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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