After what may go down as the shortest week in recorded history, we are happy to be home safe and recovering from another exciting Pack Expo. Yours truly had an opportunity to join the team for all of Tuesday, and in the same breath I’m happy to report it was as exciting as it was Continue Reading →
York Saw & Knife is proud to announce the addition of a Trumpf 2025 Laser Center to our production line. We’ll be following up with more information in the coming weeks. For now, the picture on the left serves as a “small” example of exactly how precise this machine really is – the fingernail-sized bicycle Continue Reading →
It took me a while to get the hang of all the different types of knives we make here at YSK. There are three I was particularly surprised by: not only did they not *look* like what I would, at that point, consider a knife. In some cases, they didn’t even seem to *do* what Continue Reading →
At least from our viewpoint, 2010 has so far been a busy year for the machine knife manufacturing industry. We’d like to thank our loyal clients, friends, and readers for helping us toward all our success. I mean, without you – well – we’re nothing! Here at York Saw & Knife, we’ve got some great Continue Reading →
We talked about this before, but thought it was important to expand on how we provide end users and OEM’s the same level of service and quality with every knife and saw we make. After over a century in the cutting business, all we can say is: we get it. As an OEM, you want Continue Reading →
Are you using the optimum knife for your production needs? It’s especially challenging when your current setup seems to “stop working” out of nowhere. Problems Like These in Your Cutting Operation…
Did you know York Saw & Knife is one of the oldest active saw and knife manufacturers in the United States? In 1906, York, PA man Louis Klunk set out to become a premier manufacturer of steel, set-tooth saw blades. He built a business from the ground up, employing and honing the skill of a Continue Reading →
We promised some follow up on the Shark Tooth blade a little while back… York Saw and Knife recently assisted a major consumer products, pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials producer in creating a new cut-off knife for a Winder/Rewinder machine. The company developed a new, very tough film that typical knife designs could not cut cleanly Continue Reading →
We talk to a number of people out there, and visit with others at shows or on the road when we can. We’re unsure, however, how many of you out there are aware of York Saw and Knife’s capabilities to manufacture specialty knives for OEM’s and their end users. York Saw and Knife can outfit Continue Reading →
In the latest Food & Beverage Packaging (they’re welcome for the free pub), there’s an interesting roundtable featuring some of the heavyweights of food and beverage packaging (including one – Steve Gaeta of Unilever – who shares the same last name as this mutineer on Battlestar Galactica). Anyway, the discussion centers on the industry outlook Continue Reading →