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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to betruly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only wayto do great work is to love what you do.” –Steve Jobs,

Let’s welcome in 2015 -- it should be a great year!According to the GardnerResearch Capital Spending Survey/Forecast, metal cutting machine toolconsumption will increase 37% in 2015. If the forecast proves true, then2015 will be the strongest year since 1998, and the U.S. will become thenumber one consumer of CNC machine tools for the first time since 2000.

So it should be a good year to be a precision machinist, particularly a skilledprogrammer. Demand for the occupation is high, and pay is good.For this issue, we looked at some of the‘best jobs’ across all industries.They

varied dramatically across the survey groups who conducted the research, likely because the metricsused for scoring were very different.

All jobs aren’t created equal. U.S. News 100 Best Jobs of 2014 offers a mosaic of employmentopportunity, good salary, manageable work-life balance and job security. Some careers offer justthe right mix of these components – for instance, nearly 40 percent of the U.S. News 100 picksare health care jobs – but the list also includes strong showings from occupations in the socialservices and business sectors.

Here is U.S. News’Top Picks for 2014.

1) Software Developer2) Computer Systems Analyst3) Dentist4) Nurse Practitioner5) Pharmacist

CareerBliss.com also gave the #1 best job in software, calling it a ‘software quality assuranceengineer’,but their subsequent best jobs differed sharply from U.S.News’picks.#2 was executivechef, followed by property manager. CareerBliss.com noted that some of the happiest jobs havesome component of working with people. Other surprising findings? Bank teller and warehousemanager, and it stated that even jobs that didn’t rank high on compensation, can rank high basedupon‘great place to work’, and‘enjoying the people you work with’, which are obviously factorsevery business executive/ company owner, can impact. CareerBliss.com noted,“We have noticedthat happiness definitely does not align with pay,and once basic needs are met, the additional moneyon the job is a nice perk but is not what drives employee happiness.”

Another research entity, called CareerCast, used a formula that takes into account income andgrowth potential, and a range of measures like the degree of competitiveness and the amount ofpublic contact, physical demands including crawling and bending and work conditions like toxicfumes and noise. In addition they look at stressors like the amount of travel the job requires,deadlines, and physical risks including whether the workers’ or their colleagues’ lives are putat risk on the job.Their picks? Mathematician was #1 and #2 was tenured university professor.

What does all this mean for us? 2 of the 3 surveys’ top ranking careers are heavily math/scienceoriented, something that our ScienceTechnology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) initiatives arefocusing on here throughout the United States.The central mission of the STEM Education Coalitionis to inform federal and state policymakers on the critical role that science, technology,engineering,and mathematics (STEM) education plays in U.S. competitiveness and future economic prosperity.

In summary, I think there are a few key takeaways. Love your work! As an owner/manager, helpto make your place of work one where people want to come to.And if you can have an impact onSTEM education with our next generation, find a way to do so!We wish youa great 2015, and God Bless ourTroops!

CONTRIBUTORSKim CarpenterKate Carpenter

Robbie BarrkmanGene WirthChris SeayHugh Taylor

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Announcements & ReleasesAnnouncements & ReleasesSandvik Coromant Grows ItsTeam In Arizona

Sandvik Coromant is pleased to announcethat it has added two new team membersto its Arizona team.

Al Bertrand, a 10 year veteran of thecompany, will now direct the salesorganizations in San Diego, CA, andthroughout Arizona.

Al has a diversified work history. Afterattending the University of Texas atAustin, he spent several years in the oiltool industry in various engineering

positions, then progressed to working with Makino sellingmachine tools. Al played golf professionally, and served as HeadGolf Professional at a Troon Golf facility in the San Francisco BayArea for several years.

Steve Olson joined the company and will support customersthroughout Arizona as a Sales Engineer. Steve Olson comes toSandvik Coromant with several years of industry experience. Alsays, “We are delighted that Steve joined our team. Number oneis his enthusiasm, you just can’t teach this.” He continued, “Steveis highly technical and his years of industry experience will beinvaluable to Sandvik Coromant’s customers, both new and old.”To learn more about Sandvik Coromant, visit www.sandvik.coromant.com/us or feel free to contact Steve at 623-203-0191 or via email [email protected].

LaykeTactical AnnouncesThe Opening Of ‘ARCustom Build Shop’ in Phoenix, AZ

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Datum Inspection Expands with 3D ScanningCapabilities

In an effort to continue to provide one stop shopping for all of yourmeasurement and reverse engineering needs, Datum InspectionServices is happy to announce we are offering some exciting newservices and products. We now have 3D scanning capabilities withthe addition of both Laser Scanning and Structured Light Scanning.

In addition to the new services offered we are now authorized

distributors for Steinbichler 3D scanning equipment and Gaspardoand Associates automated scanning systems. Steinbichler offers afull line of 3D scanning systems ranging from structured blue lightscanning systems, 3D laser scanning systems, non-contact surface finishsystems, motion capturing systems, and various metrology softwaresolutions. Gaspardo and Associates offer automated 3D scanning asturnkey systems or on a retrofit basis for your current structured lightscanning systems.

Give Myron Tomlinson a call at 602-997-1340 or email at [email protected] to schedule a demonstration or to assist you indetermining the best 3D scanning solutions for your application.

United Performance Metals Provides MaterialsFor Heat Exchangers

United Performance Metalsunderstands the uniquematerial requirements forthe heat exchanger industry.

A variety of stainless steel, duplex stainless steel and nickel alloys usedin heat exchange applications are available through the company. Insighton the industry as well as available alloys can be found on the company


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TOP QUALITY EQUIPMENT

ARIZONA CNC offers a wide range of top quality, new andused equipment, in all sizes, capabilities and prices. When it comesto machine tools or accessories to enhance your productivity, youcan count on getting the right solution for the right price, withoutcompromise.

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Your emergency is our emergency. So don’t panic. If anything goeswrong with your equipment, call Arizona CNC. You will get a quickresponse from an expert, factory certified service engineer. On-site orover the phone, AZCNC's team of expert service personnel can solveproblems fast-usually within hours. Your uptime is our goal.

Keep in mind time spent preventing problems can save you theunwanted costs of having to fix them later. AZCNC offers preventivemaintenance programs to help you avoid unexpected downtimethrough managed care of your equipment.

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Our goal is to provide you with the right solution and improve yourprofitability. The cheapest machine on the market is seldom thebest value or the most cost effective. Our sales engineers are trainedprofessionals with the ability to recognize and apply the appropriatemanufacturing process for your needs. Their understanding ofprocesses as well as product enables them to find the most efficientmachine tool for your application. Our sales staff also can presentyou with the financing options that make your machine toolpurchases more affordable.

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website www.upmet.com/application-briefs.

For a closer look at the applications for this industry, the company hasdeveloped the following brief:

Heat Exchanger Applications

Heat exchangers use containment vessels to heat or cool one fluid bytransferring heat between it and another fluid. Users of heat exchangersinclude chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, power generation,refrigeration, pharmaceuticals, HVAC, food & beverage processingand pulp & paper industries.

A plate heat exchanger is a specialized design well suited to transferringheat between medium and low pressure fluids. Plate heat exchangerscontain thin plates joined together with a small space betweenthem allowing fluid to flow between a larger surface area. They arehighly efficient and more compact in design than other forms of heatexchangers.

Shell and tube heat exchangers are well suited for high pressureapplications. They consists of a shell with a bundle of tubes inside ittransferring heat from within and around the bundle.

Air cooled heat exchangers are pressure vessels which cool a circulatingfluid within finned tubes by forcing ambient air over the exterior ofthe tubes.

United Performance Metals is one of more than a dozen companiesthat comprise O’Neal Industries (onealind.com), the U.S.A.’slargest family-owned group of metals service centers. With sales ofapproximately $2.5 billion in 2013, O’Neal Industries is based inBirmingham, Alabama, and has more than 90 specialized facilitiesthroughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

For more information on United Performance Metals and its specialtydivisions, visit www.upmet.com.

Haas Factor y Outlet-Phoenix InvitesMachinists to CNC Training

Mill and lathe classes are scheduled every other month. Each courseconsists of 3 days of hands on instruction led by a Haas CertifiedInstructor. Students will learn the basics of the Haas control,operation of machines, and Haas programming using G & M codes.Classes are help Monday through Wednesday from 3:30 to 7 pm.

One day classes are also offered on some of the most commontopics raised to our service technicians and applications engineers.

Please join us for an upcoming session of the Haas CNC training.Werecommend registering as early as possible as class sizes are limited.

January 12 – 14th, 2015: MillTrainingFebruary 23 – 25th, 2015: LatheTraining


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Announcements & Releases ContinuedEllison Machinery, located at 1610 S Priest Drive, Suite 101,Tempe,AZ.To register or for additional information, call480-968-5877 orvisit ellisonaz.com

A U E R P r e c i s i o nCompany ApprenticeWins Apprentice of theYear

Auer Precision is pleased to announcethat Austin Nagel, Apprentice at their company through the ArizonaPrecision and Machining Apprenticeship Program (AZPMAP), wasrecently awarded ‘Apprentice of theYear.”

Austin is a recent graduate from Gilbert High School and the as thewelding program at EastValley Institute ofTechnology.

After graduation, Austin started working at a local welding facilitymanufacturing small and large welded assembly components, and hestarted taking night classes at Gateway Community College pursuinga degree in industrial manufacturing.

Austin says, “While working at my degree I got my first opportunity ata machine shop called Auer Precision Stamping and never looked back.I started off in production grinding and then moved into quality control.Auer allowed me to become certified inACT/OGP measuring systemsas well as Ziess calypso training certification.”

Austin continued, “AZPMAP along with Auer Precision have the bestexperience and role models for training and preparing people for thefuture, in precision manufacturing industry.”

To learn more about Auer Precision, visitauerprecision.com or call(480) 834-4637.

DaveValerio says,“Austin came to us when we were looking to hire andtrain a production grinder. He was already working on his schoolingthat was targeted towards manufacturing. His positive attitude andmechanical aptitude showed immediately and he excelled.A positionwas posted here at Auer Precision for an opening in the qualitydepartment. Austin applied and was selected. Again Austin excelled.After many discussions about the future, we here at Auer came to therealization that Auer’s highly skilledTool and Die makers were gettingever closer to retirement and we had no replacements for the future.With a lack of younger qualified people in the workforce we decidedit was time to commit to an apprentice program. We gathered upthe details and posted the position internally. Multiple employeesapplied. After a lengthy interview process The Management team atAuer chose Austin.”

He continued, “It’s been almost 2 years now but with the help ofAZPMAP and again Austin’s hard work we now have what we feel willbe a blueprint for our future.Austin continues to excel and will be thefirst but certainly not the last of our plan to replenish the talent that isabsolutely vital to Auer’s future.”

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QualiChem Director of Metalworking, Mike Forest (L) with QualiChem President, Glenn Frank (R)present award to Russ Kurzawski (Center).

Star Metal Fluids Named“Top QualiChem Distributor”We would like to thank our customers for making us #1!Russ Kurzawski, Founder & OwnerStar Metal Fluids

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IntroducingWohlhaupter’s PrecisionBoring Starter Kit

Wohlhaupter’s PrimeBore precision boring head wasintroduced during IMTS 2014 in kit form.The kit providesa boring range of .236 to 5.04 inches (6 to 128mm). Itincludes three boring tools, a serrated boring tool with

two serrated insert holders, and a serrated slide that attaches directly to the PrimeBore headand utilizes the larger serrated insert holder.

The PrimeBore head features vernierdial adjustment which provides a feed-inaccuracy of .0001” (0,002mm) on diameter.It also features .177” (4,5mm) radial strokeadjustment and automatically definedcutting edge position. Utilizing finelyadjustable external balancing weights, thehead is capable of speeds of up to 12,000rpm.

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Pro Precision, an ISO9001/AS9100 Certified PrecisionMachine Shop, Adds 2ndGanesh Machine

Tyler Crouse, founder and owner of ProPrecision, LLC, is pleased to announcethat he has expanded his capabilities withthe latest Ganesh machine tool purchase, aCYCLONE-32 CS - CNC Swiss Machine.He says the machine offers a 7 Axis TwinSpindle CNC Lathe with Sub-spindle andfull “Y” Axis.

Tom Camp, owner of TSM Machinery andEquipment Sales, is the distributor for theGanesh line in Arizona.Tom says the GaneshCYCLONE-32 CS combines turning andmilling for complete machining.

Tyler says, “Ganesh manufactures some verygood machines, but what I appreciate most istheir superior service. I haven’t worked withanother machine tool dealer that has betterservice than Ganesh.”

To learn more about Pro Precision, includingif you are looking for a new opportunityas an experienced machinist, call thecompany at 602-353-0022 or email Tyler [email protected].



Announcements & Releases ContinuedWitzig & Frank re-enters US market withlong-term partner Hydromat Inc.

After a successful production and market re-launch, FFG WerkeGmbH’s Witzig & Frank brand has renewed its traditionalpartnership with St. Louis-based manufacturer Hydromat Inc.,combining their matching portfolios of high volume metal cuttingsolutions for the automotive communications, medical, aerospace,plumbing, and general machining industries.

Witzig & Frank, a manufacturer of highly integrated machiningsolutions for high volume applications based in Offenburg, Germany,is looking back at a long and successful history of machine toolengineering. Just before its 150th anniversary due next year, themachine tool builder has gone through a successful period. Undernew ownership of FFG Europe, production at the Offenburg plantwas re-launched in December 2013 and sales targets for 2014 havealready been exceeded. Several metal forming and metal cuttingmachining systems for German customers are currently on theshop floor.

Following FFG’s global market approach, Witzig & Frank is nowleveraging its long history in theAmerican market.The natural choicefor a partner in the US was the St. Louis, Missouri manufacturer ofrotary transfer machines and multi-spindle machines Hydromat Inc.Apart from the matching portfolios, the companies have had close

ties for more than 25 years when Hydromat President and CEO BrunoSchmitter co-founded a joint venture with Witzig & Frank. Hydromat’sChief Sales Officer Matthias Walter started his career at Witzig & Frank

– where his father had been managing director for many years – and latertook overWitzig & Frank’s US entityTurmatic Systems. Says CSOWalter:

“We have actually sold, installed and serviced more than 160Witzig & Frankmachines in the US, so we’re very experienced in the field and know therelevant players.Also, with our portfolio and theWitzig & Frank products,we can now cover a vast range of different sizes applications, leveragingour mutual strengths and giving our customers the competitive edge.”

Witzig & Frank’s portfolio of rotary transfer machines chines can boast upto 15% increased performance with the newly available Siemens SolutionLine controls. In addition, newly developed, application-oriented andstandardized machining units, as well as a new, rotary indexing unit withan indexing time of 1.0 seconds provide for overall cost reduction andperformance enhancements.

According to Pascal Schnebelt, Sales Director at Witzig & Frank, thedemand for their products in the Northern American market is strong,

“There is a variety of industries in the growing American manufacturingindustry and also existing German customers setting up production inthe US where our solutions for high volume applications perfectly matchcustomers’ needs.With the proven partnership of Hydromat we have theexpertise on site and we can guarantee a top service for our customers.”






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In similar coverage, UPI reports that testing at the Joint ExpeditionaryBase Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS) finished Dec. 11 but moreare planned in the future. The article notes that SilentNEMO is a

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Amazon May Move Drone Research Overseas

TheWashington Post reportsAmazon may“have no choice”but to movethe company’s drone research overseas if the company “doesn’t getapproval to test its fleet of unmanned delivery vehicles” in the US soon.Amazon wrote in a letter that the Federal Aviation Administration’s“continued delay on developing drone regulations” is “undermining”

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A California company that tests aerospace and industrial equipment hasbought a Chandler research and development center for $1.7 million.Talon Test Labs also is expected to relocate a Phoenix R&D center tothe Chandler building.

Camarillo-basedTalon acquired a 24,600-square-foot R&D building nearChandler Boulevard and Kyrene Road from NewYork-based 228-32 W42nd St Realty Corp.

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Facing potential shortages of airline pilots and dramaticadvances in automation, industry and government researchershave begun the most serious look yet at the idea of enablingjetliners to be flown by a single pilot.

All large commercial jets for passenger and cargo service world-wide now fly with at least two pilots in the cockpit. A newstudy by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

and Rockwell Collins Inc. will focus on the provocative idea that co-pilots could remain on the ground,remotely assisting solo aviators on the flight deck during the busiest parts of flights, said John Borghese,Rockwell’s vice president of its AdvancedTechnology Center.

Whether the concept will eventually come to fruition depends on political viability and social acceptabilityas well as technical feasibility. The researchers aren’t endorsing the idea or devising specific plans forsingle-pilot operation of large commercial jets. Rather, they seek to analyze changes in technology andoperations that could make the concept feasible in the future—even if that means as far off as 2030.

From self-operating elevators introduced well over a half-century ago to advanced plans for driverless carstoday, human mobility has become increasingly automated.The NASA study reflects not only technologicalambition but more practical concerns: Many airline industry officials are worried that the world-widepool of pilots will dwindle over the next two decades while air-travel volume doubles.

Reducing the size of cockpit crews for big cargo or passenger planes—or eventually perhaps eveneliminating pilots entirely—have been topics of theoretical discussion among aerospace industry officialsand researchers for many years.The NASA initiative is significant because it raises the concept’s profile,

and signals that NASA officials areconvinced the general notion isn’t toofar-fetched to merit further research.

Thenearlyhalf-decadestudywill includerunning simulations, determiningwhere technology is needed and evenpotentially undertaking live flight trials.NASA officials say they anticipateRockwell’s efforts will spaan array ofother companies and experts.

Under the concept the researchersare studying, aviators on the groundcould be assigned to assist solo cockpitpilots on multiple flights, virtuallyco-piloting during the busiest timesthrough crowded airspace, approach-and-landing maneuvers,or if somethinggoes wrong.“It’s a reasonably new area”to study how the notion may applyto large jets, according to ParimalKopardekar, the program’s managerbased at NASA’s Ames ResearchCenter in northern California. Whenpilots need a midair rest or bathroombreak, those on the ground even may

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Such a dramatic shift won’t happenany time soon, and there is virtualconsensus that reduced crews forpassenger planes won’t be considereduntil they are introduced first in thecargo arena. That is unlikely to gaintraction much before the end of thenext decade, according to experts andairline officials.

Jets today are designed to have twopilots behind the controls, andretrofitting existing aircraft “may be tooexpensive and may be too difficult” toobtain regulatory approval, accordingto NASA’s Mr. Kopardekar. Industryofficials say all-new aircraft would beneeded with cockpits designed fromthe start with a single pilot in mind.

The early industry discussion wasaimed at cutting costs, but Rockwell’slatest study is partly inspired by ananticipated shortage of pilots. Boeingprojects a need for 533,000 newcommercial airline pilots over thenext 20 years as the number of milesflown doubles, and the plane makerhas warned that personnel availabilitymight fall short.



SIPRI ReleasesTop 100 Defense Companies

Sales of arms and military services by the world’s 100 largest arms-producing companies declined for a third year to $402 billion in 2013,according to data on international arms production by the Stockholm-basedthink tank SIPRI (Stockholm Int’l Peace Research Institute).

However, the pace of decline slowed to 2 percent in real terms in 2013compared to 3.9 percent in 2012. According to SIPRI, this is partlyattributable to significant increases in arms sales by Russian companiesand producers in other emerging suppliers.

SIPRI’s Top 100 Companies’ data reveals that sales by companiesheadquartered in the United States and Canada continued to show amoderate decline, while sales by Russian-based companies increased by20 percent in 2013.

The limits imposed on U.S. spending under the U.S. Budget Control Actin 2011, coupled with the withdrawal of military forces fromAfghanistanand Iraq, has resulted in a gradual decline in U.S. arms companies’ sales,according to SIPRI data.

The downward trend in sales continued in 2013 producing a decrease of4.5 percent in the total estimated arms sales of US companies ranked inthe SIPRI Top 100, compared with sales recorded in 2012.The numberof U.S. producers in the Top 100 has also fallen from 42 companies in2011 to 38 in 2013.

“This is a consequence of U.S.companies divesting portfolio activities facingsubstantial decreases, specifically those relying on demand for equipment

and services related to major operations overseas,” said Dr.Aude Fleurant,director of SIPRI’s Arms and Military Expenditure Program.

While global arms sales from emerging countries, including Brazil, India,South Korea, Singapore andTurkey remains at modest levels on a globalscale, the sales generated by certain companies has been significant. Salesby South Korea’s KoreanAerospace Industries rose by 31 percent in 2013,while Brazil’s Embraer andTurkey’s Aselsan both increased their sales.

The arms sales picture was mixed inWestern Europe.Although France’sdefense industry increased sales, British companies experienced stagnantsales in 2013, while arms producers in Spain and Italy saw declines.

At around 118 percent, Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corp saw the largestincrease in sales for any international defense sector company in 2013.Similarly, Russia’sAlmaz-Antey produced a 34 percent increase in its saleswhile UnitedAircraft Corporation recorded a 20 percent jump in its sales.

Almaz-Antey’s arms sales in 2013 ranks the company as the world’s 12th(excluding China) biggest arms producer,elevating the Russian company’sposition closer to the SIPRITop 10 producers’ list, a group that historicallyhas been exclusively the domain of arms producers from the U.S. andWestern Europe since the end of the ColdWar.

The increases in Russian companies’ arms sales in 2012, and again in2013, are to a large degree credited to uninterrupted investmentsby the Russian government in military procurement since 2000, saidSiemon Wezeman, Senior Researcher with SIPRI’s Arms and MilitaryExpenditure Program.

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Typically, satellite networks have two problems. If they are close toEarth, they are expensive, because they require many satellites tocover the planet. For example, there are 66 satellites in the Iridiumnetwork, and the satellites orbit at about 485 miles from Earth. Ifmuch bigger and more powerful satellites are used in geostationaryorbit—22,236 miles above Earth—the planet could be covered withjust three satellites, but it would take so long for a signal to reachthem that the latency would be unacceptable for many applications.

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Much closer to Earth, competition is coming from unlikely places,namely Facebook and Google . Each is exploring ways to deliverInternet access from objects that remain within Earth’s atmosphere,including drones and balloons.

Google’s project Loon aims to deliver Internet to Earth’s remoteareas through fleets of balloons. Mike Cassidy, who heads projectLoon, believes the total cost for Internet from balloons could be 10%or even 1% of Internet from satellites.

Google’s balloons, of which the company says it can now launch 20 aday, float in a layer of Earth’s atmosphere above conventional weatherpatterns.The high-altitude balloons are, in a way, satellites that don’thave to be launched from rockets.

While project Loon is using modified versions of the same balloonsthat have long been used to study weather, Facebook (and a separatedivision of Google) are pursuing an even more far-reaching approach.Solar-powered drones the size of Boeing 747s could someday competewith both satellites and balloons to deliver Internet access.

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Other contenders in this race include medium-Earth-orbit satellites,like those launched last week by O3b Networks, which orbit 5,000miles above Earth.These satellites are large and powerful like theirgeostationary counterparts, but aren’t plagued with the issues oflatency.

Hedging its bets, perhaps, Google has plans to invest more than $1billion in satellites for Internet access.The former CEO of 03b, GregWyler, who was briefly at Google, is now collaborating with ElonMusk’s SpaceX to create a network of hundreds of low-Earth orbitsatellites.

Satellites can last decades, but balloons and drones must be constantlyreplenished, and many more are needed to cover the Earth. On theother hand, the communications equipment in them can be constantlyupgraded, says Mr. Maguire.

Given that the demand for bandwidth is growing at such a rapid pace,Facebook’s and Google’s ecumenical approach on which technology touse makes sense. It’s likely we’ll end up in an “all of the above” world,in which distant,powerful satellites provide for streaming media whilean assortment of balloons, drones and close-in satellites will provide

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Satellite Internet is already becoming faster and cheaper at a rate that is“retarding the growth of [ground-based] fiber and microwave systems,” saysMr. McGlade. In the U.S., about 1.5 million people get home Internetthrough a satellite connection, though globally only 0.2% of people indeveloped countries connected through satellite in 2012.

Of course the one advantage terrestrial networks have over wireless onesis sheer bandwidth.Those networks can always lay a new fiber optic linewhen the existing ones get crowded.

In the meantime, business travelers have this to look forward to: Thenear future will bring Internet access on planes that’s as fast as what weare accustomed to on the ground, says Mr. McGlade. In other words,streaming Netflix at 30,000 feet could be a side benefit of the push toconnect the next four billion people to the Internet.

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MAPI Predicts Manufacturing Production ToOutpace GDP Growth In 2015, 2016

IndustryWeek reports the ManufacturersAlliance for Productivity andInnovation released its quarterly economic forecast predicting thatGDP will expand by 2.8 percent in 2015 and 3.0 percent in 2016.Thepredictions are a revision downward from the group’s August report,but MAPI predicts that manufacturing production will “outpace GDP,with anticipated growth of ” 3.5 percent in 2015 and 3.9 percent in2016.

New Mexico Senators Urge CongressTo FocusMore On Clean Energy

In an opinion for the Albuquerque (NM) Journal, Sens.Tom Udall (D-NM) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) write that they “firmly believe”NewMexico must “move forward with a clean energy economy that willcreate jobs and protect the environment.”They believe that “ignoringclimate change is not only dangerous for our health, it is disastrous forour economy.” Both Udall and Heinrich voted against the KeystoneXL pipeline bill, wanting Congress to instead focus “on supportingdomestic energy production that creates permanent American jobs.”They “call on Congress to support tax credits for renewables, and tocontinue to support resources for the important cutting-edge energyresearch at Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.”

Manufacturers See Sales Rising 5.6% In 2015,ISM Says

Bloomberg News cites the latest semiannual survey by the Institute forSupply Management as predicting that purchasing managers at factoriesanticipate sales will increase 5.6% next year, up from 3.6% for 2014.

In terms of hiring, manufacturers surveyed by ISM projected a 1.5%increase in 2015, compared with a 1.2% rise since April. For capitalspending, purchasing managers in manufacturing intend a 3.7%year-on-year increase in 2015, down from a 14.7% gain for this year.Similar gains were forecast by services-based purchasing managers inthe ISM survey.

Bloomberg TV posted online an audio recording of a teleconferencefeaturing Bradley Holcomb, chairman of the ISM’s manufacturingbusiness survey committee, and Anthony Nieves, head of the group’snon-manufacturing business survey committee.


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First Solar Inc., the biggest U.S. solar power panel manufacturer, hasteamed with Colorando-based Clean Energy Collective,which developsand builds community solar power projects in eight states, to boost thetwo companies’ push into the fast-growing sector.

The deal calls for First Solar, based in Tempe, to make an undisclosedinvestment in Clean Energy Collective (CEC), one of the first andbiggest developers of community solar power systems in the nation.

First Solar received an equity stake in privately held CEC. And FirstSolar’s CEO, James Hughes, and Marc van Gerven, its vice presidentfor global marketing, are joining CEC’s board of directors.

“First Solar is a highly scaled business model and we really know theutility sector well,” van Gerven said in an interview with the DenverBusiness Journal.

“We know centralized power plants very well and CEC knows the endcustomer market well. This allows us to combine both companiesstrengths,” he said.

The amount of capital First Solar invested in CEC was “significant”but CEC will remain an independent company, CEC’s CEO PaulSpencer told the Denver Business Journal.And, he said, the strategicpartnership between the two companies is more important than the

money, Spencer said.

“We’ve been looking at investors for probably the last nine months andwe’ve had many, many options come to the table — large, prominent,respectable companies,” Spencer said.“But it came down to the strategicnature of the investment.”

First Solar traditionally has focused on building big, large-scale solarpower plants for utility customers. The company says it has installedabout 8,000 megawatts’ worth of solar power panels at solar powerplants around the world.

CEC focuses on building and operating smaller solar power plants called“community solar” projects.

Community solar is the name for solar power projects, typically capableof producing a few megawatts of power, in which people or businessescan buy or lease individual panels.The owners of the panels get a crediton their monthly utility bills for the power the panels generate.

Community solar is aimed at people and businesses that want to userenewable energy but can’t put solar panels on their roofs for a varietyof reasons, such as they rent their home or office space, or the roof isshaded by trees, or other reasons.

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“There’s there’s a lot of rooftops but onlyone in seven is actually suitable for asingle-tenant type home rooftop solar,” vanGerven said.

Building a larger array that serves groupsof customers can be cheaper than installingindividual rooftop systems and also benefitsthe utility customer because they can bebetter sited within the existing electricitygrid, he said.

“With community solar you can reach morecustomers in the end, and that’s what it’sreally all about,” van Gerven said.

First Solar decided to team with CECbecause it liked the business model CECuses, in that it sells individual panels tocustomers who can take advantage not onlyof the power that’s produced but also taxincentives that are available,van Gerven said.

The sector is the fastest-growing segmentof the solar power industry in the nation,Spencer said.

“Our business model is to partner withutilities to create community solar andthis agreement serves First Solar’s utilitycustomers, as well as our utility customers,with additional services,” Spencer said.

“We can offer community solar to theircustomers, and if our utilities want to gohundreds of megawatts of community solarwe have a partner that can do that. It’s agreat symbiotic partnership,” he said.

And because First Solar is one of the largestmanufacturers of solar power equipmentin the world, CEC will be able to takeadvantage of that partnership in buyingequipment for its own community solarsystems, Spencer said.He expects thepartnership will help CEC lower its pricefor customers by about 20 percent.

Currently,CEC sells panels in its communitysolar arrays to customers at prices rangingfrom about $1 to $3 per watt, dependingon the specifics of the agreement with theutility partner and the rebate programs theutility offers its customers, Spencer said.

First Solar also will benefit by expandingits market to include the community solar

projects as well as the larger utility-scale project, he said.

“This allows them to round out their portfolio to have a great solution for the rest of the market thatthey don’t currently serve,” he said.

CEC started in 2009 and is based in Carbondale. In November it combined two offices in Boulderand Broomfield into a single, 30,000-square-foot office in Louisville.

The company, which has about 100 employees, works with 18 utilities in eight states. It has 45projects either completed or under construction and expects to build about $50 million worth ofnew projects in 2014, Spencer said.

To date, including the project under construction, CEC has built about 36 megawatts worth ofcommunity solar power projects, he said.

He expects that with the new deal with First Solar, CEC could have a revenue stream of about $200million in 2015.



JCMachine & Motorsports, LLC

Curt Stewart,owner of JC Machine & Motorsports,LLC,thanks business owner and mentorMr. Dyke (Richard) for much of his success as a machine shop owner.

Mr. Dyke founded Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC in 1976.The company makesshort and long-barreled rifles, including the M16 military rifle and the related AR15. Law en-forcement agencies, private security firms and the militaries of 50 countries use their products.

The company, based inWindham, Maine assembled firearms, and outsourced all machining.More than a decade ago, the company purchased a machine shop in Lake Havasu,Arizona. It wastheir entree into machining.

Curt says, “This was during an economic downturn, and there weren’t many supervisorymanufacturing positions in the Phoenix area.”He continued,“One Friday afternoon,my wife Jancalled me and said that I got a call from, of all places, Maine, about an employment opportunity.”

Curt had answered a help wanted ad that Mr. Dyke had placed in a Phoenix publication. Hesays, “I grew up in Bullhead City, and my wife and I have a vacation home in Parker, not too farfrom Lake Havasu. Mr. Dyke flew me out to Maine for the interview, and my wife and I madethe decision to take the Plant Manager position with Bushmaster Firearms.”

It is immediately apparent what Mr. Dyke saw in Curt Stewart, and why he made the de-cision on the spot to offer Curt the Plant Manager position. Curt is a very disciplined machinistand supervisor. By his own admission, he is ‘old school’.With experience as a quality managerfrom a California-based manufacturer and as a sourcing inspector for McDonald Douglas, Curtis unwilling to compromise on quality or integrity. He says, “I managed a lathe department fora machine shop here in theValley, and every time an employee from our largest customer, aTier1 OEM aerospace company, came to our facility, all of my guys were moved off their currentassignment to do the work for this particular customer.” He continued,“That just isn’t how I runan operation, and it is not fair to all of our other customers.” Due to philosophical differences,Curt left this employer.

Back to Curt’s new position with Bushmaster. He immediately found that Bushmaster Fire-arms was a superior place to work,but life was slower in Lake Havasu than big city Phoenix.Curtgot permission from his employer to start up his own machine shop, which he operated fromhis garage in the evenings and on weekends. His first and primary customer? It was BushmasterFirearms, and Curt manufactured parts on his first machine tool purchase, a Haas TL-1 CNClathe. Curt says, “The HaasTL-1 was perfect because it only required 220 power, which workedin my garage. It was good for Mr. Dyke and Bushmaster Firearms, also, because we couldn’tmake enough parts fast enough internally.”

Curt’s ‘garage business’ grew successfully in Lake Havasu, and he officially founded thecompany with the name JC Machine & Motorsports, LLC nearly eight years ago.

In 2006,Mr.Dyke decided to retire (he is 80 years old today).He sold Bushmaster Firearmsto a private equity firm. But, just 5 years later, in 2011, Mr. Dyke learned that the private equityfirm was planning to move his former company “lock, stock and barrel” to NewYork.This wasa terrible blow to the 70 plus employees inWindham, Maine, and the nearly 20 employees inLake Havasu,Arizona. Maine congressional representative Chellie Pingree stated,“The workersof that company have earned an international reputation for the quality of their work … It’svery disappointing to see them cut out of the respected brand they have worked so hard to build.”

Mr. Dyke still owned the property where Bushmaster had been built, and his non-competeclause was fulfilled. He contacted all of his former employees, and asked if they wanted to come

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Soon after, Mr. Dyke made the decision to launch a carbon fiber division in Phoenix. Heknew of a superior machinist/plant manager in Curt Stewart, but Curt was now a machineshop owner in Lake Havasu, with 6+ machines and a staff. Curt says, “My wife was ready tocome back to Phoenix to be closer to our family, and so we made the decision to form a part-nership with Mr. Dyke andWindhamWeaponry, and with a 3rd company (Patriot OrdnanceFactory).” Today, the 3 companies jointly occupy a 12,000 square foot production facility inthe DeerValley area of Phoenix,AZ.Three of Curt’s employees made the move to Phoenix.

Today, JC Machine & Motorsports is a full service machine shop with 13 machines.Thecompany manufactures mill spec barrel nuts, carriers, all caliber extractors as well as bolts forfirearms. Curt says the ‘Motorsports’ inclusion in their company name reflects their dragsterrace team activities. Curt and his son Jordan’s hobby in their spare time is racing his SuperComp dragsters in Division 7 of the National Hot Rod Association.

“We are a Haas machine tool shop through and through”, Curt says. “I can make any parton a Haas machine that others make on much more costly machine tools.We have a Haas SL10that is 10 years old and still holds tolerances of +/- .0005. On our other machine tools, wecan hold tolerances as tight as +/-.0002.”

The firearms industry is cyclical, and this enables JC Machine & Motorsports to supportcustomers in theValley who are looking to outsource some of their machining. Curt says, “Wehad a customer come to us who was making a part on a Haas lathe, the same machine we own.Their part was taking 5 minutes to make. I am old school.We use software to make a part,but sometimes that software will specify more steps than you really need.We used the samemachine tool and reduced the time to make the part from 5 minutes to 1 minute, 45 seconds.We welcome you to bring your parts to us for quick turn, cost effective, and high quality work.”

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Curt recognizes the need for superior ser-vice from his machine tool dealer. He says, “Eventhough our Haas machines rarely go down, whenthey did, and we were back in Lake Havasu, youneeded a machine tool dealer who would supportyou 4 hours from Phoenix. Ellison MachineryCompany, the Haas dealer for Arizona, came im-mediately if we needed it.” He continued, “If wedidn’t need immediate service, they would waitto come until they had a few other maintenance/servicing requests in our area.That way we splitthe cost of travel. Ellison Machinery Companyis outstanding, and I wouldn’t buy from anotherdealer.” Curt added that he appreciates the factthat Chris Hansen, Business Development Man-ager for Ellison Machinery Company, knows firsthand a machine shop owner’s needs, having runone himself.

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IBM andApple unveiled their first jointly developed mobile applicationsaimed at business customers,generating a large amount of positive mediacoverage in print and online.

The AP reports that the two companies revealed ten “business-orientedprograms for Apple’s popular iPhones and iPads.” The article goes onto say that the new apps include “specialized programs for airline pilots,bankers, insurance agents, sales clerks and government case workers.”

TheWall Street Journal adds that the new apps also include specializedprograms for law enforcement and retail.

Obama To Announce Funding To EncourageManufacturing

The Hill reports President Obama “will announce some $390 millionin new public and private spending designed to boost manufacturingand apprenticeship programs during a meeting with his export council.”

The spending will include $290 million to open competition “for twonew ‘manufacturing innovation hubs,’ the latest in a series of institutesdesigned to bring together private companies, universities and federallybacked researchers in a bid to spur job creation.”

The funding “will underwrite the creation of a smart manufacturing hub runby the Department of Energy and a flexible hybrid electronics hub run by thePentagon.”The hubs “will be the seventh and eighth such institutes launchedduring Obama’s presidency.”Additionally, the President will announce another$100 million in funding to develop apprenticeship programs.

Fuel Cells May Be Useful For Carbon Capture

The NewYorkTimes reports that the more engineers experiment, the “morethey find unexpected ways to capture carbon dioxide.” One “novel approach” istaking shape in Connecticut by FuelCell Energy, where “engineers say carboncapture could be a cheap byproduct of running a fuel cell.”

The Department of Energy“sees potential in the technology,enough to providea grant of $2.5 million for the experiment.”

GeneralElectricImplementsMajorManufacturingChanges

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While Intel Corp.’s new billiondollar-plus plant in Chandler stillsits empty, two older Intel facilitieshave been retrofitted to manufacturewhat the newer factory was originallyintended to make: 14 nanometerwafer chips for consumer products.

With this several-billion-dollar retrofit that took six to nine months,Arizona is the exclusive high-volume manufacturer of this newesttechnology for about a year, said Rachel Sutherland, Intel’s Arizonacommunications manager.

“Intel found it was more cost effective to upgrade its existing fab spaceand install new processes into existing fabs, that way we would havemore fab space for the next process,” Sutherland told me today. “It’sall about the next generation.”

Intel announced its investment of $5 billion into the Chandler campusin 2011. But due to changing technology, Fab 42 was built but neveropened.

The latest technology is now manufactured in Fabs 22 and 32 on theChandler Ocotillo campus.

Fab 42, which was completed at the end of 2013, awaits the newesttechnology and is ready for production when Intel decides what todo next.There is no timeline when that is planned, Sutherland said.

“At our Intel plant in Oregon they have the R&D and that’s where they arebasically figuring out the next recipe,” Sutherland said. “When Intel makesa decision, we move really fast.”

The remaining $5 billion was used to retrofit the two older fab plants usingtools/automated machines the size of a room, Sutherland said.

The 14 nanometer technology will be used in a range of computing andconsumer devices, including servers with powerful processors that supportdata centers.

Arizona has been the exclusive manufacturer of this newest technology forseveral months and will be until an Intel plant in Ireland is up and runningin the first half of 2015, Sutherland said.

The 14 nanometer replaces the 22 nanometer using the theory that everycouple of years the number of transistors on a chip can double, known asMoore’s Law.

“That’s why the nanometers are getting smaller,” Sutherland said. “We’reworking with the same size chip and packing more and more transistors.It makes it more powerful and more energy efficient.”

The smaller the chip, the smaller the device it can power, which makes forthinner laptops and fanless devices.

The 14 nanometer chips are the second generation tri-gate transistor chips.Instead of flat chips, these are three dimensional, which is the same asbuilding up in a city, Sutherland said.

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Intel also announced earlier this monthit was reorganizing and moving itsmobile chip units into its more successfulpersonal computer division. Source:Phoenix Business Journal

Sandia To Help DevelopMuseum Programs

The AP reported that “Sandia NationalLaboratories is teaming up with the NewMexico Museum of Natural History andScience.” The lab and the museum “havesigned a memorandum of understandingin which the lab will help identify anddevelop programs and exhibits that focuson space exploration, renewable energy,water and nanotechnology.

The museum will evaluate initiatives ofinterest to Albuquerque and the region.”According to Lab director Paul Hommert“Sandia and the museum have a commoninterest in exposing young people toscience, technology, engineering andmath.He says the agreement signed servesas a vehicle to strengthen the relationshipthat the lab already has with the museum.”

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Funding for this project comes from a $2.9million grant from the U.S. Departmentof Commerce Economic DevelopmentAdministration. Part of that funding willbe used to purchase that 32,897-square-foot structure at 1401 E. Van Buren St.,which is listed for $1.4 million.

The program has been named “PickleHouse,” reflecting the original building

roots as an actual pickle manufacturing company, built in 1934.

Many long-time Arizonans in the neighborhood remember the smell of the brine permeating theneighborhood back when the pickle plant was in its heyday — even in the early morning hours.

While creating jobs, the program also will provide opportunities to entrepreneurs in the high-techand light manufacturing industry in downtown Phoenix. Plans call for breaking ground early next year.

The incubator will be called the CPLC Pickle House Makerspace Business Incubator, said EdmundoHidalgo, CPLC president and CEO. He said the incubator will transform the building into a key hubwhere the spirit of entrepreneurship will flourish and reach new heights.

The Pickle House, which is at 14th andVan Buren streets, will focus on four strategies:

• Manufacturing incubation and innovation, using high-tech tools, including 3-D printers, to costeffectively make prototypes and products

• Access to capital, including unconventional loans• A business enterprise to develop opportunities for small business ventures•Workforce development to train skilled laborSource: Phoenix Business Journal



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Lightning Strike; Founders: Judd Smith and Karla Flores; HQ: Chandler

Product:An aftermarket collision-avoidance system for motorcycles: an LED strobe light thatmakes the bike stand out in traffic

Why it exported: “I did a little research with the U.S. Commercial Service and found that80 percent of my customers are overseas. In fact, there are more potential customers in (theEuropean Union) than the U.S.,” Smith said.

Made in the U.S.: “Our switches and mounts are built in Chandler, the lights and housing arebuilt in Gilbert, and we assemble it in Gilbert. Our wire is imported,” Smith said. “I’m not

afraid to manufacture our product overseas in thefuture, but there are considerations.”

Where they went for help: Smith and Flores areamong the inaugural companies in the ExporTechboot camp developed by theArizona CommerceAuthority. The ACA referred them to the U.S.Commercial Service and the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration.

Exos; Founder and president: MarkVerstegenHQ: Phoenix

Service: Training for athletes, and bringing inpeople for training with tourism as a form ofexport. “We (generate) 5,000 room nights ayear in Phoenix for international and out-of-state athletes,” said Marty Weems, internationaldirector of business development for Exos.“Everyone of those clients are here for several days.Theyeat here, they spend money here. That’s newmoney into the market.”

Why it exported: “We have a unique trainingprogram, and in the beginning all it took wasa couple of international athletes engaging ourservices,” he said. “We suddenly were building areferral business of international hockey players(and) golfers, and we had a history with soccerplayers.”

Growing business: Exporting accounts for30 percent of Exos’ sales and is growing at apace of more than 20 percent per year. Thecompany added divisions — corporate training,performance institute, education and tactical.

Able Engineering; CEO: Lee Benson; HQ:Mesa

Service: Repair, restoration and remanufacturingof aviation parts

Why it exported: Able Engineering is certifiedin dozens of countries torepair, restore andremanufacture aviation parts. “We do it moreefficiently than anyone else,” Benson said. “Soefficiently that we are able to beat Chinesecompanies on price in China.”

Aiding others:Running an efficient and productivebusiness is the top criterion for successfulexporting, Benson said. He and Global ChamberCEO Doug Bruhnke are developing a “12 StepProgram for Exporting” to share with businesses.

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AMW Packaging Supply has bought a commercial building in Phoenixfor $1.3 million.

The company currently is at a 5,000-square-foot building at 32nd Streetand Broadway Road.

The seller of the new building was Voytech Five LLC. That entity ismanaged byAl and Ewa Grabowski, according toArizona CorporationCommission records.They are principals with precision manufacturingcompanies L&W Fluid Inc. and L&W Machine Co.Those companieswork with semiconductor, renewable energy and defense firms.

AMW also has offices in LasVegas and warehouses in Australia, China,New Zealand, Florida, California andTexas.

The company has 16 employees in Phoenix and could add as many asfour new workers.

Carl Johnson of Daum Commercial Real Estate Service brokered thedeal.Source: Phoenix Business Journal

Five Arizona companies makeTech Fast 500

Arizona placed five companies on Deloitte’s 2014 Technology Fast500, which was released Nov. 13. Here’s where those companieslanded on the annual ranking of the fastest-growing tech companiesin North America.

Nextiva Inc.: Cloud communications company; HQ: Scottsdale2: Rank on communications/networking industry list80: Overall rank1,548%: Growth rate

Inilex Inc.:Auto recovery tech firm; HQ: Phoenix14: Rank on communications/networking industry list247: Overall rank394%: Company growth rate

LifeLock Inc.: Identity theft protection provider;HQ:Tempe65: Rank on Internet industry list416: Overall rank181%: Growth rate

Telesphere: Cloud telecommunications company; HQ: Scottsdale28: Rank on communications/networking industry list444: Overall rank163%: Growth rate

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The business publication listed Grand Canyon Education Inc., as theseventh best small company, while Cavco Industries Inc. came in at No.13 and Inventure Foods Inc. was 33rd.

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

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

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

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CPI Fell 0.3% In November, “The Most SinceDecember 2008

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

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Yellen added that the “strength of U.S. economic data and the level ofinflation, not a calendar date, will dictate when it raises rates.”

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Everspin Technologies Inc. is ready tobuild its new generation of computer andelectronics memory that doesn’t needbatteries, and it’s got a new partner tohelp it.

The Chandler-based company announcedlate last month it will work with SantaClara, California-based GlobalFoundariesto develop silicon wafers for the latestversion of its magneto-resistive randomaccess memory. MRAM is a form of digitalmemory that can be used in everything fromcomputers to industrial equipment.

“This technology is really big. MRAM isone of the leading, emerging memorytechnologies,” said Everspin President andCEO Phillip LoPresti, who spent 22 yearsat NEC Corp., a Japanese semiconductorcompany. “It doesn’t replace or eliminate,but augments technology.”

GlobalFoundries has invested an undisclosedamount in Everspin, while also investing inadvanced spin torque MRAM processingequipment that will be used for the latestversion of the memory.

“Our partnership with Everspin will helpdrive ST-MRAM adoption and feed therapidly growing MRAM market,” saidGregg Bartlett, GlobalFoundries’ seniorvice president of product management, ina statement.

LoPresti said GlobalFoundries has thetechnology to build high-density MRAMs.This opens up Everspin to a new market,which includes companies that make storageproducts, such as Dell Inc. , LSI Corp., andSeagate Technology PLC, a data storagecompany.

GlobalFoundries will make the new MRAMfor Everspin at its Singapore facility, andthe new products are expected to be outwithin a year.

“GlobalFoundries is well known and allowsus to move into higher volume to build

revenue,” said LoPresti, who joined Everspin in 2010.

Everspin’s first generation MRAMs are sold into an overall global market that is between $200million and $300 million.The second generation product allows Everspin entry into a $2 billionto $5 billion market, he said.

“This is a significant jump, and the strategy is to enter into the larger available market,” said LoPresti.“We plan to expand into this market next year.”

Everspin will hire employees at its Chandler and Austin offices.The company is still ironing out itsplans, but will hire engineers, manufacturers and marketing business development.

Everspin was spun out from private investors from Freescale Semiconductor Inc.’s (FSL) research anddevelopment group in 2008.The MRAM technology was launched in 2006. Everspin’s customersrange from companies making casino gaming machines to transportation and auto giants such asBMW and Airbus SAS.

Everspin has thousands of clients, and has shipped 40 million units to date, most in the last threeto four years, LoPresti said. It has an intellectual property portfolio of more than 500 patents andpatent applications.

The private company, which has 90 employees, is growing 40 to 50 percent year over year inrevenue, and its products have grown 60 to 70 percent year over year, LoPresti said. Everspin leasesa 10,000-square-foot space from Freescale in Chandler for its manufacturing line to produce itsfirst generation MRAM.Source: Phoenix Business Journal



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If you have ever visited EDM Expressand you were asked if they were ISOcertified, your answer unequivocallywould have been, “Of course theyare.”That is what I would have said,as I have been through the pristineshop filled with the latest technology.

The truth is that they just officiallycertified last month. Joe Jacksonfounded the company, now inits 15th year. Joe says, “A lot ofmediocre machine shops are ISOcertified, and I just intuitivelybelieved ISO certification wouldn’tmake us a better shop.” “But”, he

continued,“We are finishing up a record year, and I made the decision that if banner yearscontinue to occur, we will need a more formal set of documented procedures.We wantprocesses in place to facilitate continued growth. ”

Troy Six, Engineer and ISO Manager at the company, says,“We didn’t go through the ISOcertification process as a result of customer requirements.” He continued, “While everyonce in a while we have had a customer ask if we were certified, when we told them weweren’t they still used our services. Everyone who visited us just made the assumptionthat we were certified, because we operated much in the way you would expect an ISOcertified company to be run.”

When Joe and the team made the decision to certify in 2014, they contacted Bretta Kelly,owner of BMSC. Joe says,“This was inAugust, and we hired her immediately.”When askedif they contacted other consulting companies to help them prepare for ISO certification,the answer was “No”. Joe elaborates, “I read about BMSC and Bretta and Debbie Hart inevery Metalworker issue. They’ve helped prepare like 700 companies for certification,so there was no need to look elsewhere for an ISO consultant.”

EDM Express opted for BMSC’s premium ISO certification package, which takes the mostadvantage of BMSC’s expertise.Additionally, they felt that with the pressures associatedwith unprecedented growth, their team needed to stay focused on getting products tocustomers.This enabled them to complete the certification process in a very short timeframe. In fact, they certified just beforeThanksgiving, so the whole process was completedin about 3 months.As is typical of clients BMSC supports prior to ISO certification, EDMExpress certified with zero findings, and only a few ‘Opportunities for Improvement’.Troy says that the opportunities for improvement suggested ways to better quantify ourprocesses using more specific measurements.

The management team at EDM Express, pictured in the top right photo, all agree that

ISO certification has been beneficial to their business,and that it will be even more valuable over time.Troysays, “It is just another tool we have in our tool box.”They all additionally are unanimous in their glowingrecommendation of Bretta and BMSC.

Joe says, “We actually found some processes that wewere doing could be improved, and so we have madesome concrete internal improvements.” Robin Lund,pictured above with Joe andTroy holding their ISOcertification on 2 plaques, says, “EDM Express issynonymous with continuous improvement, and ISOcertification will facilitate measurable improvementsthat we can now quantify.” The team also agrees thattheir certification process will help the company’scommunication across 2 geographically diverselocations.

Troy says,“We are continuously working to eliminateunexpected down time. Being proactive withequipment maintenance and staying current with thelatest technology, we can better manage and forecastdowntime to avoid interruption in our processes.”

If you haven’t been to EDM Express in a while, Iencourage you to schedule a tour. Joe says, “We’vemade significant capital equipment acquisitions in2014, and we additionally improved our website.”You can contact them at 1.800.780.7075 or visitedmexpress.com.



Alex Kollitz, Owner, and‘Chief Speed Freak’ of WARPOff-road SxS & ATV, has just

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Alex did have experiences that helped shape where he is today. He served in the Marine Corp; hisstudies spanned commercial art to engineering to business. He additionally spent a number of yearsworking for Hewlett Packard, where he was heavily involved in supply chain business analysis, andoptimizing manufacturing processes.Alex says, “HP was a great place to work and I learned so muchabout the manufacturing supply chain. I really enjoyed working with such intelligent people.” In theend,Alex found that he wasn’t a ‘big corporation guy’, and when HP moved their operations fromCorvallis, OR to Fort Collins, CO,Alex and HP parted ways.

Many kids take up dirt bike racing from the time they can ride. NotAlex. He was 27 when he enteredhis first Motocross race on a KDX 200 (Kawasaki) at a local (in Oregon) MX track. He says, “It wasreally muddy, and I only lasted for 1 lap, but it was then that I got the racing bug.”

Once Alex made the decision to leave HP, he and his wife moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where heremployer had relocated her.A few years later,Alex started up a marketing company in the valley.

The company,called‘Crazy Dog Imprints’ saw success almost immediately.Alex had won a significantwholesale account, called ‘Costco’, and Crazy Dog Imprints supported Costco’s small businessclients with banners, trade show displays, magnets, and other marketing materials.Alex says, “It wasvery enjoyable because I got to use my creative side.”When Crazy Dog Imprint developed an onlineapplication that would allow Costco’s business customers to design and order their marketing materialsonline, Alex saw a new opportunity. He and his wife sold Crazy Dog Imprints, and Alex used thefunds to launch a company that would develop software for the wholesale print industry. He foundhis software developers and the new entity planned to spend X dollars and 6 months before theywould have a marketable product.Alex says, “It cost 4X investment and took 4X the time to launcha product, and we still didn’t have anything we could market.With funds depleted,Alex abandonedthe entity he had started up.

He found solace once again in motor sport racing, and he rediscovered the‘joy of adrenalin’. He alsodiscovered that his body didn’t respond as well as it had in his 20s to the physical sport. Alex says,

“After one race, I fractured my wrist.” He continued, “I didn’t fracture it from falling or crashing, butjust from the sheer force of the vehicle bouncing and hitting the ground.” It was then that he founda new purpose, and a new company to start.Alex called it ‘WARP Off-road, SxS & ATV DiabolicalEngineering.’ For those of you wondering how Alex picked this company name and what diabolicalmeans, Dictionary.com defines it as having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageouslywicked.TheWARP acronym comes from‘WickedAl Racing Products’, and the company specializesin designing and building highly innovative motor sport race parts.

WARP Off-road’s first product development effort was a shock absorbing handlebar (a suspendedhandle bar with 4” of travel) that will sit on theATV steering stem to dampen the shock on the upperbody.The‘Air Bar’ has gone through 2 renditions and Alex expects that prototype 3 will be the finalproduct that will go to market, early in 2015.

For Prototypes 1 and 2,Alex worked on the design and outsourced the machining to a 3rd party.Alexnot only wanted to do this himself but he also believed that he could learn to machine.Without anybackground in the trade,Alex signed up for a CNC Precision Program at Maricopa Skills Center.Theprogram is skill based, and Alex says on average it takes about 1200 hours to complete the program.

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Alex says, “I looked for a CAD/CAM program that was low cost and that had agreat reputation. I did most of the research on available software packages on myown and through various CNC forums, because I didn’t want to hear from biasedsales people. In the end, I determined the best CAM package was FeatureCAM.FeatureCAM had a lot of positive feedback from people who had experience witha variety of systems.” Alex also values Delcam’s superior education through theDelcamTraining Center Program.

Christian Briscoe,Vice President Western Sales for Delcam,says,“The latest releaseof FeatureCAM enables you to choose from three levels of 3D milling, from singlesurface machining, through to multiple surface support, and state-of-the-art highspeed toolpaths that Delcam is renowned for.”

Maricopa Skills Center is in the process of acquiring the FeatureCAM package toadd to their CNC Precision program, thanks toAlex.Alex left the school after oneyear of teaching to startWARP Off-road, and he thanks Christian for his efforts inputting together a program specifically for the Maricopa Skills Center.

Back to WARP Off-road. Alex designed a clean sheet desert race ATV called theWraith 1000. Using an innovative triple shock suspension Alex gets 18” of wheeltravel in the front and 20” in the back.TheWraith is powered by an 110hp SuzukiSV1000 twin cylinder street bike engine to reach speeds over 115mph. 120 wallchromoly tubing, tig welding and custom billet aluminum parts are just part of whatmakes theWraith special.Alex calls it theTrophyTruck of quads.

Alex describes it as a niche product for people who desire only the best in personaloff road high performance riding whether it is desert racing, ripping it at the dunesor simply a desire to be unique.The Wraith is available for purchase and can beseen on the Edge Factor show.

Alex says, “These are custom built to your spec which may affect pricing.We willoffer customizedATV’s to your personal preference with respect to powder coating,engine mods/turbo,positioning of foot pegs/seat/handlebar,additional fuel storagefor long distance riding etc.The price point of $35,000 will give you aWraith verysimilar to our prototype.We will quote eachWraith depending on your needs.”

Today,WARP Off-road utilizes Delcam’s FeatureCAM package, and they also havea Fusion 360 license, available through Autodesk, the parent company of Delcam.Alex says that with Fusion 360, he can create 3D CAD models. The software isa superior cloud-based tool with integrated industrial design and mechanicalengineering, built-in collaboration, and data management.

Alex utilizes a small space in his brother Ron’s shop forWARP Off-road. Ron is acustom cabinet builder, and he makes other custom artistic wood designs for hiscustomers. Christian and Ron are in discussions about ArtCAM. Christian says,

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McClatchy, citing “solid” Labor Department data released last month,said hiring in November “smashed expectations and raised prospectsfor stronger-than-expected economic growth in 2015,” in the view ofexperts.About 321,000 jobs were added to payrolls last month,hourlyearnings “surged,” and the nation’s unemployment rate remained 5.8%,with gains “spread across sectors.”Noting that US manufacturers added28,000 jobs in November, with indicators suggesting the trend willcontinue in 2015, the story said.

Virgin Galactic has plans for satellites

No one knows for sure when any tourists will be flying on a VirginGalactic craft taking off from SpaceportAmerica in New Mexico. Butthat’s not stopping the company from talking about doing even more.According to the Albuquerque Journal, the company is developing anew vehicle to launch satellites into orbit.

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Sigma Labs gets Honeywell contract

Santa Fe-based Sigma Labs Inc. has been given a $500,000 contractfrom Honeywell Aerospace to assist in testing materials used for thelatter’s Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) PhaseII award.

Sigma Labs specializes in developing inspection systems for metals.

“We are pleased to have been selected for this follow-on contractwith Honeywell as part of a Phase II DARPA award,” Mark Cola,president and CEO of Sigma Labs, said in a statement. “Havingsuccessfully completed the Phase I piece of the program earlier thisyear, we look forward to working with Honeywell and its team tofurther demonstrate our PrintRite3D technology for precise metalmanufacturing applications.Through this award we will have additionalopportunities to showcase our unique software and help developa standardized, rapid-qualification approach to metal 3D printing,potentially leading to faster commercialization of our cutting-edgetechnology.” Source:Albuquerque Business First

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After almost two decades of making the targets for Sandia NationalLaboratories’ Z Machine,TEAMTechnologies lost the contract in 2009.On CEO Bob Sachs’ birthday, Dec. 15, he learned the company waslosing the contract that built the firm in the Sandia Science &TechnologyPark in the shadow of the labs.

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Five years later, Sachs says the company has gone in a direction he neverwould have imagined. Not only is it growing (it has 70 employees now),it’s building prototypes and manufacturing circuit boards for the U.S.Navy and Sandia, as well as doing high-quality machining and more fora variety of companies.

But Sachs said what has really filled the offices at the TEAM buildingis a slate of 14 companies that TEAM is incubating. The company istrading its engineering and development services, as well as officespace, for equity in companies working on everything from an advancedbeer kegerator to surgical devices and Apple iPhone docks.Two morecompanies will likely become tenants in the incubator, Sachs says.

“The core of the business had grown into electrical engineering,mechanical engineering, software, and we have one of the best machineshops, and we’d had an electrical fab, and we’d been working onelectronics manufacturing,”he said.“We had built this world-class center,and word was getting out. People were coming to us for prototypes,and we were the natural place to come.”

But, he said, those people didn’t have capital. They didn’t have themeans or expertise to make a prototype, for example,of a continuouslyvariable transmission like VeriTran, or a super-cooled laser that canblast though the night sky, like FASORtronics, or the delicate materialsneeded to make drones for Silent Falcon.

So, Sachs has been taking equity in some of the companies. His newincubator firms have access to the same engineers, chemists andmaterials research that the U.S. Navy, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, NASAand others have atTEAM.

“Some, we’ve taken equity. Some want to just be here in the buildingin the park. And if they’re successful, we’ll build it for them,” he said.

“WithVeriTran and the others, we’d like to create them in New Mexico.”VeriTran was a presenter at the recent Deal Stream Summit for investorsfrom across the Southwest.

Sachs said he sees a new way to make these companies successful.With the help of former Economic Development Cabinet SecretaryFred Mondragon, he’s moved some of his manufacturing operationsto Mexico, where he’s hoping to capitalize on Chihuahua’s growth inthe aerospace world, and where the cost of manufacturing is lower.

“The price points of the incubator companies mean you have to be morecreative with manufacturing. Our hopes with the Chihuahua businessis to build it there and do final assembly here,” Sachs said.



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Sachs, who has a history as an engineer with Hughes Aircraft and others,where he was a rocket scientist, boughtTEAM in 2001.

“We wanted to get back home.We have four boys, and wanted them tobe raised here,” Sachs said. He was working at Fiore Industries whentheTEAM opportunity arose, he said, and he bought the company withhis brother.

The two, however, were not strangers to business.“I was born and raisedin a family business in Belen. My grandfather started an appliance shopthat became Sachs Appliance, and we would sit around the dinner tableand talk business,” Sachs said.

But, he said, he never thought he would have a company that employs 70people, has high-level clearances for the military and produces so manyproducts for high-tech sector. He said he’s excited about the chance toleverage his employees’ talents to give new companies a jump-start andhelp the local economy.

“I didn’t set out to create this. I’m not trying to compete with ABQid orTheBioScience Center. We’re quietly doing our thing,” Sachs said. “Atsome point, we just never fit in.”

AMRI manufacturing facility reopens

Albany Molecular Research Inc., a biotech company, announced that abriefly-closed Albuquerque manufacturing plant has reopened.

The plant, a sterile injectable facility,has been closed since September dueto what anAMRI press release refers to only as a “weather related businessinterruption.”AMRI spokespeople didn’t specify what the event was,but,but New Mexico was hit by the effects of Hurricane Odile that month.

AMRI recently bought New Mexico-based Oso Biopharmaceuticals, andthe recently-reopened plant was acquired by AMRI as part of that deal.The company made mention of the plant’s closure in a quarterly earningsrelease.The report blamed the plant’s closure for a drop in revenuescompared to Q3 2013.

William S. Marth,AMRI’s president and CEO, said in a press release thatthe company is back on track with the reopening of the facility.

“We are pleased to report that all suites at our OsoBioAlbuquerque asepticmanufacturing facility are fully operational,” he said. “I would like toacknowledge and thank our colleagues and vendors for their dedicatedefforts in remediating the affected manufacturing suite as quickly aspossible.” Source:Albuquerque Business First

Low Costs For Extracting Oil Mean ProductionWill Continue EvenWith Much Lower Prices

Bloomberg News reports that US crude oil production is expected tocontinue to increase despite falling prices because “declining equipmentcosts and enhanced drilling techniques more than offset the collapse inoil markets.”Companies are expected to shift “focus to their most-prolific,lowest-cost fields, which means extracting more oil with fewer drillingrigs.” One expert says that $20 per barrel is the “average cost to operatean existing well” in the US, and that production will continue until theprice falls below that. Exxon, specifically, “spent an average of $12.72”per barrel in the US, while “some operators have even lower costs.”



Just months ago, this past summer, US CarbideTool announced that it wasexpanding its custom tool business.Since it opened in 2010, it has establisheda reputation as a manufacturer of very accurate/high precision small tools(from .006” to 3/8”). Its machines of choice for its business early on werethe EWAG 6 axis CNC and manual grinding machines. Approximately95% of the tools US Carbide Tool manufactures on the EWAG machinesare ‘specials’, or custom tools.

This summer the company expanded, taking over space it was leasing toa tenant, and converting the full 10,000 square foot facility to its ownoperations.With the planned growth, it was going to offer its customers thesame accuracy and precision they were getting from US Carbide for theirsmall tools, but it was going to expand its capabilities to manufacturinglarger tools.

The machines selected for the business expansion,manufacturing larger tools(up to 2”) were the Walter CNC grinders and the Walter high-resolutionHelicheck inspection machines.

Today, just a few months after installing the first of many new WalterCNC grinders, General Manager Randy Hansrote says that both existingcustomers and new customers are coming to rely upon US CarbideTool’sability to manufacture both small and larger tools. While the percentageof ‘specials’ for the larger tools isn’t as high as it is for the small tools, stillapproximately 60% of the larger tools US Carbide manufactures are custom.

“The new machines and new capabilities have immensely help our capacity”,Randy says. “What used to take one month now takes between 1-2 weeks,and it’s going to get even better over time”, he continued.

Randy admits that the company wasn’t prepared for the increase in business,nor did it have enough of the skill set required to manufacture the largertools, at least not from its existing team.

Randy says, “We talked to one of our customers about what we werelooking for and he recommended Walter Pena.Walter joined US CarbideTool a few months ago, in September, as the company’s Chief OperatingOfficer (COO). Randy says thatWalter’s experience in cutting/grinding/inspection and management is invaluable.Walter was versed in machininglarger tools, both unique and standard re-grinds.

Walter had worked with Mark Clements at a previous shop.Walter says, “Iknew that Mark had opened his own shop with a couple of partners, and thecompany was called CuttingTool Consultants.This shop had just the skill setwe needed for our business expansion, and I knew just how capable Markwas in cutting tools.”Walter introduced Mark Clements to US CarbideToolOwners/Partners Randy Hansrote and Sal Kielbus.

As we go to print,US Carbide has purchased CuttingTool Consultants.Withthe purchase, the machines from CuttingTool Consultants are being moved

to US CarbideTool, inTempe,AZ. Mark is coming with the businesspurchase, as are some of CuttingTool Consultants’ employees.Also,CuttingTool Consultants has about a dozen customers that were notdoing business with US Carbide Tool. New talent, new customersand new machines are the end result of the acquisition.

Mark is very excited to be an integral team member of US CarbideTool. He says, “Sal is extremely ambitious, he is a straight shooter,and he embraces new technology. I will really enjoy working in thisexciting, high-growth environment.”

Randy andWalter agree that the purchase of CuttingTool Consultantswill help their business. Randy says, “We talked about how we areimproving our turnaround times, and this will even help more.Waltersays that US CarbideTool can even provide 24-hour turnaround nowwhen special circumstances/critical issues arise for their customers.

Sal has a very specific goal in mind for US Carbide Tool. “We areactively growing to become the largest and best grinding companyin the Southwest”, he says. In fact, Sal founded US CarbideTool withRandy because of a specific need he had that wasn’t being fulfilled.

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He ownsAerospace Contacts and he struggled with getting quality microtools in the timeframe that Aerospace Contacts needed them.

While US CarbideTool is a supplier toAerospace Contacts, over the past4 years many other companies just like Aerospace Contacts found thatthe new company could help them with their micro tool requirements.

Sal says,“We want allArizona manufacturing companies that need custommicro tools to large tools to rely upon US Carbide Tool.We eliminatedowntime, whether you need off the shelf tools or custom tools maderight away.” Randy adds, “We assist our customers in maintaining theirtools, including helping them to handle their tools for longevity, we dore-grinds for our customers’ current tools, and we maintain an inventoryof tools.”

Today, US CarbideTool’s customer span several states, with approximately50% of their work done for customers in Arizona, and ~50% forcustomers throughout the US.

Stay tuned for US CarbideTool’s Open House in the first quarter of 2015.If you aren’t using them for your precision cutting tools, I encourageyou to contact them for a tour. This fast growing company with state-of-the-art technology is guaranteed to impress you. Call them today at480.755.3812 or visit USCarbideTool.com.

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“I’ve been using Sal and US Carbide Tool since they opened for businessa few years ago. I have seen them grow so much. Sal is such a go-getter,they have the best equipment around, and their quality is fantastic.Theyturn our form tools quickly and their pricing is competitive. I sure hopethey don’t get too much business from this article-- and with all the newcustomers, their turnaround times suffer! I highly recommend Sal and hiscompany.” Tim, Machine Shop Owner

“US CarbideTool makes custom drills and tools for us.They custom makemost of our tooling to print.The quality at US Carbide is awesome!Theyreally work with us on designs, and help us come up with new tools.Randy andWalter are great, their machinery is best in class, and I’ve gotto say they are outstanding in turning our tools around, often in less thana week.” Jeff, Purchasing Manager, Machine Shop

“This shop is amazing! If I am working with a new part or new materialfor the first time, I will drive over to US CarbideTool and sit down withRandy to come up with ideas for tooling.Their flexibility and knowledgeare just a couple of reasons I use the company. Another critical reason Ialways use US Carbide Tool is that they always make me look good! I soappreciate that they often pull me out of a bind.

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What’s LostWhen Experts RetireAcross the globe, there is a tsunami of Baby Boomer retirements. Thisis good news for them and for the younger colleagues who will taketheir place. But what does this mean in terms of losing business-critical,experience-based knowledge — what we call deep smarts? Oneorganization reported that the next anticipated wave of almost 700retirements would mean the loss of over 27,000 years of experience. Ifthat know-how and those skills (or better ones) can be hired on the openmarket — no problem. Or if the succession planning has been meticulousand a highly qualified successor can step right into the vacancy — terrific.

But in dozens of recent interviews with CTOs, CIOs, and top HRmanagers in preparation for writing our new book Critical KnowledgeTransfer, we found that managers often don’t know what they have lostuntil after the expert leaves — and by then, it may be difficult to recover.In after-the-fact stories, we heard about critical losses in four areas inparticular: relationships, reputation, re-work and regeneration. And theprice tag associated with such losses were estimated to be as much as 20times the more visible, tangible costs of recruitment and training.

First, consider relationships. Built up over years, they allowed a seasonedexpert to pick up the phone and get a response from a customer’s CEOor a timely bit of analysis from an expert in a different field. “Smartpeople know other smart people,” a CTO commented to us. “When ‘Al’suddenly left because of a family emergency, he left us his electronic fileof contacts — but just names, email addresses, and phone numbers.Wedon’t really know when to use them, how reliable they are, what expertisethey have.Without Al’s knowledge about why, when, and how to contactthem, it’s just a list.”

That’s inconvenient, but not usually fatal. But we also heard aboutsituations when corporate reputation took a hit because an incomingreplacement didn’t have the high level of experience and skills expected.An engineer, whom we’ll callAmit, recalled being flown at great expenseto a customer site to fix a problem that a relatively junior engineer hadbungled. In fact, the customer had asked for Amit by name and was verydisappointed to hear that he was retiring.Amit knew the client’s equipment,failure modes, and the work-arounds he could put in place until he couldget a new part. “The new guy just didn’t have that experience,” he noted.

And what about re-work? We certainly don’t believe that a clone ofthe departing incumbent would be desirable, even if it were possible.Fresh thinking is often very valuable. But when the incoming successorhas to spend time understanding product lines or critical processes,learning informal norms and ways to get things done, figuring out howorganizational units interact — that’s all time-consuming, wastefulre-work. One company completely revamped their internal financialreporting system, spending almost $6 million over two years, only to findthat the system did not fit the practices of their widespread businesses.The investment was made without the guidance of an IT director whohad been with the company 30 years but had left and then died shortlyafterwards.“The new IT director,” the CIO explained to us,“simply didn’task the right questions of the vendor. He asked if they could do it — butnot how they were going to do it. He didn’t understand how most of ouroverseas businesses work. [The departed director] would never have madethat mistake.We’re going to have to start over almost from scratch.Andit’s not even the vendor’s fault. It’s ours.”

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“You can’t just write down how to create a new airplane and leave apage or two of instructions for the people after you.You need strategiesand methods for capturing and sharing complex, unique, and hard-earned experience.”

You can never extract and transfer all the deep smarts that an expert hasaccumulated, but it’s important to identify what needs to be capturedbefore it walks out the door. In-depth succession planning, knowledge-sharing programs, even just questioning the experts before they leavethe organization are imperative steps to ensure that your organization’sdeep smarts stay within the walls of your organization.

The four costs we’ve described are by no means the only onesassociated with lack of knowledge transfer — but they are widespreadand surprisingly pervasive. They put your company at risk, bothimmediately and in the future. Managers cannot afford to ignore them.Source: Harvard Business Review

Analysis: Congress Reworks 10 Percent of DoDProcurement Budget

Congressional committees tweaked nearly 10 percent of the money thatthe Pentagon requested for its fiscal year 2015 appropriations accountsbefore the “cromnibus” spending bill was passed on Dec. 11 — resultingin $4.4 billion in additional procurement and research and developmentprojects — an analysis of the budget shows.

Of the 812 budget lines for procurement appropriations — as tallied byVisualDoD — lawmakers added $6.9 billion to 60 programs while takingmoney away from 229 other programs, for a total cut of $2.9 billion.

Overall, that works out to a net $4 billion increase in funding over whattheWhite House and Pentagon had originally asked for earlier in the year.

That money went into buying things both that the services didn’t ask for— but still clearly wanted — as well as things that they most definitely didnot want, like $120 million more for Abrams tanks that the Army has saidit has no use for, and $850 million to overhaul the aircraft carrier GeorgeWashington that the administration had planned to defer until the 2016budget.

Congress also added 15 F-18 Growler aircraft to the Navy’s stable, as wellas an additional LPD-17 amphibious ship.

The final procurement-appropriations amount came to $101.9 billion,meaning that lawmakers adjusted nearly 30 percent of the lines and around10 percent of the total amount.



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UNM Foundation makesventure capital play

The University of New Mexico Foundation isnow in the venture capital game.

The foundation has approved its first co-investment of $100,000 with Pajarito PowderLLC, a company using UNM technology toreimagine how fuel-cell motors work,PajaritoPowder CEOTom Stephenson said.

“This is the UNM Foundation’s first entryinto this type of investment and partnershipwith the university, and we are pleased tobe a part of this effort to help promotetechnology and entrepreneurship,” JenniferKemp, communications manager for theUNM Foundation told Business First onFriday. “The $1 million allocation of funds ispart of the Consolidated Investment Fund, theuniversity’s endowment which the foundationmanages. Depending on how well this works,the board of regents and board of trustees maydecide to make additional commitments withSTC in UNM technology.”

The $1 million co-investment fund is part of

the $410 million ConsolidatedInvestment Fund, and this is thefirst time CIF money has beeninvested like this, Kemp said.

“As investors, we hope to receivea return on investment, and itis quite possible that the returncould be significant dependingon the type of startup, but that isnot the foundation’s primary goalfor participating,” she said. “Thegoal is to partner with UNM inachieving its mission.”

For Pajarito Powder, the $100,000investment will give the firmmore time to grow and developits technology.

“It’s going to give us a year’s worthof additional runway to grow thebusiness,” CEO Tom Stephensontold Business First. The VergeFund and local angel investorshelped fund the company, he said.The company started in 2012 andspent 10 months investigating the

technology.

“We’re optimizing technology from other places, too,”Stephenson said. “We licensed UNM technology, but webrought in guys from LANL to our advisory board.”

The company makes powder that can be sprayed or paintedonto the plates of fuel-cell motors. Usually, those platesare coated with exotic or expensive materials such asplatinum that are chemical catalysts. Pajarito Powder’sproduct, however, is up to 40 percent less expensive andcan achieve similar results.

Fuel-cell motors convert energy in a fuel such as hydrogeninto electricity, and the only exhaust is water vapor.

Stephenson said the industrial forklift market is promising;it already uses fuel cell-powered vehicles because theydon’t pollute large indoor spaces such as warehouses.

Eventually, he said, the company would like to create amanufacturing facility in Albuquerque.

Congress restores business tax breaksfor 2014, but they end Dec. 31

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These breaks include popular provisions suchthe research and development tax credit, andthe ability of small businesses to expense upto $500,000 of investments in new equipmentthrough Section 179 of the tax code. Thosebreaks are designed to encourage businessinvestments, but under the Senate bill, they’llexpire again on Dec. 31 — meaning they’llhave little impact on future investment.

“This tax bill doesn’t have the shelf life of acarton of eggs,” said Sen. RonWyden, D-Ore.,who voted against the legislation.

The bill, which previously passed the House,made it through the Senate on a 76-16 vote.

The legislation will save businesses who madesuch investments in 2014 millions of dollarson their tax bills.

Business groups were grateful for that.

“With today’s passage of tax extenderslegislation, America’s businesses will not behit with a harmful and unnecessary tax hike atthe end of the year,” said Business Roundtable

President John Engler.

But they hope the next Congresswill be forward-looking andoverhaul the tax code.

“In 2015, we urge Congress tobuild on tonight’s bipartisanagreement and pursue a long-term, comprehensive tax reformplan that will create certainty forbusinesses, fuel investment andjob growth, and make Americancompanies more competitivewith the rest of the world,” saidLinda Moore, president and CEOof TechNet, which represents thetechnology industry.

N ew p l a s t i c p i p emanufacturing firmmoving to Mesa delSol

United Poly Systems announcedthat its newest manufacturingplant will be located in Mesa delSol.

United Poly Systems,which is headquartered in Springfield,Mo., will bring 35 new jobs to the plant.

Steve Chavez, the co-owner of WisePies Pizza and Saladas well as Integrated Control Systems, told Business Firstthat part of his company’s 40 acres of land on Mesa delSol will become the new home of UPS, a firm that makesPVC piping for the oil and gas industry.

Bernalillo County SpokesmanAndy Lenderman confirmedthat a $9 million, 20-year, industrial revenue bond passedby Bernalillo County on Oct. 28 was designed for UPS.Atthe time of the vote, however, the project was just called

“project essential,” because the company wanted to remainanonymous, he said. Source:Albuquerque Business First

BAE Systems announces EclipseElectronic Systems acquisition andclosure of SilverSky deal

BAE Systems has announced an agreement to acquireintelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)products company Eclipse Electronic Systems (EES) fromEsterline Corporation, and the completion of its previouslyannounced purchase of cyber-security services providerSilverSky.

The transactions were announced on 12 December.



F-35 Industrial Base Relies On InternationalParticipation

According to Aerospace Industries Association’s Remy Nathan, whoruns AIA’s international trade division, aerospace is a global industryand an increasingly competitive international marketplace and isbecoming more so all the time.

That international competition is a good thing, broadening the marketthat may offer new, better or different products. “We can tap intothe best technologies at the best possible price,” Nathan says. “Ourwarfighters and customers worldwide benefit.”

There has been an emphasis of security cooperation and buildingpartnerships, especially in the post-9/11 environment. “There isinternational content in every single defense platform,” Nathan says.

There is a direct relationship between having foreign customers for yourproducts, to include major systems like the F-35, and having foreigncontent. “It can be a discriminator,” Nathan says.

In an average program, a country buys the airplane and they have eithera policy or law that stipulates some percentage of the purchase price ofthat airplane has to be offset back in the purchasing country. Countriescan spend literally billions of dollars buying the weapons system, andmost of them are looking for some economic return for that large anoutflow of cash. So many programs require “offsets.”

Offsets come in two forms — direct and indirect — direct meaningequipment that is installed on the airplane weapons system, and indirectbeing anything that stimulates their economy that may not be relatedto the purchase of that weapon system.

Some offset programs require investment, and some just includeforeign content.The more flexibility the better. “It can be a challengeto discharge offset obligations and have a value in the foreign buyingcountry. But it behooves both sides of the transaction that they succeed,”according to Nathan.

Despite offset obligations, every supplier has to meet a high standard.“A customer may want to provide content, but the prime also has an

obligation to that buyer and every other buyer to provide the bestaircraft at the best price,” Nathan says.

“A program of the magnitude of the F-35 is all about partnerships,”says Steve Over, Lockheed Martin’s director of F-35 internationalbusiness development.

“It starts off first at the government-to-government level, becausethe F-35 is a tool of U.S. foreign policy and developing strongerrelationships with all these international partners around the world,”Over says. “And it’s about building coalition capacity, where theU.S. is providing the absolute best, state-of-the-art, 5th-generationfighter technology to partner nations that someday in the futurethey anticipate going into combat with against the forces of evil.As they look forward 10 years from now, 15 years from now, 20or even 30 years from now, these international partners have thecapacity to go to war with the United States.”

There are currently no offsets with any of the partner countriespurchasing the F-35, but industries in the countries that are buyingthe airplane have been given an opportunity to participate in itsglobal supply chain, he adds.

For Denmark’s Terma A/S, participation in the F-35 programis critical to the company today and for the future. Terma isproviding composite components to Northrop Grumman, whichis responsible for the center fuselage; Marvin Engineering, whichis making the missile pylons; and General Dynamics Ordnanceand Tactical Systems, which is building the gun pod.Terma is alsoproviding the horizontal tail leading edge and the data acquisition,recording and telemetry pod directly to Lockheed Martin.

Over says Denmark and Terma are good examples of the F-35global supply chain. “Terma had to compete against U.S. and othercountries’ providers of equipment. In each of these competitions,the selection was based on a cost/value basis, meaning that theirprices and the equipment that they operate is a best value to theoverall F-35 supply chain.”

But in order for industrial partners like Terma to have theopportunity to supply parts for the entire program of record, thatthat supplier has to continue to maintain best value, Over says. “So



it’s not a birthright, but as long as they are doing what they need tohelp us bring the price of the airplane down and maintain competitivepricing, there is no reason those companies won’t be supplying thatpart for [the] 3,100 aircraft program of record.”

There’s a huge incentive to be competitive. “The program of recordis slightly under $400 billion just to acquire the airplanes.And about20 percent of that will be sourced outside the United States frominternational companies that are from these purchasing nations,”says Over.

“So when you do the math, it’s an enormous amount of money thatis going to these industry partners around the world that will besupplying parts for the next 30-plus years associated with everyone’sF-35s,” he adds.

The F-35 is the first fully digitally designed aircraft.There are no 2-Ddrawings. And it’s made largely from composites.There are no sheetmetal parts on the F-35. Terma’s expertise in composites make itan attractive partner.

“We are supplying our components to all F-35s, regardless of wherethey fly on this planet. The pure magnitude is of vital importance,”says PeterWorsøe, vice president of sales and business developmentat Terma’s precision composites manufacturing facility in Grenaa,Denmark.

Terma’s composites are fabricated from carefully cut layers of pre-impregnated carbon fibers that are put into a mold and heated undervacuum and pressure in an autoclave. Out of that comes a molded,completed product ready for trimming and surface treatment. Thequality control process includes ultrasonic scans and X-rays. Ahorizontal tail fin may include 80 layers, or “plys,” and take twoweeks to complete.

“The most unique process linked to the F-35 is the trimming process,which has to meet stringent tolerance requirements,”Worsøe says.

The F-35 has about 300 different composite panels, andTerma makes55 of them.Composites offer opportunities for integrating parts. “An aircraftbased on composite can typically end up consisting of fewer and larger,

high-precision parts,” says Worsøe. “If they were done in metal, itwould require more individual parts which would require assembly.”

Compared to metal, composites reduce weight without sacrificingstrength. The heavier the plane, the more power and fuel that isrequired. Low weight means more payload, or more fuel for longerrange or mission endurance.

Although typically more costly, one advantage to the high-precisioncomposite parts is that they are easier to exchange. It also improvesaerodynamics because it reduces gaps between parts.Worsøe acknowledges there’s risk associated with the project. “ThisF-35 program is like any commercial program. We are not guaranteedtoday a workload for the future. It’s an investment from our sidebased on our own risk assessment.”

“What is vital in order to help develop us into a very competitiveaerospace company in the future is to move beyond low-rateproduction of military aircraft components and have the opportunityto participate in modern high-rate production programs — militaryand commercial — that brings down our learning curve, and canjustify implementation of automatic manufacturing procedures,” saysWorsøe. “This will make us more competitive in the future, for theprogram that comes after the F-35 or a commercial program we canrun in parallel to the F-35 program.”

Over says the industrial partners recognize the opportunity thathas been afforded them. “We’re seeing every one of these partnercompanies doing what’s necessary to bring their associated pricesdown. From an industrial standpoint, we’re all focusing on a pricelearning curve, getting smarter and finding better ways to build partsmore efficiently.”

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The deal will expand Cubic’s $400 million-a-year mission systems business, and accelerateexpansion of its defense business at a time when most rivals face another year of shrinkingmilitary sales.

The recent passing of the Pentagon’s budget for fiscal 2015 has helped stabilize the outlookfor military spending, with the final quarter of the year set to be the strongest for merger andacquisition activity in the sector.

San Diego-based Cubic generated 57% of its $1.4 billion sales in fiscal 2014 from defense, withthe balance from its transport division. Cubic also runs MetroCard in NewYork and electronictransit card systems in other cities including Chicago and London.

DTech provides secure communications systems for the military, first responders and corporateexecutives and specializes in leveraging commercial technology, a route that is favored by thePentagon in an effort to cut costs and foster innovation. It is also active in supplying specialoperations forces, another growth area for Cubic.

“DTech is the first step in our near-term strategy to build a niche $100-200 million C4ISRbusiness,” said Cubic Chief Executive Officer Bradley Feldmann in a statement.

Cubic also specializes in military training, one of the few sweet spots for defense contractorssqueezed by budget pressures.The military is opting for more virtual and game-based training

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At a meeting of the President’s Export Council (PEC), President Obamaannounced nearly $400 million to help improve the competitivenessof American businesses and workers by spurring new manufacturinginnovations and givingAmerica workers additional opportunities to improveand expand their skill sets for middleclass jobs.

To help support new advancements in manufacturing, the President willannounce more than $290 million in public-private investment for twonew Manufacturing Innovation Hub Competitions. The announcementfulfills the President’s 2014 State of the Union pledge to launch four newinstitutes this year, for a total of eight institutes launched so far, and putsthe Administration past the halfway mark on the President’s original goalof creating 15 manufacturing innovation institutes.

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A production award is expected in late fiscal 2015 for approximately50,000 JLTVs for theArmy and another 5,500 for the Marine Corps.Thefirst Army unit is expected to be equipped in fiscal 2018;The Marinesanticipate an initial operating capability in fiscal 2018 with its fieldingcomplete in fiscal 2022.

Army procurement will last until approximately 2040 and replace asignificant portion of the Army’s legacy light tactical vehicle fleet with49,099 new vehicles across four configurations: general purpose, heavygun carrier, close combat weapons carrier and a utility vehicle.

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√ Optics Expertise: While IMS manufactures parts for theAerospace and Defense industries, they are best known for serving theLaser and Optics industries.

They are one of very few shops in the United States with a diamondturning machine, which helps them with their customers’ requirementsfor superior finishes, whether they require highly reflective, flawlesssurfaces for bonding or other pristine finishes. One of their supplierswho was present for the interview, says, “I worked at Raytheon and wehad tremendous difficulty finding skilled diamondturning shops. In fact, there were (and still are),less than a hand full throughout the United States.”

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√ Longevity:The company was founded 16 years ago with 4 partners,Dan Hade, Rex Shea, Robert Millshap and Michael Mizner. What isalmost unprecedented in any industry is that this partnership is still intactafter 16 years! This is less surprising when you learn that the averagetenure for IMS employees is 9.5 years! Rex says, “It is difficult findingthe skill set we need for our team, but once we find the right match, ourteam stays with IMS. Dan adds, “I think that employees stay with IMSbecause all of the company shareholders are hands-on members of theteam.The team respects us because we don’t ask them to do anything wewouldn’t do.” Rex adds, “When we need new machine tools, the teamisn’t meeting with an accounting type of owner.They are meeting withmachinist/owners who know what the shop needs.”

√Talent:The partnership at IMS is comprised of 3 Journeymen calibermachinists plus one degreed engineer. Rex and Dan agree that Michaeland Robert (Bob) are the face their customers see. Michael is theemployee/owner who engineers meet with when they are designinga new product. He is valued by IMS’s customers for his ability to takea prototype and help his customers with design for manufacturability.Bob is the degreed engineer, and he has regular interaction with all ofIMS’s customers.

√ Superior Grades: IMS works directly with a number of Fortune1000 customers, and they receive report cards.They are almost always an

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met by many good machine shops,‘ability to make complex parts’ isfactored into the decision for machineshop selection. IMS is top rated with anumber of its customers for superiorperformance on complex parts.

√ Production Capabilities: Rexsays that many of IMS’s productioncustomers begin with prototypedesigns. “Michael works so closelywith our customers in their prototypesthat very often we win their productioncontracts.” Though IMS has lost someof its production work to companies

outsourcing to developing countries, they are proud that they have retained many of their clients’production work for over a decade. Dan says,“We had a local production customer in the beginning.That company was purchased by another entity, and now all of their production has been moved toThailand.This is still our customertoday, and we ship production partstoThailand.” IMS’s largest customer,an aerospace company, is based inTucson.

√ A n A p p r e n t i c e s h i pTraining Ground: The teamat IMS is picky with their hires.They have to be, as they expect theirteam to remain with the companyfor a very long time. That beingsaid, Dan says,“We have brought onengineering students who workedwith us part time while going toschool for engineering.”

IMS wants to help aspiring engineersand machinists.A surprising side benefit with their new hires is that the engineers’ graduate, moveto new companies throughout the US, and bring IMS on as a supplier to their new employer.

√ Many In-House Capabilities: Rex says, “By necessity, we do almost everything neededto make parts in-house. We can’t wait for wire EDM, grinding, electromechanical assemblies,tooling, or fixtures to be done by a 3rd party, often in Phoenix. For this reason, we’ve taken muchof this in-house.”The company even brought NiagaraTesting, a Non-DestructiveTesting company,into its facility to expedite some of their special processes.

√ Loyal and SelectiveWithTheirMachine Tools Supplier: Themanagement /ownership team at IMS isvery particular when they choose theirmachine tool supplier. Rex says, “Beingbased inTucson, it is critical that all of oursuppliers provide outstanding supportoutside of Phoenix, whether it is machinetools, supplies, materials, etc.”

He continued, “We have worked witha number of machine tool dealers inour 16 years of business ownership, and

many worked well for us in the past. Today,there is one machine tool dealer who is justoutstanding in its customer support for us.”

Dan elaborates, “Ellison Machinery is ourmachine tool dealer of choice.We work withJason McCurdy from a sales perspective. Not

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Rex says, “By far, El l i sonMachinery offers the best servicefor precision machine shops inTucson. Their service was good,as was other machine tool dealers’service,with all are headquarteredin Phoenix. Each and every year,Ellison Machinery has increasedits service capabilities for itscustomers in Tucson, and thefact that they hired a dedicated

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Dan continued, “The Haas machines werealways a good choice for some of our work,particularly our standard production work.Wepurchased our first 2 Haas machines, 2 min-mills, more than 11 years ago, and they are stillrunning today! As we continue to purchasenew Haas machines nearly every year, we havefound that the machine, alwaysAmerican made,just keeps getting better and better.”

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Alcoa is moving into value added offerings from its base offering ofaluminum raw material. From thick plate to 3D printing, the companyseems to be attracted by the possibilities in the growth in commercialaircraft.

A number of news stories in the media this month point to one thing forAlcoa: Growth in Aerospace is in the company’s future.

A report in MarketWatch noted that Alcoa reported a $190 millioninvestment at its Davenport Works facility in Iowa. The purpose ofthe investment is to expand its product offerings in the aerospace andindustrial markets. “Alcoa is installing manufacturing technology toenhance the performance of thick aluminum and aluminum-lithiumplate in various applications, including wing ribs and fuselage frames.”One piece of equipment featured in the article is a new‘very thick platestretcher.’This advancement will reportedly enable DavenportWorks toproduce the largest high-strength monolithic wing ribs in the industry.According to an Alcoa spokesman, new airplane designs feature thickeraluminum wing rib to reinforce composite wings. Operating since 1948,the DavenportWorks facility is more than a mile long, and houses 128acres of manufacturing under one roof.

Nasdaq reported on the Iowa plant expansion as well, writing “Theinvestment is in sync withAlcoa’s strategy to profitably grow its aerospacebusiness.The company is witnessing healthy airline fundamentals. It hasbacked its global growth expectations of 8–9% in the aerospace sectorfor 2014 on the back of strong demand for both large commercialaircraft and regional jets.”

As another example of its move into more value-added offerings,Alcoais reported to have acquired a provider of aerospace jet engine parts,Firth Rixson, as reported in press release dated November 20.The pressrelease states that “Firth Rixson strengthens Alcoa’s robust aerospaceportfolio and positions the company to capture greater profitable growthfrom its expanding value-add business.The transaction doubles Alcoa’saverage revenue content on high-growth engine programs.AcceleratingAlcoa’s transformation to a multi-material enterprise, the acquisitionincreases its offerings made of nickel-based superalloys, titanium,stainless steel and advanced aluminum alloys, produced using the mostadvanced isothermal forging technology and ring production capabilities.”

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Ultimately, the Navy plans to buy 108 P-8A aircraft from Boeing toreplace the service’s fleet of 196 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft,which are approaching the end of operational life.The P-3 is a versionof the Lockheed Martin Electra four-engine turboprop aircraft.

Last summer Boeing delivered its 15th P-8A Poseidon to NavyPatrol Squadron 16 at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Fla. P-8Asquadrons and air crews will be based at Jacksonville NAS and atWhidbey Island NAS, Wash., where the squadrons will train forextended deployments.

Navy officials plan to use the P-8A in tandem with the NorthropGrumman RQ-4NTriton BroadArea Maritime Surveillance (BAMS)unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) -- a maritime-patrol version of theGlobal Hawk long-range surveillance UAV.

One or more Triton UAV can detect and track hostile submarines,and the P-8A can launch torpedo attacks from high altitudes. Planscall for the P-8A to operate from high altitudes to save fuel, althoughthe aircraft is hardened to operate at low altitudes.

Boeing is building the Poseidon aircraft at its factory in Renton,Wash.The 737 fuselage and tail sections will be built by SpiritAeroSystemsin Wichita, Kan., then transferred to Renton where all structuralfeatures are incorporated in sequence during fabrication and assembly.

The P-8A’s flight management system and the stores managementsystem have been developed by GEAviation Systems in Grand Rapids,Mich. (formerly Smiths Aerospace).The cabin has as many as sevenoperator consoles.


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US manufacturers finish 2014 strong with more than 91% optimisticabout their company’s outlook for 2015 and a majority forecasting bothincreased sales and higher employment.

Recent data show relative strength in demand and output in themanufacturing sector, with activity levels reflecting improvementssince earlier in the year. In particular, the latest Institute for SupplyManagement’s purchasing managers’ index has reflected robust growthin new orders and production since the summer, and employment andpricing pressures appear to be moving in the right direction.The forecastfor real GDP and industrial production for 2015 also show promise,bothof which are anticipated to expand by roughly 3% next year.

That is not to suggest a smooth road ahead, as there are challenges.The slowing global economy, a still-cautious consumer, rising interestrates, a stronger dollar, and tax and regulatory uncertainty couldeach pose downside risks to U.S. economic growth. Along those lines,manufacturing production and retail sales numbers have been softer thandesired in the autumn months, and export sales growth has continuedto be sluggish in light of economic challenges abroad.

Manufacturing Leaders Have a Positive OutlookWith that said, manufacturers in the most recent National Associationof Manufacturers (NAM)/IndustryWeek Survey of Manufacturersremained mostly optimistic, at least for now. Indeed, 91.2% ofrespondents were either somewhat or very positive in their owncompany’s outlook.This continues an upward trend that began in thefirst quarter of 2013, and it was only the fourth time since the surveybegan in 1997 that the outlook measure has been 91% or better.The lasttime was in the fourth quarter of 2005. Parsing this data out by firm size,larger manufacturers (i.e., those with 500 or more employees) werethe most positive, with slightly more than one-quarter saying they werevery positive; in contrast, only 18.8% of the smallest manufacturingfirms (i.e., those with fewer than 50 employees) were very positive.

Stronger sales expectations supported the better outlook in the fourthquarter. Manufacturers predict sales to grow 4.5% on average overthe next four months, up from 4.1% in June and 4.4% in September.This marks the fastest pace since the first quarter of 2012. In the mostrecent survey, 77.3% of respondents forecast increased sales over thenext year, with nearly 49% predicting sale growth of 5% or more.Medium-sized manufacturers (i.e.., those with 50 to 499 employees)had the greatest sales expectations for the next 12 months, at 4.8%versus 4.0% for smaller entities.

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Study:Solar Power Growing Rapidly InAmerica

USA Today reports that according to a new study by EnvironmentAmerica, the US “is building so much solar power that 10% of thecountry’s energy needs could be generated by the sun in 15 years,” andit urges “the country to keep looking skyward for energy solutions.”

Currently, “the country gets less than 1% of its energy from the sun.But the country also tripled its solar generation capacity in three years,and increased it tenfold from 2007 to 2013.”

Co-author of the report Rob Sargent said, “Goals that even a handful ofyears ago seemed unimaginable ... now are wholly realistic. ...The rateat which solar is growing is far beyond what most people understandit to be.”

TextronAviation,With Recovering DemandAndImproving Margins, Is Poised For Growth

In March of last year, whenTextron acquired Beechcraft, the maker ofKingAir turboprops, the global demand for business jets and turbopropshad just begun to recover. Since then, the global general aviation aircraftmarket has continued to strengthen with the availability of used aircraftsteadily coming down.

According to Amstat and Salesforce.com data cited by Textron, thenumber of used Citation jets and used King Air turboprops availablefor sale has steadily come down over the past few years.This reducedavailability of used Textron aircraft in the market is a result of risingcustomer demand, which will likely lift sales of new Textron aircraftin the coming months.

In addition, reduced availability of used general aviation aircraft willlikely also compel buyers to purchase new aircraft, further boostingTextron’s new aircraft sales.

In the current year, we anticipateTextronAviation – the division formedwith the combination of Beechcraft and Cessna units – to constitutenearly a third ofTextron’s top line.We currently have a price estimateof $40 forTextron, approximately in line with its current market price.

EMCORE completes sale to SolAero

EMCORE closed on theanticipated sale of its spacephotovoltaics business toSolAero Technologies for $150million in December.

As reported in AlbuquerqueBusiness Fir st, EMCOREshareholders approved the sale.As part of the deal, EMCOREheadquarters will move from Albuquerque to Alhambra, Calif., andthe employees and facilities will remain in Albuquerque under theSolAero name.Source:Albuquerque Business First



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Cabinets, CustomLone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074

Chip ManagementArizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335

Chip RemovalArizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335

Chuck JawsArizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335

ChucksAdams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295

CleanersChemetall _________ 714-739-2821

CNC Lathe AccessoriesTrusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

CNC Collet ChucksRoyal Products ______ 800-645-4174

CNC Spindle LinersTrusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462

Collet FixturesRoyal Products _____ 800-645-4174CompressedAirPipingSystemsAirtek ___________480-966-5267

Coolant SystemsChemetall _________714-739-2821DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339Ebbco Inc _________800-809-3901Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966

CuttingToolsCutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Micro 100 _________480-495-1454Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000Sandvik Coromant ____480-233-0997Sandvik Coromant ____602-628-4242Scientific Cutting Tools __805-584-9495Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Deburring EquipmentS. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000

Digital Readout UnitsAdams Machinery_____480-968-3711D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462Lone Arrow ________480-507-8074

Division of Curran Manufacturing Corporation

200 Oser AvenueHauppauge, NY 11788U.S.A.

www.royalprod.com

Tel: 1-631-273-10101-800-645-4174

Fax: 1-631-273-10661-800-424-2082

[email protected]

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

Wohlhaupter Corporation10542 Success LaneCenterville, Ohio 45458

Nick HochuliSales Engineer

C O R P O R A T I O N


An ISO 9001 Company

Jeff Klimowicz

Senior Sales Engineer

Mobile: 480‐320‐0308

[email protected]

www.qualichem.com

Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID

All Products Proudly Made in the USA


Magnum Precision Mach _602-431-8300Door Opening

Systems: AutomaticMidaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420

Dust CollectorsLone Arrow________480-507-8074

ElectronicHardwareSouthwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600

FastenersSouthwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600

Fasteners:SpecialtySouthwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600

Filtration Equip.Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821Ebbco Inc _________800-809-3901Qualichem, Inc. ______480-320-0308Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966

EDMTooling SystemsDesert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782EDM Performance ____800-336-2946Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330

Filtermist Mist CollectorsRoyal Products ______ 800-645-4174

Fluid Control Products (Valves& Filters)

VACCO Industries _____ 626-443-7121Filtration -GrindWheels & BeltsS. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000Guard & Vacuum Pedestals

For GrindersMidaco Corporation _____847-593-8420

Industrial AutomationIEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446

Industrial ControlsIEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446

Industrial ElectronicsIEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446

Live CentersRoyal Products ______ 800-645-4174

LiveTool HoldersVon Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Lubricants / SystemsCanyon State Oil _____ 800-894-7773Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462Pioneer Distributing Co. _ 602-278-2693Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966

MachineToolAccessoriesVon Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Magnetic Particle Ins Equip.DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339Milling andTurning ProductsVon Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Pallet SystemsAdamsMachinery _______ 480-968-3711Arizona CNC Equip ____480-615-6353D&RMachinery________ 480-775-6462EllisonMachinery _______ 480-968-5335

PartsWashing EquipmentChemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728Qualichem, Inc_________ 480-320-0308StarMetal Fluids________ 800-367-9966

PowerToolsR.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565R8 Quick-ChangeTool SystemRoyal Products ______ 800-645-4174Rota-Rack PartsAccumulator

Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174Safety

R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565Sensors

IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446Spindles

GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679Setco Spindles & Slides_____ 866-362-0699

StaticTool HoldersVon Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Steel Service CenterApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200

Surface PreparationChemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728

TapesR.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565

Vibratory EquipmentAdamsMachinery _______480-968-3711

Vises andVise JawsArizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353Desert EDMSales _______480-816-6300

Waterjet AbrasivesBarton International __ 800-741-7756GMA Garnet Group ___ 832-243-9300Lone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074Waterjet Replacement PartsArizona CNC Equip ____480-615-6353Barton International __ 800-741-7756

Work HoldingEllison Machinery____ 480-968-5335Kurt Manufacturing____ 763-574-8320

CONSUMMABLESCleaners: Ultrasonic

Pro- Ultrasonics ______602-938-0603CuttingFluids&Oils (Coolants)Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773Echols Saw & Supply ___ 602-278-3918Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295Pioneer Distributing Co. _602-278-2693Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______480-753-5000Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966EDM Materials & Supplies

Adams Machinery_____480-968-3711Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462Desert EDM Sales _____480-816-6300EDM Network _______480-836-1782


Stan WatkinsIndustrial Account Sales& Technical Support

Canyon State Oil

A Division of SC Fuels

2640 N. 31st Avenue,

Phoenix, AZ 85009

(855) 400-2269

(602) 369-5185

(602) 269-2685

[email protected]

Tel

Mobile

Fax


EDM Performance acc’s__800-336-2946Global EDM Supply ____480-836-8330Qualichem Inc_______480-320-0308Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966

EDM FluidsHangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462Pioneer Distributing Co. _602-278-2693

Impression MaterialsRoydent ____________480-607-1876MachineTool Cool. Filtration

Canyon State Oil ________800-894-7773D&RMachinery________480-775-6462Qualichem, Inc_________480-320-0308StarMetal Fluids________800-367-9966

Measurement Productsfor In Process/First Article

InspectionRoydent ____________480-607-1876

Solvents & DegreasingAgents

Canyon State Oil ________800-894-7773Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728Pioneer Distributing Co. _602-278-2693Qualichem, Inc_________480-320-0308StarMetal Fluids________800-367-9966

Solvents:Vapor degreasingChemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728

Solvents:HandWipeChemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728

Solvents: Mil PRF 680Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728

HARDWARE MATERIALAlloys: High Temperature

Aerodyne Alloys_____ 860-289-3820Western States Metals __801-978-0562

Alloys: SpecialtyAerodyne Alloys_____ 860-289-3820ApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200

AluminumApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918Ind. Metal Supply_____602-454-1500Coast Aluminum _____877-977-6061Fry Steel Company ____800-423-6651MarZee Inc. ________602-269-5801Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613Tube Service Company __602-267-9865

Aluminum ExtrusionsBralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500Coast Aluminum _____877-977-6061Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765

Armor:CommercialTemtco Steel________ 480-389-2883

Armor:Military GradeTemtco Steel________ 480-389-2883

Bar: Large DiameterBralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000

BrassApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Fry Steel Company ____ 800-423-6651Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562

BronzeApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562

CarbonApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500Fry Steel Company ____ 800-423-6651

Cast IronWestern States Metals _ 801-978-0562

CastingsInd. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500

CeramicsMarZee Inc. ________ 602-269-5801

Chrome RodWestern States Metals __801-978-0562

CobaltUnited Performance Metals _ 888-282-3292

CopperApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990Western States Metals __801-978-0562

Drill RodApacheSteelCompany __ 602-323-2200

ExtrusionsTW Metals _________ 800-203-8000

LeadInd. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500

Material SalesSamuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide

Patty Negoro (800)337-3766 ext. [email protected]

www.aerodynealloys.com

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

Nickel

Cobalt

Titanium

Stainless

763.682.0322763.682.3122763.682.3954

[email protected]

Brandon AndersonPresident

DIRECT:PHONE:

FAX:MOBILE:E-MAIL:

Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc.Fluid Power / Mechanical / Tool Products

1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA www.vonruden.com

ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Made in USA

Since 1946

Made in USADriven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

Omar DelfinTechnicalSalesManagerArizona Territory

Chemetall US, Inc.16961 KnottAvenue • La Mirada,CA 90638Tel:714-739-2821 • TollFree:800-331-1197 ext.2672 • Fax:[email protected] • www.chemetallUS.comCell:619-208-8968

www.micro100.com



MetalsAdvanced Metal Sales___623-434-8343ApacheSteelCompany __602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061Davis Salvage Co _____602-267-7208Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765State Industrial Prod ___602-275-0990TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613Temtco Steel________480-389-2883Tube Service Company __602-267-9865TW Metals _________800-203-8000Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888United Performance Metals _888-282-3292Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562

Metals-Bar & PlateAerodyne Ulbrich Alloys _ 800-337-3766ApacheSteelCompany __602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061Davis Salvage Co _____602-267-7208Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765Temtco Steel________480-389-2883

Steel SheetReliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471

Tool SteelApacheSteelCompany __602-323-2200Davis Salvage Co _____602-267-7208

Tubing & PipeApacheSteelCompany __602-323-2200AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003Ind. Metal Supply_____ 602-454-1500Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471

Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865Tubing:Titanium & HastelloyApacheSteelCompany __602-323-2200

GASESCylinder Storage/MicrobulkPraxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151

Purification Units(CO2 and Hydrogen)

Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151Welding and Cutting

Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151TOOLING

Boring BarsB & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495

CarbideB & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342Helical Solutions _____866-543-5422Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______480-753-5000Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495The Tool Crib _______ 602-978-3130

CuttingToolsCutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Helical Solutions _____866-543-5422Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495

CuttingTools: CustomB & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957Scientific Cutting Tools __ 805-584-9495

DrillsCutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295Moore Tool & Equipment _602-455-8904Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242

End MillsCoast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342Helical Solutions _____866-543-5422Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______480-753-5000Sandvik Coromant ____480-233-0997Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242Scientific Cutting Tools __805-584-9495

Form ToolsB & T Tool & Engineering 602-267-1481Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342Horizon Carbide______480-968-0957

Inserts, IndexableCoast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162Horizon Carbide______480-968-0957Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295Sandvik Coromant ____480-233-0997Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242

Inserts, PCD/CBNCoast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162Horizon Carbide______480-968-0957Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295

Loose Abrasive GrainsS. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000

Reamers & Drills, PCDCoast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295PrecisionToolholding ProductsVon Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322

Thread MillsCoast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162Horizon Carbide______480-968-0957Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454Sandvik Coromant ____480-233-0997Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242Scientific Cutting Tools __805-584-9495

Tooling ColumnsEllison Machinery____ 480-968-5335

Tooling: Cutting ToolsCustom

B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481Tooling Systems

Ellison Machinery_____480-968-5335Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330

Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454Sandvik Coromant ____480-233-0997Sandvik Coromant ____602-628-4242Scientific Cutting Tools __805-584-9495Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322

PALLET SYSTEMSManual & Automatic Pallet

SystemsMidaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420

Manual Lift Off PalletSystems

Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420Manual Rotory Pallet

SystemsMidaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420

ROBOTICSRoboticPartLoadingSystems

Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420PROG. SYSTEMSBusiness Software

Infor ____________ 520-431-4349CAD/CAM

Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353Cimatron _________ 248-596-9700Delcam __________877 335 2261Feature Cam _______602-502-9654MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __480-696-6056MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __480-696-6056SolidCAM _________ 602-369-0630SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553

ERP SoftwareInfor ____________ 520-431-4349

Software, Inv. ControlDelcam __________877 335 2261Feature Cam _______602-502-9654MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __480-696-6056MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __480-696-6056SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330


Rob SchwisterRelationship Manager

[email protected]

alerusfinancial.com

30 Years Experience

MIKE SMITH

602-397-4008

[email protected]


Software, NC ProgrammingAdams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711Delcam __________ 877 335 2261Ellison Machinery_____ 480-968-5335Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __ 480-696-6056MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __ 480-696-6056SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553

Software, ServicingDelcam __________ 877 335 2261Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __ 480-696-6056MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __ 480-696-6056SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553

Tooling SystemsGlobal EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330

REPAIR/DESIGNBar Feeder Repair

Edge Technologies ____ 562-597-7824Machine Tool Design/

EngineeringEllison Machinery_____ 480-968-5335

MachineTool RebuildingAPI Services ________ 757-223-4157Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711

Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156AMTS____________ 602-397-4008DM Machine Repair____ 480-709-1450EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541Setco-Pope Spindles____ 866-362-0699The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809

Machine Retrofitting/CNCAdams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711AMTS____________ 602-397-4008API Services _________757-223-4157Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353

Machinery MovingAdvanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156API Services _________757-223-4157

Maint/Repair ServicesAdams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156AMTS____________ 602-397-4008Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353Desert Machine Tool Repair 480-226-3128DM Machine Repair____ 480-709-1450D & R Machinery _____ 480-775-6462Ellison Machinery_____ 480-968-5335Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809White’s Niche Products __ 602-290-9402

Mold RepairsB&B Tool ________ 520-397-0436

Stamping RepairsB&B Tool. ________ 520-397-0436

Prev. Maint ProgramsAdams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711Advanced Precision ____602-525-0156API Services ________ 757-223-4157Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353Desert Machine Tool Repair 480-226-3128DM Machine Repair____480-709-1450D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462Ellison Machinery_____480-968-5335Jemelco, Inc. _______480-804-9541The Werks C&C, Inc ____602-569-1809

Repair -HydraulicAdvanced Precision ____602-525-0156The Werks C&C, Inc ____602-569-1809

Repair - PortableAdvanced Precision ____602-525-0156The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809

Spindle RebuildingAPI Services ________ 757-223-4157Setco-Pope Spindles____ 866-362-0699GMN USA _________800-686-1679

Tool Repair, Coating,Treatment

Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342PRODUCTS

GunsLayke Tactical _______602-272-2654

SERVICESAerospace Advocate

Jill Norgaard _______602-753-9155AZ House of

RepresentativesJill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155

BanksAlerus Bank & Trust____ 480-905-2407National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124

Business ConsultingBMSC ___________ 480-445-9400Quick Turn Financial ___ 480-385-1220Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200Calibration: On Site Linear

Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963Calibration Services

Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370Arizona CNC Equip_____ 480-615-6353Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963Washington Calibration__480-820-0506

[email protected]

Jimmy WahbehCertified Sales Professional

Celebrating three decades of “Unbeatable Service”

800-364-1652 Ext 1080Email [email protected]

Phone 480-696-6056 Ext 1080Fax 866-465-0652



Calibration: Repair & CertifyAdvanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963Washington Calibration__ 480-820-0506

Computer/Web ServicesGartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121

ConsultingABS Quality Evaluations _702-644-2770American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648BMSC ____________480-445-9400Advanced Custom Screens _800-992-7936QualityTrainingConsultants__928-284-0856Rev AZ ____________602-845-1200Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642

Contract InspectionKlontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131

Contract ProgrammingAdams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711Ellison Machinery_____ 480-968-5335Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131

CNCTrainingAdams Machinery______480-968-3711Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5335

DegreasingChemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728

Design ServicesMetalcraft Inc.________480-967-4889

Electrical Installation/Maintenance

Lights Out Electric ____ 623-703-2950Engineering Services

Advanced Coord. Tech __ 623-780-4137Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571

Financial ServicesAlerus Bank & Trust____ 480-905-2407National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124Quick Turn Financial __ 480-385-1738SBG Capital _______ 480-897-4988US Bank __________480-303-5422

HeavyhaulIRH ___________ 800-334-2409

Insurance ServicesNFP Property & Casualty 480-458-6052Sentry Insurance ____ 877-373-6879

ISO/AS9100 ConsultingABS Quality Evaluations 702-644-2770BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200Sustaining Edge Solutions__888-572-9642

IT/ Network SupportGartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121

Leasing and FinancingAlerus Bank & Trust____ 480-905-2407National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124Quick Turn Financial ___ 480-385-1220US Bank __________480-303-5422

Lean ManufacturingABS Quality Evaluations _702-644-2770BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200Sustaining Edge Solutions___888-572-9642

Management SystemsCertification/Training

ABS Quality Evaluations _702-644-2770MachineTool Utilization

TrackingE Solutions ________ 602-524-0192

Manufacturers RepTrepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110QualityTrainingConsultants_ 928-284-0856

Marketing/ ConsultingLeap Innovation______ 480-235-6188Rigging/Machinery MovingIRH ____________ 800-334-2409

Political ConsultantJill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155

Real Estate, CommercialLee & Associates _____ 602-956-7777

RecyclingBarry Metals_________602-484-7186Consolidated Resources Inc. 623-931-5009Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208

Reverse EngineeringBMSC ___________ 480-445-9400Datum Inspection ___ 602-997-1340Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571

RiggingIRH ____________ 800-334-2409

Schools, CustomTrainingAZPMAP __________ 602-723-8191Ellison Machinery_____480-968-5335TechShop _________480-327-0820

Schools, MembershipBased Machining &TrainingTechShop _________480-327-0820Schools,Your Own Machine

Shop for HobbiestsTechShop _________480-327-0820

Surface PreparationChemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728

Systems IntegrationEllison Machinery ______ 480-968-5877

Testing, MetallurgicalARTL _____________ 602-374-3770Metals Eng & Testing Lab.__ 602-272-4571Starrett Co __________ 978-249-3551

Trade Show Booth DesignFry Fabricators _______ 602-454-0701

TransportationIRH ____________ 800-334-2409Lynden Intl. ________ 602-252-2911

Transportation:Air/Freight/Ground

IRH ____________ 800-334-2409Lynden Intl. ________ 602-252-2911

Vision Certification Exams,Onsite

Hollie Perlow, Nurse ____602-910-0956

Working Capital, Credit LinesQuick Turn Financial ____480-385-1220SBG Capital ________ 480-897-4988US Bank __________ 480-303-5422

WATER TREATMENTSYSTEMS

Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821

A t t r a c t . E n g a g e . R e t a i n .

Donovan Ray HardenbrookMarketing Consultant

[email protected]

DAVID MORENO



12025 ROJAS DR. SUITE A

EL PASO, TX. 79936

BUSINESS: 915-856-7900

FAX: 915-857-4700


p: 602-753-9155e: [email protected]: www.jillnorgaard2014.com

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Sheila BerruAccount Executive

Direct: 310 753 7104Email:[email protected]: infor.com

Business insurancesolutions for the precisionmanufacturing industry

[email protected]

Buyer’s Guide & CardGallery Processes

WESTERN CAST PARTS LLC

Steve WhiselField Sales & Engineering9630 N Rock Ridge Trail

Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

(480) 2846618 Office

(480) 2509764 Mobile

[email protected], email


ASSEMBLYAbrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727Acme Metalworks ______ 480-926-4171AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594Cascade Systems Tech____ 503-640-5733East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800JDMachine _________ 801-782-4403Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673

Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Profiles Tool & Engineering_ 480-894-1008Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Cable/Harness AssemblyBar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Cascade Systems Tech____ 503-640-5733

Clean Room AssemblyJan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305L&W Fluid________ 602-323-2560

BAR CODINGWestern Sintering_____ 509-375-3096

BENDINGAdvanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343

AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595B&B Fabrication & Machine_ 623-271-6855Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165

Bending: CNCB&B Fabrication & Machine_ 623-271-6855Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090

BONDINGVACCO Industries ______ 626-443-7121Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625

BRAZINGBolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432Thermal-Vac __________714-702-0488

Brazing:Aluminum DipAbrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727

Brazing:VacuumBolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432

BROACHINGApache Gear, Inc _______623-934-7144Ayers Gear & Mach ______623-934-6913

CASTINGSAATC_____________602-268-1467

ISO 9001 PED Directive 97/23/EC

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972

www.dolphincasting.com

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

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/ECPanasil Impression Material used in inspection

for consistent, accurate measurements

Marilyn KahlerIndustrial Sales

[email protected]: 480-607-1876fax: 480-607-7695

Joe TripiISO9001:2008President

[email protected]

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



Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764

Castings: PrototypeAATC_____________602-268-1467Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764

Castings: ProductionAATC_____________602-268-1467Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764

COATINGArizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117

LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530Perfection Industrial Finishing520-434-9090Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878

Coating: Black OxideCoating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530

Coating: CerakoteMasic Industries_______ 503-232-9109

Coating: Chem FilmAP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117FutureWeld _________ 602-437-2426Gold Tech Industries____ _480-968-1930LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612

Lynch Brothers Mfg _____ 602-267-7575Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260Treffers Precision ______ 602-744-2636The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448Sav-On Plating________ 602-252-4311

Coating: Dry Film LubeCoating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260

Coating: LiquidCollins Metal Finishing ___602-275-3117Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146

Coating: Nickel/TeflonCoating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117

Coating: NP3Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.Chemetall __________714-739-2821Coating Technologies _____623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530

Powder CoatingCollins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117AG Machining _______ 805-531-9595Masic Industries______ 503-232-9109Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146

CUTTINGAdvanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343bandsawparts.com ____ 800-240-2932Echols Saw & Supply _____602-278-3918Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448

TONY MANOCCHIOPRESIDENT

3518 E. WOOD STREET • PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85040OFFICE: (602) 437-2426 • FAX: (602) 437-2088 • CELL: (602) 810-8332

[email protected]

Aerospace Weldingand Chemical Processing

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SPRINGS- STAMPINGS- MACHINEDPARTS- WASHERS-WIRE FORMS-FORMED TUBING-ASSEMBLIES

Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc.

Phone: (602)243-4329Cell: (602)370-5777

[email protected]

3325 East Wier AvenuePhoenix, Arizona 85040

A Complete Manufacturing Facility forFabrication, Machining and Assembly

President/C.O.O.Craig Roth

AERO


Bandsaw Cuttingbandsawparts.com ____ 800-240-2932Echols Saw& Supply ___ 602-278-3918

CNC RouterMicropulse West________480-966-2300

LaserAPMI_____________480-668-0024Fine Line Laser Cutting ___602-863-3196

Tube Laser CuttingTube Service Company __ 602-267-9865

DIE CASTINGTVT Die Casting ________800-280-2278

Die Casting/Aluminum &Zinc

TVT Die Casting ________800-280-2278DIES

Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002

Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995Precision Die & Stamp’g ___480-967-2038Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

EDMEDM: Drilling Small Hole

Arizona Wire Specialists____480-829-6530EDMExpress__________800-780-7075EDM Tech ___________602-278-6666LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995Micropulse West________480-966-2300Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098Sun Tech__________ 480-921-1665

EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)EDMExpress__________800-780-7075EDM Tech ___________602-278-6666Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995Micropulse West________480-966-2300Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098Quality Mold _________480-892-5480Sun Tech__________ 480-921-1665

EDM: Dialectric Systems/Filtration

Ebbco Inc __________800-809-3901

EDM:Wire3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254Arizona Wire & Tool______480-813-1002Arizona Wire Specialists___ 480-829-6530Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637Continental Machining_ 800-777-2483EDMExpress_________ 800-780-7075EDM Tech __________ 602-278-6666Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet__ 714-373-0098PGI_______________505-884-5782Powill Manufactuing_____623-780-4100Quality Mold__________480-892-5480Sun Tech__________480-921-1665Thompson Machine____505-823-1453

Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Graphite ServicesMicro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995

ELECTROFORMINGVACCO Industries _______ 626-443-7121

ENGINEERING/PROGRAMMING

Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957

21631 N. 3rd AvenuePhoenix, AZ 85027p (623) 492 9400 x215f (623) 492 [email protected]

Patrick H. Stewart IIPresident

Ilene Price: [email protected] Bangerter: [email protected]

4534 N. 44th Ave, Phoenix AZ 85031602-272-2625



Profiles Tool & Engineering__480-894-1008FAA REPAIR STATION

Air Gear Industries ______602-275-7996FABRICATION

Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727Acme Metalworks _______ 480-926-4171Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800Advanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329Aero Tech ___________801-292-0493Allfab Engineering ______602-437-0497Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222APMI ____________ 480-668-0024Arrow Sheet Metal_______ 303-427-6419AzMark ____________480-926-8969B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855

Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538BID Machine, Inc ______ 480-892-7304CAID Industries _______ 520-294-3126Continental Machining ___ 800-777-2483CygnetStamping & Fab ___ 818-240-7574Creedbilt Inc_________ 623-939-8119DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090JDMachine _________ 801-782-4403Nelson Engineering _____ 602-273-7114Phoenix Metalcraft _____ 602-279-4810Plastic Eng. _________ 480-491-8100

Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037Scriven Precision ______ 480-961-9775Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800Aluminum (Medium & Large)

Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493Fabrication:

Custom MetalAdvanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800Allfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497Arrow Sheet Metal______ 303-427-6419CygnetStamping & Fab ___ 818-240-7574Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506

Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037

Fabrication:Medium & Large

Abrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800APMI______________480-668-0024Arrow Sheet Metal_______303-427-6419Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538Continental Machining_ 800-777-2483DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090JDMachine _________ 801-782-4403

[email protected]


Shawn Carlin [email protected]


Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575Trepanning Specialties ___ 562-633-8110Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800Fabrication: Rebuild/ Large

Bell Steel ___________480-833-5538Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580

Fabrication: Sheet MetalAbrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800AEI Fabrication ________480-733-6594Allfab Engineering ______602-437-0497

APMI_____________480-668-0024Arrow Sheet Metal_______ 303-427-6419Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538Capital Stainless _____ 480-967-0016CygnetStamping & Fab ____ 818-240-7574DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129Fine Line Fabricating _____602-863-3506Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701Howell Precision________623-582-4776Innovia ____________480-966-6090Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305JDMachine __________801-782-4403Phoenix Metalcraft____ 602-279-4810

Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Precision Metalworks _ 602-455-9575Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778

FINISHINGAP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443Arizona Hard Chrome____ 602-278-8671Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648EPSI______________714-256-8950Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530Perfection Industrial Finishing520-434-9090Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878TVT Die Casting _______ 800-280-2278

Abrasive BlastingAP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947STP Performance Coating LLC 602-276-1231

Dry Film LubricationPrecision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260

Electro-PolishingCollins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117

Finishing: One StopPerfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090

Finishing: Ops CleaningSemiray Aerospace Testing __623-842-3030

Glass Bead CleanArizona Hard Chrome_____602-278-8671Byington Steel Treating ____408-727-6630Coating Technologies _____623-581-2648Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612Southwest Powder Coating __602-272-0878

Glass Bead CleanA2Z Sandblasting _______602-716-5566Desert Fire___________ 602-268-1511Lone Arrow __________480-507-8074

Gun FinishingLouie’s Gun Finishing _____602-257-0530

PassivationCoating Technologies _____623-581-2648FutureWeld __________602-437-2426Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930L A Specialties _________ 602-269-7612Semiray ____________ 602-275-1917

PolishingArizona Hard Chrome____ 602-278-8671EPSI______________714-256-8950Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930L A Specialties _________602-269-7612

Powder CoatingAP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947

Sand BlastingA2Z Sandblasting ______ 602-716-5566Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Masic Industries _______ 503-232-9109Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878STP Performance Coating LLC_602-276-1231

Shot BlastingDesert Fire___________602-268-1511

StrippingCoating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648


A2Z METALWORKER SW• 95 • Jan / Feb 2015

Semiray ____________ 602-275-1917Southwest Powder Coating __ 602-272-0878

FIXTURESRB Machine Co, Inc ______ 602-272-6869Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957Hogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939

FORGINGS

R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700

Forgings:TitaniumR&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700

FOUNDRYAATC ______________ 602-268-1467

GAGESDesign & Build

Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789Tooling

Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789

May Foundry & Machine __801-531-8931GEAR CUTTING

Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996Apache Gear, Inc ______ 623-934-7144Ayers Gear & Machine ___ 623-934-6913

GRINDING

Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996ArizonaHard Chrome____ 602-278-8671Arizona Wire & Tool_____ 480-813-1002Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088ChemResearch________ 602-253-4175East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601EDMExpress_________ 800-780-7075Fives ____________ 909-263-9282GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401Powill Manufacturing ____ 623-780-4100Ron Grob Co. ________ 970-667-5320

Steel Services Grinding ___ 800-662-0126Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613

Grinding, Blanchard

Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996

Industrial Precision Grinding 310-352-4700McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388Steel Services Grinding ____800-662-0126Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613

Grinding: CenterlessBlue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401

Ron Grob Co. _________970-667-5320Shaw Precision ________480-785-4925Sun Grinding _________602-238-9595Superior Grinding _______888-487-9701

Grinding, CNC/ContourBlue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088National Grinding & Mfg ___602-588-2869Powill Manufacturing____623-780-4100Superior Grinding _______888-487-9701

Grinding… CylindricalGrindworks __________ 623-582-5767

Grinding… Double Disc

Industrial Precision Grinding _310-352-4700Phoenix Grinding _______602-437-8401TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613

Grinding: ID/ODArizona Hard Chrome_____602-278-8671AzMark ____________480-926-8969Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088


edgibson@continentalmachiningco.comwww.continentalmachiningco.com


Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701

Grinding:MattisonSun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595

Grinding: ODArizona Hard Chrome____ 602-278-8671Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869

Grinding: SurfaceArizona Wire & Tool_____ 480-813-1002Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767

Industrial Precision Grinding 310-352-4700National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620

Grinding:Tool & CutterB & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481CTE_____________800-783-2400Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701

Process Improvement/ AuditBMSC_____________480-445-9400Quality Training Consultants _928-284-0856Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642

X-RaySemiray ____________602-275-1917

JIGSRB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869

MACHININGMachining: 3D

3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254Arcas Machine Inc ___ 480-632-9414Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005Challenger Aerospace _____480-894-0802JD Ellen LLC_______ 623-587--0253L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300Profiles Tool & Engineering_ 480-894-1008Pro Precision ________ 602-353-0022

Machining: 5 AxisAccutech ____________ 801-975-1117Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325Industrial Tool Die & Eng 520-745-8771Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601

Machining: AerospaceAATC ____________ 602-268-1467

3422 West Wilshire DrivePhoenix, AZ 85009

602 278 6704602 278 6717 Fax

B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481TechMark __________ 480-820--9444

Silk ScreenArizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260

INSPECTIONCalibration

Washington Calibration___ 480-820-0506Inspection, First Article

Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422

Inspection ServicesArizona Wire & Tool______480-813-1002Challenger Aerospace____ 480-894-0802Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422

Inspection Services (NDT)Semiray Aero. Testing_____ 602-275-1917Inspection Services,Welding

Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648BMSC_____________480-445-9400Gladhill Assoc _________623-939-4412Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642Quality Training Consultants _ 928-284-0856

ISO RegistrarAmerican Global Standards_ 617-838-4648Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017

Liquid PenetrantSemiray ____________ 602-275-1917

GUNDRILLINGAcme Metal Works ______480-926-4171Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110

HEAT TREATINGBolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630Controlled Thermal Tech’y _ 602-272-3714Desert Fire___________602-268-1511Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939L A Specialties _________602-269-7612Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751Thermal-Vac _________ 714-702-0488

HeatTreating/ AerospaceBolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751

Heat Treating/ISO9001/AS9100

Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630LargeCapacityDropBottomOven/

AluminumHeatTreatingBolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751

HONING/LAPPINGGrindworks __________623-582-5767LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401Powill Manufacturing_____623-780-4100

IDENTIFICATIONLabels&BarCode

EPSI______________714-256-8950Tool/PartMarking(Laser)

Ace Laser ___________ 480-924-3232



Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855Backerworks Mfg_____505-342-2943Cassavant Machining___602-437-4005Challenger Aerospace____ 480-894-0802Continental Machining__800-777-2483Evans Precision Machining _ 623-581-6200Excaliber___________ 623-878-6800Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325HK Machining________602-278-6704Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276JB’s Precision ________ 623-581-9088JD Ellen LLC_______ 623-587--0253JDMachine _________ 801-782-4403KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654Matrix Machine ________480-966-4451Metalcraft Inc._________480-967-4889Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995MorschMachine________480-961-7673Nelson Engineering ______602-273-7114Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593Osborn Products________623-587-0335PGI ____________ 505-884-5782Powill Manufacturing___ 623-780-4100Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Pro Precision ________ 602-353-0022R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700Service & Sales _______ 480-968-9084Satowfi ____________480-374-5706

Southwest Swiss Precision __602-438-4670St. Vrain Manufacturing____303-702-1529Trepanning Specialties ___562-633-8110Uni-Tek ____________602-272-2601

Machining: ContractAbsolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800Aero Design & Mfg _____ 602-437-8080AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222Arizona Wire & Tool______480-813-1002East Valley Precision______480-288-6601Evans Precision Machining _ 623-581-6200Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551GHT Services__________480-396-1800Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283Group Mfg Serv._______ 480-966-3952HK Machining_______ 602-278-6704Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305JCMachine&Motorsports __602-790-2207JDMachine __________801-782-4403KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300Profiles Tool & Engineering_ 480-894-1008RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993TVT Die Casting _______ 800-280-2278Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Machining: CNC3D Machine LLC______480-239-8254Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800Absolute Turning and Machine 520-624-5628

Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414Nichols Precision _____480-804-0593Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002AzMark ____________480-926-8969B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855BID Machine, Inc ______ 480-892-7304Challenger Aerospace____ 480-894-0802Continental Machining__ 800-777-2483East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601Evans Precision Machining __ 623-581-6200Fives _____________909-263-9282Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551GHT Services__________480-396-1800Glover Precision, Inc. ____480-464-0150HK Machining________602-278-6704Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325Hogan Manufacturing_____623-463-1939HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305JB’s Precision ________ 623-581-9088JCMachine&Motorsports __602-790-2207JD Ellen LLC_______ 623-587--0253JDMachine __________801-782-4403KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331L&W Machine Co _____602-323-2560LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654Metalcraft Inc._________480-967-4889Matrix Machine _______ 480-966-4451McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388Micropulse West________480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098

MorschMachine________ 480-961-7673Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593Osborn Products________623-587-0335PGI ______________505-884-5782PMBC ___________ _602-431-8131Powill Manufacturing____623-780-4100Precise Metal Products ____602-272-2625Profiles Tool & Engineering__480-894-1008Pro Precision _________602-353-0022Quality Mold _______ 480-892-5480R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904RPM Industries ________623-780-4993Satowfi ____________480-374-5706St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529Toolcraft of Phoenix____623-435-5405Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601Val-Tech Mfg__________ 480-966-7376WC Machine & Tool ______480-507-4620Wire-Tech___________480-966-1591Wrico _____________480-892-7800X5 Manufacturing____ ___602-454-7385

Machining CompositesAbsolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628

Machining: LargeAlpha Machine ________602-437-0322Backerworks Mfg_____ 505-342-2943Continental Machining__ 800-777-2483Empire Precision Mach.___480-633-4580HK Machining________ 602-278-6704KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331

Mach:Turning CNC3D Machine LLC_______480-239-8254Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800

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Swami Subramanian860 East 46th Street, Tucson AZ 85713520-624-5628 • Cell 602-418-2171• Fax 520-624-5636www.atmswiss.com • [email protected]

TURNING&MACHINE

NATHAN CONSULTING, LLC dba



Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222AzMark ____________480-926-8969Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Cassavant Machining___ 602-437-4005Continental Machining__ 800-777-2483East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601EDMExpress__________800-780-7075Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551GHT Services__________480-396-1800Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325Hogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850JC Machine & Motorsports __ 602-790-2207JD Ellen LLC_______ 623-587--0253JDMachine __________801-782-4403McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335PGI ______________505-884-5782Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575Profiles Tool & Engineering__480-894-1008Rentzel Tool Compnay ____480-832-0700RMSS _____________623-780-5904Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320RPM Industries ________623-780-4993St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529Stewart Precision Mfg _____623-492-9400Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376Metalcraft Inc._________480-967-4889MorschMachine________ 480-961-7673St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601

Machining PlasticAbsolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628

Machining Precision3D Machine LLC______ 480-239-8254

AATC_____________602-268-1467Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002Auer Precision _________ 480-834-4637AzMark __________ 480-926-8969Backerworks Mfg_____ 505-342-2943BID Machine, Inc _______480-892-7304Cassavant Machining___ 602-437-4005Challenger Aerospace_____480-894-0802Continental Machining__ 800-777-2483East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601Evans Precision Mach’g _ 623-581-6200Fives _____________909-263-9282Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551Glover Precision , Inc. _____ 480-464-0150Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325HK Machining________ 602-278-6704HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850JB’s Precision _______ 623-581-9088JCMachine&Motorsports __ 602-790-2207JD Ellen LLC_______ 623-587--0253JDMachine __________801-782-4403Jemelco, Inc. ________480-804-9541JWB Manufacturing ______480-967-4600LAYKE, Inc. ________ 602-272-2654Lynch Brothers Mfg ______602-267-7575Matrix Machine______ 480-966-4451Micropulse West________480-966-2300Micro-Tronics, Inc_____ 602-437-8995Metalcraft Inc._________ 480-967-4889MorschMachine________ 480-961-7673Nelson Engineering ___ 602-273-7114Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335PGI _____________505-884-5782Powill Mfg___________ 623-780-4100Pro Precision _________602-353-0022

Quality Mold ______ 480-892-5480R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700RMSS_____________623-780-5904RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993Satowfi ___________ 480-374-5706Service & Sales _____ 480-968-9084Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400Sun Tech_________ 480-921-1665Toolcraft of Phoenix __ 623-435-5405Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778Wire-Tech _________480-966-1591

Machining: ProductionGHT Services_________ 480-396-1800HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165

Machining: PrototypeA AT C ____________602-268-1467

Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117Advanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800Alpha Machine _______ 602-437-0322Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222Arcas Machine Inc ___ 480-632-9414Backerworks Mfg____ 505-342-2943Bar-S Machine ______928-636-2115BID Machine, Inc ______480-892-7304Continental Machining_ 800-777-2483East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601Evans Precision _____ 623-581-6200Exactitude Precision_____ 602-316-6957Flex-Pro __________ 623-581-0551GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800Glover Precision, Inc. ___ 480-464-0150Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939

HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207JD Ellen LLC_______ 623-587--0253JDMachine _________ 801-782-4403JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335PGI_______________505-884-5782Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700Pro Precision _______ 602-353-00220R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869RMSS ___________ 623-780-5904RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591

Machining: QuickTurnFlex-Pro __________ 623-581-0551HK Machining_______ 602-278-6704JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700RMSS_____________ 623-780-5904RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993

Machining: Milling3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254Advanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800AG Machining ________805-531-9595Anewco ___________520-751-1222Bar-S Machine _____ 928-636-2115


www.swwj-laser.com

4221 E. Raymond Str.Suite #103

Phoenix, AZ 85040

Office: 480.306.7748Fax: [email protected]

Dennis ReynoldsPH 602-863-3196

17464 N. 25th Ave. Ste B1Phoenix, AZ 85023

[email protected]


Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802EDMExpress_________ 800-780-7075Exactitude Precision______602-316-6957Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Flex-Pro ___________623-581-0551GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800Glover Precision, Inc. ___ 480-464-0150Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207JDMachine _________ 801-782-4403L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995MorschMachine________480-961-7673RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591Machining: Semiconductor

KLK Ind. ____________602-267-1331L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560Satowfi ___________ 480-374-5706

Machining: SwissAbsolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005HPMP _____________801-619-9850Ron Grob __________ 970-667-5320Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670Machining: Ultra-Precision

Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593

Machining:Turning:Automatic

Absolute Turning and Machine520-624-5628American Prec. Machine___ 602-269-6298Ayers Gear &Mach ____ 623-934-6913AzMark __________ 480-926-8969Challenger Aerospace __ 480-894-0802EDMExpress_________ 800-780-7075Evans Precision Mach’g__ 623-581-6200HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850JB’s Precision Ind _____ 623-581-9088LAYKE, Inc. ________ 602-272-2654Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995PGI _____________505-884-5782Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400

MACHINING: LASERLaser Cutting

Ace Laser ___________480-924-3232Advanced Metal Fab & Machine928-778-4800AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594Allfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497Fine Line Laser Cutting 602-863-3196Howell Precision_______ 623-582-4776KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037Research Engineering Dev 602-484-8982Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448Tube Service Company __602-267-9865Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Laser Cutting:Rotary AxisK-zell Metals, Inc. ____ 602-232-5882

Laser Engraving & EtchingAce Laser ____________480-924-3232TechMark ___________480-820--9444

Laser MarkingAce Laser ____________480-924-3232TechMark ___________480-820--9444

MANUFACTURINGAbrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727Advanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493APMI __ ___________ 480-668-0024B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855Cascade Systems Tech_____ 503-640-5733Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___ 520-889-8325Howell Precision________ 623-582-4776Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331PMBC ____________ 602-431-8131Precision Metal Products_ 408-699-5037RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904Scriven Precision _______480-961-9775

Manufacturing: CableAssemblies

Cascade Systems Tech_____ 503-640-5733Manufacturing: PC Boards

Cascade Systems Tech 503-640-5733Manufacturing: Electrode

Wire-Tech ___________ 480-966-1591Mfg: PhotoChemical

Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493Etching Fabrication

Turnkey Product ServicesAero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493

METAL FORMINGAllfab Engineering ______ 602-437-0497B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448Tri-Matrix ___________ 480-844-0165

METAL STAMPINGHigh Production Precision

StampingPrecision Die & Stamping__ 480-967-2038Thompson Machine____505-823-1453

METALIZINGBolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432

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

MOLDSPMBC ____________ 602-431-8131JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405

Molds: ConstructionJWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600

Molds: Plastic InjectionMicro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591

Molds: RubberToolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405

Molds: SteelAero Tech __________ 801-292-0493

PAINTINGAP Industrial _________480-968-1947Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231

Painting& Blast BoothsAP Industrial _________480-968-1947STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231

PhosphateCoating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648

Powder CoatingAP Industrial _________480-968-1947Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443LA Specialties _________602-269-7612Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878

Wet Paint/CARCAP Industrial _________480-968-1947


BOB HUDZIK E.D.M. SpecialistsPrecision Machining

Since 1980

1930 E. 3rd St., #13Tempe, AZ 85281

(480) 921-1665Cell: (480) 215-7144

[email protected]

SUN TECH & ENG.

6532 W Flint St. Ste. 1 Chandler, AZ 85226


Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260

Sandblast/AutomatedSTP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231

Screenprinting & PadPrinting

AP Industrial _________480-968-1947STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231

PLATINGArizona Hard Chrome_____602-278-8671ChemResearch_________602-253-4175Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117E.P.S.I. ____________ 714-256-8950Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930L A Specialties _________602-269-7612Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530Precious Metal Plating ____800-481-6271Precision Metalworks __602-455-9575Sav-On Plating_________602-252-4311

AnodizingChemetall __________714-739-2821ChemResearch_________602-253-4175

Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117FutureWeld __________602-437-2426Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146

Brass PlatingSav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311

Bronze PlatingSav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311

CopperForesight Finishing ______480-921-0000Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930Masic Industries ________503-232-9109

Electroless NickelGold Tech Industries______480-968-1930Masic Industries ________503-232-9109

Embrittlement ReliefE.P.S.I. _____________714-256-8950

GoldE.P.S.I. _____________714-256-8950Foresight Finishing ______480-921-0000Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930

Nickel/ Chrome/PalladiumCollins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117E.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950Foresight Finishing ______ 480-921-0000Gold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311

Silver PlatingE.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950Gold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930

Tin: BrightForesight Finishing ______ 480-921-0000

Tin: MatteGold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930

Tin / Zinc PlateCollins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117E.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311

POLISHINGGold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930L A Specialties_________602-269-7612Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109

PRODUCT DESIGNDesign and Modeling

Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115PROCESSING: CHEMICAL

LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612

PRODUCTIONChallenger Aerospace_____480-894-0802Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530

PUNCHINGAdvanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114Phoenix Metalcraft____ 602-279-4810Precision Metalworks __602-455-9575Precision Metal Products_408-699-5037Tri-Matrix ___________480-844-0165WC Machine & Tool_ ____ 480-507-4620X5 Manufacturing_______602-454-7385

ROLLINGAG Machining ________ 805-531-9595

SAW CUTTING

Industrial Precision Grinding _310-352-4700SINTERING

Western Sintering______509-375-3096SPINNING: Metal

Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114SPLINES

Apache Gear, Inc ______ 623-934-7144

SPRAY: METAL,PLASMA

Bolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580

SPRINGSFlat and Wire Springs

AERO Spring & Mfg Co ___ 602-243-4329

KOTLOFFRON

[email protected] W. Birchwood AvenueMesa, Arizona 85210

TELFAX

EMAILWEBMAIL

Founder / CEO

AEIFABRICATION


SPRINGWORKS Utah ____ 801-298-0113Tri-Matrix __________ 480-844-0165

STAMPINGAERO Spring & Mfg Co ___ 602-243-4329Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637CygnetStamping & Fab ____818-240-7574Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Precision Die & Stamping__ 480-967-2038Scriven Precision ______ 480-961-9775Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550Wrico_____________480-892-7800

Precision Metal FormingSPRINGWORKS Utah _____801-298-0113Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Stamping:AerospacePacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Stamping: BendingPacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656

Stamping: Deep DrawThompson Machine___ 505-823-1453

Stamping DesignPacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778

Stamping Flat FormingPacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113

Stamping: LightPacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656

Stamping: PrecisionPacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113

TAPPINGGilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514

TESTINGTesting: Flow /Target

Semiray Aero. Testing____ 623-842-3030Testing: Non-Dest/ Pressure

Chemetall __________714-739-2821FutureWeld _________ 602-437-2426

Pilkington Metal Finishing___801-972-2146Semiray Aero. Testing_____ 623-842-3030

THERMAL SPRAYBolt’s Metallizing _______ 602-244-2432Controlled Thermal Tech’y __ 602-272-3714Empire Precision Mach.___ 480-633-4580

THREADINGThread Grinding

Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088Grindworks __________623-582-5767Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335Shaw Precision _______ 480-785-4925

Thread RollingRon Grob Co. _________ 970-667-5320

TOOL & DIE3D Machine LLC______ 480-239-8254Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002Gilbert Metal Stamping____480-503-1283Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789Thompson Machine____ 505-823-1453Tri-Matrix ___________ 480-844-0165Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550Wrico _____________ 480-892-7800

TOOLINGHogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939RB Machine Co, Inc ______ 602-272-6869Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789Western Sintering______ 509-375-3096

TREPANNINGTrepanning Specialties ___ 562-633-8110

TUBE BENDINGAdvanced Metal Fab & Machine 928-778-4800AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595

TUBINGAssembly FormedTubing

B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855Howell Precision________ 623-582-4776Service & Sales _______ 480-968-9084

FormedTubingAERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855Howell Precision________ 623-582-4776

Large Diam. Pipe &TubingTrepanning Specialties ___ 562-633-8110

Tube Bending /FabricationAG Machining ________ 805-531-9595Howell Precision________ 623-582-4776K-zell Metals, Inc. ____ 602-232-5882Service & Sales ______ 480-968-9084

WATERJET CUTTINGAerodyne Ulbrich Alloys _800-237-2888Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119Flow International ____ 800-446-3569Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305MarZee Inc. ________ 602-269-5801McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098Research Engineering Dev 602-484-8982Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620Whitley Machine _____602-323-5550

Waterjet, Multi headWhitley Machine _____602-323-5550Waterjet, High Press. CuttingAlpha Machine ________602-437-0322Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514

WASHERSAERO Spring & Mfg Co __ 602-243-4329

WIRE FORMSAERO Spring & Mfg Co __ 602-243-4329SPRINGWORKS Utah _____ 801-298-0113

WELDINGAllfab Engineering ______602-437-0497Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595APMI ______________480-668-0024Arrow Sheet Metal_______303-427-6419AzMark __________ 480-926-8969B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538BID Machine, Inc _____ 480-892-7304Continental Machining__800-777-2483Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580Group Mfg. Serv _____ 480-966-3952Howell Precision________623-582-4776Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305K-zell Metals, Inc. ____602-232-5882Lynch Brothers Mfg ______602-267-7575McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388Precision Metalworks __602-455-9575Precision Metal Products_408-699-5037Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480Scriven Precision _____ 480-961-9775State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990Val-Tech Mfg__________480-966-7376Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778X5 Manufacturing_______602-454-7385

Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800

Welding: AerospaceAnewco ___________ 520-751-1222Arrow Sheet Metal_______303-427-6419Backerworks Mfg____ 505-342-2943X5 Manufacturing______ 602-454-7385Welding: Alum. Med & Lg

Alpha Machine _______ 602-437-0322Arrow Sheet Metal_______303-427-6419Continental Machining_ 800-777-2483Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778

Welding: EnclosuresAllfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701

Welding: DesignFry Fabrications ________602-454-0701

Welding: OrbitalL&W Fluid________ 602-323-2560

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• Spindle motors from 15 to 30 HP and speeds to 15,000 rpm

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