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Meet Tool Gauge Apprentice Raquel Taijito
When did you make the decision to become an apprentice, Raquel? I decided to become an apprentice at age 16 at the beginning of my sophomore year at Stadium High School in Tacoma. It was after my old engineer design teacher Mr. Reher introduced me to The Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee’s (AJAC) and their training programs […]
More >>Interview with Namrata Roy, Engineering Intern at Tool Gauge
Tell us a little bit about yourself, Namrata. What do you study and where? I just finished my third year of mechanical engineering at Principia College in Elsah, IL as part of a dual degree program with the University of North Dakota (ABET mechanical engineering degree). What attracted you about interning at Tool Gauge […]
More >>Tool Gauge evaluates cobots
Today’s smaller aerospace manufacturers face challenges on many different levels. They have difficulty hiring due to a wide shortage of factory floor talent to carry out assembly work or tend to machines. To remain competitive on the global stage, they need to keep their manufacturing costs under control, especially as new aircraft programs come online. For […]
More >>See you at AIX in Hamburg!
Tool Gauge hopes to see you at Stand 6A70 / E at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, Germany from April 10 to 12, alongside eight other aerospace companies representing Washington state under the Choose Washington umbrella at the Hanse-Pavilion. Drawing more than 16,000 industry attendees from 103 countries, 1,000 airline buyers representing 268 […]
More >>See you at ADSS in Seattle next week!
We look forward to seeing you next week at booth #305 at the Aerospace & Defense Supplier Summit to be held at the Seattle Convention Center March 26 to 28. This supply chain event brings together aerospace and defense primes, tier suppliers, contract manufacturers, engineering, procurement, fabrication, commodity teams, suppliers, and service providers who will meet through […]
More >>Debbie Lee to speak at EDB Annual Meeting
Our CEO Debbie Lee will participate in a keynote panel at the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County’s Annual Meeting to be held from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on March 8th, 2018 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center. She will speak specifically about aerospace manufacturing and the benefits it brings for the South Sound […]
More >>See you at the PNAA Conference!
We are pleased to announce our participation in PNAA’s 2018 Aerospace Conference to be held from February 12 to 15 at the Convention Center in Lynnwood, Wash. Entitled Leading Through Change: Managing Transformation, this must-attend four-day event hosted in the heart of the Pacific Northwest aerospace cluster gathers 600+ C-suite executives, strategic planners, business development, […]
More >>Manufacturing facility expansion update
In April 2017, we officially announced the future expansion of our Tacoma manufacturing facility. Eight months on, and everything is going according to plan. Our leadership team is in the final stages of reviewing various iterations of the blueprints to ultimately decide which building configuration will best suit our future manufacturing needs. Key expansion […]
More >>Tool Gauge expands leadership team
Tool Gauge is pleased to welcome three new staff members to its leadership team. Julia Pope joins us as our new Controller. During her 17-year career in the plastics, rubber, and mold-making industries, Julia has worked for companies as diverse as ADP and Goodyear Rubber. Her ability to understand computers, people, and processes coupled […]
More >>Tool Gauge and the relentless pursuit of technology
While the expansion of our Tacoma manufacturing facility moves forward, we continue to invest in our leading-edge manufacturing capabilities. We are in the middle of a program to replace all of our hydraulic presses with new, all-electric machines that provide better process control, are much quieter, more energy efficient, and easier for our staff to […]
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