[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 152 (Tuesday, October 29, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7614]
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                         RECOGNIZING MICRO 100

 Mr. RISCH. Madam President, sons can learn so much from their 
fathers. Whether it is changing a tire, throwing a football, or loving 
a family, the lessons derived from our fathers can have a profound 
impact on our lives. In 1969, 24-year old Dale Newberry agreed to join 
his father Jack in a family business selling cutting tools to local 
machine shops. What began 44 years ago as a two-machine operation based 
out of a carport of a southern California home is now a $15 million-a-
year business based in Meridian, ID, that employs 110 Idahoans and 
sells from a catalog of 12,000 carbide cutting tools to more than 600 
U.S. distributors and others in 40 countries.
  Micro 100 specializes in manufacturing both industry standard and 
custom carbide tools which are used to manufacture items essential to 
modern life, including airplane wings, watch parts, telephone 
receivers, car-door handles, and household appliance components. The 
strength of these tools makes them virtually unbreakable.
  Micro 100 utilizes a proprietary process that increases the toughness 
of micrograin carbide material without diminishing its hardness. 
Carbide is 90 percent tungsten--one of the hardest metals on the 
planet--but Micro 100 uses machines whose grinding wheels are coated in 
industrial diamond, the only substance known that will cut tungsten. As 
a result, carbide tools produced by Micro 100 stay sharp for 10 or 20 
times longer than steel.
  For years, Micro 100 products have achieved a 99.9 percent customer 
satisfaction rate from clients engaged in a wide range of metalworking 
fields, including mold and die making, high-speed cutting, high-
precision cutting, high-performance milling of aluminum, plastics, and 
nonferrous materials, and hard milling. Therefore, it is only fitting 
that we celebrate this firm's growth and successes, as they have 
simultaneously helped create jobs in Idaho and enhanced the reputation 
of American manufacturing in the global community. I am proud to extend 
my congratulations to Dale Newberry and everyone at Micro 100 for their 
tremendous efforts and offer my best wishes for their continued 
success.

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