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R&D Quality Inspector Earns Outstanding RecognitionTyler Garcia’s one year and nearly two months at the Compass Precision operating company R&D Machine could be summarized with one cliché – he’s been in the right place at the right time. Tyler had never heard...

Compass Precision Reaches Milestone With R&D Machine Change can be painful, but it is often good too. That’s been the general experience at R&D Machine the past two years. On April 26, Compass Precision celebrated the two-year anniversary of its purchase of...

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...

R&D Machine Machinist Earns Outstanding AchievementCorey Kunkel has only been at R&D Machine for a little more than a year. But during that time, he’s absorbed information from lathe department manager Mike Williams like a Floridaian soaks up sun rays during...

R&D Quality Manager Fits The MoldNate Hogue was probably destined from birth to work in machining. But at R&D Machine, he’s continued making something of his own in his career. Both Nate’s father and grandfather worked in machining. His father, Pat, started...

2021 Second Half EOM Honorees Then and NowSome consider Compass Precision unique for its public recognition of employee achievements. But top management sees it differently. “Honestly, I think we are different from most companies, but not because we have an Employee...

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...