It's All About Skill

"Alongside creative recruitment efforts, the key to developing more skilled workers in the U.S. is the use of uniform, widely-recognized and industry-driven credentials to demonstrate competency in the specific industry skills needed by employers."

There is a push right now to provide college students the access to gain those skills and certifications needed to be successful in the Manufacturing field. With backers such as NTMA, PMA, NAM and President Obama, the goal is to bring Manufacturing in the U.S. back to the forefront. By increasing the opportunities in education, the goal is for more people to become certified in the skills that will allow Manufacturing in the U.S. to move ahead with the future and the new technologies available for new products. No longer would skilled trades be a thing of the past but the goal of the future.

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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110608006542/en/White-House-Worker-Training-Initiatives-Build-Efforts

Think Outside of the Box

Intricate in-lay for a backyard patio, colorful pattern to brighten up a hospital floor, custom-designed backsplash for a kitchen or that one-of-a-kind part on a custom built chopper.

With the ability to cut stone, rubber, ceramic tile and steel, all of these projects are possible with the process of water jet cutting. Water jet cutting can offer up precision cuts with no heat damage or change to the intrinsic property. We can produce one part or thousands of parts with a smaller amount of waste and a faster time.

Whether you are a landscaper, contractor or build choppers, Wolverine Machine can assist you with your project. From design to finished product, this family owned business for 88 years can help you.
Send us your requests at: quotes@wolverinemachine.com

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Not just for Metal

Did you know that Water jet cutting isn't just for metal, aluminum and stainless steel? Rubber, foam, plastics, composites, tile, marble, granite, safety and armored glass can easily be cut to exact specifications using the water jet cutting process. And because water jet cutting machines use water to mimic an actual erosion process as opposed to heat, like lasers or plasma cutters, materials maintain their original intrinsic properties and exhibit no "heat-affected" zones.

Wolverine Machine has 2 of the largest water jet cutting tables in the Midwest. From flooring to countertops to sign making, we can assist you in your next project. For questions or for more information contact us at:info@wolverinemachine.com. Or to request a quote: quotes@wolverinemachine.com

Clean and Green

Clean and Green — Wolverine Machine not only filters and recycles 100% of the water used in our Waterjet cutting process, but also 100% of the garnet abrasive. The process does not involve any chemicals, gases, or noxious liquids which creates a very clean process, preferable to other methods in terms of environmental impact.

Commitment to Quality

To support our commitment to exceptional customer service, we are ISO/TS 16949:2009 certified and use advanced, high tech processes and equipment to shorten production cycles, reduce waste and lower costs.

WOLVERINE'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY MEANS...

• Detailed consideration to lots as small as 10 pieces or as large as 1,000,000, or more.
• Quality control accountability from all personnel at every stage of the process.
• An exceptionally knowledgeable staff.
• Third generation family management spanning more than 75 years of production excellence.
• Wolverine Promises to deliver quality products, on time at competitive prices.

WOLVERINE'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY INCLUDES...

• Twenty-three 6-spindle automatic bar machines capable of fabricating superior products from 1/8" to 4" diameter.
• Precision in-house operations for drilling, tapping, automatic tapping, bending, broaching, countersinking, milling, reaming, threading, and knurling.
• Reliable outside sources for plating, heat treating, centerless grinding, brazing, nylocking, and specialized packaging.
• Tools and procedures for extraordinary quality control, especially Wolverine's "Statistical Process Control" which insures exact conformance to our customers' specifications.
• Timely PPAP's done in house when required.

It's Our 88th Anniversary!!!!

In May of 1923, Charles J. O’Neill incorporated Wolverine Machine Products in Holly, Mich. Moving equipment into a building with less than 8,000 square feet, the company produced fasteners and other screw machine products. With early customers including Chevrolet/General Motors, to producing products for World War II, surviving the Great Depression and a fire in 1953, Wolverine Machine Products stands strong. Now into it’s 88th year and 4th generation, Wolverine Machine Products continues the tradition of excellent quality and exceptional customer service.

Waterjet Cutting RFQ Raffle

Waterjet Cutting RFQ Raffle

Waterjet cutting is exciting to us at Wolverine Machine, and we want to make it exciting for you.
From today until March 31st, Wolverine Machine will be holding a weekly drawing for all customers who send in RFQ’s (Request for Quotes) for Wolverine Machine’s Waterjet cutting service. On Friday, February 25th and every Friday in March, a lucky winner will be drawn from that week’s entries to receive a $25 gift certificate to their favorite local area businesses, i.e. restaurant, fuel station or charity**.

Add us to your waterjet outsourcing contacts to make it easy to enter!

Terms and Conditions:
**Material must be at least ¾” in thickness and/or require heat free cutting in order to be entered into the promotional drawing. Each customer is limited to receiving one entry per business day. The lucky winning customer will be notified via email on each Friday and a suggestion for their gift certificate will be requested. Should a gift certificate from the customers suggested business not be available a secondary choice will be considered. Every Monday, the prior week’s entries will be discarded. Should you be interested in participating in this promotion, please send your part print and quantities desired for Waterjet cutting to Quotes. For additional questions on this promotion, feel free to contact Rachel.