The MTI Educational Foundation is excited to announce that it has finalized and awarded $51,500 in scholarships to 9 recipients. Educational Foundation Chair, Buster Crossley from Texas Heat Treating in Round Rock, TX stated, “With the long-term labor shortage that everyone is facing, the... Continue Reading
There is a lot to think about as a leader. There are goals to pursue. There are people to manage, and every day new problems arise that make pursuing those goals or supporting those people more difficult. Amid all these demands, it can be difficult to think any more deeply than just reacting to... Continue Reading
As business moves past the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges for many commercial heat treaters is the turnover of key staff at OEMs who perform the buying function. This turnover means that new personnel has to learn the purchase order and quality processes between the OEM and the... Continue Reading
If you are like every other heat treater in the industry, qualified labor with a good work ethic has dried up. The toughest challenge holding back productivity and output for any plant is enough labor. What we have learned from numerous labor experts is this trend will continue throughout the... Continue Reading
One of the criticisms that we often hear, especially about elected officials, is that they “lack spine.” This criticism is not unique to politicians. Most of us have worked with people who fit that description — people who are not “leading with spine.” What... Continue Reading
Every heat treater has two enemies working against your ability to thrive and grow everyday: The Labor Drought Time…Never Enough With these two enemies in your face every day, it is important for every heat treater to think through how to get work done differently in order to... Continue Reading
Metal Treating Institute, the largest nonprofit network of commercial heat treaters in the world and Furnaces North America, North America’s largest heat treat only trade show and technical conference, is excited to announce it has established a new honorary award for the heat treating... Continue Reading
As MTI has been meeting with members around the country and having conversations on the key challenges in 2022, knowing how cost and productivity metrics are going comparatively has been a huge topic of conversation. Operational costs including energy, labor, and raw materials to name just a few... Continue Reading
Wholesale prices rose at a brisk pace in May as inflation pressures mounted on the U.S. economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The producer price index, a measure of the prices paid to producers of goods and services, rose 0.8% for the month and 10.8% over the past year. The... Continue Reading
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is warning plant operators that ransomware attacks are increasing in the manufacturing sector. Trade organization The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) cautioned plant operators this month that ransomware attacks against manufacturing... Continue Reading
Vision, mobility and enhanced safety features make robotics ideal for labor automation, says Divya Prakash, director of business consulting at SICK. Because labor availability is one of the key challenges for warehouse operators, a great more automation is entering the warehouse, Prakash says.... Continue Reading
The last 10 years have brought tremendous growth in artificial intelligence. Consumer internet companies have gathered vast amounts of data, which has been used to train powerful machine learning programs. Machine learning algorithms are widely available for many commercial applications, and some... Continue Reading
