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Show Me the Tungsten

Graff-Pinkert’s used machine tool business has been challenging for the last couple of years. It has always been a cyclical business that takes grit, creativity, and a willingness to pivot when times are grim. We have moved into consulting and matchmaking for machining companies and brokering expensive, sophisticated machines like

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Play It Again, Tom

Tom Brady and I share something more important than being University of Michigan grads. We both want to keep doing what we do for as

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Ford Wants To Win

I didn’t think I would see it in my lifetime. I’ve been mocking them for years.  I thought it would take another nut like Elon

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Rebound of 2021

For today’s podcast, I decided it was a good time for us to reflect on our used machinery business so far in 2021. It’s been

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Tell Me A Story

Every day I hear the cliched laments about the lack of people available to set up machines and run them to make parts customers want

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Are They A Buyer?

Machinery deals are often like fruit. Sometimes you just have to wait for them to ripen. — Old machinery dealer proverb. The Swiss CNC market

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