Precision Grinding at Design2Part Show, Dallas, TX

On March 4-5, 2009, the Design2Part Show in Grapevine, Texas brought together over 1200 manufacturing engineers, purchasing executives, research technicians, and sales personnel to discuss contract manufacturing along with their manufactured products.

At the show pictured above, Jerry Quinn, Sales Manager and Brian Everling, Market Research & Development hosted Booth #422 for Precision Grinding.

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Ted D'Elia, SE Regional Sales Manager and the rest of the The Job Shop Company who support the Design2Part regional shows helped all of us find ourselves comfortable at the posh Gaylord Texan Convention Center. More than 140 exhibiting companies from all over the United States found this to be one of the premier venues for a Design & Contract Manufacturing Event. We wish to thank The Job Shop Company, the greater Dallas / Ft. Worth community, and the attendees from Texas and surrounding states who became our visiting attendee "hosts" for this event.

The Grapevine area is located nearby the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. While many of the concrete roads remain white with newness, the convention center and the surrounding lodges and restaurants are a model for this century's building and construction efforts. We also passed by the new, centrally located, Dallas Cowboys stadium where we could see that members from Arlington have worked together to grow a successful manufacturing community, rich with modern amenities. The Arlington/Grand Prairie area remains headquarters for several prominent, international companies, such as Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter and is a major international hub for companies such as Atlas Copco Secoroc.

Precision Grinding has plans to make other tours across the country. We look forward to visiting with you, then. If you ever find yourself in the Birmingham, Alabama area, possibly for a Talladega event or a Barber Motorsports event or just traveling through, please, stop by to pay us a visit.

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We believe that steel prices may have bottomed for now as steel plate manufacturers have declared plans to manufacture steel plate upon purchase order. In aggregate, steel plate manufacturers announced they have been operating at 70% capacity.

SME Machine Code Meeting at Precision Grinding

September 25, 2008

Materials Engineering Students from the University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH) are offered an opportunity to visit and to tour Precision Grinding, Inc., Birmingham Alabama. Together with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, SME, Precision Grinding will discuss CNC Machine Codes for CNC Machining Applications with the students.

We're building for today and we're investing in the future! As the world's leading resource for manufacturing information and knowledge, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers promotes an increased awareness of the value of manufacturing among industry professionals and the general public, while introducing young people to exciting career options in the field. Many of these engineering students have never stepped into a Steel Service & Plate Manufacturing facility. As a result of having joined forces with SME, we were able to establish contact with Dr. Sampson Gholston, an engineering Professor at UAH. A steel manufacturer, a strong manufacturing organization, and a technical research and engineering university are working together to help these students from within the State of Alabama to build the foundations for successful entry into a manufacturing economy that can serve businesses across the globe.

Manufacturing exportable products are the key to sustaining "an economy for the 21st century." By offering plate cutting services, grinding services, CNC machine services, and steel fabricating services, Precision Grinding supports manufacturers, machine shops & job shops serving industries ranging from steel mills and plywood mills to stamping and die companies serving the Automotive industry, Aerospace, Defense, and major construction projects. According to the State of Alabama's Governor Riley, Alabama is devoted to creating, developing, and operating manufacturing capacity for the economy, for quality high-paying jobs, and for opening our great state to delivering goods across the world.

The steel industry is reaching out to help some of these students find that CNC Machine Programming and Machine Shop operations are great careers that will last far into the future. The industry pays well, and the steel industry continues to grow. Steel plate products are the staple products that are required to build the custom machines that produce goods. CNC Machine operators and skilled machinists are today's "toolmakers."

We are proud to be a part of helping move Alabama and America forward.