As demonstrated in virtually every industry today, we are in a new age of automation. Manufacturers across the globe are significantly increasing both efficiency and employee productivity by incorporating various automated elements into their operations. In addition to its primary benefits, many facilities discovered that a reliance on automation allowed them to keep up with demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the face of widespread labor shortages, improved automation helped businesses keep pace—and even thrive. But how can manufacturers prepare for similar scenarios in the future and begin reaping the benefits of increased productivity and decreased operating costs? The answer: by switching to PureSteel® metal conveyor belts and ditching the fabric, rubber or PVC alternatives.
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Our friends at Hobson & Motzer wrote up the following article which falls closely in line with the supply chain and collective reshoring topic we’ve been covering for the last couple of years. We’d like to extend our gratitude to Hobson & Motzer and hope that you enjoy the piece. To view the article at its original source, follow the link at the end of this feature.
Intelligent Cutting Solutions (ICS) was started by co-owners and Presidents Darius Kania and Ibrahim Ibrahim in July of 2020. The apparent gap in the cutting service industry was the catalyst for the co-owners to build ICS. Through their decades of aerospace manufacturing experience, they came to the conclusion that the industry lacked a state-of-the-art waterjet company.
United Gear & Machine brings nearly 70 years of gear cutting experience to the production of our products. Started by Victor J. Malec in the late 1940s as Windsor Locks Machine, the company moved to its current Suffield location in 1954, taking on the name United Gear & Machine. Seven decades later, William J. Malec, Victor’s son, continues to serve many of the same satisfied customers in the aerospace and manufacturing industry.
The story of New England Electropolishing begins with a chemical salesman named Alvin Almeida, who saw an opportunity in the marketplace and seized it. In the 1980’s Alvin was selling chemicals to metal finishing companies and noticed that they could not achieve consistent results on smaller parts. In 1985, Al started the company with his wife, Jeannine, working by his side. Now under the leadership of their children, Amy Prigmore and Luke Almeida, New England Electropolishing has become one of the leading electropolishing companies in the country.
Currently ISO 9001 Certified, TDF has approvals from many OEM’s, in the aerospace, military and medical industries. NADCAP Accreditation for aircraft and other aerospace work is well underway and we expect to be scheduling our NADCAP Audit by early spring 2022.
Great Ideas sometime come from casual conversation over lunch. That’s how three friends started ABLE Machine Tool Sales in 1987
Northeast 3D is a Springfield VT company specializing in 3D printing, scanning and additive engineering services. The company started in 2019. Our operation is led by Jason Gaboury, a native Vermonter, with over 15 years of development experience in the automotive performance industry, component design and testing, reverse engineering, and 3D development for rapid prototyping.
The Robert E. Morris Company reached out with the good news that they were expanding their geographic footprint, and we couldn’t wait to hear more about what they’ve got cooking, so, we figured we’d let them fill you on the news, and while we had them, we asked the usual questions to give the Gateway readers an idea of who they are, where they’ve been, and where they’re headed. Without further ado…
In 1967, W.R. Sharples Company, Inc. opened as a steel rule diemaker that companies could count on for building tooling that works for their applications. Over the next two decades, W.R. Sharples Company, Inc. (Sharples) built its reputation as a dependable source for steel rule dies which led to unprecedented growth based primarily on referrals by satisfied customers.