C&R Manufacturing Hosts Maze Foundation Students for a Day in Manufacturing
C&R Manufacturing recently opened its doors to students from the Maze Foundation for a special hands-on tour of the shop. This visit gave kids of all ages the chance to…
C&R Expands Waterjet Capabilities to Support Quick Turnaround Jobs
Need a quick prototype or small batch of precision parts? Our upgraded waterjet capabilities mean faster programming, quicker turnaround, and shorter setup for short-run production.At C&R Manufacturing, we’re always looking…
C&R Mfg opens its doors – and students’ and teachers’ minds – to careers in manufacturing
C&R Manufacturing recently opened our doors to dozens of students and teachers from local high schools to learn about the great opportunities for careers at our company and in manufacturing. …
Continued investment in automation, multi-task machines
C&R Manufacturing, Shawnee, Kansas, continues to invest in new technology and automation. They have installed a new Okuma LB3000EXII MYW live tool lathe.The new lathe offers high-quality machining for a…
C&R Installs Another Live Tool Lathe
C&R recently purchased another Okuma Live Tool Lathe with Y-axis milling.Currently, in our plant, we have 4 live tool lathes and 2 live tool Tsugami Swiss turn lathes. This machine…
Community Involvement: Promoting Manufacturing Through Fighting Robots
C&R Manufacturing employees cheer as they watch the parts they machined get destroyed.It's all part of the fun that is the Battlebots competition.High school students, local manufacturing companies, and teachers…
Building a Company and a Long Lasting NTMA Connection
As featured in the December issue of NTMA's The Record magazine:C&R Manufacturing was founded in Ron Wosel’s basement — the classic beginnings of a machine shop, as many who have…
The Role of Employee Incentives in Successful Automation
This shop doesn’t emphasize lights-out production so much as leveraging automation while the lights are still on. One key to this is a wage and compensation plan that rewards employees…
NTMA Members Share Observations after Japan Manufacturing Tour
Machine shop owners and managers, NTMA leaders and representatives of the host companies all toured Japan together for a week, visiting advanced manufacturing facilities as well as one small shopLast…
C&R is always excited to be a part of the robotics competition by supporting several local high school teams!
Sparks Fly in National Robotics Competition [NTMA Feature] Sparks Fly in National Robotics Competition [NTMA Feature]Pittsburgh Post-GazetteBy: Stephanie Ritenbaugh5/22/2016 CALIFORNIA, Pa. — In one of two the rings set up for the…