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Atec, Inc. celebrated Halloween with a company party featuring Pumpkin “Boo” Bowling and Pumpkin Carving Contest. The competition was fierce with ten entries. Many pumpkins had intricate carvings while one sported a wig, another was a Minion and Cookie Monster made an appearance eating cookies. Brian Durbin, V.P. (& E.E.) took first place with an adaptation of the old board …
We’ve been talking about growth a lot around the Atec headquarters. From our sales and revenue to the number of employees we keep on staff, 2014 was a record setting year for Atec here at our Southwest Houston headquarters and our subsidiary Celtech in Carlsbad, NM. With more projects and employees comes the need for more desks and workstations. In …
At the start of 2014, we had a little over 70 employees. Flash-forward to now and we have grown greatly in size as well as diversity: With 27 bright new faces at Atec across various departments (as well as 5 new hires at Celtech), we are aiming to reach great new heights and expand our already fruitful productivity for 2015. …
We’ve all heard that old saying “Choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” The quote is attributed to Confucius, but when he said it, he must’ve had David Andrews in mind. Atec has counted David Andrews as a Manual Machine operator for the last 20 years, during which time he has consistently maintained …
Two new mezzanines totaling over 2,000 square feet of storage space were completed in early 2014 to accommodate a growing Atec! The easy access approach to housing important inventory makes these items readily available, & is just one of the efficient approaches of minimizing item handling. With recent Boeing Projects …
Since the 1940s, the Optical Comparator, an inspection machine used for spotting imperfections in manufactured parts, has played a big role in the aircraft industry. The advent of computer technology has recently brought the comparator into the digital age, but the basic concept is still the same. Comparators work by projecting the magnified silhouette of a part onto a large …
I began my second internship with Atec, Inc. this past June. Each morning I have pulled into the parking lot with a big fat “Texas A&M Liberal Arts” sticker on my car, walked into the building, and sat down at my desk in the Contracts department. As a Psychology major working towards a career in counseling, I am not a …
Ever wish you could draw an item and then have a machine produce it for you? That’s essentially what a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine does. These advanced machines are able to produce shapes with more efficiency than traditional manual machines. It’s easiest to think of a CNC machine as an industrial 3D printer, in the sense that it can …
Atec, Inc. is home to an incredible team of skilled and capable people who make the continued success of the company a reality every single day. With a slew of accomplished and promising co-workers, it can be difficult to stand out but Mike Patterson, Atec’s Vice President of Engineering, makes it look easy. Cincinnati, Ohio native Mike Patterson joined the …
Jon Favreau, the director of the Iron Man movies, had special Iron Man challenge coins minted and presented to the Air Force members at Edwards Air Force Base to thank them for their cooperation while his crew filmed on location. The crew of Breaking Bad received challenge coins from the show’s creator, Vince Gilligan, at the start of each new …
