Each high school student touring the Western Washington Sheet Metal training center on July 13 left with a miniature Jeep they helped fabricate themselves, a newfound appreciation for the rewards of a career in the trades, information on apprenticeships and a big smile.
The Pledge for Action, sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers, is focused on increasing equity and parity for underrepresented communities in the United States.
Hypertherm is joining other manufacturers in vowing to take tangible actions that lead to the creation of 300,000 manufacturing jobs for people of color.
Closing in on 81 years old and retirement, John Del Vecchio, vice president of sales for Shop Data Systems Inc, leaves a wide-reaching legacy in sheet metal fabrication.
In 1982, John Del Vecchio joined the Met-Coil Systems Corporation’s Board of Directors to help navigate impending litigation facing the machinery brand’s daughter companies, Iowa Precision and Lockformer.
From industrial hoods, oxidizers and exhaust stacks to fabricating and installing commercial duct systems, louvers and fire dampers, Nashville Sheet Metal completes around $5 million in projects a year.
The City of Nashville, Tennessee, may be the capital of country music, but at Nashville Sheet Metal it is heavy metal all day and all the time. Established in 2003 between longtime sheet metal workers Kevin Elliott and Tracy Cross, the small but mighty shop has quickly made its mark on Music City by diversifying its construction catalog.