Your Scrap (and Sludge) Is Worth Way More Than You’re Getting, with Kazu Nishioka-EP 277
My machinery customers talk about their chips all the time. Spinners, briquetters, getting the oil out so they can sell it. But the scrap yard still doesn’t care what grade it is. It pays them very little for steel scrap and nothing for sludge from grinding operations. Kazuhiko Nishioka, co-founder
Football Breather
I needed a football weekend badly. It had been a week of business travel, end-of-the-month tension, end-of-the-year push, and what I really wanted was to
Ep. 20 – Scott Roy on Machines that will Think Like Humans
In today’s podcast we interviewed Scott Roy, a Senior Staff Engineer at Google who specializes in artificial intelligence. He also happens to be my brother-in-law
Riding Into 2019
We are at the 1/16 pole headed to the finish line of 2018. What does the news tell us about 2019 business? As usual it
My Gratitude List
I am like many people in this world, despite having so many things I should feel grateful for—living in a country with so many opportunities,
Ep. 19 – Rick Rickerson on Educating Engineers to Understand Machining
Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Rick Rickerson. Rick Rickerson is in charge of the machining lab at Purdue’s Northwest Indiana campus in
Buying and Selling Machining Businesses
I’m writing this blog to announce a slight shift in my business career, which has been evolving this year. Several longtime clients of Graff-Pinkert have