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Fabricators and Manufacturers Association®
The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association is a professional organization with more than 2,000 individual and company members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, and FABTECH®, a fabricating and welding expo. FMA's focus, sheet metal and plate, is complemented by the role of its technology affiliate, the Tube & Pipe Association International (TPA), which focuses on tube, pipe, and profile.
FMA's publishing partner, FMA Communications Inc., publishes the following trade journals:
- The FABRICATOR®
- The FABRICATOR en Español
- The Tube & Pipe Journal®
- The WELDER™
- Canadian Fabricating & Welding
- Canadian Metalworking
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Recent Content on The Fabricator for Fabricators and Manufacturers Association®
- From The Fabricator
The season for NBT Summer Manufacturing Camps nears
- May 9, 2024
- Shop Management
- News Release
Thanks to grants made possible by Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, the foundation of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA), Elgin, Ill., more than 300 summer camps will be held in 30 different states, reaching more than 5,000 students.
- From The Fabricator
Material handling automation moves forward at MODEX
- By Tim Heston
- May 3, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
Automated guided vehicles, autonomous mobile robots, and even mobile manipulation robots took center stage at MODEX. The technology hints at what the future fab shop could look like.
- From The Fabricator
AI, machine learning, and the future of metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 14, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting attendees took a deep dive into operational excellence, skill, and what will define future success: good systems, good data, and, most important, good employees.
- From The Fabricator
BlueForge Alliance partners with Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs to develop Submarine Manufacturing Camps
- Apr 8, 2024
- Arc Welding
- News Release
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, Elgin, Ill., the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association’s charitable foundation, has announced a three-year educational partnership with BlueForge Alliance.
- From The Fabricator
The Fabricator Podcast wins Gold in 2024 AVA Digital Awards
- Apr 5, 2024
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Fabricator Podcast has been recognized as a two-time Gold winner for podcasting in the Digital Content Marketing category in the 2024 AVA Digital Awards.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators earn FMA/CNA Awards for safety achievements
- Apr 3, 2024
- Safety
- News Release
The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA) and longstanding sponsor CNA are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Safety Awards, which honor metal fabricators with outstanding achievements in safety in 2023.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication surveys show higher wages, company profits
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 18, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Benefiting from reshoring and resurging demand, metal fabricators have enjoyed greater profits and, just as critical, employees have enjoyed higher pay. That's according to two recent industry surveys.
- From The Fabricator
Modern metal fab shops: Have a technology plan
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Feb 23, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Metal fabrication businesses with the best partnerships, plans, and personnel savvy will reap the greatest benefits from technology advances.
- From The Fabricator
Financial survey dives deep into metal fabrication industry
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 13, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
A recent financial survey from the FMA goes deep into the books behind metal fabrication, offering an in-depth look into an industry dominated by private companies.
- From The Fabricator
NBT awards manufacturing scholarships to 31 students
- Jan 11, 2024
- Shop Management
- News Release
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), the foundation of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA), Elgin, Ill., recently granted 31 scholarships totaling $46,500 to students enrolled in manufacturing certificate and degree programs. These awards help defray educational expenses such as...
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing camp sets kids on a good trajectory
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Nov 1, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Kids at a recent Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs camp at Duanesburg Central School got to launch rockets, but more important, figure out how to do build something cool that works.
- From The Fabricator
CCAI Finishing Education Foundation receives grant for summer finishing camps
- Oct 31, 2023
- Finishing
- News Release
The CCAI Finishing Education Foundation (CCAI FEF), Lakewood Ranch, Fla., has received a grant from the PPG Foundation to support its summer finishing camp initiative.
- From The Fabricator
Girls discover new career paths at manufacturing camp
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 17, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Campers at Penn College’s Tinker-Belles manufacturing camp for young women spent a week learning about metal cutting, robotics, EDM, CAD modeling, and welding.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing camp provides new opportunities for an overlooked population
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 9, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs sponsored an inclusion camp at VPI in Appleton, Wis., to show young people with special needs their potential for a manufacturing career.
- From The Fabricator
NumberUp Innovation STEM camp introduces kids to manufacturing
- By Gareth Sleger
- Oct 3, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Miami University engineering students and the Cincinnati Recreation Commission ran the multiweek NumberUp workshop as part of the NBT summer camp series.
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