If you have worked in manufacturing for any length of time you have probably come up against the significant challenge of finding and retaining talented employees. And while recruiting and retaining...
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Netchem
It’s All in the Chemistry
In the world of international specialty chemical procurement and distribution, Netchem Inc. serves hundreds of manufacturing customers, from independently-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies....
CREMER ERZKONTOR North America
The Global Source for Trusted Bulk Mineral Supplies
If ever there was a boutique broker of bulk material supplies, CREMER ERZKONTOR (formerly Possehl Erzkontor), the parent company of CREMER ERZKONTOR North America (CENA), is it. That is why...
Allied Blower
Clearing the Air
The last time Business in Focus touched base with Allied Blower, the whole world was in turmoil. The company’s plans to expand to the United States had just run into an obstacle that nobody could...
Dynamix Inc.
Coatings With High-Performance Protection
Since opening its doors in 2006, Dynamix Inc. of Markham, Ontario, has supplied custom surface-finish coating chemicals mainly used by Canadian and other North American fabricators who supply...
Macro Engineering & Technology
Bringing the Creative Approach to Custom Extrusion Systems
For 40 years, Macro Engineering & Technology has helped film and sheet makers in the consumer goods, medical, industrial, and food packaging industries achieve their production goals. As a...
Septimatech Group
Adapting and Evolving
Experts in overcoming difficulties involved with optimizing changeovers and container handling on packaging lines, Septimatech Group’s knowledge and expertise gathered from working on more than...
RAMP, Inc.
Taking Automation Integration to New Levels
Specializing in custom automation design-build and equipment fabrication, RAMP, Inc. has turned itself into a veritable powerhouse of innovation, harnessing technology to fabricate next-generation...
Promation
Promation Knows Innovation
Instead of viewing COVID-19 as a threat, Mark Zimny, P.Eng., saw it as an opportunity to strengthen his company and deepen empathy in and for his dedicated employees. As President and CEO at...
Prodomax
Building Tomorrow’s Industry
Prodomax, a leading automation firm in North America, specializes in creating, designing, and producing cutting-edge automated manufacturing solutions. The company’s expertise ranges from assembly...
The A-Team
The A-Team
Headquartered in California, Barnum Mechanical Inc. provides sanitary process and utility piping design-build services to a diverse clientele across the U.S. Now well into its fifth decade of...
DY Concrete Pumps
This Texas Company Offers Great Pumps and Stellar Service
DY Concrete Pumps is a Texas-sized success story. Based in Alvarado, near Dallas-Fort Worth, the company offers high-end concrete pumps, a vast inventory of spare parts, and comprehensive customer...
Developing Sand Alternatives
The World in a Grain of Sand
When William Blake wrote the phrase "to see the world in a grain of sand" in 1803, one wonders whether he could have fathomed that, deep into the future, the world as an economic entity would one...