The lengthy contraction in backlogs, even during periods of growing new orders, indicates that there is available machining capacity at precision manufacturers. ColumnsPublished: 5/16/2013
Leads for machining partners can no longer be assumed to be ready to buy when they contact you, nor can they be assumed to be “lost” if they don’t buy from you after first contact. ColumnsPublished: 5/15/2013
Bruce Kendall, the president and CEO of the private, nonprofit Economic Development Board (EDB) for Tacoma-Pierce County (Wash.), reports on the success of a collaborative training curriculum development program that produces skilled workersfor the ... ColumnsPublished: 5/1/2013
Advanced materials analyst Ross Kozarsky (Lux Research, Boston, Mass.) evaluates the commercial readiness of graphene-based nanomaterial reinforcements for the composites industry. ColumnsPublished: 5/1/2013
HPC's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan introduces a new regular columnist, Steve Kline, Jr., who will author By the Numbers, in which he will track a new measure of the composites industry's economic health, the Composites Business Index. ColumnsPublished: 5/1/2013
Gardner Business Media's director of market intelligence Steve Kline, Jr. makes his debut as an HPC columnist in By the Numbers, where he will plot a new measure of the composites industry's economic health, the Composites Business Index. ColumnsPublished: 5/1/2013
Attorney Beth Gotthelf is general counsel to the Michigan Association of Metal Finishers, a position that quickly made her an expert on environmental law and finishing issues. ColumnsPublished: 5/1/2013