Machine & Fabrication

The Robbins Company is one of the leading developers and manufacturer of advanced, underground construction machinery. Based in Kent, Wash., the company offers an extensive range of underground excavation equipment. It offers large diameter tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that have the ability to excavate every geological type from hard rocks to sands and gravel. The Robbins Company also provides tunnel boring and small boring machines, conveyors and cutters. It has four primary manufacturing facilities, seven international sales and service locations and representatives throughout the world.

Fatigue Technology has served the aerospace industry for approximately 35 years. It started out as a simple wire forming company in a Seattle garage, and has evolved into a major player in the aerospace community by providing solutions for new aircraft production and aging aircraft refurbishment. The company officially entered the aerospace business in 1969, when it helped pioneer the hole cold expansion process. Its product divisions include bushings, fasteners, fittings and cold expansion. The company s materials testing facility is an advanced mechanical testing laboratory with nearly 20 years of experience in static, fatigue and fracture testing of metals and composites. Major government and aerospace industry organizations recognize its materials testing facility as a leading specialist in fatigue and crack growth testing. Fatigue Technology is located in Tukwila, Wash.

MeteorComm LLC is a wireless telecommunications company that provides data communications solutions and services. Founded in 1975, the company has been serving customers in the vehicle, locomotives, marine vessels, aircraft and meteorological markets. MeteorComm s packet data networks are based on extended line of sight and meteor burst communications technologies. These technologies were pioneered and commercialized by the company in the late 1970s. MeteorComm s programmable packet data radios provide interoperability among its communications technologies and supporting products. The company works as a full-service company with its customers throughout an entire project, providing all the resources and skills to ensure success during each phase in the project. MeteorComm is based in Kent, Wash., and serves clients throughout the world.