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More from Vicki Bell
- From The Fabricator
No layoffs (except for Congress)
- By Vicki Bell
- Nov 11, 2009
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
Yes, Tim, it truly is about jobs. Congress can debate health care reform, bail out banks, extend unemployment benefits, work to develop a climate bill, increase the legislative budget, and do whatever else it does until the cows come home, but we need jobs—lots of good jobs—for the...
- From The Fabricator
A most-fitting memorial to 9/11
- By Vicki Bell
- Nov 4, 2009
- Safety
- Blog Post
It's been eight years since the 9/11 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and killed almost 3,000 innocent prople— enough time for two presidential elections; U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq; the fall of a dictatorship; the battle of New Orleans versus Katrina;...
- From The Fabricator
Lack of help for small business is 'obscene'
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 28, 2009
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Fox News—most people either love it or hate it. I'm indifferent about it, preferring to look at it as I do most media: Take what I hear with a grain of salt and watch out for bias. Just yesterday, host Greta Van Susteren chatted with David Cho, financial reporter for the "Washington...
- From The Fabricator
'It's all bad' (No, it isn't)
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 21, 2009
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Yesterday evening, I sat in a Jiffy Lube waiting room while my car was undergoing an emissions test—a requirement for tag renewal. A small, very old-school, rabbit-eared TV tuned to a local news station stood in the corner. As I attempted to wile away the time reading the latest but already...
- From The Fabricator
Retirement? Maybe, maybe not
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 14, 2009
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
I love online polls, especially those that allow takers to comment. There's a certain feeling of anonymity when you are sitting all alone in front of your computer screen that tends to make many of us more open when voicing our opinions through our keyboards. (Of course that same feeling of...
- From The Fabricator
Fertilizer for job growth?
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 8, 2009
- Safety
- Blog Post
A few days ago, my fellow blogger, Eric Lundin, wrote a post entitled " Too little, too late," in which he discussed U.S. pipe producers asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose duties on steel pipe imported from China. Eric shed light on the snail's pace at which the legal process...
- From The Fabricator
Helping U.S. manufacturing - Take note, Bloom
- By Vicki Bell
- Sep 30, 2009
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Most people with half a brain who actually think about U.S. manufacturing agree that it is suffering. You can't watch or read the news without learning of plant closings, layoffs, furloughs, pay reductions, and growing unemployment lines that include many factory workers, staff, and...
- From The Fabricator
All about welding ... mostly
- By Vicki Bell
- Sep 23, 2009
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Last week, I attended the Schweissen & Schneiden International Trade Fair Joining Cutting Surfacing, commonly known as the Essen Welding Show, in Essen, Germany. The show comes around every four years and attracts thousands of attendees, primarily from Europe and Asia. This was my first time...
- From The Fabricator
Success stories
- By Vicki Bell
- Sep 10, 2009
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
My fellow editors and I often invite those who read our columns to share their success stories so that we may pass them on and inspire others. Traditional success stories about businesses thriving are hard to come by these days. The last time I personally received e-mails from readers who said...
- From The Fabricator
GM & Chrysler - Will you buy their cars?
- By Vicki Bell
- Aug 26, 2009
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
The August issue of "Stamping News Brief" (SNB) featured comments from an SNB reader responding to an item in the previous month's issue about employment in the metal stamping sector. This reader said, "I am soon to be unemployed, and there are really not many prospects around here for employment...
- From The Fabricator
Decline and rise of the fabricating empire
- By Vicki Bell
- Aug 12, 2009
- Aluminum Welding
- Blog Post
According to early results of yesterday's "Fabricating Update" survey that asked metal fabricating industry professionals where their companies stand in the recession cycle, 32.5 percent are in serious pain, and 67.5 percent see signs of recovery. For an industry plagued with declining...
- From The Fabricator
What have you done for us lately?
- By Vicki Bell
- Aug 5, 2009
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Manufacturers are mad as Hades and speaking out about what they believe to be the lack of support from the Obama Administration. Dr. Chris Kuehl, economic analyst for the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), said he has yet to see "anything remotely resembling a policy"...
- From The Fabricator
'I wanna shake his hand'
- By Vicki Bell
- Jul 29, 2009
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
The metal fabricating industry is made up of highly skilled, hard-working individuals who are passionate about their work and proud of what they create. But every now and then, along comes a slacker who does a half-backside job and creates all kinds of problems. Such is the case with the Northrop...
- From The Fabricator
Guest column: Detroit Three restructuring—What it means for suppliers
- By Vicki Bell
- Jul 23, 2009
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Editor's note: This post is from STAMPING Journal® columnist Bernard Swiecki, a director, market analysis, in the economics business group with the Center for Automotive Research. How bankruptcy and restructuring are changing the Detroit Three—What it means for suppliersBy Bernard...
- From The Fabricator
Speaking the same language
- By Vicki Bell
- Jul 22, 2009
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
If your business isn't doing as well as you'd like—and whose is these days—there may be internal factors that are making an already tough situation even worse. One likely suspect is waste. I know, you probably are so very tired of hearing about lean manufacturing, and you may...
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- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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