Mid-Large Size Manufacturing News

SHORT TIME-FRAME OPPORTUNITY in Next Generation Rail Supply Chain

91.7 WVXU News Ohio is looking to keep the competitive edge in the aerospace industry. A day-long conference Wednesday looks at how to keep the business and technology coming. The name of this event gives you a couple of clues about what organizers hope to accomplish. The “Ohio Aerospace Jobs Summit and Technology Showcase” brings together government and corporate leaders to grow Ohio’s number two industry.

Business First Three years after DHL pulled out and left Clinton County with a mostly unused airport and industrial park, unmanned drones and the Federal Aviation Administration may be coming to the rescue. The Wilmington Air Park is expected to be a prime candidate for one of six proposed test sites for unmanned aircraft and systems mandated by an FAA reauthorization bill in February. The FAA launched a formal search for the sites this month when it published a request for public comment March 7.

Cincy Magazine Headquartered in northern Cincinnati, TechSolve is a problem solving company that has increased sales, promoted innovation and saved money for hospitals, manufacturers and other companies throughout the region through its dedication to a single key word: efficiency. TechSolve offers solutions to companies aimed at eliminating extraneous costs, increasing production value, and maximizing profits.

Dayton Business Journal Early returns from oil and natural gas wells drilled by Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Ohio’s Utica shale play look promising, especially for “wet gases” such as ethane, propane and butane, a state agency reported Monday.

Source: Middletown Journal WASHINGTON — U.S. companies ordered more long-lasting goods last month, showing businesses are willing to buy equipment and machinery even after an investment tax credit was halved. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for durable goods rose 2.2 percent in February after a steep drop in January. Greater demand for machinery, computers, autos and aircraft drove much of the increase.

Zelinski: “Any product you pick up and touch, it’s not too many steps away from a machining process.” PMPA Speaking of Precision Most of the parts in your car engine come from a CNC machine. Medical devices, your kitchen cabinets — CNC machine. Your computer case, your iPhone earbuds — well, no. But the mold that created them — CNC machine. The growth of these machines represents the biggest change in manufacturing over the last 20 years. The people who run them are factory workers.

GE (IW 4/500) Global Research has released a new research report showing promising results for its nanotextured anti-icing surface technology. According to the report, the technology dramatically reduces ice adhesion and delays ice formation on flat surfaces, which could lead to some significant advantages for the airline industry.

Small businesswoman Lisa Pease of Indian Hill has learned the business lesson that Harry Moser is teaching. Moser is founder and chief advocate of the national Reshoring Initiative, a growing non-profit movement aimed at reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing by showing that goods can be competitively produced in this country without sending jobs overseas.

 Ohio’s courtship of new manufacturing jobs may be more of a welcome back than a welcome to the Buckeye State.

Perhaps I’m just an optimist, but it’s starting to seem like the discussion on manufacturing in America is changing. Just a year or two ago it was a struggle to find anyone -- outside of manufacturing that is — that believed that the U.S. could be a manufacturing powerhouse again.

Is your company ready for ISO 50001, which gives organizations the requirements for energy management systems, and the new energy era? Download the news article to learn more!

Cincy Magazine is proud to host its 6th annual Tri-State MANNY awards this June. The MANNY Awards are committed to recognizing the manufacturing industry’s greatest accomplishments, and in doing so will honor local companies for their innovation and best practices. This prestigious award is given to those companies who have excelled in several areas. Past winners exemplified accomplishments in areas such as: product innovation, e-business, supply-chain management, employee safety, systems/process innovation, global business, technology transfer and quality control.

With a clear understanding of your current energy performance, your organization will be able to develop effective targets, energy performance indicators, and motivation. Development of Targets, Energy Performance Indicators (EnPIs), and Motivation Targets Targets are meant to provide a measurable focus and direction to develop an action plan for achieving energy savings.

Standard Register Co. is at a crossroads. The Dayton-based document services provider, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this spring, is fighting hard to regain the dominance it once enjoyed. (Click here for list of historical milestones for the company.) Last month, the company announced a restructuring effort that includes shedding as much as 15 percent of its workforce, including 75 local jobs, during the next six to nine months. Currently, Standard Register has 2,600 employees, including 614 in the Dayton area.

Last week, we began a series where we examine 5 key principles for sustaining an effective energy management system. We kicked things off with a look at corporate commitment as it’s often considered the most important factor contributing to the success or failure of any energy management system. Once top management is on board, you can begin working on developing the framework for your system. To do this effectively, you need to fully understand the current state of your organization’s energy performance.

The Ohio manufacturing community, both large and small, is seeing signs of growth and opportunity. TechSolve, along with other Edison Technology Centers and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP), traveled to Columbus to showcase their work and success that has been achieved to date to the Ohio legislators.

The Third Annual Cincinnati Business Courier 2012 Green Business Awards Names the Flottman Company as a Finalist in Green Policy and Green Marketing Strategies. Northern Kentucky - Cincinnati, Ohio – February 3, 2012: The Flottman Company is recognized two (2) times as a finalist in the Cincinnati Business Courier and U.S. Green Building Council Cincinnati Regional Chapter, 2012 Green Business Awards.

Meyer Tool Inc. received a 45 percent, five-year tax credit from the state of Ohio for its plans to expand operations in Cincinnati. Meyer is a maker of turbine engine components and test stands used by aircraft engine manufacturing firms. According to the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, the company will build a 30,000-square-foot facility and make renovations to an existing facility. The project is expected to create 50 new jobs and generate an additional $1.2 million in payroll.

Chris Cole co-founded Intelligrated 10 years ago and his career has in one sense come full circle since then. The former CEO of Cincinnati-based Buschman Conveyor when it was owned by Pinnacle Automation Co., Cole and colleague Jim McCarthy left when Pinnacle was sold to UK-based FKI Logistex in 2000. McCarthy was Buschman’s president and chief operating officer, the same post he now holds at Intelligrated. Cole is CEO.

A technology-based initiative designed to drive millions of dollars in additional sales at Ohio manufacturers will launch this month. Mfrsearch.com, a free portal for manufacturing-related companies in Ohio, is slated to be unveiled at the Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association annual trade show on Oct. 19 and 20.

Cincinnati area manufacturers are struggling with faster, cheaper overseas facilities, jobs have been replaced with automation, and keeping skilled workers. They have to cut cost where they can and are turning to Green movements for the answer.

Study will benchmark Ohio manufacturers on world-class manufacturing practices and strategies. 

 

 

 The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced a new competition for high-risk, high-reward research funding under the Technology Innovation Program (TIP)

 TechSolve and a large network of partners were awarded Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio’s (SWACO)  2010 Emerald Award for Innovation for their work on the E3 initiative. E3, which stands for Economy, Energy, and the Environment, helps manufacturers cut waste and promote green business practices. The program is a model for collaboration among manufacturers, utilities, local government, and federal resources.

 The Marion Area Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Manufacturing and Technology Small Business Development Center at Braintree and TechSolve will have a lean simulation workshop geared toward the small manufacturer from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 18 at the Chamber, 205 West Center Street.

In the next few weeks, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is expected to announce that Cincinnati’s consumer-marketing cluster has been chosen as a “Hub of Innovation” by the Ohio department of Development. “I can’t put a dollar value on it, but this provides a much better opportunity to get funding through the Third Frontier,” said Sandra Degen, vice president for research at the University of Cincinnati.

Officials from GE Aviation will be in town next month to reach out to manufacturers that want to do business with the company. GE Aviation, the Cincinnati-based aerospace company, will have a supplier event at this year’s Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Show, which takes place Oct. 20 and 21 at the Dayton Airport Expo Center. GE Aviation plans to use the event, which will be held the second day of the show, to showcase its buying needs and identify potential new small business suppliers.

 Doing something new is always daunting when money is involved. But industry leader Mike Collins has 6 simple questions to help you figure out if that new product’s return-on-investment will justify its funding.

 When it comes to innovation, are you willing to take the risks that are necessary in terms of new ideas, processes and methodologies, even if we might still be faced with economic uncertainty?

Organizations who fight to maintain a current equilibrium may find themselves classified as dinosaurs.

Businesses looking for information or project partners now have an easier way to connect with industry experts, federal labs, universities, Ohio’s Edison and Wright centers and even other for-profit companies. 

 The manufacturing rating report is based on total income earned by manufacturing employees in a given state, the wage premium received by manufacturing employees relative to those of other states, and the per capita share of manufacturing employment.