PRECISION MACHINED PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION

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PMPA Member C. Thorrez Industries Celebrates 100 Years of Success

By: Miles Free -

The story of C. Thorrez Industries began in 1912 when Mr. Thorrez’s grandfather left his life as a farmer and a peasant in West Flanders, Belgium, and moved to Jackson, Michigan.
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Better Together

Change for the Better, Better Together

By: Chris Felix -Production Machining

“Better Together” is the approach that the PMPA executive team has identified for combining the strengths of PMPA with those of its long-term partner, Gardner Business Media.

Gardner Business Media and PMPA Collaborate to Strengthen Resources

By: Chris Felix -Production Machining

“Better Together” is the approach that the PMPA executive team has identified for combining the strengths of PMPA with those of its long-term partner, Gardner Business Media.

Craftsman's Cribsheet: Five More Must-Do Safety Contacts to Start The New Year

By: Miles Free -

Here are five mandatory safety contacts to assure getting your team’s safety training off to a good start in 2019.
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Effective Associating Advocacy to Advance our Members

Effective Associating Advocacy to Advance our Members

By: Miles Free -

PMPA’s mission is to provide information, advocacy and networking opportunities that advance our members.
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PMPA Member AccuRounds Finds Success in Operational Excellence and Community Leadership


As a PMPA member, AccuRounds benefits from the organization’s networking possibilities and access to information via its listserves and technical support.
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NTC 2019: A Crossroads of Talent and Technology

By: Miles Free -

What two words summarize our view of our businesses? In my experience with visiting the member companies of the PMPA, I would suggest those two words would be “talent and technology.”
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Precision Machining Industry Prognostications: How’d We Do?

By: Miles Free -

Before we make predictions for the coming year, perhaps a brief review of what we thought was ahead last year might be in order.
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Variables Data: Four Aspects of Every Measurement


What’s in a number? What’s in the numbers we use? A lot more than you might think.
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PMPA Member ABF Engineering and Machining Finds Success in its Product Quality and Internal Software Development


Sometime around the late 1970s, Alton, Joan and William (Bill) Wynn decided to leave the big city bustle of Chicago to start their own machine shop in their home state of Tennessee.
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