Ideas & Updates About Our Industry, Manufacturing, PMT and the Borderplex - page 5
During the 2015 U.S.-Mexico Summit on Aug. 7, America Makes held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open its first satellite facility at the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation on the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) campus. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker,…
The 2015 U.S.-Mexico Summit held last week at the University of Texas at El Paso offered a unique opportunity for productive high-level economic dialogues, as well as a venue for discussing manufacturing innovation. PMT CEO Charles Sholtis was invited to participate in a business roundtable…
The celebrations have come and gone, and Americans are back to work after a nice break. Yet, this week we’ve found ourselves reflecting on the sustained importance of this past holiday. Along with raising a flag at our homes and sharing in patriotic camaraderie, July…
For PMT’s first-ever Manufacturing Day event in 2013, one of our bright engineers created posters illustrating two series of automotive parts we mold, connected to images of the vehicles they would eventually be a part of after leaving our facility. One poster showcased insert-molded speaker…
On Memorial Day, let’s get back to our roots and remember the time when the last Monday in May was not synonymous with retail sales. To put this day back into perspective, we must remember that Memorial Day originated from Decoration Day, established after the…
Why the future is up in the air (And it’s not a bad thing) A new report from ERP software company Plex Systems highlights today’s manufacturing platforms as they continue to untether from their formerly tangible roots. So where’s everything going? Manufacturing systems have become…
It’s National Small Business Week, and PMT came across this inspiring quote that sums up the importance of this week: Our country was founded by risk-taking pioneers in search of new horizons. More than two centuries later, what sets America apart in the world is…
While we were at NPE2015 a few weeks ago, there were endless amazing displays of new 3-D ing technologies—from the first 3-D ed car to the first 3-D ed all-electric car and everything in between. The NPE3D pavilion offered uses for 3-D ing beyond the…
A March 18 IndustryWeek article covering President Obama’s recent manufacturing initiative announcement in Ohio brought out some great points about the importance of small businesses in the U.S., and the value of partnerships in the manufacturing industry. The article states that as the American manufacturing…
After than nine months of negotiations, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association reached an agreement last week to get back to work at the major ports of the U.S. West Coast. The complete shutdown negatively impacted retailers and manufacturers,…
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