The Manufacturers’ Association of Northwest Pennsylvania
presents
Established: 1952 Profile: Kersey, Pa., company provides powdered metal parts
manufacturing.
Parts: Locking mechanisms for steering column, accessory bags
Established: 1963 Employees: 78
Employees: 21
Profile: Erie-based metal finishing company specializes in zinc
plating and zinc alloy plating with chromates and top coats that
meet ELV directives and RoHS compliance.
Established: 1977 Employees: 38
Profile: Erie-based manufacturer of automated pad
printing and O-ring/seal installation machinery supplied to
Harley-Davidson contractors.
Processes: Pad printing used on control buttons, O-ring
machines
Profile: Corry, Pa.-based manufacturer of metal stampings for
various customers.
Established: 1994 Established: Since 1982 (ECA Electronics of Erie),
since 1984 (HEATRON)
Employees: 50
Established: 1924
Employees: About 30 at Erie plant
Profile: HEATRON, based in Leavenworth, Kan., is a
manufacturer of heating elements, resistors and thermal
management products. The company has three factories in
Kansas and one in Erie, Pa.
Parts: Thick film fuel sensor
Established: 1966
Employees: 2,400 worldwide, including 1,100 in Erie,
Saegertown and Cambridge Springs
Employees: 110
Profile: Precision tooling, production machining, stamping
and contract manufacturing facility in Conneaut Lake, Pa.
Parts: Chassis component
Parts: Headlight, seat, saddle bag, fairing and gas tank mounting
brackets; radio caddys and battery trays
Profile: LORD Corporation, with headquarters in Cary, N.C.,
is a privately held company that designs, manufactures and
markets devices and systems to manage mechanical motion
and control noise and vibration; formulates, produces and
sells general purpose and specialty adhesives and coatings;
and develops products and systems utilizing magnetically
responsive technologies.
Processes: Proprietary processes
Processes: Zinc plating used on metal stampings and fittings
Established: 1966
Employees: 33
Profile: Mid- to high-volume metal component manufacturer
based in Erie.
Established: 1946 Processes: Machining for fixed linkage motor mount
Employees: 85 in Erie, 1,500 overall
Profile: American Trim porcelains enamel and screens
print metal.
Established: 1987 Established: 1928 Employees: 135
Profile: Ameridrives Couplings in Erie is a leading international
manufacturer of mechanical power transmission products,
including Amerigear couplings and spindles, Ameriflex diaphragm
couplings and universal joints.
Parts: Rear and front fender, air box assemblies; hose, side
and horn covers; seat plate; radiator trim; belt guard; fuel tank
bracket and aftermarket signs
Employees: 30
Profile: Erie-based manufacturer of machined components,
specializing in threaded fasteners and custom waterjet cut
pieces.
Parts: Threaded fasteners
Parts: Drive shaft used to create sheet metal
Established: 1972 Employees: 40
Profile: Erie-based company custom designs and manufactures
plastic, rubber and metal forming molds and casting die.
Parts: Fender extender, wiring harness, license plate bracket,
inside air cleaner housing, side cover
Established: 1973 Employees: 81
Profile: Tech Tool & Mold, Inc. and Tech Molded Plastics
LP of Meadville supply full-service engineering, design
and development, precision mold tooling and custom
injection molding.
Parts: Injection-molded connectors
Established: 1978 Employees: 19
Profile: St. Marys, Pa.-based manufacturer of tooling for the
powdered metal industry.
Established: 1931 Parts: Tooling for wheel, engine parts
Employees: 70
Profile: Erie-based company provides metal finishing including
hot dip galvanizing, electroplating and anodizing, and fabrication
of tanks and fixtures for the plating industry.
Processes: Zinc plating on rod end
Established: 1984 Established: 1994 Established: 1938 Employees: 70
Profile: Erie-based company offers a complete steel wire
manufacturing facility with wire drawing, forming and
fabricating capabilities.
Processes: Threading of linkage rods
Employees: 45
Profile: Wilcox, Pa.-based powder metal parts producer that
services world markets.
Parts: Spacers for timing system
Employees: 244 overall
Established: 1953 Established: 1926 Employees: 140
Profile: American Turned Products, based in Erie and Fairview,
is a contract manufacturer of precision machined parts for the
automotive industry.
Profile: Niagara Caps & Plugs, a privately held, American-owned
company in Erie, has been a longtime leader in supplying protective
closures to a variety of industries in the global market.
Parts: Pivot pin
Parts: Tapered caps used as paint masks
Employees: 100
Profile: Erie-based company provides metal surface finishing;
specialists in high cosmetic quality chrome plating.
Established: 1993 Employees: Seven
Profile: E.A. Mundkowsky Finishing of West Springfield, Pa., is a
deburring and secondary production machine shop.
Processes: Chrome plating for primary gear cover; speedometer
bracket, housing and face bezel; brake reservoir body and lever
holder; handle bar clamps; right front brake and rear brake caliper
bodies
Processes: AO Blasts gear and primary covers to prep for painting
Listed companies manufacture for various makes and models in the Harley line, not necessarily the Softail® shown. For more details, see www.manp.org.
Job Title
Job Description
Salary
Courses
Level of Education
Welder
Arc or acetylene hard weld involving high pressure work from
drawings of job layouts.
$32,364
Draft, plan and specification reading, advanced math,
welding
2 years of training – experience in the trade
Lathe-NC/CNC Operator
(2006 Regional Average)
$30,700
Tool & Die Maker
Sets up and operates numeric or computer numeric-controlled
lathe to perform multiple machining and cutting operations.
Creates the tools and metal forms used in manufacturing.
Sheet Metal Worker
Builds and installs sheet metal products.
$30,243
CAD Designer
Performs complex design tasks requiring operation and applica$36,112
tion of computer aided design equipment.
Performs highly diversified grinding of tools of intricate form to
$40,465
exacting tolerances.
Analyzes blueprints, specifications, proposals and other documen- $41,392
tation to prepare time, cost and labor estimates for products, projects or services.
Tool Grinder
Estimator
Inspector/Tester
Quality Control Manager
Plastics Processing Technician
Sales & Marketing Manager
Performs final testing/inspecting of a wide variety of parts of
complicated form with very close tolerances. Plans inspection
procedures and methods.
Establishes and maintains quality control standards, inspection
and test methods and procedures.
Diagnoses and corrects processing issues related to molds and
presses
Coordinates and administers the sales and marketing functions of
the company; also directs market research, advertising and promotion functions.
$38,771
Trigonometry, algebra, blueprint reading, computer program- On-the-job training
ming, metal working and drafting
Mechanical drawing, tool designing and programming, blue- 4-5 years of post-secondary or apprentice training
print reading and advanced math
Draft, plan and specification reading, advanced math, use of Apprenticeship program: 4-5 years of on-the-job training and
computerized equipment, welding, and the principles of heat- classroom instruction
ing, air-conditioning and ventilating systems
Math, science, computer technology, design, computer graph- Vocational/technical school preferred
ics, drafting, communications
Math, blueprint reading, metalworking, drafting and mechan- 4-5 year apprenticeship; technical or vocational school helpful
ical drawing
Math, statistics, accounting, finance, business and economics On-the-job training; engineering or math degree preferred
$30,638
Math and communications
On-the-job training
$51,673
Business and engineering
$36,230
Math, computers, communications and blueprint reading
Minimum of 2 years technical training, on-the-job or vocational/technical school
On-the-job training
$68,244
Marketing, consumer behavior, market research, sales, business law, accounting, math and statistics
On-the-job experience or college degree
For more information, go to the “American Manufacturing Tribute Bike” link on the Association’s Web site at www.manp.org and click on www.dreamit-doit.com
or e-mail Lisa@manp.org.
Sources: Occupational Outlook Handbook, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Manufacturers’ Association of Northwest Pennsylvania’s Human Resource Department.