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Introducing Superior Grinding & Swiss Precision Machining

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Rocky Mountain Edition (CO, UT, ID, MT and WY)

Vol. 8, No. 3 May / June 2015

The Haas VF-5TR 5-Axis Vertical Machining Center

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The Haas VF-5TR 5-Axis Vertical Machining Center

Standard Features Include:

• Removable 210 mm trunnion rotary table

• 24+1 side-mount tool changer

• 30 hp vector drive spindle

1 SETUP

5 SIDES

1/2 THE COST

WITH MORE STANDARD FEATURES . . .

The choice is simple.

Haas Factory OutletA Division of Moncktons Machine Tools

637 Osage Street, Denver, CO 80204Tel: 303-571-4933 • Fax: 303-892-6708www.HaasCNC.com

Colorado – (303) 571-4933 • e-mail: [email protected] Mexico – (505) 883-9363Wyoming – (800) 947-8665Utah – (801) 886-2221 • e-mail: [email protected]

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RELIABILITY. PRICE. REPUTATION.

WE KNOW what it’s like. We’re MACHINISTS, too.

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Editors Corner

A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain • 4 • May / June 2015

Proudly Introducing Superior Grinding And Swiss Machining:

This Issue’s Shop Profile

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” Henry Ford It has been a whirlwind of shows for us these past two months, throughout the Southwest and West Coast. From Seattle, to Port-land, to Denver, to Dallas, to Houston, to San Jose, we have had the opportunity to meet many new people in the industry. We’ll end the season with an AmCon Show in Phoenix. Perhaps the most enjoyable show was Design2Part, which we just returned from. At the show, we met many new inventors who brought their rough prototypes to

begin the journey of finding a way to take their concept to production.

This got me thinking about how we as a country fare at inventions. The results were surpris-ing to me. A study by MITI - Japan’s equivalent of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - concluded that 54% of the world’s most important inventions were British. Of the rest, 25% were American and 5% Japanese.

The figures offered by MITI are generally agreed throughout the scientific and engineering community. However, “invention” does not immediately translate into “new product”. There is a huge journey to move from an invention to reaching the market place with a product, one that demands engineering and development skills as well as significant amounts of money.

Britain is credited with numerous inventions. One great example is the digital audio player. The first operating MP3 player was British. But it took Apple, an American corporation to fund the development work and deliver the Ipod to market.

Television is another example: The first operating television system was made, demonstrated and put into service in the UK by John Logie Baird in the 1920s. Philo Farnsworth and RCA in the US made some significant developments and introduced commercial broadcasting in the 1930s. The US was the first to introduce color television, free market broadcasting and cable services to support multiple television channels. Most broadcast equipment is now made by US companies with Britain and the Far East behind the US in terms of output.

Other notable US inventions include the telegraph by Samuel Morse (1832), the mobile telephone by Bell Labs (1946), the washing machine (1907), satellite communications (1960), Prozac (1972), the refrigerator (1842), respirators (1970), the zipper (1893), the blowdryer (1920), the outboard motor (1907) and cardiac pacemakers (1952).

And let’s not forget about some of the greatest inventions; the Internet by Bob Kahn (1972), and the personal computer by Ed Roberts (1975), both in the US. And while the first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist, it was in 1879, in the US that Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed, and eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours. And while many scientists pioneered work on electronic voice transmission, Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone in 1876.

While Henry ford did not invent cars, he invented a line of free-moving vehicles that did not need horses to pull it; it involved engines that were never before seen by the human eye. Facebook was an invention of sorts, founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates in 2004.

The opportunity to invent is limitless. Generally speaking, successful inventions will eventually be manufactured. Then they will be improved. This is integral to our industry. Many of us participate in the exciting journey of making new products, or making existing products better.

In closing, keep inventing! God Bless our great country, and God Bless our troops!


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Faustson on Cutting Edge with Addition of Laser Printing Technology

3D metal printing breaks through manufacturing lim-itations

Arvada, CO – Faustson, a world-wide leader in the machining in-dustry, announced the installation of Concept Laser’s M2 cusing

Multilaser metal additive manufacturing system to its shop, further expanding its precision technology capabilities. The company put the new technology – also described as 3D metal printing – to work immediately on a challenging job for a key client.

“Staying at the forefront of technology is critical,“ said Heidi Hostetter, vice president of Faustson. “This system, combined with our proven precision machining capacity, brings new depth to our manufacturing services and helps us continue to provide our customers with the best manufacturing solutions available on the market.”

Additive metals manufacturing and other new technologies are part of what some call the “third industrial revolution,” because they allow manufacturers to respond more quickly to customer component needs while providing overall cost savings through responsible use of diminishing resources and creating more efficient components.

Faustson’s relationships with pioneers in the 3D design and creation revolution allow the company to stay on top of trends, best practices and improvements in the technology. As part of that continuing effort, Faustson is partnering with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, which has used the Concept Laser equipment for more than four years.

“From our inception, Faustson has been committed to being a pioneer in the industry, utilizing new leap-frog technology and pushing the boundaries of a traditional machine shop,” said Alicia Svaldi, president of Faustson. “Additive metals manufacturing, combined with the su-perior technology of five-axis mills, allows us to move from concept to completion while maintaining tight tolerances and cost-effective production.”

“Companies like Faustson represent the next step in the maturation of the addition metals industry,” said Zach Murphree, PhD, Concept Laser regional manager and technical sales engineer. “Technology is gaining acceptance within production facilities, not just with OEMs, and Faustson is on the leading edge of this wave.”

Faustson Tool, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, provides services for clients worldwide in the medical, aerospace, aeronautics, defense, semiconductor and other industries. The company, founded in 1982, provides 3-, 4- and 5-axis milling and 5-axis EDM services, as well as turning capabilities for cutting-edge custom part production, and efficient production of standard parts. Faustson Tool is woman



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Hasco Oil Company Is Now Serving East Of The Rockies In Colorado

It gives me great pleasure to announce Hasco Oil Company at 1390 W. Evans Avenue Build-ing 2, Unit J Denver, Colorado 80223 phone (800) 456-8491 is our distributor now east of the Rockies in Colorado. Hasco has been a Castrol distributor over 16 years serving the Southern California basin.

They have a highly trained sales force in the areas of Metalworking, Industrial Lubrication, Wind Energy, along with Fleet sales, and Pas-senger Car Oils. Hasco and Castrol believe that excellent service was greatly needed in your area from a lubrication and chemical supplier. They moved to Denver in June of 2014. Hasco Oil, in conjunction with their supply partners, offers a number of services to assist our customers with process improve-ment, application troubleshooting and product recommendations.

In addition to standard oil analysis, a number of on-site services are available, as well as an extensive training program. Please contact them for more information. You can find these services at www.hascooil.com or call and ask for the sales department.

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Serving Southern California Since 1965 Hasco Oil Company has evolved into a complete fluids and services provider for the Southern California industrial market since our incep-tion in 1965 as a Mobil consignee. Hasco’s association with Mobil and Castrol allows us to provide the most technologically advanced lubricants, metalworking fluids and specialty chemicals available anywhere. We also offer the Hasco brand line of products that are manufactured by our sister company, Pacific Precision Formulators, in Vernon, California.

In 2008, Hasco was recognized as a Wom-an-Owned business by the National Women Business Owners Corporation. By attaining this distinction, Hasco has been able to partner with their customers to support their efforts in securing contracts with unique procurement specifications. Our effort in registering our-

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Advantage Manufacturing, A Precision Ma-chine/Sheet Metal Shop, Announces New Services!

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Methods’ Twin RoboDrill Jobshop Cell Is Ideal For A Low Mix, Medium To High Volume Of Parts

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Announcements Continued been the method-of-choice when working with parts with short cycle times during manufacture. The Twin RoboDrill JobShop Cell offers an excellent solution to this fast cycle time challenge and is ideally suited for a low mix, medium to high volume of parts,” said Mr. John Lucier, Automation Manager at Methods Machine Tools, Inc. Traditionally, it might take about seven seconds to load / unload one part, but due to handling multiple parts at once with the Twin RoboDrill JobShop Cell, the load / unload process is less than one second per part.

The Twin JobShop Cell features two side-by-side RoboDrill machines with a FANUC robot entering from the side of each machine to give operators full, open access to the front of the RoboDrills for tool changes, off-sets and maintenance.

The cell also combines FANUC Robotics’ IR Vision System with a flex vibratory in-feed system to bring the parts into the cell. The flex feeder conveys a group of parts into the vision camera’s field-of-view for inspection, selecting the “good” parts for directing the robot to load them into the machine.

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KTR Machine Announces Distribution For Fadal Machining Centers in Colorado!

Fadal Is Back!

KTR Machine Service, LLC, Russ Schreiber owner, is the Fadal Distributor and Fadal Service provider for Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Southern Nevada. KTR is the service provider for both older and new Fadal Machining Centers in the same territory. KTR specializes in the service of Fadal Machining Centers, but offers Laser and Rotary Laser Calibrations on all types of Machining Centers. Russ is certified for Laser Calibrations.

While KTR Machine is Arizona based, we have our service and sales technician, Jeff Sparks, local in Colorado and ready to provide service and sales for Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Russ Schreiber covers sales and service for Arizona, Southern Nevada and Southern New Mexico.

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DCM Tech, Inc. Introduces Brian Ebbinger as Western Regional Technical Specialist

DCM Tech is pleased to an-nounce the addition of Brian Ebbinger as the new Technical Specialist for the Western United States and Canada.

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Colorado manufacturer Woodward Inc. says it has launched a joint venture with the aviation unit of General Electric Co. for fuel systems for GE’s large commercial aircraft engine lines.

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“We actually have a pretty good pipeline right now of cargo discussions going on,” McNerney told reporters after Boeing’s annual shareholder meeting in Chicago. “It’s premature to say we’re at the end of the program. I don’t think we are at all.”

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Boeing has just 35 unfilled orders for 747s, according to its website. That’s sufficient to keep the assembly line humming for about two years at the current pace of 18 a year. Boeing plans to slow output to 15.6 jets a year in September.

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Pushed by tight budgets and growing concern about orbits increasingly littered with debris from past missions, companies have started get-ting serious re-using things where it makes sense and designing space systems to be sustainable, not single-use and disposable.

SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Elon Musk’s rocket company, has made the biggest splash about re-using technology by trying to land its spent rocket booster on a floating barge in the ocean so it can explore what salvageable parts can be used again.

But SpaceX isn’t alone in looking to re-use rocket parts.

At the Space Symposium, United Launch Alliance revealed its designs for a new line of rockets it plans to build, called Vulcan, and it features re-using its booster engines in an effort to bring launch costs down to $100 million.

Rather than land a booster, ULA plans to have the first-stage rocket engines descend back into the atmosphere on a parachute to be caught by a helicopter and recovered for later refurbishing and re-use.

“SpaceX made one choice on re-usability, and we made an entirely different one,” said Tory Bruno, CEO of ULA. “And at this point it was made entirely on the economics of it.”

SpaceX’s landing the entire first-stage booster rocket for re-use re-quires the booster to launch carrying landing legs, hydraulics, extra fuel and extra avionics to the edge of space in order to have the ability to fly back and land.

ULA’s approach has Vulcan jettison its engine, which would start descending protected by a heat shield, then have an air-foil parachute fly the engine in a smooth descent during which a helicopter will fly by and snag it.

Recovering just the engine allows for the re-use of the rocket’s most expensive single component without having to manage the complex-ities and added expense of recovering a whole booster.

“Our studies, NASA’s studies, other people’s studies, have all found that you need to use a re-usable booster seven times, roughly, to break even,” Bruno said. “You aren’t going to go through all that work just to break even; you want to do it so it really pays to take that approach, which would mean using it 15 times, and that is super hard.”

“Our approach completely shatters that math,” he said. “We think that, depending on what engine we use, we can break even on two or three re-uses, and we can really then start seeing an attractive return on five to seven.”

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Such rocket engine re-use isn’t a new idea. NASA’s space shuttle program recovered boosters from the ocean and the booster engines were re-used. And, of course, the rocket-powered shuttle vehicles


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The earliest Atlas rockets built decades ago, when rocket engines weren’t as powerful, had several engines in them to get high into atmosphere, then the rocket jettisoned a couple of the engines when the rocket no longer needed as much thrust.

Catching something upon re-entry into the atmosphere has been done, too.

In the 1960s, the U.S. military’s Corona reconnaissance satellites dropped the film from their spy cameras back into the atmosphere, where they would parachute down and then be caught in mid-air by a passing plane.

Today, the U.S. Air Force, which purchases most military and spy agency space launches, is open to the idea of re-use in rocket launch, especially if it makes space launches more affordable, said Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of U.S. Space Command, based outside Colorado Springs.

But how the Air Force would certify re-used parts as reliable enough for national security missions has yet to be figured out.

Beyond re-use of booster engines, ULA is exploring designs for an upper-stage rocket motor that powers craft in orbit or out to deep space. The Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) that ULA is working on for the Vulcan rocket would be able to fire multiple times in orbit, recycling its exhaust and regenerating power to be able to fire many times, maybe perpetually.

That’s similar to the thinking of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., based in Jefferson County, in the technology it’s proposing for a NASA contract for cargo resupply of the International Space Station.Space tug

Lockheed Martin Space Systems (LMSS) has deigned a craft called Jupiter that, after being launched into orbit on a rocket, would haul a cargo vessel to the ISS. Then Jupiter would stay in orbit and be available to do other tasks, such as run science experiments, host instruments for Earth observations like a satellite, or Jupiter could deploy small satellites into orbit.

LMSS engineers began exploring the Jupiter tug idea long before the ISS cargo contract came up, said Jim Crocker, vice president of LMSS’ international business. They were thinking through the eventual deep-space exploration missions of the Orion space capsule LMSS is developing for NASA.

LMSS realized that many of the things LMSS would want a Jupiter craft to be able to do for Orion are similar to things NASA needs for the ISS.

”It could come out of the commercial resupply programs and it wouldn’t have to be a new start or new funding or new money.” Crocker said. “It would be a re-use of the cargo resupply system for deep space.”

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Superior Grinding and Sales, Inc. has some very exciting news to announce! They are renaming themselves – to Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining. The Woman-Owned, HUB Zone Certified Company, has been in business for 25 years now. More than one year ago, they saw a demand from their customers for Swiss screw machining, and they purchased their first Swiss screw machine, a Tsugami.

This year, the company added their third precision Swiss Screw machine; they now have two Tsugamis and one Hanwha.

Wendie Flitton, founder of the company, says, “There are so many reasons why you should bring your precision grinding and Swiss screw machining work to Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining. One our Swiss machines has front and rear ejection capabilities, along with 5 axes, and this means for example we can do part threading on both sides simultaneously.” She continued, “ We do not want to compete with our many machine shops - we just want to offer them a better solution to these types of jobs. With our Swiss Machining capabilities, we can cut up to .787 diameters.” She added, “We are reducing the steps in outsourcing for our customers with our Swiss Machining capabilities. We can buy the material, grind it, machine it, and send it to heat treat, and then finish OD or centerless grind the part. Our Swiss Screw Machine capabilities will allow us to cut costs on many parts that need to be machined and ground.”

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25 years ago, Wendie started grinding blades for the printing industry. Back then, it was a 2-person company. Wendie handling sales and the finances, and her sole employee, Bryant Bennett, would do the grinding. Through the 25 years the company has evolved adding many other types of Grinding and Machining. Bryant is still working with Wendie at Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining today! For

companies who have a need to allocate a percentage of the contracts to Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Wendie and her team fit this category as an official Woman-Owned Company.

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Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining is a certified Hub Zone Company. The Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB Zone) program helps small businesses in urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities. In order to qualify as a HUB Zone business, 35% of a company’s employees must reside in a HUB Zone. Once a HUB Zone business has been awarded a contract, it must “attempt to maintain” the 35% level. This means that the business is permitted to slip below 35% without withdrawing from

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the program, and without losing its contract. For companies who have a need to allocate a percentage of the contracts to Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Wendie and her team fit this category as both an official HUB Zone and a Woman-Owned Company. With Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining, you hit a double when you are checking off your allocation of business to a Small Disadvantaged Business!

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Jeff Flitton, Wendie’s husband, joined the family business 15 years ago. Prior to this, he was a fire fighter. Jeff says, “Many of our customers require all types of material to be precision ground in our Centerless Grinding Department. When the bar stock is ground to a certain size and tolerance it runs smoothly through the machining center collet systems. This speeds up the time it takes to machine parts. It decreases material clogging and can cover the OD size on many parts. The company is renowned for its ability to do precision grinding. It can hold tolerances of +/- .0002 with nearly any alloy.

The company offers a complete portfolio of grinding services Our scope says the following:

The provision of precision close tolerance, inside and outside diameter grinding, Centerless grinding (plunge, through feed and long bar), Swiss Machining , CNC Milling, surface grinding, angled surface grinding, Blanchard grinding, lathe, CNC universal grinding, ID Honing, Industrial blade (knife) grinding and replacement blade sales.

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Superior Grinding’s customers in the early years were in sharpening and Sales of knives, blades and tools for many industries including the Printing industry. Over the years, as these industries shrunk, Jeff and Wendie prepared themselves for new industries that required very high precision parts – Aerospace and Medical. Wendie

says, “To win business in these industry segments, we knew that we would have to be ISO9001: 2008 Certified. And we did so beginning in 2010. And more recently, with our plan for continuous improvement, we hired a full time inspector, Brian Jaensch,.” Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining plans to add AS9100 Certification to their list of qualifications in the near future.

Approved Government Supplier

A few years ago, about the time Wendie and Jeff pur-chased their first Swiss screw Machine; they made a decision that they were going to take their business to the next level. Jeff says, “This is about the time we hired Brian as our Quality Inspector, and we also hired a full time production manager, Rhonda Butrick.” Wendie believes that things happen for a reason, and she says this is the case with Rhonda. “We knew Rhonda from years


past, and we knew that she had such a great manufacturing background that she would be an asset to our growing company.” Wendie and Jeff were talking one night about how they might go about finding out where Rhonda was. Days later, Jeff received an email from Rhonda saying she was looking for a new position!”

Rhonda wears many hats at Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining. Among them is her experience in securing government contracts.

Rhonda says, “I regularly search the Government data bases for work that fits our capabilities. When we were awarded our first Government contract, we were listed as a ‘Moderate Risk’, since we were new as a supplier.” She contin-ued, “After we were awarded our second contract, and both of our awards were completed on time and with the highest quality, our listing on the Government Supplier website was upgraded to ‘Low Risk’.

Extremely Skilled Team

In our industry, we recognize that preci-sion grinding is a rare skill. At Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining, with the exception of their 2 latest hires, full time inspector, Brian Jaensch and full time pro-duction manager, Rhonda Butrick, every employee has more than 7 years of tenure with the company. Wendie says, “We are fortunate to have such a superior, skilled team that has remained loyal to our com-pany.” She continued, “This is an invaluable asset to our customers. It is known that companies that have high turnover struggle with retaining the quality of their products,

as their people, their most valuable asset, leave.” Wendie and Jeff are hoping that the investments they have made will allow them to offer their employees a higher pay rate and a more secure place to work. Their daughter, Kellie and her hus-band are integral members of the Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining team.

Hear From Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining’s Cus-tomers

“We use them primarily for grinding. They are so accommodating, and when we have a rush or a change, they always try to make the dates work for us. The

Quality at Superior Grinding is ‘Superior’.” Precision Machine Shop in Utah

“We have been working with Wendie and Jeff for more than 10 years. They do a substantial amount of centerless grinding, and we just started using them for some screw machine work.

Their quality is outstanding, and their pricing is very competitive. We use some suppliers outside of the United States, and their pricing is competitive with international suppliers, plus their end product is better than we can get overseas. Their customer service is just outstanding.” Purchasing Manager, International Manufacturer

To learn more about how Superior Grinding and Swiss Machining can help you with your precision grinding and machining requirements, contact them today at (801)487-9700 or visit their website at www.superiorgrinding.com.


U.S. Air Force sees launch prototype contracts as soon as September

The U.S. Air Force said it could award contracts for prototypes of new U.S.-fueled launch vehicles as early as September, a key step to ending U.S. reliance on using Russian rocket engines to launch military and intelligence satellites.

Air Force Secretary Deborah James told a subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Air Force planned to use a dif-ferent contract type called “other transactional authority,” instead of a standard defense contract to accelerate the process, given the urgency Congress has put on developing a homegrown engine.

Potential bidders include United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co and the current sole launch provider; privately-held SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Inc; and Orbital ATK, each supplying its own engine or teamed with a separate company, said Air Force Space Command Commander General John Hyten.

James urged committee members to support a change in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow ULA, to use all the Russian-built RD-180 engines it had ordered - but not paid for - to compete for future national security launches.

James said the change would allow ULA to compete for 18 of 34 com-petitive launches between 2015 and 2022 against Space Exploration Technologies Corp, or SpaceX, which is owned by entrepreneur Elon Musk, versus just five launches.

The Air Force expects to certify SpaceX to compete for at least some of the launches now carried out exclusively by ULA by June. But unless Congress changes the law, ULA might be effectively kept out of post-2018 competitions since its other rocket, the Delta 4, is not

“price competitive,” James said. Source: Reuters

Colorado 3D printing company bought by Arizona firm

Tempe, Arizona-based PADT bought Stratasys selling rights from Boulder-based CADCAM last month.

Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies Inc. (PADT), a Tempe, Arizo-na-based 3D printing firm, has bolstered its hold in the Four Corners region by acquiring the Boulder-based Stratasys reseller CADCAM Systems.

The acquisition involves PADT purchasing CADCAM System’s right to distribute Stratasys 3D printers, says Eric Miller, co-owner of PADT.

There will be no changes to employment numbers or office locations for either firm, Miller said. PADT will maintain its five locations across Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico and CADCAM’s sole location in Boulder will remain.


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Students get glimpse of clean energy in action

Scatec Solar, the project developer for the Utah Red Hills Renewable Energy Park in Parowan, hosted a tour of their newest facility for Cedar High School students.

Luigi Resta, Managing Di-rector for Scatec Solar North America, said the goal of the tour was to educate interested youth in the field of solar energy.

“In addition to helping students understand the science behind solar’s ability to deliver clean and reliable energy, we are also giving students an up-close view of the wide range of direct and indirect jobs created by the utility scale projects,” Resta said.

Tim Tennis, community liaison with Scatec, said the project is the first in Utah of this magnitude covering 630 acres. When completed the plant will provide 210 megawatt hours of electricity per year, or enough to power approximately 18,500 homes annually, he said.

A Scatec news release estimated 350 to 400 jobs are created over the course of the yearlong project with 85 percent of them hired from local laborers.

The company estimates it will produce enough energy to prevent 145 thousand tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, or 156 million tons of coal that will not be burned to produce energy annually, ac-cording to the release.

Tennis said the developers try to keep as much local as possible, from the subcontractors, equipment rentals, general laborers and supplies, and even food services.

“The power from this plant will be produced in Utah, by the people of Utah for the most part, and will stay in Utah,” he said. “It will be fed into the Rocky Mountain Power grid and used by their customers.”

Construction of the project began in January and completion is slated for Nov. 5, where after some testing and finalization it should be fully on the RMP grid by Dec. 18, Tennis said.

Reed Erickson, Iron County planner and special services director, said it is nice to see the jobs the plant is generating, but the tax money Iron County will receive will benefit the county as well.

Swinerton, an employee-owned company since 1888 and headquar-tered in San Francisco, was brought in for engineering, procurement and construction operations.

There is a total of $188 million dollars invested in the Utah Red Hills Renewable Park in Parowan, with Google providing the tax equity, Prudential Capital providing the debt financing and Scatec Solar proving sponsor equity.


Bill Nye is building a space-ship that runs on sunbeams

“Science rules” might have been Bill Nye the Science Guy’s tagline, but it’s more than just a catchy phrase: this guy is serious about science and is building a spaceship to prove it. The LightSail system is a privately funded effort to push the boundaries of space travel via this solar sail technology. A solar sail functions by harnessing the in-finite energy of the sun, in essence using the sun’s rays and radiation as wind to propel it forward through space.

This latest galactic brainstorm was actually proposed on The Tonight Show by legend-ary cosmologist Carl Sagan back in 1976, as Nye explains in this video announcing the project’s near-completion:

The sails are made of Mylar and are formed in four triangular sections. At the middle of the sail formation is a small lightweight sat-ellite which deploys each of the sail’s four arms. As the arms expand outwards, they capture the solar winds and are propelled forward using little-to-no onboard energy. The idea is not to necessarily control the movements of the craft but to allow it to fly further into the universe than we ever have before.

While there’s no need for massive on-board fuel reserves, the craft does need propulsion to exit Earth’s atmosphere. For its first test flight, scheduled sometime this month, the LightSail will be attached to an Atlas V rocket. The final version will be sitting inside the Prox-1 satellite set to be rocketed to space by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy in 2016.

The LightSail’s simplicity means that its price pales in comparison to other spacecraft. The first iteration, LightSail-1 cost only $1.8 million and the entire program has a budget of $4.5 million. For comparison, NASA’s budget for the Mars Science Laboratory comes in at a cool $2.5 billion.

Nye continues his explanation in this extended video, which highlights how the Planetary Society’s member-driven efforts have led to this new spacecraft that could expand our reach within the universe.

Artist Price Davis Installs Three-Story Denver Lily Sculpture at Denver International Airport

Price Davis, Denver-based master craftsman and artist, recently installed the Denver Lily, a nearly 30-foot-tall sculpture, at Denver International Airport.

The three-piece, three-story sculpture, comprised of a base, flower pot and a stemmed flower with pod and leaves, is made of hand-forged sheets of steel that were stained and powder-coated. The sculpture is part of Davis’s “Global Peace Through Art” initiative, which is a grass-roots effort to raise awareness of our creative class. Davis continued to describe the Denver Lily. “The work I create invites participants to pause and encounter a playful, lighthearted experience,” said Davis.

“The Denver Lily embodies the components I strive to include in my art: conceptually simple, accessible and interactive. The purpose of art is to inspire, and I hope this work contributes to global inspiration in some way.”

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Is this three-deck, zero-emissions super jumbo plane the future of flight?

Designer and aviation enthusiast Oscar Vinals is slightly addicted to crafting concept planes.

Last year, he came up with the design for the AWWA Sky Whale, a futuristic aircraft that he said would revolutionize green air travel and carry an as-tonishing 755 passengers. Now, he’s bested himself.

With his newest design, the AWWA-QG Progress Eagle, he imagines the future of travel as a tri-ple-decker aircraft with zero carbon emissions.

Rather than relying on traditional fossil fuels, the plane (which he envisions taking to the skies in 2030) would rely on six hydrogen engines to lift the plane off the ground. The aircraft would also be fitted with a rear engine that would double as a wind turbine, and solar panels on the roof and wings.

“The best aspect of the Progress Eagle would be its capacity to generate its own energy,” says Vinals. He adds that the flight would also be “noiseless.”

Vinals also envisions the plane, which would carry up to 800 passengers (275 more passengers than the largest aircraft today could handle), would have a new passenger class in the front of the plane.

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“Twelve hours in an airplane could feel more like a select hotel,” says Vials. “It would reduce the stress of a long flight.”

At the moment, the concept is little more than, well, a concept. Vinals acknowledges that the technology needed to implement his design is still a ways off.

“Today we have about 40% of the tech-nology needed to build it,” he admits.

“Quantum solar cells, nanowires to kinetic power, micro radio wave har-vesters -- these technologies only exist in a limited scale at the best laboratories around the world. But in a few years, we could overcome our limits and build anything imaginable.”

Designer and aviation enthusiast Oscar Vinals has designed a triple-decker con-cept plane called the AWWA Progress Eagle, which he imagines could be implemented by 2030.

Air Force considers com-petitive bids for F-35 up-grade

William LaPlante, the Air Force assis-tant secretary for acquisition, says the service will try to pursue competitive proposals for upgrades to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The upcoming post-service-entry upgrade is the first candidate for competition. Source: Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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A Saudi Arabian company has ordered the first pair of modernized commercial communication satellites that Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. will make in metro Denver.

The Arabsat order, finalized April 9, is the first since LMSS moved its commercial satellite division to its Jefferson County head-quarters campus last year. It’s also the first order for an updated

design for LMSS’ longstanding satellite body it calls the A2100.

The satellites are being made to carry TV, Internet, phone and secure communication signals for Ar-absat customers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Launch for the satellites is scheduled for 2018.

The contract also sets up a joint venture of Lockheed Martin, KACST and a subsidiary of the Saudi

Technology Investment and Develop-ment Co. to explore future joint satel-lite construction, as well as aerospace workforce and technology develop-ment in Saudi Arabia.

The two new satellites ordered will add to Arabsat’s existing fleet of 10 satellites providing TV, broadband and communications to millions of people around the region.

“We selected Lockheed Martin to build these satellites due to the impressive technical capabilities and proven track record of the A2100 satellite,” , said Arabsat CEO Khalid Balkheyour.

LMSS moved its commercial satellite division headquarters last year from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Jefferson County outside Denver. About 350 commercial space division employees relocated to renovated buildings on the 4,000-employee campus.

About 30 percent of LMSS’ commer-cial satellite workforce moved with the commercial division, Hamel said, which LMSS considers a success.

“That’s very, very good by most reloca-tion standards,” he said. “It means we can depend upon having many decades worth of experience in our business line forming the core of our engineer-ing and activities in Denver.”

The division is also hiring to add to its commercial satellite work force and getting LMSS engineers from other divisions involved.

Winning contracts from regional and national commercial satellite fleet operators around the world is key for the LMSS commercial satellite division re-establishing itself.

Military satellite construction has been a bigger line of work for LMSS in the past 10 years. Military satellite con-struction has been traditionally done in Jefferson County and its campus in Sunnyvale, California.

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During the transition, LMSS has been working on an Australian communications satellite, which is about 75 percent complete. It’s also preparing to deliver the WorldView-4 satellite it built in Sunnyvale for delivery to Longmont-based DigitalGlobe in preparation for a 2016 launch.

Only about 25 commercial satellite contracts are bid each year, globally.

“We are being very aggressive, as we re-establish our business base and leadership, about actively pursuing quite a few opportunities on a worldwide basis,” Hamel said. Source: Denver Business Journal

Airbus has begun 3D printing parts for its planes

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Manufactured by the U.S.-Israeli firm Stratasys on a FDM 3D printer, the parts take advantage of the new lightweight, but strong, materials coming into use today, like Airbus-certified ULTEM 9085 resin, which is flame, smoke, and toxicity com-pliant, as well.

Speed of production is the other major appeal of 3D printing for Airbus. In fact, efforts to make a deadline inspired Airbus to turn to Stratasys, which was not only able to make the parts on time and cheaply, but also with up to 90% less raw material and energy. For Dan Yalon, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Marketing, and Vertical Solutions at Stratasys, the 3D-printed parts represent the future of airplane production. He said:

“Our additive manufacturing solutions can produce complex parts on-demand, ensuring on time delivery while streamlining supply chains. Additive manufacturing also greatly improves the buy-to-fly ratio as significantly less material is wasted than with conventional manufacturing methods.”

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Continuing maturation of emerging markets and shifting business philoso-phies are behind a surge in aerospace investment in the U.S., with the Southeast standing out and aftermarket com-

panies contributing to the trend, ICF International Vice President Kevin Michaels says.

“You’re seeing [new] heavy maintenance facilities in the Americas,” Michaels said. “We’re going to see more widebody maintenance done in North America.”

Michaels pointed to about half a dozen new MRO ventures either set up or announced in the last few years, such as the long-anticipated entry of Lufthansa Technik, which is slated to open a new facility in Puerto Rico and has announced customers. He says that in 2012-13, no country saw more heavy MRO facilities announced or established than the U.S.

The “rightshoring” of work—including MRO heavy maintenance—has been predicted for some time. Among the drivers: rising labor costs in places like China, which has grabbed a disproportionate share of heavy checks from airlines in mature markets, and rates for U.S. labor at third-party MRO facilities that have hovered around $50-55 since the late 1990s, ICF International data show. Since then, comparable rates in mature Asian markets rose to almost $50, from around $30, while rates in emerging Asian markets have climbed from the mid-$20s to the mid-$40s.

This is driving a mindset change that places the lowest costs behind other factors, such as being close to your customers. For equipment suppliers, this means setting up shop to support new production lines in places like Charleston, South Carolina, where Boeing is building 787s, and Mobile, Alabama, where Airbus plans to start rolling out new A320s in 2016. This has helped drive investment in the South-eastern U.S. by suppliers like GKN and Safran.

For MRO providers, it means being where your customers are—and the North American fleet, while not growing much, is still the largest among the world’s regions. It will remain so for several more years, until growth in Asia-Pacific markets pushes that region into the top spot, sometime around 2020.

Asia-Pacific’s projected growth means that investment will continue in places like China, Singapore, and India. Asia-Pacific’s fleet size is projected to increase from 6,400 today—second, behind North America’s 7,420—to nearly 11,700 in 2025, Cavok data show. But even anemic growth in North America—Cavok’s numbers show the region’s fleet growing by just 700 aircraft by 2025—will still leave

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Humans may travel to Mars in the next few decades, and NASA is ask-ing for input from the public on how to make missions safe and effective. This image shows an artist’s depic-tion of a crewed mission to Mars.Credit: NASA/Pat Rawlings, SAIC

To prepare for future colonies on Mars, NASA is asking the public for ideas on how to keep Red Planet astronauts safe that require minimal resupplies from Earth.

The “Journey to Mars Challenge” will give a $5,000 award to each of the three winning participants who describe an original idea that could assist the human exploration of Mars. The proposal must be “technically achievable, economically sustainable, and minimize reliance on support from Earth,” NASA wrote in a statement about the challenge.

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The U.S. Army awarded a contract to General Dynamics C4 Systems for 10 vehicle-mounted Tactical Ground Station (TGS) Lot D systems with an option for 11 additional systems. The TGS system is part of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A), the Army’s primary deployed system for posting, processing and distributing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information in real time to intelligence analysts and commanders. The order is valued at $31.5 million with all options exercised. The first of the new TGS systems is scheduled for delivery during the third quarter of 2013.

DCGS-A provides Army analysts with access to more than 600 data sources and allows rapid collaboration through shared data access. The General Dynamics-built TGS-Lot D systems allow analysts to comb through millions of classified and unclassified records within minutes, providing commanders with status updates on persons of interest and imminent threats such as improvised explosive devices.

TGS systems have been widely deployed to forward operating bases worldwide, providing U.S. military and coalition soldiers with critical force protection intelligence that saves lives at the tactical edge.

The TGS Lot D procurement followed a full-and-open competition and includes TGS vehicle system integration, training materials, field service and support. The new TGS systems will deliver superior information processing capability, secure network communications and collaboration with other intelligence resources worldwide.

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Boeing Raises Twenty-Year Commercial Jet Forecast

Bloomberg News reports Boeing “raised its 20-year forecast for commercial jet demand by 3.8 percent as air traffic outstrips global economic growth and airlines refresh their fleets with $4.8 trillion in new planes.” Randy Tinseth, marketing vice president for commercial airplanes at Boeing, said he did not see a “bubble” in the market even as the company considers raising production rates. However, Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with the Teal Group, warned inexpensive financing and oil prices could change these numbers. Meanwhile, Howard Rubel, an analyst with Jefferies LLC, predicted that Boeing and Airbus would continue to dominate the market as new entrants are just starting to come to the market.

The AP reports that speaking ahead of the Bourget international air show in Paris, Tinseth, “said rising oil prices are forcing carriers to think harder about efficiency, and that means smaller planes that burn less fuel.” That “also means design changes, streamlined air traffic control and improved navigation to shave miles (kilometers) off each flight.” The AP notes, “The demand for fuel efficiency has eaten away at orders for the wide-body long haul carriers that are major profit-drivers for Boeing and Airbus, the world’s two biggest aircraft manufacturers.”

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The sites will not be co-located with existing DoD sites that have been cleared to fly UAS in the United States, such as Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND, Pennington said. However,

he said the new airspace sites will likely butt up against those DoD-owned sites.

DoD will begin preliminary site selection for those locations by the end of 2012, Pennington said.

The unmanned aircraft will use a ground-based sense-and-avoid system for the early flight tests scheduled for the airspace locations. Sense and avoid technology allows unmanned aircraft to detect other planes in the area and change its course to avoid midair collisions.

The ground-based system will relay information from air traffic control and other sources on the location of all aircraft flying in the area of the UAS. That info will then be relayed to the UAS pilot on the ground, who can then maneuver the aircraft through the air traffic.

As tests progress, DoD officials plan to move to a partially automated sense-and-avoid system on board the aircraft, Pennington said.

Creation of these airspace bubbles was part of the FAA reauthorization bill proposed earlier this year. Lawmakers tabled passage of the FAA bill until September, when Congress is set to return from its summer recess.

Once passed, Pennington predicted that there would be a lot of “political jockeying” by lawmakers to land one of the test sites, given the money and resources DoD plans to pump into the effort.

Boeing Dreamliner Finishes Test Program

Bloomberg News reports the Boeing 787 Dreamliner “finished its 20- month flight-test program in the final hurdle toward approval for passenger service that could start next month.” The last flight was made on August 13 and now the FAA “must verify the paperwork in a review Boeing has said it expects this week and then certify the jet before its first delivery.

The agency, which has worked with Boeing since the 787’s inception, doesn’t discuss certification work, said Alison Duquette, a spokeswoman.” The article notes that the only the 787s with Rolls Royce engines completed testing and more are needed for those with GE Engines. The CNET News “Cutting Edge” blog notes that on the final test flight,

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Pratt, Rolls-Royce Realign Ties

United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney unit and Rolls-Royce PLC are ending one aircraft-engine joint venture to start another.Pratt will pay $1.5 billion for Rolls-Royce’s share in their existing International Aero Engines consortium, which produces the engines that power the Airbus A320 jetliner family.

The two companies plan to work together in a new venture that will develop engines for future narrow-body aircraft using Pratt’s geared turbofan technology.

The new venture will go head to head with General Electric Co. to develop more-efficient engines for the single-aisle-aircraft segment, in which the companies expect demand to be around 20,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years.

It also comes after London-based Rolls-Royce declined to develop new engines for the latest upgrades to the A320 neo, produced by Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.

Pratt had all but abandoned the single-aisle market in the early 1990s but began muscling its way back in over the past few years in the face of dismissals from its rivals including Rolls and GE.

Last year, Pratt scored a coup when Airbus selected its geared turbofan engine as one of two engine options for the revamped A320.

But this summer Pratt was excluded from a similar move at Boeing Co., which opted to upgrade its 737 instead of investing in a next-generation aircraft.

The new 737 plane exclusively uses an engine from CFM, a joint venture between GE and France’s Safran SA.

The new venture will focus on the high-bypass ratio, geared-turbofan technology. The other partners in the previous partnership—Japanese Aero Engine Corp. and MTU Aero Engines GmbH—intend to join.

Roche l icenses technology from Biodesign Institute

Roche and Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) announced an agreement to license several technologies developed by Stuart Lindsay at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and Colin Nuckolls of the Columbia University Nanoscience Center for the development of a revolutionary DNA sequencing system.

The licensed technologies include specialized approaches for DNA base sensing and reading and build on an ongoing collaboration between Roche’s sequencing center of excellence, 454 Life Sciences, and IBM to develop and commercialize a single-molecule, nanopore DNA sequencer with the capacity to rapidly decode an individual’s complete genome for well below $1000.

The licensed technologies offer novel approaches for reading the sequence of bases, or letters, in a single DNA molecule as it is passed through a nanopore. The team has demonstrated proof-of-concept, and is in the midst of making a third generation reader molecule that provides better discrimination between the DNA bases. The licensing agreement with Roche will help translate these discoveries into a commercial instrument.

The DNA Transistor technology, developed by IBM Research, slows and controls the movement of the DNA molecule as it threads through a microscopic nanopore in a silicon chip, while the newly licensed DNA reading technology can decode the bases of the DNA molecule as it passes through.

Both technologies are centered on semiconductor-based nanopores, which have advantages over protein-based nanopores in terms of control, robustness, scalability, and manufacturability.

The deal was brokered by Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE), the exclusive intellectual property management and technology transfer organization of Arizona State University, and includes sponsored research funding that will help Lindsay’s team move the technology towards commercialization.

ASU was the only university to receive more than one award.

Raytheon to Plow $1.7 Billion Into New Cy-ber Venture

Raytheon Co. is betting it can leverage the cybersecurity skills it honed for the U.S. military and intelligence agencies to sell to banks and retailers, investing almost $1.7 billion to establish a stand-alone busi-ness in an area where its defense peers have struggled to make money.

The company said it would buy control of Websense Inc. from pri-vate-equity firm Vista Partners LLC. Raytheon said Austin, Texas-based Websense, which has 21,000 data-security clients, half of them over-seas, will form the core of a new cyber joint venture with forecast sales of $500 million this year and margins of around 20%.

Raytheon Chief Executive Tom Kennedy said the threat of cyberattacks such as the one suffered last year by Target Corp. is increasing as cloud computing and mobile services make companies more vulnerable to costly electronic intrusions by state-sponsored hackers, terrorists, organized crime or insiders.

“CEOs are shaking in their boots,” said the 59-year-old Mr. Kennedy, who took the helm of the fourth-largest U.S. defense contractor by sales in March of last year.

Raytheon is paying the equivalent of more than four to five times Websense’s annual sales, a pricey multiple for the defense industry. The deal is the largest acquisition in a decade by one of the nation’s five prime contractors. Collectively those companies have done dozens of deals aimed at parlaying their experience with the Pentagon into commercial work. The results have been mixed.

Defense companies have found it tough to convert salespeople who are used to dealing with the Defense Department to selling cyber products to other business clients, while the Pentagon has been reluctant to allow contractors to transfer technology to their nonmilitary customers.

Raytheon executives said the Websense deal addressed both issues. The firm has an experienced commercial sales staff, while Raytheon has long-standing deals with the Pentagon to use some intellectual property in the commercial sector.

Raytheon has made the defense industry’s most concerted push into cyber, with 14 acquisitions since 2007, including the $420 million purchase of Blackbird Technologies last November, which added capabilities in the intelligence and special-operations markets.

With dozens of commercial cybersecurity companies springing up and attracting rich valuations, defense companies have found it tough to gain traction. General Dynamics Corp. last month sold a commercial cyber firm it acquired three years ago, and plans to focus on govern-ment work. Boeing Co. made a similar move in January, but Lockheed Martin Corp. is continuing to target commercial cyber business.

Raytheon’s shares have has underperformed its peers during a three-year run-up in defense stocks, partly because it devoted more funds to deals and research than its counterparts, who have delivered billions of dollars in buybacks and higher dividends.

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Colorado to be one of 7 hubs of national digital manufacturing institute

Colorado will be one of seven hubs for a na-tional digital manufacturing institute — an opportunity to continue its efforts to grow its advanced-manufacturing sector, with some major financial help from the federal government.

President Barack Obama is expected to an-nounce the seven locations and further details about the project, but Ken Lund, executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, con-firmed last month that this state will be one of them.

With the announcement will come a federal grant of about $10 million to match the $10 million pledged already to the project by OEDIT and several universities in Colorado, he said.

“For Colorado to be at the forefront and to be able to build our hubs to help local businesses compete is really at the heart of our effort to be home to this,” Lund said. “It will allow us to be able to retrain our workforce to be able to compete in the future.”

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Websense “would clearly take Raytheon well into the commercial cybersecurity space, which we believe would involve significant risk,” said Sanford C. Bern-stein & Co. analysts in a recent report on the sector.

Websense CEO John McCormack, who will head the new Raytheon venture, said the focus of commercial cyber has shifted from deterring threats to limiting their damage. “The days are gone when you can prevent intrusion,” he said in an interview.

He said Websense has outperformed a global commercial cyber market, grow-ing at around 8% a year, with a top 10 market position in monitoring Web gate-ways and providing data-loss protection.

Raytheon predicted the joint venture would deliver high-single-digit revenue growth next year and mid-double-digit growth in 2017, and would be profitable from day one. Raytheon will have an 80% stake in the new cyber venture, with Vista Partners LLC holding 20%.

Raytheon is investing $965 million in cash, providing a $600 million loan and inject-ing $400 million of existing cyber assets into the as-yet unnamed venture. The private-equity firm, which took Websense private for $890 million in 2013, will also invest $335 million in the venture.

Musk’s SpaceX Praised by Air Force Secretary as Launch Partner

The February launch of a climate observation satellite by billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX demonstrated a successful partnership with the U.S. Air Force, according to service Secretary Deborah James.

The satellite was launched Feb. 11 from a Falcon 9 rocket made by the com-pany, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., in partnership with the Air Force, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“SpaceX has made tremendous progress in establishing their place as a DoD launch provider,” and it “is on track to be certified by June” for Air Force and intelligence satellite missions, James said in a statement prepared for o a Senate Armed Services panel.

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Talisman has been designed to provide an increased level of assurance along routes throughout the region. It consists of a suite of cutting-edge equipment, including armoured vehicles, optical cameras and remote-controlled vehicles.

This life-saving equipment is being used to support combat logistic patrols, which can comprise several hundred vehicles and trek through the country delivering vital supplies to bases for the troops on the front line.

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His role is to pilot the MAV (Micro Air Vehicle), otherwise known as the ‘Flying Robot’ or ‘T-Hawk’:

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Last month , the latest job report showed Utah’s economy continues its strong performance. New rankings released this week indicate Utah’s economy is one of the strongest in the nation.

Here is how Utah compares with the rest of the nation:

Utah had the third-lowest unemployment rate in the nation at 3.4 percent. Only Nebraska (2.6 percent) and North Dakota (3.1 percent) have lower rates.

Utah ranked first in the nation in highest total job growth at 4.0 percent. Florida was second (3.8 percent), followed by Oregon (3.4 percent) and Washington (3.4 percent).

Utah ranked first in the nation for private sector job growth at 4.6 percent. Florida was second at 4.2 percent.

“Our approach to job creation is a model for the nation,” said Gov. Gary R. Herbert. “Utah’s economy is doing remarkably well because of sound fiscally conservative principles that empower the private sector to create jobs and grow the economy.”

Figures released last month show total job growth of 4.0 percent while private-sector job growth is 4.6 percent. Utah’s unemployment rate of 3.4 percent remained more than two percentage points below the national rate of 5.5 percent.

The Utah unemployment rate held constant from last month and the state’s labor force expanded at 2.5 percent, a pace unseen since the year 2013. For more information visit jobs.utah.gov.

Vivint Solar Will Be Recruiting Partner In President Obama’s Plan To Train 75,000 New Solar Workers

Vivint Solar is a recruiting partner in the national solar energy initiative presented by President Obama April 3 at Utah’s Hill Air Force base.

Obama launched the new initiative by introducing the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar Ready Vets program, which will help drive growth in the solar industry while also contributing to the DOE’s goal to train 75,000 workers in the solar industry across the country by 2020. The program is expanding to 10 military bases across the country, including Utah’s Hill Air Force Base.

“The solar industry is growing rapidly, adding jobs 10 times faster than the rest of the economy,” said Greg Butterfield, CEO of Vivint Solar.

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Moog Crossbow, a wholly owned subsidiary of Moog Inc. recently introduced the ANAV300, an Ultra-Compact MEMS Inertial Mea-surement Unit (IMU) and AHRS (Attitude Heading Reference System) for navigation and guidance in civil or military platforms.

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Northrop Grumman pursues Long-Range Strike Bomber

Northrop Grumman wants badly to win the biggest prize in aerospace defense contracting, the U.S. Air Force’s $55 billion Long-Range Strike Bomber program. Northrop is also looking to maintain its position as the manufacturer of the stealth bomber, T-X trainer and ground surveillance aircraft. Source: National Defense

Top-Performing Companies Prove Their Busi-ness Prowess

A funny thing happened on the way to the aerospace and defense industry’s maturation. The companies became good businesses—maybe too good.

Twenty years ago when Aviation Week started its annual review of Top-Performing Companies, the concern was that Western A&D companies did not operate well as businesses, at least not compared with other sectors and Wall Street benchmarks. While they provided amazing weaponry, airliners and spacecraft, when it came to operating performance, A&D enterprises seemed to lag by decades automotive, oil and gas, and other industries in basic business prowess.

A look at this year’s TPC rankings and results indicates they have learned their lessons well. Not only did A&D as a whole post record revenue for 2014, but many companies simply became operationally better. What is more, this change came about despite two years of so-called sequestration spending restraints, the historical halving of the price of a barrel of oil, the dramatic strengthening of the U.S. dollar, airliner disasters and international volatility such as in Ukraine.

“The core of the big primes and the U.S. defense industry continue to do really well despite all the angst and observable trauma,” says TPC adviser Jacob Markish, principal at Renaissance Strategic Advisors.

“Another measure that was unsurprising is that the well-focused and disciplined mid-tier, whether in electronics or in one of the commer-cial parts of the components sector, continues to do very well.”

Above all, the record up-cycle in commercial aerospace, led by the now nine-year backlog of large airliner orders, continues to drive up the

whole sector. “The story last year, in 2014, was commercial,” says Tom Captain, vice chairman and global A&D sector leader for Deloitte and a TPC adviser. “The story will be the same in 2015. There is no bubble.”

TPC rankings of publicly traded A&D contractors are the result of composite scoring of four equally weighted performance categories that place significant emphasis on operating excellence. They are: return on invested capital (ROIC), measuring investment decisions; earnings performance, i.e., revenue quality and expansion; asset management, or how efficiently a company employs its resources; and financial health, as in a company’s strength, including overall solvency.

In turn, the TPC council of advisers this year identified several common attributes among companies that can claim success in the rankings. For starters, A&D companies appear better managed from the top down; even defense units are run as much like commercial operations as possible. Next, companies are increasingly focusing on areas of expertise, becoming dominant players in niches and shedding non-core operations.

“The thing that keeps coming back at me, year after year, is the companies that do well have a proprietary position; they know what business they’re in,” says Harlan Irvine, a TPC adviser and Deloitte principal. “The folks that have a defensible position, either they own a program of record or they own intellectual property that they can lever. They do a decent job of running the business according to the levers that are relevant.”

In defense, companies are trying to develop or harness commercial technology—like Rockwell Collins and its Pro Line Fusion avion-ics—to the extent possible rather than the Cold War approach of government-first. And, paradoxically, when focusing a company, Top-Performing Companies are buttressing revenue by diversifying customer types and sources, such as by boosting international sales, finding new clients for current offerings, and even tiptoeing into adjacent markets.

Surpassing these trends, however, is the idea that the companies in general are leaner, more efficient and more productive, per worker. If possible, major assets and inventories are placed or left in the hands of others, e.g., shipyards with the government instead of defense ship-builders, or Tier 1 aerostructure providers instead of the nameplate original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Liabilities such as pensions,


once proverbial albatrosses around the neck of industry, are being optimized. Finally, free cash flow, the money generated and left over after assets are dealt with, is maximized and most of it is returned to shareholders and investors.

“It has to do with the treatment of assets,” says Steven Grundman, a TPC adviser, George Lund Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and former assistant secretary of defense for in-dustrial affairs and installations. “Utility-style companies that manage assets well and gener-ate cash succeed in this model. That does not tend to be a thing we all celebrate.”

For John Stack, managing director and aero-space leader at the McLean Group, and other advisers, the true measure of a company is in what it makes beyond the financial reports. What the numbers show and what industry executives and analysts can point to can be different and worthy of consideration. “It should be about value creation,” he says.

Take Boeing, which won both its TPC cate-gory ($20 billion or more in annual revenue) and scored the best among all companies (97 this year, and a five-year average of 93). Captain points out that the leading OEM looks to be on the verge of reaching $100 billion a year in revenue in a couple of years, and maybe even next year when the company marks its 100th anniversary. If no new airliners were ordered this year due to a cataclysmic event—think a 9/11-type terrorist attack or pandemic flu, which shuts down air travel—the backlog would slip to just an eight-year wait-list.

“Boeing is a fundamentally unique company,” Markish says. “Their commercial operations

effectively constitute half of a hugely valuable duopoly and [it] has consistently known how to make money.” -Results from 2014 do not represent a new era or new direction “It is

-business as usual at a macro level.”

Yet while the OEM and Pentagon prime is eyeing or pursuing new programs like a “middle-of-the-market” 757-replacement airliner or the U.S. Air Force Long-range Strike Bomber, these are seen more as deriv-ative innovations. Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney last year famously declared no more “Moonshots” when it comes to development efforts, and the company has been reaping the benefit of its steady market dominance for years.

TPC advisers recognize that it took Boeing a lot of investment and innovation—as well as some course corrections—to reach this point. Five to six years ago, the company’s problems with major programs and customers were headline news, and TPC advisers at the time criticized both management execution and program performance. Now it is “smooth sailing,” one adviser says.

The company is not only reaping the benefit of earlier investments and corrective actions, the learning curve is being extended into other programs. In February a reorganization of Boeing Defense, Space and Security was announced that resulted in a new entity—the BDS Development office. Modeled after a similar unit in Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the office “will address development risks and affordability.” Six programs now man-aged elsewhere in BDS will be the first to be overseen by BDS Development, including the USAF KC-46 aerial refueling tanker and NASA Space Launch System rocket.

Still, for an industry that can claim hyper-sonic vehicles, landing humans on the Moon, and helping to build—here in the U.S.—what is arguably the most powerful military on Earth, the emphasis on shareholder value maximization and relatively lower inde-pendent research and development are less inspiring to many observers. It also comes as Pentagon officials are pushing their so-called Third Offset strategy for technology development, with a soon-to-be-unveiled Long-range R&D Plan crafted with industry in mind.

TPC advisers such as Byron Callan, a di-rector at Capital Alpha Partners, say they see potential changes coming to industry’s makeup as managers and directors shift their focus to longer-term positioning. In 2016-18, the “overwhelming” investor focus on defense contractor capital deployment could give way to accommodation of the Pentagon’s changing acquisition practices and emerging competition.

Raytheon delivers compo-nents for next-generation GPS satellites

Raytheon has delivered the Next Generation Operational Control System for Air Force global positioning satellites. “Delivery and testing of the hardware represents a key milestone for the OCX program, as it sup-ports next year’s acceptance of the OCX Launch and Checkout System for the GPS III satellites,” said Raytheon’s Matt Gilligan.

Lockheed Martin is under contract to build eight new GPS satellites. Source: The Denver Post


Vestas lands 2 big orders from Berkshire Ha-thaway, Sempra

Vestas Wind Systems recently landed nearly 500 megawatts’ worth of wind turbine orders, including an order from Berkshire Ha-thaway Energy Renew-ables LLC for the com-pany’s Grande Prairie wind farm in Nebraska.

The Danish wind turbine manufacturer, which has four manufacturing plants in Colorado, announced two separate orders last month.

Vestas’ Colorado factories will be involved in supplying wind turbines for both orders.The company currently has nearly 3,000 full-time employees in Colorado, “and we are hiring,” said Adam Serchuk, a Vestas spokesman.

Vestas said it will supply 200 of its V110-2.0 megawatt turbines, col-lectively capable of generating up to 400 megawatts of wind energy, to Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. The company owns a portfolio of energy businesses including the U.S. utilities PacifiCorp, MidAmerican Energy Company and NV Energy.

Vestas also said it had landed an order to supply Sempra U.S. Gas & Power LCC with 39 of its V110-2.0 megawatt turbines, collectively capable of generating up to 78 megawatts of electricity. Sempra is buying the machines for its Black Oak wind farm in Minnesota.

The announcement between Vestas and Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables is the first supply contract between the two companies, Vestas said.

Businesses in Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s portfolio own wind farms capable of generating more than 4,000 megawatts worth of electricity across the West and Midwest, Vestas said.

Tom Budler, President of the wind division of BHE Renewables, said Vestas is the sole provider of turbines for the Grande Prairie project.

“When completed, Grande Prairie will be the largest wind project in Nebraska and will have a major impact on Nebraska’s economy and energy future.”

Delivery of the wind turbines for the Minnesota and Nebraska wind farms is expected during the second quarter of 2016, with operations starting in the fourth quarter of 2016, Vestas said.

Congress in December 2014 granted a one-year extension of the federal wind “Production Tax Credit,” which gives a credit of $23 per megawatt hour of power to the owners of the wind farm for the first 10 years of the farm’s operation.Source: Denver Business Journal

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Tesla is already building a 5-million-square-foot battery factory. It’s not big enough.

That was the message from Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk this week while discussing, for the first time, the early response to his new product line of storage batteries designed for use in homes and businesses. The numbers are impressive. In the first few days of reservations since the battery announcement on April 30, Tesla took orders worth roughly $800 million in potential revenue, according to figures compiled by Bloomberg Business.

If those numbers were realized, it would be almost as much as the company took in from car sales in the entire first quarter of 2015. “It’s like crazy off-the-hook,” Musk said during an earnings presentation.

“The sheer volume of demand here is just staggering.”

Before anyone gets too excited, it’s important to note the biggest ca-veat: reservations don’t necessarily convert to sales. That’s especially true for the home storage batteries sold under the name Powerwall. Anyone can go online and place a reservation, years in advance, with no money down and no commitment to buy. To reserve a Tesla Model X vehicle, by contrast, requires $5,000 up front. Tesla declined to clarify what constitutes a “reservation” for a business or utility-scale project.

There’s also no way for Tesla to keep up with the level of demand

reflected by the early reservations. The company is sold out of storage batteries until mid-2016. Musk claimed the production of storage batteries alone could “easily” take up the entire capacity of Tesla’s $5 billion factory in Nevada, which is scheduled to open next year. The massive facility was originally slated to devote about two-thirds of its output to electric-vehicle batteries. “We should try to make the factory bigger,” Musk said.

As for profit, Tesla is probably making very little from early battery sales. Musk said the gross margins will initially be “low” but will rise to “somewhere around 20 percent” after production ramps up at the new factory.

Here’s the Math on Tesla’s $800 Million Storage Battery

Even with the caveats, interest in Tesla’s new batteries is massive. Cheap electricity storage is something utilities have pursued for years with little success—a product that has the potential to bolster the power grid and increase the spread of solar power. But Tesla hasn’t been willing to publicly put a dollar figure on the reservations. Here’s how Bloomberg Business crunched the numbers behind the $800 million:

Musk said the company has received 2,500 reservations for the com-mercial-scale batteries and that the typical installation comes with

“at least 10 Powerpacks.” So that’s 25,000 units totaling 2.5 million kilowatt hours. Musk used Twitter last week to disclose pricing for the Powerpack at $250 per kilowatt hour. Total Powerpack Orders So Far: $625 million.


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“Some 30,000 to 35,000 tests and test combinations flow through ARUP on a daily basis, all connected to a patient somewhere in the country— often test results that will inform physicians to immediately begin life-saving treatments ranging from cancer patients, those with rare diseases, to newborns,” points out Peta Owens-Liston, an ARUP Public Relations Specialist.

ARUP Laboratories is featured in the A2Z Manu-facturing magazine because their life-saving efforts are supported by new and innovative manufacturing technologies.

When Engineer Chris Semrow joined ARUP several years ago, his priority program was to automate ARUP’s laboratory environment. Chris says, “Our automation project was introduced 7 years ago, and it took 5 years from conception to completion.”

Today, ARUP automates sorting, labeling, capping and decapping of test tubes of every type. Prior to automation, all of these tedious tasks were done manually. Chris’ team was chartered with the build-out to make the automation possible. “After we did the design work in house, we relied upon machine and fabrication shops throughout Utah and Colorado

to make the parts,” says Chris. He adds, “It took weeks or longer for us to get the completed parts. Naturally, we weren’t a high priority for our suppliers, since the parts we needed were relatively small in quantity.”

Chris and his team made the decision to open a machine shop in-house, one whose sole purpose was to machine and fabricate needed parts for ARUP. The new machine shop would require a very experienced machinist, since the first machine shop hire would have to run the machine shop by

himself. Chris knew of Dan Valdez through a colleague at a previous job, and so he approached Dan to head up the new machine shop.

Dan says, “I came from a machine shop that was highly advanced in its utilization of state of the art machine tools. At the time I in-terviewed at ARUP, there was one manual mill in a closet.” During the interview, Dan saw the vision of the team at ARUP and knew he could build a superior machine shop that would help ARUP to build the parts they needed for automation. “At ARUP, we have a culture of innovation and this culture motivates and rewards innovation in its employees,” ex-plains Dan. “Another reason I’m committed to my job is the aware-ness that my work ultimately helps patients. What we design and build

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here is to make peoples’ lives better and healthier.” He points to some test tubes chugging through the machine: “Each one of these represent a person and their families who are waiting answers from ARUP.”

“I have been a machinist for many years, almost all in aerospace and defense. I was so excited to work for a company in the medical industry,” says Dan. “At ARUP, we help make peoples’ lives better.” He added that other key factors in his decision to hire on with the company and to still be working for ARUP nearly 5 years later included excellent benefits and an environment that fosters innovation.

“We have been awarded ‘The Best Companies to Work For’ in Utah; we even have an onsite day care center and a gym to work out in,” adds Dan.

As Dan began the task of upgrading the machine shop, he first upgraded the manual mills the company had acquired, equipping them with CNC controls. “We were sending out a substantial amount of turning work, and so our next machine shop upgrade was going to be turning machine so we could bring this in house.”

Dan contacted a number of machine tool dealers in the Salt Lake City area. “That was in 2013, and one of the first people I spoke to was Clark Smith, owner of Smith Machinery Co. Inc,” says Dan, adding that Clark was outstanding in his follow-up and his product knowledge.

In the end, Dan chose the Romi machine tool, and he purchased it from Smith Machinery. “The Romi came highly recommended from one of my previous colleagues,” says Chris.

The ROMI C 420 CNC Lathe that the company purchased offers great versatility for machining different types of parts, with great power levels, speed movement and machining precision. Dan says, “I looked at a number of machines, and the Romi was the best decision for a few key reasons:

1) We didn’t need a production capable machine tool with accessories we wouldn’t use. We do R&D prototypes (quantities of 1-10) and other small quantity machining. The Romi fit this requirement.

2) We did require a machine that could make high precision parts. The Romi afforded us the ability to machine parts with tight tolerances, particularly the custom lab threads that were needed. Chris says, “These threads are custom

– you can’t just buy them off the shelf.”

3) We needed a machine that was intuitive and easy to program. Dan had some previous experience with a Romi machine tool and he knew that it would be relatively easy to learn.

4) Support was key. Dan says, “We had some really good onsite training when we first purchased the Romi machine, and since then, we can call Smith Machinery or Romi at any time. We have sent snapshots of the controls and they are able to help us quickly and professionally.”

The Romi has proven to be a superior cost savings device for ARUP. Dan says, “We used to have maintenance contracts for our machines and for the equipment in our automation line. Today, we take worn-out components, we reverse engineer them, and then we redesign them so that they last longer and work better than we would get from our builders.” Typical machine parts that ARUP’s machine shop makes on their Romi include: screws, shafts, knobs, trays, spacers, and pipette holders, to name a few.

Today, ARUP not only has a machine shop that is dedicated to supporting ARUP internally, but they also opened a fabrication/precision sheet metal shop with three full time machinist. Chris says, “We fabricate and weld steel frames


and other products that go into the automation center.”

Chris says that on large projects, the ARUP machine shop has to bid on a job, much like they were an outside contractor. “The contracts require software, integration, and labor. We have won contracts against 3rd party bids based upon our pricing, but also, we can additionally always provide much better turnaround times, since we know the products and we are doing it all in-house.”

Dan provides an example of how the ARUP machine shop can support the company’s automation. “ARUP has many centrifuge machines that spin at very high rpm used for testing samples, but on a particular centrifuge the company they purchased this machine from did not make spare parts for it anymore. The main shaft failed and the knob holding it in broke spinning at 14,000 rpm, so the machine could no longer run. The machine shop reverse engineered the shaft and knob and machined the precision shaft and knob with the Romi lathe and the centrifuge is in use today, helping lab techs making peoples’ lives better.”

Today, ARUP is still outsourcing specific machining pro-cesses that they don’t do in-house today. Dan says, “Once it becomes more cost effective to bring it in-house, we do.” The company’s next machine is a Mitsubishi EDM machine. Dan says, “I looked at other EDM machines out on the market, and the Mitsubishi is the best one out there.” Clark says, “The new Mitsubishi MD+PROIII has made some substantial improvements over previous gen-eration WEDM machines. It is faster and more responsive in the cut, it reduces wire consumption by 40% over older designs, and it reduces power consumption up to 55%. In essence, the new Mitsubishi MD+PROIII greatly increases the performance and dramatically lowers the operating costs over earlier generation WEDM machines.”

Chris says that the company estimates that the inter-nal machine shop and automation team has saved the company in excess of $1 million dollars to date, largely driven by manufacturing parts in house and eliminating all maintenance contracts.

And while the Romi is not designed as a production run machine tool, Dan says that it has produced parts on 2 jobs that were production runs (>1000 pieces). “While it is not as fast as production specific machine tools, it

did a superior job and kept our close tolerances needed. The Romi has been a great machine tool for us.”

ARUP continues to grow and innovate. If you are a superior machinist with pro-gramming experience, with the following characteristics: you thrive in a creative and innovative environment, you value great employee benefits, you want to be a part of a team at a great place to work, there may be an opportunity for you. If you see a current job opening that fits your qualifications, contact the Recruiting Specialist at (801) 583-2787, ext. 2813.

To learn more about the Romi machine and about Smith Machinery Co. Inc.’s fine line of machine tools, contact them at 801-263-6403 or visit smithmachinetools.com

ARUP’s Culture Rooted In Early History

Internal innovation is encouraged by supervisors and rewarded by the company’s leadership with recognition and monetarily.

The culture, which keeps a lot of the employees here and attracts new ones, stems partly from the philosophy of ARUP’s founders including Dr. Carl Kjeldsberg, MD, one of the company’s early leaders and a very interesting man in his own right.

Dr. Kjeldsberg, who grew up in Norway, recalls as a boy tagging along with his dad throughout his workday. His father ran a well-established family business going back generations.

He recalls his father telling him that they had a meeting with the janitor the next morning.

“What’s the big deal about meeting with a janitor?” replied the boy.

He promptly replied: “Look at the floors, are they clean?” Young Kjeldsberg nodded. “Are the rooms nice and warm?” Another nod.

“Well the janitor got up at 4 am to come in here to make it this way. The janitor is just as important as me in this company; we are all on the same team,” his father emphasized. Adding, “Take care of the employees and the employees will take care of the business.”

This philosophy was integrated into Dr. Kjeldsberg’s leadership at ARUP when he was the CEO and carries forward today within the culture of the company.


ACCESSORIESBytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxDesert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300

Abrasive ProductsFives ____________ 909-263-9282GMA Garnet ________ 828-243-9300

Bandsaw BladesBandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181

Roentgen USA _______ 847-787-0135Trajan Saw Works _____ 800-743-9313

Bar PullersAccudyne Corp _______ 303-991-1500

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BRYAN “BUD” JORGENSONCO-OWNER/REGIONAL SALES MANAGER

801-214-7369SERVICE

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CNC Collet ChucksRoyal Products _______ 800-645-4174

CNC Lathe AccessoriesTrusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462

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CHRISTENSEN OIL CO.CREST DIST. INC.

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1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA www.vonruden.com

ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Made in USA

Since 1946

Made in USADriven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

Equipment and Services

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Eugene HendrixRegional Manager

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Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462Collet Fixtures

Royal Products _______ 800-645-4174Coolant Systems

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Cutting Fluids & OilsAIT _____________ 800-321-3195Blaser ___________ 801-722-4095Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357

Qualichem, Inc. ______ 480-320-0308Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966

Cutting ToolsAIT _____________ 800-321-3195Cutting Edge Tool Supply _ 719-277-8780Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Horizon Carbide Tool __480-968-0957Seco Tools Inc. _______ 248-528-5960Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

Dielectric FluidHangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357

DrillsSeco Tools Inc. _______ 248-528-5960Wohlhaupter ________ 937-503-4708

Dust Collectors, Filtration Equip.

Bytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxCastrol __________ 800-894-7773DCM Tech _________ 800-533-5339Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966EDM Materials & Supplies

Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946Global EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330

Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966EDM: Tooling Systems

EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946Filtermist Mist Collectors

Royal Products _______ 800-645-4174Grinding Wheels

Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Knives: Replacement

Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-9700Laser Accessories

Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773Live Centers

Royal Products _______ 800-645-4174Lubricants / Systems

Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357Qualichem, Inc. ______ 480-320-0308Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966

Machine Tool AccessoriesVon Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322Machine Tool Cool. Filtration

Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966

Milling and Turning ProductsVon Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322

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SpindlesGMN USA _________ 800-686-1679Setco Spindles & Slides __ 866-362-0699

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Cinetic Landis Corp. Manufacturer of CITCO tools & Gardner abrasives7605 Disovery LaneConcord Twp., Ohio 44077 - USAwww.fivesgroup.com

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Northwest Regional Manager

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Cutting Edge Tool Supply _ 719-277-8780Seco Tools Inc. _______ 248-528-5960

Vices and Vice JawsDesert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300Waterjet Cutting Abrasives

GMA Garnet ________ 828-243-9300Work Holding

AIT _____________ 800-321-3195CALIBRATION SERVICESAdvanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871Total Qual. Syst. ______ 480-377-6422

GRINDINGGrinding Machines

DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268

Aircraft brake rotor DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339

Grinders, RotarySilicon & Quartz

DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339Manual Lathes & Mills

AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Pedestals for Grinders

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420

Sawing MachinesAIT _____________ 800-321-3195Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _303-761-3000

Saw Replacement PartsRocky Mountain Saw Blades _303-761-3000

Tool Grinders Punch & DieDCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339

INSPECTION EQUIPAdvanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161Gage Lab Products _____ 801-716-2972Klontech Indust. Sales ___ 480-948-1871OGP ___________ 480-889-9056Total Qual. Syst. ______ 480-377-6422

CMM ProbesDatum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340Gage Lab Products _____ 801-716-2972Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871OGP ___________ 480-889-9056Coordinate Measuring Mach.

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Gauging EquipmentGage Lab Products _____ 801-716-2972Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871OGP ___________ 480-889-9056Low Temp Instrumentation

High Precision Devices _ 303-447-2558Metrology Instruments

Datum Inspection ____ 602-997-1340

Gage Lab Products _____ 801-716-2972Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871OGP __________ 480-889-9056

Optical ComparatorsDatum Inspection ____ 602-997-1340Gage Lab Products _____ 801-716-2972Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871OGP ___________ 480-889-9056

Particle Inspection MachDCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339Video Measuring SystemsGage Lab Products _____ 801-716-2972Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871

HARDWAREHorizon Carbide Tool __480-968-0957Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Utah Metal Works, Inc. _ 801-364-5679

METALS & MATERIALSAZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __303-424-1030

Olympic Metals _____303-286-9700O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700Ryerson _________303-227-6310Samuel, Son & Co. __ 303-422-8282TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613United Performance Metals 888-282-3292Western States Metals _801-978-0562Alloys: Corrosion Resistant

United Performance Metals 888-282-3292Alloys: High Temperature

United Performance Metals 888-282-3292Alloys: Nichel & Cobalt

United Performance Metals 888-282-3292Aluminum

Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Olympic Metals _____303-286-9700O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613

Armor: Military & Commercial

Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000

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801.863.8637

[email protected]

www.mep.org

Cutting Edge Tool Supply 719-277-8780

AITJorgensen Machine ToolsMoncktons Mach ToolsRocky Mountain Saw Blades

Rocky Mountain Saw BladesGage Lab Products 801-716-2972 Olymp

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BrassCoastal Metals ______800-811-7466Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700Ryerson __________303-227-6310United Performance Metals 888-282-3292

BronzeCoastal Metals ______800-811-7466Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700

CarbonCoastal Metals ______800-811-7466Ryerson __________303-227-6310

CopperOlympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700

Flat Rolled MetalsO’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700

Garnet AbrasivesGMA Garnet Group ___ 832-243-9300

Metals: Bar & PlateAZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441

Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000

Mold SteelAZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600

Nickel AlloysAZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801Ryerson _________303-227-6310TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292

Plate-Precision Saw CutErickson Metals _____877-543-6061

Pre-Honed TubeWestern States Metals _801-978-0562

RubberMarzee Inc.________602-269-5801

Stainless SteelAZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466Kloeckner Metals Corp _ 480-389-2883Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 303-654-0300O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals _ 801-399-5700Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310

Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282TCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292

SteelAZ Tool Steel LLC _______ 480-784-1600Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Kloeckner Metals Corp __ 480-389-2883Marzee ___________ 602-269-5801Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030Olympic Metals ______303-286-9700Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310TCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613

METAL DISTRIBUTORS Erickson Metals ______877-543-6061Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Kloeckner Metals Corp __ 480-389-2883Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030Olympic Metals ______303-286-9700Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292

Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562NEW MACHINERY

CHIP CUTTINGCNC Drilling/Tapping

Methods West ______ 602-437-2220CNC Mills

Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Automatics & Machinery 800-543-7666Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777Hartwig Inc. _______ 303-373-9450Hurco __________ 800-634-2416J.M. Grisley _______ 801-486-7519J.M. Grisley _______ 208-861-8991Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697King Machine ______ 208-345-9600KTR Machine ______ 303-659-6690Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Romi Machine Tools LLC 859-647-7566Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390Tornos USA ________951-695-0342Triad Machine _______303-424-0268

CNC LathesAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900

Automatic Barfeeds of all Types

Brass

An ISO 9001 Company

Jeff Klimowicz

Senior Sales Engineer

Mobile: 480‐320‐0308

[email protected]

www.qualichem.com

Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID

All Products Proudly Made in the USA


An ISO 9001 Company

Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID

All Products Proudly Made in the USA

Samuel, Son & CO. 303-422-8282

Quality New & Used CNC Machine Tools

(303) [email protected]

Ogden, UTDenver, CO303.654.0300 801.399.5700

AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Automatics & Machinery _800-543-7666Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777J.M. Grisley ________ 801-486-7519J.M. Grisley ________208-861-8991Jend Machiney _____ 303-775-3697Hartwig Inc. ________303-373-9450Hurco ___________ 800-634-2416King Machine _______208-345-9600KTR Machine _ _____303-659-6690Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools __303-571-4933Romi Machine Tools LLC 859-647-7566Smith Machinery Co ___801-263-6403Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390Triad Machine _______303-424-0268

CNC Swiss Turn MachinesAME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Automatics & Machinery 800-543-7666Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Tornos USA ______ 951-695-0342Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268

EDM Drilling MachinesCurrent EDM Inc ____650-966-9676

EDM MachinesAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403Todd Machinery _____ 801-294-6390Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268

EDM Tooling SystemsDesert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946Global EDM Supply ___ 480-836-8330

End MillsHelical Solutions ____ 866-543-5422

Micro Hole Drilling Machines

Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676NEW MACHINERY

FABRICATIONBand Saws

AIT _____________ 800-321-3195Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777King Machine ______ 208-345-9600

Bar FeedersEdge Technologies _____ 562-597-7824Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462

Cold SawsFabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342

CNC Punching CentersS&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406

Iron WorkersAIT _____________ 800-321-3195Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Laser CuttersAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542Sidley Diamond Tool __ 800-544-9070Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268Pipe & Tube Benders/NotchersAmada America _____ 303-549-9167

Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Plate RollsFabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

Press Brakes AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151King Machine ______ 208-345-9600S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Shearing MachinesAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151King Machine ______ 208-345-9600S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000

Welding Equipment: Spot Welders

AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406OTHER ACCESSORIES

Tooling SystemsDesert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300USA EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330

PALLET SYSTEMSAutomatic Pallet Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Automatic Door Opener Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Manual Rotary Pallet Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Robotic Part Loading Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420PRODUCTS

GunsLayke Tactical ______ 602-272-2654

PROG. SYSTEMSCAD/CAMSoftware, CAD

AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700Delcam __________ 877-35-2261Feature Cam ______ 602-502-9654SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461

PROTOTYPE MACHINERY3D Parts To Go _______801-380-7935

RECYCLINGRecyclable Metals

Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679

Scrap Metal RecyclingIron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENTIntegrated Systems Inc _ 928-649-9600

SAFETYFire Protection Systems

Rotarex _________ 480-689-8756SERVICES

AS9100 CertificationABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC __________ 602-445-9400MEP ___________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Calibration ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871

Consultants, Health & Safety

CKC Services LLC ____ 303-905-2371Consultant, ISO

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC __________ 602-445-9400MEP ___________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Calibration ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871

Contract InspectionAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Measure Sol __ 480-626-8131

EducationOgden-Weber Tech College 801-395-3795


Fabricating Equip Sales 303-466-7342

PROTOTYPE MACHINERYEDM Tooling Systems

FabriS&S Machinery Sales

Fabricating Equip SalesJorgensen Machine Tools

AMADA America

FabriScott HAISCHSales ManagerCell: 1(480) [email protected]

221 Westec Drive – Westmoreland Technology Park IMt. Pleasant, PA 15666 – USA – www.firedetec.com


Engineering ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161

FinancingIEC __________ 303-593-0403Intech Funding _____ 385-553-9208Scottrade Bank Equip Fin _ 206-948-0022US Bank __________ 909-466-5020US Bank __________ 507-5328437

First Article InspectionAdvanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340

HeavyhaulIRH ___________801-972-5581

Injection Molding3D Parts To Go _____ 801-380-7935

ISO900/AS9100 AuditsAmerican Global Standards 617-838-4648ISO900/AS9100 RegistrationAmerican Global Standards 617-838-4648

Inspection ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340

Insurance ServicesSentry Insurance ____ 877-373-6879

Lean ConsultingABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

Machine Repair/ServicingJorgensen Machine Tools_ 800-952-0151KTR Machine ______ 303-659-6690Process Improvement/ Audit

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

X-RayCertified Inspection Service _602-267-0661

ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.American Global Standards 617-838-4648BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Gladhill Associates ______719-495-8045MEP ____________801-863-7001Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

ISO RegistrarAmerican Global Standards 617-838-4648Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017

Lean ManufacturingMEP ____________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network ______ 480-836-1782

Process ImprovementBMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642

Reverse EngineeringAdvanced Coord. Tech __ _303-469-6161Diversified Metal Services __ 801-972-6093Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131

Rigging & TransferAtlas Rigging & Transfer 801-539-3885 IRH ___________ _801-972-5581

Spindle RebuildingGMN USA _________ 800-686-1679Setco-Pope Spindles _____866-362-0699

StaffingResource Mfg ________801-265-1999SHOP FLOOR AUTOMATION

Hardware: USBBytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox

Serial PortBytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxSoftware:CNC Networking

Bytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxTransportation

IRH ____________801-972-5581SOFTWARE

CAD/CAM/CAESolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461Business Mgmt SoftwareVision 33 _____ 303-937-6543x353Consulting/EngineeringVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322Vision 33 _____ 303-937-6543x353

TOOLINGArc Cutting Tools

Helical Solutions ______866-543-5422Precision Toolholding

ProductsVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Tooling SystemsVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322

Live Tool HoldersVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322

Static Tool HoldersVon Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322

TRAININGCAD/CAM Training

Davis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483CNC/Conventional

MachiningDavis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483

10530 E. 59th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46236T: 317/826.4414 • TF: 877/240.2462 • F: 317/823.6822

[email protected] • C: 317/946.1235trustycook.com

Jeffrey F. Nawrot Vice President, Business Development


Machining SoftwareDavis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483

USED MACHINERYAutomatics & Machinery __800-543-7666EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782Jorgensen Machine Tools__ 800-952-0151King Machine ________208-345-9600K.D. Capital Equipment___ 480-922-1674KTR Machine ________303-659-6690Methods West ________602-437-2220New West Mchine______801-561-2001ReSell CNC West _______480-694-9919S&S Machinery Sales____ 602-368-8542

WATERJET CUTTINGMACHINERY

Action Machine _______303-532-2900Fabricating Equip Sales __303-466-7342Flow International_______800-446-3569Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330Jend Machinery_______ 303-775-3697Jorgensen Machine Tools __800-952-0151King Machine ________208-345-9600OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343Triad Machine ______ _ 303-424-0268

Abrasives/Blast MediaGMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300Fives ____________909-263-9282

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Joe TripiISO9001:2008 President

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444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282(480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323

ASSEMBLIESAdvantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281AEI Fabrication _______480-733-6594Acu-Tec CNC _________ 303-365-9245Bar-S Machine ________ 928-636-2115Dayton Rogers _______ 763-717-6303JD Machine _________801-782-4403Stacy Machine & Tooling __303-465-3922Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Wasatch Laser Processing__ 801-972-3500Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

Electronics AssembliesAdvantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733

Welded AssembliesWeiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

BAR CODINGWestern Sintering _____509-375-3096

LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.

Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648COMPOSITES

Elite Machine ___________ 801-710-7891S.A. Composites _________ 970-776-3877

CUTTINGMetal

Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181Plasma Cutting

Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181Plastic

Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181ImageTek __________ 303-806-8111

Saw CuttingBandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181

DESIGN/ CAD/CAM Bar-S Machine ________ 928-636-2115

H& S Machine _______ 801-755-7627DIES

Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766EDM

EDM: Drilling Small HoleEDM Express _______800-780-7075LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)

EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300Prec. Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676

EDM: WireCustom Design & Mfg ___ 435-257-0668EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075Foremaster Tool ______801-737--0265Innovative Precision ____ 801-334-6317

BENDINGAEI Fabrication ______ 480-733-6594JQ Enterprises _________801-975-0777

BROACHINGPonderosa Ind ________303-298-1801Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252

CASTINGSDie Casting

TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc

TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Precision Investment CastingDolphin Inc. ________ 602-272-6747

COATINGCoating: Liquid

Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/

ChromeCoating Technologies ___623-581-2648

MICHAEL BUTLER

Sales Manager

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Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

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Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335


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3063 North 575 East

North Ogden, UT

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Jeffrey Peterson801-710-7891


Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300Paramount Machine ___ 801-886-2755LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612QualTek ________ 719-598-3394 X31The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

ELECTRONICSContract

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Design

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Kitting

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Prototype

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733ELECTROPOLISHING

QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31ENGINEERING/DESIGN

Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281AzMark __________480-926-8969Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Stacy Machine & Tooling _303-465-3922

FABRICATIONAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281AEI Fabrication ______480-733-6594Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Custom Auto/Truck/BikeH& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627Fabrication: Filament WindingS.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

Fabrication: CompositesS.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

Fabrication: EnclosuresFalcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Fabrication: Medium & Large

Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419

Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181EMJD Corp _________ 303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Falcon Sheet Metal ____801-298-5064Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778

Fabrication: PlasticImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

Fabrication: SheetMetalAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281AEI Fabrication ______480-733-6594Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419AzMark __________480-926-8969Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952JD Machine ________801-782-4403Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Fabrication: SteelBandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181

EMJD Corp _______303-761-5236Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064

FINISHINGAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751Precision Mach’d Prod ___ 970-482-7676QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31Star Precision _______303-926-0559Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

Finishing: One StopAdvantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281

Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Liquid Painting

Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847Passivation

Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

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Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31

Photochemical/EtchingVACCO Industries _____626-443-7121

Powder CoatingArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Silk ScreeningArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847

Potting/EncapsulationIndustrialex ______ 303-456-6847

Aluminum (Medium & Large)Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493

FOUNDRYMay Foundry & Machine 801-531-8931

GALVANIZINGJordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375

Galvanizing: Hot DipJordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375

Galvanizing: ZincJordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375

GAS NITRIDINGBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590

GEAR CUTTINGPonderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Specialty Steel Svcs ___ 801-539-8252

Gear Hobbing Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801

GRINDINGAzMark __________480-926-8969ChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Fives ____________ 909-263-9282GMN USA ________ 800-686-1679Prec. Mach’d Products _ 970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331

Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700

TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613 Grinding, Centerless

Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Grinding, Double Disc

TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613Grinding: OD

AzMark __________480-926-8969Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700

Grinding: Tool & CutterExact Tool Grinding ____ 801-712-2720

Passivation

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Polishing

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Selective Coatings

ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111FORMING

AEI Fabrication ______________480-733-6594

EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540JD Machine ________801-782-4403Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500

HEAT TREATINGBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751

Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146QualTek ________719-598-3394 x31The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331

Heat Treating/AerospacePhoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751

Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum

Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751HONING/LAPPING

LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654IDENTIFICATION

Silk ScreenArizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443

INJECTION MOLDINGLMI Machining_______303-776-6629

INSPECTIONInspection, First Article

Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131Inspection Services

Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131Micropulse West ______480-966-2300Sustaining Edge Solutions _888-572-9642

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Advantage Manufacturing ___ 877-727-0281

TCI Precision Metals 800-234-5613


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AEI Fabrication _______480-733-6594Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500Wrico ___________480-892-7800Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube

Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500EMI/RFI Shielding

Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847Laser Engraving

4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544Laser Marking

4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544LMI Machining_______303-776-6629

MACHININGA&L Machining ______303-373-1540Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245Advantage Manufacturing __ 877-727-0281AG Machining _______805-531-9595American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Elite Machine ___________801-710-7891EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540

Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131LMI Machining_______303-776-6629Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511R&H Machine _______801-621-7922RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447Radtech _________ 303-789-4247Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278

Machining: 3DMicropulse West ______480-966-2300

Machining: 5 Axis4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117AzMark __________480-926-8969Faustson __________303-420-7422JD Machine ________801-782-4403Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529

Machining: AerospaceAzMark __________480-926-8969CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654

Micropulse West ______480-966-2300Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Paramount Machine ____801-886-2755Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344

Machining: CNC4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544A&L Machining ______303-373-1540Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245AG Machining _______805-531-9595Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771DMSI___________801-972-6093Elite Machine ______ 801-710-7891EPOCS Mfg ________ 970-535-4540Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Foremaster Tool ____ 801-737--0265H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317JD Machine ________801-782-4403L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505

LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425LMI Machining_______303-776-6629Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274R&H Machine _______801-621-7922RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Star Precision _______303-926-0559Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331Wrico __________ 480-892-7800

Machining: CompositesMetalcraft _________888-280-7080

Machining: ContractAcu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245AG Machining _______805-531-9595American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200JD Machine ________801-782-4403Paramount Machine ___801-886-2755Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511Radtech _________ 303-789-4247Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031

Machining: DoDCM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450

Machining: LaserAzMark __________480-926-8969Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265Gerome Mfg _______520-622-8402Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

Micropulse West 480-966-2300 LAYKE, INC 602-272-2654Micropulse WestMountain View MachineNorthwest Swiss, Inc.Paramount MachinePinnacle PrecisionPonderosa IndPrecision Mach’d ProductsPrecision Tech

Micropulse WestMicropulse West


Henry Parker

EMAIL: [email protected]

HIRSH PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC.

Specializing in Production CNC Turning & Milling

Quality Work Delivered On Time

Mike Hirsh

Tel: 303.530.3131 6420 Odell Place Fax: 303.530.5242 Boulder, CO 80301 Email: [email protected] www.HirshPrecision.com

Machining:MedicalA&L Machining ______303-373-1540Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344

Machining: MillingA&L Machining ______303-373-1540Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Elite Machine ___________ 801-710-7891EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131JD Machine ________801-782-4403Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341

Machining: Mold BaseMaverick Mold & Machine __970-535-4604

Machining: Mold MakingR&H Machine _______801-621-7922

Machining: PlasticImageTek __________303-806-8111

Machining: ProductionA&L Machining ______303-373-1540Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245AG Machining _______805-531-9595

Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Elite Machine ___________801-710-7891Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801R&H Machine _______801-621-7922Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Machining: Prototype4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544A&L Machining ______303-373-1540Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson __________303-420-7422Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265

Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317JD Machine ________801-782-4403L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425Micropulse West _____ 480-966-2300Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511R&H Machine _______801-621-7922Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031S.A.Composites _____ 970-776-3877St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922The Toolroom Inc. ____ 801-773-6331

Machining: PrecisionA&L Machining ______303-373-15404 Axis Machining Inc. __ 303-295-1544Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281AG Machining _______805-531-9595American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Elite Machine _______801-710-7891Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801

Precision Machined Prod. _ 970-482-7676Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Stacy Machine & Tooling 303-465-3922TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

Machining: R & D Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200JD Machine ________801-782-4403Precision Plus Machining _ 970-484-9511Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Teton Machining ______208-642-9344White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Machining: TurningAcu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072AzMark __________480-926-8969Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540


Robert Bergstrom President

SSt. t. VVrain rain MManufacturing, anufacturing, IIncnc..

819 So. Lincoln Street P. O. Box 1066 Longmont, CO 80502 Website: stvrainmfg.com

Phone: (303) 702-1529 x 103 Fax: (303) 702-1534 Email: [email protected] RFQ Email: [email protected]

“Precision Machining Solutions for Industry”

888-280-7080 | [email protected]

Darrin J. CaschettePresident

ISO 9001:2008

Precision Machined [email protected]

CHRISTOPHER FAGNANTDirector of E. [email protected]

C 719 201 1661www.qualtekmfg.com


Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850JD Machine ________801-782-4403LAYKE, INC _________602-272-2654Leading Edge Machine __ 435-563-9425Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Mountain View Machine __ 435-755-0500Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Teton Machining ______208-642-9344Machining: Ultra-Precision

Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Machining: Waterjet

Colorado Waterjet ___970-532-5404MANUFACTURING

A&L Machining ______303-373-1540AG Machining _______805-531-9595Elite Machine _______801-710-7891Group Mfg Serv _____480-966-3952RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447

CompositesS.A. Composites _______970-776-3877

ContractAG Machining _______805-531-9595Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Teton Machining ______208-642-9344

Manufacturing: ElectrodeWire-Tech ________ 480-966-1591

ProductionAero Tech ________801-292-0493EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Laser Concepts Inc. ___801-280-7723Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Rapid PrototypingWhite Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Robotic CNCDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093

Routering CNCDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093

Small PartPinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414Turnkey Product Services

Aero Tech ________801-292-0493L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505

METAL STAMPINGAEI Fabrication ______ 480-733-6594

Hi-Production Precision Stamping

Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Precision Die & Stamping _ 480-967-2038Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453

MOLDSColorado Tool Design Inc 720-218-5246

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At a General Electric flight simulator here, the visibility has been set at near zero to mimic thick rain and clouds. But a video console near the pilot shows a vivid picture of nearby mountains precise enough to allow a plane to take off or land despite the conditions.

The system is one of several highly valuable next-generation technologies that GE has developed — and that the company has passed along to China as part of a joint venture with the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

Access to the world’s second-largest economy is critical for nearly any global company. Yet this often comes at a cost: the transfer of the very technologies that leading business officials — including GE chief executive Jeffrey Immelt, who heads an Obama administration panel on U.S. jobs and competitiveness — cite as essential to the United States’ economic future. The “synthetic vision” system, for example, could be worth millions of dollars to airlines, which could significantly reduce costs from weather-related delays.

GE, like other companies, must weigh which technologies should be brought to joint ventures with China and how to protect them from being stolen or misused. These decisions face virtually any executive trying to develop a presence in the country — from the most sophisticated technology firms, which worry about software piracy, to old-line industrial equipment makers, which have seen knockoffs of their products pop up soon after making deals with Chinese partners. Under the agreement with AVIC, GE avionics will be on board a new Chinese commercial airliner that is likely to become a rival to aircraft produced by U.S.-based Boeing and Europe’s Airbus. The potential competition with Boeing, coming at a time when the United States is fighting to maintain its own manufacturing base, has stirred some American criticism.

But GE executives say they have had no second thoughts. China’s airplane market is booming, and the deal was too important to pass up, they said, even at the cost of sharing the avionics technology.

“We are all in and we don’t want it back,” said Lorraine Bolsinger, chief executive of GE Aviation Systems. She said new airplanes don’t come along that often, and that the chance to be part of developing a major new aircraft is not to be missed — even if most of the jobs will be in Shanghai or elsewhere in China.

“We don’t sell bananas,” she said in an interview here. “We can’t afford to take a decade off.”

But American business leaders wonder privately whether companies such as GE are at risk of giving up long-term strategic advantages when they agree to technology-transfer deals for shorter-term gain.GE executives maintain that is not the case. They say that they negotiated robust protections in their contract with AVIC. The 50-50 joint venture, for example, has strict limits on employing Chinese nationals who have a military or intelligence background. A board committee that monitors compliance with the joint venture agreement is effectively under GE’s control and can, in a dispute, overrule the full board, Bolsinger said.


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Doosan Announces Golf Sponsorship Doosan has announced it will onceagainbeanOfficialPatronoftheBritishOpen (known widely asThe OpenChampionship), the oldest of the fourmajorchampionshipsinprofessionalgolf.

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Alongwiththeadditionalarmor,theservicealsoincludedarequirementthatsoldiersmusthaveaccesstoescapeexitsifthevehicleflipsorrollsover.Humveerolloversareoneofthemaincausesofnon-combatrelateddeathsinIraqandAfghanistan.

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Anup-armoredversionoftheHumveeandthenewMineResistantAmbushProtectedvehicle did help close those gaps, but thetacticalvehiclefleetisstilldominatedbythoseweakerHumvees.

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Factories ‘Reshore’ Some Work From Overseas

During the worst of the Great Recession, U.S. factory jobs were disappearing at a furious pace. As 2007 began, about 14 million Americans were working in manufacturing. Three years and one frightful recession later, only 11.5 million were. But since 2010, employment has been ticking back up, with companies adding about 400,000 jobs.

One reason for at least a small portion of that growth: the return of factory work from overseas. Experts say it’s difficult to accurately measure the number of jobs tied to work returning from other countries, but some employers say they know it is happening. Reversing A Herd Mentality Howard Hauser, a vice president with Hiawatha Rubber Co., says for a long time, manufacturers followed a herd mentality of sending work offshore. They all wanted components produced in low-wage, emerging markets like China. “They were looking at the piece price. And it looked like, ’We’re going to save a lot of money,’” he said. “But the bottom line was they didn’t save nearly as much as they thought. And with the quality issues, they’re just not getting product that’s acceptable for the customer.”

Now Hiawatha, based outside Minneapolis, is getting those contracts. And Hauser has himself decided to “reshore” production of a component that was being made in China. The move will result in three new hires at his plant. He says the part was not difficult to make, but the Chinese factory kept botching the job. He says Hiawatha, which makes rubber components for equipment such as printers and pumps, can do it better.

From Soup To Overtime As business picks up and hiring resumes, the employees at Hiawatha are feeling more confident now. But it’s still painful to recall the recent tough times when orders dropped off about 40 percent and production hours were slashed. One worker, Richard Beaulieu, says he had to make do while working just three or four days a week. That went on for nearly a year. His memory of that lean time: “Many, many months, and a lot of soup,” he says. “But you just buck it up and get through it.”

Beaulieu and the other 65 full-timers are back to normal hours now — and can even count on some overtime.

The U.S. Looks More Competitive Dan Meckstroth, an economist with the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, says labor in the United States is looking more competitive internationally for a number of reasons. For one, U.S. wages are still depressed because of the relatively slow overall recovery. At the same time, wages have been rising in emerging markets. In addition, the skill level of American workers is generally higher. And the supply chain disruptions after last year’s Japanese disasters made some companies skittish about outsourcing to Asia, he said.

But Meckstroth says it’s hard to quantify any job gains from “reshoring.” The number may not be great, but at least the trend line is good, he said. “I’m not saying there’s a tsunami of production coming back to the United States. It’s a trickle,” Meckstroth said. “But a trickle back is better than the tidal wave out.” But at Hiawatha Rubber, Hauser does not think the future of manufacturing lies in bringing work back, even if that’s benefiting his company now. He believes greater productivity for the sector will come through increased automation. At his factory, more

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