We wish a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to our Customers, Suppliers, Contractors, Community Neighbors. We do that sharing some of our smiles from the VALIMET, Inc. Holiday Party: Drinks, Dinner, Bocce, Bingo, Gelato. Plus a “Winter Wonderland photo booth”, set up by Captivating Photos, our partner in the past two years. #companyculture #localbusinesssupport
Pouring rain in Northern California, today. Nothing that could stop our Annual Chili Competition. The people of VALIMET, Inc. elected Charlie (Maintenance) as the best Chili-Chef of the Year – see the picture.Great cookies by Autumn and additional grill by Chef Larry. (One ugly Christmas sweater was spotted too). #companyculture
We at VALIMET, Inc. would like to encourage all of our followers and stakeholders to consider supporting St. Mary’s Dining Room: it’s a shelter and community service that was opened in 1955 in Stockton CA. Some of us offered a little time to help serving a meal, just a few days ago. Less than a drop in the…
Now, this IS Rockets Science: VALIMET, Inc. visiting CU Sounding Rocket Laboratory at University of Colorado Boulder. We’ve just met a passionate team that has been progressing from Rocket Engines manufacturing to an upcoming Space Launch (project MAMBA). This School truly manufactures Engineers with multi-disciplinary knowledge. We’ve been told that the whole program aims at human development: the combination of…
AM and information flow – Wrap up at Formnext – Where ideas take shape. This young, youthful Industry is inter-connected also thanks to a reference magazine: Metal AM by Jon Craxford and the Inovar Communications Ltd team. They research, interview and most of all: they listen (If you know, you know). Interesting discussions at the Australian pavilion: two key Cold…
VALMO blinks an eye – Highlights from Day 3 at Formnext – Where ideas take shape. Are there solutions to increase the throughput of AM processes? Tell us your sales pitch.Alexander Janzen and John Rushton from Seurat Technologies visited Chris Adam and Luigi Alzati at VALIMET, Inc. booth. Long story short, we recommend paying attention to their technology. There were several conversations on the need for savvy…
Highlights from Day 2 at Formnext – Where ideas take shape.Everyone loves VALMO, Aluminum Alloy 3D printed Robot. See VALMO with: Debbie Holton, discussing AM Marketing done wright; Mac Brown, learning on In-Situ Monitoring as a high resolution, empowering tool for AM Quality Assurance; Alex Kingsbury (the ultimate AM networker), agreeing on how a positive approach…
Highlights from Day 1 at Formnext – Where ideas take shape. ‘Only Boutique Manufacturing will save Automotive from boredom’. See the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake car boldly displayed at Additive Industries‘ booth. Car Racing is an ideal arena for Additive Manufacturing and for Aluminum Alloys in particular.(Don’t even try and mention ‘Automotive Business’) Day 1 soundtrack: “Money’s…
Talent retention is matter of celebration at VALIMET, Inc. Let’s hear it for Leo and Robert, who made the list: 25 years of service! We’re a Family Business, centered on Employees’ well being.Simply put: we need each other, we respect each other, we help each other. We’d like our Customers to know that our Aluminum Alloy Powders…
Job fair at Franklin High School in Stockton, California. This picture shows a table top with no one around: fake news. Our VP of Administration Bill Johnson – MBA, SHRM-SCP faced a crowd of 2000 students. Big time. Our Aluminum Powders for Additive Manufacturing, Fire fighting flares, Propellants, Energetic materials ‘wowed’ part of the audience. Teachers and staff said…