by Ben Wiley | Mar 1, 2023 | Manufacturing Business, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabrication Business, Parts Supplier, Truck Trailers
“Past performance is no guarantee of future results”, and it’s as true in fabrication and the truck trailer industry as it is in finance. The trailer industry is coming off a good year – a surprisingly good year in fact – so we’re trying to figure out if...
by Ben Wiley | Jan 30, 2023 | Community, Family Business, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication Business, Metal Fabricators
At Wiley Metal we’ve always been very proud of being a family metal fabrication business. That’s because our family culture reflects who we are, and we’ve always been fabricators. Verne Wiley believed in doing things the right way, and that will never change. If you...
by Ben Wiley | Jul 25, 2022 | Family Business, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabrication Business
Wiley Metal is celebrating 40 years. That’s a milestone few businesses achieve and it’s an opportunity to reflect on how we got to where we are and where we’re going. One of the keys to lasting success is the willingness to make changes. Henry Ford provides a good...
by Ben Wiley | Jul 24, 2020 | Careers, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabrication Business
Were you the type of kid who took things apart and put them back together? Did you make things out of cardboard, plastic, and metal off-cuts? Do you dream of a job where you make things you can be proud of? If any of these apply, how about a career in metal...
by Ben Wiley | Aug 22, 2019 | Aluminum Extrusion, Extruded Section, Lightweighting, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabrication Business, OEM, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Stainless Steel
Maybe you’ve already thought about how weight affects motion, but what about static structures or fabrications? Weight can be important there too. Some point to consider are: Will the fabrication need transporting? Almost certainly yes, unless you’re...
by Ben Wiley | Jun 5, 2019 | Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabrication Business
We’re partial to a bit of heavy metal here at Wiley, but we don’t mean the music. Walk through our shop and you might see the occasional Metallica or Iron Maiden t-shirt, but when we say heavy metal we mean it in the fabrication sense. We’ve nothing...
