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When the clock struck 12:00am on October 1, 2013, much of the U.S. federal government shut down. What this means is that many of those who work for and with the federal government are now left in limbo. According to the Wall Street Journal, 818,000 workers (out of a total of 2.9 million federal government […]

These days, much of the conversation about the economy and American manufacturing is focusing on its comeback. A growing trend—and one projected to keep going—is reshoring, or bringing manufacturing back to American soil. In this article, it’s stated that “outsourcing is being challenged by the desire to bring manufacturing jobs back to America…the concept is […]

Manufacturing has evolved well beyond the days of an apprentice learning a manual trade from a master or a low-skilled assembly line worker performing repetitive tasks. Today, manufacturing is a highly technical occupation and requires proficiency in a wide variety of math, computer, and business skills. As manufacturing continues to expand, many companies are finding […]

Another piece of great news for us at Astro Machine Works! MANTEC has nominated us for an ImPAct Award, a program implemented by Governor Tom Corbett to celebrate the companies and individuals who are investing in Pennsylvania and creating jobs. We will be among the nominees at a ceremony being held on May 23, 2013, […]

February 13th was a day of celebration here at Astro Machine — that’s when it was announced we were chosen as the Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s “Make it in America Manufacturer of the Week!” We received this honor in recognition of our success at entering new markets, finding new customers, and generating significant new sales. And […]

What better way to start the year than with new services to add to our already long list of capabilities? How else to bolster our EDM offerings than adding the newest and latest in machines? With the introduction of the Sodick AQ5371 Wire EDM machine, Astro Machine is doing just that. As EDM work has […]

Happy New Year! As 2013 begins, all of us here at Astro Machine Works look forward to the year ahead. This past year, we celebrated another record year in sales and production for six years running, and since records are made to be broken, we hope to continue that in 2013. Take a quick look […]

The year was 1993. A long-time customer approached us needing specific OEM components that were no longer in production. Instead of letting them turn to another company in the hope of obtaining these parts, we rose to their aid and engineered appropriate parts based on the current parts they were using. Thus, our reverse engineering […]

It’s been an exciting time here at Astro Machine Works! As part of our ongoing commitment to investing in relevant technology to keep ahead of customer needs, we’ve added a Hurco VMX 84 to our equipment list. An increasing demand for larger vertical milled parts was keeping our existing equipment near capacity, and this new […]

U.S. manufacturing and reshoring. Surely, the issue of reshoring, or bringing manufacturing back to the U.S., is something you have heard about by now. Although we at Astro have always been proud to manufacture domestically in America, many other companies throughout the industry are beginning to bring production back from offshore. In fact, according to […]