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Metalworking Manufacturer Reports Record-Breaking Year
TAB Industries Capitalizes on In-House Manufacturing Strategy Reading, PA: Metalworking manufacturer TAB Industries, LLC, Reading, Pa. (www.tabindustries.com), has broken its record for sales, reporting a 98 percent increase in revenues in 2021 versus 2020. Marking...
We Bought Expensive Metalworking Equipment then Covid Hit
We'd just installed a new 3300 Bescutter Fiber Optic Laser cutting system in our PA facility and committed to buying a hydraulic CNC press brake by U.S. Industrial Machinery with custom tooling when we were told the economy had to shut down for two weeks to help...
TAB Industries Installs EZ Sander Metal Finishing Machine
Metals Manufacturer Expands Automated Deburring, Grinding Equipment Lineup Reading, PA: Metalworking manufacturer TAB Industries, LLC, Reading, Pa. (TABIndustries.com), has purchased a new EZ Sander Widebelt Metal Finishing Machine with companion dust collector....
Metals Manufacturing Company Enables Pennsylvania Scale to Offer Mobile Weighing System at Low Price Point
TAB Industries Turnkey Approach Supports Production of New Drum Bunny Reading, PA: Metalworking manufacturer TAB Industries, LLC, Reading, Pa. (TABIndustries.com), has enabled Pennsylvania Scale Company, Lancaster, Pa. to offer its new Drum Bunny mobile weighing...
3D Solid Modeling for Metal Part Design Included as Standard
Designing parts for metal fabrication using SolidWorks 3D Solid Modeling has become our standard procedure for nearly every part, assembly, or product regardless of the quantity, size, or complexity. The transition from drafting with a pencil to 2D drawings with...
Metal fabricator upgrades quality, cuts lead times for prisoner restraint system
This article in Tube & Pipe Journal details the troubles our customer, Matt Planer, went through to build his company from an idea to a startup to a growing supplier of law enforcement products now selling worldwide. Our congratulations to Matt and everyone...
Blanket Order Production Runs Protect Against Supply Chain Disruptions
We were as alarmed at the recent headlines as any metal fabrication company in Pennsylvania. Many different types of sheet metal and other materials were either delayed, unavailable or priced at levels no one had ever seen. Thankfully, nearly all of the companies who...
We Take On the Small Jobs, Too – Here’s Why
There are no small jobs, just small orders that can become big orders. Many metal fabricators are doing well these days, so well they're being very choosy about which orders to accept and which orders to turn away. It isn't just that the demand for metal fabrication...
Why We Added More Welding Equipment
We're a welding company in Pennsylvania but we do much more than welding in our Reading, PA metal fab shop. We're a full-service manufacturer and welding aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, galvanized steel, and other materials is a core competency that we use in...