Business
A Video Interview with Cathy Bothe of Signature Needle Arts
Lloyd and Noah Graff interviewed Cathy Bothe, president of Signature Needle Arts, a manufacturer and retailer of high quality knitting needles machined on CNC lathes. Signature Needle Arts is a [...]
Swarf – Oprah and The Acme
Dear Oprah, I am a fan of yours. I’ve been watching your show since before you were the Color Purple. You’ve had Nobel Prize winners, cancer doctors, dessert chefs and [...]
Emergency Machining
I recently had a long conversation with Brad Ohlemacher of EMC Precision Machining, the new name and incarnation of an Acme screw machine shop in the Cleveland area, called Elyria [...]
Howie Long GM’s Hero
Call me crazy, but General Motors’ shift in advertising from the pathetic Chevrolet and Apple Pie image campaign to a frontal assault on Honda and Toyota, using specs like fuel economy and vehicle value [...]
Is Risk Averse Risky?
I had a long talk today with Miles Free of the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA). Miles has heavy experience in understanding the technical problems machining companies have in the hostile world [...]
Feeling Groovy
Productivity in manufacturing rose an unprecedented 13. 5 percent in the third quarter. It means business is rising but the number of employees isn’t. The inflation vigilantes do not accept [...]
The Power of Rebuilding
Interesting news about the world of heavy trucks. The domestic hauling companies are still flat on their tuchuses, but the suppliers are getting busy. The military demand is getting crazy [...]
Industry Scuttlebutt
The machine tool builders and distributors are hurting, but there is some business out there. In September the U.S. Army Rock Island, Ill. Arsenal made a major buy. They bought [...]
Machining Timeshare
By Lloyd Graff The current Fortune Magazine’s cover story is about Zipcar, the car sharing rent-by-the- hour company that is changing the way people look at car ownership in urban areas. Zipcar [...]
A Twisty Tale in the Machining World
By Lloyd Graff This is the story of a cold saw that tells us how the used machinery business sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. Two partners bought a deal with [...]