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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Overcoming Workplace Biases
It’s All in the ChemistryNetchem
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....
The Global Source for Trusted Bulk Mineral SuppliesCREMER ERZKONTOR North America
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...
Clearing the AirAllied Blower
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...
Coatings With High-Performance ProtectionDynamix Inc.
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...
Bringing the Creative Approach to Custom Extrusion SystemsMacro Engineering & Technology
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...
Adapting and EvolvingSeptimatech Group
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...
Taking Automation Integration to New LevelsRAMP, Inc.
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 Knows InnovationPromation
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...
Building Tomorrow’s IndustryProdomax
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-TeamThe 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...
This Texas Company Offers Great Pumps and Stellar ServiceDY Concrete Pumps
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...
The World in a Grain of SandDeveloping Sand Alternatives
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...













