Gallagher Corporation - A process driven customer molder of urethane products that provides extra machining value for their customer with high technology Mazak machine tools. 

Global Gear - Meet a company that is successfully machining high volume automotive parts on U.S. soil.  Their strategy?  Automate and continuously improve the process.

Pete Uvaas, President, Fox Valley Tool & Die - How can a job shop do "raw material in, finished part out" in one machining setup on Mazak Integrex?  In a 30 second movie link you can see and hear Pete's passion and enthusiasm.

Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) - How can our industry develop and train more machinists and technical shop people?  Meet the best school, government and local manufacturing partnership.

Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) Testimonials - The business people who benefit from the FVTC talk about how the school has impacted the success in the Fox River Valley in Northeastern WI.

CEO Message - Joe wonders if his testosterone levels have anything to do with his changed business strategy.

The Best Way to Justify your Machine Tool Purchase - Does your customer use intuition and gut feel, or a more formalized approach to justify his new machine tool?  Teach them to use the most fact-based method called "Net Present Value" analysis.

Face-Off - After performing our own head to head competition, we can confidently say that the Nexus machines are at least 30% more productive than 10 year old Mazak technology. 

New faces in MSI Places - Meet our not-so-new MT&S member - Mike McKinney.

The Greatest Commandment - When we love others in the name of God, we are also demonstrating our love for God.  Learn specific ways to "love God and your neighbor."
 

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