January 2012
Business Development – It’s 2012 – Let’s celebrate the good times!We should see slow, steady growth in 2012. I think that calls for a New Year’s celebration.
Committee Articles
– Customer Service Committee – Service & Aftermarket Support Conference takes shape
– TIC Views – Using a proven CAD/CAM package to manufacture tooling
Industry News – 
News from: FANUC Corporation, Gleason Corporation, Jet Edge, Inc., PRIMA POWER LASERDYNE, Mahr Federal, NCMS
News from: FANUC Corporation, Gleason Corporation, Jet Edge, Inc., PRIMA POWER LASERDYNE, Mahr Federal, NCMS
– Foreign Trade Report - October 2011
government – DC2011: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.– President names two co-chairs for White House Office of Manufacturing Policy
– So you want to sell to DoD
– MTConnect Institute
– Future B11 standards meetings
- The Defense Manufacturing Conference is the place to learn about manufacturing for the DoD
- New Year’s resolution? Begin the “write” way
- Strategies to mitigate targeted cyber intrusions
– MTConnect Institute
– Future B11 standards meetings
- The Defense Manufacturing Conference is the place to learn about manufacturing for the DoD
- New Year’s resolution? Begin the “write” way
- Strategies to mitigate targeted cyber intrusions
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18 January 20122011 sees strong manufacturing technology demandThe resurgence of manufacturing following the crash of 2008 is unprecedented. The most current U.S. manufacturing technology orders put the year-to-date total at $4,529.11 million, which is up 80.5 percent compared with 2010 and is the second highest dollar amount in the last 15 years. (more) |
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18 January 2012DC2011: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.A look back at the triumphs and tribulations of our elected leaders in managing the economy and boosting the manufacturing sector during the 1st session of the 112th Congress… (more) |
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18 January 2012President names two co-chairs for White House Office of Manufacturing PolicyIn December, President Obama named the two co-chairs of the White House Office of Manufacturing Policy – Commerce Secretary John Bryson and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling. (more) |
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18 January 2012R&D tax credit expiredIf there was one thing Congress was able to consistently prove last year, it was its ability to create uncertainty within the manufacturing and business sectors. The repeated budget battles, temporary budget extensions, and near government shutdowns left the future of many pro-business programs and essential tax credits in limbo. (more) |
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18 January 2012Market Data Review - January 2012- A very good 2011- Producer Price and Wage Report - Foreign Trade Report - October 2011 (more) |
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18 January 2012S.E. Huffman founder Stan Huffman diesStan E. Huffman Jr., founder of longtime AMT member S.E. Huffman Corp. (now operating as Huffman Technologies LLC), passed away in Naples, Fla., on Nov. 16, 2011. He was 88. (more) |
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18 January 2012Industry News - January 2012FANUC Corporation named by Thomson Reuters a 2011 Top 100 Global InnovatorSM; Gleason Corporation at IPTEX 2012; Jet Edge, Inc., offering waterjet training and demonstration workshops in Shanghai; Mercado Machinery now distributing Jet Edge precision water jet cutting systems in Mexico; PRIMA POWER LASERDYNE has delivered the first RAPIDO Laser System produced in U.S.; Mahr Federal will be at MD&M WEST; NCMS awarded first place in “Great Ideas Competition.” (more) |
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18 January 2012The Defense Manufacturing Conference is the place to learn about manufacturing for the DoDThe Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) is an annual Conference that is hosted each year by either the Army, Navy, or Air Force ManTech (Manufacturing Technology) Program offices in a rotating sequence. (more) |
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18 January 2012Targeting Technology - January 2012- So you want to sell to the DoD- MTConnect (more) |
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18 January 2012New Year’s resolution? Begin the “write” wayMake this the year that you submit a proposal to the federal government. There are several sources of funding available to AMT member companies or for those that wish to team with another company. (more) |
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18 January 2012Using a proven CAD/CAM package to manufacture toolingManufacturing and machining today consists of many different categories and sub-categories, often relating back to the simple basic concept of making something on a larger scale by utilizing machinery. Interfacing with the machine to get what the manufacturer desires as a final product can prove to be the most challenging, yet rewarding step in the process. (more) |
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18 January 2012Gas turbines might just jet through the euro/recession crisisIn early November, AMT was contacted regarding our members’ ability to supply equipment to United Engine Corporation (UEC) in Russia. UEC (in Russian ODK) is a group of more than a dozen Russian manufacturers of various kinds of engines. (more) |
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18 January 2012It’s 2012 – Let’s celebrate the good times!It’s totally understandable that the economic conditions of recent years would result in two trends: A tendency to be extremely cautious, even gun-shy, toward making investments in growth, and looking very closely at a variety of economic predictions in an attempt to figure out exactly what’s going to happen with the business climate. But I am fearful that what we’re seeing right now is a “bullwhip effect” where there’s an overreaction to small changes in economic numbers, and maybe businesses are too fearful to take advantage of opportunities that could be theirs for the taking. (more) |
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18 January 2012Service & Aftermarket Support Conference takes shapeIn the last issue of AMT NEWS we shared with you the highlights of the next Service & Aftermarket Support Conference to take place May 17-18 in Indianapolis. During the last Global Service Committee meeting, the committee finalized the agenda for the event and it is reproduced to the right to give you a glimpse of what to expect when you attend this exciting event. (more) |
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18 January 2012Strategies to mitigate targeted cyber intrusionsIn October, SANS held the 2011 National Cybersecurity Innovation Conference. There were many interesting presentations about mitigating targeted attacks and securing cloud and mobile computing. (more) |
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18 January 2012We want you ... to design our car!The IMTS community is getting its invitation to join this community through our car skin design competition. YOU can help design and select the skin that will appear on the IMTS car – to be built in the Emerging Technology Center at IMTS 2012! (more) |
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09 December 2011Year in Review 2011(more) |
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09 December 2011[MC]2 MTConnect: Connecting Manufacturing Conference a resounding success[MC]2 took place Nov. 8-10, 2011, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and had something for everyone from distributors to end users, to manufacturing technology builders, to software developers, to C-level executives, to students, to professors and to anyone who just wanted to really understand MTConnect. (more) |
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09 December 2011Royal Master Grinder’s custom approachFlexibility and the understanding of how to meet customer needs are key to success in any business. Royal Master Grinders has mastered this approach, making customization the name of the game for all the machines they build. (more) |
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09 December 2011Super Committee – anything but “super”Not surprisingly given the last year in politics, the deficit “Super Committee” announced it failed in its mission to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade. The impasse triggers across-the-board spending cuts in both defense and non-defense programs beginning in 2013. (more) |
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09 December 2011Trans-Pacific Partnership talks continueLast month, President Obama spent time in Hawaii and throughout Southeast Asia promoting a free trade agreement between the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP’s nine member countries – the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalem, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam – have held nine rounds of negotiations, concluding the ninth in October. On Nov. 12, leaders of the participating countries announced the broad outlines of an agreement. (more) |
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09 December 2011Alka Parandekar joins AMT staffAlka Parandekar has joined the AMT staff in the Strategic Information & Research Department, in the role of Applications Developer. (more) |
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09 December 2011Market Data Review - December 2011- Customers' growth boring, but don't fall asleep- Producer Price & Wage Report - Foreign Trade Report - September 2011 (more) |
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09 December 2011Jergens HQ hosts AMT staffOn October 17, a number of AMT staff from both the Virginia and China offices visited Jergens’ headquarters and plant in Cleveland, Ohio. Jergens, founded in 1942, has been an IMTS exhibitor for many years and an active member of AMT since 2004. Their product lines are workholding and quick change fixturing, swiveling hoist rings, and specialty fasteners. (more) |
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09 December 2011Industry News - December 2011The Ex One Company awarded Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center; Prima Power Laserdyne appoints Allan Callander Market Sales Manager; Murata Machinery USA, Inc. announces that Futoshi Miyamoto will succeed Masahiko Hattori as president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2012; NCMS launches Transportation Environmental Resource Center (TERC), a new online compliance resource; Professor Berthold Leibinger, Chairman, TRUMPF Group Supervisory Boards receives Arthur L. Schawlow Award. (more) |