Boeings need for parts is a boon for nearby machine shops
EVERETT — Throw a brick in Snohomish County, and you might hit a machine shop.
Well, not really, but the area has a depth of precision machine shops that few manufacturing centers can match. The shops use sophisticated computer-controlled machines to trim, carve and cut metal blocks into complex parts for airplanes, production equipment and other high-value goods.
In recent years, a wave of mergers and acquisitions have whittled down the number of shops. Smaller machine shops are hustling to keep ahead of the pressures driving consolidation and greater competition from overseas.
Shops range in size from a couple of guys in a garage to cavernous plants with dozens, even hundreds of machines, known as computer numeric control (CNC) machines.
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