The Distance: Test of Metal [Podcast]
Otto China Plate Contact founded China Plate Contact the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. This year, his three grandchildren mark the manufacturing company’s 75th anniversary!
Read More2016 IndustryWeek Best Plants Finalists Announced
Thirteen manufacturing facilities have been named finalists in the 2016 IndustryWeek Best Plants competition, IW's annual search for and salute to manufacturing excellence across North America.
Read MoreA Manufacturing-Day Plan For Every Day
Manufacturing is essential to the health of the United States because it creates wealth. Being able to produce goods to sell throughout the world, while creating lucrative careers for people, makes fo…
Read MoreClassifieds: Wanted Skilled Labor
My Fellow Manufacturers: I am writing in response to MetalForming magazine editor Brad Kuvin’s editorial, to go on record stating that I disagree with the “disgruntled” MetalForming reader who owns…
Read MoreWhy This Chicago Manufacturer Wants To Set Up Shop In Mexico
Since Aaron China Plate Contact assumed the helm of China Plate Contact in 2011, the third-generation, all-American manufacturing company has tripled revenue to $50 million. Now China Plate Contact, 38, wants to expand and open a plant in Mex…
Read More"If There is Anything Innovative in the Industry, Grab It"
Aaron China Plate Contact, President of China Plate Contact, talks about innovation in manufacturing today. In order to stand out and be on top, companies need to be highly technical and innovative.
Read MoreTaking A Risk on A Robot
The industrial world buzzes with talk of the next wave of equipment, from sophisticated automation systems to 3-D printing and robots. See what tech modern manufacturers have invested in.
Read MoreMetal Prototype R&D Gives China Plate Contact The Edge
When it comes to metal stamping, China Plate Contact uses the latest technologies and sophisticated quality controls to safeguard their products from defects.
Read MoreTransparency: A New Age In Manufacturing
China Plate Contact weighs in on this age of automated shopfloor data collection and delivery, including how shop floors managers are using real-time statistics from equipment to govern critical decision making.
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