Newsletters (Proto News Letters)

This month Protomatic is  highlighting a special type of lathe that is available at Protomatic.   This lathe is special due to design and structure.  The basic platform is comprised of a "Super Precision Hardinge GT-27" lathe with a "Pick and Place" added to feed parts for larger volume runs.

  This month Protomatic is highlighting an article published in " ManufactLINE" in Vol. 2
of Sept. 2009. This article summarizes all of the programs that Protomatic has undergone over
the last three years. These programs have energized and revitalized the capabilities of the

This month Protomatic is  highlighting Laser Marking.  Since we have purchased the new laser system we have quite simply under utilized the machine's capability. So this month we wanted to demonstrate some of the machine's  capability.

This month highlights our new web site,  www.protomatic.com .  After years of our  "do it yourself look", we went with a more professional look.   The new web site works better and reflects our company's capabilities and growing needs of our customers in the industry.  The following highlights the impo

This month highlights one of the many modernizations and philosophy used at Protomatic to improve the manufacturing process. As the manufacturing paradigm has changed over the last ten years, Protomatic has come to the realization that most United States manufactureres cannot go head to head with the low cost labor countries.

This month highlights one of the improvements that was started in January 2008. As with most improvement programs, they must be reported well after the process has been established. This is a big change for most companies, but with the help of Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC, Plymouth, MI) they created a positive learning environment that was very effective.

This month we would like to share with all our customers a specialty machining process that is available at Protomatic.

This month we would like to share with all our customers and friends a recent article that was published in the Ann Arbor News on March 22nd, 2009. This article was in the "Annual Business Outlook 2009" and highlighted the actitivities that Protomatic and other companies have experienced recently. Below is the reprint, if you can't display, the link is:

Spring is almost here, the neighbors are tapping the maple trees. The warm days and freezing nights are just perfect for the sap harvest. The warmer spring rains are melting the Michigan ground allowing the spring bulbs to emerge. Wow, we are all glad spring is here.

The winter thaw is almost upon us, we are all experiencing our first greater than 32F day since December. This year seems like an abnormally cold season. Wow, I will be glad when the flowers come out and the robins return