Brett Hoopingarner

Brett Hoopingarner is the director of underwriting for Sentry Insurance. [email protected] www.sentry.com

Articles by Brett Hoopingarner

2024 Metalworking Risk Roundup: Inflation, Weather, Workforce

Elevated costs, materials, and labor headline a series of financial risks and insurance considerations for the industry.

Protect Your Metalworking Business from Unnecessary Risk

weather awareness, tornadoes, storms, wildfires, severe weather, metalworking, Sentry Insurance, Brett Hoopingarner

Four tips to weather increasingly severe storms — and the growing cost of rebuilding. Weather events exceeding $1 billion in damages have more than doubled in the past three years.

Tips for Metalworkers to Manage Insurance Costs in 2023

Understanding trends can help protect your business as costs rise in an uncertain economy.

Industry News

Franklin Precision Castings, Model TRX-1250CAM, Triplex Systems, Inc., Mark Johnson

New Automatic and Manual High Pressure Ceramic Shell Removal Center

Franklin Precision Castings has acquired a state-of-the-art 20,000 psi water blasting system, combining both automatic and manual operations for ceramic shell removal.

Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, TRUMPF Group, Machine Tools Division, Laser Technology Division, fiscal year 2023/24, Ditzingen, Gerlingen, Hettingen and Höfingen, EUV and electronics business fields, Germany

TRUMPF Releases Figures for the Fiscal Year 2023/24

Sales are down by 3.6% to 5.2 billion euros, and order intake is down by 10.4% to 4.6 billion euros. A weak global economy, ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and intensifying competition are the main causes.

Heidi-Melanie Maier, TRUMPF, vice president of technical services, TRUMPF Inc., Lutz Labisch

TRUMPF Inc. Names new Vice President, Technical Services

Heidi-Melanie Maier is now the new vice president of technical services, responsible for governing the technical service, spare parts, and training groups for customers in North America.

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