Northeast Manufacturing News • March 2026

NORTHEAST Serving Since 2005 Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont & West Virginia M ANUFACTURING N EWS Feature Editorial Quality Control & Measurement Dual-Method Gauging System Users can select the optimum inspection method to address a variety of needs. See Page 6 Vol. 22 No. 3 March 2026 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com American Precision Museum Launches Construction on Transformative Floor 2 The Future Project Design-2-Part Shows 2026 Schedule Design-2-Part Trade Shows has an-nounced its upcoming schedule for the 2026 show season. The trade shows con-nect OEM engineers and buyers with American manufacturing experts. Each event offers attendees the opportunity to discover new technologies and proc-esses, compare suppliers in person, and view thousands of sample parts. Spring 2026 show dates: • Atlanta, GA: March 10-ll • Irving, TX: April 1-2 • Secaucus, NJ: April 22-23 Continued on Page 46 Material Handling Optimize Workflows 2025 Orders Beat 2024 in 11 Months The American Precision Museum (APM), located in the historic 1846 Rob-bins & Lawrence Armory in Windsor, VT, stands on the very site recognized as the birthplace of precision manufac-turing and the use of interchangeable parts in America. From this location, Continued on Page 46 New orders of metalworking ma-chinery, measured by the U.S. Manu-facturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT—The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $437.9 million in November 2025. This represented a 19.6% decrease from Oc-tober 2025 and nearly equaled the or-ders in November 2024, with a differ-ence of just over $2 million. Machinery orders tracked by USMTO through November 2025 totaled $4.92 billion, a 17.8% increase over the first 11 months of 2024. Continued on Page 46 Steel distributor maximizes storage capacity. See Page 14 Applying Technology New Look at Automation A new technology partnership automates small-to mid-sized shops. See Page 24 Simple Solution for Automated Material Transport TRUMPF has introduced the Material Flow Starter Kit. With this solution, companies can easily automate material trans-port in sheet metal production. Mobile robots move the mate-rial stored on pallets from sta-tion to station, and the vehicles can be controlled via a web ap-plication that works on any mobile device in the user’s net-work. “With the Material Flow Start-er Kit, production employees can concentrate more on value-adding activities at the ma-chines,” said Walter Kampitsch, automation group manager at Continued on Page 20 A Century of Manufacturing in NYC—Yula Corp’s 100-Year Milestone Yula Corporation is celebrating its 100th year of operation, marking a milestone in American manufacturing. Yula custom designs and fabricates shell and tube heat exchangers for the pharmaceutical industry and also sup-plies equipment for chemical, pulp & paper, oil & gas, HVAC, and broader industrial markets. Founded in 1926 and now in its third generation of family ownership, its in-novative contributions have been par-ticularly vital in ensuring safety and dependability across critical fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and Continued on Page 46 Additive Manufacturing Resourceful Production of Large, Complex Components Reuse powder without compromising quality. See Page 38 People in the News Page 30 Subscription Changes: To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com Advertiser Index Page 37 Gross Publications, Inc. NORTHEAST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID