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More from Vicki Bell
- From The Fabricator
U.S. No. 1, but for how long?
- By Vicki Bell
- Feb 2, 2011
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Yesterday I was happy to read an article that said the U.S. is No. 1 in manufacturing, out-producing China — No. 2 — by more than 40 percent. It's an interesting article that chronicles what's happening in manufacturing: U.S. factories are closing; American manufacturing jobs are reappearing...
- From The Fabricator
A tall, tall order
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 26, 2011
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Did you listen to President Obama's State of the Union address? I didn't. As I have explained in years past, I prefer to read the transcript of the address first thing the morning after and form my own opinion, without being swayed by delivery; audience reactions (the transcript I read did indicate...
- From The Fabricator
What’s the word, hummingbird?
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 21, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Think social media is just for big companies or individuals with nothing else to do? Think again. Social media has evolved into an important part of a comprehensive marketing strategy, even for job shops.
- From The Fabricator
Steel prices rising
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 19, 2011
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Being an editor means putting yourself out there for criticism. No matter how objective or neutral you try to be, chances are someone, somewhere will read something you write and say, "That's quite the mouthful ... please just tell me how you can make that statement?" How do I know? Because...
- From The Fabricator
Metal stampers on reshoring
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 12, 2011
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
The December issue of "Stamping News Brief" featured an item about reshoring, one of several terms used to describe bringing jobs back to the U.S. After citing examples of reshoring by companies such as Ford Motor Co. and Caterpillar, which also were covered in a recent blog post, the newsletter...
- From The Fabricator
Are conditions improving for metal fabricators?
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 10, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
The Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, but many metal fabricators were still in the thick of it as that year ended. Did conditions improve for this sector in 2010? How’s business now for fabricators compared to a year ago?
- From The Fabricator
Welding in top 10
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 6, 2011
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
December's "Welding Wire" e-newsletter featured an item about the book "Closing America's Job Gap" that describes new jobs being shaped by innovations in science and technology and how people need to learn "new skills" to attain these jobs. In this book, University of California San Diego...
- From The Fabricator
Let It Grow!
- By Vicki Bell
- Dec 15, 2010
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
If you’re a regular reader of The Fabricator Blog, you may know what's coming. It's that time of the year when I parody a holiday tune to reflect the times, or as my mother would say, "murderize" the song. She always remarked on singers taking a standard and covering it poorly as "murderizing"...
- From The Fabricator
Party hearty or hardly party?
- By Vicki Bell
- Dec 9, 2010
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Last week global outplacement and business coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported the results of its 2010 Holiday Party Survey. The findings indicate that as a growing number of companies benefit from a slowly improving economy, there are indications that workplace holiday parties...
- From The Fabricator
Are jobs coming or going?
- By Vicki Bell
- Dec 1, 2010
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
September 23, 2010, Caterpillar broke ground for a new hydraulic excavator manufacturing facility in Victoria, Texas. Production is anticipated to begin in mid-2010, and once fully operational, the plant is expected to employ more than 500 people and triple the company’s U.S.-based excavator...
- From The Fabricator
About your job
- By Vicki Bell
- Nov 17, 2010
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The November "Tube Talk" e-newsletter featured excerpts from a Money magazine article "Make Money in 2011: Your Job." If this article's hypothesis is correct, those of you who are employed might have cause to worry less about losing your jobs, and your employers might have reason to worry more...
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2010 impressions
- By Vicki Bell
- Nov 10, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
If you missed last week's FABTECH in Atlanta, you missed a lot — many new product introductions; outstanding educational offerings; an opportunity like no other to network with fellow fabricating and forming professionals; having your photo taken for the cover of an industry publication; Sonny's...
- From The Fabricator
Second chances: A different approach to finding workers
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 27, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Last week’s "Welding Wire" e-newsletter described what Turner Industries did to find workers for a pipe fabrication shop it built two years ago in Pasadena, Texas. As related in an article on chron.com, Personnel Manager Brian Daigle needed to hire 100 workers quickly, because the company had...
- From The Fabricator
'A sturdy and successful career at Caterpillar'
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 20, 2010
- Machining
- Blog Post
Articles about metal manufacturing pop up daily on the news sites I frequent and in my Google alerts. I scan them for information I think is important — both the good news and the not so good — to share with those who visit thefabricator.com. There's been a preponderance of the latter in...
- From The Fabricator
Fabricator leads tax break effort
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 13, 2010
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
If you're thinking about opening a business and are weighing possible locations, you may want to wait until after Nov. 2 and see if voters in Polk County, Florida, pass a referendum that will give new and expanding businesses a break from property taxes for up to 10 years. As noted in an article...
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- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
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- 67:51
This week on The Fabricator Podcast, Jason Becker, host of the Arc Junkies Podcast and owner of Underground...
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