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Instant profitability... ...just add tooling.
When a new SEYI press arrives on your shop floor, it’s ready to get to work. Just tool it up, turn it on, and you’ve got yourself a dependable, profit- producing partner that doesn’t mind working long hours without a break.
SEYI produces a wide range of press models designed to meet every need. Each machine is crafted using our proprietary high-efficiency manufacturing processes...that’s our secret to consistently creating presses that represent the industry’s best value.
Our users tell us that SEYI presses deliver the productive features, flexibility, and long-term dependability they want...at a surprisingly modest price. This equates to lower manufactur- ing costs, which drives more profit right to the bottom line...usually from a new press’ very first day on the job.
So if you could use greater profitability, try this simple recipe: Buy a new SEYI press, add tooling, and start collecting cash.
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A comprehensive line of mechanical presses, from 28 to 4,000 tons
Nearly 50 years’ experience, with more than 20,000 machines installed in over 40 countries on 5 continents
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had not learned any of this during my apprenticeship. How can such impor- tant topics in metalforming not be part of our tool and die training?
I had decided I wanted to learn the “whys” and hopefully share them with others in the trade. Fortunately for me, Stu was more than willing to help facil- itate. He got me involved with the North American Deep Drawing Research, for which I now serve as a member of the executive committee, and also helped me get started as a speaker in PMA’s Deep Drawing Seminar. I would not be doing either of these things without Stu’s mentoring and friendship over the past 13 years. Nor would I be writ- ing this column you are reading today.
Last, but not least, is Arnold Miede- ma. Arnold worked with me for three years as I gradually assumed his tech- nical tracks in two PMA seminars: Designing & Building Metal Stamping Dies and Designing Dies with Mainte- nance in Mind.
Arnold shared as much of his knowl- edge with me as I could absorb as we worked the seminars together. Although I am grateful for the technical knowl- edge he shared with me, it is his genuine personal concern for others that I admire most. “We all need one another to be successful,” he would say. He truly lives by the words of Proverbs 27:17, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharp- ens another.”
None of us gets to where we are today without the sacrifice of others. Look back on your career, what indi- viduals influenced and molded you the most? Who gave you their time unselfishly, and perhaps gave you a sec- ond chance (or even a third chance)? Who was willing to share their life’s work with you, and mentor you? If you have been as fortunate as I have, you should be grateful and count your bless- ings. More importantly: Pay it forward and make a difference in someone else’s career. MF
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