The coolest thing about working in a knife factory (besides the knives, of course) is all the great trivia I get to learn about so many different industries. That said, I really have to manage my time well as I try to keep up with the trends and top news in every arena. Manufacturing, food, Continue Reading →
Friday night’s premier of Modern Marvels: Packaging was so interesting I watched it twice. Yes, it covered a lot about packaging I already knew, but it also presented some great facts and insight I never could have guessed – like how bell peppers were an inspiration for water bottle design. Or how bubble wrap was Continue Reading →
In keeping with this week’s manufacturing news spirit, today’s FollowForever goes out to a few more interesting folks tweeting about the industry: @MFGSourcing – Another representative of MFG.com, @mfgsourcing is ripe with links on the industry, both here and abroad. Tune in for stats and timely news from trade to textiles. @ShopfloorNAM – Official twitter Continue Reading →
If you have to start somewhere, why not start a new year in manufacturing with a record 17 months of consecutive growth? Honestly. Not two weeks into the new year, and the good-hopeful-promising manufacturing news hasn’t slowed down, yet. Of course, there’s a measure of not-so-great thrown in along the way, but that’s not Continue Reading →
Dear Fellow Twitter Friends, This year, I’m shifting away from the traditional #FollowFriday memes of the past in favor of something a little more personal. Instead of the customary laundry list of @ recommendations, each week I’ll post a short list of top tweeters – who may or may not be related in any conventional 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 →
Even as manufacturing is credited as being a driving force behind economic recovery both here and abroad, we can’t help but notice a growing rift in what is arguably the most important foundation to any developed nation. To put it bluntly, the highly skilled labor pool is also an aging labor pool. Yes, it’s also Continue Reading →
Packaging is amazing. It protects products, informs consumers, helps us build our brand, and looks awesome in the process. High-visibility packaging options also offer offering a clear way to showcase products and sometimes even reduce materials, too. Of all the high-visibility packaging out there, the clamshell remains one of the most popular, especially in the Continue Reading →
This morning I discovered a post about the fact that reshoring isn’t going as well as we’d think. While I appreciated the solid statistics, timely citations, and overall clarity of the article; I couldn’t help but feel a little lost after that. “What do I make of this?” I thought. “If the numbers are down Continue Reading →
Machine knives are some of the unsung heroes of the manufacturing process. They are silent, dedicated workers that help cut and shape our products from raw material to packaged product. Without them, all the engineering skill, all the experienced labor, and all the automation in the world would yield a whole mangled heap of unfinished Continue Reading →