An article by Ken Krassy, Director of business development at IP Automation Inc., appears in the October 6, 2017 edition of The Colorado Springs Business Journal.

In the article, Preparing generations of young people for careers in manufacturing, Ken writes about CAMA South’s workforce committee, chartered to work with educators, manufacturers and community partners to prepare the current and next generation for careers in manufacturing.

Ken serves on the board of directors of CAMA South and chairman of its workforce committee.

https://ipautomation.net/2017/11/1509/

From the Desk of Ilia Petkov, President & Founder of Colorado Springs Engineering firm IP Automation

IPA Newsletter Issue Number 5, February 2017

A belated Happy New Year to all. We look forward to participating in the growth in manufacturing business as forecasted for 2017 in Colorado. The annual Colorado Manufacturing Awards recognizes exceptional companies and people leading the modern manufacturing economy. Three finalists in nine industry categories and the supply chain are competing to be named a Colorado Manufacturing Award Recipient.

We are proud to announce that IP Automation has recently been nominated in the category of “Materials – use of new or transformational materials” at the Colorado Manufacturing Awards 2017. The awards ceremony is Thursday, April 13 from 5 – 8 at The Art Hotel. Click here for award ceremony details…

IP Automation’s innovation for being considered for the award comes from its motto, “Where Ideas Become Reality” as shown in the following…            

Ilia Petkov, founder of IP Automation, Inc. was challenged by a customer to solve a problem in the production of part of an aircraft braking system that incorporated a graphite component that had a tendency to crack or break during transportation or production.

The challenge was accepted and Mr. Petkov looked into ways to re-purpose previously scrapped carbon parts by the customer and use the resulting “new” material in the production cycle as an alternative to the unreliable graphite.

The “transformed materials” used in the manufacturing cycle evolved from Mr. Petkov’s vision of how to re-purpose hardened carbon brake components that had to be scrapped after a predetermined number of aircraft landings. He then developed a way to re-cycle the scrap by re-designing and creating a new production component from the carbon material for the customer to use in its production facility.

It is estimated that his contribution to this change in the manufacturing process for the customer has saved the airline industry hundreds of millions of dollars by transforming the previously scrapped material”.

This innovative process began over ten years ago and is still in full production and growing.

Moving forward, please visit our booth at the upcoming show:

AmCon Denver 2017
American Contract Manufacturers Show in Denver
19 April 2017 – 20 April 2017

From the Desk of Ilia Petkov, President & Founder of Colorado Springs Engineering firm IP Automation

Issue Number 4, November 2016

First of all, I am happy to announce a new addition to the IPA team, Ron Hackbarth, as our Production Manager. Ron brings his management and organization skills to our company developed during his extensive career at NASA. Welcome Ron.

IPA has now become a member of CAMA (Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance). Our previous local manufacturer’s group, PPMP (Pike’s Peak Manufacturers Partnership), is now CAMA South. As a result of joining CAMA, our Director of Business Development was asked to be a presenter at a breakout session at CAMA’s annual conference. We have received inquiries regarding production and design opportunities as a result of participating in this event as a speaker.

In August, we attended a national railroad conference and exposition in Orlando, Florida, where we introduced a “maintenance of the way” unique to the railroad industry. It is called the HYDRA where one machine can use multiple heads for installing and removing clips that hold the rails to the cross ties. Major railroad engineers from BNSF, Union Pacific and others, were impressed and expressed further interest in the machine.

“HYDRA” IP Automation’s Sophisticated Railroad Maintenance Tool

As we approach the end of 2016, beyond our daily recurring business, which has shown a marked increase, we have found ourselves involved in unique projects such as …

1. Assisting with design modifications and manufacturing for an inventor of an exercise device that will be on Shark Tank!!!
2. Designed and manufactured a unique 14-ton machine for a company involved in sustainable energy production (please see pictures below).

Moving forward, we look forward to 2017 and continuing to build on the business momentum we have experienced as 2016 comes to a close.