Lessons in Small Scale Manufacturing From The Othermill Shop Floor

Lessons in Small Scale Manufacturing From The Othermill Shop Floor

Othermachine Co. is not a big company. Their flagship product, the Othermill, is made in small, careful batches. As we’ve seen with other small hardware companies, the manufacturing process can make or break the company. While we toured their factory in Berkeley California, a few interesting things stood out to us about their process which showed their manufacturing competence.

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Apprenticeships seek to attract fresh faces to manufacturing

Apprenticeships seek to attract fresh faces to manufacturing:
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A manufacturing network has created an apprenticeship model to attract young people to machining, and companies who join the model will receive up to $6,000 for each apprentice.

In eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, nearly 7,000 people will retire from the manufacturing industry in the next decade. The U.S. Department of Labor recognized this need and awarded the Greater Oh-Penn Manufacturing Apprenticeship Network (the Network) a $3 million grant focused on building local manufacturing apprenticeship programs. 

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High school girls try advanced manufacturing

High school girls try advanced manufacturing: Seven high school girls learned how to weld and more last week at North Iowa Area Community College.

NIACC hosted an advanced manufacturing camp called “Minds On! Hands On!” last week with the goal of introducing young women to career and education opportunities.

“They’re traditionally not steered at all in this direction so they don’t know about it,” Workforce Initiatives Project Manager Renee Anderson said. “We’re trying to get rid of that perception that these jobs aren’t for women.”

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Tops for aerospace manufacturing — the Grand Canyon state?

Tops for aerospace manufacturing — the Grand Canyon state?: And the nation’s most alluring place for aerospace manufacturing is … Arizona.

No, we are not making this up. So concluded a report this past week by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the influential global accounting and professional services firm. In the 2016 Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness Rankings, Washington comes in No. 10.

Candidates promise jobs, but where will they come from?

Candidates promise jobs, but where will they come from?:Each of the presidential candidates has talked about bringing jobs back to America and creating jobs in America as an enticement to the battered middle class suffering from job loss and income stagnation.

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Survey: US manufacturing accelerates in June

Survey: US manufacturing accelerates in June: WASHINGTON — American manufacturing expanded for the fourth straight month in June, hitting the strongest reading in 16 months as the outlook for new orders and production improved.

American Manufacturing Is Globally Competitive

American Manufacturing Is Globally Competitive: How competitive is American manufacturing? By the year 2020, the United States is projected to take the top spot in the Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI), a multiyear research platform from Deloitte and the Council on Competitiveness.