by Mike Grossi | Apr 24, 2026 | Equipment, Industry, Kremin Inc.
Every machine shop has a sweet spot: the class of parts it runs best, the customer relationships it has built over years, the processes it has invested in and mastered. Most shops are also honest about where their capability ends. When a part is too complex, too... 
by Mike Grossi | Apr 10, 2026 | Kremin Inc., Equipment
Industrial manufacturing tends to live in the shadow of sexier sectors. Aerospace gets the headlines, medical devices get the regulatory scrutiny, defense gets the budget attention. But the industrial sector automation, robotics, fluid power, material handling,... 
by Mike Grossi | Mar 27, 2026 | Kremin Inc., Equipment, Manufacturing
If you work in aerospace and defense procurement, you have seen AS9100D on countless supplier capability statements. The certification has become something of a table-stakes requirement, a filter applied early in the supplier qualification process. But what does it... 
by Mike Grossi | Mar 24, 2026 | Industry, Kremin Inc.
The energy industry operates in some of the most punishing physical environments on earth. Downhole drilling equipment withstands pressures exceeding 15,000 PSI and temperatures above 300°F. Wind turbine pitch control systems cycle millions of times over a 25-year... 
by Mike Grossi | Mar 21, 2026 | Kremin Inc., Equipment
The medical device industry runs on trust. Surgeons trust their instruments. Patients trust their implants. Regulatory bodies trust that manufacturers have the systems in place to produce consistent, traceable, safe components. Behind that chain of trust (often... 
by Mike Grossi | Mar 20, 2026 | Kremin Inc., Industry, Manufacturing
When a component goes into a flight-critical assembly, “close enough” is not a specification. The aerospace and defense supply chain demands something far more exacting: parts that hit tolerances measured in ten-thousandths of an inch, produced repeatably,...