Can small shops succeed with advanced machine tools and software? If so, how do they do it? Read on to learn the strategies that have helped Midway Swiss Turn, our 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor ...

Every year, Gardner Intelligence conducts a survey of machine shops in partnership with Modern Machine Shop. The Top Shops survey is a benchmarking tool that enables participating shops to compare ...

Gaining a competitive advantage begins with understanding the industry and assessing current standings against modern manufacturing challenges. In 2024, machine shops faced an evolving set of ...

Joshua Krone has liked designing things and working with his hands for as long as he can remember. So when Krone, 21, graduated from high school three years ago, he followed his brother in becoming a ...

For machine shops, the key successful additive manufacturing to treat AM/3DP not as a replacement but as a supplement to other capabilities, scaling up in line with customer needs and internal ...

Modern machine shops, like Today's aircraft, need instrumentation to keep flying. In the August issue of American Machinist we recommended 12 important performance measures, with benchmark data from ...