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 WELCOME!
Welcome to the "Manufacturing Matters" e-newsletter!
Please send company news to info@mainemfg.com. Enjoy!
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 In Memoriam
David Twomey, 1934-2012
Dave Twomey, a 2006 Maine Metal Products Association Hall of Fame Inductee, passed away on February 4, 2012.
Dave was an owner of Prescott Metal and in 1967, built the facility on Route 1 in Biddeford where it currently stands.
Our prayers and thoughts to the Twomey family from the Manufacturers Association of Maine staff, Board and members.
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What’s Happening at MAMe
New Members: Please welcome our newest members to MAMe!
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc. Warren, ME
Bruce Bickford
Specializing in manufacturing American-made top-quality hand tools.
Dearborn Bortec, Inc. Fryeburg, ME
Joseph Chausse
Specializing in precision deep hole drilling in various alloy steels, nickel-based alloys, non magnetic materials and various plastics.
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Upcoming Events/Educational Courses
MAMe 2011-2012 Tour/Seminar Season
Please check our calendar of events regularly for new events. All members are welcomed and encouraged to attend these events!
MARCH 2012
March 1st : MEAA Forum - for MEAA members
Time: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Location: Saunders Electronics- 192 Gannett Drive, South Portland, ME
Details
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March 15th: MAMe/JMQC Tour of Pratt & Whitney
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Pratt & Whitney - 113 Wells Street M/S 801-25, North Berwick, ME
Details
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March 28th - May 23rd: APICS MOD IV Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) Certification Course - 9 sessions
Time: 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM Location: Sappi Fine Paper, 179 John Roberts Road, South Portland, ME
CPIM Details
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MAY 2012
Save the Date! May 9th and 10th - 2012 Manufacturing Summit
At the Amazing Owl's Head Transportation Museum in Owl's Head, Maine
JUNE 2012
June 12th: Digital Prototyping Seminar
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Location: New England CAD Technologies - New England CAD Technologies - 18 Ocean Street Suite 1, South Portland, ME
Details
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Keep checking our Event Calendar to see when
more events and seminars are going to be offered!
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Cameron Flow Controls Tour Meeting
We'd like to extend our sincere thanks to Cameron Flow Controls for hosting the February 2012 Monthly Tour meeting. Members and guests joined the MAMe/JMQC for a great evening of information and tour of the 6,000 ft shop located in Limerick. Keith Pierrotti, Plant Manager began with an overview of the company’s engineering of the actuators and gears designed and machined at Cameron, Tom West, owner of Limerick Machine and partner with Cameron showed the attendees the Maxtorquetm designs by Cameron Flow Controls. MaxTorque (engineered gear operators) was acquired and added as the MAXTORQUE product line from Drilling & Production Systems in 2009. The overview included Cameron's Flow Control division markets surface and subsea chokes, quarter-turn and linear actuators, gears, devises, and safety systems under the CAMERON® , DYNATORQUETM, LEDEEN®, MAXTORQUETM, TESTTM and WILLIS® brand names. Additionally, FLC provides project management, system engineering, operability and training. The attendees toured the shop where Cameron manufactures products for the Navy.
Kieth Pierrotti, Plant Manager, on the left. Tom West, Owner of Limerick Machine on the right
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What's New in the Maine Aerospace Alliance (MEAA)
SAVE THE DATE
The MEAA will host a NASA Symposium in Maine on May 23rd. NASA representatives from Washington DC and Marshall Space Flight Center will present “Doing Business with NASA” and they are bringing 8-10 Primary suppliers to NASA with them to meet with MEAA members. More information to come.
SAVE THE DATE
Mark your calendars – MEAA Forum March 1st at Saunders Electronics.
Presentations by Saunders Electronics and Business Growth Services are scheduled. Share your success stories with other MEAA members. Send your successes to Rich Grich meaa@mainemfg.com. We will be holding a forum in conjunction with the Manufacturing Summit in Owls Head on May 9th & 10th.
Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) 2011-2012
Judging for the RWDC is underway. The judging will be completed on Feb. 22nd with the state winner submitted to the national competition on Feb. 23rd. Check out the RWDC web site for more information. http://www.realworlddesignchallenge.org/
Richard Grich
Director
Maine Aerospace Alliance
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SMCC Professional Education Continuing Studies Courses
Open Welding Booth Time
This course is designed to provide the beginner or intermediate welder booth time for shielded metal arc welding and cutting. The course will be valuable to welders as a refresher or to the home hobbyist. It will also be beneficial for students going into a welding program or any occupation that requires welding skills.
WELD 803 02
March 28 – May 9, 2012
Each course is 21 hours (7 weeks)
Each class meets Wednesdays
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Course fee $175 for each course
Southern Maine Community College
2 Fort Road
South Portland
For more information or to register, please email pfleury@smccme.edu or call 207-741-5758 or visit our website www.smccME.edu/continuingstudies for a complete course listing.
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Tower size ads for members:
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6 month $275
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Take control of your workers’ compensation insurance costs!
Since 1993, the Manufacturers of Maine Group Trust has returned 28% of insurance premiums to its members.
To learn more about how our aggressive safety and claims management programs can put you in control of your workers’ compensation costs, please contact Steven McKay at steve.mckay@willis.com or 1-800-698-3267 ext.1013
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