The Art of Precision Sheet Metal: Meta Fab’s Edge
September 18, 2023 4:46 am Leave your thoughtsIn today’s fast-paced world, where speed often takes precedence over quality, finding a company that values precision and excellence in... Read more ›
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Manufacturing: Serving Long COVID Patients & the Medical Device Industry
July 7, 2022 1:54 pm Leave your thoughtsManufacturing in the Medical Device Industry Baby Boomers held the title as the largest adult population (now outnumbered by Millennials)... Read more ›
5 Key Proactive Steps Against Inflation for Manufacturers
June 8, 2022 4:08 pm Leave your thoughtsBy: Aimee Sukol, JD/MA/MS Ed. Introduction: Inflation and Manufacturing Inflation has impacted everyone globally without any clear predictions for relief... Read more ›
Steel Prices & Growth in Metal Fabrication
May 18, 2022 2:45 pm Leave your thoughtsBy: Aimee Sukol, JD/MA/MS Ed. Introduction Steel literally forms the development of societies across the globe and availability is highly... Read more ›
Success with the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP)
September 27, 2021 10:56 am Leave your thoughtsThe following is an article written by the team at the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP) highlighting our recent work... Read more ›
Manufacturing Events, Funding & Resources for May
May 5, 2021 3:21 pm Leave your thoughtsGood Morning Oregon Manufacturers & Friends! I hope you’re all doing wonderful. I for one am really enjoying the Spring... Read more ›
Meta Fab wins 2020 Makers & Manufacturers: Family-Owned Manufacturer of the Year from Portland Business Journal
December 30, 2020 12:30 pm Leave your thoughtsWhile the year 2020 will go down in the history books as a year full of struggles and uncertainty we... Read more ›
What Workforce Development Means to Local Economies and the Environment
November 24, 2020 2:05 pm Leave your thoughtsMeta Fab knows the charge to “bring back manufacturing” is easier said than done. The biggest challenge facing US manufacturers... Read more ›
It’s Not a Skills Gap: Developing Work Culture in Manufacturing
November 18, 2020 3:16 pmIntroduction: US manufacturers have identified a limited labor supply as a key challenge over the past decade. In response, local... Read more ›
Manufacturing & the Next Generation Workforce: How Adapting to New Norms Is A Recruitment/Retention Tool
September 28, 2020 6:47 pm Leave your thoughtsBy: Aimee Sukol, JD/MA/MS Ed Introduction: Manufacturing works with heavy machinery around a strict clock... Read more ›
Excellent Career Opportunities Exist in Overlooked Sheet Metal Fabrication
September 5, 2020 2:05 pm Leave your thoughtsThe rise of the Maker There is an urge inside all of us to create, to do. This urge is... Read more ›
Electronics Manufacturers Association of Oregon: EMA Oregon
August 5, 2020 11:49 am Leave your thoughtsAuthor: Laura Zager, Ph.D Patent Attorney, EMA Board Member/EMA Mentor The Oregon Electronics Manufacturers Association (EMA) has been serving the... Read more ›
Resources Available for Oregon Manufacturers
June 19, 2020 2:37 pm Leave your thoughtsAuthor: Jasmine Agnor – Senior Marketing and Events Manager, OMEP Guest Blogger As Oregon manufacturers grapple with the effects of... Read more ›
COVID-19: How Crises Shape Innovation through Manufacturing Resiliency & Adaptability
April 1, 2020 9:33 am Leave your thoughtsBy: Aimee Sukol, JD/MA/MS Ed. Introduction COVID-19 presents an issue that we haven’t grappled with since WWII, which is... Read more ›