For the Cotter family, Cotter Bros. Corp. not only is a successful business venture, but the company also is an extension of the family’s legacy in process skid systems and fabrications. The Danvers,...
There are many divisions of Coreslab Structures throughout Canada and the United States with the ability to provide manufacturing and installation. These divisions continuously working together to deliver...
From warehouses, office buildings and malls to parking lots and curling rinks, Cool Fin LED is looking to light up Canada one building at a time. The Edmonton-based LED lighting supplier offers professional...
If fastening something in an airplane requires putting a hole in its structure, over time stress cracks can develop from that penetration, and the problem with drilling holes in boats – flooding –...
If longevity is any evidence, Cleveland Gear is a company that definitely knows its products.
For the last 100 years, Cleveland Gear has been a leader in the gearing industry in producing highly reliable...
The next time you get on a plane, ride in a car or have surgery, you probably won’t give much thought to the various complex components that allow the pilot, driver or surgeon to do their jobs. Fortunately,...
After 41 years, Centro Inc. has become the largest custom and most technically advanced rotational molder in North America.
President and CEO Brian Olesen says this is thanks to its founder’s vision...
Manufacturing its own composite materials has given C&D Zodiac the edge over competitors. “We are capable of producing high-quality, high-strength, low-weight composite constructions,” points out...
Analytical X-ray technology has become an integral tool in today’s research methodology. An industry leader at the forefront of this technology for material analysis, Bruker AXS continually aspires to...
Boomerang Tube is a world-class producer of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and line pipe. With 7 percent marketshare and projected 2012 sales of $450 to 500 million, it would appear that success comes...
In today’s world, with the advent of e-readers and other electronic media, it’s tempting to say that printing soon will be obsolete. That’s not the way dik Bolger sees it, however. Granted, as CEO...
When it was founded in 1997, Bennington says it had a vision for its company that included a commitment to continuously improve its products’ quality while simultaneously improving the quality of life...
Much may be headed our way this year from the Hill in connection with reform of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) and chemical initiatives advanced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Quality systems are constantly evolving to balance the demands of complex regulatory and production environments with recession-inspired, cost-cutting measures. Some of these changes result from stricter...
To accomplish this, it is critical for business owners and their management teams to identify their unique selling proposition (USP). In other words, they need to understand a key component of their success...
Over the last few years, the economy has taken its toll on many small businesses and their owners. Not surprisingly, they are feeling beat up and hopeless, and lack the courage to fight. Some have given...
America’s sales tax system is broken! Sales tax collection is spread across more than 17,000 individual sales tax jurisdictions in this country, yet the rules aren’t uniform from one county to the...
For nearly three decades, companies have relied on sales and operations planning (S&OP) in their effort to improve business performance. What originally started as basic production planning in the...
Virtualization is a fact of life in information technology today. More and more systems are migrating to virtual machines (VMs) or to entire private cloud platforms, while major vendors have moved to fully...
There is something magical about the performance of effective teams – the way the members come together, align their talents and put aside their differences, and then almost flawlessly execute to achieve...
The outsourcing of IT, engineering and business services has benefitted the manufacturing industry profoundly over the past few decades. Outsourcers have successfully taken out costs and helped customers...
From the G-7, to the BRIC, to the N-11, the search is ongoing for markets that promise growth and new opportunities for businesses around the globe. To that end, Goldman Sachs and others have conducted...
Electroimpact Inc.’s engineers do more than draft concept drawings – they guide every aspect of the products they work on.
“What sets us apart is being the ultimate engineers’ company,” says Ben Hempstead, a mechanical engineering lead. “Of our 431 employees, 352 are engineers. Their responsibility is from concept design through calculation, analysis, simulation, drafting, purchasing, assembly, debug, testing, shipping, installation, final acceptance and factory support.”
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The approximately 40 subsidiary businesses of Chemetall GmbH emerged from the combination of expertise in chemistry and metallurgy, which is mirrored in the company’s name. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, the specialty chemicals group is the global leader in products and processes for the chemical treatment of metal surfaces and plastics. Its surface treatment solutions benefit a variety of markets, such as aerospace, automotive, coil, cold forming, aluminum finishing, oil and gas, and several niche industries.
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For Precision Gear Inc. (PGI), failure is not an option. The College Point, N.Y.-based company specializes in manufacturing parts for the aircraft and jet engine industry, including external and internal spur, helical, cluster gears, elongated shafts, splined shafts, high-speed shafts, free wheel cams shafts and hydraulic assemblies.
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As a recognized leader in upscale home furnishings since the turn of the 20th century, Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth, Directional and Carter’s posh furniture has adorned the homes and yachts of European royalty, U.S. presidents and celebrities for generations. Thanks to its alignment with the industry’s top designers – including Barry Dixon, Larry Laslo, Michael Wolk, Vladimir Kagan, Rob Jones, Diane Grande, Denis McCullough and Nancy Barnett – its name is synonymous with comfort, quality and style.
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As a niche provider of porcelain-on-steel, hand-crafted wood, and specialty ethnic kitchen and cooking products, Columbian Home Products has distinguished itself as the big fish in a small pond. While aluminum and stainless steel have taken over the market for mainstream pots and pans, there is still a strong consumer base in need of items such as stir-fry pans, bamboo steamers, tamale and menudo pots, seafood steamers and turkey roasters – items that are Columbian’s niche.
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