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Recent Posts from the Eagle Group Blog

Manufacturing education plays a critical role in preparing the next generation of engineers, makers, and problem-solvers. In this latest community outreach feature, the Eagle Group explores how university partnerships and hands-on foundry collaborations like Cast in Steel are giving students real-world metalcasting experience—and helping strengthen the future of American manufacturing.
When supply chains disappear, reverse-engineered parts offer a practical solution. This project shows how Eagle CNC rebuilt a complex component from a damaged original—using measurement, machining, and design refinement to deliver a part that performs as well or better than the original.
Michigan’s foundry industry faces a growing skills gap—but the solution starts early. Through classroom workshops, student competitions, and community partnerships, the Eagle Group is investing in manufacturing workforce development by introducing the next generation to modern metalcasting and the rewarding careers behind America’s industrial future.

When time and flexibility are top priorities, rapid prototyping for castings offers manufacturers a fast-track route to producing complex cast parts in small quantities. At the Eagle Group, this advanced approach supports both prototype development and low-volume production, helping customers refine designs, verify performance, and move from concept to production quickly without the long lead […]

Eagle CNC’s West Michigan machine shop provides some of the highest-precision machining available, but the meaning of precision in machining is constantly changing. Industries across the board are calling for increasingly complex parts that challenge traditional machining methods. For a manufacturing job shop like ours, staying competitive means getting ahead—especially in terms of adopting new equipment and […]

ESOP is a way to transfer company ownership from one generation to the next—in many cases, this transfer happens when the original owners sell their stake in the company to their own employees. ESOP stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan, but the acronym hardly conveys the potential of this empowering ownership model. That’s because ESOP is […]