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Factors for Deciding to Reshore, and Ways to Make It Easier There has been increased talk about the risks of doing business with China, and the recent pandemic has shown a spotlight on the need for less dependence on supply…Read more ›

The Deep Draw Distinction in Metal Stamping: Cutting Weight = Cutting Costs Who doesn’t want to save money and improve efficiency with their production costs? No product designer, manager, engineer, or C-Suite exec we’ve ever met. How about you? And…Read more ›

PMA’s METALFORM EDU Provides Training and Education Towards Career Advancement The good news: the manufacturing industry is robust, and the outlook remains positive. Troubling news: many U.S. manufacturers are dealing with a sizable skills gap (which we recently wrote about).…Read more ›

How Larson Successfully Implements PMA’s METALFORM EDU No doubt about it, there is a skills gap in U.S. manufacturing. Ironically, the latest advances in manufacturing technologies—artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and the internet of things (IoT)—have been blamed, incorrectly, for taking…Read more ›

Being SMEs on SQMs You already have a full-time job; keeping up with the regulations of all the regulatory agencies—as changeable as they may be for any given part or project—doesn’t need to be its own full-time endeavor. When your…Read more ›

Because the Production Part Approval Process Reduces Risk! Imagine waking up one morning to hear that your metal stamping components are part of the design of a product that expects to exceed 70 million recalls by the time all the…Read more ›