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The A2Z Metalworker Regional Manufacturing Magazines are a business development tool for U.S. Manufacturing! A2Z’s focus is getting the people that need machines, tools, parts, and manufacturing services to the people that make, sell, and perform these services! www.a2zMetalworker.com

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www.azmetalworker.com

Pacific Northwest Edition(WA, OR, and N. CA)

Laser Cutting Services,Mazak, & SigmaNEST,A Team focused on Success!

Vol. 2, No. 2 April/May 2012

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T H I N K P A R T S T H I N K T O R N O S

M U L T I S W I S S 6 X 1 4

• Completely numerically controlled

• Easy set-up and changeover

• 14 linear axes, 7 C axes

• Up to 18 tools (3 tools per position)

• Exceptional rigidity through guide separation

• Unsurpassed shock absorption with hydrostatic bearings

• Thermal regulation of the entire machine

• Completely integrated peripheral units

• Reduced floor space

Machin ing centers Mult i sp indleS ingle sp indle

www.tornos.us

Tornos • East1 Parklawn Dr.Bethel, CT 06801203.775.4319

Tornos • Midwest840 Parkview Blvd.Lombard, IL 60148630.812.2040

Tornos • West1400 Pioneer St.Brea, CA 92821630.812.2040

» www.multiswiss.info

W E L C O M E I N T H E S W I S S T Y P E R E V O L U T I O N !

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Samuel Aerospace alloys are available in a complete range of shapes and sizes to meet the diverse requirements of the

commercial and defense aerospace markets. We stock one of the most extensive aluminum inventories in the industry.

Our available aerospace aluminum offering includes:

• Sheet&Coil • Plate • Rod&Bar • Tube&Pipe

A variety of AS, ISO and TS standards ensures conformance to customer’s requirements. Primary aerospace service

centers are ISO 9000 and AS9100/9120 certified.

Samuel Aerospace offers value-added quality processing services including:

• Water-JetCutting • BarandExtrusionSawing • AluminumPlateSawing • FirstStageProcessing

Our pre-production processing services are all performed to stringent quality standards to your specifications, saving you

time and money while ensuring the quality of your end product. We go to great heights to deliver the right product to the

correct quality standards, on time, every time. Plus, we offer Stock and Release and Vendor Managed Inventory programs.

These programs can help your company eliminate costly inventories and improve cash flow.

TolearnmorecontactyourSamuelAerospaceMetalsrepresentativeorcall(877)565-7050.

Everything you need in a metals supplier…quality, reliability and availability.

SamuelAerospace is one of North America’s top ten processors

and distributors of metals, operating more than 40 facilities which are

strategically located throughout Canada and the United States.

Additional facilities maintained in the United Kingdom, Australia,

Mexico and China extend our reach globally. Our strategically

placed processing and service centers allow us to offer on time

and JIT delivery services.

T H I N K P A R T S T H I N K T O R N O S

M U L T I S W I S S 6 X 1 4

• Completely numerically controlled

• Easy set-up and changeover

• 14 linear axes, 7 C axes

• Up to 18 tools (3 tools per position)

• Exceptional rigidity through guide separation

• Unsurpassed shock absorption with hydrostatic bearings

• Thermal regulation of the entire machine

• Completely integrated peripheral units

• Reduced floor space

Machin ing centers Mult i sp indleS ingle sp indle

www.tornos.us

Tornos • East1 Parklawn Dr.Bethel, CT 06801203.775.4319

Tornos • Midwest840 Parkview Blvd.Lombard, IL 60148630.812.2040

Tornos • West1400 Pioneer St.Brea, CA 92821630.812.2040

» www.multiswiss.info

W E L C O M E I N T H E S W I S S T Y P E R E V O L U T I O N !

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“Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.”

Herbert Hoover

We are the producers and we are the consumers. We must produce products and consume our products. When we make something we are strong, and when we can take that dollar from the left pocket and put it in the right

we create a viable economic solution.

Our great nation is still great! The United States of America is still united, vibrant, and a global force that manufactures a major portion of the worlds products. The economy of the United States is the world’s largest national economy. Its nominal GDP was estimated to be over $15 trillion in 2011, approximately a quarter of nominal global GDP. The European Union has a larger collective economy, but is not a single nation. The U.S. economy also maintains a very high level of output. In 2011, it was estimated to have a per capita GDP (PPP, purchasing power parity) of $48,147, the 7th highest in the world, thus making the U.S. one of the world’s wealthiest nations. The U.S. is the largest trading nation in the world.

As of 2012, the country remains the world’s largest manufacturer, representing a fifth of the global manufacturing output. Of the world’s 500 largest companies, 133 are headquartered in the United States. This is twice the total of any other country.

About 60% of the global currency reserves have been invested in the United States dollar, while 24% have been invested in the euro. The USA is one of the world’s largest and most influential financial markets. Foreign investments made in the United States total almost $2.4 trillion, which is more than twice that of any other country. American investments in foreign countries total over $3.3 trillion, which is almost twice that of any other country.

The labor market in the United States has attracted immigrants from all over the world and its net migration rate is among the highest in the world. The United States is one of the top-performing economies in studies such as the Ease of Doing Business Index, the Global Competitiveness Report, and others.

Today, the United States is home to 29.6 million small businesses, 30% of the world’s millionaires, 40% of the world’s billionaires, as well as 133 of the world’s 500 largest companies. The United States has encouraged science and innovation. As a result, the United States has been the birthplace of 161 of Britannica’s 321 Great Inventions, including items such as the airplane, Internet, microchip, laser, cellphone, refrigerator, email, microwave, LCD and LED technology, air conditioning, assembly line, supermarket, bar code, electric motor, and ATM.

In closing, I encourage you to buy USA products and services where you can. I also encourage you to keep the dream alive of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

If we can help your business in any way, please call!

Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufac-turers abreast of news and to supply a viable sup-plier source for the industry.

Circulation: The A2Z Metalworker NW maintains a master list of over 9000 decision makers consisting of fortune 1000 companies, small manufacturing companies, engineering firms, DOD & Scientific Lab facilities, machine shops, fab-shops, and secondary sources businesses. It has an estimated pass on readership of more than 24,000 people. The majority of our readers are based in the Pacific NW!

Advertising Rates have remained the same since 1999, deadlines and mechanical requirements furnished on our webite at: www.a2zMetalworker.com.

All photos and copy become the property of A2Z Metalworker NW.

The Publisher assumes no responsibility for the contents of any advertisement, and all representations are those of the advertiser and not that of the publisher.

The Publisher is not liable to any advertiser for any misprints or errors not the fault of the publisher, and in such event, the limit of the publisher's liability shall only be the amount of the publishers charge for such advertising.

CONTRIBUTORSLinda Daly Gene Wirth Chris Seay

Announcements/Releases ....................6,7,8Shop Profile ......... .............................1,16-17Feature Articles .................................... 14,20Buyers Guide Equipment .....................38-41Buyers Guide Processes .......................42-46Card Gallery .........................................38-46Index Of Advertisers .................................46Editorial ................................... Throughout

Laser Cutting ServicesThis Month’s Cover & Shop Profile.

Overlanders

Kim Carpenter

Published by:A2Z Metalworker NW

PUBLISHERS/EDITORSKim Carpenter/Linda [email protected]

Mail Address: PO Box 93295Phoenix, AZ 85070

Telephone: (480) 773-3239Website: www.A2ZMetalworker.com

www.facebook.com/A2ZMetalworkerE-mail:[email protected]

Editors Corner

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www.facebook.com/a2zmetalworkerA2Z METALWORKER • 17 • Jan/Feb 2012

THE SMART CHOICETHE SMART CHOICEI AM manufactured in Florence, Kentucky.

I EASILY move from heavy-duty to high-speed machining applications, making me ideal for job shops and specialty manufacturers alike.

I PROVIDE a 12,000-rpm, 25-hp 40-taper spindle with a maximum torque of 70.2 ft/lbs.

I AM bi-lingual thanks to my MAZATROL SMART control, which allows me to use both EIA/ISO programs and conversational programming languages.

I RIDE on the Mazak MX Hybrid Roller Guide System to deliver unmatched levels of rigidity, durability and reliability that result in long-term accuracy.

I AM smart with Intelligent Machine functions that boost my accuracy, reliability and productivity.

I INCORPORATE an environmentally friendly and ergonomic design that provides an easily accessible workspace and simplifi es maintenance.

I AM your highly rewarding, easy-to-use, go-to guy, ready to tackle whatever work you give me.

I AM THE MAZAK VERTICAL CENTER SMART 430A, AND THE RESULTS I PROVIDE WILL HAVE YOUR COMPETITION WISHING THEY’D BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO BRING ME IN.

WWW.MAZAKUSA.COM Tel: 859-342-1700 Florence, Kentucky

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.8448 Washington Place N.E.Albuquerque, N.M. 87113Tel: (505) 345-8389 Email: [email protected]

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.12025 Rojas Drive, Suite ‘A’El Paso, TX 79936Tel: (915) 856-7900Email: [email protected]

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.3614 E. Southern Avenue #1Phoenix, AZ 85040Tel: (602) 431-8300Email: [email protected]

www.magnumprecisionmachines.com

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.Representing the best in metal working solutions since 1984.MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.Representing the best in metal working solutions since 1984.

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Announcements/Releases ....................6,7,8Shop Profile ......... .............................1,16-17Feature Articles .................................... 14,20Buyers Guide Equipment .....................38-41Buyers Guide Processes .......................42-46Card Gallery .........................................38-46Index Of Advertisers .................................46Editorial ................................... Throughout

A2Z METALWORKER • 17 • Jan/Feb 2012

THE SMART CHOICETHE SMART CHOICEI AM manufactured in Florence, Kentucky.

I EASILY move from heavy-duty to high-speed machining applications, making me ideal for job shops and specialty manufacturers alike.

I PROVIDE a 12,000-rpm, 25-hp 40-taper spindle with a maximum torque of 70.2 ft/lbs.

I AM bi-lingual thanks to my MAZATROL SMART control, which allows me to use both EIA/ISO programs and conversational programming languages.

I RIDE on the Mazak MX Hybrid Roller Guide System to deliver unmatched levels of rigidity, durability and reliability that result in long-term accuracy.

I AM smart with Intelligent Machine functions that boost my accuracy, reliability and productivity.

I INCORPORATE an environmentally friendly and ergonomic design that provides an easily accessible workspace and simplifi es maintenance.

I AM your highly rewarding, easy-to-use, go-to guy, ready to tackle whatever work you give me.

I AM THE MAZAK VERTICAL CENTER SMART 430A, AND THE RESULTS I PROVIDE WILL HAVE YOUR COMPETITION WISHING THEY’D BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO BRING ME IN.

WWW.MAZAKUSA.COM Tel: 859-342-1700 Florence, Kentucky

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.8448 Washington Place N.E.Albuquerque, N.M. 87113Tel: (505) 345-8389 Email: [email protected]

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.12025 Rojas Drive, Suite ‘A’El Paso, TX 79936Tel: (915) 856-7900Email: [email protected]

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.3614 E. Southern Avenue #1Phoenix, AZ 85040Tel: (602) 431-8300Email: [email protected]

www.magnumprecisionmachines.com

MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.Representing the best in metal working solutions since 1984.MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.Representing the best in metal working solutions since 1984.

Oregon Tech Center27350 SW 95th Ave

Wilsonville, OR 97070Office - 503-682-9030

Fax - 503-682-9040

Washington Tech Center1008 Industry DriveTukwila, WA 98188Office - 206-575-3390Fax - 206-575-3397

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Announcements & ReleasesMachine Toolworks Continues Mission To Support Customers

Incorporated and established in 1996, Ma-c h i n e To o l -

works, Inc. is a family owned Machine Tool distributor with its Corporate Headquarters located in Seattle, WA. Its owner, Gary Anderegg, has been involved the machine tool industry for over 35 years. Machine Toolworks represents some of the best CNC machine tool manufacturers from around the world including lines of equipment by Mazak, Star, Studer, Blohm, Walter Grinder, Tanaka, Nagel, and OMAX. In 1998, Machine Toolworks became an international distributor and expanded its Northwest Territory of Oregon, Washington and NW Idaho to include the Western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. We have service and support centers in Wilsonville, OR, Tukwila, WA and Edmon-ton, AB. Machine Toolworks’ mission is to assist customers to reach their production goals through providing them with the post productive and profitable equipment specifically chosen for their application. Machine Toolworks creates strong customer relationships through a support system focused on navigating customers through the maze of production needs and requirements, proper machine selection, machine purchase and installation. Machine Toolworks employs a team of factory authorized service and applications technicians working in tandem with our manufacturers to ensure that custom-ers are taken care of at all levels. For more infpormation on Machine Toolworks and how they can help your business Call: Gary Anderegg 206-947-7489, [email protected].

Coastal Metals Paces Local Demand

Coastal Metals recently expanded their Southwest inventory, empha-sizing their dedication to improved delivery lead times to customers in western states.

“Nobody likes to wait,” explained Coastal Metals owner, Jerry Brooks. “These days most of our customers’ customers are requir-ing faster deliveries. Gone is the extended backlog and the luxury of waiting extra days or even weeks for a raw material delivery,” he claimed. “Over the last 12 years we’ve been steadily increasing our inventory to stay in synch with our customers’ needs.”

Earlier this year Coastal Metals added Aircraft Quality Alloy Round Bar (4140 and 4340) to its complete inventory of Commercial Qual-

ity Alloy, up to 26” diameter. Stock material includes 1018(CF and HR), 1045, 8620, TG&P Shafting, and Bronze. In addition, Coastal Metals veteran sales staff offers extensive resource knowledge, so that “no bid” is rarely found in the company’s vocabulary.

For more information, see the Coastal Metals ad in this edition, or visit their website at coastalmetals.com. Call: 1-800-811-7466, or email: [email protected].

California Cold Saw Introduces Autotooth To Speed Blade Selection

Previously, there has been no method for online buyers to cor-rectly choose a cold saw blade for his/her exact application. Selecting a blade from three or four off-the-shelf choices with generic grinds often produces less than satisfactory results. Now, with CaliforniaColdSaw.com’s New Blade Selector, online purchasers can simply enter their material type, shape and size, and AutoTooth will automatically calculate the correct number of teeth and grind for them.

For customers that already know what tooth configuration they want, they can choose the ‘I Want to Select the Number of Teeth Myself’ but-ton and enter what they are currently using. After using either method, the buyer can choose standard vapor treated black oxide, bright, or titanium carbon nitride (TiCN) coated blades. One other very helpful use for the New Blade Selector should be noted. An owner, foreman or machine operator can visit this site and use the AutoTooth feature as a handy reference tool to choose the best blade to use from the ones they already own.

California Cold Saw was recently formed as a division of Bay Area Carbide, Inc., and specializes in cold saw blades. The company offers new high speed steel cold saw blades in a variety of coatings, as well as carbide tipped saw blades, segmental blades, coolants, and sharpening services for each of these blade types. New solid high speed steel cold saw blades ship for free in 24 hours or less, and re-sharpened blades in 1-2 days. CaliforniaColdSaw.com also features an extensive array of conversion calculators pertaining to cold saw use.

If you’d like more information about this topic, artwork, or to schedule an interview with Doug McAdoo, please call Leslie Wood at 877-700-7610 or e-mail Doug at [email protected].

CAL Precision, Inc. Attains AS9100 Rev C Certification

CAL Precision, Inc. is proud to announce we have achieved com-pliance with AS9100 Rev C. quality system requirements for the

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Aviation, Space, and Defense markets. The new revision includes but is not limited to in detail, risk management, supplier manage-ment controls, product confor-mity, and on time delivery.

CAL Precision, Inc. has been in practice with AS9100 for five

years and will continue to be on an upward growth. We would like to thank Tiffany Jordan our QA Representative, along with the entire staff at CAL Precision, Inc. for all their hard work and dedication in making this happen.

For more information on CAL Precision Call: Donna Loper at(951) 273-9901 or visit their website; www.CALprecision.com

DW Machinery in Synergy with Baykal Machinery

Baykal, of Bursa, Turkey, re-cently hosted a visit of nine machine tool sales companies and one manufacture, from the United States, for a tour

of their manufacturing facility and to see their production process and capabilities.

Baykal, imported by Fab-Line Machinery of St. Charles, IL, is a premier manufacture of precision CNC press brakes, shears, turret punches, lasers and plasma cutting systems.

Established in 1950, Baykal has installations worldwide. Machines seen during the tour were destined for the countries that we nor-mally think of, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, England, Australia, Canada and the United States, and many countries that we often hear of, but don’t think much about in regards to manufacturing, such as, Turkey, Russia, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, to name a few.

Baykal has the capabili-ties to manufacture over two hundred machines a month, utilizing the latest CNC machining technology and a lean manufacturing philoso-phy.

Tracking their production with a keen eye on quality and atten-tion to the details of design, they produce a world-class product.Their commitment to engineering and R&D, allows them to not only offer a competitive standard product line, but they can design and produce special automated systems and are established as the number one builder, in the world, of large press brakes. (machines

over 660 tons, which they can produce at a rate of two a month and which they have a number of, installed in the U.S.)

During this visit, the people who made the trip, saw a company and capabilities, that equal and exceed, many manufactures in the U.S. A truly impressive manufacture, committed to quality and service, and whose success is evident in the shipping department.

Baykal and Fab-line Machinery have established a strong customer base in the U.S., and it is evident that in the not too distant future, the Baykal machines will be well recognized by fabricators in the United States, as a world-class machine tool builder.

For more information on the Baykal products, call: Bob Herling, DW Machinery Sales (425) 827-6931 or e-mail: [email protected]

SigmaTEK Expands Reach with Additions to Northwest Region Team

SigmaTEK Systems, LLC, the world’s leading CAD/CAM

nesting solutions provider, announces additions to the company’s Northwest Region team.

Joining the company is industry veteran Scott Lindley who as-sumes the role of Regional Sales Representative. Having served as an Applications Engineer for SigmaTEK Systems, Mr. Lindley is no stranger to the fabrication industry or SigmaNEST® software. Scott will put his experience to work helping manufacturers to identify, quantify, and implement fabrication time, material, and cost-saving solutions, tools, and best practices.

Scott’s background includes technical instruction, support, and project management experience.

A graduate of Whatcom Community College and Western Wash-ington University (Bellingham, WA), Mr. Lindley also served in the United States Navy.

SigmaTEK Northwestern Region Sales Manager, Brian Blair comments:

“Manufacturers throughout the Pacific Northwest continue to see a tremendous surge in demand and production. At the same time companies are scrutinizing tools, technologies, and processes in an attempt to maximize cutting tool investments, boost produc-tivity, and eliminate waste. SigmaTEK strives to anticipate the needs of both current and future customers. Scott’s experience and expertise significantly strengthens both our presence and responsiveness. Announcements Continued Page 8

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About SigmaTEK

SigmaTEK Systems, LLC develops and sells SigmaNEST®, a com-prehensive software solution for nesting, NC programming and cut-ting of steel sheet, plate and tube materials, and wood. SigmaNEST is the leading CAD/CAM nesting system for plasma, laser, punch, oxyfuel, waterjet, router, knife, tube/pipe and combination cut-ting machines. SigmaNEST ensures superior material utilization, machine motion optimization, and maximum part quality balanced with cutting speed, work flow integration, material handling, ac-curate estimates and information management.

Founded in 1993, SigmaTEK Systems is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH and has an extensive global support network with branches in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. For more information on the SigmaTEK line of products or to sched-ule a live demonstration, please visit www.sigmanest.com or call 513.674.0005 or follow us @SigmaNEST on Twitter!

For more information on SigmaTEK and SigmaNEST Contact:Robert Farrell SigmaTEK Systems, 513-595-2022

A2Z METALWORKER NW • 8 • April/May 2012

[email protected]

SigmaNEST is registered trade-marks of SigmaTEK Systems, LLC

GANESH Machinery Announces New West-ern Regional Manager

G a n e s h M a c h i n e r y o f Chatsworth, CA continues their dramatic growth path with the announcement of Derek Stanton as the new Western Regional Manager for Western Canada, and the 10-Western American states, including: OR, WA, NM, UT, ID, MT, NV, CO, AZ; other than California.

Derek served his apprentice-ship at Dunlop Machine Tool in Birmingham, England during his formative years. He was also an applications engineer in the U.S. for many years and then worked in sales and even had his own machine tool dealership selling Ganesh ma-chine tools. Derek developed

a wealth of knowledge over the years and will put it to good use in his new management capacity working out of the Seattle, WA office.

Ganesh markets a full line of in-novative manual and CNC lathes and milling machine including the exciting Cyclone line of multi-axis CNC lathes for complete done-in-one operation machining.

High production lathes are offered with up to 3” bar capacity and up to 11-axis with up to 48-tools. These machines are super efficient at machining complex workpieces to tight tolerances, and then gently removing the finished parts from the work area.

Massive 14” bore heavy-duty CNC and manual lathes are also part of the Ganesh product line, as well as manual and CNC milling machines, including 5-axis milling capability.

Learn more at www.ganeshmachinery.com.

Announcements Continued

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Contracts

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $258,800,000 not-to-exceed un-definitized modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter low rate initial production Lot 5 contract (N00019-10-C-0002), including one additional conventional take-off and landing aircraft for the Air Force, and one additional carrier variant aircraft for the Navy. The modification includes undefinitized line items, which will be definitized as fixed-price-incentive-firm. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Se-gundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in February 2014. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a $21,910,155 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-6272) for systems engineering and integration in sup-port of Combat System Warfare Federated Tactical Systems. SWFTS is comprised of all submarine combat system subsystems, mainly Consultation, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence. This effort provides for the overall architecture integration of the subsystems to achieve a single total combat sys-tem for naval battlegroup interconnectivity. Work is expected to be completed by September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Systems, Sudbury, Mass., is being awarded $7,700,000 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0017 under a previously awarded performance based logistics contract (N00104-07-D-ZD51) for AEGIS ballistic missile defense pack-up kit items. Work will be performed at Sudbury, Mass., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. The applicable Navy Working Capital Funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. The NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors is being awarded a $7,440,473 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5124) for technical engineering and related operation and maintenance of Navy AEGIS sites in New Jersey in support of AEGIS Foreign Military Sales cases JA-P-FNC (Japan) and SP-P-LGB (Spain), and U.S. Navy AEGIS support ef-forts. This contract modification will provide continuing technical engineering, logistics, configuration management, quality assurance, operation and maintenance for AEGIS program support sites lo-cated in New Jersey. These facilities incorporate highly integrated, classified, real-time networks that connect numerous contractor and United States government facilities required to build, integrate and deliver computer code for U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales requirements. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

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As your full-service resource, PTI has:

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PTI supports integrators of large aircraft subsystems. We manufacture complete subcomponents allowing integrators to focus on their core competencies of larger assemblies. We are your tool for solving problems!

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PTI is a full-service manufacturing facility. Our commitment to quality and on-time delivery is reflected in our investment in advanced manufacturing and inspection equipment and the capabilities required to deliver the precision products demanded by the commercial aviation industry.

Drones to Increase 45% in Pentagon 30-Year Aviation Plan

The Pentagon plans to increase its fleet of armed and long-haul surveil-lance drones by at least 45 percent over the next 10 years.

The U.S. military’s inventory of unmanned aerial vehicles, will grow to 645 aircraft in fiscal 2022 from about 445 in fiscal 2013, including versions of Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) (NOC)’s RQ-4 Global Hawk and General Atomics’ MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predators, the Defense Department said in a report required by Congress on its aviation blueprint for the next 30 years.

In addition, the U.S. Army wants to buy 164 Gray Eagle drones from closely held General Atomics of San Diego from 2013 to 2022 “in direct support of ground forces,” the Pentagon said in the report obtained today.

Drones are playing an increasing role as the Pentagon seeks a force that will be “smaller and leaner” and more technologically advanced, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta put it when he intro-duced a revamped national security strategy in January. Even as the

inventory of drones grows, the U.S. military is buying fewer than originally planned because of reduced budgets, a defense official told lawmakers.

“The military departments adjusted their plans to comply with a constrained top line by procur-ing fewer aircraft than desired,” Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter wrote in a letter to the leaders of the U.S. House Armed Services Com-mittee on April 4.

The Defense Department plans to spend $770 billion on aviation assets from 2013 to 2022. This includes fighter jets, attack helicopters, airlift and

cargo aircraft, combat search and rescue aircraft, air refueling planes, bombers, anti-ship and submarine aircraft, drones, train-ing platforms and other aircraft used by Special Operations forces.

Annual funding levels will peak at $80 billion in 2022, according to the Pentagon.

The Air Force “plans to continue aggressive funding” for a new long-range bomber with nuclear capabilities, according to the aviation report. The bomber would reach its initial capability in the mid-2020s, according to the Pentagon. The Defense Department plans to “hold down” the unit cost to “ensure sufficient production” of 80 to 100 bombers, according to the report.

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The Promise of Today’s Factory Jobs

To hear Mike Bink, one might believe American manufacturing is about to recapture its lost glory.

Master Lock, which has made locks in Milwaukee since 1921, has brought 100 jobs back from China over the last year and a half. And Mr. Bink, who has worked at the plant for 33 years and heads the United Auto Workers local, is sure more will follow. “They are making a lot of capital investment; buying a lot of new equipment,” he said. “That will create more jobs.” Master Lock’s story dovetails nicely with the budding upturn in manufacturing employment, which has rekindled hope across a Rust Belt pum-meled by 30 years of job loss.

Nationwide, factories have added 400,000 jobs in the last two years, the first sustained bout of growth since the 1990s, replacing about a fifth of the positions lost during the recession. Other companies, from Otis to General Electric, are bringing home jobs once thought lost for good. Mr. Bink’s enthusiasm has echoed from the factory floor all the way to Washing-ton. During his State of the Union Message, President Obama wove Master Lock’s tale of repatriated jobs into a narrative of recovery that could serve him well

in November. “We have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back,” the president said. “But we have to seize it.” To do so, his administration has proposed a piñata of tax breaks and incentives intended to transform the incipient movement into a new golden age for factory jobs. Things have not looked this promising for manufac-turing jobs in a long while. Rising costs in China — where the government is letting the currency gain against the dollar and wages are rising at a double-digit pace — are making it more attractive for American companies to produce at home.

Expensive oil adds to the cost by pushing up the price of freight. Yet a revolution in manufacturing employment seems far-fetched. Most of the factory jobs lost over the last three decades in this country are gone for good. In truth, they are not even very good jobs. As much as the administration needs a jobs strategy, one narrowly focused on manufacturing is unlikely to deliver. Much of the anxiety about factory jobs is based on the misconception that job losses have been due to a sclerotic manufacturing sector, unable to compete against cheap imports.

Until the Great Recession clobbered the world economy, manufacturing production was actually holding its own. Real value added in manufacturing, the most precise measure of its contribution to the economy, has grown by more than two thirds since its heyday in 1979, when manufacturing employed almost 20 million Americans — eight million more than today. American companies make a smaller share of the world’s stuff, of course. But what else could one expect? Thirty years ago China made very little of anything. Today its factory output is almost 20 percent of world production and about 15 percent of manufacturing value added. What’s surprising is how little the United States lost in that time. American manufacturers contribute more than a fifth to global value added. Manufacturers are shedding jobs around the industrial world.

Germany lost more than a fifth of its factory jobs from 1991 to 2007, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, about the same share as the United States. Japan — the manufacturing behemoth of the 1980s — lost a third. This was partly because of China’s arrival on the world scene after it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Since then, China has gained nearly 40 million factory jobs. But something else happened too: companies across the developed world invested in labor-saving technology.

Consider Master Lock. Its Milwaukee plant is operating at capacity for the first time in 15 years, before it started sending work overseas. It is producing much more stuff than it did back then. But it is doing so with 412 workers — about 750 fewer than it had 15 years ago. “They used to throw bodies at something to get the job done,” said Ron McInroy, the U.A.W.’s head for the region encompassing Milwaukee. “Now they look at the best utilization of manpower and the best utilization of machines.”

So it is across the economy. In his forthcoming book, “The New Geography of Jobs,” the University of California, Berkeley, economist Enrico Moretti points out that the average American factory worker makes $180,000 worth of goods a year, more than three times what he produced in 1978, in today’s dollars. It may not matter to factory workers who lost their jobs. Whether forced out because an employer moved production to China or because a fancy new machine makes it easier to compete against a rival in China, the job is gone.

Still, the distinction is important. Without an understanding of the forces at work, policy makers’ attempts to bolster manufacturing could back-fire. One thing is clear. Most of the jobs lost to China and other poor countries cannot “come back.” They don’t pay anywhere near enough.

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And they don’t exist here anymore any-way. The factory jobs we really want will be fewer and will require more education. But they will pay more. Re-member agriculture? In the 1960s, plant scientists at the University of California, Davis, developed an oblong tomato that ripened uniformly, and its engineers developed a machine to harvest it with one pass through the fields. By the 1970s the number of workers hired for the tomato harvest in California had fallen by 90 percent.

In the book “Promise Unfulfilled,” Philip Martin, an economist at the university, says that in 1979 the worker advocacy group California Rural Legal Assistance sued the university for using public money on research that helped agribusiness at the expense of farm workers.

And in 1980, Jimmy Carter’s agricul-ture secretary, Bob Bergland, declared that the government wouldn’t finance any more projects aimed at replacing

“an adequate and willing work force with machines.” It’s hard to say that workers won this battle, however. After Mr. Bergland pulled the plug, research on agricultural mechanization came to a near-halt. Yet farm work today remains probably the worst paid, most grueling job in the United States. A tricky thing to understand is that most jobs in the United States are created in areas of the economy not exposed to global competition. They are nannies and doctors, lawyers and roofers.

In a recent study, the Nobel laureate Mike Spence and Sandile Hlatshwayo of New York University found that the part of the economy that does not have foreign competitors added 27.3 mil-lion jobs from 1990 to 2008. The sector that competes in global markets added virtually none. This doesn’t mean the administra-tion should ignore manufacturing. We need world-class, innovative industries that compete in global markets. They won’t add a ton of jobs precisely because they must stay lean to compete. But they will pay for those jobs.

The 33,000 Apple workers in Cupertino, Calif., sustain 171,000 additional jobs in the metropolitan area, Mr. Moretti estimates. This pattern suggests, however, that a jobs strategy should take care not to blunt the edge of our most competitive firms. If outsourcing sharpens their edge on world markets, punishing then for doing so could destroy American jobs.

More important, perhaps, manufacturing is not the nation’s only cutting-edge industry. Many of the most innovative firms are not manufacturers but service companies. Apple is very competitive. But so are the companies that design applications running on its iPhones and iPads. Hollywood studios and marketing companies are big ex-porters. These firms need highly trained workers and pay high wages.

Mr. Moretti says each job in an “innovation” industry, broadly under-stood, creates five other local jobs, about three times the number for an average job in manufacturing. Two of them are highly paid professional positions and three are low-paid jobs as waiters or clerks.

Innovation — not manufacturing —has always propelled this coun-try’s progress. A strategy to reward manufacturers who increase their payroll in the United States may not be as effective as one to support the firms whose creations — whether physical stuff or immaterial services — can conquer world markets and pay for the jobs of the rest of us.

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In 1998 a dynamic husband and wife team utilized what they had learned from years of working at one of the U.S. metal industry’s larg-est distributors. Ron and Bobbi Duffy launched their own business and worked very hard to please their customers. They built their business focusing on one thing; supplying metal cut to perfection, Fast!

In Tualatin, Oregon, south of Portland, you will find one of the most progressive metal distribu-tors Laser Cutting Services, Inc. (LCSI). LCSI utilizes the latest in Mazak precision laser cutting machines and Mazak robotics, combined with the best in programing software, SigmaNEST for nesting.

An epiphany came when Ron saw he could distribute metal in a very unique, value added fashion; cut to perfec-tion, and finished to specified size. This unique twist to supplying metal, laser cut to size was a hard sell at first. Nobody did this, and the methodology used at the time was to make the over size parts and grind the parts to size while deburring. With LCSI’s precise method, many prints had to be changed as the laser cut parts were too perfect, rendering the grinding and deburring operations unnecessary.

It took 3 years of what Ron calls “the missionary work of introducing the idea of value added cut metal”. But LCSI had some very loyal customers that trusted Ron and Bobbi. The ben-efits to the customer kept adding up to the point that word got out and the good name of LCSI spread. The word was, when you need metal cut to size, fast (1-3 days), call LCSI! The LCSI customer base grew and before long Ron and the LCSI team were tested with hard to cut profiles that no one else wanted to touch. The unusual geometries challenged Ron’s team, but the highly trained operators, programmers, and the sales engineering staff worked together as they do today to tackle these “Break Through Opportunities”, and with their “never say no” way of doing business, supported their customers. This can do/will do mentality still lives on today.

Though Ron’s wife and long time partner Bobbi has passed on, Ron and the LCSI Team continue in the ways the dynamic duo taught their team. And Ron credits LCSI’s success to 3 things; the long time Valued Employees (10 years average tenure), loyal customers, and

their focus on one thing, distribute precision laser cut metal to size, fast!

Fast-forward 15 years; Ron purchased 2 Mazak lasers, Mazak’s Hyper Turbo-X-510 equipped with automatic optics and nozzle changers and a complete automation center by Mazak with robotics in the past 18 months (during the U.S. economic down turn).

Dion Hardy joined the LCSI Team as Sales Manager in February 2012. Dion worked for Mazak in various capacities for over 14 years and worked closely with Ron on his Mazak acquisitions. Dion was instrumen-tal in hiring Bob Herling at DW Machinery Sales over 3 years ago to run the Pacific NW distribution of the Mazak line of laser cutting machines. Dion describes Bob Herling as knowledgeable, disciplined, and dili-gent in marketing of the Mazak line. “Bob Herling

is also part of our team here at LCSI”, Dion says, “and he continues to support LCSI through his company DW Machinery and Mazak.”

I asked Ron why 2 new machines and why now? Ron said, “These 2 new Mazak Laser Systems replaced 2 older units and with the new automation system and sophisticated Mazak technology, I have qua-drupled my capacity! Things that took hours of labor and set up time now take minutes and are performed by the sophisticated machines themselves to optimize the cutting head, the flow of gas, and the

placement of material. These machines can basically run lights out.”

Ron Continued, “When the down turn hit us we were faced with some hard decisions, cut back, automate, change? We made a firm decision to keep our employees. Our employees are like our family and they are highly trained. We consider our employees our most val-

ued asset and they receive bonuses every year, sometimes 2 times in a good year. We made a big investment when most people were pulling back, we purchased Mazak automation and became much more efficient. We decided to continue putting our customers first by get-ting the best machine tools available, then to go after the business to support them. These Mazak machines are so technologically sophis-ticated that the run times and pierce times are

much faster and this equals savings and faster delivery times to our customers. We put the employees and customers first and we believed everything else would follow!Ron says, “We never say no. Our culture here is one of a “pit crew mentality”. We all have a can do attitude and we all enjoy serving our customers. We work as a unified sales team serving our customers

Laser Cutting Services, Inc. – Utilizing Cutting Edge Technology, Putting Employees And Customers First,

And The Rest Just Falls Into Place.By Kim Carpenter

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in every way we can. We employ the best highly trained team, with the best Mazak machine tools, the best SigmaNest soft-ware, with LCSI perfected IT processes, and we have fun doing it. We love serving our Customers.”

Here’s what some of LCSI’s Customer’s have to say:

“They always do the impossible and they never say no! I have the highest praise for LCSI, they always pull through, and we can depend on them every time! LCSI understands important things that others don’t seem to get, time lines & deadlines. Kudos to Greg at LCSI, he really keeps us happy. All of my project engineers use him and he comes through for us every time.” From a Project Manager in an OR Business.

“We have a great company relationship with LCSI and we have been utilizing them for over 10 years now. Their product is great and keeps getting better. Their delivery is timely, and their prices can’t be beat, we have checked. We don’t get a lot of time from our customers and LCSI usually exceeds our expectations. Ron Duffy always invests into his company and he uses the best and latest in Mazak equipment & SigmaNEST software in order to take care of his customers.” A Manufacturing business owner in Oregon.

“We have been doing business with LCSI for over 14 years and we receive excellence every time with every on time delivery. LCSI is customer service at it’s finest! LCSI always gets back to the basics by taking care of their customers, with the latest in technology at their fingertips, fast. I highly recommend LCSI to anyone that is looking for a perfect metal distributor.” Doug Metz Owner of Specialty Metal Fabricators LLC, in Oregon.

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Yamazaki Mazak supports manufacturing industries all over the world with corporate philosophies of “Advanced products,” “Total Solutions,” and “Global Support” by providing machine tools that can meet a wide variety of production requirements.

Mazak has developed unique products that real-ize unsurpassed produc-tivity and established 79 Technology and Technical Centers all over the world to provide total solutions and optimum service sup-port close to customers.

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and unsurpassed accessibility to the machine table for the processing of a variety of work pieces in small size lots. Unsurpassed productivity can be realized thanks to linear motors on all axes and a variety of automatic functions.

Also, considerable reduction of non-cutting can be realized thanks to a variety of automatic set-up func-tions such as the automatic torch and nozzle changer.

More on SigmaNEST:SigmaNEST is the leading CAD/CAM nesting system for laser, plasma, punch, oxyfuel, waterjet, router, knife, tube/pipe and combination cutting machines. SigmaNEST ensures superior material utilization, machine motion optimization, and maximum part quality balanced with cutting speed, workflow integration, material handling, accurate estimates and information management.

Key benefits include:• Cutting technology management functions like automatic pulsing, power ramping, feed rate control, focal height, assist gas and pressure adjustment

• Pre-piercing, pierce “on-the-fly” and pierce reduction, as well as op-tions for fine, fast and normal piercing

• Material and time savings with bridge cutting, common-line cutting and chain cutting

• Various levels of cut quality using Appropriate Quality Cutting (AQC) technology

• Repositioning and automatic cut pick up for cutting on plates that extend beyond the cutting area

• Selective vaporizing at low wattage to cut protective layerCorner ramping precision

For more information on Mazak Laser Machine Tools contact Bob Herling with DW Machinery Sales at: [email protected], 425-827-6931, www.DWMachinerySales.com.

For more information on SigmaNEST please contact: Robert Farrell [email protected], 513-595-2022, www.sigmanest.com

For more information on Laser Cutting Services, Inc. please contact Dion Hardy [email protected], (503) 612-8311, www.LaserCuttingServices.com.

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LM Receives $1.05 Bn, 5-year US Navy Contract

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $1.05 billion, five-year contract to provide more than 200 digital cockpits and integrated mission systems and sensors for the Navy MH-60R “Romeo” and MH-60S

“Sierra” helicopters.

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AAI UAS Wins USSOCOM MEUAS II Award Valued at Nearly $600 M

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has won the competitive Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) II award from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The three-year award, valued at just under $600 million, includes support operations using AAI’s Aerosonde® Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS). Total initial funding for these activities is $20 million.

“The team is galvanized and working closely with our new USSOCOM customer on this critical new activity,” says Senior Vice President and General Manager Steven Reid of AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

“Our hallmark is a full-service orientation - understanding the mission, equipment, logistics and other factors behind customer requirements in order to create and execute a total solution. Such is our goal for the MEUAS II program.”

The Aerosonde SUAS is a high-performance system that incorporates

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“Features like payload flexibility and ef-ficient, expeditionary operations are important when considering the special operations mission,” says Vice President, SUAS Stephen Flach of AAI Unmanned Air-craft Systems. “Our team focused on those unique requirements to ensure that the Aerosonde system can provide the required performance regardless of operational and environmental constraints.”

Fellow Textron Systems operating unit AAI Logistics & Technical Services will provide worldwide operations and maintenance support for the MEUAS II program. The company’s experienced UAS operators and field service representatives have been deployed successfully around the globe in support of customer requirements.

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Boeing Co recently put some finishing touches on a make-over of its popular 737 aircraft as the U.S. planemaker battles with Euro-pean arch-rival Airbus (EAD.PA) to deliver fuel savings to airlines hammered by near-record oil prices.

The company unveiled several design choices meant to lower weight and wind-resistance for its upcoming 737 MAX. The planemaker said it had decided on an 8-inch nose gear extension to give ground clearance for a larger engine fan.

The world’s largest plane makers are revamping their workhorse models with bigger engines to offer double-digit percentage fuel savings in one of the most competitive market battles of the last two decades, affecting a vital source of cash generation at both companies.

“My feeling about it is what they’re saying is plausible. And I’ll just wait until we see the results,” said Hans Weber, president of tech-nology management consultancy Tecop International.

More decisions about the design are expected, and Boeing said on Wednesday that it would have a firm configuration for the plane next year.

Last year, Boeing unveiled plans to put new engines in its existing 737 design, providing fuel savings of up to 12 percent over the current 737. Boeing named the aircraft the MAX and said it would enter service in 2017.

Weber said the announcements shed light on the MAX program and gave clarity to the design. He said he did not expect the decisions to add to the undisclosed cost of the MAX program.

In its 40-year history, the Boeing 737 has become the world’s most-sold aircraft and the backbone of airline fleets worldwide. But Boeing has taken several months to finalize the design of the upgraded 737 MAX while juggling engineering considerations, market opportunities and costs.

The airplane will compete with the Airbus A320neo, which also will feature new engines and offer fuel savings of 15 percent over the current A320.

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Boeing said it would improve the aircraft’s aerodynamics by extend-ing the tail cone, update its flight controls and strengthen landing gear, wings and the fuselage to accommodate the weight of the larger engines. Boeing said the decisions were within the scope of the original design goals.

Wednesday’s announcement, which had been eagerly awaited by investors and the industry, came after months of deliberations over engine improvements and aircraft design.

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Engineering experts said Boeing’s response had been hampered by the fact that there was comparatively little space to place the industry’s big-ger and more efficient engines under the wing of the 737, which was initially designed low to the ground to speed up baggage loading and aircraft turnaround times.

To fit inside the available space, the current engines already have a squashed appearance underneath to give the engine housing adequate ground clearance.

“Based on design work and preliminary testing results, we have even more confidence in our ability to give our customers the fuel savings they need while minimizing the development risk on this program,” said Michael Teal, chief project engineer and deputy program manager of the 737 MAX program.

The MAX will be powered by engines made by CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric Co (GE.N) and Safran (SAF.PA

In 2011, Boeing had 36 percent of new plane sales, while Airbus stacked up record sales of its revamped A320neo.

Now Boeing, based in Chicago, is hitting back with strong sales of its own redesigned narrowbody and is aiming to win the order race in 2012.

Boeing has taken more than 1,000 orders and provisional orders for the MAX since winning its first provisional order for the plane from AMR

Corp’s (AAMRQ.PK) American Airlines last year. Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) will be the first operator of the plane.

Boeing has reported firm contracts for 451 of the 737 MAX 15 customers. The company said that when provisional orders were factored in, the total exceeded 1,000. Airbus has reached definitive agreements to sell 1,289 A320neos, making what it describes as the fastest-selling new aircraft in history, and reported provisional deals for an additional 266.

Boeing is working to get performance guarantees in place for its MAX customers as it attempts to convert hundreds of provisional orders for the MAX to firm this year.

It is also spotlighting performance of its current 737 as a key selling point. The company illustrates 737 reliability with data showing the 737 family of planes has a higher rate of reliability than the A320.

Boeing’s internal data show that 99.68 percent of the current generation of 737 flights are ready to depart within 15 minutes of schedule. That compares to the A320’s reliability of 99.35 percent, according to Boeing.

Based on these figures, the company said a fleet of 100 737 MAX airplanes flying five flights a day would have 590 fewer delays and avoid disrupting an estimated 66,600 fewer passengers.

“The reliability of the 737 has always been higher than the competitor,” said Beverly Wyse, general manager of the 737 program.

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Embraer’s 195 jet, the largest in the e-series with up to 124 seats, fits neatly up against the bottom range of Boeing’s 737 series.

Boeing and Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer S.A. signed a collaboration agreement Monday that codifies what has become a de facto market split between the two.

In the agreement, the two companies committed to collaborate on “aircraft efficiency and safety, productivity and research,” in an identical release both sent out. The agreement was signed in Washington, D.C.

Interestingly, the Boeing-Embraer pact comes just a month after aircraft builder Bombardier (which is Canadian) and Comac (which is Chinese) signed another collaboration agreement.

What’s different about the two agreements is that Bombardier and Co-mac are collaborating on building similar-sized aircraft, on the bottom end of the commercial aircraft hierarchy, while the Boeing-Embraer pact seems to accept the size division between them.

Currently, Embraer’s largest aircraft is the E-195 series, which tops out at about 124 seats, while Boeing’s smallest aircraft is the 737-700, (and its successor, the 737 Max-7), at about 126 seats in a two-class configuration.

But nearly all Boeing 737 sales have been for aircraft larger than the 700 series, while Embraer has, at least in the near term, abandoned trying to be able to break into Boeing’s category.

“That’s when Embraer and Bombardier are coming in on the low end of that spectrum, saying, ‘Our planes are lighter, more efficient, smaller, and you can make money with them,’” said Scott Hamilton, analyst and president of Leeham Co. LLC, an aerospace consultancy.

And what might the new Brazilian-Boeing pact mean in the future?

“It appears neither Boeing nor Airbus will do a new small airplane until sometime around 2030,” Hamilton said, “What you may see is Boeing tying up with Embraer, possibly for an eventual development of larger Embraer aircraft that would supplant the 700 and 7 Max.”

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Angeles Composites workers join Machinists union Angeles Composite Technologies Inc. in Port Angeles is the latest aerospace company to be organized by the machinists union.

Labor harmony between The Boeing Co . and Seattle-based Machinists District Lodge 751 may be encouraging other aerospace workers to unionize or take action.

This week, Machinists District W24 in Portland announced that the “overwhelming majority” of workers at Angeles Composite Technologies Inc., a Port Angeles-based aerospace supplier, had voted to unionize their company.

That will add Angeles Composites to a grow-ing list of Washington aerospace suppliers that are unionized, including Hytek Finishes in Kent, which is negotiating a contract, as well as BAE, Triumph Composites in Spo-kane and Pexco in Union Gap.

“I think a lot of people took a look at our con-tract negotiations with Boeing, and saw our members have job guarantees, good health benefits, pensions ... That’s things most people want. A way you get this is forming a union,” said Bryan Corliss, spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 751. “We’re happy to have the Angeles Composites people join us, congratulations to colleagues in Portland.”

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Members of Machinists Local 2296 in Havelock, N.C., struck against Boeing with a unanimous vote on April 10, following proposals by The Boeing Co. to reduce benefits, according to a union release.

The workers maintain F-15 flight simulators at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C.

The day before, workers at a SpiritAerosystems plant in Kinston, N.C., voted to join the machinists union with a two-to-one majority.

The plant builds fuselage sections for the Airbus A350, competitor to the Boeing 787.

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SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, which is providing 50k carbon fiber for the BMW i3 and i8, is adding a 1,500-ton carbon fiber line to its facility in Moses Lake, Wash., USA.

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, the joint venture of SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany) and BMW Group (Munich, Ger-many), reported at JEC Europe 2012 on March 26 that it has be-gun expansion of its carbon fiber manufacturing facility in Moses Lake, Wash., USA. Expected to be complete by summer 2013, the additional carbon fiber line will add 1,500 tons of capacity to the plant, bringing total capacity to 3,000 tons.

The 50k tow standard modulus carbon fiber produced at the facility is captive to production of structural composite parts for the forthcoming all-electric BMW i3 (2013) and hybrid-electric BMW i8 (2014).

Carbon fiber from the plant is sent to Germany for weaving, preforming and resin transfer molding (RTM) of passenger cell structures for the vehicles.

The cars, when introduced, will represent the first use of carbonfi-ber composites in chassis components in a production automotive application. SGL officials noted that the Moses Lake site includes 60 acres of land and that further expansion is possible. Animal Fat-To-Biofuel Plant Proposed In Cali-fornia

A 65,000-gallon-per-day plant that converts animal fat into biofuel has been proposed along the California coast.

Railcars would bring tallow from a Washington rendering plant and it would be processed in a 20,000-square-foot building behind a

Watsonville cold storage warehouse.

Most biofuels are currently made with vegetable oils. Fuels made from animal waste are harder to produce.

But North Star Biofuels, a joint venture of R. Power Fuels of Emeryville and Agri Beef of Boise, Idaho, says its new process could lead the industry into the next decade.

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The National Guard, Center for America (CFA), Corporate America Supports You (CASY) and Military Spouse Corporate Career Network (MSCCN) have launched a new national campaign to encourage com-panies to post open skilled jobs on the National Guard national job bank for its 60,000+ currently unemployed members.

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Chalk one up for continental Europe’s economic architects. For the past several decades, the Anglo-Saxon consensus was that state interference in the private-sector economy was a mistake. Government bureaucrats were in no position to pick economic winners and losers — and if standing aside meant letting the forces of creative destruction sweep away entire industries, so be it.

The continental Europeans, most successfully the Germans, demurred. They were unconvinced that the shift from manufacturing to services was either good or inevitable, and they used the full might of the state to try to hang on to their industrial base. The financial crisis may have briefly felt like a vindication of this model — but the near collapse and continued frailty of the euro brought a quick end to that moment of schadenfraude.

When it comes to manufacturing, though, the European approach is being embraced in the White House. In a speech this week, Gene B. Sperling, director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy, carefully laid out the economic rationale for the U.S. shift. When I spoke to him afterward, Mr. Sperling was at great pains to point out that the new approach did not amount to industrial policy, or an attempt by the government to pick winners and losers. But the White House has come to believe, Mr. Sperling said, that manufacturers more broadly should be first among equals. Giving manufacturers slightly lower taxes and more support for their research and development is a good idea, Mr. Sperling argues, for two reasons. First, because manufacturing has a particularly powerful spillover effect on the rest of the economy.

The benign effect of manufacturing Mr. Sperling is most enthusiastic about is the connection with innovation. That link, he argues, has been drawn out in research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s

“Production in the Innovation Economy” initiative. Its premise, which Mr. Sperling embraces, is that in most new technologies, innovation happens most quickly and effectively when the inventors work close to the builders.

Apple is today the most beloved — and financially successful — U.S. manufacturer of physical stuff. But Mr. Sperling’s argument amounts to an assertion that the Apple approach — with designers and engineers in California and factories in China — works for the IT business, but not for much else. In most industries, Mr. Sperling contends, those who outsource manufacturing will soon find that they have outsourced their innovative edge, too.

The second pillar of the White House approach is to insist that the de-cline of U.S. manufacturing, and, by extension, manufacturing in the rich Western economies, is not inevitable. Manufacturing, Mr. Sperling argues, is not the agriculture of the 21st century, a sector fated to provide fewer and fewer jobs over time. Instead, Mr. Sperling believes that the United States has a chance to bring jobs back home. This is clearly one of the administration’s talking points this season

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The shiny towers of the City of London and the canyons of Wall Street are evidence of that last conviction and, at least for a while, seemed to be a vindication of it as well. Mr. Sperling is an earnest technocrat, and his speech this week was a determined effort to document the intellectual foundations of the White House’s pro-manufacturing tilt. “

Let me begin by acknowledging upfront that this is an area where oth-erwise like-minded economists disagree,” Mr. Sperling said at the start of his remarks. His goal is not so much to persuade his listeners that he is right as it is to assure them that his approach is intellectually respect-able. But for all its nerdy leanings, the White House is not the Harvard faculty club, and an election is coming up.

Unless you have a doctorate in economics, your intuition probably accords with Mr. Sperling’s point that building things is essential to a country’s economic well-being. Mr. Romney, who opposed the bailout of the Detroit carmakers, often finds himself on the other side of that argument. Inside the United States, the big political story this week is the Supreme Court’s deliberations on the legality of Mr. Obama’s health care overhaul. Elsewhere, that is a barely comprehensible local story — all other rich countries provide some version of universal cover-age and spend less money and achieve better outcomes than the United

States. But from Berlin to Beijing, the debate about manufacturing and whether governments have a duty to support it is a live issue. That is one more reason this U.S. election campaign matters so much to the rest of the world.

Push to lure talent to manufacturing

The American automobile industry is grappling with a very different sort of problem: Automakers and their suppliers are finding it harder to find people with skills and training necessary to keep their factories running. More than 104,000 manufacturing jobs have been added in the United States in the automotive sector alone since the summer of 2009 — including nearly 30,000 in Michigan — according to the Center for Automotive Research. And that trend is expected to con-tinue. “We’re forecasting quite a jump in manufacturing, especially in Michigan, through 2015,” said economist Sean McAlinden, CAR’s vice president in charge of research. That is why a group of indus-try leaders is launching a new push to educate young people about career opportunities in manufacturing. It hopes to persuade more of them to consider jobs in manufacturing engineering, skilled trades and even factory work. Building America’s Tomorrow grew out of the industry’s efforts during the recent economic crisis to educate Washington about the economic importance of the auto sector. “It’s really an outgrowth of all the chaos in the auto industry,” said David Cole, chairman emeritus of CAR and one of the founders of the or-ganization. “Everyone was worried about whether we would survive. We did, but now we’re not sure where we’re going find the talent we need to stay in business.”

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“If it’s square, it’s going to be weak,” Hegel explained. “And planes flex.”As it happens, the students were designing keychain fobs. But they were learning skills and principles that translate directly into building aircraft.

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Tim Copes, vice president of manufacturing and quality for Boeing Com-mercial Airplanes, called the mobile training unit “one small piece of what we all need to have a bright future here in the state of Washington.”

Boeing alone is ramping up production of its new 787 Dreamliner to 10 a month, boosted 777 production from five to seven a month last year, with a planned move to 8.3 in 2013, and raised the rate of its mainstay 737 from 31.5 to 35 a month last year, on the way to a goal of 38 in 2013 and 42 in 2014.

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To date, the 737-900ER has logged 414 orders from 16 customers. The Next-Generation 737 family (all models) has won orders for more than 6,000 airplanes and Boeing has delivered more than 3,800.

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US Commerce Department Releases New Report Showing Intellectual Property-Intensive Indus-tries Contribute $5 Trillion, 40 Million Jobs to US Economy

The U.S. Commerce Department released a comprehensive report, en-titled “Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus,” which finds that intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries support at least 40 million jobs and contribute more than $5 trillion dollars to, or 34.8 percent of, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP)

. “This first of its kind report shows that IP- intensive industries have a direct and significant impact on our nation’s economy and the creation of American jobs,” said Commerce Secretary John Bryson. “When Ameri-cans know that their ideas will be protected, they have greater incentive to pursue advances and technologies that help keep us competitive, and our businesses have the confidence they need to hire more workers. That is why this Administration’s efforts to protect intellectual property, and modernize the patent and trademark system are so crucial to a 21st century economy that is built to last.”

While IP is used in virtually every segment of the U.S. economy, the report identifies the 75 industries that use patent, copyright, or trade-mark protections most extensively. These “IP-intensive industries” are the source – directly or indirectly – of 40 million jobs. That’s more than a quarter of all the jobs in this country. Some of the most IP-intensive industries include: Computer and peripheral equipment, audio and video equipment manufacturing, newspaper and book publishers, Pharmaceu-tical and medicines, Semiconductor and other electronic components, and the Medical equipment space.

“Strong intellectual property protections encourage our businesses to pursue the next great idea, which is vital to maintaining America’s com-petitive edge and driving our overall prosperity,” said Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank. “The report released today shows that wages for jobs in IP-intensive industries are higher than average and continue to increase, meaning that these jobs aren’t just important for businesses and entrepreneurs – they are important for working families. The IP protections we put in place today are helping support economic security for America’s middle class now and in the years to come.”

The report has several important findings, including:

IP-intensive industries contributed $5.06 trillion to the U.S. economy or 34.8 percent of GDP in 2010.

40 million jobs, or 27.7 percent of all jobs, were directly or indirectly attributable to the most IP-intensive industries in 2010.

Between 2010 and 2011, the economic recovery led to a 1.6 percent increase in direct employment in IP-intensive industries, faster than the 1.0 percent growth in non-IP-intensive industries.

Merchandise exports of IP-intensive industries totaled $775 billion in 2010, accounting for 60.7 percent of total U.S. merchandise exports.

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“Every job in some way, produces, sup-plies, consumes, or relies on innovation, creativity, and commercial distinctive-ness,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and USPTO

Director David Kappos. “America needs to continue investing in a high quality and appropriately balanced intellectual property system that will promote in-novative, open, and competitive markets while helping to ensure that the U.S. private sector remains America’s innova-tion engine.”

The report is a joint product of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Secretary Bryson was joined today by Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and USPTO Director David Kappos, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue, and American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) President Richard Trumka at a White House event, to unveil the report.

The Department of Commerce and USPTO are unleashing new innovations and new industries by advancing a ro-bust framework of intellectual property protections for a global economy. The USPTO has already implemented eight provisions of the recently passed America Invents Act, which are enhancing the speed and quality of patent processing, connecting businesses with the tools they need to develop their technologies, and speeding up patent applications.

The backlog has been reduced by nearly 15%, from about 750,000 to just under 641,000 today. That reduction has come despite the accel-eration of American ingenuity, and patent filings in the U.S. grew 5% in FY 2011. By re-engineering the IP system from the ground up, the USPTO is creating a 21st century innovation architecture that’s built to last and will help America remain a global leader going forward.

Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are the principal means for estab-lishing ownership rights to inventions and ideas, and provide a legal foundation by which intangible ideas and creations generate tangible benefits to businesses and employees. IP protection affects com-merce throughout the economy, including by: providing incentives to invent and create; protecting innovators from unauthorized copying; facilitating vertical specialization in technology markets; creating a

platform for financial investments in innovation; supporting startup liquidity and growth through mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs; making licensing-based technology business models possible; and, enabling a more efficient market for technology transfer and trading in technol-ogy and ideas.

ISM Report On Business

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in March for the 32nd consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 34th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Busi-ness Survey Committee. “The PMI registered 53.4 percent, an increase

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of 1 percentage point from February’s reading of 52.4 percent, indicat-ing expansion in the manufacturing sector for the 32nd consecutive month. The Production Index increased 3 percentage points from February’s reading of 55.3 percent to 58.3 percent, and the Employ-ment Index increased 2.9 percentage points to 56.1 percent. Of the 18 industries included in the survey, 15 are experiencing overall growth. Comments from the panel remain positive, with several respondents citing increased sales and demand for the next few months.”

Performance By Industry

Of the 18 manufacturing industries, 15 are reporting growth in the following order: Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; Nonmetallic Mineral Products; Primary Metals; Petroleum & Coal Products; Paper Products; Machinery; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Wood Products; Furniture & Related Products; Transportation Equipment; Plastics & Rubber Products; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Printing & Related Support Activities; Fabricated Metal Products; and Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components. The two industries report-ing contraction in March are: Computer & Electronic Products; and Chemical Products.

What Respondents Are Saying

•“Business is robust, driven by a healthy demand for exports and rela-tively stable raw materials [pricing].” (Chemical Products)

• “Our customers are reporting a potential 10 percent to13 percent increase in pur-chases for 2012. Actual orders continue to be slow to appear, but expectations continue to be high.” (Machinery)

• “Business conditions [are] very strong and so is outlook.” (Fabricated Metal Products)

• “We have been experiencing 6 percent annual growth and expect that to continue in the near term.” (Food, Beverage & To-bacco Products)

• “Business continues to be brisk — if not robust — [this] month and looking forward.” (Miscellaneous Manufacturing)

• “Business remains essentially stable, with some concerns regarding continued slow-down in China.” (Computer & Electronic Products)

• “Business remains strong.” (Primary Met-als)

• “Business improved year over year for the first quarter.” (Plastics & Rubber Products)

• “Generally increasing sales/demand [is] driving higher capacity utilization.” (Trans-

portation Equipment)

• “Sales appear to be picking up over last year at this time, but still have a ways to go.” (Wood Products)

March 2012 Manufacturing Index Summaries

PMI (Purchasing Managers Index)

Manufacturing continued its growth in March as the PMI registered 53.4 percent, an increase of 1 percentage point when compared to February’s reading of 52.4 percent. A reading above 50 percent indi-cates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting.

A PMI in excess of 42.6 percent, over a period of time, generally indicates an expansion of the overall economy. Therefore, the PMI indicates growth for the 34th consecutive month in the overall economy, as well as expansion in the manufacturing sector for the 32nd consecutive month. Holcomb stated, “The past relationship between the PMI and the overall economy indicates that the average PMI for January through March (53.3 percent) corresponds to a 3.6 percent increase in real gross domestic product (GDP). In addition, if the PMI for March (53.4 percent) is annualized, it corresponds to a 3.7 percent increase in real GDP annually.”

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Despite EVs Becoming M o r e M a i n s t r e a m , Public Has Yet To Fully Embrace Them

The Chicago Tribune reports that electric vehicles are becoming more common,

“but if there’s a full-blown revolution coming, it isn’t here yet.” Though “the hybrid market is growing, in 2012 it comprises just 2.46 percent of the overall market. Electric vehicle sales represent less than 1 percent, according to industry watcher Edmunds.com.”

Cost concer ns are dr iving many consumers away. Jack Nerad, a Kelly Blue Book editorial director, commented,

“Most of the action in the car market is under $30,000, so you’re hard-pressed to find a whole lot of demand. The Volt certainly isn’t under $30,000, and the Leaf in terms of the package is compatible with vehicles that are $7,000 to $10,000 less expensive and offer unlimited range.”

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Boeing About To Start Testing On South Korean F-15 Silent Eagle

Flight International reported, “Boeing is poised to launch a new series of ground, windtunnel and flight tests on several key features of the F-15 Silent Eagle proposed for South Korea’s competitive F-X III contract.” The wind tunnel tests should begin in March or April with flight tests toward the end of the year. These tests “are aimed at preparing the Silent Eagle to be ready to enter service in 2016 for South Korea.”

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Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing is a matter of fundamental importance to the economic strength and national security of the United States. Advanced manufacturing capabilities are essential for turning re-search discoveries, inventions, and new ideas into better or novel products—our nation’s ability to innovate. Innovation, in turn, drives U.S. economic growth and growth of U.S. productivity. There are many interrelated elements of an innova-tion ecosystem—entrepreneurs, workers, tax policies, to name a few—but without manufacturing, the economic power and dynamism of innovation fade.

The manufacturing sector continues to be a mainstay of our economic productivity, generating nearly $1.6 trillion in GDP in 2009 (11.2% of total U.S. GDP). U.S. manufacturing firms lead the Nation in exports: The $1.1 trillion of manufac-tured goods shipped abroad constituted 86% of all U.S. goods exported in 2010. The manufacturing sector employed 11.5 million workers in 2010, or 9% of total employment, and supported additional non-manufacturing jobs up and down the supply chain as well as in financial services. The U.S. manufacturing sector now faces enormous challenges, and American leadership and competitiveness in manu-facturing is at risk. After ranking as the world’s largest manufacturer for more than a century, the United States has lost ground to China in terms of share of global manufacturing output. It also has slipped below Germany, South Korea, and Japan in rankings of manufacturing intensity, a critical indicator of future job-creating innovation.

The U.S. remains the largest producer of advanced technology prod-ucts, but this competition also ramped up over the last decade. In 2010, the U.S. ran an $81 billion deficit in trade of advanced technology products. Since 2000, the U.S. has lost 687,000 high-technology manufacturing jobs—a 28 percent decrease. But U.S. manufacturing has begun to rebound from the “great recession.” Since December 2009, manufacturers have increased their payrolls by about 400,000 workers. Some of these jobs were the result of onshoring—the return of positions and operations that had been transplanted to lower-wage nations. Shifting global conditions and promising technologies could add momentum to these nascent trends.

Advanced manufacturing is a family of activities that (a) depend on

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construction of large-scale flexible manufacturing systems.(Wiedemann still exists today as Murata Machinery USA.)

Sheet-metal-processed products realize value by going through many subsequent processes of not only punching, bending and other machining, but also welding and assembly. Efficient creation of this value requires a manufacturing perspective with all processes taken into consideration.Muratec’s Murata Machinery division develops processing machines and systems based on such a perspective, and also offer recommendations for total optimiza-tion of machining processes, including reviews of processes and methods, while sharing customer concerns. Through the pursuit of total optimiza-tion, they continue to contribute to customers’ value creation.

In 1994, Murata Machinery changed the evolution of the turret punch with the introduction of the first electric award winning servo punch drive — the Motorum 2000 series — which has since become a standard in the industry. Murata also launched revolutionary changes in productivity with the introduction of the first turret punch featuring a turret changer, the NPS-01, and the Motorum 2558 Hybrid, which combines electric turret punch capabilities with laser contour cutting.

Today, Murata Machinery USA remains commit-ted to the traditional values of craftsmanship with engineered products for the future. The company’s sheet metal forming division produces and markets a wide range of machines, with punching capaci-ties ranging from 22 to 45 U.S. tons. The machine configurations range from new servo electric drive to the hydro-mechanical press with contouring options of plasma and laser, as well as a full line of stockers, loaders, and part sorting equipment.

Murata Machinery USA’s Motorum line also offers the latest in sheet metal fabrication technology and reliability, with automation options that take unmanned productivity to new heights with exceptional returns on investment.

Murata Machinery USA, a division of Muratec, offers the latest in technology and reliability in the sheet metal forming industry with their Motorum line. Their experience is built into every machine with the mantra - “Reliability By Design”. For more information, contact: Ron McConnell at 949-466-8255, [email protected], or visit the company website at www.Muratec-usa.com

For more information on Overlanders Manufacturing L.P. and their World Class Manufacturing business please call: Paulo DeGianni Operations Manager at 604-309-9291, [email protected]

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success. We purchased the Muratec Mo-torum 2548, and we are now able to run our programmed system, Lights Out!”

About Overlanders Manufacturing

Overlanders Manufactur ing was founded by a husband and wife team in 1978 as a small sheet metal manufactur-ing company. Over time, the company grew into a leading edge high tech fabricator of precision sheet metal and tubular products serving companies in the Pacific Northwest, U.S., and Brit-ish Columbia. Their customers span such diverse industries as Agricultural, Mining, Forestry, and Home Heating Products, to name a few.

The company was dedicated to cus-tomer service and this created a stable viable company that caught the interest of the current ownership, Exchange Income Corporation (EIC). In 2006 EIC purchased Overlanders Manufacturing and retained the management team to continue building the business.

EIC was created to invest in profitable, well-established companies with strong cash flows operating in niche markets in Canada and the US, and to distribute stable monthly cash dividends to its shareholders. EIC invests into viable companies for long-term results and works with them to grow the business. Current subsidiaries reside in two niche business segments, aviation and specialty manufacturing.

About Muratec

In an era dominated by constant technological and economic change, it is rare to find a technologically based company that has been around for over 75 years, much less one that has been a leader in innovation the entire time. But Murata Machinery USA, Inc., located in Char-lotte, NC, has been a world leader in forming machinery technology, specializing in sheet metal fabrication applications, service and sales of turret punch presses and material handling equipment.

The roots of the sheet metal machinery department can be traced back to 1970, when the company joined up with the Wiedemann Division of The Warner & Swasey Company; which was established in Philadelphia, USA in 1916, and released the world’s first CNC turret punch press. After that, the company pursued product develop-ment and released new products one after another, including plasma arc combined machines and laser combined machines, and also

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every operation of the job traveler is scanned in real time. This allows them to carefully keep a vigil on run times, scrap, on time delivery, & overall job performance. This way of doing busi-ness has allowed Overlanders to evolve to their current status as a leading and cutting edge, high tech fabricator of tubular and precision sheet metal assemblies.

Randy said from early on they used Wiedemann products because of the great high quality of the machines and the accuracy. The attentive sales engineer (Ron McConnell), servicemen and service technicians (like Steve Fullerton) were and are, a key factor to the continued business with Murata/Wiedemann, which is now all under one company, called Muratec. Randy said,

“Our company remains loyal and continues to buy the Muratec Automation Systems because they help us to stay very competitive and you need every advantage in this very competitive industry. Great equipment and great people are vital to success!”

“If we have a problem or a challenge”, Randy says, “a service technician walks us through the situation on the phone right away and we are up and running, 99% of the time”. He continued,

“If we have a major problem (which is rare) it is resolved within 17 hours or less. This is huge to our business and down time is so minimal we continue to have faith in the Muratec Automation Systems. When we have a new machine require-

ment we call Muratec and their Sales Engineer Ron McConnell helps us find the system that fits our requirements and gives us the advice we need for a complete manufacturing solution.”

Randy elaborated, “When we purchase a new Muratec system, the service team is resident in our facility and trains our staff to run the automation system to its highest efficiency. This type of partnership allows us to stay at the leading edge and ahead of our competition.”

He continued, “2010 was our best year ever for sales and profitability. It was the perfect time to acquire an automation system and machine that would bolster our productivity and ensure we can further our

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Overlanders Manufacturing Operates at 110% Efficiency With Advanced Muratec Equipment

Overlanders Manufacturing L.P. is a progressive sheet metal fabrication company dedicated to customer service and providing a complete manufacturing solution for their customers. If you are looking for a partner that has the latest in automation, top level value added assembly, and lean processes with ISO certification, Overlanders is the com-pany to call.

I talked with Randy Lowry, General Manager and 23 year veteran of the company about their progressive com-pany and the tried and true methodology that continues to work for their valued customers.

“Invest into your assets; Employees, Machine Tools and Automation Systems, incorporating Quality Processes to maintain the highest quality product to support our valued Customers!”, Randy said. “It’s what we’ve been doing and what we continue to do to build the business. We train all new employees through our veteran staff. With an aver-age tenure of over ten years, we make sure the new blood gets trained the Overlanders way! We also continue to use strategic partnerships and all of our suppliers are qualified. We are ISO9001: 2000 certified and we qualify all of our suppliers through our ISO system.”

Overlanders subscribes to the teachings of lean manufacturing and is currently at an unheard of 110% efficiency across the entire manufac-turing facility. “Years ago we looked at how we laid out assemblies and the piles of parts we fabricated were staged everywhere”, Randy said.

“We knew we could do much better, so we sent some key employees to Lean Technology classes and what we have now is a very skinny facility”, Randy jokes. “We might not be a perfect lean company, but we are very skinny and our efficiency rating speaks to this truth!”

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construction of large-scale flexible manufacturing systems.(Wiedemann still exists today as Murata Machinery USA.)

Sheet-metal-processed products realize value by going through many subsequent processes of not only punching, bending and other machining, but also welding and assembly. Efficient creation of this value requires a manufacturing perspective with all processes taken into consideration.Muratec’s Murata Machinery division develops processing machines and systems based on such a perspective, and also offer recommendations for total optimiza-tion of machining processes, including reviews of processes and methods, while sharing customer concerns. Through the pursuit of total optimiza-tion, they continue to contribute to customers’ value creation.

In 1994, Murata Machinery changed the evolution of the turret punch with the introduction of the first electric award winning servo punch drive — the Motorum 2000 series — which has since become a standard in the industry. Murata also launched revolutionary changes in productivity with the introduction of the first turret punch featuring a turret changer, the NPS-01, and the Motorum 2558 Hybrid, which combines electric turret punch capabilities with laser contour cutting.

Today, Murata Machinery USA remains commit-ted to the traditional values of craftsmanship with engineered products for the future. The company’s sheet metal forming division produces and markets a wide range of machines, with punching capaci-ties ranging from 22 to 45 U.S. tons. The machine configurations range from new servo electric drive to the hydro-mechanical press with contouring options of plasma and laser, as well as a full line of stockers, loaders, and part sorting equipment.

Murata Machinery USA’s Motorum line also offers the latest in sheet metal fabrication technology and reliability, with automation options that take unmanned productivity to new heights with exceptional returns on investment.

Murata Machinery USA, a division of Muratec, offers the latest in technology and reliability in the sheet metal forming industry with their Motorum line. Their experience is built into every machine with the mantra - “Reliability By Design”. For more information, contact: Ron McConnell at 949-466-8255, [email protected], or visit the company website at www.Muratec-usa.com

For more information on Overlanders Manufacturing L.P. and their World Class Manufacturing business please call: Paulo DeGianni Operations Manager at 604-309-9291, [email protected]

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success. We purchased the Muratec Mo-torum 2548, and we are now able to run our programmed system, Lights Out!”

About Overlanders Manufacturing

Overlanders Manufactur ing was founded by a husband and wife team in 1978 as a small sheet metal manufactur-ing company. Over time, the company grew into a leading edge high tech fabricator of precision sheet metal and tubular products serving companies in the Pacific Northwest, U.S., and Brit-ish Columbia. Their customers span such diverse industries as Agricultural, Mining, Forestry, and Home Heating Products, to name a few.

The company was dedicated to cus-tomer service and this created a stable viable company that caught the interest of the current ownership, Exchange Income Corporation (EIC). In 2006 EIC purchased Overlanders Manufacturing and retained the management team to continue building the business.

EIC was created to invest in profitable, well-established companies with strong cash flows operating in niche markets in Canada and the US, and to distribute stable monthly cash dividends to its shareholders. EIC invests into viable companies for long-term results and works with them to grow the business. Current subsidiaries reside in two niche business segments, aviation and specialty manufacturing.

About Muratec

In an era dominated by constant technological and economic change, it is rare to find a technologically based company that has been around for over 75 years, much less one that has been a leader in innovation the entire time. But Murata Machinery USA, Inc., located in Char-lotte, NC, has been a world leader in forming machinery technology, specializing in sheet metal fabrication applications, service and sales of turret punch presses and material handling equipment.

The roots of the sheet metal machinery department can be traced back to 1970, when the company joined up with the Wiedemann Division of The Warner & Swasey Company; which was established in Philadelphia, USA in 1916, and released the world’s first CNC turret punch press. After that, the company pursued product develop-ment and released new products one after another, including plasma arc combined machines and laser combined machines, and also

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WGS satellite passes builder’s post-launch tests

Three months after rocketing into space atop a Delta 4 booster, maneuver-ing into geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles high and passing a thorough checkout, the U.S. Air Force’s newest communications craft has been delivered into the hands of military controllers from builder Boeing. The Wideband Global SATCOM 4 satellite was transferred from Boeing control to Air Force operators on Wednesday. The initial flying of the bird was conducted from the aerospace firm’s facilities in El Segundo, California, where the spacecraft was manufactured.

“This fourth WGS satellite adds substantial capacity and resiliency to the WGS constellation,” said Craig Cooning, vice president and general man-ager, Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems. “The team worked around the clock to ensure that all testing was completed successfully, and that the satellite was healthy and ready for customer handover. We remain com-mitted to the Air Force, the WGS mission, and to continuing to support the delivery of this critical enhancement of warfighter communications.”Boeing said in a statement that on-orbit testing had demonstrated the functionality of WGS 4’s communications payload features by passing test signals through each of the satellite’s 19 antenna beams. The tests also verified the craft’s beam-steering functions.

The military ground control team will finish some additional testing on the satellite and reposition it over the Middle East to enter service this summer.Valued at $464 million, the satellite joins three other WGS satellites that form the Pentagon’s worldwide communications backbone across all branches of the military.

WGS 4 is the first craft, however, with an internal reconfiguration to improve communications bandwidth to the military’s remote-controlled drones known for their stealthy and undercover operations in global hotspots for surveillance, intelligence-gathering and offensive operations.

The ever-growing WGS constellation now has four craft in space and five more in production. Teaming with five allied nations, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and New Zealand, the Air Force ordered WGS 9 under the broadening fleet earlier this year.

All of these spacecraft provide high-data-rate, large-volume communica-tions services from geosynchronous orbit. The provide 10 times the capac-ity over the heritage Defense Satellite Communications System birds they gradually replace in space.

“We don’t see any reduction in wideband capability needed for the warfighter. It’s just the opposite -- it’s going exponential,” Dave Madden, director of the Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate at the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center, said on the eve of the WGS 4 launch in January.

“The Canadian Forces’ recent efforts in Libya and Afghanistan have highlighted the critical importance of rapid communications between headquarters and deployed forces,” Peter MacKay, minister of national defence, said in signing the WGS 9 deal. “This agreement with our allies will meet the requirement for secure data and voice transmissions, which are essential to the success of modern military operations.

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Offices:California (So. & No.) • Florida • Ohio

“Work with passion, sell with conviction, support with dedication.”

• Brass & copper tubes• Dielectric fluid•Metallics• Tooling• Graphite• EDM hole driller

• Zinc coated wire• Brass wire• Resin• Filters• Spare & wear parts• Omax parts

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Aqueous DegreasersPetroferm Inc. ___________ 317-371-8899

Auto-Bar Feed SystemsWestern Machine Center ____ 408-955-1000

BallscrewsFadal CNC _____________ 208-855-9426

Band Saws/Saw BladesCalifornia Cold Saw ________ 877-700-7610S.L. Fusco San Leandro ______ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _____ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City ______ 619-477-7733SawBlade.com ___________800--240-2932

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InsertsSandvik ______________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ___________ 503-267-4805

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Fixturing/Fixtures5th Axis Fixtures _________ 858-505-0432

InsertsSandvik ______________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ___________ 503-267-4805

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MotorsFadal CNC _____________ 208-855-9426Parts Washing EquipmentEbbco Inc _____________ 800-809-3901DCM Tech _____________ 800-533-5339

ResolversFadal CNC _____________ 208-855-9426

Rotary TablesHogue Precision ________ 209-892-5649

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Solvents & Degreasing AgentsDCM Tech _____________ 800-533-5339Petroferm Inc. ___________ 317-371-8899

Solvents: Vapor degreasing Petroferm Inc. ___________ 317-371-8899

Solvents:Hand WipePetroferm Inc. ___________ 317-371-8899

Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Petroferm Inc. ___________ 317-371-8899

SpindlesFadal CNC _____________ 208-855-9426Setco-Pope Spindles ________ 866-362-0699

Thread MillsMicro 100 _____________ 208-888-7310Sandvik ______________ 503-381-8740

Tooling SystemsHogue Precision ________ 209-892-5649Micro 100 _____________ 208-888-7310Sandvik ______________ 503-381-8740S.L. Fusco San Leandro ______ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _____ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City ______ 619-477-7733

Vises & Vise Jaws5th Axis Fixtures _________ 858-505-0432

Waterjet AccessoriesKMT Waterjet Systems ______ 800-826-9274

WaycoversFadal CNC _____________ 208-855-9426

Workholding5th Axis Fixtures _________ 858-505-0432Innovative Tool Sales _______ 714-780-0730

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Midaco Corporation _________847-593-8420

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Firetrace _____________ 480-544-4450GRINDING

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CNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500Silicon & Quartz

DCM Tech ____________ 800-533-5339Manual Lathes & Mills

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Sawing MachinesHallidie Machine Tool Sales ______253-939-9020

North Western Machinery _____ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools _____ 510-249-1000Rocky Mountain Saw Blades ____303-761-3000 Western Machine Center ____ 408-955-1000

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Laser TrackersMetrology Instruments

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CeramicsSamuel Son & Co __________800-648-8000

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Electrical SteelsFry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651

Hastelloy Tube & PipeHaynes International ________ 425-422-6496

High Temperature AlloysHaynes International ________ 425-422-6496

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METAL DISTRIBUTORS Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651Haynes International ________ 425-422-6496Laser Cutting Services, Inc _____ 503-612-8311Samuel Son & Co __________ 800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper ______ 800-362-5255TCI Precision Metals _________ 800-234-5613Temtco Steel ____________ 480-389-2883

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CNC LathesChevalier USA ___________562-903-1929Clark Machinery _________206-219-2528CNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500Elrod Machine __________ 928-526-9032Ganesh Machinery ________888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool _____ 253-939-9020Hogue Precision ________ 209-892-5649Machine Toolworks _______ 800-426-2052

Machine Tools Northwest ______ 206-650-8999North Western Machinery ____ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools _____ 510-249-1000Rosco Precision Machinery_ ___ 253-333-2439Western Machine Center _____ 408-955-1000

CNC Routing MachinesWestern Machine Center ____ 408-955-1000Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

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Custom Design/Build MachinesElrod Machine __________ 928-526-9032Lambie Engineering _______509-868-3100

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Chevalier USA ___________562-903-1929EDM Filtration

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Chevalier USA ___________562-903-1929Slant Bed Lathes

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Sub Spindle LathesChevalier USA ___________562-903-1929

Used Wire EDM Machines

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Iron WorkersHallidie Machine Tool _____ 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools ____ 800-952-0151

Laser CuttingDW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

Laser MarkingCNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500

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SECO TOOLS INC., 8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200 TUALATIN, OR 97062

CELL: 503-267-4805

OFFICE: 248-528-5990 FAX: 503-404-2440

E-MAIL: [email protected] www.secotools.com

DAVID LADZICK MANAGER

NORTHWEST REGION

SECO TOOLS INC., 8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200 TUALATIN, OR 97062

CELL: 503-267-4805

OFFICE: 248-528-5990 FAX: 503-404-2440

E-MAIL: [email protected] www.secotools.com

Sub Spindle LathesChevalier USA ___________562-903-1929

Used Wire EDM Machines

Desert EDM Sales ________ 480-816-6300EDM Network __________ 480-836-1782

PALLET SYSTEMSManual & Automatic Pallet

SystemsMidaco Corporation _________847-593-8420

Manual Lift Off Pallet SystemsMidaco Corporation _________847-593-8420

Manual Rotory Pallet SystemsMidaco Corporation _________847-593-8420

ROBOTICSRobotic Part Loading Systems

Midaco Corporation _________847-593-8420NEW MACHINERY

FABRICATIONBand & Cut Off Saws

DW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931Innovative Tool Sales _______ 714-780-0730Jorgenson Machine Tools _____801-214-7309North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

CNC Turret PunchesDW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

Cold SawsDW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333

Hardware InsertionSanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

Iron WorkersHallidie Machine Tool _____ 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools ____ 800-952-0151

Laser CuttingDW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

Laser MarkingCNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500

Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales _______ 714-780-0730

Pipe & Tube BendersNotchersHallidie Machine Tool _____ 253-939-9020Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/SystemsDW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales _______ 714-780-0730Muratec ____________ 949-466-8255

Plate RollsJorgensen Machine Tools ____ 800-952-0151Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

PressesDW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

Press Brakes DW Machinery Sales _______425-827-6931Hallidie Machine Tool _____ 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools _____ 800-952-0151

Sanders/FinishingDW Machinery Sales ________ 425-827-6931Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263 Shearing MachinesJorgensen Machine Tools ___ _800-952-0151Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

Tube BendingDW Machinery Sales ________ 425-827-6931Hallidie Machine Tool Sales _____ 253-939-9020

Turret PressMuratec ____________ 949-466-8255

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades _____ 303-761-3000Sanson Machinery ________425-513-8263

OTHER ACCESSORIESTooling Systems

USA EDM Supply _________ 480-836-8330

PROG. SYSTEMS

Factory Automation/LogisticsMuratec ____________ 949-466-8255

CAD/CAMSoftware, CADDelcam ______________877-DELCAM1Shop Floor _____________877-611-5825Software, Solid ModelingDelcam ______________877-DELCAM1Shop Floor ____________877-611-5825

REPAIR PARTS

BeltsAll World Machinery _______815-943-9111

Bearings(Precision)

All World Machinery _______815-943-9111Metric O-Rings

All World Machinery _______815-943-9111Switches (Proximity, Limit)

All World Machinery _______815-943-9111Valves (Hydraulic, Pneumatic)

All World Machinery _______815-943-9111

RETROFITSElrod Machine ____________ 928-526-9032

ROBOTICSLMI Machinery Inc. ___ ____866-437-7315

SERVICES

AS9100 RegistrationABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591Great Western Registrar ______ 623-580-1881

Gap Analysis TrainingABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591ISO RegistrationABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591Great Western Registrar _______623-580-1881

Lean ConsultingABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591Lambie Engineering _______509-868-3100

Lean TrainingABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591Lambie Engineering _______509-868-3100

Liquid PenetrantTeam Industrial Services _______801-397-2202Team Industrial Services ______ 602-269-7868

MAG ParticleTeam Industrial Services _______801-397-2202Team Industrial Services ______ 602-269-7868

X-RayTeam Industrial Services _______801-397-2202Team Industrial Services ______ 602-269-7868

ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.ABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591BMSC _________________ 602-445-9400

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network __________ 480-836-1782

Management Systems TrainingABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591

Supply Chain AssessmentsABS Quality Evaluations ______ 702-371-7591

SPINDLES & SLIDESSpindle Rebuilding/Repair

GMN USA ____________ 800-686-1679

Setco ______________ 714-222-6523Spindle Sales New

Fadal CNC _____________ 208-855-9426GMN USA ____________ 800-686-1679Setco ______________ 714-222-6523

USED MACHINERYFadal CNC _____________ 208-855-9426Clark Machinery _________ 206-219-2528CNC Machine Services _______ 425-788-4500Clark Machinery _________ 206-219-2528EDM Network ___________ 480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery ________ 888-542-6347Jorgensen Machine Tools_ ___ 800-952-0151KD Capital ____________ 480-922-1674Machine Tools NW _______ 206-650-8999

WATERJET CUTTINGFLOW Intl. ______________909-620-5707Jorgensen Machine Tools ______ 800-952-0151Machine Toolworks ________ 800-426-2052Omax Corp ____________ 800-838-0343Sanson Machinery____ ___ 425-513-8263

Waterjet AbrasivesKMT Waterjet Systems ______ 800-826-9274

Waterjet Replacement PartsEDM Performance _________ 800-336-2946KMT Waterjet Systems ______ 800-826-9274

WaterJet: Filtration/ChillersKMT Waterjet Systems ______ 800-826-9274

Waterjet NozzelsKMT Waterjet Systems ______ 800-826-9274

Waterjet PumpsKMT Waterjet Systems ______ 800-826-9274

Waterjet Robot KitsKMT Waterjet Systems ______ 800-826-9274

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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

ASSEMBLIESAcu Spec, Inc ______________408-748-8600Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. ________510-534-7050Matrix Machine _____________480-966-4451Prescott’s MFG _____________719-659-0262Seastrom ________________800-634-2356

BENDINGMandrel

BK Machine Inc. ___________ 801-253-1929Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400

BONDINGDiffusion

Matrix Machine _____________480-966-4451

Home of 5 Omax Waterjets80” x 240” Cutting EnvelopeVirtually Zero Taper AvailableFast Quoting & Turn AroundsPrototype to Production

MarZee Inc.2345 N. 34th Dr.Phoenix, AZ 85009

602-269-5801FAX 602-269-58101-877-885-1059

[email protected]

Innol/ative

Tool !!iales

Manufacturers Representatives

Randall J. Wilson

Industrial Products Manager

755 East Debra Lane ITSOffice, (714) 780-0730

Anaheim. CA 92805 Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690

[email protected] Fax, [714] 780-0735

www.innovativetoolsales.com [ell, (714) 51 2-73 I 4

Fred Budde IIIPresident

990 Richard Ave, Suite 103Santa Clara, CA 95050

"AHlgherLevelin Precision Machining" 408 748-8600 Office408748-8605 [email protected]

BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair ________801-972-2345

BROACHINGPonderosa Ind ______ ________303-298-1801Specialty Steel Services _________801-539-8252

Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine _____________480-966-4451

Castings: RepairPrecision Casting Repair ________801-972-2345

CHEMICAL ETCHINGAcu-Line _________________ 206-634-1618

CLEANINGWasatch Metal Finishing ______ 801-779-2020

COATINGAccuwright Industries ________ 480-892-9595Coating Technologies __________623-581-2648METCO Metal Finishing _________ 602-276-4120

Coating: Black OxideCoating Technologies __________623-581-2648METCO Metal Finishing ________ 602-276-41203

Coating: Dry Film LubeCoating Technologies __________623-581-2648

Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/ChromeCoating Technologies __________623-581-2648

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.Coating Technologies __________623-581-2648

COLD SPRAYAccuwright Industries ________ 480-892-9595

DIE CASTINGHilton Tool ______ __________503-657-9312TVT Die Casting _____________800-280-2278

DIESHilton Tool ______ __________503-657-9312Micropulse West Inc. __________480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc. ____________602-437-8995

EDMEDM: Dialectric Systems

/FiltrationEbbco Inc _________________ 586-716-5151

EDM: Drilling Small HoleMicropulse West, Inc. ___________480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc. _____________ 602-437-8995

EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)Micropulse West, Inc. ___________480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc. _____________ 602-437-8995Petersen Inc. _______________ 800-410-6789

EDM: WireCentral Valley Machine___________ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc.__________ 510-534-7050Micropulse West, Inc.____ _______480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc. _____________ 602-437-8995Jet Processing _____________623-869-6749x117Pacific Tool, Inc. ______________425-882-1970

Powerhaus Precision____________ 480-225-8845ENGINEERING/DESIGN

Nuclear Filter Tech____________303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970

Graphite ServicesMicro-Tronics, Inc. ____________602-437-8995

FABRICATION

Fabrication: Sheet MetalAero Tech MFG ____________ 801-891-2740Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab _________ 818-240-7574Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. ________510-534-7050Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Mountain View Machine ________435-755-0500Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951

Fabrication: Custom MetalCygnet Stamping & Fab _________ 818-240-7574Group Mfg Serv _____________480-966-3952Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Petersen Inc _______________ 800-410-6789Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400VACCO Industries ___________626-443-7121Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951Weiser/Mile High Precision _______303-280-2778Wrico __________________480-892-7800Wright Prototype ____________ 541-924-1203

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Fred Budde IIIPresident

990 Richard Ave, Suite 103Santa Clara, CA 95050

"AHlgherLevelin Precision Machining" 408 748-8600 Office408748-8605 [email protected]

www.SpringWorksUtah.com

JOURNEYMAN PRECISION TOOL, INC.

“QUALITY METAL STAMPINGS”

155 Schulz Road 541-664-6743Central Point, OR 97502 Fax [email protected] www.jptool.com

METAL STAMPING

JOURNEYMAN PRECISION

JED BROWN

Powerhaus Precision____________ 480-225-8845ENGINEERING/DESIGN

Nuclear Filter Tech____________303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970

Graphite ServicesMicro-Tronics, Inc. ____________602-437-8995

FABRICATION

Fabrication: Sheet MetalAero Tech MFG ____________ 801-891-2740Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab _________ 818-240-7574Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. ________510-534-7050Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Mountain View Machine ________435-755-0500Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951

Fabrication: Custom MetalCygnet Stamping & Fab _________ 818-240-7574Group Mfg Serv _____________480-966-3952Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Petersen Inc _______________ 800-410-6789Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400VACCO Industries ___________626-443-7121Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951Weiser/Mile High Precision _______303-280-2778Wrico __________________480-892-7800Wright Prototype ____________ 541-924-1203

Fabrication: Medium & Large

BK Machine Inc. ___________ 801-253-1929Group Mfg Serv _____________480-966-3952Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400Weiser/Mile High Precision ________303-280-2778

FASTENERS/HARDWARE

Self Clinch _________________801-746-2689

FINISHINGArizona Finishing ____________602-438-4443Coating Technologies __________623-581-2648

METCO Metal Finishing __________ 602-276-4120Galvanizing: Hot Dip

TMM Precision ______________800-448-9448

Glass Bead Clean Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ______408-727-6630Coating Technologies __________623-581-2648

Liquid PaintingAero Tech MFG ____________ 801-891-2740IndustrialEX ____________ 303-456-6847

MPI International ____________ 956-631-6880

PassivationCoating Technologies __________623-581-2648Jet Processing ___________ 623-869-6749x117METCO Metal Finishing _________ 602-276-4120

Powder CoatingAero Tech MFG ____________ 801-891-2740

SandblastingByington Steel Treating, Inc. ______408-727-6630

Silk ScreeningArizona Finishing ____________602-438-4443IndustrialEX ____________ 303-456-6847

Potting/EncapsulationIndustrialEX ____________ 303-456-6847

GALVANIZINGPetersen Inc _______________ 800-410-6789

GLASS/OPTICALPrescott’s MFG ______________719-659-0262

GRINDINGChemResearch ____________ 602-253-4175Get An Edge ______________425-355-9593

Mountain View Machine ________435-755-0500Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Precision Tech ______________801-285-7288Ron Grob Co _______________970-667-5320Superior Grinding ____________801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ___________ 800-234-5613

Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services ________801-972-6093Superior Grinding ____________801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals ___________ 800-234-5613

Grinding, CenterlessRon Grob Co _______________970-667-5320

Grinding, Double DiscTCI Precision Metals ___________ 800-234-5613

Grinding: ODMicro-Tronics, Inc ____________602-437-8995Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Precision Tech ______________801-285-7288Ron Grob Co _______________970-667-5320Superior Grinding ____________801-487-9700

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch _____________ 602-253-4175Quality Mold ______________480-892-5480

Superior Grinding ____________801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ___________ 800-234-5613Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011

Grinding: Tool & CutterGet An Edge _______________ 425-355-9593Superior Grinding _____________888-487-9701

HEAT TREATINGByington Steel Treating, Inc. ______408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating _________602-258-7751

CryogenicsPhoenix Heat Treating _________602-258-7751

Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ______408-727-6630

Heat Treating/AerospaceByington Steel Treating, Inc. ______408-727-6630

Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum

Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ______408-727-6630HONING

Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951

Patrick [email protected]

T: 425-455-9200 F: 425.455.1750

Redback Industries 1400 112th Ave. SE Bellevue, WA 98004

www.redbackindustries.com

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Shawn Carlin [email protected]

Marjorie Langton President

J&M Machine, LLC

1703 NE 43rd Street Renton, WA 98056 Phone: 425-204-0848 Fax: 425-204-0850 Email: [email protected]

CNC Machining and Manufacturing Since 1968

DIAMOND TOOL & DIE, INC.

DDD

510 534-7050 Ext 215Fax 510 534-0454

[email protected]

508 29th AvenueOakland, CA 94601 USA

www.powerhausprecision.comAEROSPACE MILITARY COMMERCIAL

Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011INJECTION MOLDS

Hilton Tool ________________ 503-657-9312INJECTION MOLDING

Prescott’s MFG ______________719-659-0262Inspection Services

IRON STITCHINGPrecision Casting Repair_________801-972-2345

LASER CUTTINGLaser Cutting

Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Wrico __________________480-892-7800

Laser Cutting: MicroHowell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776VACCO Industries ___________626-443-7121

Laser Cutting: 3DHowell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776

E-CoatMPI International ____________ 956-631-6880

EMI/RFI ShieldingIndustrialEX ____________ 303-456-6847

Laser EngravingPMA Photometals ____________480-773-3239VACCO Industries ___________626-443-7121

Laser MarkingPMA Photometals ____________480-773-3239VACCO Industries ___________626-443-7121

Precision Etched PartsPMA Photometals ____________480-773-3239VACCO Industries ___________626-443-7121

MACHININGAcu Spec, Inc ______________408-748-8600Advanced Mfg Services _________ 310-320-28973rd Gen Machine_____________435-794-4980BK Machine Inc. ___________ 801-253-1929Bar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115Britz Machine & Design _________509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. ________510-534-7050Faustson _________________303-420-7422Matrix Machine _____________480-966-4451Nuclear Filter Tech _________ 303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Powerhaus Precision __________480-225-8845Premier Precision ____________ 623-466-3156Ron Grob Co _______________970-667-5320Seastrom___________________800-634-2356St. Vrain ________________ 303-702-1529Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400TVT Die Casting _____________800-280-2278Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype ____________ 541-924-1203

Machining: 5-AxisSt. Vrain ________________ 303-702-1529

Machining: AerospaceBar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115St. Vrain ________________ 303-702-1529Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344

Machining: Proto-R & D Acu Spec, Inc ______________408-748-8600Advanced Mfg Services _________ 310-320-2897BK Machine Inc. ___________ 801-253-1929Bar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115Britz Machine & Design _________509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934Innovative Precision ___________801-334-6317Matrix Machine _____________480-966-4451Micro-Tronics, Inc ___________ 602-437-8995Petersen Inc _______________ 800-410-6789Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Powerhaus Precision __________480-225-8845Prescott’s MFG ______________719-659-0262Ron Grob Co _______________970-667-5320TVT Die Casting _____________ 800-280-2278Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype ____________ 541-924-1203

Machining: ChemicalAcu-Line _________________ 206-634-1618

Machining: CNCAcu Spec, Inc ______________408-748-8600Advanced Mfg Services _________ 310-320-28973rd Gen Machine_____________435-794-4980Bar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115BK Machine Inc. ___________ 801-253-1929Britz Machine & Design _________509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934Faustson _________________303-420-7422Innovative Precision ___________801-334-6317

Matrix Machine _____________480-966-4451Micropulse West _____________480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc __________ 602-437-8995Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Seastrom ________________800-634-2356Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype ____________ 541-924-1203

Machining: LargeValley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951

Machining: LaserInnovative Precision __________ 801-334-6317

Machining: MedicalPrescott’s MFG ______________719-659-0262Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344

Machining: ProductionInnovative Precision __________ _801-334-6317Prescott’s MFG _____________719-659-0262Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344

Machining: TurningAcu Spec, Inc ______________408-748-8600Advanced Mfg Services _________ 310-320-28973rd Gen Machine ____________435-794-4980Bar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115

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Marjorie Langton President

J&M Machine, LLC

1703 NE 43rd Street Renton, WA 98056 Phone: 425-204-0848 Fax: 425-204-0850 Email: [email protected]

CNC Machining and Manufacturing Since 1968

DIAMOND TOOL & DIE, INC.

DDD

510 534-7050 Ext 215Fax 510 534-0454

[email protected]

508 29th AvenueOakland, CA 94601 USA

Matrix Machine _____________480-966-4451Micropulse West _____________480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc __________ 602-437-8995Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Seastrom ________________800-634-2356Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype ____________ 541-924-1203

Machining: LargeValley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951

Machining: LaserInnovative Precision __________ 801-334-6317

Machining: MedicalPrescott’s MFG ______________719-659-0262Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344

Machining: ProductionInnovative Precision __________ _801-334-6317Prescott’s MFG _____________719-659-0262Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344

Machining: TurningAcu Spec, Inc ______________408-748-8600Advanced Mfg Services _________ 310-320-28973rd Gen Machine ____________435-794-4980Bar-S Machine, Inc. __________ 928-636-2115

BK Machine Inc. ___________ 801-253-1929Britz Machine & Design _________509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934Faustson _______________303-420-7422Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Powerhaus Precision __________480-225-8845Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011

Machining: Turning LargeValley Machine Shop, Inc. ________ 425-207-5951

Machining: Proto & Quick Turn

Wright Prototype ____________ 541-924-1203MANUFACTURING

Acu Spec, Inc ______________408-748-8600Advanced Mfg Services _________ 310-320-2897BK Machine Inc. ___________ 801-253-1929Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. ________510-534-7050Group Mfg Serv ___________ 480-966-3952Howell Precision _____________ 623-582-4776Pacific Tool, Inc. _____________425-882-1970Premier Precision ____________ 623-466-3156Teton Machine ____________ 208-642-9344TVT Die Casting _____________ 800-280-2278Westwood Precision ___________ 425-742-7011

Turnkey Product ServicesAero Tech MFG ____________ 801-891-2740

METALIZINGAccuwright Industries ________480-892-9595METCO Metal Finishing _________ 602-276-4120

MOLDS STEELAero Tech MFG ____________ 801-891-2740

MOLDING: RUBBERMicro-Tronics, Inc ___________ 602-437-8995

Molds: Plastic InjectionMicro-Tronics, Inc ___________ 602-437-8995

Molds SteelArizona Finishing __________ 602-438-4443Jet Processing __________ 623-869-6749x117

Mil Spec PaintingIndustrialEX ____________ 303-456-6847

NAME PLATESAcu-Line _________________ 206-634-1618

PVD (Physical Vapor Deposi-tion)

AluminumAdvanced Coating___________562-402-0005

ChromiumAdvanced Coating___________562-402-0005

DLC (Diamond)Advanced Coating___________562-402-0005

MolybdenumAdvanced Coating___________562-402-0005

TitaniumAdvanced Coating___________562-402-0005

ZirconiumAdvanced Coating___________562-402-0005

PACKAGING

Banding Material SystemsRedback _______________ 425-455-9200

Non-Metalic Banding SystemsRedback _______________ 425-455-9200

PLATINGChemResearch ____________ 602-253-4175EPSI __________________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech _______________480-968-1930

METCO Metal Finishing _________ 602-276-4120MPI International ____________ 956-631-6880

AnodizingChemResearch ____________ 602-253-4175

METCO Metal Finishing _________ 602-276-4120Premier Precision ___________ 623-466-3156Pilkington Metal Finishing ______ 801-972-2146

Chrome/Nickel/PalladiumEPSI __________________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech _______________480-968-1930

Seattle Polishing & Plating _______ 253-804-0160Embrittlement Relief

EPSI __________________ 714-519-9423Gold

EPSI __________________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech _______________480-968-1930

Seattle Polishing & Plating _______ 253-804-0160GTin / Zinc Plate

METCO Metal Finishing _________ 602-276-4120

EPSI __________________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech _______________480-968-1930

Silver PlatingEPSI __________________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech _______________480-968-1930

PRECISION FORMINGCygnet Stamping & Fab _________ 818-240-7574Pacific Tool, Inc _____________425-882-1970SpringWorks Utah ____________ 801-298-0113Wrico __________________480-892-7800

PROCESSING: METAL

Acid Pickle

MPI International ____________ 956-631-6880Chemical

LA Specialties ______________ 602-269-7612

MPI International ____________ 956-631-6880Seattle Polishing & Plating _______ 253-804-0160

Plating Alodine

MPI International ____________ 956-631-6880Phosphate

MPI International ____________ 956-631-6880Polishing

Seattle Polishing & Plating _______ 253-804-0160

PUNCHINGGroup Manufacturing Serv _______480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc _____________425-882-1970Cygnet Stamping & Fab _________ 818-240-7574

SANDBLASTINGByington Steel Treating, Inc. ______408-727-6630

SIGNSAcu-Line _________________ 206-634-1618Solid Form Fabrication _________503-435-1400

SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services ________ 801-539-8252

SPRAY: METAL, PLASMAAccuwright Industries __________480-892-9595

SPRINGSSpringWorks Utah ____________ 801-298-0113

STAMPING PRECISIONCygnet Stamping & Fab _________ 818-240-7574 Central Valley Machine _________435-752-0934JP Tool __________________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _________ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping ________480-967-2038Seastrom ________________800-634-2356SpringWorks Utah ____________ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec._ ____ 303-280-2778

Stamping: AerospaceJP Tool __________________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _________ 661-257-7656

Stamping: BendingJP Tool __________________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _________ 661-257-7656

Stamping:DesignJP Tool __________________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _________ 661-257-7656SpringWorks Utah ____________ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec. ______303280-2778

Stamping:Flat FormingJP Tool __________________ 541-664-6743SpringWorks Utah ____________801-298-0113

Stamping: LightJP Tool _________________ 541-664-6743

Pacific Metal Stampings ________ 661-257-7656Seastrom ________________800-634-2356SpringWorks Utah ____________801-298-0113

Stamping: Production/PrecisionPrecision Die & Stamping _______ 480-967-2038

Stamping: Short RunJP Tool _________________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings ________ 661-257-7656

SWISS SCREW MCHG.Acu Spec, Inc _____________ 408-748-86003rd Gen Machine ___________ 435-794-4980Howard PMP ______________ 801-808-4106Lewis Aerospace __________ 877-254-2024Ron Grob Co ______________ 970-667-5320Seastrom ________________800-634-2356Westwood Precision ___________425-742-7011

TESTINGTesting: Non-Destructive

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THERMAL SPRAYAccuwright Industries _________ 480-892-9595

TOOL & DIEWrico _________________ 480-892-7800

TOOL Cutting & GrindingPowerhaus Precision _________ 480-225-8845

TOOLINGCentral Valley Machine ________ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. _______ 510-534-7050JP Tool _________________ 541-664-6743Lambie Engineering _________ 509-868-3100Mountain View Machine _______ 435-755-0500

TUBE BENDING CUTTING FABCygnet Stamping & Fab _________818-240-7574Howell Precision ____________ 623-582-4776

WATERJET CUTTINGBritz Machine & Design ________ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine ________ 435-752-0934Marzee Inc. ____________ 602-269-5801Petersen Inc ______________ 800-410-6789Solid Form Fabrication ________ 503-435-1400

WELDINGBritz Machine & Design ________ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine ________ 435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab _________818-240-7574Howell Precision ____________ 623-582-4776Petersen Inc ______________ 800-410-6789Mountain View Machine _______ 435-755-0500Solid Form Fabrication ________ 503-435-1400Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____ 303280-2778

Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large

Petersen Inc ______________ 800-410-6789Welding: Precision

Howell Precision ____________ 623-582-4776Petersen Inc ______________ 800-410-6789Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____ 303280-2778

Welding: MIG-TIGHowell Precision ____________ 623-582-4776Petersen Inc ______________ 800-410-6789

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Fabtech...11Fadal CNC ...27,39Faustson...43Firetrace...40Flow International...31,38Fry Steel...41Ganesh Machinery...38Get An Edge...41Global EDM Supply...39GMN USA LLC...40Gold Tech...444Great Western Registrar...41Group Manufacturing...43Hallidie ...40Haynes...39Helical...41Hilton Tool...42Hogue Precision...40Howard PMP...43Howell Precision...45IndustrialEX...42Innovative Precision...45Innovative Tool Sales...42Intech Funding...9J&M Machine...44JP Tool...10,43Jorgenson Machine Tools...40KD Capital...39KMT Waterjet...38Lambie Engineering...41LCSI...1,16-17,41LMI Machinery...40Machine Toolworks, Inc...5,38Machine Tools Northwest...40Marzee Inc...26,42

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Defense contractors list No. 1: Honeywell

The Phoenix Business Journal is listing the top Arizona contractors for the Department of Defense, ranked by number of contracts awarded during the 2011 fiscal year.

First on the list is Honeywell International. The company’s Phoenix-based aerospace and avionics division was awarded 4,089 contacts that totaled $521.7 million.

The defense contractors list, along with the list of the Valley’s top construction projects that began in 2011, is available to subscribers.

To include your business on a survey for one or more of our 110-plus lists, contact Research Director Dale Brown at [email protected] or call him at 602-308-6511.

CEOs more bullish on hiring, sales

More chief executives across the country are expecting better sales and an increase in hires in the next six months, according to the Business Roundtable’s CEO Economic Outlook Survey for the first quarter.

The Charlotte (N.C.) Business Journal reports that of the CEOs surveyed, 81 percent expect sales to increase in the next six months; 69 percent had such expectations in the fourth quarter of 2011. In the most recent survey, 42 percent expect to increase hiring in the next half-year, compared with 35 percent three months earlier.

The survey also showed that 48 percent expect their companies’ U.S. capital spending to increase in the next six months, up from 32 percent in the last quarter of 2011.

L-3 STRATIS Partners with MIT and the University of Maryland

L-3 Communications announced that its STRATIS division has signed partnership agreements with the advanced research laboratories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Maryland. At the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT and the University of Maryland’s Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL), L-3 STRATIS will engage in technology research and development projects aimed at enhancing complex computing capabilities.

Both agreements enable L-3 STRATIS to identify and participate in technology-related areas of interest and events for its current and potential customers. Moreover, they create platforms to explore additional opportunities for joint research and collaboration.

“These key university alliances continue to demonstrate STRATIS’ role as a thought leader within the national security market space,” said Les Rose, president of L-3 STRATIS. “The work being conducted at CSAIL and HCIL complements our current research and development initiatives, which will result in innovative solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges in cybersecurity and information technologies.”

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Sanson Machinery...33,38Samuel Son & Co...3,36,40,41-44Saw Blade.com...37,41,48Seastrom...44Seco...41Self Clinch...18, 44Selway Machine Tool Co...38Sequoia Brass & Copper...41Setco Spindles & Slides...39SigmaNEST...1,16-17Solid Form Fab...43Specialty Steel...43Spring Works Utah...43St. Vrain...43Steel Services Grinding...42Superior Grinding...43Team Industrial Sales...38,39TCI Precision Metals...19,41Tech Mold...32Temtco Steel...40Teton...45Tipco...41Tornos...2,38Trusty Cook...29,38TVT Die Casting...20,42Ulbrich..21,39Universal Laser Systems...22Vision Engineering...46Valley Machine Shop...44Weiser/Mile High...44Western Machine Center...38Western Sintering...44Westwood Precision...44Wrico Stamping...42Wright Prototype...45

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the RIght LIne of PRoducts

• Cutting & Grinding

• High Performance Lubricants

• Greases

• Deformation

• Cleaners

• Corrosion Preventatives

• Chain Oils

discover why only castrol Industrial has the technoLogy InsIde.

Castrol Industrial North America Inc. l 150 West Warrenville Rd. 603-1E l Naperville, IL 60563 l [email protected] l castrol.com/industrial

the technoLogyinside

S.L. Fusco’s three locations:

2102 Adams Avenue San Leandro, CA 94577 1 510 895 9000Serving Northern California & Northern Nevada

2530 Southport Way, Ste. D National City, CA 91950 1 619 477 7733 Serving Southern California

1966 Via Arado Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220 1 310 868 1010 Serving Southern California

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