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Compass Precision Promotes Jim Miller to VP of Sales & Marketing (Jan. 20, 2026)
Jim Miller Expands Role into MarketingCHARLOTTE, NC – Jan. 20, 2026 – Compass Precision continues to celebrate the new year with a change in its managerial team. Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of customer, close-tolerance metal components for...
Bergeron Machine’s Marcia Araujo Earns Compass Precision Employee of the Month Honor (January 13, 2026)
Bergeron Machine Shipping & Packaging Specialist Gets High MarkCandidates for roles at Compass Precision operating companies don’t have to come with a lot of prerequisites if they are hard-working and quick learners. Even potential language barriers aren’t enough...
Compass Precision Promotes Bill Canning to CEO (Jan. 6, 2026)
Bill Canning Continues Progression Entering New YearCHARLOTTE, NC – Jan. 6, 2026 – Compass Precision is celebrating the new year with a change in leadership. Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of customer, close-tolerance metal components for...
Bergeron Machine Hires New Operations Manager (December 23, 2025)
Dan Brown Joins Compass Operating Company in Westford, Massachusetts WESTFORD, MA – December 23, 2025 – For a company such as Bergeron Machine, an Operations Manager is key to a smooth-running shop floor. It’s vital not only for machining purposes but from a...
Araceli Biosciences Cell Imaging System Made Using Components from Strom Manufacturing (December 16, 2025)
Biotechnology Pioneer Partners with Compass Precision Shop Strom Manufacturing is proud of its relationships with all its customers. The Compass operating company, though, has grown particularly close to another growing Oregon company. Araceli Biosciences, located in...
Bergeron Machine Buys State-of-the-Art Swiss Screw Machine (December 9, 2025)
Compass Precision Operating Company Adds Tornos Multi-Spindle MachineWESTFORD, MA – December 9, 2025 – Compass Precision made impressive investments in new machinery at many of its operating companies during the past year. But Bergeron Machine has arguably made the...
Pocasset Machine’s Jose Rodrigues Named Compass Precision Employee of the Month in December (December 2, 2025)
Quality Manager Becomes First Compass Employee of the Month at PocassetJose Rodrigues has called Cape Cod home since he was four years old. He loves the Cape so much that about 17 years ago, he didn’t want to leave even to commute for work. It’s only fitting that such...
Compass Precision Purchases Trutron Corporation (November 18, 2025)
Compass Precision Adds 10th Operating CompanyCHARLOTTE, NC – November 18, 2025 – Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission-critical applications, announced Tuesday it has acquired Trutron Corporation...
Quality Products Acquires New Mazak Machine (November 11, 2025)
Compass Precision Operating Company Adds New Vertical Machining CenterCHARLOTTE, NC – November 11, 2025 – Another year is winding down. But nothing is slowing down at the machine shop that’s home to the Compass Precision headquarters. Quality Products & Machine,...
Zak Douglas & Ben Neefe Make Compass Precision History as First Co-Employees of the Month (November 4, 2025)
Pair of Douglas Machining Services CNC Operators Earn Prestigious Honor TogetherZak Douglas (pictured above left) and Ben Neefe (above right) have known each other since they were about eight years old. They’ve been best friends since fourth grade and lived together...
Compass Precision Celebrates 6-Year Anniversary (October 16, 2025)
Compass Precision Reaches Another Company MilestoneCHARLOTTE, NC – October 16, 2025 – Birthdays can be a difficult time for some Americans. So much so that it isn’t uncommon for people to shed a tear or two for growing another year older. There was no crying on the...
The Latest Compass Precision Acquisition: Q&A With Former Pocasset Machine Owner Barry Kent (September 30, 2025)
Compass Growing With Seamless Operating Company Acquisitions Compass Precision is growing its business in multiple ways. One of the fastest ways is through acquiring more operating companies. Compass announced purchasing Pocasset Machine Corporation in Pocasset, MA on...
Compass Precision Spotlight Focuses on Strom Manufacturing’s Joel Gonzalez (September 23, 2025)
Strom’s Top Setup Man Excelling Under New ManagementNORTH PLAINS, OR – September 23, 2025 – Compass Precision management stresses personal development as much as company growth with each of its employees across the United States. That’s why Compass’ nine operating...
Where Are They Now: A Look Back at Compass Employees of the Month Jan.-June 2023 (September 16, 2025)
First Half of 2023 Employee of the Month Honorees Then & NowCompass Precision has high expectations for its employees at all nine operating companies. When those expectations are met and even exceeded, those workers become eligible for the Compass employee of the...
Quality Products’ Dustin Jones Celebrates First-Year Anniversary With Compass Operating Company (September 9, 2025)
Quality Products Vice President Reaches MilestoneCHARLOTTE – September 9, 2025 – Quality Products & Machine, LLC has experienced terrific growth recently. The inception of that growth happened about two years ago. Then, the Compass Precision operating company...
Pocasset Machine Hires New VP & General Manager (August 20, 2025)
Mike Kane Enters Leadership Role at Compass Precision’s Latest Acquisition POCASSET, MA – August 20, 2025 – Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of custom, close-tolerance metal components for mission-critical applications, officially announced...
Compass Precision Promotes Keith Felts to VP of Engineering (July 31, 2025)
Compass Moves Advanced President Into New Corporate PositionCHARLOTTE, NC – July 31, 2025 – It’s been awhile since Keith Felts worked anywhere else besides Advanced Machining & Tooling. Keith became the company’s president when he co-founded it in 1985. He was in...
Compass Precision Promotes Bill Canning to President (July 24, 2025)
Compass’s COO Expands His RoleCHARLOTTE, NC – July 24, 2025 – Hard work pays off. At Compass Precision, the cliché applies to the newest employees at the entry level and to the parent company’s highest executive. Compass Precision, LLC, a Charlotte-based manufacturer...
Douglas Machining Acquires New Machine to Expand Capabilities (June 18, 2025)
Compass Precision Shop Adds Nakamura Mill-TurnWINONA, MN – June 18, 2025 – Douglas Machining Services, a Compass Precision operating company specializing in mill-turn capabilities, announced Wednesday the purchase and install of a new Nakamura WT-150-II MMY (pictured...
Strom Manufacturing’s George Salinas Named Compass Precision Employee of the Month in May (May 6, 2025)
Strom Manufacturing’s George Salinas Named Compass Precision Employee of the Month in May. Strom Machinist Earns Recognition.


