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How to Get More for Less Out of Your Deep Draw Metal Stamping
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 >
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Workforce Development Initiatives in the Metalforming Industry
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 >
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Bridging the Skills Gap in Precision Metal Stamping
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 >
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Managing Regulatory Bodies and Certifications in Metal Forming
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 >
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Why Do You Need PPAP?
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 >
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Steel Tariffs and the Impact on the Metal Forming Industry
Does Your Deep Draw Stamping Cost More? Steel tariffs: a very hot—and confusing—topic on the minds of many people in diverse industries. The uncertainty in the markets and supply chain is unsettling. An argument bolstering the need for the tariffs Read More >
