| Good Data Helps Leaders Make Better Decisions |
Harbour
Results Inc., in collaboration with the Precision Metalforming
Association (PMA), recently conducted its manufacturing trends study,
and while PMA members who participate in the study receive a
comprehensive report, here HRI offers a sneak peek at the preliminary
data. Included:
- Study participants forecast Q1 2023 capacity to be 66 percent and
are optimistic for the future with Q4 2023 capacity forecasted at 69
percent.
- Approximately 60 percent of shops expect to increase headcount to
either fill open positions or prepare for growth. And, just under 10
percent plan to reduce headcount.
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| Maximize Uptime and Improve Productivity |
| AMSOIL
Industrial lubricants maximize uptime while our Certified Lubrication
Specialists (CLS) help you eliminate inefficiencies and develop
solutions that save you money. Learn more about how AMSOIL Industrial is
the choice for your Metal Stamping operation. |
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| MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor: Pressroom Automation, April 25 |
After a widely successful inaugural event last year with more than 300 attendees, MetalForming LIVE is back again! This year we are kicking it up a notch by expanding the event to include MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor, taking place on April 25, which features interviews with executives from Clips & Clamps Industries (Plymouth, MI) and Sukup Manufacturing Co. (Sheffield, IA). Both companies will discuss their use of automation technology, and we’ll share videos from their pressrooms featuring robotic technology in action. Learn how: - Clips & Clamps Industries has just launched a new three-robot
production cell designed to provide value-added production of wire
forms, including cold heading, coining, piercing, stamping and
resistance welding.
- Sukup Manufacturing Co. has a press-tending robot at work in its
pressroom. The robot, installed midway through 2021 and tending a
two-press production-stamping operation, automates what had been three
manual operations.
Register today and reserve your seat at this informative event! |
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| Engineering Calculators Ensure Feed Line Performance |
| Before COE coil processing equipment is quoted and finalized, its performance is proven to the customer by our COE-developed “Science behind the Solution” engineering calculators. Using customer-supplied data, we verify exactly what equipment is needed to correctly and safely process these materials. Call 586-979-4400 with your requirements. |
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| Safety Tip: OSHA Seeks Public Comments on Modernizing its VPP, Recognizing Safety-Conscious Employers |
The
U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) is inviting the public and workplace-safety
stakeholders to share their comments on how the agency can best honor
companies that make exceptional commitments to workplace safety and
health and encourage others to follow.
OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) recognizes workplaces that demonstrate best practices in safety and health management and serve as industry models. Since its inception in 1982, the program has attracted a variety of organizations in many industries. However, that success has stretched OSHA resources and made it more difficult to ensure the quality of program applicants’ safety and health management systems. |
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| Leader in Prog. Die Stamping, Fourslide and Assembly |
| For
over half a century Marion Manufacturing Company has been a leader in
progressive die stamping components. Marion also has vast 4-sided
stamping, as well as assemblies and progressive eyelets. Marion designs
and builds all tooling in house. |
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| Optimizing Connections: PMA United |
“We as metal formers must be able to create the types of jobs that allow us to pay our employees great wages, which in turn means that they’re going to be doing great things for our companies.”
So emphasizes Jeff Aznavorian, president of metal former Clips &
Clamps Industries, Plymouth, MI, and PMA Chairman-elect for 2023. Check
out this recent MetalForming magazine article that sheds some light on Jeff’s perspectives related to his company, PMA and to the metal forming industry.
“Our path as a company and our progress is intertwined with our involvement with PMA,” he says. “I will continue to cheerlead for PMA—this organization represents the best of the best metal forming companies. So, we must continue to lean on each other, even more than we already do.” |
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| If It’s Dallas, It’s Innovative by Design |
| Dallas Industries has an innovative approach to press feedlines and equipment, such as feeds, straighteners, reels, cradles and controls. Innovations such as three styles of SpaceSaver™ lines which cut floor space requirements and the ProfileSelect™ software and SyncLoop™ line controls that provide a smooth feed motion while reducing stress on the material and mechanical components. |
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| Working Group Formed to Improve Medical-Device Quality, Supply-Chain Resiliency |
| Representatives
from the medical-device industry, government and industry associations
have formed a working group to identify and recommend best practices to
improve medical-device quality and enhance supply-chain resiliency. This
new Best Practices in Supply Chain Resiliency and Quality Working Group
aims to expand the adoption of the MedAccred program (administered by
the Performance Review Institute) through the tiers in the supply chain,
identify best practices to supplement efforts in quality assurance and
procurement strategies, and help mitigate supply-chain risks. |
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| PMA Membership |
| Position your company as an industry leader when you utilize PMA resources—ITR Econ Trends reports, trade publications, One Voice and FABTECH trade shows. A PMA membership will provide your company and all of its employees with a range of valuable industry resources that are designed to help you become more connected, more informed, more efficient, more competitive and ultimately more profitable. |
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| Executive Webinar from ITR Economics: Economic Storm Watch |
| Join ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu and economist Kyle Stevens as they sift through the latest input to determine what it means for the economy and what it means for you. “There is a mix of good news and bad news in the incoming data,” they say. “We are not going to escape this inverted yield curve unscathed. We want you to know what those inputs are and what they mean.” |
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| A Calculated Approach to ESG Reporting |
A recent blog post from the strategists at Riveron stresses that “because companies will face increased scrutiny over their disclosed ESG (environmental, social and governance) data and commitments, the data need to be consistent, reliable and comparable year-over-year. This requires an alignment of internal stakeholders and resources to manage ESG data and the reporting process.”
The post suggests that companies look at ESG from a risk-management perspective to help “transform ESG from a compliance exercise into a competitive business.”
Lots of good advice here. |
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