December 2009 - Posts

• The clock is ticking

  The end of a year brings a certain degree of gloom. That’s certainly warranted in the various cases of foundries and diecasting plants that will not be around in 2010: happily, there are some of revivals to come in the near future, and there remains some Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:44 AM by REB | 0 Comments

• Stay clear

  A few weeks ago I listened to a presentation by a smart fellow from the Federal Reserve Bank, commenting on economic conditions and offering a few predictions. As an expert in industrial economics, he was confident that federal stimulus spending is working Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:46 AM by REB | 0 Comments

• Encouraging discouragement

  There is a very encouraging report from the Institute for Supply Management, anticipating a strong 2010 rebound in revenues for domestic manufacturers. Their survey of purchasing and supply-chain managers, conducted for the ISM’s December 2009 Semiannual Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:52 AM by REB | 0 Comments

• The human element

  Earlier this year it seemed to me that every time I turned on TV I saw the same annoying, manipulative commercial: a very large industrial company wanted viewers to know that making all sorts of chemicals, plastics, and who knows what, is just a bunch Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 08, 2009 7:39 AM by REB | 0 Comments