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April, 2011
Photos, Top, L-R: IMEC’s Eric Merriman and Dan Conner. A New Fanuc EDM at Parallel Tool & Die. Bottom L-R: Midwest
Precision Incorporated’s Brian Miller. Taylor Products’ Kim Fentress, Darren Plumley and Calvin Schnoebelen with a new
Atrump knee mill. A row of injection molders at Wilco Molding, Inc.
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Wilco Family of Companies, St. Louis, MO: 60 Years
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Index- April, 2011
Vol. 38 - No. 08
Parallel Tool & Die: 35 Years and
New Fanuc EDM...........................5
Mittler Receives NTMA Award..........6
Wilco Companies Celebrate
60th Anniversary..............................8
IMEC Expands Assembly
Operations...................................10
Editorial...........................................12
Black Rock Holds Laser Seminar...16
ISM-Wichita Learns About Locating
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Taylor Products Installs Atrump Mill....20
Mo-Kan AFS Learns About ITAR
Regulations..................................22
Upcoming Issues............................25
St. Louis NTMA Tech Roundtable...26
McClain Elected AMTDA Director...27
Midwest Precision Installs Mitsubishi
Waterjet system...........................28
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Union, Missouri
Parallel Tool & Die
Celebrates 35th Anniversary
and Installs Fanuc Wire EDM
Above (l-r): Parallel Tool & Die’s Pat Wilson, Mike Wilson, Grover Wilson, Bryan Vatterott and Josh Birke with a new
Fanuc Wire EDM in the firm’s 8,000-sq.,-ft. facility in Union, MIssouri.
Parallel Tool & Die (PTD),
Union, Missouri, is celebrating its
35th anniversary and has installed a
new Fanuc a-1iE Wire EDM.
The family-owned firm was
founded by Grover Wilson in
1976. The firm has grown over
the years and has seven employees
working in its 8,000-sq.-ft. facility.
Grover’s sons, Pat and Mike, and
his grandson also work at the firm.
“We are a full-service shop and
can handle a wide range of jobs
including: plastic injection molds;
blow molds; die-cast tooling;
progressive dies; tool & die repair;
aerospace tooling; production
machining; special machinery;
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jigs; fixtures and turnkey tooling
packages,” stated Pat Wilson,
president. “We offer engineering
and design and are not afraid to
take on the tough projects that
other shops avoid.”
The new Fanuc EDM (the
third purchased by the company)
was purchased from McClain
Tool & Technology and features a
capacity of 23.6” x 15.7”.
“McClain’s service is first
class. They do business with
integrity and character,” noted
Wilson. “There is no learning
curve on the Fanuc EDMs. This
new one replaces a 10-year-old
model that still maintained its
original tolerances.”
The ISO 9001:2008 and AS
9100B certified firm works with
tool steel, carbide, carbon steel,
aluminum and titanium and serves
such industries as: aerospace;
truck; paper; consumer goods;
auto; defense and refrigeration.
When asked about PTD’s
35-year history Pat Wilson stated,
“Our success comes from being
diversified, providing good service
and focusing on our customers.”
Parallel Tool & Die can be
contacted at: (636) 583-8786; PO
Box 622, Union MO 63084; www.
paralleltoolanddie.com.
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Mittler Receives Award at
NTMA General Assembly
Mike Mittler, Mittler Brothers
Machine & Tool, Foristell,
Missouri, was awarded the
National Tooling & Machining
Association’s (NTMA) most
prestigious award, the L.A.
Sommer Memorial Award at the
NTMA General Assembly.
The award was established in
1959 in honor of the Association’s
first chairman. This award was
created to recognize individual
members for their many years of
exceptional service, dedication and
leadership in the industry and on
behalf of the NTMA.
“When we think about Mike
Mittler a number of things come
to mind,” stated NTMA Chairman
Grady Cope. “Your frequent
admonition for us to ‘sell early
and sell often’ that earned you the
nickname of ‘Mike the Marketing
Guy,’ your passion for NASCAR
racing and building race cars,
and the fact that you don’t need
a microphone to get people’s
attention. These and many other
special traits make up the Mike
Mittler that NTMA is grateful to
have among our leadership.”
Mittler and his brother, Paul,
started their company with a few
notes scribbled on the back of
a tool catalog. Mike Mittler has
often credited his success to what
he has learned through NTMA.
Mittler joined the NTMA in
1986 and attended his first St.
Louis Chapter meeting that year.
He went on to serve as president
of the St. Louis Chapter and has
been active in a number of NTMA
National committees and teams
Above: Mike Mittler with the NTMA’s
L.A. Sommer Memorial Award.
including Marketing, Education
and Insurance. In 2006 he served
as the National Chairman of the
Board and serves today as the
Chairman of the newly created
NTMA Insurance Board.
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Wilco Family Of Companies
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The Wilco family of companies,
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celebrating its 60th anniversary.
The trio of companies evolved over
the years and include Wilco Die-ToolMachine Co.; Wilco Molding, Inc. and
Wilco Automation LLC. All three firms
are ISO-certified.
Wilco Die-Tool-Machine was the
Above: A row of injection molders at Wilco Molding, Inc.
Above (l-r): Mark Williams, Kim
Williams and Stanley Williams, Jr.
original company founded in 1951 by
Stan Williams, Jr. in his father’s garage.
It designs and builds injection molds (for
55-500-ton molders) from small, unit
style insert molds to complicated, multislide tools with hot manifolds. Its fullservice tool shop features both manual
and CNC equipment.
Wilco Molding was founded in
1975. It offers injection molding in
an extensive array of resins (standard
to engineering grade) in a climatecontrolled environment.
It has 17 injection molders (55-550-ton
capacity) Part of the operation features a
clean room environment which has been
ISO certified for several years..
Wilco Automation was formed when it
acquired an existing automation company
in 2008 as a natural extension of the
other two companies.
Wilco provides turnkey operations
including prototyping, design, tool
building, plastic injection molding,
assembly, packaging and certified cleanrooms. It also can produce automation
machinery, test equipment, jigs, fixtures
and gages.
“We can take a project all the way
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Above: An example of Wilco Automation’s work.
Above: A Haas VM 6 mold maker at Wilco Die-Tool-Machine Co.
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through engineering, design,
prototyping, tooling, molding
assembly and packaging,” stated Kim
Williams, general manager and son of
Stan Williams Jr. “We strive to be a
one-stop shop.”
The companies serve a diverse
group of industries worldwide
including: aerospace, consumer,
electronic, medical, appliances,
automotive, packaging, and
commercial products.
Today the group operates in
facilities with 36,000-sq.-ft. of space
with 26 employees.
As he considered the 60-year
history of the companies and the
involvement of four generations of
his family, Stan Williams stated, “We
have always focused on quality. Our
tooling requires minimal maintenance
and that benefits our customers. We
take that approach with all our work.”
The Wilco family of companies can
be contacted at: (314) 872-9252; Fax
(314) 872-3017; 2435 Rock Island
Blvd., Maryland Heights, Missouri
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IMEC (Industrial Machine and Engineering
Company) Expands Assembly Operation
Company can handle complete fabrication, finishing, assembly, testing,
packaging and shipping direct to end user.
IMEC (Industrial Machine and
Engineering Company, Monett,
Missouri, has expanded its
assembly operation to include
complete fabrication, finishing,
assembly, testing, packaging and
shipping directly to the end user.
The 29-year-old firm is a fullservice custom manufacturer
that focuses on precision sheet
metal fabrication, machined parts,
assemblies and special machinery.
IMEC operates in a 45,000-sq.ft. facility with 30 employees
(many with more than 10 years of
experience) and a wide range of
CNC equipment.
Equipment at the ISO-certified
firm includes: CNC laser cutting
systems; CNC punches and brakes;
multi-axis CNC machining/
turning centers; a complete QC
lab; a powder coating line, welding
stations (spot, TIG & MIG) and
assorted manual equipment.
IMEC serves OEMs in various
industries including: military/
defense; energy; industrial
equipment; electronics and
aerospace.
A recent example of IMEC’s
specialized assembly process
involves branch circuit panelboards
that meet critical safety
requirements for commercial and
industrial buildings. Each panel
is customized for a particular
construction/renovation project. IMEC performs all the metal
fabrication needed (punch, bend
weld, marking, assembly and
coating/painting). Then IMEC’s
crew installs and tests (meeting
UL standards) all of the electrical/
electronic components as specified. The panel is then labeled,
packaged and shipped directly to
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Above (l-r): IMEC’s Eric Merriman and Dan Conner with a kit for an
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“This kind of project utilizes our full range of
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noted that one cabinet produced at the company
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welds and 160 PEMs.
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As the nation waited for
Congress to pass that long delayed
budget and as we still wait for
changes in our entitlements and the
national debt, we thought about the
words written over 20 years ago
by Dr. Seuss.
In his book, “Oh, the
Places You’ll Go!,” Seuss heaps
encouragement upon the young
graduates, but warns that they will
most certainly hit a snag from time
to time. And, for heavens sake
don’t get bogged down in that
“most useless place. The Waiting
Place.”
According to Seuss, this spot
is for people simply waiting...that’s
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verses talking about people not
only waiting for planes, trains and
buses at the station, but perhaps at
their own mental station waiting
for a Yes or a No or a Better Break
or Second Chance. Anything that
might inspire them to start moving
again.
One doesn’t have to be young
to experience those waiting places.
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will recall potential buyers that
honestly needed their product or
service but could never make a
decision until after the election or
after the first of the year or after
tax season or after everyone got
back from vacation.
For those that have sometimes
frequented the waiting places, and
even for those businesspeople that
like to keep charging ahead, this
recession has provided some very
good reasons for taking a second
and third look and even waiting to
make minor decisions.
However, excessive worry
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company slogan.”
We’ve seen five recessions,
three large and two small. This
current downturn was unusual
in that it covered so many more
segments of our economy and
was pretty much world-wide.
Regardless of when the experts said
this recession was over, our nation
and most cities and states will be
struggling financially for years to
come.
That’s the good news...these
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funds would always grow by
8% and that federal funding was
guaranteed for life and that taxes
could always be increased to bring
in whatever monies were needed.
Cities and states are reexamining their budgets and
pension plans and are amazed
at the real cost of some of the
services and salaries they’ve been
funding. More cities are even
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allowing private contractors
to take over government
programs and are reducing their
costs.
Commentators love
to talk about Congress and the
President “kicking the can down
the road” when they decide to
wait until 2012 or 2014 to discuss
even minor reductions in the
entitlement programs. Although
they may not realize it yet, that
road has reached a dead end. And,
that’s okay, too. Having your back
to the wall often helps you focus
on reality.
Today, like it or
not, U.S. citizens are part of an
economics educational program in
the old school of “hard knocks”.
It will take time, but a growing
number of Americans are belatedly
realizing that the free spending
party is over.
We’ve often mentioned
these deficit problems over the
decades. Barry Goldwater ran for
president in 1964 on a program to
reduce government spending. But,
instead of reductions, we borrowed
money or printed more, added new
government services and kept a
majority of our citizens ignorant
and happy. There are still people
that believe we can solve our
budget problems just by making
the “rich” pay their fair share.
They lament that the latest
budget cuts of about 1% of the
total budget are the largest in our
history. That’s not true. We’ve
had bigger cuts many times. But,
they miss the point. This reduction
might slow our debt increases, but
it won’t reduce the deficit. If we
need to reduce the budget by 5% or
7% or 10% to avoid defaulting on
our debts, that’s what we’ll have
to do to keep from joining Greece
and Portugal.
House Budget Committee
Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says
“Unless we act soon, government
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spending on health and retirement programs will
crowd out spending on everything else, including
national security. It will literally take every cent
of every federal tax dollar just to pay for those
programs.”
Our point to all of this is that we finally have
a good chance of getting the nation’s attention
concerning our problems...and that’s half the battle.
We can’t fight wars successfully with half the people
opposed to them. The same is true when people refuse
to believe the government is headed for eventual
bankruptcy.
When America starts turning around, if ever so
slowly, and it will, that will provide a thumbs up signal
for business planners. Since we don’t expect to hear
a siren some afternoon giving the “all clear” sign that
the recession is actually over, it’s important not to be
caught in the rush from that waiting room.
Back in the 1980s, President Ronald
Reagan faced the usual reluctance of Congress to
reduce any part of our entitlement programs. They
would leave that for another year or two or three.
President Reagan put it quite simply. “If not us, Who?
If not now, When? We think this could finally be our
“Us” and “Now” time. The waiting place is no longer
an option.
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Black Rock Machinery Holds Cy
Fiber Laser Seminar in St. Louis
North topeka FabricatioN
Black Rock Machinery hosted a Cy Fiber Optic
Laser Seminar at Cabela’s in St. Louis on March
16th.
The firm offers new and used metal fabrication
machinery with an emphasis on shape cutting and
metal forming. Black Rock had added the Cy Laser
line of equipment within the last year. Cy Lasers
have been installed in the field for over five years
“We wanted to show how the Cy Fiber Lasers
offer significant profit advantages,” stated Black
Rock’s Al Colby, a long-time industry veteran. He
noted that the maintenance costs for fiber lasers
is dramatically lower, they are much more energy
efficient and that a 4,000-watt system can operate for
less that $4 per hour.
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• Mild steel plate cutting up to 1”
Cy Lasers are also available in combination flat
sheet/tube cutting models and dedicated tube and pipe
machines. End-load and side- load models are offered.
Power levels of 1,500 to 5,000 watts are available.
The Cy Lasers come with an extensive list of
standard equipment (including a 2-year unlimited hour
warranty) and several equipment options.
Black Rock Machinery can be contacted at: www.
blackrockmachinery.com.
North topeka FabricatioN
1501 NW Lower Silver Lake Rd., Topeka, KS 66608
(P) 785.234.2111 • (F) 785.234.2141
Above (l-r): Part of the crowd at the Black Rock Cy Laser
seminar in St. Louis.
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• Welding
• Light Punching
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3345 East Geospace Drive, Independence, MO 64056
P: 816-778-0766 • F: 816-778-0799
Website: www.heartlandfab.com • E-mail: [email protected]
The Wichita chapter of the
Institute for Supply Management
(ISM) met on March 10th in the
Cessna Conference Center in
Wichita.
The featured speaker for
the meeting was Tony Noe of
Resource Global Professionals.
A 40-year industry veteran, Noe
has traveled to over 30 countries
in search of low cost and better
quality sourcing.
He emphasized the importance
of qualifying sources “face to face”
or in person.
Noe covered such topics as:
identifying your target product;
establishing target pricing and
quality and developing detailed
quality and performance
specifications.
He gave numerous examples
of issues he has faced in working
with international sources.
ISM-Wichita can be contacted
at www.ismwichita.org.
Above: Part of the crowd at the ISMWichita meeting on March 10th.
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Above: Tony Noe speaking at the
ISM-Wichita meeting.
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Parsons, Kansas
Taylor Products Installs
Atrump CNC 3VK NC Knee Mill
Taylor Products, Parsons, Kansas, has recently
installed an Atrump CNC
3VK NC knee mill.
The firm is a leader in
the design and manufacturing of packaging automation systems and equipment. It offers a broad
range of modular packaging components engineered
to perform alone or as a
totally integrated system.
This includes open mouth
bag filling, valve bag
filling, intermediate bulk
loading/unloading, vertical
form fill and seal equipment and robotic lines
that can handle packaging
weights from two ounces
to two tons.
The new Atrump mill
replaces older equipment
and will help with faster
turnaround times and improved quality. Purchased
from Open Source CNC (in
Wichita), the mill features
a 5,000-rpm spindle and a
10” x 50” table. “Kenny’s
(Kenny Houk of Open
Source CNC) service
is great,” stated Taylor
Products’ Darren Plumley.
“If he can’t fix it over the
phone he is here.”
Taylor Products is
a division of Magnum
Systems. It’s packaging
systems work with such
materials as: food, feed,
seed, aggregate, stone,
minerals, coffee, rice, plastics and chemicals.
For more information
about Taylor Products visit
www.magnumsystems.
com.
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Above (l-r): Taylor Products’ Kim Fentress, Darren Plumley & Calvin Schnoebelen.
Above: A new Atrump CNC 3VK NC knee mill at Taylor Products.
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Above: Examples of parts
manufactured at Taylor Products’
Parsons facility. The firm designs
and manufactures packaging
automation systems and equipment.
It offers a broad range of modular
packaging components engineered
to perform alone or as a totally
integrated system.
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Mo-Kan AFS Learns About ITAR (International
Traffic In Arms Regulations) From Expert
Above: Part of the crowd at the Mo-Kan AFS March meeting.
Above (l-r): Bradken’s John Cory
and Mo-Kan Chair Dan AuBuchon.
The Mo-Kan Chapter of the
American Foundry Society (AFS)
held a meeting on March 17th at
Harrah’s Casino in Kansas City.
The featured speaker for the
meeting was John Cory, VP of
Quality and Technical, and export
compliance officer for Bradken’s
Atchison/St. Joseph facilities. He
is a 26-year veteran of the foundry
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industry and has received numerous
industry awards.
Cory’s topic was ITAR,
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations.
He noted that any company
currently manufacturing or
considering manufacturing military
parts needs to be familiar with
ITAR specifications.
Cory noted that the regulations
are administered by the
Departments of State and Treasury
and can be quite complicated. This
includes registration and licenses
and drawings and technical data.
The challenges are numerous
especially for international
companies, as the citizenship of
employees can be a factor in who
is allowed in areas (or IT systems)
of a plant dealing with military
parts. He encouraged anyone with
questions on a particular situation
to get advice and clearance from the
appropriate agency.
The Mo-Kan AFS can be
contacted at: (913) 621-1320.
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Liberty, MO 64068
Phone: (816) 781-6765
Fax: (816) 415-8044
[email protected]
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For more than 88 years we have worked hard to make sure that
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St. Louis NTMA Holds
Technology Roundtable
Above (l-r): The Technology Roundtable panel included; Brad Woody,
Ellison Technologies; Mark McClain, McClain Tool & Technology and Geoff
Hartwig, Hartwig, Inc.
Above: St. Louis NTMA President
Herb Homeyer addresses the group.
The Greater St. Louis Chapter
of the National Tooling and
Machining Association (NTMA)
held a Technology Roundtable
on March 15th at the Sheraton
Westport in St. Louis.
A panel of associate members
from Ellison Technologies,
Hartwig, Inc. and McClain Tool &
Technology took questions from
the large crowd of over 90 people.
Dave Smith from C.J. Smith was
the moderator.
The discussion covered a
wide range of topics related
to manufacturing technology.
Members were encouraged to look
at ways that they can improve their
efficiency, quality and delivery
through automation.
The Lee Horneyer Co. was the
Associate Member Spotlight for
the meeting.
The St. Louis NTMA chapter
can be contacted at: (314) 9746418 or [email protected].
Above: Lee Horneyer of Lee
Horneyer Co. was the Associate
Member Spotlight at the meeting.
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McClain
Elected AMTDA
Director
Mark McClain, president
of McClain Tool & Technology
in St. Louis, Missouri, has been
elected to the AMTDA (American
Machine Tool Distributors’
Association) Board of Directors
for a three-year term.
The election took place at the
group’s annual meeting in Arizona.
McClain, a 34-year industry
veteran started his company in
1990 and has been an AMTDA
member since 1991. He is a
graduate of the University of
Missouri.
The AMTDA, founded in
1925 ,represents independent
distributors of machine tools
and related products used in the
metalworking industry. For more
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Midwest Precision Incorporated
(MPI) Installs New Mitsubishi
Waterjet Cutting System
Midwest Precision Incorporated
(MPI), Tulsa, Oklahoma, has
recently installed a new Mitsubishi
waterjet cutting system.
The 38-year-old precision
metal fabrication firm specializes
in waterjet cutting, laser cutting
(including 5-axis and tube) and
CNC punching of all metals,
phenolics, glass and exotic
materials in plate or sheet.
Above: MPI’s Mitsubishi waterjet with a 125-hp pump and a 6’ x 12’ table.
Above: MPI’s VP Brian Miller.
The new waterjet (MPI’s fourth)
features a 125-hp x 90,000-psi
pump and a 6’ x 12’ table. The
ISO-certified company has had
waterjets since the early 90’s and
its employees have become experts
in their use.
“Our speed and efficiency have
improved exponentially with the
new waterjet,” observed Brian
Miller, MPI’s VP. He represents
the third generation of the Miller
family to work at the firm.
Services offered at MPI include:
laser cutting; waterjet cutting;
shearing; braking; roll forming;
machining; welding and punching.
The firm’s 55 employees
(who average over seven years
experience) work in a 100,000-sq.28
Above: A Trumatic 4050 laser system at MPI (one of five at the company).
ft. facility.
Industries served by MPI
include: health & fitness:
recreation; auto; truck; aerospace;
petroleum; electronics; defense;
architectural and agriculture.
When asked about the
company’s success Miller
attributed it to, “Being adaptable,
our diverse services and customer
base and having a good group of core
employees.”
Midwest Precision Incorporated
can be contacted at: (918) 835-8900;
Fax (918) 835-1199; 9725 E Admiral
Place, Tulsa Oklahoma 74116; www.
mpitulsa.com
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Above: MPI’s waterjet at work.
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Above: Parts fabricated at MPI.
Above: A TruBend brake at MPI.
Above: A robotic welder at MPI.
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NW Arkansas Industrial
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Omaha Products Show
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October 18-20, 2011
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