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The MECCO Blog gives manufacturers and suppliers expertly engineered advice on lasers, marking, and traceability to help you deliver a successful project – every time.
MECCO’s Commitment to Creating Win/Wins
At MECCO, we champion the power of win/win situations because they generate outcomes that benefit all parties. We stand behind their ability to yield positive and satisfying results. In today’s Align with Nine blog post, we delve into our Core Behavior #2: Create Win/Wins.
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How We Provide Innovative Solutions
To bring our innovation-first commitment to life, we share commentary from a wide range of our team members. Each team member defines “innovation” in his or her own terms, and how it translates into our rallying cry: to deliver innovative relationships and innovative solutions.
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Putting Our Culture Into Practice
What defines a company’s culture? Ask ten people this question and you’re likely to get ten different answers. At MECCO, our culture is built on innovation and focuses on the core behaviors for how we treat customers and each other.
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Comparing Vibra Peen and Scribing
Choosing the right pin marking system comes down to what's most important for your application: noise, portability, or mark quality.
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How to Speed Up Part Marking without Sacrificing Depth
A MECCO customer recalls their improvements after switching from hand stamping part numbers to achieve more legible marks after galvanizing.
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Improve Mark Accuracy with 3 Position Rotary Workstation (Video)
MECCO's SMARTmark Fiber Laser Marking System can be integrated into various customized enclosure options like this 3-Position Rotary Workstation. Featuring Rockwell Automation controls and our Encompass Program referenced laser marker.
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MECCO Wins 2016 Manufacturer of the Year Award
MECCO was recognized as the 2016 Manufacturer of the Year in the mid-size category at a ceremony hosted by The Pittsburgh Business Times on December 1, 2016. MECCO’s president, Dave Sweet, accepted the award on behalf of the company.
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Top 5 Reasons to Visit MECCO at IMTS
You can find MECCO this year in booth N-6058. Besides learning about how we can help optimize your part marking applications, what are the top five reasons you should swing by MECCO’s booth?
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Export Achievement Award
On July 27, 2016, Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-03) presented Dave Sweet, President of Cranberry Township, Pa.-based MECCO, with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Export Achievement Award.
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Congressman Mike Kelly to Talk Trade, Honor Local Company for Export Achievement
Congressman Mike Kelly will present an Export Achievement Certificate to Cranberry Township-based MECCO (www.mecco.com), a 127-year-old manufacturer of industrial part identification systems. MECCO provides marking and traceability solutions for their customers in a wide range of sectors.
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MECCO Joins Project to Send Ark to the Moon
MECCO, a leader in the marking and traceability industry, has announced that they have joined Carnegie Mellon University’s Moon Arts Group in a collaborative effort to place a six-ounce capsule known as the MoonArk on the Moon.
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Top 5 Benefits of MECCO Laser Marking Software
Our customers love the easy-to-use laser marking software that comes with a MECCO laser. Here are the top 5 benefits that you may not know about:
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Top 5 Most Interesting Things MECCO Marked in 2015
MECCO’s laser and dot peen equipment marks a wide variety of parts throughout all industries to solve a host of application challenges. But what are the five most interesting things we marked this past year?
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MECCO President To Speak at Automation Fair in Chicago
MECCO President Dave Sweet will be a featured speaker during the Automation Fair held by Rockwell Automation on November 18-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Sweet’s technical session will be titled: “Traceability and Serialization in the Connected Enterprise.”
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MECCO Announces Expansion
MECCO, a leader in the part marking and traceability industry, has announced the expansion of their headquarters, adding more than 4700 square feet to their office space and production area in Cranberry Township.
“We needed more space for our growing business," said MECCO President Dave Sweet.
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MECCO Announces New Logo and Tagline
MECCO, a leader in the part marking and traceability industry, has launched a new logo and tagline to communicate the company’s commitment and dedication to being the premier partner in integrating marking and traceability.
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Video: Portable Pipe Marker with Magnetic Guide
Portable marking equipment makes it easy to add traceability to a variety of parts, but pipes can be more complicated.
MECCO has designed a bracket that is installed onto our hand held dot peen machine, and it is paired with a magnetic guide that goes on the pipe.
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Video: Laser Mark Bearings
Making permanent marks of part numbers, lot codes and identifying information onto bearings can present unique challenges. To solve these needs, MECCO developed the Bearing Marking Station.
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Video: Flange / Coupling Marker for 360° Part Marking
The permanent identification of a part for tracking purposes can be complicated depending on the part’s shape. Round parts, such as pipes, flanges, and couplings, require unique marking equipment to ensure a quality mark around the diameter.
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Demo: Traceability for the Connected Enterprise
To overcome today’s industrial challenges, manufacturers need to work smarter by connecting the factory. They need to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and increase quality. All of these goals can be accomplished using an integrated track and trace system.
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