From its humble beginnings as a lumber industry saw maker, York Saw & Knife has spent a century building a strong reputation as one of the top sources for high-precision, high-quality industrial blades for applications as diverse as form fill seal and food processing. Today the company announces its upcoming appearance at ProPak Asia, solidifying Continue Reading →
We have interesting and challenging news to share with you. YSK President Mike Pickard, in addition to guiding our company, has recently been selected by our industry leaders to serve as the President of the Machine Knife Association. This group that is one of the oldest trade associations in the country has a primary mission Continue Reading →
How about everybody? Seriously. Besides the fact that plastic is everywhere, what amazes me most is the amount of time and innovation we spend improving both the process and the material itself – adapting to ever-increasing demand for products that are both cost effective and environmentally friendly. In the last month alone, my news feeds 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 →
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 →
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 →
PACK EXPO is finally here – for those of us getting ready to exhibit, anyway! With another day left until the doors open to the public, this year’s PACK is shaping up to be as big a success as any. We’ve given away 150 free attendee passes alone, and the buzz all around seems louder 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 →
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 →