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The 1980s

Cost Estimating for the Contract Stamping Company

March 1980
By Herbert Sher and Alan Phelps, Touche Ross & Co.

Exporting in the 1980s—Help is on the Way

January 1981
By Richard Garnitz

About the Author—Richard Garnitz served as director of the Office of Export Marketing assistance, U.S. Department of Commerce. His global trade experience included positions as director of the U.S. Trade Center in Tokyo; commercial attaché, U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden; director of the U.S. Trade Center for Scandinavia; and director of Foreign Export Promotion Program, Office of International Marketing.

20 Ways to Keep Dies Running

November 1981
By Ernest J. Urbas

About the Author—Ernest Urbas was a consultant who had been involved in the stamping industry for many years, starting at the bench and serving in almost every management capacity.

Why the Sun Is Rising on the Japanese Stamping Industry

January 1982

Navigating in a Regulatory Soup

April 1982
By William E. Gaskin

Industrial Robots—Where Do They fit in Metal Stamping?

August 1982
By Dan Daniels, Consulting Editor

SPC—Is It In Your Future? Do You Have One Without It?

August 1984
A basic guide to SPC for the non-practitioner

The Metal Merchants

October 1984
By Dan Daniels, Consulting Editor

Fast, accurate determination of sheet metal formability…
New Methods for Improving the Sheet Metal Stamping Process

August 1987
By William Brazier, Ford Motor Company

About the Author—Bill Brazier was manager of advanced technology and material engineering for stamping engineering at Ford Motor Company, Detroit.

Classics in Deep Draw Design

August 1987

How to Manage Spanish-Speaking Employees in Metal Stamping Plants

November 1987
By Mariah E. deForest, Vice President, Imberman and DeForest

The Stage is Set for PSDI
Rules are Published; Certification, Validation are Needed

May 1988

RENEWAL: Key to competing in the ’90s

December 1988

An interview with PMA’s newly elected 1989 Chairman of the Board Patrick A. Thompson, president of Trans-Matic Manufacturing Company, Holland, MI. As he began his term as head of Precision Metalforming Association, Thompson responded to questions regarding the industry’s future, and major issues facing management.

Plastics: Threat or Opportunity

December 1989
By John T. Winship, P.E., Contributing Editor