by Ben Wiley | Jun 30, 2021 | Careers, Manufacturing Business, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, Welding
Who keeps grocery stores stocked with beef from Nebraska, potato chips from Idaho, and corn from Iowa? Who makes sure gas from the Gulf Coast gets to pumps across the nation? Truckers. And who makes their semi-trucks and trailers? Welders and metal fabricators. These...
by Ben Wiley | Jun 14, 2021 | Careers, community, Family Business, Laser Cutting, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators
It’s rarely good to be front-page news, but we’re excited about our moment in the spotlight. To see why take a look at The News Herald from May 12-18th. At the top, you’ll see a headline that reads, “New investment, jobs to help Wiley Metal”. This is a good news story...
by Ben Wiley | Apr 26, 2021 | Manufacturing Business, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, OEM
We won an award recently. We’re rather proud of that and prouder still that we’ve won it more than once. It’s not in our nature to brag though. Despite being told that talking about it would be good for business we’d rather just get back to doing what we do: serving...
by Ben Wiley | Jan 20, 2021 | Aluminum Extrusion, Extruded Section, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabricators
A skilled craftsman makes a difficult job look easy. Take barrel-makers (coopers) as an example, or consider glass-blowers. And then there are aluminum extruders, (both the people and the businesses who do it.) We’d put them in that category too. After all, extrusion...
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 | Jul 23, 2020 | Careers, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators
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...
