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Increasing Productivity from your Engineering Department

Jul 06, 2015 - Eric St. James

For any metal fabrication shop the engineering department is the brains of the operation. As in most industries – from construction to high tech – wit...

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How to leverage all the features of your fabrication machine

May 21, 2015 - Eric St. James

The fabrication machines in your shop have different capabilities – to get the best bang for your buck you really want to be leveraging all the featur...

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Why should you consider lesser known fabrication machine brands

Apr 01, 2015 - Eric St. James

Fabrication Machines represent a big investment; you always want to know you’re getting the best bang for your buck. Many metal fabrication shop owner...

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The 3 T’s of cross-training your fabrication shop technicians

Feb 26, 2015 - Eric St. James

One of the biggest metal fabrication shop ‘hacks’ for productivity is cross-training employees.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: inves...

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5 ways to show your metal fabrication shop love (and boost productivity)

Feb 09, 2015 - Eric St. James

As a metal fabrication shop owner, it goes without saying that your shop is a major part of your life. Like with any relationship, the shop-owner rapp...

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Are You Limiting Your Fabrication Shop’s Growth?

Jan 19, 2015 - Eric St. James

     Many fabrication shops today are in the position of going from job to job, contract to contract. Managers at these companies may ...

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Holiday Gift Guide: 8 things every metal fabrication shop needs this year

Dec 15, 2014 - Eric St. James

The holiday season is a great time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the next, with eyes for a bigger and better year. Many fabricators ...

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Is your fabrication shop dependent on obsolete machinery?

Nov 07, 2014 - Eric St. James

Many fabrication shops operate very well with machinery that is not new. It’s not uncommon to find various types of equipment that could be 20-30-plus...

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Avoid unplanned machine downtime

Sep 12, 2014 - Eric St. James

It’s pretty well a law of nature that nothing lasts without proper upkeep. Take the human body, for instance.  We all know the often deadly conse...

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FABTECH Canada 2014.

May 16, 2014 - Eric St. James

Paramount Machinery Inc.  recently exhibited at FABTECH Canada , a trade show dedicated to the metal fabrication industry. Attendance was up in c...

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