse of desert where wild mustangs still roam for a factory that the company projects will crank out enough batteries to power 500,000 vehicles annually by decade’s end.

Nevada’s elected leaders still must deliver on the economic incentives they’ve promised, but if they do as expected,Tesla will open its massive factory at an industrial park outside Reno, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made. An announcement was scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Nevada’s Capitol.

A state synonymous with gambling hit the jobs jackpot — Tesla has said the factory will employ about 6,500 people.

That’s a welcome jolt for a tourismbased economy particularly hard hit during the Great Recession.

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Tesla’s choice of Nevada over California,Texas, Arizona and New Mexico takes it a big step closer to mass producing an electric car that costs around $35,000 and can go 200 miles on a single charge. That range is critical because it lets people take most daily trips without recharging, a major barrier to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

The “gigafactory,” as Tesla calls the project, would bring the cost of batteries down by producing them on a huge scale. Its approximately 10 million square feet, equivalent to about 174 football fields, would be running by 2017. That is when Tesla hopes to introduce its Model 3, At present, demand for electric vehicles is small.

Through August, automakers have sold just over 40,000 fully electric cars this year, up 35 percent from a year ago, according to the auto website Edmunds.com. Factoring in plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles still account for just 3.6 percent of all new car sales, a slight drop from last year. Still, government fuel economy standards that will require new cars and trucks to average 54.5 miles per gallon are expected to drive sales.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s office wouldn’t comment Wednesday on the gigafactory news, saying only that he would make a “major economic development announcement”Thursday.

A spokesman for Tesla Motors Inc., based in Palo Alto, California, said company representatives would be at the Capitol in Carson City for the announcement but offered no other details.

park is only about 200 miles along Interstate 80 from Tesla’s lone auto assembly plant in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s also near a deposit of lithium, an essential element to produce the battery cells.

Sandoval has declined to discuss incentives he has offered Tesla. Based on CEO Elon Musk’s public statements, the incentives likely total at least $500 million. The governor would have to call a special session of the Legislature to approve tax breaks, grants or other incentives of that magnitude.

Competition for the factory has been intense among the states, which bid up their incentive packages in private negotiations with Tesla.

This spring, Musk announced that the company would take the unusual step of spending millions to prepare sites in two states — or perhaps even three — before choosing a winner.The person familiar with Tesla’s plans told The Associated Press a second site still will be prepared, in case Nevada is unable to deliver the incentives it has promised, or possibly to build a second factory.

Tesla has done excavation and other site-preparation work at the Reno Tahoe Industrial Center, where it plans to build the factory, but had not publicly committed to building in Nevada until it tested what economic incentives other states offered. The center is about 15 miles east of Sparks, a Reno suburb founded as a railroad town more than a century ago.

Aside from low tax rates and business-friendly workplace laws, Nevada offered plenty of sun and wind to generate “green” power. The industrial

In California, where Tesla has its headquarters and manufacturing plant, the decision to build in the state next door stung.

“Tesla was using their business savviness to get states to compete against one another,” said state Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, a principal proponent of the project. “It’s just that I felt California had the inside track given our history of working in partnership with Tesla.

Tesla Announces All-Wheel-Drive Version Of Model S Sedan.

Elon Musk introduced an “all-wheel-drive version of the Model S sedan with a second motor to propel the two additional wheels.”

The article points out that the new design will better position the company in cold-weather markets where “many consumers demand allwheel drive to navigate snowy, wet roads.”Bloomberg News A2Z MANUFACTURING West Coast •

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and transmit that data to GE. New Materials Such sensors require new materials ceramics that can withstand high temperatures, or new combinations of materials that are compatible with GE turbine blades.

New manufacturing techniques are required, too.Traditionally, a sensor would be machined and stuck onto a part. But those techniques don’t work so well when a part is cylindrical, or needs a sensor that can go around corners.

GE’s sensors can continuously monitor the performance of engines and other equipment. Michael Hemberger So, the team at GE developed a process using 3-D inking, something similar to 3-D printing but on a much smaller scale. Also referred to sometimes in the industry as direct-write, 3-D inking is used in nanotechnology to deposit materials on very small objects.

What the GE team does is combine sensing materials, which are in the form of a powder, with various polymers or solvents to make a gummy, somewhat runny substance a slurry that has the consistency of toothpaste.

GE Puts Sensors in Hard-to-Reach Places With 3-D Inking Air Travel Could Be Made Safer With Tiny Monitoring Devices Inside Jet Engines A stylus creates GE’s tiny new sensors. Michael Hemberger Making jet engines communicate their vital signs while they’re in flight has the potential to make air travel safer. It could signal when a stressed engine part needs replacing, or give clues to how engines could be better designed.

WSJ Report A team of manufacturing engineers, materials scientists and testing experts at a General Electric Co. GE -2.06% lab in upstate New York is trying to make that happen. They’re using a robotically driven stylus like a needle, no thicker than a sheet of paper to create tiny sensors on parts that make up jet engines and other complex structures.

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Then they direct the stylus to draw the slurry onto a surface, in thin layers, until the sensor is built up. It’s like “elaborate cake decorating,” says Christine Furstoss, GE’s global technology director for manufacturing and materials technologies.

Thermal Bonding When the stylus is finished and the sensor is complete, heat can be applied until the extra materials in the slurry evaporate and the particles of ceramic or metal that constitute the sensor bond and join to the part.

The process enables GE to put sensors in places that are hard to reach, and to place different types of sensors one for temperature, say, and one for pressure next to each other when space is tight. It’s also useful for improving parts in other ways adding a ridge, for instance, to a part that needs more aerodynamic performance.

GE is considering 3-D inking applications for turbomachinery, which includes jet engines and gas turbines, and is testing prototypes of the sensors with customers. Though they’re starting with new products, current products could be retrofitted with the new sensors as they come in for repair.

Both wired and wireless sensors are being developed. But wireless frequencies don’t like harsh environments, “so we may need to develop new types of transmitters,” Ms. Furstoss says.

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He found it inside the human body. Rockstroh and his team looked at various materials s u i t a bl e f o r 3 - D printing and settled on cobalt-chromium alloys that have been used for decades for joint replacements and dental implants.These alloys are light, tough and corrosion resistant. Conveniently, they can also operate in temperatures as high as 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, and are relatively cheap. “Because of their medical applications, there has been a tremendous amount of research done on these alloys,” Rockstroh says. “They are also pretty common because they serve such a large market, which makes them cheaper.”

Artificial knees are solid, however, and Rockstroh and his team needed powdered metal. The team fanned out to search for specialty smelters.

They found several who could turn molten alloys into powder through gas atomization, mechanical milling, spray forming and other advanced methods.

Engineers at GE aviation use alloys developed for artificial joints to 3-D print jet engine parts. But doctors have also started looking at the technology to print replacement body parts.

The powder arrives at the GE Aviation plant in 15 to 30 pound containers.

“It’s smaller than a pitcher of water,” Rockstroh says.The team sifts the powder to make sure they have right particle size and empty three to six containers in a tub sitting on top of the 3-D printer, called direct metal laser melting machine, DMLM. A computer that holds a file with a digital drawing of the nozzle guides the DMLM machine’s high-powered fiber optic laser across the powder bed like a painter moves a brush across the canvas.The laser then fuses successive layers of powder each 20 microns thick to the desired shape.

The process can take as long as 120 hours and the workers use big data analytics to monitor everything from the size of the weld pool, temperature and the stability of the laser.The new nozzle is 25 percent lighter and as much as five times more durable than the current nozzle made from 20 different parts.

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Steve Van Loan, president of Sullivan Palatek Inc. in Michigan City, said job hopping is becoming more of a problem. “They get an offer for more money across town, and they’re gone,” he said.Wages on average at his firm, which makes compressors that power drills and other tools, are rising 4% to 5% this year, compared with 2% to 3% in recent years, Mr. Van Loan said.

“Everybody got so skinny back in the days when we were laying off everybody,” he said. “Now that the Midwest is getting some manufacturing back, it’s just tough to find workers” with the needed skills.

Job hoppers tend to have much higher wage growth than workers who stay in the same post. Data from the payroll-services firm ADP LLC, released Wednesday, show that hourly wages for manufacturing workers who recently switched to a new employer rose an average of 4.2% in the third quarter.The year-earlier average was 3.6% for such job switchers.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, expects wages in many industries, including manufacturing, to start rising faster nationwide over the next two to three years. As the unemployment rate edges lower, “the labor market is tightening, slowly but surely,” he said, adding that higher wages should boost the economy by encouraging more consumer spending.

Five years ago, hourly manufacturing wages in Texas were about 27% below the national average. Since then, those wages have surged 46% and are now about 8% above the national figure.

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Textron AirLand’s Scorpion Shows Off ISR Options In DC The show floor at the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference, held just outside Washington, was chock full of representatives from industry both big and small. Almost every defense contractor looking to do business with the Air Force had officials circling the floor, ready to ambush anyone wearing stars on their shoulders with a business pitch.

Like other firms, Textron AirLand had folks on and around the show floor. But they also set up a mini-convention at National Airport, located mere minutes outside of Washington, in order to showcase their Scorpion aircraft. Buses were set up to take conference attendees out to the airport and back, while Scorpion executives waited to show off their plane, which was unveiled one year ago at the last AFA conference.

You can see a couple different ISR assets on there. One thing Textron has pushed is the open-architecture of its wing mounts — they are designed to work with as many systems as possible, in order to create individual packages for the customer.

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wares at the Scorpion event: MBDA, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin , BAE Systems, FLIR, L3 Wescam, Artemis, Thales, Textron Systems , Boeing Systems, Boeing Defense, Moog, United Technologies Aerospace The jet has been billed as an ISR aircraft with light strike capabilities.

The company recently confirmed it plans to offer a trainer variant for the Air Force’s T-X competition, and it has developed a bit of a cult following among National Guard leadership. But as of now, the company continues its hunt for a first customer.

In other Textron news, the company recently announced a successful completion of a live-fire demonstration for its new G-CLAW precision guided weapon.

The weapon detonated within four meters of the designated target during a test at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the company said in a press release. G-CLAW is one of two precision-guided munitions Textron has developed for unmanned systems and light aircraft. The other weapon is known as the BattleHawk.

F-35 Passes More Flight And Weapons Milestones The Lockheed Martin (Ft. Worth, Texas) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program continued a steady path of flight test milestones including weapons separation, software compatibility and flight hours, all demonstrating program maturity.

“The test milestones are a direct result of the detailed planning, coordination and execution between various government teams and the integrated test force,” said J.D. McFarlan, Lockheed Martin’s vice president for F-35 Test & Verification. “Every testing milestone demonstrates the development of the F-35 in successive steps toward enabling the U.S. Marine Corps to attain its F-35B Initial Operational Capacity (IOC) next year.”

F-35A aircraft AF-1 accomplished its 400th flight during a successful GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) aircraft separation test on Aug. 13 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. F-35B aircraft BF-1 and BF-4 completed “Mode 4” formation testing on Aug 9th, as required for Block 2B software capability. “In Mode 4 operations, the STOVL Propulsion System is engaged, the lift fan, roll post nozzle, and three-bearing-swivel nozzle are operating, and all propulsion system doors and inlets are open. Flight testing validated the F-35B Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant’s ability to operate well in this configuration during formation flight which supports operations around the ship; a key milestone for the F-35B path to IOC,” McFarlan said.

F-35B aircraft BF-3 completed the 2B software fleet release weapon separation requirements for the F-35B with two successful AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Air Vehicle Instrumented (AAVI) separation flights on consecutive days, Aug. 14 and 15. The AIM-120 radar-guided missiles were launched over the Atlantic Test Range.

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Along with the testing milestones, to date, the overall System Development and Demonstration (SDD) F-35A test fleet surpassed its 4,000th flight hour on Aug. 14 and in total, the F-35 Fleet has surpassed 19,500 flight hours, with more than 8,000 hours in SDD aircraft. F-35A aircraft AF-1 achieved its 400th flight milestone on Aug. 13; F-35A aircraft AF-4 surpassed 500 flight hours, Aug. 11 and F-35C aircraft CF-2 achieved 300 flights on Aug. 14.

The F-35 Lightning II, a 5th generation fighter, combines advanced low observable stealth technology with fighter speed and agility, fully fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and advanced sustainment. Three distinct variants of the F-35 will replace the A/ OA-10 Thunderbolt II and F-16 Fighting Falcon for the U.S. Air Force, the F/A-18 Hornet for the U.S. Navy, the F/A-18 and AV-8B Harrier for the U.S. Marine Corps, and a variety of fighters for at least 10 other countries. Following the U.S. Marine Corps’ planned 2015 IOC, the U.S. Air Force and Navy intend to attain IOC in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

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Western Lithium Opens Plant For Hectatone Drilling Fluid Western Lithium USA Corporation has announced that it hosted a ceremonial opening to mark the completion of construction of its Hectatone organoclay plant in Fernley, Nevada. The Hectatone plant is expected to commence production of its proprietary product line of Hectatone drilling fluid viscosifiers over the next several weeks. The ceremony was well attended by dignitaries from local communities and the State of Nevada and included Congressman, Mark Amodei; City of Fernley Mayor, LeRoy Goodman; City of Fernley City Manager, Chris Good; Assemblyman,Tom Grady; Humboldt Commissioners, Marlene Brissenden; and Mike Wurm, Executive Director of the boys and girls club of Truckee Meadows, among other community leaders, partners and stakeholders.

The startup of the plant is progressing according to plan. We expect to begin shipping Hectatone finished products in November to meet initial customer orders”, said Hectatone President, Frank B.Wright, Jr.Wright further stated “our entire Hectatone team is ready to launch a full line of unique organophilic hectorite and other organophilic clay products, that offer solutions to new drilling industry opportunities.”

“Hectatone is our first chemical plant investment in the State of Nevada.” said Western Lithium CEO, Jay Chmelauskas. “As the US continues to develop its domestic reserves of oil and natural gas using directional drilling technology, followed by the rest of the world, we see tremendous opportunities for our Hectatone business. Our next major chemical plant investment in Nevada is focussed on advancing our lithium carbonate and hydroxide projects to support the growth of the lithium ion battery manufacturing sector that is developing in Nevada and internationally.”

The Hectatone business has been developed by Western Lithium to provide viscosifier technology to the directional drilling industry.

Directional drilling is the technology that has successfully tapped vast reserves of oil and gas in the US and globally. The construction of the Hectatone plant is now complete. Mechanical commissioning and safety inspections are near complete.The plant is expected to commence semicontinuous operations in the coming weeks.

Western Lithium is also commissioning a lithium demonstration plant

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in Germany. First trial production of lithium carbonate is expected in November. The Company plans to run several campaigns of lithium production to produce lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide for lithium-ion battery applications.The Company is currently in discussions with potential partners in order to accelerate its lithium development activities in Nevada.

Survey: Manufacturers Have Positive View On Revenue Prospects.

IndustryWeek reports that executives at US manufacturing firms are “increasingly bullish about prospects” for growth over the next 12 months, according to the Q3 2014 Manufacturing Barometer from PwC. Firms raised their forecasts for growth over the next year by an average of 5.6 percent, higher than the 5.2 percent from three months ago. The percentage of manufacturers saying they expect positive revenue growth increased 9 points from the second quarter to 86 percent this quarter.

Defense Industry Sees Boost By Global Threats Missile defense, intelligence systems and other products will get a boost from rising global threats, experts say, as conflicts drive the Pentagon to look for technological advances, says Bloomberg Government Senior Defense Analyst Kevin Brancato. It’s not just current conflicts with groups such as Islamic State, he notes. Instead, Brancato says, it’s “these much broader threats where defense contractors play a key role in supporting the U.S. military.” Bloomberg

Ports Of Tacoma And Seattle Join Forces.

The Puget Sound (WA) Business Journal reports that the Ports ofTacoma and Seattle announced on Tuesday that they would create a Seaport Alliance that will manage cargo at both terminals to make Washington more competitive for the export-import industry. The alliance will be official next spring. Twenty years ago Puget Sound ports were running a close second behind Southern California ports in container imports, receiving 2.2 million 20-foot containers annually (calledTEUs) compared to Southern California’s 5.4 million.Together the Northwest

will be able to compete for this vital import business.

F-35 jet combat ready next year, new Israeli order close

Lockheed Martin, the jet’s developer, said the investigation and the fix will delay testing but there is leeway in the schedule and it expects the U.S. Marine Corps to declare the first version of the jet combat ready by mid-2015.

(Reuters) - The first version of the F-35 fighter jet will be combat ready by mid-2015, despite an engine failure which still needs a fix, and Israel could sign a deal within months to buy more of the aircraft, program officials said.

Though no longer grounded, the fleet of more than 100 F-35s already delivered flies under restrictions, pending the engine fix. Other issues include the integration of the communication systems and subtle changes to flight controls.

The cost of the jet, which has struggled with delays and budget overruns, could be reduced to the target level by 2019. South Korea’s decision on Wednesday to buy 40 F-35s for about $7 billion was a step in lowering the per unit cost, officials said in Oslo after a two-day meeting between F-35 partner countries.

Lockheed, engine maker Pratt &Whitney, a unit of UnitedTechnologies Corp (UTX.N), and other suppliers are investing heavily to drive down the program’s projected $400 billion cost to make it more affordable for cash-strapped governments looking to buy more than 3,100 aircraft over the next decades.

“We are in discussion with another one of our partners, Israel, to increase their buy and those discussions are going very very well,” U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan, the Pentagon’s F-35 program manager said.

Lockheed expects the per unit cost to drop to $80-$85 million by 2019 from about $115 million now, Jeff Babione, the firm’s deputy manager for the F-35 program said.

“We are very very close, (we’ll sign) probably within the next few months,” Bogdan said.

Israel has so far ordered 19 jets but Bogdan declined to predict the size of its future order.

“The cost reduction will come with the increase in orders,” he said. “We anticipate that there’s a market out there for 4,000 airplanes ... the biggest risk to cost is if we don’t get the orders we showed. That will significantly erode our ability to take advantage of economic order quantities and reduce cost.”

ENGINE TROUBLE The $400 billion F-35 program was set back earlier this year when the Pentagon grounded its fleet after a June 23 fire on an Air Force F-35A, an all-new aircraft with advanced stealth capabilities, improved maneuverability and high-tech sensors.

Officials downplayed a report released this week by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which said it would cost the U.S. government $19.9 billion a year to operate and maintain its F-35 fleet in 2035, compared with about $11 billion in the 2010 fiscal year for the four types of warplane it will replace.

Engine maker Pratt & Whitney is investigating the issue and expects to determine the root cause this month, or early October. It expects aircraft already in service to be fixed in early 2015, Chris Flynn, the firm’s vice-president for the F-35 engine program said.

“I am less concerned about the cost estimates that occur 50 years from now, because those are fundamentally based on a whole lot of assumptions,” Bogdan said. “We change even a little bit of those assumptions, those cost estimates change greatly.”

“We understand what fundamentally happened ... and we have tremendous confidences in the timeline,” Flynn said. “We think it’s a fairly straightforward fix.”

“What’s more important for me is what are we doing today ... to reduce the overall lifecycle costs of the airplane,” he said.

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Announces World Class Thread Rolling Capabilities You Cannot Find Elsewhere The Ron Grob Team Announcing some exciting news!

If your products have round components, range in diameter from 1/16” to 5”, length from 1/16” to 30”, and require very tight tolerances, you will absolutely want to contact the Ron Grob Company.

The company, based in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, is proud to announce its newest machine tool purchase.This exciting new addition is a custom built thread rolling machine, manufactured to specification by the US manufacturer Tesker, headquartered in Wisconsin. Harold Huffaker, VP and General Manager of the Ron Grob Company, says, “Our Tesker machine took 9 months to manufacture, and it incorporated some new features that can only be found on our machine, so we have the most advanced machine in the world.”

The Tesker 645 thread roller is impressive to see. At 22,000 pounds, with 235,000 psi (pounds/square inch) of power, it’s Siemens control is custom modified by Tesker. Harold says the machine took only 2 days to install, and Kyle Ranous, who attended the one-week training session at Tesker’s headquarters, says, “It was easy to learn how to use this new state of the art machine, it was just so intuitive.”

Though the machine has only been on Rob Grob’s shop floor for just over a month, production has greatly improved. Harold says that the Tesker uses cold forming to make the threads (versus cut threads, which is the traditional methodology), and in essence

uses positive material displacement. Cold (thread) forming results in threads that are 30% stronger than cut threads, which is ideal for industries that require lead screws and worm screws, Harold says. He adds that it is the machine of choice for larger parts.

Ron Grob’s customers are already seeing the benefits of the Tesker thread rolling machine. Prior to receiving parts threaded on the new Tesker, one customer was prematurely wearing out the punches they used to stamp aluminum cans.When Ron Grob manufactured the punches using the new technology, it doubled the life of the customer’s punches.

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Ron Grob’s History The man behind the name, Ron Grob, is a degreed mechanical engineer whose hands on experience came from years working for his Father, Ted Grob and at Hewlett Packard. He founded the company 49 years ago and has paved the way for the success of the company today. One of Ron Grob’s earliest machines was a Grob RM-28x thread roller. The Grob machine name isn’t a coincidence, as Ron’s ancestors hold numerous patents for their Grob thread rolling machines.

Since it’s inception, Ron Grob built its reputation as a job shop that excelled in thread rolling and centerless grinding.

In the early 1990s the company expanded its capabilities to include CNC Swiss screw machining and CNC vertical machining. As the shop continued to expand, it quickly earned a positive reputation in the Front Range as a one-stop shop.The Ron Grob Company became the premier manufacturer of complex parts that other shops have trouble producing consistently well.

Even after diversifying into machining in the 1990s, Harold says the company retains its reputation for its early core competencies, yet there are still people who don’t know how much Ron Grob can do for them across all areas of machining.

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Nearly a decade ago, in 2005, Ron welcomed Harold Huffaker to the team. Harold had left Woodward Governor, where he had spent 20 years as a machinist and subsequently machine shop supervisor. Harold’s time at Woodward made a substantial impact on him both personally and professionally. He continues to express his gratitude for the mentorship and financial support he received which allowed him to earn his business degree.

Although, in the end, Harold realized that he really wanted to be part of a small company for the next chapter of his life.

Harold started with Ron Grob as a centerless grinder operator and Ron

quickly realized that Harold had the talent, attitude, and education to contribute much more to the Ron Grob Company. Harold soon moved into the quality department, and was instrumental in the company’s certification to ISO 9001 in 2006. The company has since certified to ISO 9001:2008.

joined the company in March as Human Resources Manager and also oversees accounting functions. Harold admits that it is not unusual for the management team to be found in the conference room (“war room”) at 8 pm on any given work evening, where detailed company objectives and tasks are displayed and discussed.

It is readily apparent that passion is a necessary ingredient to become a management team member at the new Ron Grob Company.

Harold admits the Ron Grob team is phenomenal. They are collectively juggling daily operations and fostering a profit, all while simultaneously driving the Ron Grob Company to the next level of precision machining.

After several promotions, from Quality Manager to General Manager to Vice President/Stockholder, in 2010 Ron and Harold put together a formal succession plan for the Ron Grob Company.

The management team recognizes that success would not be possible without the expertise of their skilled machinists. Even with the addition of new technology, the company’s greatest asset is its people. One of the company’s core values is to not be just a good place to work, but a great place to work.

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Today Ron is 75 years of age, Harold and Kyle at the Tesker Thread and he is anxious to pursue his Rolling Machine Hear From A Couple of Ron Grob’s Customers hobbies, especially skiing and Tesker Rolling Machine Close Up flying his plane. After several years of preparation, this transaction will “Ron Grob has been a supplier of ours for more than 5 years now. soon be complete and Harold will be sole owner of the Ron Grob Company.

They do a lot of rolled and turned components for us, and I have to say they are one of the very best in the Denver area.

Welcome To The New Ron Grob Harold is a gifted machinist. He says he got ‘the bug’ when he was 15, when he was given the opportunity to work at Schaal Brothers Machine, a shop owned by friends he met through church. But he isn’t just great at machining; he also understands the complexity of managing a business. He values the business degree he earned years ago and how it has enabled him to understand business fundamentals.

They are very competitive in their pricing for our centerless grinding and rolled products, their lead times are good (what you would expect), and they are outstanding at communicating when there are any issues. I wish more shops were as good in their communication. I highly recommend Ron Grob.”

Joel, Industrial Equipment Manufacturer

Four years ago Harold hired a business coach, one who would develop an individualized leadership training program specific to Ron Grob and Harold’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), much like many hire a personal trainer when they want to get into shape athletically.

“We have been working with the team at Ron Grob for more than 5 years, and they are indeed a premier grinding shop.

Harold says, “I continue to utilize Laurie Taylor at igniteyourbiz.com, as my business coach, and I have extended her reach to coaching the entire management team at Ron Grob.”

What I value most is their versatility, their ability and willingness to go the extra mile. They are truly an organizaiton with the highest standards and integrity!”

Katherine, Precision Manufacturing Company

Part of the Ron Grob strategy was to diversify the customer base, both in industries served and in number of customers. “Today, we have jobs from 50 different customers on the shop floor on any given day and this includes customers large and small.” He continued, “We build parts for companies in the medical, water management, firearms, military, as well as the gas and oil industries.”The Ron Grob Company has found that these particular industries benefit greatly from the services they provide.

The new Ron Grob Company required a management team that was in sync with the upward direction the business was heading in. Key team management members Dave Maxwell, who oversees quality and quoting, and Tara Martin, Controller and Production Coordinator, act as Harold’s right and left hands.Amanda Smith, newest member of the management team,

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GE Aviation says that its all-new GE9X eng ine being developed for the Boeing 777X airplane will feature fewer and thinner composite fan blades than the GEnx, using a highstiffness carbon fiber and new epoxy matrix resin.

GE Aviation reported on that its GE9X engine for the Boeing 777X aircraft will feature fewer and thinner composite fan blades than any GE widebody engine in service.To do this, GE is designing a new composite fan blade using next-generation carbon fiber composite material.

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Last year, GE engineers received positive results from material testing on full-sized GEnx blades. Testing of the new material continues this quarter in preparation for next year’s testing on the new GE9X blade design.

The GE9X fan blades are the fourth-generation composite fan blade design, built on the success of the GE90-94B, GE90-115B and GEnx engines. GE engineers continue to work the final design of the GE9X fan blade that will incorporate improved aerodynamics.

GE will spend $300 million in 2014 on technology maturation testing for the new GE9X engine. Tests include the Universal Propulsion Simulator (UPS) fan performance tests as well as testing of ceramic matrix composite components in a GEnx engine.

The GE9X engine will be in the 100,000-lb thrust class. Key features include a 133-inch diameter composite fan case and 16 composite fan blades; a next-generation 27:1 pressure ratio 11-stage high pressure compressor; a third-generation TAPS (twin annular pre-swirl) combustor for greater efficiency and low emissions; and ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material in the combustor and turbine. Almost 700 GE9X engines have been ordered by customers since it was launched on the Boeing 777X aircraft last year.

The first full core test is scheduled for 2015. The first engine will test in 2016 with flight testing on GE’s flying testbed anticipated in 2017.

Engine certification is scheduled for 2018.

IHI Corporation, Snecma and Techspace Aero (Safran) and MTU Aero Engines AG are participants in the GE9X engine program.

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generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting.

“Even with new orders down 6.7 percent, 60 is still a great number and August’s 66.7 was the highest number in years so you can’t expect to maintain at that level,” says Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the ISM Business Survey Committee.

“It’s a continuation of what we’ve been seeing. Now we’ve got 3 quarters in the drawer and from a quarterly perspective, Q3 has been the strongest quarter yet with an average PMI of 57.6. Whereas Q2 is at 55.2 and Q1 was 52.7. So very much moving in the right direction and setting us up for a good fourth quarter.”

A PMI in excess of 43.2 percent, over a period of time, generally indicates an expansion of the overall economy. Therefore, the September PMI indicates growth for the 64th consecutive month in the overall economy and indicates expansion in the manufacturing sector for the 16th consecutive month Orders, Production, and Inventory

ISM: Manufacturing Set For A Strong Q4 Manufacturing Business Technology Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in September for the 16th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 64th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

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ISM’s New Orders Index registered 60 percent in September, a decrease of 6.7 percentage points when compared to the 66.7 percent reported in August, indicating growth in new orders for the 16th consecutive month. A New Orders Index above 52.1 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Census Bureau’s series on manufacturing orders (in constant 2000 dollars).

ISM’s Production Index registered 64.6 percent in September, which is a slight increase of 0.1 percentage point when compared to the 64.5 percent reported in August, indicating growth in production for the seventh consecutive month.

This is the highest reading since May 2010 when the Production Index also registered 64.6 percent. An index above 51.1 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Federal Reserve Board’s Industrial Production figures.

“New Orders Index at 60 is strong. It’s supported by 12 of our 18 industries growing new orders and only 2 reporting a decrease,” adds Holcomb. “The goal of manufacturing is to keep production level with respect to its resources, level of employment and assets. Manufacturers are not only working on new orders, but are also working off some of the backlog of orders where there was a 5.5 percentage point drop.”

ISM’s Backlog of Orders Index registered 47 percent in September, which is 5.5 percentage points lower than the 52.5 percent reported in August, indicating contraction in order backlogs following one month of growth. Of the 85 percent of respondents who reported their backlog of orders, 18 percent reported greater backlogs, 24 percent reported smaller backlogs, and 58 percent reported no change from August.

The Inventories Index registered 51.5 percent in September, which is 0.5 percentage point lower than the 52 percent registered in August, which indicates raw materials inventories are growing for the second consecutive month. An Inventories Index greater than 42.8 percent, over time, is generally consistent with expansion in the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) figures on overall manufacturing inventories (in chained 2000 dollars).

“In this environment of good, solid orders in sort of a robust business environment, manufacturing tries to keep inventories just above 50 so that they don’t run out of raw materials to meet those orders,” explains Holcomb.

Exports, Imports, and Prices ISM’s New Export Orders Index registered 53.5 percent in September, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 55 percent reported in August. September’s reading reflects growth in the level of exports for the 22nd consecutive month.

ISM’s Imports Index registered 53 percent in September, which is 3 percentage points lower than the 56 percent reported in August. This month’s reading represents 20 consecutive months of growth in imports.

“The import and export numbers are down a bit, but I think they’re normal variations,” says Holcomb. “We’ve been on a good export run

indicating that the rest of the world likes our finished products. If you look at China’s manufacturing, it’s just kind of going along at a low level while Europe manufacturing is down. Meanwhile the U.S. remains strong.”

Researchers Create Flexible Conductive Plastics.

R&D Magazine reports that newly developed plastic materials that can conduct electricity called “radical polymers” could “bring lowcost, transparent solar cells, flexible and lightweight batteries, and ultrathin antistatic coatings for consumer electronics and aircraft.”The article notes that researchers have identified “the solid-state electrical properties of one such polymer, called PTMA,” and quotes Purdue University chemical engineering professor Bryan Boudouris saying, “It’s a polymer glass that conducts charge, which seems like a contradiction because glasses are usually insulators.”

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Boeing To Ramp Up 737 Production To Fastest Rate Ever

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Boeing’s 737 facility in Renton will increase its production rate to 52 airplanes a month in 2018, Boeing announced.

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That’s the highest production rate ever for a Boeing commercial airplane.

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“ T h e i d e a i s t h at without extending facilities we have become incredibly efficient,” he said.

Tischler said he couldn’t comment on jobs numbers but he did say the facility will have work for years to come.

The production increase didn’t come as a surprise to the Renton plant, where the single-aisle jets are built, Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Connor hinted at the increase in the middle of September.

Once Renton hits maximum production in 2018, the facility will churn out more than 620 airplanes each year.

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approximately $200 million USD, will be funded primarily by international cash reserves.

The acquisition is a strategic bolt-on for Esterline; upon closing, the acquired operations will be integrated into Esterline’s Avionics & Controls business segment. The addition of Barco’s highquality visual processing solutions is expected to enhance Esterline’s position as an innovative supplier of human-machine interface products primarily for aerospace customers in both commercial and defense markets. With annual revenues of approximately $200 million, this acquisition will significantly expand Esterline’s existing business in the display category.

Curtis Reusser, Esterline’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “This acquisition will rapidly expand our global display capability, and better position the company across a wide range of growing end markets. The immediate and cost-effective expansion of Esterline’s visual display business— an impor tant core tec hnology— will reinforce our ability to pursue opportunities with a variety of customers.”

Esterline Buying Belgium Aerospace Technology For $200M Esterline Corporation (www.esterline.com), a leading specialty manufacturer serving primarily aerospace and defense markets, announced that it has agreed to acquire the aerospace and defense display businesses of Barco N.V. These operations are recognized globally as best-in-class designers and manufactures of high-technology, harsh-environment displays and visualization solutions, holding wellestablished positions in Avionics, Defense, Air Traffic Control, and Training and Simulation markets.

The transaction is expected to close in December or January, contingent upon Hart-Scott-Rodino approval, completion of French employee protective rights procedures, and other customary closing conditions. The acquisition purchase price of €150 million Euros, or

Reusser said, “As a strategic bolt-on, this transaction fits well into our capital allocation framework. From an infrastructure and organizational standpoint, we believe we can strengthen operations and drive meaningful synergies and efficiencies through thoughtful business integration. Over a short space of time, this acquisition will carry a strong and sustainable rate of return, and is a particularly efficient use of our overseas capital.”

On an adjusted basis, excluding any integration expenses or other nonrecurring costs, the Company noted that the acquisition is expected to be modestly accretive in fiscal 2015, and significantly more so over time, as the acquired operations are integrated.

Reusser said, “We are excited to be poised to acquire such a strong, wellbalanced business.” He added, “We see significant growth potential as we leverage the strategic and financial fit of this acquisition to drive value and opportunity for our customers, our growing family of employees, and our shareholders.”

Esterline was advised in this transaction by Rothschild and Renaissance Strategic Advisors; Barco was advised by Morgan Stanley.

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But Hall’s laser diode only emitted invisible infrared light. “Bob beat me to the first laser out of a semiconductor, but you needed a snooperscope to see the light,” Holonyak says, referring to a type of night vision telescope.

He kept tinkering with his semiconducting crystals and made them emit visible red light a few months after Hall’s breakthrough. “Nobody could get the photons out of the semiconductor crystals,” he says. “But we used a process called stimulated emission to get them out. We knew that in 1962, and Bob is the next person I would have given the Nobel Prize.”

Hall retired from GE and Holonyak left the company in 1963, shortly after his discovery. He started teaching electrical engineering at the University of Illinois, where he remains today as professor emeritus.

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“Fifteen years ago you would need twice as many units to deliver the same amount of power. But they would have been less efficient, burning more fuel and therefore generating more emissions.”

GE spent more than $1 billion to develop the turbines. The company built a special testing center in Greenville, where engineers are currently putting the first Harriet through tests.

The turbine, which was manufactured at a GE plant in Belfort, France, is equipped with more than 3,000 sensors. They collect mechanical, temperature and exhaust data, and feed it to a brand new data-crunching center next door. (It the future, she will be able to talk to other machines over the Industrial Internet.)

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The turbine is also very flexible, which means that the entire power plant can quickly ramp up from zero to full output in just 30 minutes. This allows utilities to respond to changing power demand and even bundle in the grid intermittent sources of renewable power like wind and solar.

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The four new turbines will be working at Exelon’s Wolf Hollow plant near Dallas and its Colorado Bend facility near Houston. They are due to ship in 2016 and are expected to come online in 2017.

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Manufacturers will use the toolkit to identify hiring and credentialing challenges and devise a plan to tackle them together.”

The task force’s work will further amplify the NAM’s message that manufacturing equals opportunity, which is the focus of its social media campaign, #WeAreMFG. The #WeAreMFG campaign aims to pique interest among young people using video, social media and eyecatching visuals to introduce high-tech, sleek, modern manufacturing.

The manufacturing comeback cannot be sustained until the American people understand the positives that come from manufacturing jobs and demand policies from our nation’s leaders that strengthen the manufacturing economy.

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“We are eager to share our solution with economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, and local governments,” adds Moser, who invites developers and manufacturers to review the details of the solution at http://reshorenow.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-reshoringinitiatives-economic.html#more and use the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator for free at http://www.reshorenow.org/TCO_Estimator. cfm.

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Welcome To American Precision Industries (API) A Portland, Oregon Contract Manufacturer Providing Precision Machining, Sheet Metal Fabrication, And Assembly Services.

American Precision Industries (API) has been privately held and family owned since 1978. We provide turnkey manufacturing solutions for customers in a variety of industries, including semiconductors, electronics, optical, energy and many others.

• CNC Milling & Turning • Sheet Metal Fabrication • Production Sawing, Grinding • Laser & WaterJet Cutting • Punching & Shearing • MIG / TIG / Spot Welding, Soldering • Chromate & Phosphate Finishing • Liquid Paint Finishing • Powder Coating & Anodizing • Silk Screening • Mechanical Assembly • CAD/Cam Design Dow Announces U.S. Apprenticeship Program The Dow Chemical Company announced that the Company will launch a U.S. Apprenticeship pilot program at various Dow sites across the nation in 2015. This pilot program supports a major initiative of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort to secure U.S. leadership in emerging technologies, create high-quality manufacturing jobs, and enhance America’s global competitiveness.

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Dow U.S. Apprenticeship Program Suppor ts Advanced Manufacturing Partnership The launch of Dow’s U.S.Apprenticeship Program pilot advances the goals and national workforce development efforts of the AMP Steering Committee 2.0, a renewed, cross-sector, public-private partnership to secure US leadership in emerging technologies that will create middle class job growth in America.

As part of AMP 2.0, Dow, Alcoa, and Siemens have formed a coalition to build regional apprenticeship models and create an instructional Playbook for other U.S.-based companies seeking to develop apprenticeship programs. In addition to sharing best practices gained from over 40 years of experience offering apprenticeship programs in Europe, Dow joined the coalition in committing to pilot key Playbook concepts at company facilities in America. Dow’s U.S. apprenticeship pilot supports that effort.

Within the next five years, through its U.S. Apprenticeship Program, Dow aims to develop a highly skilled technical workforce that will support business growth and advance skill development in Manufacturing and Engineering. Dow’s U.S. Apprenticeship program will offer participants two to four years of worldclass training and on-the-job experience in some of the most sought after and highest earning technical specialties in the industry. Through partnerships between Dow and local community colleges, the program will combine classroom training and hands-on learning to build in-depth skills and experience. Upon completion of the program, apprentices will be evaluated for employment opportunities at Dow. Pilot Program Will Launch at Seven Dow Locations in U.S. Dow will pilot its U.S. Apprenticeship Program at five of its manufacturing sites in Texas (Freeport, Bayport, Deer Park, Seadrift, and Texas City), as well as at its manufacturing sites in Pittsburg, California, and the Chicago area. The company expects to hire approximately 60 apprentices for the pilot program in 2015, training them for roles as Chemical Process Operators, Instrumentation & Equipment Technicians, and Analyzer Technicians. Dow’s Apprenticeship program will supplement existing company-sponsored training programs for those technical specialties.

“The highly technical nature of today’s manufacturing jobs requires identification of candidates who possess core, foundational skills – as well as the drive and capacity to continuously learn,” said Peter Holicki, Corporate Vice President of Operations,The Dow Chemical Company.

“Apprenticeship programs enable companies to select and develop promising individuals who possess the winning combination of the right raw talent and a passion for success. In turn, the participants enable company success.”

Apprenticeship Program Helps Close Skills Gap and Fuel a Sustainable Workforce for the Future Fueled by cost advantaged energy and raw materials, Dow and other U.S.-based manufacturers have in recent years announced plans to expand their U.S. operations and create new jobs. A recent IHS Global Insight study estimates the creation of 630,000 new jobs in U.S. manufacturing as a result of the U.S. shale gas boom, with 2800 to 3500 indirect jobs also created due to natural gas and shale exploration. However, one of the greatest challenges facing industry today is a shortage of candidates with the technical skills necessary to qualify for key roles now available in the manufacturing sector. According to the study, today more than 600,000 jobs, most of them technical, are going unfilled despite high U.S. unemployment statistics.

“Apprenticeship recruitment for technical roles is a critical component of Dow’s effort to ensure a sustainable supply of skilled workers to

fill our talent pipeline as we continue to grow in the U.S.,” said Gregory Freiwald, Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President, The Dow Chemical Company. “This is about helping to close the skills gap, supporting the sustainability of our operations and the communities in which we operate.”

Dow combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company is driving innovations that extract value from the intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of the world’s most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow’s integrated, market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 180 countries and in high growth sectors such as packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2013, Dow had annual sales of more than $57 billion and employed approximately 53,000 people worldwide. The Company’s more than 6,000 products are manufactured at 201 sites in 36 countries across the globe. References to “Dow” or the “Company” mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.

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Daimler and its $80M ‘SuperTruck’ Portland Business Journals Derek Rotz, lead investigator on Daimler Trucks North America’s SuperTruck program, with a Freightliner Cascadia Evolution in the company’s wind tunnel lab at Portland’s Swan Island.

Daimler was one of four U.S. manufacturer s tasked with improving the efficiency of their vehicles by 50 percent. It met its goal in June.

An $80 million investment in improving freight efficiency is taking shape at Daimler Trucks North America’s Portland quarters.

Daimler was one of four North American truck manufacturers that shared $138 million in federal stimulus grants to create “SuperTrucks” — Class 8 vehicles that are 50 percent more efficient than the current state of the art.

summer after testing a pilot model on freeways in Oregon and Texas.

It will spend the fall constructing a “demonstrator” or prototype it can use to test fuel efficiency.

Derek Rotz, Daimler’s lead investigator, reports plenty of innovation went into lightening the weight and improving the fuel efficiency of its SuperTruck.

Daimler’s version features a streamlined aerodynamic shell, a reimagined chassis, a downsized engine, hybrid technology and other features that make it not only more efficient but 1,500 pounds lighter than the baseline model.

Some features already are being incorporated in Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia Evolution. (The line, which debuted in 2013, already has 50,000 orders)

Daimler’s share was $39.6 million, which it matched with its own funds.

The payoff for Daimler and its peers is huge. Class 8 trucks haul 69 percent of freight in the U.S. and account for 20 percent of all fuel consumed in the country.

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ACCESSORIES Abrasive Systems S.L. Fusco San Leandro _________510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City _________619-477-7733 Air Cleaning Guns Royal Products _____________ 631-273-1010 Aqueous Degreasers JRC & Associates, Inc. __________503-720-6354 Auto-Bar Feed Systems Western Machine Center ________ 408-955-1000 Ballscrews C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._______503-691-0955 Band Saws/Saw Blades Bandsaw Tech _____________562--419-7675 Roentgen USA _____________ 760--900-1110 S.L. Fusco San Leandro _________510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City _________619-477-7733 SawBlade.com ____________ 800--240-2932 Band Saw Replacement Parts Bandsaw Tech _____________562--419-7675 Band Saw Repair Bandsaw Tech _____________562--419-7675 Bar Feeders Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190 ___________562-243-4659 Edge Technologies ___________

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Bar Feeder Accessories Trusty-Cook______________ 877-240-2462 Bar Feeder Repair Edge Technologies __________ 562-243-4659 Boring Bars/Tools Micro 100 ______________ 208-888-7310 Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________ 800-562-0900 Burrs Fullerton Tool Company _____ 303-478-3497 CarbideTools Cutting Tool Control Inc. _________206-617-2201 Horizon Carbide ___________ 480-335-7688 Micro 100 ______________ 208-888-7310 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________ 800-562-0900 Chemicals: Ultrasonic Petroferm Inc. ____________ 317-371-8899 Cleaning JRC & Associates, Inc. _________ 503-720-6354 Collets & Chucks Edge Technologies __________ 314-692-8388 Royal Products ____________ 631-273-1010 Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805 US Shop Tools ____________ 800-243-7701

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CNC Lathe Accessories Trusty-Cook______________ 877-240-2462 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122 CNC Spindle Liners Trusty-Cook______________ 877-240-2462 Computer Enclosures-Protective Byte Box ________________ 888-bytebox Coolant Cutting Tool Control Inc. 206-617-2201 US Shop Tools 800-243-7701 Coolant Systems DCM Tech ______________ 800-533-5339 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________ 800-562-0900 Countersinks, Fullerton Tool Company _____ 303-478-3497 Cutting Fluids & Oils Castrol ________________ 800-894-7773 Cutting Tool Control Inc. _________206-617-2201 Hangsterfer’s _____________ 316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _____________ 760-580-1357 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________ 800-562-0900 CuttingTools Cutting Tool Control Inc. _________206-617-2201 Horizon Carbide ___________ 480-335-7688

Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 Micro 100 ______________ 208-888-7310 Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813 Scientific Cutting Tools _________ 805-584-9495 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________800-562-0900 US Shop Tools ____________ 800-243-7701 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122 CuttingTool Holders Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 Scientific Cutting Tools _________ 805-584-9495 Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________800-562-0900 CuttingTool Systems Cutting Tool Control Inc. ________ 206-617-2201 Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 Scientific Cutting Tools _________ 805-584-9495 Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 DeburringTools Royal Products ____________ 631-273-1010 Drills/Cutters-Magnetic

Micro 100 Tool Corporation www.micro100.com

Phil Saltness

Manufacturer Representative - Washington Company Office 1410 E. Pine Avenue Meridian, ID 83642 Toll Free: 800-421-8065 Ph: 208-888-7310 Fax: 208-888-2106

Sales Office 23180 SW Price Terrace Sherwood, OR 97140 Email: pjsaltness@comcast.net Fax: 253 253-220-2620 253 Cell: 253-797-0890

www.kdcapital.com

922-1674

Exclusive provider of OKUMA

Michael Garver Sales Manager

www.SwiftTool.com

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GOSIGER NORTHWEST 21911 68TH Ave South Kent, WA 98032 T 253.826.3921 C 253.508.4771 E michael.garver@gosiger.com www.gosiger.com

Edward Gieblewicz

Account Manager

MACHINERY INC.

970 Industry Drive Tukwila, WA 98188

Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 Micro 100 ______________ 208-888-7310 Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 Dovetail Fixtures RyansDovetails.com _________ 253-876-9981 Drills/Reamers Scientific Cutting Tools _________ 805-584-9495 Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City _________ 619-477-773 Dust Collectors, Filtration Equip.

DCM Tech ______________ 800-533-5339 EDM Materials & Supplies

Toll Free: 1-866-437-7315 Cell: (206) 300-3945 Fax: (780) 437-7328 edward@newusedmachines.com Web: www.newusedmachines.com

Scientific Cutting Tools _________805-584-9495 805-584-9495 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________800-562-0900 Filiter Mist Collectors Royal Products ____________ 631-273-1010 Fixturing/Fixtures RyansDovetails.com _________ 253-876-9981 Guide Bushings, Swiss Edge Technologies __________314-692-8388

Indestructable Keyboards Byte Box ________________888-bytebox Inserts Horizon Carbide ___________480-335-7688 Scientific Cutting Tools _________805-584-9495 Desert EDM Sales __________ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 Seco Tools Inc. ____________503-267-4805 EDM Performance __________ 800-336-2946 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________800-562-0900 Jaws Global EDM Supply__________ 480-836-8330 Desert EDM Sales __________480-816-6300 End Mills Fullerton Tool Company _____ 303-478-3497 EDM Network ____________480-836-1782 Horizon Carbide ___________ 480-335-7688 RyansDovetails.com _________ 253-876-9981 Micro 100 ______________ 208-888-7310 US Shop Tools ____________ 800-243-7701

Keyseat Cutters Fullerton Tool Company ____ 303-478-3497 Live Centers Royal Products ____________631-273-1010 Load Unload Systems Edge Technologies _________ 314-692-8388 Lubricants / Systems Cutting Tool Control Inc. ________206-617-2201 DCM Tech _____________ 800-533-5339 Hangsterfer’s _____________316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _____________760-580-1357 S.L. Fusco San Leandro _______ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________619-477-7733 Swift Tool Co, Inc. __________ 800-562-0900 MachineTool Acccessories US Shop Tools ____________800-243-7701 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ___ 763-682--3122 MachineTool Cool.

Filtration Cutting Tool Control Inc. ________206-617-2201 DCM Tech _____________ 800-533-5339 S.L. Fusco San Leandro _______ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________619-477-7733

Milling &Turning Products Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____763-682--3122 Modular Spray Systems Swift Tool Co, Inc. __________ 800-562-0900 Optical Mouse-Silicone Based Byte Box _______________ 888-bytebox PartsWashing Equipment Ebbco Inc_______________800-809-3901 DCM Tech _____________ 800-533-5339 Polishing JRC & Associates, Inc. ________ 503-720-6354 Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) Fullerton Tool Company _____303-478-3497 Precision Bearings C & M Precision Spindle, Inc.______503-691-0955 Safety Products US Shop Tools ____________800-243-7701 Saw Blades & Replacement Parts Rocky Mountain Saw Blades ____ 303--761-3000 Roentgen USA ____________760--900-1110 SawBlade.com ___________ 800--240-2932 Solvents & Degreasing Agents DCM Tech _____________ 800-533-5339 Solvents:Vapor degreasing Petroferm Inc. ____________317-371-8899

Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. Since 1946

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

Brandon Anderson President

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

DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954

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

www.vonruden.com

Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

Made in USA

Hans Barnes President

4114 B Place NW Unit 105 Auburn, WA 98001 www.roscoprecisionmachinery.com

(253) 333-2439 fax (253) 804-3160 cell (206) 818-6813

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Expeditious, Accurate, Less Cost Why wouldn’t you?

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Division of Curran Manufacturing Corporation

200 Oser Avenue Hauppauge, NY 11788 U.S.A. www.royalprod.com

Tel:

1-631-273-1010 1-800-645-4174 Fax: 1-631-273-1066 1-800-424-2082

1 Fixtures 503-329-0560

orders@royalprod.com

Solvents:HandWipe Petroferm Inc. ____________ 317-371-8899 Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Petroferm Inc. ____________ 317-371-8899 Spindles Setco-Pope Spindles__________ 866-362-0699 Thread Mills Micro 100 ______________ 208-888-7310 Scientific Cutting Tools _________ 805-584-9495 Tooling Systems Cutting Tool Control Inc. ________ 206-617-2201 Horizon Carbide ___________ 480-335-7688 Micro 100 ______________ 208-888-7310 RyansDovetails.com _________ 253-876-9981 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122 Western Sintering___________ 509-375-3096 Vises &Vise Jaws RyansDovetails.com _________ 253-876-9981 Workholding Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 APPRENTICESHIPS &TRAINING Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeships AJAC _________________ 206-737-8342 Machining Apprenticeships AJAC _________________ 206-737-8342 Precision Metal Fabrication

77 7th Ave

Apprenticeships AJAC __________________206-737-8342 Training & Education AJAC __________________206-737-8342 CAD/CAM/CAE CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING SERVICES Analysis, Design, Manufacturing Daystrom Technologies _________ 303-619-3341 Full Circle Development _________503-867-6514 Training &Technical Support Daystrom Technologies _________ 303-619-3341 DISIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572 DOOR SYSTEMS Automatic Door opening Systems Midaco Corporation___________847-593-8420 FINANCING Quick Turn Financial __________415-608-5692 U.S. Bank Equipment __________415-902-5302 FORK LIFTS Bixby Machine Tool Supply _______509-534-1208 GRINDING 3, 4 & 5 Axis Grinding Machines Chevalier USA _____________ 562-903-1929 Custom Machines Campbell Grinders Co. _________480-370-3800 Grinding Filtration Campbell Grinders Co. _________480-370-3800 S.L. Fusco San Leandro _________510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City _________619-477-7733

Eric@321Fixtures.com •

Seaside, OR 97138

Eric Macdonald Grinding Machines

Bixby Machine3 Tool2 Supply ______ 509-534-1208 Campbell Grinders Co. ________480-370-3800 Fixtures562-903-1929 Chevalier USA1____________ 503-329-0560 Eric@321Fixtures.com CNC Machine Services_________ 425-788-4500 77 7 Ave • Seaside, OR 97138 DCM Tech ______________800-533-5339 Eric Macdonald Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578 Gosiger________________ 937-586-5067 32 Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052 1 Fixtures North-South Machinery ________ 253-333-2439 503-329-0560 Eric@321Fixtures.com North Western _______ 206-583-2333 77 7Machinery Ave • Seaside, OR 97138 Performance Machine Tools______ 510-249-1000 Eric Macdonald Starrag Group ____________ 859-534-5201 3 2 Pedestals For Grinders Guard &Vacuum th

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Midaco Corporation __________847-593-8420 1 Fixtures Aircraft brake rotor 503-329-0560 Eric@321Fixtures.com 7 Ave • Seaside, OR 97138 DCM Tech 77 ______________800-533-5339 Grinders, Rotary Eric Macdonald Campbell Grinders Co. ________480-370-3800 32 CNC Machine Services_________ 425-788-4500 & Quartz 1Silicon Fixtures Eric@321Fixtures.com DCM503-329-0560 Tech ______________800-533-5339 77 7 Ave • Seaside, OR 97138 Manual Lathes & Mills Ganesh Machinery __________ 888-542-6374 Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052 North Western Machinery_______ 206-583-2333 Sawing Machines Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 North Western Machinery_______ 206-583-2333 th

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32 1 Fixtures 503-329-0560

Eric@321Fixtures.com

77 7th Ave • Seaside, OR 97138

EricMachine Macdonald Performance Tools______ 510-249-1000 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 3 2 _____ 303-761-3000 Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813 Western Machine1 CenterFixtures _______ 408-955-1000 503-329-0560 Eric@321Fixtures.com Saw Replacement Parts 77 7 Ave • Seaside, OR 97138 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _____ 303-761-3000 Eric Macdonald SawBlade.com ____________800--240-2932 3Punch 2 & Die DCM Tech ______________800-533-5339 1 Fixtures Used Grinding Machines 503-329-0560 Eric@321Fixtures.com Campbell Grinders ________480-370-3800 77 7Co. Ave • Seaside, OR 97138 INSPECTION EQUIP Eric Macdonald Cutting Tool Control Inc. ________ 206-617-2201 32 OGP ________________480-889-9056 Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813 1 Fixtures S.L. Fusco503-329-0560 San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000 Eric@321Fixtures.com 77 7 Ave _______ • Seaside, OR 97138 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733 Eric Macdonald CMM Probes 32 OGP ________________480-889-9056 Coordinate Measuring Mach.

1 Fixtures OGP ________________480-889-9056 503-329-0560 Eric@321Fixtures.com 77 7Laser Ave •Trackers Seaside, OR 97138 Metrology Instruments OGP ________________480-889-9056 Optical Comparators OGP ________________480-889-9056 Particle Inspection Mach DCM Tech ______________800-533-5339 MATERIAL th

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Jeff Saltness

Manufacturer Representative - Oregon Sales Office 23180 SW Price Terrace Sherwood, OR 97140 Email: jnsaltness@comcast.net Office: 503-625-1578 Fax:503-715-0430 Cell: 503-330-5414

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Company Office 1410 E. Pine Avenue Meridian, ID 83642 Toll Free: 800-421-8065 Ph: 208-888-7310 Fax: 208-888-2106

Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee www.ajactraining.org Your key to a loyal, productive and trained workforce

JOE HAUTH 6770 E. Marginal Way S., Bldg A-106 Program Development Manager Seattle, WA 98108 jhauth@ajactraining.org

Phone 206-737-8342 Fax 206-764-5329

Carlos R. Lugo Sales Manager

Quality New & Used CNC Machine (303) 651-6545 sales@automatics.com www.automatics.com

NORTH WESTERN - MAC H I ~_ E R Y ,

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1222 S. Weller St. Seattle, WA 98144 www.nwmachinery.org

DAVID LADZICK

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MANAGER MANAGER NORTHWEST NORTHWEST REGION REGION

(206) 583-2333 Fax (206) 583-0698 Cell (206) 898-6900 clugo@nwmachinery.org

SECO TOOLS INC., 8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200

SECO TOOLS INC.,

TUALATIN, OR 97062

8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200 CELL: 503-267-4805 OFFICE: 248-528-5990 503-404-2440 CELL: FAX: 503-267-4805 E-MAIL: dladzick@secotools.com OFFICE: 248-528-5990 FAX: 503-404-2440 www.secotools.com E-MAIL: dladzick@secotools.com

TUALATIN, OR

www.secotools.com

4740 NE 166th Avenue Portland, OR 97230 (503) 224-6061 (877) 398-6061 Fax (503) 253-1790 Cell (503) 572-9331

888.282.3292 | www.upmet.com

UNITED P E R F O R M A N C E M E TA L S O’N EAL H IG H P E R FOR MANCE M ETALS G ROU P

www.coastaluminum.com jpalmer@coastaluminum.com

John Palmer Jr. Vice President: Northwest Region

14941 E. Northam Street | La Mirada, CA 90638

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Since 1922

11/19/12 11:23 AM

ISO 9001:2008 Certified

GROUP

Brandon Anderson

Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com

DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954

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

Aluminum Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061 Fry Steel _______________800-423-6651 Gorilla Metals Inc.___________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______818-729-3333 Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311 Ryerson Corporation _________425-204-2601 TCI Precision Metals __________800-234-5613 Aluminum Extrusions Aluminum Precision _________805-889-7569 Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061 Armor:Commercial Service Steel _____________503-224-9500 Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883 Armor: Military Grade Service Steel _____________503-224-9500 Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883 Brass Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061 Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel _______________800-423-6651 Gorilla Metals Inc.___________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation _________425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper _______800-362-5255 Bronze Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466 Sequoia Brass & Copper _______800-362-5255 Carbon Steel Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466

Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651 Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311 Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601 Cobalt Alloys Aerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766 United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292 Copper Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061 Gorilla Metals Inc.___________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper _______ 800-362-5255 Drill Rod AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Electrical Steels Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651 Garnet GMA Garnet Group __________209-6-63-9931 HighTemperature Alloys United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292 Laser Cut Material Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311 Lead Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333 Material Sales Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061 Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466 Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651 Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311 Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883

United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292 Metals: Bar & Plate Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061 Fry Steel ________________800-423-665 Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper _______ 800-362-5255 United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292 Nickel Alloys Aerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766 Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651 Marzee Inc.______________ 602-269-5801 United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292 Plate:Wear and Structural Chapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442 Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601 Temtco Steel _____________ 480-389-2883 United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292 Precision Ground Flat AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 TCI Precision Metals __________ 800-234-5613 Sheet & Coil Chapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442 Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601 Stainless Steel & Steel Aerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766 AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061 Fry Steel ________________800-423-665 Gorilla Metals Inc.___________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333

www.live-tooling.com

Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

Made in Italy

Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________ 503-612-8311 Ryerson Corporation __________425-204-2601 TCI Precision Metals ___________800-234-5613 Temtco Steel _____________ 480-389-2883 United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292 Titanium Rod, Bar, &Wire Aerodyne Alloys ____________800-337-3766 Tool Steel AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Industrial Metal Supply Co. _______818-729-3333 TCI Precision Metals ___________800-234-5613 MACHINERY Boring Mills Starrag Group _____________ 859-534-5201 Chuckers CNC-PROS _______________602-344-9753 CNC Lathes Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190 Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929 Ellison Technologies ___________206-669-3578 Ganesh Machinery ___________888-542-6374 Gosiger_________________ 937-586-5067 Machine Toolworks ___________800-426-2052 Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025 Muratec _______________ 949-466-8255 North Western Machinery________206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools_______ 510-249-1000 Rosco Precision Machinery _______206-818-6813 Selway Machine Tool __________ 503-314-3165 Selway Machine Tool __________425-931-1680

FAB-LINE M ACHINERY, LLC Robert Herling West Coast Regional

1-866-466-8298 Sales Manager OFFICE 630-587-0505 CELL 206-972-6215 1900 EAST TYLER ROAD E-MAIL rherling@fab-line.com BUILDING 800 www.fab-line.com ST. CHARLES, IL 60174 USA

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

Cell: 206-604-4928 Bellingham, WA Office: 360-318-7534 Salem, OR Office: 503-585-8741 Email: ronr@multicamnw.com

Ron Rankin, President 4058 Hammer Drive, Unit B-101 Bellingham, WA 98226 Router • Plasma • Knives • Waterjet • Laser • Cutting Solutions www.appliedcuttingsolutions.com

EDGE

TECHNOLOGIES A DIVISION OF HYDROMAT INC

James Peterson

Regional Service Technician

www.edgetechnologies.com jpeterson@edgetechnologies.com

11600 Adie Road Maryland Heights, MO 63043 main: 314.692.8388 x3927 cell: 951.440.1574 fax: 314.692.5152

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Kwik Mark Inc O’Neal High-Performance Metals

Dot Peen Marking Systems www.kwikmark.com Phone 815 363 8268 Fax 815 363 8089 info@kwikmark.com

Kwik Mark Inc 4071 Albany Street McHenry IL 60050

3 , 4, & 5 Axis CNC Mills Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190 Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208 Chevalier USA ____________ 562-903-1929 Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578 Ganesh Machinery __________ 888-542-6374 Gosiger________________ 937-586-5067 LMI Machinery Inc. __________ 866-437-7315 Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052 Methods Machine Tools Inc. ______ 623-826-1025 North Western Machinery_______ 206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools______ 510-249-1000 Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813 Selway Machine Tool __________503-314-3165 Selway Machine Tool _________ 425-931-1680 Starrag Group ____________ 859-534-5201 Tornos USA.______________ 951-240-0818 CNC 3 & 5 Axis Routing Machines ACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534 Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578 Impact Machine Tools__________253-219-0119 CNC SwissTurn Machines Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190 Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578 Ganesh Machinery __________ 888-542-6374 Gosiger________________ 937-586-5067 LMI Machinery Inc. __________ 866-437-7315 Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052 Methods Machine Tools Inc. ______ 623-826-1025 North-South Machinery ________ 253-333-2439

Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide Bill Voden (800)337‐3766 ext. 152 bvoden@aerodynealloys.com www.aerodynealloys.com

North Western Machinery_______ 206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools_______510-249-1000 Starrag Group _____________859-534-5201 Tornos USA._______________951-240-0818 Custom Design/Build Machines Lambie Engineering __________509-868-3100 Dot Peen Markers Kwik Mark Inc ____________ 815-363-8268 Double ColumnVertical Milling Machines Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929 EDM Automation ONA EDM USA ___________ 602-328-0881 EDM Die Sinking Machines ONA EDM USA ___________ 602-328-0881 EDM Filtration EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 EDM Machines Current EDM, Inc. ____________612-840-0037 EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025 North-South Machinery ________ 253-333-2439 EDM Drilling & Micro Hole Machines Current EDM, Inc. ____________612-840-0037 EDM Service Desert EDM Sales __________ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 ONA EDM USA ___________ 602-328-0881 EDMTooling Systems

EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 Global EDM Supply__________ 480-836-8330 Gantry & Bridge Systems Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578 Horizontal Boring & Milling Machines (CNC ) Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929 Jig Boring Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025 Large Milling Machines Starrag Group _____________859-534-5201 Lathes Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208 CNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753 Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929 PartsWashing Gosiger_________________937-586-5067 Sub Spindle Lathes Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929 Turning Centers CNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753 UsedWire EDM Machines Current EDM, Inc. ____________612-840-0037 EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING Design to CAD to Build Full Circle Development ________ 503-867-6514 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Sheila Berru Account Executive Direct: 310 753 7104 Email:sheila.berru@infor.com Web: infor.com Infor VISUAL ERP: http://go.infor.com/visual/abouterpvisual/

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Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 Band & Cut Off Saws Hydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560 Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 Jorgenson Machine Tools _______ 801-214-7309 North Western Machinery_______ 206-583-2333 CNC Knife Cutting with Registration ACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534 CNCTurret Punches Muratec _______________949-466-8255 Drill Lines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Cold Saws/Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ______ _503-620-9031 Hydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560 Hardware Insertion Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 IronWorkers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 Laser Cutting ACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Magnetic Drills/Cutters Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 Material Handling Systems Hydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560 Metal Marking Systems

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PERRY PALLET CO. PERRY

JOSH PERRY

Capabilities:

Phone: (360)366-5239 Email: solutions@perrypallet.com Web: www.PerryPallet.com

8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352

Sales Manager

 Serve your pallet, crate & lumber needs  Heat-Treat (HT) for export shipment

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Kwik Mark Inc ____________ 815-363-8268 Notchers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Plasma/Gas CuttingTools/Systems ACS/MultiCamNW ___________360-318-7534 Fab - Line Machinery __________206-972-6215 Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813 Plate Bending & Rolls Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools ________800-952-0151 Presses Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208 Press Brakes Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Fab - Line Machinery __________206-972-6215 Jorgensen Machine Tools ________800-952-0151 Punches Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Rolling Machines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Shearing Machines Fab - Line Machinery __________206-972-6215 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools ________800-952-0151 Sign & Graphic Cutting Solutions ACS/MultiCamNW ___________360-318-7534 Tooling Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades ______303-761-3000 PALLET SYSTEMS CMY

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PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

Tool Company Inc.

8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 121 Perry St. • Saginaw, MI 48602 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

http://www.fullertontool.com PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 E-Mail: jbridgett@fullertontool.com SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM

Jeff Bridgett

Regional Sales Manager

Manual & Automatic Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation_________847-593-8420 Lift Off Pallet 8300 SANManual FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Systems Midaco Corporation_________847-593-8420 Manual Rotory Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation_________847-593-8420 Shipping Solutions Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239 Wood Pallets 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239 PRECISIONTOOLHOLDING PRODUCTS Tooling Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122 Tooling Systems Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

PROG. SYSTEMS Factory Automation/Logistics 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD VALLEY, CA 91352 MuratecSUN_______________949-466-8255 CAD/CAM Software, CAD Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190 Delcam Software ___________ 877-DELCAM1 MRP Software SigmaTEK ______________ 513-595-2022 Nesting Software SigmaNEST______________ 513-595-2022 Software, Solid Modeling Delcam Software ___________ 877-DELCAM1 Shop Floor ______________ 877-611-5825 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY Santa Cruz Electronics ______ 831-479-5444 REPAIR CNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753 Derest Machine Tool Repair ___ 480-226-3128 Bar Feeder Repair Edge Technologies __________ 562-243-4659 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

ROBOTICS Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578

Tel: 989-799-4550 800-248-8315 Fax: 989-792-3335 Cell: 303-478-3497

WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

LMI Machinery Inc. ___________866-437-7315 Solid Products __________480-206-0330 Robotic Part Loading Systems Mechanical Design 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Midaco Corporation ___________847-593-8420 SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 ROUTERS Delcam _____________ 877-335-2261 Rosco Precision Machinery _______ 206-818-6813 SPINDLES & SLIDES SERVICES Spindle Rebuilding/Repair C & M Precision Spindle, Inc.______ 503-691-0955 AS9100 Registration Great Western Registrar_________ 623-580-1881 GMN USA LLC_____________ 800-686-1679 Financial Services Setco ________________ 714-222-6523 SAN FERNANDO ROAD Intech Funding8300 _____________800-553-9208 Spindle Sales New SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Quick Turn Financial __________415-608-5692 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc.______ 503-691-0955 U.S. Bank Equipment __________206-948-0022 GMN USA LLC_____________ 800-686-1679 Setco ________________ 714-222-6523 ISO Consulting/Registration Gladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830 USED MACHINERY Great Western Registrar_________ 623-580-1881 Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190 Lean ConsultingTraining Gladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830 EDM Network _ ___________480-836-1782 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD Lambie Engineering __________ 509-868-3100 Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 K.D. Capital Equipt __________ 480-922-1674 ISO / AS9100 Certification BMSC_________________ 602-445-9400 Machine Tools Northwest _______206-650-8999 Gladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830 North Western Machinery_______ 206-583-2333 Sustaining Edge Solutions________888-572-9642 Performance Machine Tools______ 510-249-1000 MachineTool Rebuilding WATERJET CUTTING EDM Network _____________480-836-1782 ACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534 Management SystemsTraining Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 BMSC_________________ 602-445-9400 Flow International __________ 909-620-5707 Gladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830 Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 Sustaining Edge Solutions________888-572-9642 Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052 Supply Chain Assessments Waterjet & Blast Abrasives Gladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830 Sustaining Edge Solutions________888-572-9642 Barton International _________ 951-551-2685 GMA Garnet Group __________209-6-63-9931 SIX SIGMATRAINING Waterjet Replacement Parts Sustaining Edge Solutions________888-572-9642 Barton International _________ 951-551-2685 SOFTWARE CAD CAM EDM Performance __________800-336-2946 Machining WOOD PRODUCTS Cimatron_________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Delcam ______________877-335-2261 Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM

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

305 San Anselmo Ave. Suite 310 San Anselmo, CA 94960

Don Klein

Phone: 415-491-4456 Cell: 415-902-5302 800-810-0038

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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

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

Innol/ative Tool !!iales Manufacturers Representatives

Randall J. Wilson Industrial Products

206.790.5464

755 East Debra Lane

3D TOOLS 3D Printing DMI International ________ 800-886-1468 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 BENDING Mandrel Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________ 503-612-8311

Industrial Precision Grinding __ 310-352-4700 BONDING Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311 Diffusion Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 DIE CASTING BRAZING SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Precision Casting Repair _____ 801-972-2345 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 BROACHING DIES Ponderosa Ind ___ _______303-298-1801 Tool & Dies Specialty Steel Services _____ 801-539-8252 Micropulse West Inc. _______ 480-966-2300 CASTING RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 DEBURRING Investment Casting-Precision Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Dolphin Investment Castings___ 602-272-6747 EDGING CHEMICAL ETCHING United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292 PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 EDM Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 EDM: Dialectric Systems /Filtration CUTTING BONDING Ebbco Inc _____________586-716-5151 Bar & Plate Cutting Adhesive EDM: Drilling Small Hole Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600

Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690

randall@lnnovativetooisaies.com

Fax,

[714] 780-0735

www.innovativetoolsales.com

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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-FORMING Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 ELECTRO MECHANICAL Sub-Assembly Builds

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Manager

ITS Office, (714) 780-0730

Anaheim. CA 92805

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

Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 Hexatron Engineering ______ 801-363-8010 Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100 Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095 RWE, PLLC ____________ 425-281-3180 FABRICATION Fabrication: Sheet Metal AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Laser Cutting Services Inc ________503-612-8311 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 AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594

AG Machining __________805-207-0584 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 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 AEI Fabrication__________480-733-6594 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 AG Machining __________805-207-0584 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Group Mfg Serv _________480-966-3952 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Laser Cutting Services Inc _______ 503-612-8311 Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678 Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226

Sandblasting Solid Form Fabrication_______503-435-1400 Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ___408-727-6630 Weiser/Mile High Precision ____303-280-2778 Silk Screening FINISHING Arizona Finishing _________602-438-4443 Arizona Finishing ________602-438-4443 Arizona Hard Chrome _______ 602-278-8671 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ________ 480-968-1930 Galvanizing: Hot Dip TMM Precision ___________800-448-9448 Glass Bead Clean Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ____408-727-6630 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ________ 480-968-1930 Liquid Painting Aero Tech MFG ___________ 801-891-2740 MPI International _________956-631-6880 Passivation Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ________ 480-968-1930 Polishing Arizona Hard Chrome _______ 602-278-8671 Powder Coating Aero Tech MFG ___________ 801-891-2740 AG Machining ___________805-207-0584

FORGINGS Aluminum Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Hand Forgings Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Titanium Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 GASKETS 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________503-720-0572 GRINDING AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Grinding, Blanchard AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600

JEFF TOMSON

CELL: 360.202.7342 jefft@machinistsinc.com

P.O. Box 80505 7600 5th Ave. S. • Seattle. WA 98108

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www.tfcplating.com Darrin J. Caschette President

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

ISO9001:2008

Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com

ISO 9001:2008

503-771-0969

info@tfcplating.com

Joe Tripi President jtripi@micropulsewest.com

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

Diversified Metal Services ____ 801-972-6093 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Grinding, Centerless Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Grinding, Double Disc Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Grinding: OD 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 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Grinding: Tool & Cutter 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 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 GASKETS RUBBER PRODUCTS RJM Sales Solutions _______630-849-8644 INJECTION MOLDS Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 INJECTION MOLDING Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 INSTALLATION Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095 LABELS-DECALS-OVERLAYS RJM Sales Solutions _______630-849-8644 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting AEI Fabrication__________480-733-6594 AG Machining __________805-207-0584 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Laser Cutting Services Inc _______ 503-612-8311 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 Laser Cutting: Micro Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Laser Cutting Services Inc ________503-612-8311 Laser Cutting: 3D Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Laser Cutting Services Inc ________503-612-8311 Micro-Laser Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 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 AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934 DMI International ________ 800-886-1468

EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Howard Precision Machine_____801-619-9850 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Machining: 5-Axis Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 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 Oregon

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Washington

www.mohawkmetal.com

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

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Rebecca Prentice Business Manager www.IndustrialMachineServices.com

SCOTT FERGUSON

Marketing & Sales Manager

AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF

NW Etch _____________ 408-364-6001 Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 Machining: Horizontal Boring Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 Machining: Proto-R & D Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934 DMI International ________ 800-886-1468 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 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 DMI International ________ 800-886-1468 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080

Founder / CEO

TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL

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

scottf@treske.com (503) 625.2821

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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 Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Machining: Medical Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 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 DMI International ________ 800-886-1468 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742

Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Machining: Turning Large Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 Machining: Shaft Turning Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED Machining: Swiss

Contract Manufacturing Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 Machining: Turning G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350 Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 Turnkey Product Services Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 METAL INJECTION MOLDING

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Passivation, Electroless Nickel, Gold, Hard Chrome, Silver, & Tin Plating. 206-947-4052 geoffs@askogroup.com RJM Sales Solutions _______630-849-8644 METAL POLISHING Commercial Polishing 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 ______________509-531-2634 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

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EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Gold Tech Industries _________480-968-1930 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 Foresight Finishing__________480-772-0387 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Masic Industries ___________503-232-9109

TFC Plating______________503-771-0969 Coating GTin / Zinc Plate Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 ASKO Group _____________206-947-4052 EPSI _________________ 714-519-9423 Coating: Black Oxide Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Gold Tech ______________480-968-1930 Masic Industries ___________503-232-9109 TFC Plating____________ 503-771-0969 Coating: Dry Film Lube Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 TFC Plating______________503-771-0969 PC BOARDS Olive Drab-Chromate Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome Surface Mount & Thru Hole Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Masic Industries ___________503-232-9109 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

Silver Plating PLASTIC MACHINING Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 ASKO Group _____________206-947-4052 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Copper EPSI _________________ 714-519-9423 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212 Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 Gold Tech ______________480-968-1930 PLASTIC MOLDING Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 TFC Plating______________503-771-0969 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Tin Plating Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 TFC Plating ____________ 503-771-0969 TFC Plating______________503-771-0969 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Embrittlement Relief PLASMA CUTTING Mold Making EPSI ________________714-519-9423 G & G Custom Metal Fab ______503-931-7069 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572 Electroless Nickel Oxy Fuel-Plasma Cutting Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052 Chapel Steel _______________503-928-7442 PLATING Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 PRECISION FORMING ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 Aeroform, Inc. ___ _________360-403-1919 ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _______ 818-240-7574 East Side Plating _________ 503-654-3774 TFC Plating____________ 503-771-0969 Pacific Tool, Inc____________425-882-1970 EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Gold Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052 QUAL-FAB, Inc. ____________ 206-762-2117 SpringWorks Utah __________ 801-298-0113 Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 EPSI ________________714-519-9423 Wrico________________ 480-892-7800 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 PRINTING Anodizing Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930 ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 UV LED Printing Hard Chrome Bright Tin Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 Stratavision Industries ________951-272-5700 Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387 ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052 Flat Bed Digital Printing Chrome/Nickel/Palladium Nickel-Bright Marketcraft _____________503-329-7678

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PROCESSING: METAL Acid Pickle MPI International _______ 956-631-6880 Chemical LA Specialties __________602-269-7612 MPI International _______ 956-631-6880 Chem-Film Conversion Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Plating Alodine MPI International _______ 956-631-6880 Phosphate MPI International _______ 956-631-6880 PROTOTYPES Cascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733 PUNCHING AEI Fabrication_________ 480-733-6594 AG Machining _________ 805-207-0584 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____818-240-7574 Group Manufacturing Serv __ 480-966-3952 Mohawk Metal ________ 541-556-6095 Pacific Tool, Inc_________ 425-882-1970 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 RECYCLING MATERIALS Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Nickel, Plastics, Stainless Steel, Steel, Tin Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Metro Metals Northwest ____503-819-1284 Bin Service Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Excess Material Handling Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Full Service Scrap Management Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Scrap Metal Prrocessing Calbag Metals Company ___ 253-283-8657 Waste Metal Management

Calbag Metals Company ____253-283-8657 Wood Products Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239 REPAIR CNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753 Derest Machine Tool Repair ___480-226-3128 ROLLING AG Machining __________805-207-0584 ROUTING -CNC Marketcraft ___________503-329-7678 SANDBLASTING Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ___408-727-6630 Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109 SAWS: AUTOMATIC A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350 SHEARING Mohawk Metal _________541-556-6095 United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 SIGNAGE & DISPLAYS Marketcraft ___________503-329-7678 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______714-373-0098 SILICONE 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________503-720-0572 SINTERING Western Sintering ________509-375-3096 SLITTING United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 SOFTWARE Machining Delcam _____________ 877-335-2261 Mechanical Design Delcam _____________ 877-335-2261 SPLINES Specialty Steel Services _____801-539-8252 SPRINGS SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 STAMPING PRECISION AEI Fabrication__________480-733-6594

Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656 Precision Die & Stamping ____ 480-967-2038 SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____ 303-280-2778 Stamping: Aerospace Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656 Stamping: Bending Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656 Stamping:Design Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656 SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____ 303-280-2778 Stamping:Flat Forming Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 Stamping: Light Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080 Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656 SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 Stamping: Production/ Precision Precision Die & Stamping ____ 480-967-2038 Stamping: Short Run Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 TESTING Testing: Corrosion, Product Stress, Vibration Cascade TEK ___________ 888-835-9250 Testing: Non-Destructive Noranco Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 THERMAL SPRAY Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 TOOL & DIE DESIGN Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800 TOOL Cutting & Grinding Powerhaus Precision_______ 480-225-8845 TOOLING Inland Northwest Metallurgical Services, Inc. 16203 E Marietta Ave Spokane Valley, WA 99216

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DMI International _________800-886-1468 Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878 Lambie Engineering ________ 509-868-3100 Mountain View Machine _____ 435-755-0500 RyansDovetails.com ________ 253-876-9981 TUBE BENDING & CUTTING FAB AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______ 818-240-7574 Howell Precision __________623-582-4776 WATERJET CUTTING Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919 Marketcraft ____________503-329-7678 Marzee Inc. ____________602-269-5801 Milco Waterjet ___________714-373-0098 United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292 WELDING Custom Metal Fabrication _____503-788-5701 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______ 818-240-7574 G & G Custom Metal Fab _____503-931-7069 Howell Precision __________623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878 Mountain View Machine _____ 435-755-0500 Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____ 303-280-2778 Weld Metal Works _________503-788-5701 Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large G & G Custom Metal Fab _____503-931-7069 Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878 Friction Welding: RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 Welding: Precision A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350 AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 G & G Custom Metal Fab _____503-931-7069 Howell Precision __________623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878 Weiser/Mile High Prec. ______303280-2778 Welding: MIG-TIG A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350 G & G Custom Metal Fab _____503-931-7069 Howell Precision __________623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878 WIRE HARNESSES RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 77 77

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Fry Steel...68 Full Circle Development...67 Fullerton Tool...64,71 G&G Custom Metal Fab...75 Ganesh Machinery...53,66 Gartman Technical...63 Glahill Associates...20,68 Global EDM Supply...67 GMA Garnet...70 GMN...11,68 Gold Tech...74 Gorilla Metals Inc...68 Gosiger...67 Group Manufacturing...73 GS Testing...28 Hangsterfers...66,67 Helical...69 Howard Precision Mach. Prod...77 Hurco...57 Hydmech...9,66 Hyundai...54 Industrial Machine Services...75 Industrial Metal Supply Co....10,71 Industrial Precision Grinding...77 INFOR...70 Inland NW Metalurgical...77 Innovative Tool Sales...72 Jorgenson Machine Tools...68 JRC & Associates...73 KD Capital...67 Kloeckner Metals-Temtco...68 Kwik Mark Inc...60,70 Lambie Engineering...69 Larkin Precision...76 Las Cruces Machine & Engr...75 Layke Inc...76 Layke Tactical...75 LCSI Manufacturing...30,72 LMI Machinery...52,67 Machine Toolworks, Inc..65 Machinists Inc....33, 73 MacKay Manufacturing... 76 Makino...19 Mario Pinto...71 Marketcraft...73 Marzee Inc...50,72 Masic Industries...77 Mazak...65 MET-TEK Inc...73 Metalcraft Industries...74 Metal Products Company...38,72 Methods Machine Tools Inc...67 Metro Metals Northwest, Inc...75 Micro 100...28,67,68 Micropulse West...74 Midaco Corporation...68 Milco...77 Mohawk Metal...74 Mountain View Machining...72 North-South Machinery...55,66 Northwestern Machinery...69 Northwest Swiss...32,72 Northwest Etch...74 OMEP...76

ONA EDM USA...71 Optical Gaging Products Inc...69 Pacific Metal Stampings...73 Perry Pallet...15,71 Phoenix Heat Treat...74 Pinnacle Precision...74 Plastic Injection Molding...73 Portland Precision...75 Precision Die & Stamping...73 Proclamp...71 QUAL-FAB, Inc....72 Quick Turn Financial...54,70 ReSell CNC...45,70 RJM Sales Solutions...77 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...71 Roentgen USA...67 Ron Grob...48-49,73 Rosco Precision Machinery...29,57,67 Royal products...43,68 RWE, PLLC...72 Ryans Dovetail Fixtures...76 Ryerson...5,66 S.L. Fusco...79 Santa Cruz Electronics...21 Saw Blade.com...80 Scientific Cutting Tools...45,67 Seco...69 Selway Machine Tool Co...66,68 Sequoia Brass & Copper...69 Setco Spindles & Slides...71 SigmaTEK...50,70 Sharp...29 SMH Inc LLC...56,72 Solid Products...70 Specialty Steel...73 Spring Works Utah...73 St. Vrain Manufacturing...73 Starrag...69 Steel Services Grinding...72 Stevens Tool & Die...72 Stratavision Systems...72 Streaming Teacher...35 Superior Grinding...36,73 Sustaining Edge...69 Swift Tool...12,26,60,69 TCI Precision Metals...41,66 Teton...75 TFC Plating...74 Tornos...13,66 Treske...20,75 Trusty Cook...31,66 TVT Die Casting...58-59,72 Ulbrich..27,67 United Performance Metals...54,69 US Bank Equipment ...71 US Shop Tools...61,70 Vacco Industries...76 Valley Machine Shop...74 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc...67 VTN Manufacturing...72 Weiser Engineering...74 Western Precision Products...1,7,24,25,74 Western Sintering...40,72 Wrico Stamping...30,72

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WIDTH 4'-6" 5'-0" 5'-6" 6'-0" 6'-6" 7'-0" 7'-6" 8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0" 9'-6" 10'-0" 10'-6" 11'-0" 11'-6" 12'-0" 12'-6" 13'-0" 13'-6" 14'-0" 14'-6" 15'-0" 15'-6" 16'-0" 16'-6" 17'-0" 17'-6" 18'-0" 18'-6" 19'-0" 19'-6" 20'-0" 20'-6" 21'-0" 21'-6" 22'-0" 22’-6” 23’-0”

1/2” 16.08 17.15 18.23 19.30 20.37 21.44 22.51 23.58 24.65 25.73 26.80 27.87 28.94 30.01 31.08 32.15 33.23 34.30 35.37 36.44 37.51 38.58 39.65 40.73 41.80 42.87 43.94 45.01 46.08 47.15 48.23 49.30 50.37 51.44 52.51 53.58 54.65 55.73

3/4" 17.75 19.01 20.27 21.53 22.78 24.04 25.30 26.55 27.81 29.07 30.33 31.58 32.84 34.10 35.35 36.61 37.87 39.13 40.38 41.64 42.90 44.15 45.41 46.67 47.93 49.18 50.44 51.70 52.95 54.21 55.47 56.73 57.98 59.24 60.50 61.75 63.01 64.27

1" 18.65 20.01 21.37 22.73 24.08 25.44 26.80 28.15 29.51 30.87 32.23 33.58 34.94 36.30 37.65 39.01 40.37 41.73 43.08 44.44 45.80 47.15 48.51 49.87 51.23 52.58 53.94 55.30 56.65 58.01 59.37 60.73 62.08 63.44 64.80 66.15 67.51 68.87

1-1/4" 20.67 22.25 23.83 25.41 26.99 28.58 30.16 31.74 33.32 34.90 36.48 38.06 39.64 41.22 42.80 44.39 45.97 47.55 49.13 50.71 52.29 53.87 55.45 57.03 58.62 60.20 61.78 63.36 64.94 66.52 68.10 69.68 71.26 72.85 74.43 76.01 77.59 79.17

WIDTH 15’-6” 16’-0” 16’-6” 17’-0” 17’-6” 18’-0” 18’-6” 19'-0" 19'-6" 20'-0" 20'-6" 21'-0" 21'-6" 22'-0" 22'-6" 23'-0" 23'-6" 24'-0" 24'-6" 25'-0" 25'-6" 26'-0" 26'-6" 27'-0" 27'-6" 28'-0" 28'-6" 29'-0" 29'-6" 30'-0" 30’-6” 31’-0” 31'-6" 32'-0" 32'-6" 33'-0" 33'-6" 34'-0"

1-1/2" 68.79 70.78 72.77 74.75 76.74 78.73 80.72 82.71 84.70 86.68 88.67 90.66 92.65 94.64 96.63 98.62 100.60 102.59 104.58 106.57 108.56 110.55 112.53 114.52 116.51 118.50 120.49 122.48 124.46 126.45 128.44 130.43 132.42 134.41 136.39 138.38 140.37 142.36

2" 86.20 88.74 91.29 93.83 96.38 98.92 101.46 104.01 106.55 109.10 111.64 114.19 116.73 119.28 121.82 124.36 126.91 129.45 132.00 134.54 137.09 139.63 142.18 144.72 147.26 149.81 152.35 154.90 157.44 159.99 162.53 165.08 167.62 170.16 172.71 175.25 177.80 180.34

2-5/8" 117.67 121.14 124.62 128.09 131.56 135.03 138.50 141.97 145.45 148.92 152.39 155.86 159.33 162.80 166.28 169.75 173.22 176.69 180.16 183.63 187.11 190.58 194.05 197.52 200.99 204.47 207.94 211.41 214.88 218.35 221.82 225.30 228.77 232.24 235.71 239.18 242.65 246.13

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