Top Journalists in Metal Fabrication
Kate Bachman MetalForming magazine (PMA)
Senior editor at MetalForming; former editor of STAMPING Journal with decades covering metal forming and fab shops. Specialties: Stamping; press technology; die design; sheet metal forming.
Steve Benson The FABRICATOR (columnist)
Author of The FABRICATOR’s long-running Bending Basics column and industry trainer/author of Bending Basics (FMA). Specialties: Press brakes; bending; tooling; precision sheet metal.
Lincoln Brunner The Tube & Pipe Journal (FMA)
Editor of The Tube & Pipe Journal; frequent feature writer on tube/pipe and fab technology. Specialties: Tube and pipe fabrication; cutting; forming; welding; shop profiles.
Rob Colman Canadian Fabricating & Welding
Editor of Canadian Fabricating & Welding with more than a decade dedicated to Canada’s fab/weld sector. Specialties: Canadian fabricating and welding; automation; shop management.
Dan Davis The FABRICATOR (FMA)
Editor-in-chief of The FABRICATOR and host of The FABRICATOR Podcast. Specialties: Industry trends; fab shop leadership; workforce; cutting/forming/welding coverage.
Rachel Duran Fabricating & Metalworking
Editor of Fabricating & Metalworking, covering shop-floor technology and management for fabricators. Specialties: Metal fabrication operations; welding; cutting; lasers; workforce.
Rafael Guerrero The WELDER (FMA)
Editor overseeing The WELDER; covers the people, processes, and culture of welding/fabrication. Specialties: Welding operations and culture; workforce; shop stories.
Kip Hanson SME Media; The FABRICATOR; Manufacturing Engineering; Cutting Tool Engineering
Veteran freelance manufacturing journalist; contributing editor to SME Media and frequent contributor to The FABRICATOR and other metalworking titles. Specialties: Fabrication and machining; automation; ERP/Industry 4.0; tooling; metrology.
Tim Heston The FABRICATOR (FMA)
Senior editor at The FABRICATOR, known for deep shop-floor reporting and analysis on cutting/forming workflows. Specialties: Sheet/plate fabrication; lasers, plasma and oxyfuel; automation; operations.
Lou Kren MetalForming magazine (PMA)
Senior editor at MetalForming, covering stamping technology, die performance and shop best practices. Specialties: Stamping; dies; tooling; production troubleshooting.
Brad Kuvin MetalForming magazine (PMA)
Editorial director at MetalForming with nearly 40 years covering metal forming and fabricating technologies. Specialties: Sheet metal forming/fabricating; industry leadership; technology trends.
Lindsay Luminoso Canadian Metalworking; Canadian Fabricating & Welding
Associate editor contributing to Canadian Metalworking and Canadian Fabricating & Welding. Specialties: Fabrication and welding stories for Canadian manufacturers; automation; shop profiles.
Eric Lundin The Tube & Pipe Journal; The FABRICATOR
Longtime editor/writer focused on the tube and pipe sector for FMA’s publications. Specialties: Tube and pipe producing/fabricating; bending & forming; welding and cutting.
Dan Markham Metal Center News
Editor-in-chief of Metal Center News, reporting on metals distribution that feeds fabrication. Specialties: Service centers; coil/tube/flat-rolled distribution; market trends affecting fabricators.
Abbe Miller FAB Shop Magazine Direct; Shop Floor Lasers (Techgen Media)
Veteran writer/editor for FAB Shop Magazine Direct and Shop Floor Lasers, covering practical fab and laser applications. Specialties: Fab shop operations; lasers; welding and cutting technology; automation.
Corinna Petry Modern Metals / FFJournal (Trend Publishing)
Executive editor at Modern Metals with extensive coverage across distribution and fabrication technologies. Specialties: Metal service centers and fabricators; processing technologies; market outlooks.
Gretchen Salois Modern Metals / FFJournal
Senior editor at Modern Metals reporting on shop-floor technology and applications for fabricators. Specialties: Fabrication case studies; cutting/forming; finishing; workforce.
Lynn Stanley Modern Metals / FFJournal
Senior editor at Modern Metals with a long track record writing for metals manufacturing and fabrication audiences. Specialties: Laser/plasma cutting; forming; finishing; shop management and safety.
Joe Thompson Canadian Metalworking
Editor of Canadian Metalworking, steering coverage of fabrication/welding technologies and business issues. Specialties: Metalworking in Canada; fabrication and welding; industry policy and workforce.
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