Advanced Machining Fulfilling Full-Range of Part Size CapabilitiesTo specialize in 5-axis CNC milling capabilities, a machine shop can’t have just one 5-axis machine. It also can’t have all 5-axis machines of a specific type. That’s why Advanced Machining &...

Making It Happen, Making His MarkBill Canning (shown at left in photo above taken at customer location) has not quite reached his 2-year anniversary as COO at Compass Precision. That milestone will come in March 2025. But Bill’s Compass tenure hasn’t been short on...

Compass Precision Reaches Company MilestoneCHARLOTTE, NC - October 16, 2024 – A global pandemic. An historic national US election. A disruption in the supply chain. And of course, Taylor Swift dating Travis Kelce. A lot has happened over the last five years.  The same...

Riding The WaveThere is never an easy time to run a machine shop. Customers either want it all now, or nothing until next year. Good employees are hard or impossible to find. And making that next big machine purchase? Future demand visibility has never been cloudier....

Gray Manufacturing CNC Machinist Receives High HonorMatt Searcy has spent his entire life living in North Carolina. For the last seven years, Matt has called Gray Manufacturing Technologies his work home. General manager Evan Grose and the management team of Gray’s...

Compass Precision Shop Keeping Up With Customer DemandsSALISBURY, NC – August 27, 2022 – Advanced Machining & Tooling, a Compass Precision operating company, has added equipment to its shop floor. Advanced Machining announced Tuesday the purchase of a Mikron HPM...

Compass Growing in Space, Many Other MarketsCompass Precision is expanding its business into new markets at all of its operating companies. In particular, Compass is growing in the space industry. With that growth, now is a perfect time to talk with Compass VP Sales...

2022 First Half EOM Honorees Then and NowCompass Precision has a high standard for its employees. When that high standard is met and even surpassed, Compass awards its people. One of the ways the company does that is with its Employee of the Month program. The honor...

Company Set to Meet Customer Demands With Additional CNC Turning CapacityThe eight operating companies at Compass Precision will do just about anything to satisfy a need from a customer. The latest example of that recently occurred at Tri-Tec Industries. In May,...

Creatively Using Fixturing and Programming To Beat The Competition To MarketGetting to market first with a great product is a winning strategy. But in Compass Precision’s world, doing this with geometrically complicated parts is tough. Having plenty of 5-axis mills,...

It’s Neither a Mill Nor A LatheKeith Felts, President of Advanced Machining (shown center above with Advanced CNC programmer/machinist Brandon Edds on left and R&D Machine VP & General Manager Justin Kovscek on right), started his company in 1985 after serving...

Doing Milling A Better WayCompass Precision focuses on doing tough projects. A few weeks ago, we talked to CEO Gary Holcomb (above, second from left) about the company’s manufacturing strategy. More so than most CNC shops, Compass depends on its 5-axis machines to...

Better and Faster With 5-Axis CNC MillingCompass Precision has dozens and dozens of advanced CNC machining centers. But perhaps the most impressive are its complement of twenty-one 5-axis milling machines located at Advanced Machining (Salisbury, NC), Gray...

Compass Precision Shop Distinguishes Itself At Supplier SummitOLDSMAR, FL – February 27, 2024 – R&D Machine proudly announced Tuesday that it received a 2023 Supplier Excellence Award from Honeywell Aerospace at the company’s Space Supplier Summit held last week...

Eight Shops Together Better than Eight Shops by ThemselvesCompass Precision would seem like an amalgamation of precision CNC machine shops, thrown together through financial engineering by modern versions of Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan. The company’s Pittsburgh...

Precision Components Manufacturer Gains Space Beach PresenceCHARLOTTE, NC – January 9, 2024 – Compass Precision announced Tuesday that it has opened a satellite sales office in Long Beach, CA, where an increasing number of emerging space companies have headquarters or...

Manufacturer of Custom, Precision Components Gets Enhanced On-Line PresenceCHARLOTTE, NC – December 13, 2023 – Compass Precision announced Wednesday that it has launched a new website at www.compassprecision.com touting its capabilities. Founded in 2019 when it...

Beth Whisnant Joins Compass Operating CompanyCharlotte, NC – November 20, 2023 – Compass Precision, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission critical applications, officially announced Monday that Advanced Machining has...

Compass Strives for Really Good to GreatCompass Precision has purchased eight precision CNC machine shops in its short four-year history. It targets a very particular type of shop. To learn more, we recently spoke with CEO Gary Holcomb. What Is Compass Looking for...

Newcomer Makes ImpactCompass Precision hired Bill Canning as its Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in March 2023. Bill currently oversees three of Compass’ eight operating companies – Strom Manufacturing, Bergeron Machine and Quality Products & Machine. ...

Compass Celebrates Fourth Anniversary of FoundingCharlotte, NC – October 16, 2023 – Compass Precision celebrates four years of existence today. The rapidly growing manufacturer of precision metal components for mission critical applications was founded on October 16,...

Compass Headgear Variety Distinguishes FirmMany companies offer employees apparel with the firm’s logo, ballcaps included. But few do it like Compass Precision. To get to the bottom of this unique headgear strategy, we recently spoke with the mad hatter himself, CEO...

2021 First Half EOM Honorees Then and NowCompass Precision upholds a high standard for its employees and then strongly commends them when they reach their goals and beyond. To help laud the achievements of its employees, Compass began an Employee of the Month program...

Compass Operating Company Scores 97 Out of Possible 110Oldsmar, FL – June 20, 2023 – R&D Machine proudly announced Tuesday that it has attained a score of 97 out of a possible 110 points as measured against the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model...

Compass Precision Operating Company Adds Two Swiss MachinesWESTFORD, MA – June 13, 2023 – Bergeron Machine proudly announced Tuesday that it has installed and started up two additional Swiss screw machines at its Westford, MA facility. Both were purchased to support...

CNC Machining Veteran Takes Over for Former OwnersCHARLOTTE, NC – May 23, 2023 – Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission-critical applications, announced Tuesday that Dave Giampa has joined the...

Bill Canning Joins Compass Precision Management TeamCHARLOTTE, NC – April 18, 2023 – Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission-critical applications, announced Tuesday that manufacturing industry...

Compass Expands to Eight Operating CompaniesCHARLOTTE, NC – April 10, 2023 – Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission-critical applications, announced Friday that it has acquired Bergeron Machine,...

Shops That Utilize Everyone’s Talents Win ChampionshipsCompass doesn’t behave like most companies, with bosses barking orders and underlings scurrying to comply. To better understand why, we queried Compass CEO Gary Holcomb and recorded his comments below What’s the...

Head of Sales Passes Ball Around Company’s Operating CompaniesJim Miller joined Compass nearly two years ago as the firm’s Vice President of Sales. Much has changed in a mere twenty-four months. We recently chatted with Jim to get an inside glimpse on Compass and his...