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IDS Machining Uses State-Of-The-Art Tools And Software To Provide Superior Parts For Their

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Editors Corner

A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain • 4 • Jan / Feb 2016

IDS Machining Uses State-Of-The-Art Tools And Software To Provide

Superior Parts For Their Customers

This Issue’s Shop Profile

“Failure is not an option.” ~ Confucius Failure, of course, is an option, and it happens to us everyday in life. I fail when I am unsuccessful helping a new customer to see the benefits of advertising in the A2Z Manufacturing/Metalworker magazines, despite my belief that it is the right thing for this business owner to do. I fail on a regular basis when I make my list of what I must accomplish in a given day, and then some of my action items have to be carried over to the next day. And I fail at my person health and fitness goals regularly.

I know failure well, and I simply continue to work at getting better to ensure that my successes far exceed my failures. Over the past several weeks, I have met with 2 inventors in our industry. One has been working in a small industrial bay developing and building an innovative patent pending solution for the cleantech/renewal energy industry. He and his partner have been at it for nearly 3 years now. Twice, the 2 partners have submit-ted their business plan to the ‘Innovation Challenge’, a government sponsored program that offers grant money to small businesses to continue research and development with a plan to bring new products to market. Year 1, these partners didn’t make it to the semifinals of the competition. They were given guidance on how to submit a plan that might help them to win for the following year (2015), and indeed they were successful. They made it to ‘Top 10 Finalists’, only to learn that they weren’t one of the small subset of ‘Top 10’ that would win monies to continue their research and new product design. A hard blow, but they are getting closer, and must again hone their business plan to win in 2016. Failure, yes, but winning might still come. It isn’t easy.

Another inventor I met with recently has invented a product designed to help machine shop owners analyze the machine tool utilization of machines in their shop. It is web-based, so busi-ness owners can see real time which machines are making their company money, and those that are below performance requirements. This business owner’s invention helps machine shops increase their efficiency and subsequently their profitability. The sale should be an easy one, but it is not. Nonetheless, this inventor continues to pursue his dream of bringing a product to market, and in time, I believe he will succeed if he pursues his dream.

Michael Jordan says it well. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

I meet so many manufacturing business owners in the course of my business travels, and I often wonder why some who I meet talk about ‘how difficult the environment is’, how hard staying afloat and even thriving is for them on a day to day basis. Yet, I meet so many companies, often very small, who are getting work, growing, adding new customers, and exceeding customer expectations on a regular basis. You can read about a small company in this issue, literally run by a husband and wife team. In their small business tucked away near Ogden, Utah, they are running 6 machines – between just the two of them. Their spindles are turning, and business is good. They say they are blessed, and I am sure that they are. But they are doing what it takes to succeed — investing in great equipment and tools to increase their efficiency. They are keeping their costs down, with low overhead, and they are getting more work than I am sure they ever envisioned was possible.

So what does it take to succeed? Failure will come, guaranteed. In the words of Dan Pearce, American Author, “If your dreams and goals get derailed, they’re not dead. Derailed simply means off-track. Pick ‘em up and put ‘em back on again.”

Let’s make 2016 a great year. May it be filled with happiness, health, success and love. And God Bless Our Troops!


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Announcements & ReleasesMMT-Moncktons Announces It is Now Locally Stocking Cutting Tools, Including Kennametal and Many Others

MMT-Moncktons is proud to announce that it is now locally stocking cutting tools in its Denver and Salt Lake City locations.

In June of 2015 Moncktons Machine Tools, a long standing

machine tool company serving the Colorado and Rocky Mountain region, joined forces with Productivity, Inc. Productivity Inc. is the Midwest’s largest distributor of CNC machine tools and related metal working equipment. The new entity was named MMT, LLC, A Division of Productivity.

With the new partnership, MMT-Moncktons has added cutting tools to its line of products. Tooling Sales Manager Kip Shefveland, says, “We now offer our customers in the Rocky Mountain region local stocking of such quality cutting tools as Kennametal, HORN, Komet, Guhring, Harvey Tool, Allied Machine, RedLine Tools, plus many more.

To order tooling, shop online at www.mmtproductivity.com or you can call (303) 757-2093 in Denver and (801) 521-1716 in Salt Lake City.

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After being an integral part of the success of Flow waterjets for over a decade, Chad Mooneyham was recently promoted to the role of Regional Manager for the Western US. This is a well-deserved promotion as he has served Flow in several roles for over 10 years. Chad started installing and training customers back in 1996 as part of an internship with Flow. Since then he graduated at the top of his class with a BS in business from UCR, and then relocated to the Northeast region to support Flow.

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Hwacheon Revamps Dealer Group Nationwide And Adds Foothills Machinery Sales To Its Team

Recent change in machine tool representation will now have Technical Equipment Sales, 520 Machinery, Cardinal Machinery, MD Machinery Inc., Foothills Machinery Sales, Machinery Solutions, Production Machinery Associates, Mabscott Supply, and Mabscott representing Hwacheon.

Hwacheon Machinery America has added several well-known and successful machine tool dealers to represent its lines of high quality CNC turning machines, machining centers, and

mold and die machines, announced Michael Huggett, Hwacheon Machinery America president.

“The addition of the new, full-service dealer groups is a major part of the company’s plan to increase market share for its machine tools and it represents a substantial upgrade in the quality of our sales, application assistance, and service capabilities,” Huggett added.

“The recent sea-change in machine tool representation in the United States will benefit Hwacheon in terms of market penetration and customer service across our lines. The world-class quality and reliability of our machine tools certainly merits the kind of support and attention these new dealers will provide,” he said.

“Further, we at Hwacheon are excited that our machine tools will now be introduced to new customers and potential users who will see the quality and experience the low-maintenance reliability, durability, and metalcutting precision for themselves”, Huggett added.

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Makino Expands EDNC-Series Line with New EDNC10, EDNC15, EDNC20 Sinker EDMs

Makino announces the latest expansion to its lineup of EDNC-Series sinker EDM machines, the EDNC10, EDNC15 and EDNC20. De-signed to provide a powerful blend of power, speed and precision in

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The rigid and precise construction of the EDNC-Series enables the EDNC10, EDNC15 and EDNC20 to achieve the accuracy and surface finish levels found on smaller sinker EDM machines, said Brian Pfluger, Makino’s EDM product line manager.

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TH1000 excels in finishing operations and performing interrupted cuts in harden steels. With respect to machining superalloys, such as Inconel 718, Waspaloy and Nimonic C263, the grade brings fast cutting speeds to continuous finishing and semi-finishing operations. Furthermore, the latest TH1000 chipbreaker inserts bring optimum chip control and high process security to a broader working range.

Perfect for processing hardened steels, from 40 to 55 HRC, the Du-ratomic® TH1500 grade, through its product expansion, allows manu-facturers to excel in an increased number of ISO H10-H15 applications that require high cutting data and continuous-cut operations. TH1500 also provides superior finish turning of grey and ductile cast irons in applications with low-to-moderate cutting speeds.

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Come To The Next NUNTMA Meet ing And Hear About Manu-facturing Trends From Washington Lobbyist Omar S. Nashashibi

With the 2016 Presidential cam-paign officially underway, man-ufacturers have more at stake in Washington than ever before. This is your chance to hear directly from a Washington insider (Omar Nashashibi) about the latest on tax reform efforts, EPA and OSHA regulations, and how the new workforce training law will help your company.

The Northern Utah Tooling and Machining Association (NUNTMA)invites you to their next meeting, to be held on 2/11/16 at 12:00 noon. The meeting scheduled to be held at the OWATC (Room UB 107-109), will feature speaker Omar Nashashibi.

Omar Nashashibi is a lobbyist for the National Tooling and Machining Association in Washington, D.C. and will provide a unique perspective on the latest legislation, regulations, and battle for the White House.

Omar Nashashibi is a Founding Partner with The Franklin Partnership, a bipartisan lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C. The National Tooling and Machining Association retained Omar’s firm in 2008 to be the voice of the industry in our nation’s capital. Omar has nearly twenty years of experience work-ing in Washington with policymakers, politicians, and the media. For his manufacturing clients, Omar lobbies the White House, members of Congress and government agencies who issue thousands of new rules and regulations each year.

Before founding his own firm in 2005, Omar worked for the Office of Management and Budget, part of the Executive Office of the President at the White House. Earlier in his career, he served as a research assistant at the Institute for Public Accuracy, promoting public policy to the media. In 1995, he began his career in Washington, D.C. covering congressional hearings and agency proceedings for a nation-wide nonprofit publication.

Mr. Nashashibi graduated from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he studied Political Science and International Affairs.

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The exciting future of the metalforming industry will be on display at the 2016 Precision Metal-forming Association (PMA) Leadership Conference and Annual Meeting on March 9-12, 2016, at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, CA. The multi-day Forming Our Future conference is the industry’s premier event for metalforming executives. With a wide range of relevant and impactful keynote presentations and high-level educational sessions and elite networking opportunities, the conference will address the most pressing topics for the industry. Attendees will leave with new information and new connections to help their businesses compete and thrive.

“The Forming Our Future conference is unlike any other industry event,” said PMA President Bill Gaskin. “With a specific focus on the metalforming sector, participants will network with peers, hone their business skills and gain valuable insight into the latest industry trends.”

Speakers at the event will highlight industry innovations as well as strategies for solving work-

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Attendance at the conference is com-plimentary for credentialed members of the media and journalists are en-couraged to attend and find sources for current and future manufacturing industry stories. Interested journalists should contact Christie Carmigiano at [email protected] or 216-901-8800 ext. 107.

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M a n u f a c t u r e r s B r o u g h t A b o u t Historic Victories throughout 2015 Statement issued by National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons praised NAM’s

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“2015 brought a wave of historic legislative and legal victories for manufacturers, following months—and in some cases years—of aggressive advocacy from the NAM. Not only did we secure landmark provisions in Congress’ year-end omnibus bill, but we also achieved wins that will create jobs and grow the middle class.”

“We secured the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, passage of a long-term infrastructure bill and approval of Trade Promotion Authority, as well as made progress on important regulatory reforms, such as reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act and an extension of the Positive Train Control deadline. All of this will help small and large manufacturers better compete in the global economy.”

“For more than 20 years, the NAM has led the fight for a permanent research and development tax credit that can compete with the more robust research incentives of other countries—so that manufacturers will be better able to innovate here in the United States. As the year came to a close, that goal became a reality.”

“Manufacturers also secured other key tax provisions at the end of the year, such as the suspension of the medical device tax and a delay of the employee benefits tax, also known as the ‘Cadillac’ tax.”

“There’s still more work to be done in 2016, but we will build on our successes from 2015 so that manu-facturers can compete to win for America.”

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The small Colorado company was among three vendors an-nounced by NASA last month as winners of the contracts for

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The other two companies also selected — Elon Musks’ SpaceX and OrbitalATK — already handle U.S. cargo deliveries to the orbiting research station under NASA contracts first awarded in 2008. Both companies had mishaps destroy their rockets and NASA’s cargo on their last space station resupply attempts.

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IDS Machining opened for business with a small number of machines, not new, and largely manual. Customers who knew Mark from his many years at different companies willingly added IDS Machining to their list of suppliers. Lynette says, “We have been blessed with steady business from loyal customers.”

When your company is run by a Journeyman caliber machinist, an investment casting expert and a mold maker, and that company offers supe-rior service, including on-time delivery, business just naturally comes to you. And so it did with IDS Machining. Mark says, “About 9 years ago, we were prepared to purchase some superior new precision machine tools.” The company contacted several machine tool dealers in Utah. Lynette adds, “Local support was key to our decision making, as we had already experienced the impact of purchasing machine tools that didn’t offer local service. It meant down time that we couldn’t afford.” The company that won IDS Machining’s new machine tool business was Smith Machinery. Mark says, “From the start, we saw really great service from Smith Machinery,

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Alcoa will be the sole sup-plier “ready to install” seat-track assemblies for each of the three variants of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner series, products that incor-porate Alcoa’s titanium in-got melting and billetizing, extrusion, machining, processing, and assembly capabilities.

Alcoa Inc. reported its long-term supply contracts with Boeing Commercial Airplanes are valued now at more than $2.5 billion, in-cluding multi-material fastening systems for each of Boeing’s aircraft programs, Alcoa’s largest fastener deal ever.

The metal and materials giant also will supply “ready-to-install” ti-tanium seat-track assemblies for the three variants of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner series, the wide-body long-range passenger jet. Earlier this year Alcoa capped a multi-year expansion of its aerospace portfolio, and significantly expanded its titanium holdings, with a $1.5-billion takeover of RTI International Metals.

The contract placements are notable because of the high volume of orders held by Boeing and Airbus for new commercial aircraft of all types, including narrow-body mid-range jets and wide-body long-range aircraft. New designs are being introduced by both OEMs, too, as they address the increased expectations of carriers for fuel-economy and reduced emissions. In emerging markets like Asia and Latin America, there also is considerable new demand as traffic volumes rise.

“Alcoa has positioned itself to win in a multi-material aerospace in-dustry, and these deals are the latest proof points that our strategy is working,” stated Alcoa chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld.

In October, Alcoa announced an estimated $1-billion, multi-year contract with Boeing’s rival Airbus SAS, noting then that its fasteners are in place on each Airbus platform.

One of the new Boeing contracts calls for Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings to supply titanium, stainless steel, alloy steel, aluminum and nickel-based superalloy fastening systems for Boeing aircraft, includ-ing the new 777X and 737 MAX jets, as well as the 787.

A separate contact involves the Alcoa Titanium & Engineered Prod-ucts (primarily, the former RTI organization) to become the sole supplier of ready-to-install titanium seat track assemblies for all 787 Dreamliners, expanding the scale of a supply program Alcoa has main-tained with Boeing since 2007. Alcoa is supplying everything from raw material to finished part for the seat tracks, with processes that include titanium ingot melting and billetizing, extrusion, machining, processing, and assembly.


Seat tracks are structural assemblies that mount to a jet’s cabin floor, secure passenger seats, and reinforce the structure of the fuselage. Titanium seat tracks are stronger, lighter, and more corrosion-resistant than other materials.

The new contracts expand on a +$1-billion, long-range contract for flat-rolled aluminum sheet and plate products that Alcoa initiated with Boeing in 2014. That agreement established Alcoa as a sole supplier to Boeing for wing skins on all of its “metallic structure” aircraft, and covered a number of other aircraft structural and wing rib and wing skin applications or other structural parts of Boeing aircraft. Source: Forging Magazine

Lockheed Wins $5.3 Bln Contract For C-130J Air-craft

U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp said it would deliver a total of 78 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the U.S. government as part of a multiyear contract, worth $5.3 billion.

The U.S. Department of Defense said that it had already awarded $1 billion in funding for the first 32 aircraft.The company said it would deliver the planes between 2016 and 2020.

Lockheed said in October it had reached a verbal agreement with the U.S. Air Force for a five-year contract to build up to 83 C-130J transport planes for the Air Force, Coast Guard and Marine Corps.

The Super Hercules planes can touch down on austere landing zones - es-sentially makeshift runways - and are often used for humanitarian relief missions and special operations.

Lockheed has delivered 60 Super Her-cules aircraft to the U.S. Air Force and U.S Marine Corps from 2003-2008 under a previous contract.

NASA’s Kepler Comes Roaring Back with 100 New Exoplanet Finds

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has bounced back nicely from the malfunction that ended its original exoplanet hunt more than two years ago.

Kepler has now discovered more than 100 confirmed alien planets during its second-chance K2 mission, re-searchers announced at the 227th Meeting of the Amer-ican Astronomical Society (AAS).

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“Four minutes, four minutes,” announces Dalton Peck, a 6-foot-1 eighth-grader who towers over the other kids, all wearing white polo shirts and black slacks. “In four minutes, we will get to the chopper.” He cackles dramatically, with the air of a mad scientist about to make a breakthrough.

Dalton and the 40 to 50 sixth- through eighth-graders standing around him aren’t mad—but they are fledgling scientists. Many want to be pilots or astronauts—people who fly into the sky and beyond. Riding in the oncoming yellow helicopter will be their first hands-on experience at Wings Aerospace Academy (WAA), a new aviation-focused charter school that’s run by the air and space museum and fueled by the dreams of ambitious kids.

“Do you hear something?” calls out headmaster Robert Stannard Jr., who has worked as both an engineer and a school district su-

perintendent. The mood shifts as the students strain their ears. Stannard grins. He looks nothing like the kids around him, with his black suit and thinning hair, but he understands how excited they must be. His smile grows wider as the sound of whirring blades draws closer. “Oh,” he says.

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The charter school concept isn’t new, but it’s gained popularity over the past decade, particularly in Colorado. Upwards of 100,000 students were enrolled in Colorado charter schools as of 2014, representing more than 10 percent of the state’s K–12 population. The flexibility of these tuition-free schools, which are often designed with a specific focus, such as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), appeals to parents whose kids’ preferred learning styles fall outside the public or private school toolbox.

In WAA’s case, the school’s unorthodox schedule is composed of four days of online courses, which give students access to the best lectures available on the Internet. (The school will stream a lesson from, say, the foremost expert on quadratic equations instead of relying on Stannard or its several other staff members to teach it.) This method also makes it easier to customize the material; Stannard says a few of his eighth graders have reached the level of Algebra II, a class that’s not usually taught in public schools until 10th grade.

Students spend part of the week’s remaining school day on-site at WAA—which is housed in rooms just off the main museum space—where they work on assignments and ask questions of their supervisors or fellow students. The rest of that day, of course, is the best part, when kids who spend their free time listening to Denver International Airport’s frequen-cies learn to build rockets, fly drones, or on this particular morning, take a ride in a helicopter.

WAA will add another grade level each year until the program reaches through 12th grade (this year’s eighth-graders will graduate from high school in 2019). By then, they’ll have a huge advantage over the competi-tion if they choose to pursue one of about 103,000 airline and commercial pilot jobs in the U.S.

WAA parent Cliff Stults is thrilled that the school is investing in the future of the aerospace industry, especially through passionate kids like his daughter, McKenna. Before WAA was conceived, he says he would drive McKenna to the museum from Centennial every weekend to look at the planes and exhibits. Already a veteran of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles Program, designed to inspire kids to become aerospace professionals, McKenna’s now one of three girls out of 17 students in WAA’s inaugural eighth-grade class.

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Just then, Mark Hyatt, chief operating officer of Wings Over the Rockies, walks by and catches McKenna’s enthusiasm. A retired Air Force pilot and former executive director of the Colorado Charter School Institute, he’s Stannard’s kindred spirit but also his foil—the idea man to the headmaster’s practical knowhow.

“See, I think school needs to be exciting,” he says. “We need to light this person up. We need her to get excited about taking my place.” He gestures to McKenna. “I want you to have my job.” Seeing her skepticism, he adds, “Well, now my job is to help young people, but I used to be a fighter pilot in the Air Force.”

“Whoa,” she says. “What planes did you fly?” “I flew F-4s, F-111s, F-5s,” Hyatt says. McKenna nods in recognition. “That’s sweet,” she says.

Later, Hyatt tells me he’s eager to recruit more young women like McKenna into aviation, as well as local kids in general. Colorado employs more private aerospace workers per capita than any other state, but imports most of the labor. And just over six percent of American pilots are women. He has big plans, some of which are already in motion. The Wings Aerospace Enrichment Program, for instance, allows kids between the ages of 10 and 17 to participate in experiences similar to WAA students, but after normal school hours. Here, they gain practical skills, are invited to STEM mini courses and guest lectures, receive priority application status for other Wings Education programs, and gain access to internship opportunities in the industry.

With the laser focus on one niche topic, it’s logical that families are clamoring to enroll their passionate kids. In fact, Hyatt says he’s gotten letters from neighboring schools complaining that WAA is “stealing their best students.” “Up your game,” Hyatt says in response. “Steal ’em back.”

The Bell 407 helicopter kicks up dirt and dust as it settles on the ground. I’m the adult in charge of four seventh-graders about to take a ride with pilot Jeff Puckett, who donates his time to take kids on free flights in the Denver area. As we walk closer to the launch site, I ask the nearest 12-year-old, Nathan Cubley, if he’s excited to get up in the air. “This isn’t my first time,” he scoffs. The others seem slightly more eager, but Asia Foerester, the only girl in the group, admits to being scared. She stares down at her Chucks, scuffing them on the grass. Inevitably, she gets to ride in the front seat when we climb into the chopper.

We take off quickly and zoom toward downtown from the school’s Lowry location. As the helicopter flies over skyscrapers and past Coors Field, the kids’ expressions have turned gleeful—even Nathan’s. Puckett asks Asia if she wants to take the controls, and her curiosity overpowers her fear. After a couple of minutes, she ventures a hopeful question: “Am I doing it?”

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Amid the hype about virtual reality and ro-botics at CES 2016, I strapped on a headset and exoskeleton de-signed to make you feel 40 years older. That’s right, older. The R70i Age Suit, made by a tech firm, Applied Minds LLC for Genworth Financial, an insur-ance company, simulates vision and hearing loss, as well as reduced mobility from muscle deterioration and arthritis.

Many of the same technologies could be used in exoskeletons that give us superhuman capabilities, but think of this one as a reverse Iron Man.

The unforgettable, and at times distressing, experience shed light not just on aging, but also how virtual reality equipment can teach empathy and shape our perceptions of the world around us. The suit made me feel like I was nearly 80 years old.

“I would like a new dialogue on aging,” said Bran Ferren, a former Disney Imagineer and president of R&D who co-founded Applied Minds. “You can intellectualize these things all day long, but when it becomes an emotional first-person experience, it is very different.”

Once I suited up in the 40-pound kit—a three-person job—Mr. Ferren guided me through the tech he’d developed to impair my senses and strength. As is often the case, my vision went first.

An Oculus virtual-reality visor was fitted with cameras so you can see what’s ahead through a screen. But then, the Age Suit’s augment-ed-reality software distorts that view, to simulate the effects of vision problems: cataracts, macular degeneration, floaters and more. The glaucoma simulation made my peripheral vision gradually decrease until I was left with tunnel vision of just what’s in front of me.

For hearing, the headphones in the Age Suit added the ringing of tinnitus and raised background noise, making regular conversation far more challenging.

The most shocking part of the experience came from the exoskel-eton, which uses sensors to monitor eight joints in my arms, legs and hips, and then apply mechanical resistance to slow me down. The suit doesn’t move your muscles with you—it puts on the brakes.

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Denver Startup Center Targets New Entre-preneurs, Women And Vets In 2016

A seven-month-old space for Denver startups plans to evolve in 2016 into more of a resource center and connection point for would-be entrepreneurs.

The Commons on Champa is a nonprofit co-working and event venue that the city, Downtown Denver Partnership and the Colorado Technology Association opened in May. It’s launching a series of programs meant to make startup advice and connections available to more entrepreneurs — especially first-timers, women and military veterans.

Ariel Galant, Melissa LaCome and Lindsey Garrett, of LaCome Inc., use workspace at the Commons on Champa earlier this year.

“We want to be that neutral resource that really unlocks opportu-nity for entrepreneurship in Denver,” said Erik Mitisek, head of the Colorado Technology Association.

More than 11,000 people attended various business events at the Commons on Champa, at 1245 Champa St., since it opened in a city-owned building in the shadow of the Buell Theater and across the street from the convention center.

The Commons is also home to the CTA headquarters, the city of Denver’s small business development center, the EatDenver independent restaurant association and the Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Association. The Small Business Administration hosts regular advisory sessions for entrepreneurs at the Commons.

The idea behind the Commons was always to provide resources for entrepreneurs, but the programs the center and its staff of three could put on were to be developed.

Denver’s startup scene has boomed in recent years, giving rise to hundreds of new tech, restaurant, boutique manufacturers and many other businesses. Several supporting, for-profit coding schools, business accelerators and co-working facilities sprouted to serve the startups.

Commons organizers believe there’s a lot that can be done to help entrepreneurs before they’re able to start paying for professional services.

A notable thing lacking, according to people who’ve used the Commons or who frequent the agencies based there, is mentorship from proven entrepreneurs, advice on starting out and getting pointed to resources available to businesses, said Tami Door, CEO and president of the Downtown Denver Partnership.

Feedback suggests the gap is particularly acute for female business founders, military veterans and other minorities, she said. Source: Denver Business Journal


Pentagon: R&D Push Could Spur Investment, Slow Buybacks

The U.S. military’s plans to spend up to $15 billion over the next five years on funding research should help encourage U.S. weapons makers to spend more on internal research instead of share buybacks, the Pentagon’s chief arms buyer said.

Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall, who has been critical about the high level of buybacks in the weapons industry, said he hoped new research funding in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2017 budget proposal would help motivate companies to invest more in internal research and development, or IRAD.

Kendall acknowledged that publicly traded arms makers and their boards were focused on near-term metrics, including share prices, but said the longer-term health of those companies depended on their ability to innovate and develop new products.

“Chocolates give me an instant gratification, but it’s not the only thing I eat,” Kendall said. “You’ve got to be concerned as a manager and as a board member, I would hope, about the long term health of the company and its long term competitiveness.”

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said the Pentagon’s next bud-get request would include $12 billion to $15 billion in funding for war gaming, experimentation and the demonstration of new technologies aimed at ensuring a continued military edge over China and Russia.

Top U.S. weapons makers, including Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co and Northrop Grumman Corp are anxiously awaiting news about which weapons and research programs will be funded in the fiscal 2017 defense budget that is being finalized by Pentagon officials this month.

Kendall declined to give any details about the budget plan, or which weapons programs could take a hit given $17 billion in cuts required under a two-year budget deal with Congress.

Industry executives were heartened earlier this year when Kendall dropped a plan that would have required government “sponsors” in order for firms to bill IRAD projects as overhead.

But they say the department could still do more to encourage firms to scale back buybacks and shift funding into research, or even merger and acquisition activity, by allowing them to bill more of those costs to the government through overhead.

“Kendall has to get creative and create more incentives,” said one senior industry executive. The executive said companies often waited for years to find out that the department would not allow them to bill the costs of consolidating facilities after mergers, even though the moves were aimed at lowering the cost of weapons programs.

David Melcher, chief exeutive of the Aerospace Industries Association, told Reuters this year that share buybacks would likely diminish when interest rates began to rise and M&A activity picked up.

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Some of America’s most critical surveillance satellites, final members of other spacecraft series and a probe that will touch an asteroid are among 15 rocket flights planned by United Launch Alliance in 2016.

It will be the 10th anniversary year for ULA, the launch firm that flies Atlas 5, Delta 4 and Delta 2 rockets from Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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The goal is to get the most capable vehicle -- with the biggest payload, best perfor-mance and most protection available -- for $250,000 or less per vehicle, Cavedo said.

“Meticulous work was done on finding out the right capabilities that were achievable at $250,000,” he said. The services don’t want industry “coming in with a $180,000 truck when you’ve traded away all of this capability.”

The Marine Corps and Army also considered lifecycle costs, including fuel efficiency and reliability, as part of its source selection strategy, he said.

The Army plans to buy 49,000 vehicles, while the Marine Corps plans to order 5,500.

The service is currently doing an analysis of alternatives to see whether it can support a requirement for the new vessel, Fahley said. That study will wrap up as early as this spring.

“It is getting a lot of support from the Army

because of the changes to the Pacific,” he said.National Defense

Colorado to be one of 7 hubs of national digital manufacturing institute

Colorado will be one of seven hubs for a na-tional digital manufacturing institute — an opportunity to continue its efforts to grow its advanced-manufacturing sector, with some major financial help from the federal government.

President Barack Obama is expected to an-nounce the seven locations and further details about the project, but Ken Lund, executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, con-firmed last month that this state will be one of them.

With the announcement will come a federal grant of about $10 million to match the $10 million pledged already to the project by OEDIT and several universities in Colorado, he said.

“For Colorado to be at the forefront and to be able to build our hubs to help local businesses compete is really at the heart of our effort to be home to this,” Lund said. “It will allow us to be able to retrain our workforce to be able to compete in the future.”

Digital manufacturing is a rapidly evolving subset of the industry. It involves using computer tools such as simulations and 3D visualization to drive production.

Several Colorado companies already employ the practice, including Woodward Inc. in Fort Collins and Bal Seal Engineering Inc. in Colorado Springs, but the placement of three training “nodes” in the state will let more companies learn how to employ the technol-ogy, Lund said.

UI Labs of Chicago will be awarded the main $70 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund the Digital Lab for Manu-facturing project. That will be matched with $250 million in contributions from industry, academia and private sources to sustain the full nationwide network.

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Woodward, GE Create Joint Venture For Air-craft Fuel Systems

Colorado manufacturer Wood-ward Inc. has followed through on plans to create a joint ven-ture with the aviation unit of General Electric Co. for fuel systems for GE’s large commer-cial aircraft engine lines.

The 50-50 joint venture “will design, develop, source, supply and service the fuel system, including components from the fuel inlet up to the fuel nozzle,” for GE Aviation’s GE90, GEnx and GE9X com-mercial engines and all future large commercial engines it develops, Fort Collins-based Woodward said in a statement.

Woodward received $250 million in cash from GE as part of the joint venture, and the two companies said they will participate jointly in the operating results of the programs. Woodward said it will be the preferred supplier to the joint venture.

Woodward said it will use that $250 million in capital to buy back outstanding shares over the next 12 months.

Woodward designs, manufactures and services energy control systems and components for aircraft and industrial engines and turbines.GE

Aviation is the world’s largest manufacturer of aircraft engines.

In late 2012, Woodward agreed to pay $200 million for a GE Aviation unit based in California that makes thrust reverser actuation systems for commercial airliners. Thrust reversers divert jet engine exhaust, directing it forward, to help slow an aircraft when it touches down.

Woodward was founded in Rockford, Illinois, in 1870 when Amos Woodward received a patent for a “mechanical noncompensating waterwheel governor,” which controlled the speed at which water-wheels turned.

Eventually the company made governors for aircraft, and later branched out into fuel and electronic controls.

Woodward opened a Fort Collins plant in 1955 and moved its headquarters there in 2007. An expansion and relocation of its headquarters campus there is currently under construction. Source: Denver Business Journal

Reshoring Plus FDI Remained Strong in 2015

The Reshoring Initiative®, an organization committed to helping manufacturers recognize the profit potential of local sourcing and production, has announced that “reshoring plus FDI remained strong in 2015” and surveys consistently show that the trend is increasing.

About 240,000 manufacturing jobs have been brought to the U.S. from offshore in the last six years, according to the Reshoring Initia-tive’s calculations. That job gain is the result of both new reshoring—the return of manufacturing work by U.S. companies—and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by foreign companies into our manufacturing sector. It also represents about 28% of the total increase in U.S. manufacturing jobs since the low of 11.45 million in February 2010. About 12.32 million Americans are now employed in the manufac-turing sector. In fact, our research shows that more manufacturing work is now coming to the U.S. than leaving the country.

According to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Annual Survey released in December 2015, “the percentage of companies actively moving operations back to the U.S. continues to increase.” Of par-ticular interest was the number of 2015 studies documenting the strength of the trend:

• Multinational industries actively reshoring increased 140% from 7% in 2012 to 17% in 2015

• Medical Design Technology: 49% of medical device companies outsourced offshore. Almost half of those, 45%, are returning

• Plastics News: 70% of plastics industry manufacturers have or will soon reshore

• Alix Partners: U.S. is favored over Mexico 55% to 31% • Walmart continues to make good progress towards its $250 billion 10-year goal

Reshoring Initiative’s preliminary statistics for 2015 show that reshoring and FDI resulted in around 66,000 U.S. manufacturing

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General Dynamics to Deliver U.S. Army’s Newest Tactical Ground Station Intelligence System

The U.S. Army awarded a contract to General Dynamics C4 Systems for 10 vehicle-mounted Tactical Ground Station (TGS) Lot D systems with an option for 11 additional systems. The TGS system is part of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A), the Army’s primary deployed system for posting, processing and distributing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information in real time to intelligence analysts and commanders. The order is valued at $31.5 million with all options exercised. The first of the new TGS systems is scheduled for delivery during the third quarter of 2013.

DCGS-A provides Army analysts with access to more than 600 data sources and allows rapid collaboration through shared data access. The General Dynamics-built TGS-Lot D systems allow analysts to comb through millions of classified and unclassified records within minutes, providing commanders with status updates on persons of interest and imminent threats such as improvised explosive devices.

TGS systems have been widely deployed to forward operating bases worldwide, providing U.S. military and coalition soldiers with critical force protection intelligence that saves lives at the tactical edge.

The TGS Lot D procurement followed a full-and-open competition and includes TGS vehicle system integration, training materials, field service and support. The new TGS systems will deliver superior information processing capability, secure network communications and collaboration with other intelligence resources worldwide.

More information about General Dynamics’ expertise in these mission critical systems is available at www.gdc4s.com/ArmyISR.

Boeing Raises Twenty-Year Commercial Jet Forecast

Bloomberg News reports Boeing “raised its 20-year forecast for commercial jet demand by 3.8 percent as air traffic outstrips global economic growth and airlines refresh their fleets with $4.8 trillion in new planes.” Randy Tinseth, marketing vice president for commercial airplanes at Boeing, said he did not see a “bubble” in the market even as the company considers raising production rates. However, Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with the Teal Group, warned inexpensive financing and oil prices could change these numbers. Meanwhile, Howard Rubel, an analyst with Jefferies LLC, predicted that Boeing and Airbus would continue to dominate the market as new entrants are just starting to come to the market.

The AP reports that speaking ahead of the Bourget international air show in Paris, Tinseth, “said rising oil prices are forcing carriers to think harder about efficiency, and that means smaller planes that burn less fuel.” That “also means design changes, streamlined air traffic control and improved navigation to shave miles (kilometers) off each flight.” The AP notes, “The demand for fuel efficiency has eaten away at orders for the wide-body long haul carriers that are major profit-drivers for Boeing and Airbus, the world’s two biggest aircraft manufacturers.”

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The sites will not be co-located with existing DoD sites that have been cleared to fly UAS in the United States, such as Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND, Pennington said. However,

he said the new airspace sites will likely butt up against those DoD-owned sites.

DoD will begin preliminary site selection for those locations by the end of 2012, Pennington said.

The unmanned aircraft will use a ground-based sense-and-avoid system for the early flight tests scheduled for the airspace locations. Sense and avoid technology allows unmanned aircraft to detect other planes in the area and change its course to avoid midair collisions.

The ground-based system will relay information from air traffic control and other sources on the location of all aircraft flying in the area of the UAS. That info will then be relayed to the UAS pilot on the ground, who can then maneuver the aircraft through the air traffic.

As tests progress, DoD officials plan to move to a partially automated sense-and-avoid system on board the aircraft, Pennington said.

Creation of these airspace bubbles was part of the FAA reauthorization bill proposed earlier this year. Lawmakers tabled passage of the FAA bill until September, when Congress is set to return from its summer recess.

Once passed, Pennington predicted that there would be a lot of “political jockeying” by lawmakers to land one of the test sites, given the money and resources DoD plans to pump into the effort.

Boeing Dreamliner Finishes Test Program

Bloomberg News reports the Boeing 787 Dreamliner “finished its 20- month flight-test program in the final hurdle toward approval for passenger service that could start next month.” The last flight was made on August 13 and now the FAA “must verify the paperwork in a review Boeing has said it expects this week and then certify the jet before its first delivery.

The agency, which has worked with Boeing since the 787’s inception, doesn’t discuss certification work, said Alison Duquette, a spokeswoman.” The article notes that the only the 787s with Rolls Royce engines completed testing and more are needed for those with GE Engines. The CNET News “Cutting Edge” blog notes that on the final test flight,

“the 14-person crew successfully completed simulations of a dispatch with a failed generator and failed fuel flow indication during the flight.”

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Pratt, Rolls-Royce Realign Ties

United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney unit and Rolls-Royce PLC are ending one aircraft-engine joint venture to start another.Pratt will pay $1.5 billion for Rolls-Royce’s share in their existing International Aero Engines consortium, which produces the engines that power the Airbus A320 jetliner family.

The two companies plan to work together in a new venture that will develop engines for future narrow-body aircraft using Pratt’s geared turbofan technology.

The new venture will go head to head with General Electric Co. to develop more-efficient engines for the single-aisle-aircraft segment, in which the companies expect demand to be around 20,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years.

It also comes after London-based Rolls-Royce declined to develop new engines for the latest upgrades to the A320 neo, produced by Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.

Pratt had all but abandoned the single-aisle market in the early 1990s but began muscling its way back in over the past few years in the face of dismissals from its rivals including Rolls and GE.

Last year, Pratt scored a coup when Airbus selected its geared turbofan engine as one of two engine options for the revamped A320.

But this summer Pratt was excluded from a similar move at Boeing Co., which opted to upgrade its 737 instead of investing in a next-generation aircraft.

The new 737 plane exclusively uses an engine from CFM, a joint venture between GE and France’s Safran SA.

The new venture will focus on the high-bypass ratio, geared-turbofan technology. The other partners in the previous partnership—Japanese Aero Engine Corp. and MTU Aero Engines GmbH—intend to join.

Roche l icenses technology from Biodesign Institute

Roche and Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) announced an agreement to license several technologies developed by Stuart Lindsay at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and Colin Nuckolls of the Columbia University Nanoscience Center for the development of a revolutionary DNA sequencing system.

The licensed technologies include specialized approaches for DNA base sensing and reading and build on an ongoing collaboration between Roche’s sequencing center of excellence, 454 Life Sciences, and IBM to develop and commercialize a single-molecule, nanopore DNA sequencer with the capacity to rapidly decode an individual’s complete genome for well below $1000.

The licensed technologies offer novel approaches for reading the sequence of bases, or letters, in a single DNA molecule as it is passed through a nanopore. The team has demonstrated proof-of-concept, and is in the midst of making a third generation reader molecule that provides better discrimination between the DNA bases. The licensing agreement with Roche will help translate these discoveries into a commercial instrument.

The DNA Transistor technology, developed by IBM Research, slows and controls the movement of the DNA molecule as it threads through a microscopic nanopore in a silicon chip, while the newly licensed DNA reading technology can decode the bases of the DNA molecule as it passes through.

Both technologies are centered on semiconductor-based nanopores, which have advantages over protein-based nanopores in terms of control, robustness, scalability, and manufacturability.

The deal was brokered by Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE), the exclusive intellectual property management and technology transfer organization of Arizona State University, and includes sponsored research funding that will help Lindsay’s team move the technology towards commercialization.

ASU was the only university to receive more than one award.

jobs. Final results will be released in early 2016.

“I spoke to AGMA and ABMA [Gear and Bearing Manufacturing Associations] in May 2015. In a poll of attendees, 54% had reshored or said that their customer had,” commented Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative.

The Reshoring Initiative offers many tools and resources to help companies make supply chain sourcing decisions. The Reshoring Initiative’s Total Cost of Ownership Estimator® is the best-known tool for this purpose.

About the Reshoring Initiative: A 50-year manufacturing industry veteran and retired President of GF AgieCharmilles, Harry Moser founded the Reshoring Initiative to move lost jobs back to the U.S. Additional information on the Reshoring Initiative is available at www.reshorenow.org. The Initiative’s many sponsoring associations and companies are also acknowledged on the site.

GF Machining Solutions Partners with Com-munity College of Denver

As U.S. manufacturing continues to struggle for skilled labor, GF Machining Solutions and Community College of Denver (CCD) collaborated to add 5-axis training to the college’s machine technol-ogies program. This curriculum expansion, which recently drew the attention of the Obama administration, represents efforts to reduce the estimated 2 million manufacturing jobs expected to go unfilled over the next decade.

CCD offers specialized training on a variety of machine technologies and opened a new Advanced Manufacturing Center in the fall of 2015. The state-of-the-art 33,280-square-foot facility allows the College to increase enrollment in the machining technologies program. It utilizes equipment that enhances the educational experience for students while specifically targeting the rising demand for skilled machinists and machine operators.

Vice President Joe Biden recently toured the Advanced Manufacturing Center and met with students enrolled in the machining technologies program. He spoke about the importance of building a Colorado workforce with the right skills for jobs that pay well and provide a solid path the the middle class.

CCD’s 5-axis training program features GF Machining Solutions’ Mikron HPM 450U, a powerful 5-axis solution for universal, auto-mated production that perfectly combines dynamics and stability. The machine easily adapts to suit a variety of manufacturing requirements and offers impressive machining capabilities from simple drilling to complex 5-sided and simultaneous 5-axis machining processes.

“We continue to look for ways to help manufacturers overcome their labor challenges,” said Gisbert Ledvon, director of business devel-opment for GF Machining Solutions. “Partnering with Community College of Denver to develop this type of hands-on learning program is one of the best ways to mitigate the brain drain that is occurring as baby boomers retire.”

According to Dr. Chris Budden, dean of CCD’s Center for Career and Technical Education, students learn on leading-edge machine tool tech-nology that is responsible for re-invigorating manufacturing in America. He added that he also looks forward to working with companies that have adopted 5-axis machines to train their incumbent workers.

GF Machining Solutions will continue to collaborate with CCD to train its instructors. The training program consists of three types of course offerings – introduction, operation and programming – and offers real-world training experience by focusing on applications of the 5-axis machine in a variety of industries, including aerospace, medical and plastic mold.

GF Machining Solutions’ products range from electric discharge ma-chines, high-speed and high-performance milling machines, and 3D laser surface texturing machines, to services, spare parts and expend-able parts, consumables and automation solutions. More information can be found at www.gfms.com/us.

With more than 9,000 students, Community College of Denver (CCD) is the third-largest community college in Colorado and a leading point of entry to higher education for the city and county of Denver. CCD provides a cost-effective, high-quality college education to nontraditional students, along with workforce development, training resources for local organizations and community partnerships. CCD is a federally funded Hispanic Serving Institution (HIS) and is one of 13 community colleges in the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). Learn more at www.CCD.edu.


Amazon Unveils More Drone Delivery Details

Amazon is revealing a bit more about the scope of its planned drone deliv-ery service. The idea is to deliver packages weighing up to 5 pounds using a 55-pound drone that has characteristics of airplanes and helicopters. “[W]e believe that these Prime

Air drones will be as normal as seeing a delivery truck driving down the street someday. So the novelty will wear off,” said Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president for global public policy. Source: Yahoo

As Boeing Turns 100, Defense Ops Look Pivotal To Its Future Performance

If you were trying to make the case that having a hometown hero in the White House is helpful to big companies, look at how Chicago-based Boeing has fared during the Obama years. In 2009, the year that fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama was inaugurated president, Boeing shares traded below $30 and revenues were about $68 billion. Today, seven years later, the stock is trading around $145 and revenues are approaching $100 billion. The company’s net profit and earnings per share have increased every year since Obama took office.

N o d o u b t a b o u t it, the Obama years have been good for the world’s biggest aerospace company

– which this year cel-ebrates the centennial of its founding in 1916. The irony, though, is that in the one area where the Obama Administration could have had the biggest direct impact on Boeing’s fortunes — defense spending — demand has been weak. The administration has killed or scaled back numerous big-ticket weapons programs that Boeing might have built. So it is mainly the commercial side of Boeing that has fared well under Obama. In fact, the company has gone from a nearly even split between defense and commercial revenues during Obama’s first year ($33.7 billion versus $34.1 billion) to a lopsided mix in which commercial jetliner sales now account for over two-thirds of total revenues.

Not that Boeing’s defense operations have suffered greatly. They have held up well, given the prolonged downturn in Pentagon demand. In 2015, Boeing Defense, Space & Security (as it is called) generated about $30 billion in sales, down 9% from where it stood when Obama took office. But that’s a very different story from what is happening on the commercial side of the house, where surging demand for jetliners last year resulted in the company delivering over 750 planes to airlines and leasing companies around the world. The company expects the de-mand surge to continue for some time, estimating 38,000 commercial transports worth $5.6 trillion will be ordered from Boeing and rival Airbus between 2015 and 2034. With a backlog of $426 billion in A2Z MANUFACTURING SW • 45 • Jan / Feb 2016

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Unfortunately, history tells us that demand in the commercial transport sector is cyclical, which is the biggest reason why Boeing decided to bulk up in defense at the end of the Cold War, while other players were exiting. At the time Boeing’s military sales didn’t even rank it among the top ten Pentagon contractors, and as a result its revenue and return profile looked like a roller coaster as the commercial transport cycle waxed and waned. During one Nixon-era recession, Boeing Commercial Airplanes cut its workforce from 83,700 to 20,750 and the whole enterprise courted bankruptcy due to a collapse in demand for jetliners. Thus, when the heavily subsidized Euro-pean aircraft company Airbus began tak-ing a significant share of the commercial transport market in the 1990s, Boeing execs knew they needed a Plan B.

Boeing’s defense unit manufactures some genuinely revolutionary combat systems, such as this V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor that combines the speed and range of an airplane with the vertical agility of a helicopter. The company has a plan for staying on the cutting edge in military technology while generating respectable margins, but its government customer sometimes behaves in mysterious ways.

So Boeing went on a buying spree in the defense sector, purchasing the mil-itary and space operations of Rockwell International in 1996; the military, space and commercial transport operations of McDonnell Douglas in 1997; and the space operations of Hughes in 2000. In the process, it became the Pentagon’s second biggest supplier – a global leader in tac-tical aircraft, helicopters, satellites, missiles and other military systems. The logic to doubling down on defense at a time when Pentagon demand had collapsed was twofold. First, defense was adjacent to the markets in which Boeing already operated, requiring similar skills and technology. Second, demand for jetliners and demand for military systems tended to vary inversely, so that when one was up the other would be down, smoothing out revenues and returns.

A common metaphor used by company leaders at the time was to describe Boeing’s commercial and defense operations as two counter-rotating gears that combined to create a smoothly-running mechanism. They recognized the relationship between commercial and defense demand cycles wasn’t mechanistic — both could turn up or down at the same time — but the vision turned out to be remarkably prescient. When commercial transport demand tanked after 9-11, military demand surged. And when Pentagon demand for weapons softened during the Obama years, rising jetliner pro-

duction took up the slack. So far, the metaphor of two counter-rotating gears has proven to be a good reflection of market realities.

Which means that even though defense is contrib-uting less than a third of corporate revenues today, it is vital to the long-term health of the enterprise. There’s always a temptation when the up-cycle in jetliner demand has been going on for years for analysts to start complaining that defense is a drag on results. But it wasn’t so long ago that Boeing execs were coping with the opposite concern — that defense was going gangbusters while the com-mercial side was lagging. Boeing’s business strategy recognizes that being in both parts of the business is necessary to dealing with divergent demand cycles. Source: Forbes, by Loren Thompson

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Connected Devices Not Yet Living Up To Con-sumer Expectations

When YouGov surveyed 2,076 adults on behalf of The BIO Agency to ascertain their at-titudes towards ‘connected products’ they found that, as of now, connected devices are not necessarily bringing

“anything new to the table, and are merely an add-on to the ever-growing list of devices consumers use each day”.

When asked what definition from a given list they felt best defined a connected product, survey respon-dents favoured the description “a digital product that is ‘smart’ and knows who I am or what I want” (24%) and “a product or app that recognises me and my needs

or lifestyle, and provides me with content or services relevant to my needs” (22%). Yet, 94% of those surveyed said they did not intend to buy a connected device which indicates that they are yet to perform the expected functions.

Specifically, just 6% of those surveyed said they intend to buy a smart-watch in the next 12 months, rising to 11% among those aged 25034 and dropping to 2% of those aged 55 and over. Just 7% overall said they intended to purchase a fitness tracker, but among 35-44-year-olds that rises to 13%.

The least popular connect device was a ‘smart’ kitchen device, such as a fridge connected to a shopping app. Just 3% intended to purchase such a device.

According to Peter Veash, CEO of The Bio Agency, “in order for a con-nected product to be successful, it needs to enhance the customer’s digital experience and be genuinely useful in everyday life”, and that “it’s up to big tech companies to create something that changes their mind”.

‘In the meantime,” says Veash, “in order to make such connected products useful for consumers, brands and retailers should focus on things like creating useful apps for smartphones, which most people already own.” Source: Bizreport

Elon Musk Says Apple Electric Car Is An ‘Open Secret’

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said there’s no question that Apple is developing an electric car.

“Well, it’s pretty hard to hide something if you hire over a thousand en-gineers to do it,” Musk told the BBC. “This is an open secret.”

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“Tesla will still aspire to make the most compelling electric vehicles, and that would be our goal, while at the same helping other companies to make electric cars as well.”

There have been plenty of clues that Apple is in stealth mode with an electric car. The company met with DMV officials to discuss the laws and regulations surrounding self-driving vehicles in California in September. Just last week, Apple registered three domain names, including apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto.

But if the Apple Car, allegedly code-named “Project Titan,” is an open secret, so is the competition between Tesla and Apple, and there is more friction than Musk claimed in his interview with the BBC.

Last year, data on LinkedIn showed that Apple had been snapping up automotive engineers and experts from the luxury electric car company. More than 60 former Tesla employees were employed by Apple, including dozens of hardware, software, manu-facturing and supply chain engineers, recruiters, sales specialists, attorneys and product managers, according to Reuters. Apple reportedly offers up to 60-percent salary bumps and $250,000 signing bonuses to Tesla employees.

Musk is poaching from Apple, as well. The Palo Alto-based company has added at least 150 former Apple staffers to its staff, according to Bloomberg.

Musk made a bold prediction in December that Tesla would have a self-driving car within two years.

“I think we have all the pieces,” Musk told Fortune, “and it’s just about refin-ing those pieces, putting them in place, and making sure they work across a huge number of environments — and then we’re done. It’s a much easier problem than people think it is.”

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Forbes ranked the 100 best small companies that had been publicly traded for at least a year, generated annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion, and had a stock price no lower than $5 a share. The rankings were based on earnings growth, sales growth and return on equity in the past year and over five years. Stock performance over the last year also was factored into the ranking.

From Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014, Grand Canyon’s sales were $641 million. The for-profit Christian university posted sales growth of 28 percent and earnings per share growth of 54 percent over the past five years.

Cavco brought in $539 million for the year ended Oct. 1. The factory-built home manufacturer reported earnings per share growth of 88 percent over the past five years, but only a 4 percent increase in return on equity for that period.

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

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

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

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The award is part of a larger drive by the U.S. military to end its reli-ance on Russian-built RD-180 rocket engines now used on the Atlas 5 rocket built by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co.

The Air Force plans to award additional, larger contracts for U.S.-de-veloped propulsion systems later this year.

Aerojet said it would draw upon its extensive experience with 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, to draw up the standards that would be used to qualify 3-D printed rocket engine components for flight.

Aerojet is developing its AR1 engine as an alternative to the RD-180 engine. New rocket engine designs like the AR1 are increasingly using 3-D printing technology because it reduces the amount of time and money required for the engines.

The use of additive manufacturing technology reduces the cost to produce components, shortens build times and provides flexibility to engineers to design components that were once impossible to build using traditional manufacturing techniques.

The contract calls for Aerojet to define the rigorous engineering and inspection processes to be followed when producing and testing 3-D printed components to ensure they meet the stringent requirements of aerospace systems.

In 2014, Aerojet successfully tested an engine made entirely with additive manufacturing that had a thrust of 5,000 pounds. A year later, it used additive manufacturing to replicate the injector of the gas gen-erator used on the Apollo-era F-1 rocket engine to demonstrate that a proven design can be built at a competitive cost without sacrificing performance. Source: Reuters

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Tom Captain, who leads Deloitte’s aerospace and defense segment, said the com-mercial aerospace sector will likely boost revenues by 3.4 percent in 2016, buoyed by demand from the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.

The worldwide fleet of commercial passenger and cargo aircraft - and the number of passengers flown each year - are expected to double over the next two decades.

Boeing Co and Airbus Group SE have dominated the market since 1997, but at least one additional competitor could enter the market in the next 20 years, it said.

The sector is expected to produce 1,420 large commercial aircraft in 2016, 40.5 percent more than just five years ago. By 2021, production is expected to rise to 1,627 aircraft, an increase of nearly 19 percent from 2015.

Defense sector revenues are expected increase 2.7 percent, driven largely by a $13 billion rise in U.S. military spending in fiscal 2016, the report said.

Deloitte expects further consolidations in both the commercial aerospace and defense subsectors after mergers and acquisitions surged 288 percent to a record $54.6 billion in 2015.

Further portfolio restructurings, divestitures and spin-offs are likely in 2016 as companies seek to lower costs and secure funds for needed investments. It cited Lockheed Martin Corp’s plan to sell a large chunk of its government services and information technology business.

Reuters reported last month that defense contractor CACI International Inc is the top contender for the Lockheed busi-ness. Annual revenues of the assets to be sold are between $4.5 billion and $5 billion, instead of the $6 billion initially projected. Source: Reuters

Embraer Had Most Deliveries in Five Years in 2015

Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer said that 2015 was its best year in five years for deliveries after it handed over 33 commercial jets and 45 business jets in the fourth quarter.

Of the business aircraft delivered in the last quarter, 25 were light jets and 20 were large planes, the company said.

Embraer said that in 2015 it delivered 120 planes to the executive aviation market, totaling 82 light aircraft, 38 large business jets, and 101 commercial airliners. The 221 aircraft delivered in the year was the company’s biggest volume for deliveries in the past five years, Embraer said.

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The system is one of several highly valuable next-generation technologies that GE has developed — and that the company has passed along to China as part of a joint venture with the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

Access to the world’s second-largest economy is critical for nearly any global company. Yet this often comes at a cost: the transfer of the very technologies that leading business officials — including GE chief executive Jeffrey Immelt, who heads an Obama administration panel on U.S. jobs and competitiveness — cite as essential to the United States’ economic future. The “synthetic vision” system, for example, could be worth millions of dollars to airlines, which could significantly reduce costs from weather-related delays.

GE, like other companies, must weigh which technologies should be brought to joint ventures with China and how to protect them from being stolen or misused. These decisions face virtually any executive trying to develop a presence in the country — from the most sophisticated technology firms, which worry about software piracy, to old-line industrial equipment makers, which have seen knockoffs of their products pop up soon after making deals with Chinese partners. Under the agreement with AVIC, GE avionics will be on board a new Chinese commercial airliner that is likely to become a rival to aircraft produced by U.S.-based Boeing and Europe’s Airbus. The potential competition with Boeing, coming at a time when the United States is fighting to maintain its own manufacturing base, has stirred some American criticism.

But GE executives say they have had no second thoughts. China’s airplane market is booming, and the deal was too important to pass up, they said, even at the cost of sharing the avionics technology.

“We are all in and we don’t want it back,” said Lorraine Bolsinger, chief executive of GE Aviation Systems. She said new airplanes don’t come along that often, and that the chance to be part of developing a major new aircraft is not to be missed — even if most of the jobs will be in Shanghai or elsewhere in China.

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But American business leaders wonder privately whether companies such as GE are at risk of giving up long-term strategic advantages when they agree to technology-transfer deals for shorter-term gain.GE executives maintain that is not the case. They say that they negotiated robust protections in their contract with AVIC. The 50-50 joint venture, for example, has strict limits on employing Chinese nationals who have a military or intelligence background. A board committee that monitors compliance with the joint venture agreement is effectively under GE’s control and can, in a dispute, overrule the full board, Bolsinger said.


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Northrop received a nearly $33 million contract and BAE got a more than $20 million award to develop advanced radio frequency counter-measures (RFCM) for the AC-130J and MC-130J aircraft, both of which are derived from the C-130 cargo plane made by Lockheed Martin Corp.

The work could eventually be worth almost $400 million. The Pentagon plans to select one of the two companies for a production contract as early as September, according to a previous notice about the program.

The Air Force as of Sept. 30, 2014 had 19 MC-130J Commando II tankers, which fly clandestine missions to refuel special operations forces’ aircraft, transport troops or airdrop leaflets. New AC-130J gunships based on the MC-130J are in development. The service has some 100 C-130J across the active, Guard and Reserve components.

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“This award is a significant milestone as it not only builds on our strong electronic warfare legacy, but also extends our proven electronic warfare capability to a large platform aircraft,” Brian Walters, vice president and general manager of Electronic Combat Solutions at BAE Systems, said in the release. “Our all-digital RFCM system will ensure the mission-critical C-130J fleet remains capable and protected in the harshest environments.”

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Even though Boeing hit its targets, the company’s stock was caught in a broad market sell-off trig-gered by the prospect of slower global growth, stemming in part from China, analysts said.

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Conner said the company aims to stay focused on “getting our products to our customers as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

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Airbus is expected to say at its annual press conference on Tuesday that in 2015 it delivered slightly more than the 629 jetliners it delivered in 2014, and to update its orders tally.

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Boeing delivered 120 of its 737s in the fourth quarter, slightly below the target production rate of 42 a month, as it built its first 737 MAX plane, due to undergo flight testing this year.

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In the world of conventionally-certified aircraft, such a viewpoint is correct. An estimated 80% of the world’s such aircraft are produced and used in America.However, beyond our shores lies an international gold mine for small aircraft producers.

According to reports from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, 986 new single engine piston aircraft entered service during 2014, the most recent year for which such figures are known. However, around 3,000 new Light-Sport, Very Light, or Microlight aircraft were delivered.

We’ve known for a long time that elsewhere on the planet, ratios are reversed. In the USA, 80% or so of all aircraft delivered are Type Certified … Cessnas, Cirruses, Pipers, Diamonds, Mooneys, and the like. Only about 20% are Light-Sport, kit-built aircraft, Part 103s, or aircraft such as sailplanes.

Outside the USA, however, the situation is the opposite. Only 20% of all aircraft carry government certification, while 80% of the airplanes pilots fly are what can generically be called recreational. Overwhelmingly these are two seaters and the approval for their operation often comes from gov-ernment-sanctioned aero clubs.

The method of gaining approval varies by country, a fact that also makes tracking exact aircraft counts very challenging. However, significant forward progress came with the FAA’s acceptance of ASTM International standards.

An industry group devised the approval prescriptions and these are now accepted by aviation authorities in many countries.

Before ASTM, a category referred to as “microlights” gained traction around the globe. Both systems continue. Both enjoy good safety records.

With avgas selling for more than $10 a gallon where offered and with availability a major challenge in many countries, engines that can operate on automobile fuel have earned loyal followings. The Rotax BRP company headquartered in Austria has cornered about 75% of the light aircraft mar-ket. This is true in the U.S. as well because its 9-series engines run on avgas, mogas, or any mixture of the two, making for great fuel versatility.

Nations boasting the largest number of aircraft trail far behind the USA, but with 200 countries, the figures add up quickly.

Through conversations with many pilots at airshows, I am keenly aware that Americans tend not to think much about aviation in other countries. That statement is less accurate when talking to recreational aviators, as many of them own an aircraft produced overseas. Regardless, the international market is large and growing faster than any other segment.

By my best research, I estimate a worldwide population of light aircraft to include Light-Sport, Very Light, or Microlight aircraft at more than 50,000.


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Nearly all of these have been manufactured in the last 25 years, while the average age of an American type certified aircraft is now 38.2 years. The U.S. general aviation single engine piston fleet adds up to >137,000 aircraft.

Single engine piston type certified aircraft will dominate for years to come, thanks significantly to high build rates in the so-called Golden Age of Aviation, the 1950s to mid-‘70s. Even if the delivery ratio of 3 recreational aircraft to 1 TC holds far into the future, it will be 30 or 40 years before their numbers overtake the old guard.

What might be called “greater Europe” is the largest territory for recreational aircraft. Sail-plane gliders in Germany alone are a major force, but the Continent has a rich history of embracing sport aircraft. Many readers may recall that the Allies forbade Germany from making powered aircraft for years at the end of World War I. That prohibition may have been a major stimulus for the growth of gliders first and then light aircraft created outside the estab-lished aircraft manufacturing system.

The EU accounts for around 40% of worldwide totals, with more than 20,000 light aircraft flying. To compare, even when combining LSA and all Experimental (homebuilt) aircraft in the USA — a major and steadily growing segment

— Europe alone is nearly equal. Leaders in Eu-rope include Germany, Italy, France, England, and the Czech Republic, but every country adds to the total. Scandinavian countries add hundreds more.

Outside European countries, South Africa adds more than 6,000, Canada has more than 7,000, while Australia and New Zealand add another 5,000 or so. Aviation interest remains high in Brazil, while Asian countries bring growing counts of aircraft nation by nation.

Two countries are still very small in the tallies of aircraft and pilots, but change is expected. China and India are home to a third of the world’s people and both are embracing aviation like never before.

We’ve observed what China can accomplish with infrastructure and airports in their plans right now. Given the government’s blessing and a push by a growing middle class, the country could bloom like few nations we’ve ever seen. In 10 or 20 years, the aviation firmament may include many Chinese pilots.India is not pro-gressing as fast, but its military recently con-

tracted for some 200 Light-Sport aircraft trainers built by Slovenian LSA prime mover, Pipistrel.

All the preceding discussion is about aircraft. The figures regarding pilot populations still signifi-cantly favors the USA.A major German airshow, Aero Friedrichshafen, has estimated worldwide pilot numbers at something north of 1 million. Of such a figure, the USA has well over half. A third of all Yankee pilots live in California, Florida, and Texas.

Some of the best news about pilots in America is that while the largest age section is the 50-64 group (at close to 180,000), the second largest group (174,000) is aged 20-35. Such interest from a younger cohort suggests that airline pilot shortage we persistently hear about has a solution coming up through the ranks.

While striving for accuracy, solid and reliable statistics are devilishly hard to obtain and are subject to all sorts of inconsistencies. Yet no matter how you cut it, light and sport aircraft are a very substantial sector of the worldwide family of aircraft.

Given entry by emerging aviation countries like China and India with their immense populations, the light-sport, recreational segment looks to remain aviation’s growth sector. Source: Dan Johnson, General Aviation News


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The city and company last month announced some details of the “smart city” infrastructure planned at DIA and a neighboring develop-ment called Peña Station NEXT, where the off-shoot of Tokyo-based Panasonic is putting its U.S. sales and engineering hub.

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Fabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342Ultimate Machinery ____ 480-966-2000

CNC Punching CentersS&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406

Iron WorkersFabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Laser CuttersAMADA America _____ 303-670-9406MMT, A Div of Productivty 303-571-4933PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542Sidley Diamond Tool __ 800-544-9070Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268Pipe & Tube Benders/NotchersAmada America _____ 303-549-9167Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Plate RollsFabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342

Press Brakes AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342King Machine ______ 208-345-9600S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Shearing MachinesFabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342King Machine ______ 208-345-9600S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000

Welding Equipment: Spot Welders

AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406OTHER ACCESSORIES

Tooling SystemsDesert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300USA EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330

PALLET SYSTEMSAutomatic Pallet Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Automatic Door Opener Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Manual Rotary Pallet Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Robotic Part Loading Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420PRODUCTSPRODUCTS

CASESPlaSteel __________ 888-752-7899

GunsLayke Tactical ______ 602-272-2654

PROG. SYSTEMSCAD/CAMSoftware, CAD

AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700Delcam __________ 877-35-2261Feature Cam ______ 602-502-9654SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461PROTOTYPE MACHINERY

3D Parts To Go _______801-380-7935

RECYCLINGRecyclable Metals

Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679

Scrap Metal RecyclingIron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENTIntegrated Systems Inc _ 928-649-9600

SAFETYFire Protection Systems

Rotarex _________ 480-689-8756FOD Prevention

PlaSteel _________ 888-752-7899SERVICES

AS9100 CertificationABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

PALLET SYSTEMSCNC Swiss Turn MachinesCNC Swiss Turn MachinesC Trusty

Scott HAISCHSales ManagerCell: 1(480) [email protected]

221 Westec Drive – Westmoreland Technology Park IMt. Pleasant, PA 15666 – USA – www.firedetec.com

NEW MACHINERY Trusty-Cook 877-240-2462Trusty



BMSC __________ 602-445-9400MEP ___________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Calibration ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871

Consultant, ISOABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC __________ 602-445-9400MEP ___________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Calibration ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871

Contract InspectionAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Measure Sol __ 480-626-8131

EducationOgden-Weber Tech College 801-395-3795

Engineering ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512

FinancingIEC __________ 303-593-0403Intech Funding _____ 385-553-9208Scottrade Bank Equip Fin _ 206-948-0022US Bank __________ 909-466-5020US Bank __________ 507-5328437

First Article InspectionAdvanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340

HeavyhaulIRH ___________801-972-5581

Injection Molding3D Parts To Go _____ 801-380-7935

Inspection ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340

Insurance ServicesSentry Insurance ____ 877-373-6879

Lean ConsultingABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

Machine Repair/ServicingKTR Machine ______ 303-659-6690Process Improvement/ Audit

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

X-RayCertified Inspection Service _602-267-0661

ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Gladhill Associates ______719-495-8045MEP ____________801-863-7001Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

ISO RegistrarOrion Registrar _______303-645-4017

Lean ManufacturingMEP ____________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network ______ 480-836-1782

Process ImprovementBMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642

Reverse EngineeringAdvanced Coord. Tech __ _303-469-6161Diversified Metal Services __ 801-972-6093Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131

Rigging & TransferAtlas Rigging & Transfer 801-539-3885 IRH ___________ _801-972-5581

Spindle RebuildingGMN USA _________ 800-686-1679Setco-Pope Spindles _____866-362-0699

StaffingResource Mfg ________801-265-1999SHOP FLOOR AUTOMATION

Hardware: USBBytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox

Serial PortBytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxSoftware:CNC Networking

Bytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxTransportation

IRH ____________801-972-5581SOFTWARE

CAD/CAM/CAESolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461Business Mgmt SoftwareVision 33 _____ 303-937-6543x353Consulting/EngineeringVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322Vision 33 _____ 303-937-6543x353

TOOLINGArc Cutting Tools

Helical Solutions ______866-543-5422Precision Toolholding

ProductsVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Tooling SystemsVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322

Live Tool HoldersSchenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512

10530 E. 59th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46236T: 317/826.4414 • TF: 877/240.2462 • F: 317/823.6822

[email protected] • C: 317/946.1235trustycook.com

Jeffrey F. Nawrot Vice President, Business Development


Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322Static Tool Holders

Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322

TRAININGCAD/CAM Training

Davis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483CNC/Conventional

MachiningDavis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483

Machining SoftwareDavis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483

USED MACHINERYAutomatics & Machinery __ 800-543-7666EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782King Machine ________208-345-9600K.D. Capital Equipment___ 480-922-1674KTR Machine ________303-659-6690Methods West ________602-437-2220New West Mchine______801-561-2001ReSell CNC West _______480-694-9919S&S Machinery Sales____ 602-368-8542

WATERJET CUTTINGMACHINERY

Fabricating Equip Sales __303-466-7342Flow International_______800-446-3569Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330Jend Machinery_______ 303-775-3697King Machine ________208-345-9600OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343Triad Machine ______ _ 303-424-0268

Abrasives/Blast MediaBarton International ____ 800-741-7756GMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300Fives ____________909-263-9282

Business insurance solutions for the precision manufacturing industry

[email protected]

Cell: 937/503-4708O�ce: 937/885-1878E-mail: [email protected]

Wohlhaupter Corporation10542 Success LaneCenterville, Ohio 45458

Nick HochuliSales Engineer

C O R P O R A T I O N

Rigging & Transfer

Online Training For

www.streamingteacher.com

BMSC 602-445-9400 Inspection Services

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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

Joe TripiISO9001:2008 President

[email protected]

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

ADDITIVE MFG/ 3 D PRINTING

Faustson __________303-420-7422ASSEMBLIES

Advantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281Acu-Tec CNC _________ 303-365-9245Bar-S Machine ________ 928-636-2115CAID Industries _______435-890-8823Dayton Rogers _______ 763-717-6303JD Machine _________801-782-4403PlaSteel ___________ 480-491-8100RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603Wasatch Laser Processing__ 801-972-3500Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

Electronics AssembliesAdvantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281CAID Industries _______435-890-8823Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733

Coating:Black OxideLA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

Coating:ChemfilmLA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612

Coating: LiquidPilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/ChromeCoating Technologies ___623-581-2648LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

COMPOSITESElite Machine ________ 801-710-7891S.A. Composites _______970-776-3877

CUTTINGMetal

Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181

Plasma CuttingBandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181

PlasticBandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

Saw CuttingBandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181

DESIGN/ CAD/CAM Bar-S Machine _______ 928-636-2115H& S Machine _______ 801-755-7627

DIESAble Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766

EDMEDM: Drilling Small Hole

EDM Express _______800-780-7075LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)

EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075

Welded AssembliesWeiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778

BAR CODINGWestern Sintering _____509-375-3096

BROACHINGPonderosa Ind ________303-298-1801Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252

CASTINGSDie Casting

TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc

TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Precision Investment CastingDolphin Inc. ________ 602-272-6747

COATINGCoating:Abrasive Blasting

LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

MICHAEL BUTLER

Sales Manager

[email protected]

Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC

Our company logo

Font Verdana size 9 (I dropped in this cell

because the “Precision Investment Castings”

on the logo is not very clear.

Font Verdana Size 9

MICHAEL BUTLER

Sales Manager

[email protected]

Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972

www.dolphincasting.com

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972

www.dolphincasting.com

[email protected]: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC 3063 North 575 East

North Ogden, UT

[email protected]

Jeffrey Peterson801-710-7891

ADDITIVE MFG/ 3 D

ZAC HUMES VICE PRESIDENTFLUID SOLUTIONS GROUP

c [email protected]


Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300Prec. Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676

EDM: WireCustom Design & Mfg ___ 435-257-0668EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075Innovative Precision _____801-334-6317Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300Paramount Machine ___ 801-886-2755Qualtek ________ 719-598-3394 X23The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

ELECTRONICSContract

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Design

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Electromechanical Design

RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603Kitting

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733

PrototypeCascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733

ELECTROPOLISHINGQualtek ________719-598-3394 X23ENGINEERING/DESIGN

Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281AzMark __________480-926-8969CAID Industries _____435-890-8823Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668RAM Company ______435-673-4603

Solenoids/ ValvesRAM Company ______435-673-4603

FABRICATIONAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419CAID Industries _____435-890-8823Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Custom Auto/Truck/BikeH& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627Fabrication: Filament WindingS.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

Fabrication: CompositesS.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

Fabrication: EnclosuresFalcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Fabrication: Medium & Large

Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181CAID Industries _____435-890-8823EMJD Corp _________ 303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Falcon Sheet Metal ____801-298-5064Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778

Fabrication: PlasticImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

Fabrication: SheetMetalAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419AzMark __________480-926-8969CAID Industries _____435-890-8823

Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952JD Machine ________801-782-4403Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Fabrication: SteelBandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181CAID Industries _____435-890-8823EMJD Corp _______303-761-5236Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064

FINISHINGAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Paramount Machinewww.paramount-machine.com

[email protected]: 801.886.2755Fax: 801.886.2759


503-640-5733

719-598-3394 X23

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Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751Precision Mach’d Prod ___ 970-482-7676Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23Star Precision _______303-926-0559Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

Finishing: One StopAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281

Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Passivation

Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23

Photochemical/EtchingVACCO Industries _____626-443-7121

Powder CoatingArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146

Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Silk ScreeningArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443

Aluminum (Medium & Large)Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493

FOUNDRYMay Foundry & Machine 801-531-8931

GAS NITRIDINGBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590

GEAR CUTTINGPonderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Specialty Steel Svcs ___ 801-539-8252

Gear Hobbing Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801

GRINDINGAzMark __________480-926-8969ChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349Fives ____________ 909-263-9282GMN USA ________ 800-686-1679Prec. Mach’d Products _ 970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331

Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613

Grinding, CenterlessRon Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595

Grinding, Double DiscDix Metals ________ 800-477-4349TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613

Grinding: ODAzMark __________480-926-8969Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700

Grinding: Tool & CutterExact Tool Grinding ____ 801-712-2720

Passivation

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Polishing

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Selective Coatings

ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

FORMINGEPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540JD Machine ________801-782-4403Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500

HEAT TREATINGBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146Qualtek ________ 719-598-3394 X23The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331

Heat Treating/AerospacePhoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751

Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum

Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751HONING/LAPPING

LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654IDENTIFICATION

Silk ScreenArizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443

INDUSTRIAL HARD-WARE

Electronic Locking Systems

EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain • 57 • Jan / Feb 2016

QStar Precision

Arizona Finishing

Aluminum (Medium & Large)Aero Tech

Image Tek Business Card 2011 (Neil Daley: President)3.5” Wide by 2” High

FORMING

Gasketing

EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111Handles & Hinges

EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111Locking Systems

EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111Qtr Turns/Rod Controls

EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111INJECTION MOLDING

LMI Machining_______303-776-6629INSPECTION

Inspection, First ArticleKlontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131

Inspection ServicesKlontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131Micropulse West ______480-966-2300Sustaining Edge Solutions _888-572-9642

LASER CUTTINGLaser Cutting

Advantage Manufacturing ___ 877-727-0281 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778Wrico ___________480-892-7800Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube

Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500Laser Engraving

4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544

Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175Laser Marking

4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544LMI Machining_______303-776-6629Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175

MACHININGA&L Machining ______303-373-1540Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245Advantage Manufacturing __ 877-727-0281AG Machining _______805-531-9595American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072CAID Industries _____435-890-8823CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Elite Machine ___________801-710-7891EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131LMI Machining_______303-776-6629Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011R&H Machine _______801-621-7922RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031

Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778

Machining: 3DMicropulse West ______480-966-2300

Machining: 5 Axis4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117AzMark __________480-926-8969Faustson __________303-420-7422JD Machine ________801-782-4403Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

Machining: AerospaceAzMark __________480-926-8969CAID Industries _____435-890-8823CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654Micropulse West ______480-966-2300Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Paramount Machine ____801-886-2755Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447

RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344

Machining: CeramicO’Keefe Ceramics _____719-687-0888

Ceramic: Sapphire, Alu-mina, Silicon, Aluminum,

QuartzO’Keefe Ceramics _____719-687-0888

Machining: CNC4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544A&L Machining ______303-373-1540Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245AG Machining _______805-531-9595Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771DMSI___________801-972-6093Elite Machine ______ 801-710-7891EPOCS Mfg ________ 970-535-4540Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317JD Machine ________801-782-4403Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425

RP Machining 719-550-1724

Teton Machining


Henry Parker

EMAIL: [email protected]

HIRSH PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC.

Specializing in Production CNC Turning & Milling

Quality Work Delivered On Time

Mike Hirsh

Tel: 303.530.3131 6420 Odell Place Fax: 303.530.5242 Boulder, CO 80301 Email: [email protected] www.HirshPrecision.com

888-280-7080 | [email protected]

Darrin J. CaschettePresident

ISO 9001:2008

Teton Machining 208-642-9344

RP MachiningSkydandee MfgTeton Machining

RP Machining

Teton Machining

LMI Machining_______303-776-6629Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274R&H Machine _______801-621-7922

Electromechanical DesignRAM Company ______ 435-673-4603RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724Star Precision _______303-926-0559Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331Wrico __________ 480-892-7800

Machining: CompositesMetalcraft _________888-280-7080

Machining: ContractAcu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245AG Machining _______805-531-9595American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200JD Machine ________801-782-4403Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175Paramount Machine ___801-886-2755Radtech _________ 303-789-4247

Electromechanical DesignRAM Company ______ 435-673-4603Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031

Machining: DoDCM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450

Machining: LaserAzMark __________480-926-8969Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Gerome Mfg _______520-622-8402Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447Southwest Waterjet-Laser _480-306-7748VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778Machining:Medical

A&L Machining ______303-373-1540CAID Industries _____435-890-8823Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344

Machining: MillingA&L Machining ______303-373-1540Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862

Elite Machine ___________801-710-7891EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131JD Machine ________801-782-4403Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320

Machining: Mold BaseMaverick Mold & Machine __970-535-4604Machining: Mold Making

R&H Machine _______801-621-7922Machining: Plastic

Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

Machining: ProductionA&L Machining ______303-373-1540Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245AG Machining _______805-531-9595Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Elite Machine ___________801-710-7891Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317

L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801R&H Machine _______801-621-7922Radtech ___ ______303-789-4247RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Machining: Prototype4 A x i s Machining Inc. _____303-295-1544A&L Machining ______303-373-1540Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson __________303-420-7422Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317JD Machine ________801-782-4403Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425Micropulse West _____ 480-966-2300Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011R&H Machine _______801-621-7922Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031S.A.Composites _____ 970-776-3877The Toolroom Inc. ____ 801-773-6331

Machining: PrecisionA&L Machining ______303-373-1540

4 Axis Machining Inc. __ 303-295-1544Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281AG Machining _______805-531-9595American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862Elite Machine _______801-710-7891Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724Precision Machined Prod. _ 970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

Machining: R & D Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239JD Machine ________801-782-4403Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Teton Machining ______208-642-9344

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White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Machining: TurningAcu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072AzMark __________480-926-8969Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850JD Machine ________801-782-4403

LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654Leading Edge Machine __ 435-563-9425Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Mountain View Machine __ 435-755-0500Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724Teton Machining ______208-642-9344Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778Machining: Ultra-PrecisionPinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722

MANUFACTURINGA&L Machining ______303-373-1540AG Machining _______805-531-9595CAID Industries _____435-890-8823Elite Machine _______801-710-7891Group Mfg Serv _____480-966-3952Electromechanical Design

CAID Industries _____435-890-8823RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447

CompositesS.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

ContractAG Machining _______805-531-9595Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Teton Machining ______208-642-9344Manufacturing: Electrode

Wire-Tech ________ 480-966-1591Production

Aero Tech ________801-292-0493EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Rapid PrototypingJensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Robotic CNCDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093

Routering CNCDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093

Small PartPinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414Turnkey Product Services

Aero Tech ________801-292-0493L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505

METAL STAMPINGQualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453

Hi-Production Precision Stamping

Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Precision Die & Stamping _ 480-967-2038Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453

MOLDSLoveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604

Molds: BlowLifetime Products ____ 801-728-1260

Molds: Plastic InjectionLifetime Products _____801-728-1260Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604

Molds SteelDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093Aero Tech ________801-292-0493Arizona Finishing ____602-438-4443ChemResearch ______ 602-253-417Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414

PAINTINGCoating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Jet Processing ______623-869-6749 x117Richards Fab_________ 801-409-0392

PLATINGBlanchard Metals Proc. _ 801-972-5590ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612

AnodizingBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590ChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23

CopperForesight Finishing ____480-921-0000

Electroless NickelLA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000

Gold/Silver PlateGold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930

Nickel/Chrome/Copper

Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930

LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612Tin Plate

Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930

POLISHINGGold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930PRECISION FORMING

Richards Fab________801-409-0392Thompson Machine ____505-823-1453Wrico ___________480-892-7800

PRINTING3D Printing

The 3D Printing Store ___720-443-37333D Prototyping

The 3D Printing Store ___720-443-3733Custom Screen

ImageTek _________303-806-8111PROCESSING: METAL

Chemical LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

Etching/PhotochemicalVACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

PUNCHINGJD Machine ________801-782-4403Group Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952Star Precision _______303-926-0559Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778

REPAIRBearing Surface

Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000Hydraulic Cylinder

Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000ROLL FORMING

Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260Rolling: thread

Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320ROUTERING, CNC

Micropulse West ______480-966-2300SAW CUTTING

Diversified Metal Services _ 801-972-6093SHOT PEENING

Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590SINTERING

Western Sintering _____509-375-3096SPINNING: METAL

Metal Spinning Solutions _ 480-899-0939SPLINES

Specialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252SPRINGSFlat & Wire

SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113STAMPING

Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303Metalcraft _________888-280-7080


Aero TechAero TechL.A.R. Manufacturing

QualtekThompson Machine

LAYKE, INC 602-272-2654

MetalcraftPrecision Die & StampingThompson Machine

Loveridge Machine Co.Maverick Mold & Machine

Metalcraft

A2Z METALWORKER • 61 • July/Aug 2009

Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331Thompson Machine __ 505-823-1453Wrico _________ 480-892-7800

Stamping:AerospacePrecision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23

Stamping:Deep DrawQualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23Thompson Machine __ 505-823-1453Wrico _________ 480-892-7800

Stamping:DesignThe Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331

Stamping:Flat FormingSPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453

Stamping:Foil FormingThompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453

Stamping: LightCygnet ___________ 818-240-7574SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453

Stamping:PrecisionCygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Stamping:PrototypeThompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Stamping:Short RunCygnet ___________ 818-240-7574

Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

SWISS SCREW MCHG.Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Screwing: Lead

Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320TESTING

Testing: Non-Destructive

Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117Pilkington Metal Finishing __ 801-972-2146

THERMFORMINGLMI Machining_______303-776-6629

TOOL & DIENewport Tool _______801-295-7411The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Tool & Cutter GrindingExact Tool Grinding ____ 801-712-2720

TOOLINGElite Machine _______801-710-7891Mountain View Machine _ 435-755-0500Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Western Sintering _____509-375-3096

TUBE FORMINGAG Machining _______805-531-9595

Formed TubingAG Machining _______805-531-9595Tube Bending /Fabrication

AG Machining _______805-531-9595WATERJET CUTTING

Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349Leading Edge Machine __435-563-9425Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500

Southwest Waterjet-Laser _480-306-7748WELDING

Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Advantage Manufacturing __ 877-727-0281Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627JD Machine ________801-782-4403Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778Wrico _________ 480-892-7800

Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large

Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274Skyline Products _______719-392-9046Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392

Welding: OrbitalRichards Fab _____ 801-409-0392

Welding: PrecisionAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778

Welding: RoboticMetalcraft _________888-280-7080

Welding: TIGArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Mountain View Machine __ 435-755-0500

WIRE FORMINGSPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113

ASSOCIATIONSN. Utah NTMA _______ 801-337-7097


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