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Weiler 4 1/2-inch angle grinder brushes
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LPS Laboratories changes can design |
Hyde Pour & Roll |
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Manufacturers added 50,000 jobs; construction employment increased by 21,000
Productivity increased in Q4
Overall productivy increased 0.7%, but manufacturing productivity declined 0.4%
Sandvik earnings fall
Despite a 9% increase in Q4 sales, Sandvik AB reported a drop in earnings
Snap-on sales rise 5.7%
Q4 earnings of $74.3 million on sales of $736.6 million
DXPE acquires Mid-Continent Safety
DXP Enterprises acquires Kansas-based safety distributor
Manufacturing expansion into 30th month
January PMI registered 54.1 percent, an increase of 1 percentage point from December
Jan./Feb. issue
The Jan./Feb. issue of Industrial Supply magazine is off the press. It features an in-depth cover story by editor Rich Vurva about Engman-Taylor Co., plus articles by contributing writers that include Dick Friedman, Jason Bader, Ann Arnott and other leading experts in the distribution community.
Click here to read articles published in the issue.
Is It Time to Update Your Supply Chain? View the Webinar sponsored by Infor on inventory best practices, with presenter Howard Coleman.
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Gen. McChrystal to keynote ISA 2012 conference BSA Bearings Brief on Green Technology ICP creates Ambassadors program |
Destroying value with margin dollar compensation schemes
This new white paper from Scott Benfield explains how rewarding outside salespeople on margin dollars often runs contrary to driving shareholder value.
Hire fast. Fire faster
All leaders and managers select bad hires. Great leaders recognize their mistake and fire faster
Kaman phone system aids in disaster preparedness
A new VoIP phone system at Kaman has proved effective in minimizing customer service outages
