Barnum Mechanical Inc., a mechanical contractor and supplier specializing in sanitary process systems and piping, was founded by welder Tom Barnum in 1980. Barnum, having made his living in sanitary processing, felt he could offer more to the industry with his own approach.
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Metro Compactor Services
Super Service and Top-of-the-Line Waste Management Products
If there is a secret to the success and longevity of Metro Compactor Service, Inc., it is that the family-run firm offers top-of-the-line waste and recycling equipment as well as ‘Super Service.’
IPS-Integrated Project Services (IPS)
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, a Model a Thousand Times More
Technically complex facilities with stringent performance and environmental controls require the brightest minds, innovative approaches, advanced technology, and a team that offers tangible design solutions.
GDI Adhesives
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives Manufacturer Showing Resilience in Hard Times
GDI Adhesives is a manufacturer of hot-melt and water-based pressure-sensitive adhesives located in Germantown, Wisconsin just north of Milwaukee and specializes in acoustic and partition, automotive, electronics, laminating and converting, tape and label, product assembly, packaging, and a variety of niche industries such as filter assembly and foam assembly. One relatively unique industry that is growing in popularity these days and with which GDI is involved is insect adhesives.
Adhesive Applications
Next-Generation Adhesive Solutions
Adhesive Applications is to adhesives what the ancient Greeks’ King Midas was to gold. Because, no matter where one turns in the twenty-first century, a large percentage of the world’s manufactured commodities are held together by myriad adhesive compounds. I spoke with this visionary team to learn more about just how they do it.
RegO® Products
Innovation in Action
With over a century of experience as a highly regarded global manufacturer of highly engineered flow control, RegO® Products has supported mission critical applications in the liquid propane, liquid natural gas, and industrial gas markets for a long time. The reason it is a trusted name is because it is deeply committed to investing in its own success.
HAHN Automation, Inc.
Have Automation Solutions, Will Travel
For decades, Germany’s reputation as a world leader in engineering and technology has remained unshakable. The HAHN Group from Rheinböllen, Germany, has taken innovative industrial automation and robotics solutions to the U.S. and worldwide.
Ramsey Winch
Better Winches Make a Better World
For almost 80 years, the Ramsey Winch Company continues to serve as a globally leading manufacturer of planetary gear winches and hoists, worm gear hydraulic and electric winches. And as the team themselves put it, when you want to work, they’re ready… and the winch will work!
Bell and Howell
A Next-Generation Service Organization
As a next-generation service organization, Bell and Howell has been investing in the tools, technology, and training needed to help customers increase efficiency and reduce operational costs.
Zemarc Corporation
Forward-Thinking Engineering
Zeke Zahid founded Zemarc Corporation in 1976 with a vision to bring only the best value-added products, services, and solutions to the fluid power market. Over the decades, the Los Angeles-based business has grown to become a global leader in industrial distribution, with branch offices throughout California and more than fifty employees with a combined 150 years’ experience in the fluid power and motion control industry.
Russells Technical Products
Test Chamber Solutions Built to Last
Michigan-based Russells Technical Products manufactures test chambers and systems. The company’s roots reach back as far as the 1940s and Ken Russell, the then-operator of Ken Russells Refrigeration, a commercial heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) business. Ken Russells Refrigeration was a precursor to Russells Technical Products, which went on to design and manufacture environmental test chambers, which are generally used to expose specific environmental conditions to various products, materials, or components.
AOTCO Metal Finishing
Rocket Men Will Understand – Lightweight Metals Mean Larger Payloads
The electroplating of beryllium and of magnesium, ultra-lightweight metals used in aerospace components, is a super-specialized process perfected by AOTCO – the Always On Time Company.
Elcon Precision
Exploring Opportunities
Elcon Precision LLC manufactures precision components and assemblies for multiple industries. Based out of San Jose, California, Elcon primarily serves market sectors like aerospace, medical, defense, and energy storage. The company’s processes generally involve developing smaller components for large applications such as X-ray systems and surgical devices for the medical market; ion engines, satellites, and space flight systems for aerospace clients; or ejection systems in helicopters. Its wide range of products and industries served along with its commitment to a higher standard of manufacturing places it in an enviable position amongst its competitors.
Space Tech Expo USA 2021
The Meeting Place for Space Technology
From asteroid mining to NASA’s self-driving Perseverance Rover exploring the possibility of ancient life on Mars, interest in space exploration and discovery is at an all-time high, with Space Tech Expo USA a premier industry event in North America.
Packaging & Labeling
The Business of Branding
Wrapping up old-fashioned packaging ideas may be more difficult for some industries than others. Difficulties aside, however, the reality is that, as climate change begins to hit home around the world, it is time to get creative and far more benevolent toward our planet. In this feature, we explore several solutions to some urgent packaging issues that some of the world’s biggest brands are embracing.
Recycling Realities in a Throwaway Society
Why They Call It The Blues
Reduce, reuse, recycle: We’ve all heard the slogan, and most of us try our best to adhere to the principles of buying less, adopting green initiatives when possible and carefully loading up the recycling bin for weekly collection. But after the Blue Box is emptied and the truck drives away, what do we really know about the ensuing process? How much of what we diligently attempt to recycle to save the planet actually makes a difference? Wanting to help stop climate change, mitigate waste in landfills and eliminate ocean pollution isn’t as clear cut as we might think, because the recycling industry is a lot less about saving the environment and a lot more about economics.
East Coast Metal Systems
Seeing the Potential in All Projects
Metal wall panels are visually appealing, durable, quickly installed compared to materials like brick, require little maintenance, and withstand even the harshest weather. For these reasons, and many others, East Coast Metal Systems (ECMS) remains an industry leader.
CLAAS of America
Farming For the Future: New Developments, Facilities and Labor Practices
In an era marked by changing climates and a rising global population, the world’s food producers need new tools to raise efficiency and output. From its U.S. headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, CLAAS of America is dedicated to its mission of improving efficiency and reducing losses using over a century of industrial experience. With new machines, new facilities, and new leadership, CLAAS and its North American division offer the latest in farming machinery.
Bay Plastics Machinery
Simply Better Quality
From years of commitment to the industry to outstanding customer service and dedicated, experienced employees, there are many reasons Bay Plastics Machinery (BPM) stands apart from the competition. A respected custom manufacturer of strand pelletizing systems, the company is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
ASI, Division of Thermal Technologies, Inc.
Custom Drying Solutions for Better Production Lines, Products, and Profits
While many companies claim to make their customers’ needs a top priority, Green Bay, Wisconsin-based ASI has more than succeeded in this endeavor as it designs and builds custom-drying solutions in a customer-centric process that places service, consultation and communication at the forefront.
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