by Ed Wiley | Jan 19, 2021 | Future of Metal Fabrication, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, Sheet Metal Fabrication
As 2020 disappears in the rearview mirror many of us are wondering what 2021 has in store. Well we don’t have a crystal ball or the gift of second sight but it’s fun to speculate. It’s also important for our business that we do it. By anticipating what customers will...
by Ben Wiley | Nov 19, 2020 | Future of Metal Fabrication, Manufacturing, Uncategorized
We’ve been in the metal fabrication business nearly 40 years, and we’d rather like to do 40 more. We know we won’t get there by standing still though. Like Henry Ford said, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got”. In other...
by Ben Wiley | Dec 18, 2019 | Future of Metal Fabrication, Industry 5.0, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics
Pinsetter. Telegraphist. Typist. Those jobs are gone, obsoleted by advances in technology. But where are the marauding hordes of unemployed pinsetters? Well there aren’t any. They all went on to something else. Maybe they’re now web designers or Instagram...
by David Duchesne | Dec 3, 2019 | Aluminum Extrusion, Extruded Section, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Motorhome Manufacturers, RV
Aluminum is like that cool kid you knew in High School. It seems to do everything really well, and always looks good doing it. Sure, other kids were stronger, taller, maybe smarter even, but none offered quite the all-round package of mister, or miss, Cool. Of course,...
by David Duchesne | Nov 6, 2019 | Aluminum Extrusion, engineering services, Extruded Section, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators
Standard extruded aluminum profiles could make your next fabrication project easy. Well maybe not easy, but definitely quicker. Think of these shapes as aluminum Legos: they give you the flexibility to make whatever you want whenever you want it. Skeptical about our...
by Sarah Hayes | Oct 9, 2019 | continuous improvement, Family Business, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators
Our Quest to Improve On-Time Delivery to 95% Most of our blogs in Tiki Talk discuss subjects of general interest in manufacturing and frequently metal fabrication in particular. In recent posts, we’ve discussed the economy, technology, tariffs’ and a host...
