by Ben Wiley | Mar 13, 2019 | community, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, Welding
Wiley Metal Manufacturing has called Marion, Indiana, home of our metal fabrication business for over 35-years. Marion is a community of about 30,000 – and many Hoosiers have held fabrication careers at our local business. Located in the North Central part of...
by Ben Wiley | Feb 13, 2019 | Future of Metal Fabrication, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Manufacturing Technology, Uncategorized
Walk through our shop, (or take the Wiley Metal drone fly-by,) and you’ll see we’re a high variety, low volume operation. Yes, we take on longer runs but we’re not the kind of high-volume business that uses a lot of automation. It just doesn’t...
by Ben Wiley | Feb 6, 2019 | Careers, Welding
There is an attribute that you don’t have to pay to learn to build a successful welding career. It reaches beyond skill and even talent. In most cases, it is more valuable than knowledge and even experience. If you want to build a successful welding career it...
by Ben Wiley | Jan 30, 2019 | Manufacturing Business, Manufacturing Technology, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, OEM, Parts Supplier, Supplier, Supply Chain Integration
Smart manufacturing has been described in various ways ranging from the overly-simplified to the complex. It is part of an evolving way in which manufacturers respond to current market and technological conditions with a goal of maximizing profitability. In that...
by Ben Wiley | Dec 13, 2018 | Bending, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabricators, MIG Welding, weld, Welding
If you know anything about welding the title above might have you scratching your head. There’s no choice to be made between the two, it’s not an either-or. Welding is part of fabrication, just as grilling is part of cooking. Sure, you can cook without...
