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Metal Finishing/Plating/Coating Issue: 

Legacy Technologies Inc., Mission, KS Offers Contract 

Plating and Stamping 

Micro Medical Instruments, St. Louis: New Citizen K16 

Microfinish, St. Louis, MO, Continues To Expand 

& Improve Its Operations & Services 

SourceOne, Lincoln, NE, Strives To Be A One Source 

Manufacturing Partner 

Heartland Fabrication & Machine, Independence, 

MO, Installs Mori Seiki NLX 2500Y CNC Lathe 

Wichita ISM & APICS Chapter Hold Joint Meeting 

Ernest-Spencer Metals, Meriden, KS: KSAFE Award 

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Photos, Top, L-R: A plating line at Legacy Technologies Inc. (LTI). LTI’s Bruce Diggett. Micro Medical Instruments’ Steven Davis 

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Microfinish’s Rob Fehlbaum, Dale Woodfin Sr., Eric Weidler & Bill Stock. Heartland Fabrication’s Mori Seiki NLX 2500Y CNC lathe. 

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Vol. 39 - No. 05 

Micro Medical Instruments Installs 

Citizen K16EVII .....................5 

Heartland Fab & Machine: 

Installs Mori Seiki .........................6 

Microfinish Continues To Expand 

and Improve ..........................8 

SourceOne: A One Source Manufacturing 

Partner .................10 

Legacy Technologies Offers 

Contract Plating & Stamping ..12 

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4 MID-AMERICA COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

St. Louis, Missouri 

Micro Medical Instruments 

Installs Citizen K16EVII Swiss 

Micro Medical Instruments, 

Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, has 

recently installed a new Citizen 

K16EVII Swiss turning center. 

The 22-year-old firm 

specializes in producing micro 

surgical instruments for the field 

of opthamology. Founded by 

Steven Davis, a 37-year industry 

veteran, the firm started out in a 

Above: Steven Davis. 

2-car garage and has grown to 

its current 7,000+-sq.-ft. facility 

with 14 employees. Micro 

Medical Instruments’ products 

are distributed worldwide. Most 

of its instruments are produced 

out of stainless steel or titanium 

and many require a microscope 

for final finishing and inspection. 

Tight tolerances are the norm for 

the company. 

The new Citizen K16EVII 

(purchased through McClain Tool 

& Technology) was needed to 

improve the company’s speed and 

efficiency. 

Micro Medical Instruments 

had purchased a Citizen L25 

Turning Center 

Above: Micro Medical Instruments’ new Citizen K16 Swiss turning center. 

(through McClain Tool & 

Technology) in 1996, which is still 

in use. “The McClain people are 

great to work with,” stated Davis. 

“When it came time to add another 

turning center there was no need to 

think about where to buy it.” 

The K16EVII features a 15,000rpm 

main spindle, a 10,000-rpm 

pickoff spindle, 7-axis, 23 tools 

including seven live and a 12’ 

barfeeder. “The K16 has been a 

big plus all the way around,” noted 

Davis. “It can run unattended and 

takes us so much further in our 

instrument production and even to 

finished parts. Its capabilities with 

smaller parts are amazing.” 

“We concentrate on quality 

and on-time delivery,” continued 

Davis. “Combine that with our 

great people (the average tenure 

at the firm is over 12 years) and 

you can see the reasons for our 

success.” 

Micro Medical Instruments can 

be contacted at (314) 845-3663. 

JANUARY, 2012 5

Independence, Missouri 

Heartland Fabrication & Machine Installs 

Mori Seiki NLX 2500Y CNC Lathe 

Heartland Fabrication 

& Machine (HFM), Inc., 

Independence, Missouri, has 

recently installed a new Mori Seiki 

NLX 2500 Y CNC lathe, the first of 

its kind in the region. 

The company, a CNC machine 

and fabrication shop, offers CNC 

turning (including y-axis), milling, 

drilling, tapping, welding (MIG & 

TIG), CNC sawing, tube bending 

and light punching. 

“We’ve always focused 

on well-qualified, well-trained 

employees and utilizing the latest 

technology, which is why we got 

the NLX 2500 Y,” stated owner 

Mike Hudson. “It is a kick-ass 

machine,” commented Hudson. 

“This expands our machining 

Above: HFM’s new Mori Seiki NLX 2500Y CNC lathe. 

capabilities and will be 

great for some of our new 

projects.” 

The NLX 2500 features 

a 10” chuck, 12 tool stations 

with 24 positions, live milling 

and can handle parts up to 18” 

in diameter and 28” in length. 


It has taken over the work of a 

10-year-old CNC lathe. “The 

performance improvement over 

the older machine is amazing,” 

noted Hudson. 

HFM serves a wide 

range of industries in mid- 

America including: elevator/ 

lift equipment; architectural/ 

ornamental; construction; 

communications; trucking; 

railroad; agriculture; lawn 

and garden; defense and food 

processing. 

HFM’s fabrication 

department has grown recently 

as new structural steel work has 

come. 

The company, which has 

DBE and MBE designations, can 

be contacted at: (816) 778-0766; 

Fax (816) 778-0799; 3345 East 

Geospace Drive, Independence, 

Missouri 64056; www. 

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JANUARY, 2012 7

Greater St. Louis Area 

Microfinish Continues To Expand and 

Improve Its Operations and Services 

Microfinish, a 52-year 

metal finishing company with 

four locations in the Greater St. 

Louis area, continues to expand 

and improve its operations and 

services. 

The firm offers a wide range of 

metal finishing services including 

zinc plating, nickel/chrome plating, 

e-coating, powder coating and 

mechanical finishing (deburring, 

burnishing, blasting and washing). 

Recently the firm has had 

its powder-coating operation 

designated as a PACCAR Certified 

Quality supplier (for the rail and 

truck industries); added a new 

sales manager, Rob Fehlbaum; 

expanded its nickel and e-coating 

capacity at its Gratiot facility and 

will be adding to its Warrenton 

facility later this year. 

The ISO-certified firm has 

four locations that specialize in 

particular processes/sizes. 

The 125,000-sq.-ft. Gratiot 

facility features a RoHS compliant 

high production nickel/chrome 

plating line; an E-coating line and 

a new larger zinc plating line for 

larger parts and assemblies. 

The 15,000-sq.-ft. Sunset Hills 

facility offers vibratory finishing, 

deburring, ball-burnishing and 

pre-plate finishing. Both automated 

and manual cabinets are available 

to clean parts of almost any metal 

and configuration. 

The 35,000-sq.-ft. Warrenton 

facility houses two highproduction, 

variable speed, powder 

coating lines. One includes a 

climate-controlled booth for tight 

quality control. Custom racking, 

masking, labeling and packaging 

are available. 

The 20,000-sq.-ft. St. Louis 

Zinc plating location offers two 

fully-automated rack lines and 

Above (l-r): Rob Fehlbaum, Dale Woodfin Sr., Eric Weidler & Bill Stock. 

Above: Powdercoating at Microfinish. 

one barrel line. It offers yellow 

and black chromate and RoHs 

compliant blue-bright finishes. 

Two ovens for baking and 

hydrogen embrittlement relief are 

also on site. 

Microfinish’s plating is 

certified to ASTM, CAT, Ford, 

John Deere, GM and Toyota 

specs. 

Tractor trailer and van 

transportation are also available. 

“Having good people is key 

to our success,” stated Bill Stock, 

president and long-time industry 

veteran. “Our Berkeley plant was 

Above: Plating at Microfinish. 

heavily damaged by a tornado last 

spring. Our crew stepped up and 

took charge of the situation and we 

only missed six processing days. 

We care about our people and they 

care about Microfinish.” 

“We are really focused on 

meeting or exceeding customer 

needs,” added Eric Weidler, “We 

know that quality, delivery and 

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size of the customer. 

Microfinish can be contacted at: 

(314) 849-8181; Fax (314) 849- 

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Above: Laser cutting at SourceOne. 


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Mission, Kansas 

Legacy Technologies Offers 

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Legacy Technologies Inc. (LTI), 

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The 38-year-old firm produces 

its own product line of Glass- 

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facility with 75 employees. LTI, 

Above: LTI’s Bruce Diggett. 

which is ISO compliant, serves 

customers across the globe in 

such industries as aerospace, 

telecommunications, automotive 

and defense. 

Its plating operation includes 

six lines (barrel and rack) for 

electroless nickel, electrolytic 

nickel, electrolytic gold and 

electrolytic tin-lead. Parts up to 

15” in diameter can be plated. Post 

baking processing is also available 

as needed. State-of-the-art XRF 

(X-ray flourescence) equipment 

is used to precisely measure the 

thickness of the plating. Other 

quality testing performed at LTI 

includes: solderability, thermal 

cycling and adhesion testing. 

Where applicable, all baths meet 

RoHS Standards. 

“We have complete analytical 

Above: Examples of LTI’s plating and stamping work. 

tracking of all baths in the plating 

operation for traceability and 

meet all quality standards for the 

industries we serve,” stated Bruce 

Diggett, president and 26-year 

industry veteran. “We can offer 

quick turnaround ranging from two 

days to two weeks.” 

The stamping area specializes 

in extremely small parts (.003” 

x .030” up to .020” x 4.750”) 

in thin metals, with thicknesses 

from .003” - .500. Prototypes 

to production runs are available. 

“We specialize in small lot 

production,” states Diggett. The 

company utilizes both progressive 

and single-station dies in its 12 

stamping presses. Reel to reel 

Above: Two of LTI’s six plating lines. 

stamping is also available. 

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design, die making and can also 

develop, design and build fixtures, 

jigs and gages. In-house heat 

treating and tempering is also 

available. 

“Our unique capabilities and 

experience (the average tenure at 

LTI is over 10 years) give us the 

ability to work with customers 

and deliver high quality parts and 

plating,” commented Diggett. 

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been chastised and ridiculed by the 

group that is dedicated to “saving 

our planet.” 

And, while they didn’t actually 

say Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! They did 

say time was of the essence and 

that our coast cities and thousands 

of islands would be submerged in a 

few short decades if we didn’t start 

spending billions of dollars either 

reducing our carbon footprint or 

giving other countries billions of 

dollars to stop burning fossil fuels. 

With few serious discussions 

about the facts, the United Nations, 

the European countries and the islands 

that might be flooded, knew 

immediately what must be done. 

We were to start the distribution of 

money through Cap and Trade programs, 

begin shutting down coal 

mines with strict regulations, raise 

gas prices and increase subsidies 

for anything related to renewable 

energy sources. 

Fortunately, we’ve been unable 

to enact Cap and Trade legislation 

so far. However, Congress’s doubts 

about sending billions of dollars to 

other countries has not prevented 

a rash of new government regulations 

based on the “fact” that 

carbon dioxide is now a poisonous 

gas. As a result of this “rush 

to judgment,” our government 

can now regulate just about every 

aspect of our lives since CO2 is 

everywhere. 

In November, the Heritage 

Foundation published an article by 

Nicolas D. Loris titled “New EPA 

Inspector General Report: One 

More Reason to Reject Climate- 

Change Regulation.” 

Loris writes that “In April 

2009, the EPA proposed an endangerment 

finding that stated 

that global warming and climate 

change pose a serious threat to 


public health and safety, and that, 

thus, almost any entity that emits 

carbon dioxide and other greenhouse 

gases could be regulated 

under the Clean Air Act.” (This 

statement is a dictator’s dream, 

giving him or her unlimited power 

over people under the guise of saving 

their lives.) 

“The agency has since begun 

the process of regulating greenhouse- 

gas emissions, targeting 

fossil-fuel power plants and petroleum 

refineries first. Climatologists 

and industry groups petitioned the 

EPA, arguing that scientific evidence 

was not conclusive enough 

to issue the endangerment finding. 

“In 2010, the EPA rejected 

these petitions to reconsider the 

finding... In fact, Section 202(a) 

(1) of the Clean Air Act states that 

the EPA administrator must use 

independent ‘judgment’ when determining 

causes and contributors 

to air pollution that may endanger 

human health and public safety.” 

Loris concludes that, “Placing 

the regulation of greenhouse-gas 

emissions in the hands of unelected 

bureaucrats would be an immense 

and unacceptable expansion of 

government power with monumental 

cost and few benefits for 

anyone.” 

The good news is that many 

more groups around the world are 

speaking out about this unscientific 

“hurry-up, ask no questions” 

policy of the global warming 

proponents. 

So, as we get into 2012, why 

not take a few minutes to ask your 

representatives to check into this 

dictatorial attitude at the EPA and 

to take responsibility for returning 

the U.S. to a democracy. 

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St. Louis NTMA Learns More About 

upcoming Healthcare Reform Details 

Above (l-r): Darrell Songer & Chad Kunze. Above: Steelville Mfg.’s crew with Bill Bachmann (far right). 

The St. Louis Chapter of the 

National Tooling & Machining 

Association (NTMA) held a 

meeting at the Sheraton Westport 

in St. Louis on January 10th. 

The featured speakers were 

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The topic for the presentation 

was “Healthcare Reform-Hashing 

Out the Details.” The duos goal 

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Paulo Products 

Names Rassieur 

Sales Manager, 

Special Projects 

Left: 

Paulo 

Products 

Will 

Rassieur. 

Paulo Products Company, St. Louis, 

Missouri, is pleased to announce 

the appointment of Will Rassieur 

as Sales Manager, Special Projects. 

Rassieur joined Paulo in 2010 

and has held the position of Sales 

Engineer, primarily supporting the St 

Louis facility. In his new role as part 

of Paulo’s Corporate Sales effort, he 

will support the sales and marketing 

effort at each of the Paulo facilities 

as well as develop new business with 

selected major accounts. 

“Will brings welcome new 

ideas, skills, and energy to Paulo’s 

Corporate Sales and Marketing 

effort. He has contributed to Paulo’s 

growth over the past year as a Sales 

Engineer and I’m confident that he 

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level toward achieving our goals” 

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SWIC Faculty 

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AWS Award 

Southwestern Illinois College 

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Program Coordinator Keith Otten was 

recently awarded the American Welding 

Society’s Section Educator Award for 

the St. Louis Area. 

“I’m very honored to receive this 

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honor to take a student who may have 

little to no experience in this field and 

expose them to the opportunity to do a 

certain trade and get them started in a 

career of their choice.” 

The AWS is a national organization 

that promotes welding technology and 

associated fields. 

“We congratulate Keith on his 

success and are proud to call him a 

faculty member at SWIC,” said SWIC 

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JANUARY, 2012 25

Paulo Products Receives Approval As 

A Heat Treat Source For gM Powertrain 

The St Louis, Missouri, facility 

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resources. Paulo has a plant and 

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JANUARY, 2012 27

Carr Lane Mfg. 

Names Frost 

President 

The Board of Directors of 

Carr Lane Manufacturing Co., St. 

Louis, Missouri, has named Alan 

K. Frost as President, succeeding 

the late CEO Earl E. Walker. 

Frost holds a law degree and 

MBA from Washington University 

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37 years of experience at Carr 

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areas of the company during that 

time, including his most recent 

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of Operations. 

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Left: 

Carr 

Lane 

Mfg.’s 

Alan 

Frost. 

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process improvements across the 

company, including Carr Lane 

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