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The Tube and Pipe Journal - Shop Management
Corrosion-inhibiting coating can be peeled off after use
- Apr 15, 2024
- Product Release
Cortec offers VpCI-372 water-based, corrosion-inhibiting coating that can be applied directly to metal for protection in sheltered conditions.
- From The Fabricator
Economist: Slowdown across U.S. economy inevitable
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Mar 19, 2024
- Blog Post
Economist Dan North says, while some sweet spots remain in the U.S. economy, nearly every indicator points to a slowdown in 2024.
- From The Fabricator
A glimpse into the future
Metal fabricators who had the opportunity to attend the FMA Annual Meeting understand that the challenges that await are also opportunities for growth.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricating: A family affair
Working with family members can be a challenge, but the positives seem to outweigh the negatives.
- From The Fabricator
Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes on the shop floor
- By Nick Martin
- Feb 25, 2024
- Blog Post
Whether you’re an engineer, a marketing specialist, or the boss, stepping into a co-worker’s job can lead to eye-opening discoveries in any metalworking facility.
- From The Fabricator
Modern metal fab shops: Have a technology plan
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Feb 23, 2024
- Blog Post
Metal fabrication businesses with the best partnerships, plans, and personnel savvy will reap the greatest benefits from technology advances.
- From The Fabricator
Great laser tube cutting machine, rough delivery
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Feb 17, 2024
- Blog Post
The Silicon Valley mantra of “move fast and break things” might not apply everywhere in custom metal fabrication, especially when it comes to new equipment. Columnist Caleb Chamberlain just found this out the hard way with a tube laser.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators, we’re all in this together
Manufacturing can only thrive when metal fabricating shops are willing to support their peers when the occasion arises.
Tube shipments climb as manufacturing, job growth slow
- By Paul Vivian and Rick Preckel
- Feb 13, 2024
- Blog Post
Most major manufacturing indexes are down, but tube and pipe shipments in the U.S. market have jumped substantially of late.
Learning from the masters of business
- By Lisa Wertzbaugher
- Feb 8, 2024
- Blog Post
Warren Buffett, Katharine Graham, and Walt Disney are all remarkable because of their business success and the way they lived their lives.
- From The Fabricator
Congress moves to reinstate manufacturing tax provisions
- By Stephen Barlas
- Feb 7, 2024
- Blog Post
Congress is working to renew tax provisions that have proven to be important cost-saving tools for metalworking companies.
- From The Fabricator
Metal formers expect stable business conditions to start year
- Jan 22, 2024
- News Release
Metal forming companies continue to anticipate stable business conditions for the first few months of 2024 and are expressing more optimism about business activity month over month.
- From The Fabricator
Make plans to attend The Fabricator’s Manufacturers & Suppliers Event
The Fabricator’s Manufacturers & Suppliers Event makes it possible to learn about fabricating technologies without having to attend FABTECH.
- From The Fabricator
Applications open for 2024 National Metalworking Reshoring Award
- Jan 11, 2024
- News Release
Applications are open through June 30, 2024, at www.amtonline.org/article/reshoring-award for the 2024 National Metalworking Reshoring Award.
- From The Fabricator
NBT awards manufacturing scholarships to 31 students
- Jan 11, 2024
- News Release
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), the foundation of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA), Elgin, Ill., recently granted 31 scholarships totaling $46,500 to students enrolled in manufacturing certificate and degree programs. These awards help defray educational expenses such as...
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