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J. Quentin Murray

J. Quentin Murray
J. Quentin Murray is a Chicago based freelance content writer and science communicator. A recent graduate, Quentin has spent the last four years studying Creative Writing and Biology, and is now eager to combine left brain ideas with right brain words to create fun and informative content for a variety of clients.
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IMTS 2018 Wrap-Up

by J. Quentin Murray on 10/1/18 3:21 PM

Ever since taking a massive plunge during the late 2000's in the wake of the Great Recession, manufacturing jobs have been making a slow and steady recovery. According to recent reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,...

By a bipartisan vote, the Senate has just approved reauthorization of a modified version of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education(CTE) Act. The program, which provides $1.1 Billion in funding for high school...

It’s no secret that the US has lost countless jobs to international markets over the last few decades. Various conditions have led corporations offshore for many manufacturing operations in an attempt to maximize profits,...

While many are alarmed by the current geopolitical climate, this international tension comes with a silver lining for owners of roll forming machines. Increased spending in aerospace & defense has led to huge growth in...

The second world war, the largest in all of history, shaped nearly every aspect of our modern world. Our economy, our infrastructure, our politics; all were shaped by this single cataclysmic conflict. More so than any before...

Would you look at that, once again it’s everyone’s favorite time of the year to not die, National Safety Month! Last year we celebrated by giving you some general tips to stay alive while working with machines that cut steel...

CNC lathes, grinders, EDMs and more to be sold through an online auction ending on July 18, 2018.

MMI Auction, a division ofMachinery Marketing Internationalwas chosen to facilitate this single facility machine shop...

In preparation for new customer orders, a corrugation plant used MMI auction to sell a set of machines no longer needed, including two massive rolling machines.

A Midwest fabrication plant auctioned off about 80 presses and fabrication machines using Machinery Marketing International’s managed online auction service.