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Photos, Top, L-R: Carmeco’s Mike Hutton, John Carr & Donti Hawkins with a 5,000-watt laser. MAM’s Rita Needham, U.S. Rep. Billy Long & La-Z-Boy’s VP/GM Bill Snow at the La-Z-Boy celebration in Neosho. A 7,000-watt Trumpf laser at PCI. Bottom L-R: Haslag Steel Sales’ Lance Dierking with an Omax waterjet. Components offered by Scott Special Tools. Midwest Precision Inc.’s Brian Miller

PUNCHING/STAMPING/LASER & WATERJET ISSUECarmeco, Lebanon, MO, Installs 5,000-watt

Prima Power Laser Cutting SystemMPI, Tulsa, OK: 40 Years & Installs New

Trumpf 7000 Punch/Laser Combo Performance Contracting Inc. (PCI),

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GMP Metal Products, St. Louis, Missouri, has recently installed a new Fanuc Alpha C600iA-12 wire EDM.

The contract manufacturer of quality metal stampings, fabrica-tions and assemblies serves such industries as agriculture, construc-tion, defense and off-highway.

The new Fanuc Alpha C600iA-12, purchased from Mc-Clain Tool & Technology, was needed to replace an older EDM. “The new Fanuc is much faster and more accurate, there is no compari-son to our old EDM,” stated Jose

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Silva, one of GMP’s manufactur-ing engineers, “It will be used for several functions in tooling production and tool maintenance. McClain’s service has been very helpful.”

Services offered by the ISO-certified firm include: engineer-ing, stamping (up to 1500 tons); welding (manual and robotic); forming; laser cutting; machin-ing; metal finishing and assembly.

GMP can handle projects all the way from prototypes to production. With its impressive assortment of equipment, unique

specialties at GMP include heavy tonnage stampings, deep draw parts and parts requiring large press bed sizes (up to 132” x 84”).

The St. Louis facility has over 250,000-sq.-ft. of space. A similar facility is located in Humboldt, Tennessee.

GMP Metal Products, a divi-sion of Wozniak Industries, can be contacted at: (630) 954-3400; (314) 481-0300; 3883 Delor Street, St. Louis Missouri 63116; www.gmpmetal.com.

Above: GMP Metal Products’ Jose Silva, manufacturing engineer, with a Fanuc Alpha C600iA-12 Wire EDM.

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La-Z-Boy Midwest Celebrates Milestone Accomplishments

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15 Million Chairs, 1.5 Million Hours and Zero Landfill La-Z-Boy Midwest, Neosho,

Missouri, celebrated three milestone accomplishments on May 29th.

The team of over 750 employees at the 13-acre facility celebrated the production of their 15 millionth chair, 1.5 million hours of working safely without a lost-time injury and achieving “Zero-Landfill” status.

Bill Snow, VP & GM of the facility noted, “Just a few short years ago, Neosho generated over one million pounds of waste per month with over 150,000 pounds going to the landfill each month. An ongoing process of training, education and finding additional

avenues for re-use of varying supplies enabled us to now recycle 100%!”

Snow pointed out that the Noesho team is also on track to go past the 2-million hour mark without a lost-time injury. That would be the second time this level was reached in the plant’s history.

The plant was opened in 1970 and now has over 570,000-sq.-ft. of space.

“Without the hard work and daily support of our great employees, La-Z-Boy Midwest would not have been able to attain these landmark achievements.”

Dignitaries on hand for the event included: Kurt Darrow, La-

Above: Kurt Darrow, La-Z-Boy Chairman, President & CEO, emphasizes a point during his presentation.

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Z-Boy Chairman, President & CEO; U.S. Congressman Billy Long (R-MO); Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-MO 160th District) and Missouri Association of Manufacturing’s CEO Rita Needham.

Above (l-r): MAM’s Rita Needham, U.S. Rep. Billy Long and La-Z-Boy’s VP/GM Bill Snow at the milestone celebration in Neosho on May 29th.


Midwest Precision Incorporated (MPI), Tulsa, Oklahoma, is celebrating its 40th anniversary and has installed a new Trumpf 7000 punch/ laser combo system.

The precision metal fabrication firm specializes in waterjet cutting, laser cutting (including 5-axis and tube) and CNC punching of all metals, phenolics, glass and exotic materials in plate or sheet.

delivery of materials. “It is a work in progress,” Miller noted. “Our employees are adjusting to having low metal inventory and very little product on hand.”

The ISO-certified company has had waterjets since the early 90’s and its employees have become experts in their use.

Services offered at MPI include: laser cutting; waterjet cutting; shearing; braking; roll forming; machining; welding and punching.

The firm’s 75 employees (who average over seven year’s experi-ence) work in a 100,000-sq.-ft.

facility.Industries served by MPI include:

health & fitness: recreation; auto; truck; aerospace; petroleum; electronics; de-fense; architectural and agriculture.

When asked about the company’s history and success Miller replied, “We do business for the long-term and have always been financially conservative. We also believe in using advancements in technology to improve our opera-tion.”

Midwest Precision Incorporated can be contacted at: (918) 835-8900; Fax (918) 835-1199; 9725 E Admiral Place, Tulsa Oklahoma 74116; www.mpitulsa.com

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The new Trumpf 7000 system, purchased from Icon Machine Tool, features CNC punching, a 4,000-watt laser, an FMS tower with auto load/unload and a 5’ x 10’ table. It can process steel up to 5/16” thick. “Icon takes good care of us and Trumpf is a good product line,” stated Brian Miller, MPI’s President and third generation of the Miller family at the firm. The new system is the fifth Trumpf punch-ing system at MPI, and first to include laser.

Miller pointed out that the new equipment is part of an ongoing effort to transform to Lean Manufacturing principles. Other recent improvements include a new ERP system and JIT

Above: MPI’s Brian Miller, president and third generation of the Miller family at the 40-year-old firm.

Above: A new Trumpf 7000 punch/laser combo system at MPI.

Above: The auto load/unload system on the Trumpf 7000 at MPI.

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KC NTMA Helps Out With SkillUSA National Competition; NTMA National Chair Speaks At Dinner

NIMS (National Institute for Metalworking Skills) sponsored the CNC Milling, CNC Turning and Precision Machining Tech-nology National Competitions at the SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City during the last week of June.

The Metropolitan Community College-Business & Technology Campus (MCC-BTC) hosted the SkillsUSA/NIMS Manual Machin-ing Championship on June 26th.

High school students, techni-cal college students and their in-structors from all over the country came together in Kansas City to put their technical skills to the test.

Numerous KC NTMA member firms provided volunteers for the judging of the event.

Members providing vol-

unteers included: Crossland Machinery; Haas Automation; Kansas City Kansas Community

College; R&D Leverage and the MCC BTC.

A competition dinner was held

Above (l-r): NIMS Exec Director Jim Wall with KC NTMA’s George Crossland.

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on June 26th at the Golden Ox in KCMO. National NTMA Chairman Bob Mosey was a speaker at the din-ner. He spoke of the importance of a skilled workforce for U.S. manu-facturers. “Thankfully, manufactur-ing is becoming more popular in our

society and with our government leaders,” he noted.

NIMS Chair Gregory Cham-bers stated, “We thank our spon-sors, donors, judges and vol-

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Above: NTMA National Chair Bob Mosey speaking at the dinner.


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The Mo-Kan Chapter of the American Foundry Soci-ety (AFS) toured the Bradken foundry in Atchison, Kansas on May 10th.

Bradken, an international heavy engineering company, develops and produces prod-ucts for the mining, rail, steel making, smelting, transporta-tion, petroleum, power and food industries. The Atchison foundry facility can pour cast-ings that weigh over 40 tons.

Some of the castings are then sent to the St. Joe, Mis-souri machining operation for completing the machining/grinding needed.

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Scott Special Tools is a St.Louis-based specialized indus-trial distributor serving Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Kansas, Okla-homa and Nebraska with salesmen located in St. Louis, Kansas City, Little Rock and Springfield, MO. Founded in 1944, the company is owned by Randy Ridenhour, Celeste Imperiale and Bill Monroe, all veteran employees of the com-pany. The owners have focused on providing their customers with the

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best value for their money. Ridenhour, president, states:

“We are committed to providing our customers the most knowl-edgeable sales staff in the industry. All of our salespeople, inside and out, regularly participate in factory training sessions. The best way to provide superior customer service is to provide top line products coupled with superior product knowledge and application exper-tise.”

Representing Hyson Products for over 40 years, Scott Special Tools is mid-America’s leading supplier of nitrogen gas springs and manifold systems. Hyson also offers the Didro controlled hydrau-

lic systems, press cushions and controllable knockout systems for stamping presses. Scott Special Tools stocks over 700 gas springs, the largest inventory in the region, which can be charged to customer specifications and shipped same day.

Rick Crabtree, regional sales

manager for Hyson comments; “Scott Special Tools offers exactly what you would want in a distribu-tor. They offer experience in the tooling industry along with an excellent inventory, attention to de-tail, and a sincere desire to satisfy the customer. We could not ask for a better partner and feel fortunate to have Scott Special Tools as a representative of Hyson Products.”

Scott Special Tools also repre-sents Moeller Precision Tool, the fastest growing punch company in America. Moeller produces preci-sion ground punch and die compo-nents to NAPM/ ANSI standards as well as a wide variety of “per print” tooling components to +/- .0001” tolerance.

Bill Monroe, sales manager for the distributorship offered: “Our association with Moeller has

Above: Rodell Ridenhour covers Kansas, Nebraska & NW Missouri.

Above: Danny Anderson covers Oklahoma, SW Missouri & SE Kansas.

Above: Examples of components offered by Scott Special Tools.

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George Baker, national distribution sales manager at Moeller states: “The team at Scott Special Tools is unequaled in our industry as solutions providers. This is why working with them has made Moeller Precision Tool a much stronger company”

Scott Special Tools represents well over 100 product lines. Focused primarily on the metalstamping industry, they have grown along with their suppliers

into other markets. One of these suppliers is Dorner Manufacturing.

Dorner manufactures belted conveyors for material handling applications including sanitary washdown applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. It recently introduced the Precision Move conveyor. This servo-driven conveyor is capable of up to 100 indexes per minute with accuracy of +/- .02”

For more information or to contact Scott Special Tools visit www.scottspecialtools.com or call 800-638-7277 or email [email protected]: Examples of components offered by SST.

Above (l-r): Greg Curtis & Ami Grummert, inside sales staff at Scott Special Tools in St. Louis.

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IN AN INDUSTRY THAT DEMANDS ACCURACY, REPEATABILITY AND EFFICIENCY, THE TSUGAMI B0385 IS IDEAL FOR AEROSPACE AND OTHER LARGE PARTS MANUFACTURING AS IT HANDLES CHALLENGING MATERIALS WHILE HOLDING TIGHT TOLERANCES.

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Carmeco Inc., Lebanon, Mis-souri, has recently installed a new 5,000-watt laser with a material tower for auto-loading and unload-ing.

The 43-year-old fabrication firm offers stamping, welding, tooling (design & build), painting and assembly.

Founded in 1970 by J. Ken-neth Carr, the ISO-certified com-pany has grown to occupy over 80,000-sq.-ft. of space in multiple buildings with 40 employees.

The new Prima Power laser features a 5,000-watt laser with a 60” x 120” working area, the ca-pacity to cut material up to 1” thick and a 10-station tower for “lights out” operation.

“The laser enables us to ex-pand our offerings to customers as well as helps us with in-house

Carmeco Inc. Installs 5,000-watt Prima Power Laser

work and turnaround time,” stated John Carr, VP Sales and part of the 3rd generation of the Carr family working at Carmeco. “We are pleased with the Prima Power equipment.”

Other equipment at Carmeco

includes: 22 stamping presses (up to 400-ton with bed sizes up to 84” x 48”); a wide selection of MIG, TIG, spot and robotic welders; a fully-equipped tooling room and a full painting operation with a wash line, conveyorized paint line and

Above: A new 5,000-watt Prima Power laser at Carmeco Inc.

Above: Examples of Carmeco’s fabrication work.

Lebanon, Missouri

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booths. The firm serves such indus-

tries as recreation, transportation, agriculture, electrical and storage throughout the Midwest. It has its own delivery fleet.

“We have built our business on

doing what the customer needs,” noted Carr. “Taking care of the customers is our top priority.”

Carmeco Inc. can be contacted at: (417) 532-6133; Po Box 871, Lebanon, Missouri 65536; www.carmeco.com.

Above (l-r): Carmeco’s Mike Hutton, John Carr and Donti Hawkins.


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The Wichita Manufacturers Association (WMA) has partnered once again with Wichita Area Techni-cal College (WATC) to provide a total of sixteen

$1,000 scholarships in 2013. Applicants are selected based on their pursuit of manufacturing education at the National Center for Aviation Training, Wichita State University, WATC and other local schools, along with a written essay, GPA and other criteria. Students are encouraged to continue in manufacturing careers upon graduation.

The WMA Scholarship Chair, Steve Flesher of InterAct Training Group, coordinates the scholarship committee, as well as WMA presence at the local high school career fairs. The 2013 WMA Executive Board is lead by President Jim Callaway, President of Powder-Tech, LLC.

WMA awarded 5 scholarships in 2012, awarded from the WMA general scholarship fund. But 2013 brought a significant applicant pool, with over 30 appli-cants for the scholarships. Because so many of the ap-plicants were well qualified, Steve Flesher, WMA Schol-arship Chair, approached the WMA members and asked for additional scholarship funds. Five WMA member companies stepped forward with a total of $8,525.00 in additional scholarship funds for 2013 awards.

The scholarship winners were honored during an awards ceremony May 10th at Rolling Hills Country Club. Congressman Mike Pompeo was the keynote speaker and delivered comments regarding the outlook for manufacturing employment in Kansas.

To learn more about the Wichita Manufacturers As-sociation, visit www.wichitamanufacturers.org. To learn more about Wichita Area Technical College, visit www.watc.edu .

WMA & WATC Combine For 16 ScholarshipsCongressman Pompeo Speaks At Ceremony

Above: Congressman Mike Pompeo (center) with WMA members at the scholarship awards ceremony on May 10th.

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Waterjet technology manufactur-er TECHNI Waterjet®, Lenexa, Kan-sas, has introduced its NXT genera-tion of electric servo pumps (ESPs). The Quantum NXT® produces 20% more power than previous models.

“With this NXT generation ESP, Techni Waterjet has addressed the

challenges of increasing demands for cutting speeds and compatibility by waterjet technology users world-wide,” company director Darren Reukers says. “Since releasing our revolutionary ESP technology in 2009, we gained a lot of market knowledge and field experience which have been used to develop the NXT generation of ultra-high pres-sure waterjet pumps.”

By increasing the pump’s power output, TECHNI enables customers to cut any suitable material at faster speeds, while the improved lubrica-tion and cooling system guarantee durability and low maintenance costs. “The costs for running an old intensifier pump greatly increase from year four,” Reukers explains. “From here it makes business sense

TECHNI Waterjet Introduces NXT Servo Pumps That Are More Powerful and

Quieter

Above: A TECHNI NXT servo pump.

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Performance Contracting Inc.(PCI), Lenexa, Kansas, offers cus-tom metal fabrication services.

The 50+ year-old business specializes in laser cutting and custom short production runs..

The facility is just one of 50 PCI contracting offices across the country that offers a wide variety of industrial services. PCI’s office in Lenexa houses a specialized metal shop that has served the nuclear power industry for over 40 years with it’s own product line. Recently, PCI has decided to offer its metal fabrication services to industrial and commercial custom-ers as well. New customers in this area have been in the food service industry, heavy & light gauge manufacturing, dept. of defense contractors, architectural sheet metal, and customers needing on-site metal fabrication and welding services for plant maintenance. PCI also performs a significant amount of laser cutting services for other metal shops and machine shops in the area.

Equipment at the Lenexa facil-ity includes an industry leading 7,000-watt Trumpf laser cutting system (one of the most powerful production laser cutters in North America) that can cut stainless steel up to 1.25” thick.

“Our laser cutter allows us to cut thicknesses that are typically reserved for other cutting methods that be slower or less precise,” stat-ed PCI’s sales manager Bart Yoder. “We have found that the 7,000-watt system can cut both thick and thin metal at superior speeds without sacrificing quality.”

“We have always excelled in this service-driven industry,” continued Yoder. “We take quick turnaround jobs and short produc-

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Above: A 7,000-watt Trumpf laser cutting system at PCI’s Lenexa facility.

Above: A large weldment being fabricated at PCI’s Lenexa facility.

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PCI works with stainless steel, mild steel and aluminum. The Lenexa facility has approximately 100,000-sq.-ft. of combined space across three fabrication facilities in Lenexa.

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Haslag Steel Sales Inc., Wash-ington, Missouri, is celebrating its 30th anniversary and has installed an Omax Maxiem waterjet cutting system.

The firm was founded as a metals distributor in 1983 by John and Theola Haslag and has grown to include three genera-tions of the family and now has a complex of five buildings with around 50,000-sq.-ft. of space and 20 employees. Fabrication and independent product lines have been added.

Today the firm offers metal sheet, bar, shapes and structural pieces (steel, aluminum and stain-less) as well as industrial gases and welding supplies.

Custom fabrication services offered include: waterjet cutting, plasma cutting, flame cutting, welding, roll forming, bending, sawing, shearing and pipe bending.

The new Maxiem waterjet, purchased from Zimmerman-McDonald features a 30hp pump, a 5’ x 10’ table and can cut parts up to 7” thick. “We have been happy with the waterjet,” stated Lance Dierking, 3rd generation family member in the business. “Zimmer-man-McDonald has been real good to us.”

Haslag Steel Sales can work with metal up to 8’ x 20’ and serves such industries as construc-tion, agriculture, pump, and struc-tural across the country.

Products offered by the firm include hand rails/railing and pull-ing tractor parts.

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Above: Haslag Steel Sales’ Omax Maxiem waterjet cutting system. Below: An assortment of parts cut on the Omax waterjet system.

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In the history of mankind, free-dom has been the exception. Gov-erned by kings and queens, human beings were told that the power starts at the top and flows down.

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enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”

I can assure you there are no angels in Washington, D.C. And that is why Thomas Jefferson said “the chains of the Constitution” should bind the mischief of government. Only when government is limited are rights protected, the rule of law honored, and freedom allowed to flourish.

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Over the last two centuries, U.S. growth rates have far outpaced growth rates throughout the world, producing per capita incomes about six times greater than the world aver-age and 50% higher than those in Europe.

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Historically, our nation has en-joyed remarkable economic mobility. About 60% of the households that were in the lowest quintile in 1999 were in the higher quintile ten years later. During the same decade, almost 40% of the richest households fell to a lower quintile.

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Fifty-five years ago, my father fled Cuba, where he had been imprisoned and tortured–including having his teeth kicked out–as a teenager. Today my father is a pas-tor in Dallas.

When he landed in Austin, Texas, in 1957, he was 18. He couldn’t speak a word of English. He had $100 sewn into his under-wear. He got a job washing dishes and made 50 cents an hour. He worked seven days a week and paid his way through the Univer-sity of Texas, and then he got a job, and then he went on to start a small business.

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The DS-30Y | 4+2 turning & milling | Affordable Haas price.

E-Z setup

Turn X & Z axis

Mill C & Y axis

A Division of NYMAT Machine Tool Corp.

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