Fixturing on Display
Few areas of commerce are as volatile as the ever changing product mix that retailers are required to navigate.  Looking at the packaged dry goods category alone, and defining a new product as one having a unique UPC, some industry experts say that as many as 20,000 to 30,000 new products come across the retailers’ landscape each year. Read more...

Process Drives Inspection Innovation
A broad offering in contract fabrication services results in steady growth, and with it, pressure to increase the productivity of measurement and inspection operations.  Precise Laser Waterjet & Stamping specializes in fabricating precision parts in short to medium runs, typically around 1,000 pieces, and prototyping.  Read more…..

Modular fixturing Helps Fab Shop Maintain Tight Tolerances
Production bottlenecks and high assembly costs sent a Massachusetts fab shop searing for solutions that would produce precise, easy-to-assemble fabrications.  Precision Metal Fabricators is a young, fast=growing fab shop focused on the fabrication and field installation of large-scale, gantry-based ultrasonic inspections systems.  Read more…

Moving to Modular Welding Fixturing
Process control improvement drives tank fabricator.  Wrayco Industries specializes in fabricating fuel and hydraulic tanks for heavy equipment such as backhoes, excavators, large off-road trucks, and generator and pump sets.  It also manufacturers tanks for specialty over-the-road applications from 0.16 to 0.47 inch mild steel plate, stainless, and aluminum.  Read more…