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Getting around the spike in steel prices

How much is nitrogen costing your job shop?

forklift moving in a job shop

Forklift Theory: How to make the most of the fabricator’s best friend.

Turning your scrap metal into an increasingly valuable profit center

Top Tips: Quality & Efficiency when Folding or Bending Laser Cut Parts

Does your profit end up in the scrap bin?

Streamline your laser cutting quoting process

Tempus Tools offer job shops an easy to use digital tool kit to help you quickly calculate and prepare accurate and consistent quotes.

Head office

205 North Michigan Avenue, Ste 810, Chicago, IL 60601

UK office

Lombard House Cross Keys Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6DN

Chile office

Av. Pdte. Kennedy Lateral 5770 Oficina 1309, Vitacura, Santiago Chile

Australia office

Suite 1, 10-12 Chapel Street Blackburn, Victoria Australia 3130

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