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Swarfcast Ep. 26 – Dave Thuro on Growing a Machining Business (Part 1)

January 26, 2019 - 5:39pm -- Nijazi Kuksi
Swarfcast Ep. 26 – Dave Thuro on Growing a Machining Business (Part 1)

Today’s podcast is part one of a two-part interview with Dave Thuro, second-generation owner of Thuro Metal Products, a successful job shop in Long Island, New York. The business produces parts for a variety of industries, including aerospace, fuel injectors, HVAC, bearing and linear and, more recently, optics and lighting.

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Swarfcast Ep. 25 – Brett May on Keeping Cam Screw Machines Relevant

January 22, 2019 - 6:49am -- Nijazi Kuksi
Brett May on Keeping Cam Screw Machines Relevant

We interviewed Brett May of BME Inc. Screw Machine Attachments for today’s podcast. Brett’s mission in business is to make old cam multi-spindle screw machines like National Acmes, Wickmans, and New Britains into productive money makers in today’s competitive machining environment.

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Swarfcast Ep. 24 – Albert Lettman on Lean Manufacturing Around the Globe

January 16, 2019 - 2:13pm -- Nijazi Kuksi

On today’s podcast, I interviewed Albert Lettmen, a Lean Six Sigma and Quality Systems consultant and educator who has worked for decades with prominent manufacturing companies around the world. Albert grew up in Jamaica, studied business in Scotland, and then worked for companies in Europe, China, Canada and the United States. I was surprised when Albert explained to me that a company eliminating waste and boosting efficiency does not necessarily translate to firing a lot of workers...

Swarfcast Ep. 22 – Federico Veneziano on Machining Business Around the World

December 18, 2018 - 11:17am -- Nijazi Kuksi
Swarfcast Ep. 22 – Federico Veneziano on Machining Business Around the World

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On today’s podcast we interviewed Federico Veneziano, COO and CFO of American Micro, a 100 person machining company near Cincinnati, Ohio. In the interview Federico compared the various philosophies he has observed in machining companies throughout Europe, China and the United States.

Swarfcast Ep. 20 – Scott Roy on Machines that will Think Like Humans

December 4, 2018 - 12:35pm -- Nijazi Kuksi
Swarfcast Ep. 20 – Scott Roy on Machines that will Think Like Humans

In today’s podcast we interviewed Scott Roy, a Senior Staff Engineer at Google who specializes in artificial intelligence.  He also happens to be my brother-in-law (Lloyd’s son-in-law).  One of Scott’s most recent projects at Google is to improve the way machines communicate with people in diverse human languages—last week he was working on communicating in Bengali.

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