Unexpected absence
Hi all. I’ve been away from the blogging world for the last 2 months, due to a death in the family. I hope to be back to it in a week or two, at which time I’ll try to summarize … Continue reading →
View ArticleSometimes it takes a while to get back in the saddle
In December I wrote that I’d be restarting the blog soon. I guess I spoke too soon. It’s now April, and the fallout from the death in the family has taken longer to resolve than I expected. I plan to...
View ArticleA taste of things to come
It could hardly have been a worse 6 months to miss. So much to summarize. Here’s what I plan to talk about over the next while. Direct influences on the Metalstamping industry Raw material pricing Raw...
View ArticleAll Dressed Up, and No Place to Blog
This was originally posted Tuesday, April 14, 2009 and is being reposted today with the proper blogger tools. All’s well, I suppose, that ends well. Well, I don’t know if this blog is going to go out....
View ArticleAuto suppliers brace for uncertain summer
More coverage of suppliers, now from Detroit, where a lot of parts suppliers are, and where the press has clearly been thinking about this. From the Detroit Free Press A fragile automotive supply base...
View ArticleSome manufacturers find California cheaper than China
From the San Francisco Business Times: Four Northern California companies in the past five months have reshored products from China to Wright Engineered Plastics, said President and CEO Barbara...
View ArticleMEPS FORECASTS GRADUAL UPTURN IN WORLD STEEL PRICES OVER NEXT TWELVE MONTHS
From MEPS, a steel consultancy in the UK. The MEPS – World Composite All Products carbon steel price peaked in July 2008 at $US1160 per tonne. In the subsequent ten months the value fell by more than...
View ArticleChina coal mine accident kills 13, 66 missing
Via Yahoo! Canada News A coal mine accident early on Tuesday killed 13 people and 66 others were missing in central China’s Henan Province, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the state work safety...
View Article2 Ontario firms allege Chinese steel sinks violate trade rules, probes...
2 Ontario firms allege Chinese steel sinks violate trade rules, probes launched – Yahoo! Canada Finance The Canadian International Trade Tribunal will begin a preliminary inquiry to determine whether...
View ArticleWhen in doubt, blame the Canadians first, research later
I found this very interesting post, in my drafts folder, from 2005. It seems even more appropriate now, so I thought I’d finally publish it. When I was a kid, I remember a sign in a hardware store “We...
View ArticleThe Demise of Stamping Out a Living
A dozen years after I left the metal stamping industry, I don’t see much value in keeping this web site here. It served a purpose 20 years ago, when blogging was new, and when I was current with...
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