Inside Atlas: stories and interviews

Pioneering Supercomputing in Space

Atlas Manufacturing and the Spaceborne Computer Atlas Manufacturing is playing a crucial role in advancing supercomputing technology…

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Introducing the Atlas Fleet

Jun 15, 2012

The Atlas delivery fleet is used for fast and reliable delivery of precision sheet metal solutions to locations in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The fleet operates with Class A CDL drivers employed by Atlas for a higher quality delivery experience. With their own delivery fleet, Atlas is able to ensure a safe delivery by loading…

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First Cookout of the Summer

Jun 8, 2012

The employees at Atlas Manufacturing were rewarded for their hard work with a cookout put on by the co-presidents, Mark Engel and John Peterson. The duo worked together at the grill to produce enough burgers for the staff during the lunch period. Iced beverages, watermelon, potato salad, and cookies rounded off the rest of the…

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Atlas increases punching capacity

Dec 5, 2011

  With the addition of a new Trumpf 2020R punch, Atlas has increased prototype to mid-level production capacity. The 2020R can prove out tooling and prototypes before running full scale production. The TruPunch 5000 fully automated punching center can handle all levels of high production.  

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Atlas Manufacturing on Job Creation at Day-Long Summit

Oct 31, 2011
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John Peterson and Mark Engel air on MPR

Nov 18, 2010

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More Productive Than Ever Atlas Manufacturing boosts business with help from GAP funds.

Jun 11, 2010

  In the last six months, business has been booming for Atlas Manufacturing. “We’ve never been busier in the history of Atlas,” says John Peterson, President of the Minneapolis-based precision sheet metal manufacturer. Atlas hosted Congressman Keith Ellison last week to talk about how turning to lean process improvement during the recession has helped the…

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Speedy Deliveries

May 13, 2010

In an unassuming Minneapolis warehouse, brake press operators form doors that will enclose a computer worthy of NASA scientists. Sparks fly as expert welders fuse together the casing for a 3-D modeling machine. Nearby, workers in the paint area spray finishing touches on the shell for an electronic highway message sign. From cash door fronts…

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No Dark Days Here

Apr 2, 2010

Friendship is serious business at Atlas Manufacturing. Atlas keeps a rigorous schedule, during the economic downturn, the company never changed its production schedule. On Fridays last summer and fall, when other companies would shut down or operate with a skeleton crew, Atlas kept its pace. It was business as usual. And since January 2009 they…

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Going Vertical

Jan 8, 2010

  Continuous operation is achieved through a new automated material handling system, optimizing high-speed laser cutting and punching operations. Atlas has installed a twin tower Stopa TKL automated material storage and retrieval system. Reaching seventeen feet high and containing 39 storage positions, this custom configuration was designed by Trumpf automation engineers to effortlessly move raw…

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