An Arnold Publication- Serving the Western Metalworking Industry Since 1981
An Arnold Publication
From the Editor
Newspeak: 2011
In 1949 a British writer named Eric Blair—better known by his pen name George Orwell—published a highly controversial novel entitled Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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CNC WEST is a west coast metalworking print magazine devoted to machinist and metalworking decision makers in machine shops and job shops on the west coast. The magazine features articles on cnc machining, machine shops and the west coast metal working industry. Please enjoy this months issue and if you would like to read previous issues you may do so by clicking here. 
Real-time SPC
Sanmina-SCI, founded in Silicon Valley in 1980 as Sanmina, is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ) with global operations in 18 countries on four continents. One of the world’s largest EMS companies, with headquarters in San Jose, CA, Sanmina has approximately 45,000 employees and fiscal year 2010 revenues totaling $6.3 billion dollars.
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Making It in High-Tech Country
Livermore, CA is probably best known as the home of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which describes itself as “a premier research and development institution for science and technology applied to national security.” And premier it is, because since its founding in 1952 by the University of California, the lab has garnered no less than 118 prestigious R&D Awards for the most innovative ideas of the year.
Trigger Happy Manufacturer!
Usually being “trigger happy” refers to someone who shoots first and asks questions later. In the case of Phoenix, AZ’s 65-year-old Timney Manufacturing, Inc. (aka Timney Triggers), it just describes the state of mind of John Vehr, the company’s owner-president.
“We love our triggers as much as our gun-aficionado customers love their weapons,” Vehr says. “This company has been making triggers since 1946. Since I bought it from my parents in 2000, we have grown to be the largest and most successful trigger manufacturer in the world.”
The company was founded by Allen Timney, who decided to become a gunsmith on his return from WWII.
