But new orders placed in July marked a 5.6% decrease from the previous month of June, according to the most recent U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report. U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $472.6 million in July, a 41.5% increase from the same month a year ago, according to the... Continue Reading
Identifying risks, understanding regulations, and installing and maintaining equipment keep metal fabrication shop floors safe from dangerous fumes and particulates. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring greater awareness of the air we breathe throughout the world. Manufacturing facilities,... Continue Reading
When Archer Aviation revealed the design of its electric air taxi earlier this year, it touted that the aircraft was “designed with certification in mind from the beginning.” Now, the upstart eVTOL developer has achieved a key milestone on that path with the issuance of a G-1... Continue Reading
Throughout the years, one of MTI’s Past Presidents, Paul Tadlock, designed a series of bronze statues to celebrate the heat treating industry. Numerous MTI plants have these statues in their plants. The MTI Educational Foundation will be giving away one of the famed bronze statues located... Continue Reading
Millions of businesses are meaningless, and they are dying as insects because leaders are not thinking about making their businesses meaningful. The difference between meaningless and meaningful, and valuable for you and others, is vision. If you have no vision for your business, then you have no... Continue Reading
U.S. Economy Grew 6.6% at the Annual Rate in the Second Quarter. The U.S. economy grew 6.6% at the annual rate in the second quarter, buoyed by consumer spending and nonresidential fixed investment, with both continuing to rebound solidly. At the same time,... Continue Reading
Improve employee retention by having these three one-on-one meetings with your staff once a month. We all want to improve employee retention. The question is how? Our knee-jerk answers to this question can feel opaque. Pay, perks, and promotion opportunities could matter…but to what... Continue Reading
Global steel shortages are causing delays in manufacturing racking and other interior storage solutions. Warehouse demand is at record levels. Driven by rising e-commerce demand and related one- and two-day shipping demands, the need for new warehouses has never been higher. Real estate... Continue Reading
A close-looped feedback system, delivered on an app, provides front-line workers training which can lead to higher retention rates. Technology on the plant floor has proven its worth. It has helped improve just about every metric that manufacturers measure, and it continues its march to soon... Continue Reading
The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) has finalized details on two events it will host at the Fall Nadcap meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 18-20. The Nadcap meeting brings together commercial and captive heat treaters and suppliers in the aerospace industry to work through issues related to audit... Continue Reading
DETROIT, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The investment surge by both new and established automakers in the electric vehicle market is a bonanza for factory equipment manufacturers that supply the highly automated picks and shovels for the prospectors in the EV gold rush. The good times for the makers of... Continue Reading
Collaboration between supplier and customer is key to achieving functional safety goals. The ISO 26262 standard is a weighty series of documents that many believe has all the force of law or regulation; however, it is not a dictate. It is an agreement on best practices for participants in the... Continue Reading
