Aerospace and Electrical-Equipment Manufactures Finish the Year Strong

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View this email online. Technologies | News | Articles | Infocenter | Newsletters | Events | About Us | Suppliers | Advertise January 10, 2024 Aerospace and Electrical-Equipment Manufacturers Finish the Year Strong November 2023 sales of manufacturing equipment to aerospace manufacturers peaked at 60% above the monthly average compared to the rest of 2023, and electrical-equipment manufacturers also increased orders. However, overall orders of manufacturing technology were 10.3% lower than those placed in November 2022, and 2% behind orders placed in October 2023, according to AMT's U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report. Sponsored Win in 2024 with These Great 8 Tips Simplify your manufacturing processes, create happier customers and get higher margins in the new year. Read The Great 8 of Manufacturing and Why You Need Them whitepaper today to start winning in the new year. GIVE ME THE WHITEPAPER >> Coming Next Week: MetalForming LIVE: Recruit, Retain, Train Sign up for the first MetalForming LIVE virtual-event of 2024, a session on workforce development. Slated for January 16 at 2 p.m. ET, Recruit, Retain, Train will feature a panel discussion presenting ideas for recruiting, upskilling and retaining workers.  Panelists include workforce-development leaders from the Precision Metalforming Association, and three executives from metal forming companies. Sponsored Watch: Twin 2,000 Ton AIDA Servo Transfer Presses Wico Metal Products, headquartered in Warren, MI, is the technical leader in automotive extrusion stampings with 30+ years of extrusion experience. Their stamping line-up includes two AIDA servo transfer presses. Watch these mirror image presses stamping parts at up to 28 spm and see their joint t-track moving bolsters now. Trans-Matic Mfg. Co. Inc. Announces Executive Leadership Transition Trans-Matic Mfg. Co., a manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies headquartered in Holland, MI, has promoted Jeff Sotok and Adam Briggs to the dual role of chief operating officer, with each taking the title of president. As partners they will assume executive operating authority of the company. Trans-Matic also has promoted P. J. Thompson to chief executive officer. Sponsored PMA Membership Position your company as an industry leader when you utilize PMA resources—ITR Econ Trends reports, trade publications, One Voice and FABTECH trade shows. A PMA membership will provide your company and all of its employees with a range of valuable industry resources that are designed to help you become more connected, more informed, more efficient, more competitive and ultimately more profitable. This Month: PMA's Metal Stamping Technology Conference Plan your trip to Nashville, TN, for PMA's annual Metal Stamping Technology Conference, produced in partnership with MetalForming magazine. On tap: feature keynote presentations, breakout educational sessions, metal forming technology exhibits and a networking reception for more than 200 attendees and sponsors. Mursix Acquires Aul Brothers Tool and Die Metal former Mursix Corp., Yorktown, IN, which supplies quality-critical advanced components to a variety of industries including medical, alternative energy and automotive, has acquired Aul Brothers Tool and Die, Muncie, IN. Okay Industries Rebrands as AVNA Okay Industries, New Britain, CT, a contract manufacturer of components and subassemblies for global medical-device OEMs, has rebranded with a new name: AVNA, an abbreviation for "Advanced Innovation." WATCH: EV Microfactory in Singapore     As this Wall Street Journal video shows, Hyundai's electric-vehicle plant in Singapore employs features such as robotic arms, artificial intelligence and robot dogs to assemble cars in specialized cells. Hot Off the Press Aida Strengthens its Service Team in Mexico Interplex Establishes Ennovi to Handle EV Connectivity All Metals Fabricating Sets Sail on a "Transformative Expansion" The Bradbury Group Acquires Press Room Equipment Co. T. J. Snow Announces 2024 Resistance Welding Training Dates From the December Issue of MetalForming Eighth Annual Women of Excellence in Metal Forming & Fabricating MetalForming magazine congratulates this year's honorees, 51 women who represent the best in manufacturing, and serve as role models to those who follow in their footsteps. Creating the Hummer EV SUV At Great Designs in Steel 2023, we learned about GM's record-setting development cycle, and the design, material and manufacturing challenges required to put this vehicle on the road. New Products ATI Introduces Manual, Robot-EOA Tool Changer A Coilfarm to Help Manage a Large Inventory of Sheet Metal Coils Upcoming Issues January/February Industry Outlook Servo Technology Lubrication Laser Cutting Press Brake Bending/Tooling Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Software for Manufacturing Special All-Automotive Issue (February) Automotive/Electric Vehicle Stamping and Fabricating PREVIEW: Great Designs in Steel Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Stamping Presses March Pressroom Automation Press Controls/Sensing PMA Chair Article Additive for Metal Forming and Fabricating PREVIEW: RAPID + TCT Robotics/Cobotics Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Shop-Floor Robotics/Automation Subscribe to this enewsletter MetalForming magazine is the official publication of Precision Metalforming Association. PMA Services Inc. 6363 Oak Tree Blvd. | Independence, OH 44131-2500 | USA 216-901-8800

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