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Six Questions for the 2010 IMTS
1) Will the Japanese and European builders be raising prices in dollars for their products? With the yen at 85, the pressure on margins must be heavy. But world-wide competition [...]
How it Works – Automated Measurement
Automatic part-measuring technologies can not only verify dimensions, but can collect the data for you and help improve quality. Do certain features on certain parts cause you headaches or heartburn? [...]
The Mormon Missionary Advantage
Pilkington Metal Finishing employs 110 workers and does upwards of $5 million a year in aluminum anodizing work out of a 72,000 square foot building five minutes from the Salt [...]
Government Meets the Real World
I believe 2010 will go down as the year the wage discrepancy between public and private employees began to narrow. According to a recent article in USA Today, the average [...]
An interview with James P. Hoffa
By Lloyd and Noah Graff LG: I’m curious about growing up in Detroit in a union family and what memories you have about dinner table conversations. JH: I had a [...]
The Little Cow
By Lloyd Graff I just read a provocative book called The Walk by Richard Paul Evans. It’s hokey and a bit contrived, but I still recommend it, if just for [...]
An Interview with DuPage Machine Products President, Dave Knuepfer
By Lloyd Graff Dave, do you consider DuPage Machine Products a job shop? We’re still a traditional job shop. We run 5,000 and 500,000 pieces, but we’re not always profitable [...]
The Apple Reinvestment Plan
By Lloyd Graff The Honey Crisp apple season will begin with the Labor Day weekend. Honey Crisp is the apple that has overwhelmed the Golden Delicious, Macintosh, Pippin and Gala [...]
Wrapping Up the X-prize: The Race to 100 MPG
By Paul Eisenstein The disastrous blow-out of BP’s well in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to have a devastating, long-term impact on everything from marine life to the region’s [...]
After Two Years, Every Day is Gravy
By Lloyd Graff August 29, is the second anniversary of the day I almost died. I hesitate to revisit it in this blog because I’ve already written about it extensively [...]