Kawasaki announced in January 2016 that they would be converting part of a plant in Lincoln, Nebraska into a manufacturing facility for cargo doors. On May 1st, Kawasaki started work on cargo door parts. EI riveting machines are helping reduce the time and cost of adding rivets.

After many years in the making, our machines are in full production helping Boeing produce 42 planes per month.

The WorldSkills UK Finals saw EIUK apprentices take Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. Leigh Clark, Joe Harrison, and Ryan Dexter were signed up to compete in the first round of this year’s CNC Milling competition. In the final Leigh took Gold, Ryan came away with Silver, and Joe has the Bronze.

Ethan Davies went to Gothenburg, Sweden to compete in the EuroSkills Finals for the CNC Milling category. His performance won him the Medallion of Excellence.

Paul Thompson received the Thomas H. Speller Award on October 4, 2016 at the AMAF16 conference in Bremen, Germany. Paul Thompson has joined Peter Zieve (October 5, 1999) and John Hartmann (October 4, 2005) as the third engineer at Electroimpact to receive this award.

In his remarks Paul thanked Electroimpact for encouraging him to expand his horizons as an engineer by participating in the SAE Aerofast and Aerotech. He noted that previous employers had not given similar encouragement.

Several of Electroimpact’s machine shop apprentices have had a lot of success at the WorldSkills UK Competition including three out of the six UK finalists in CNC milling category. Read the full article below!