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Shifting demand and consumer preferences — like the demand for sustainable materials and reduced construction waste — are having a major impact on how construction firms approach new work, including the materials they choose for projects. The building materials industry,...

For many applications, industrial gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, CO2 and others are delivered in steel cylinders at pressures of 2,000-2,600 PSI.  If the gas is used below the supply pressure, the pressurized supply can be piped and...

Americold, a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure, knew a significant amount of the rack in one of its facilities was outdated, but they could not stop their ongoing operations at the busy Wisconsin warehouse to implement a rack replacement....

In Lean manufacturing, the goal is simple: eliminate waste and keep what adds value. Now in widespread use, the principles of Lean provide value across markets for a variety of very different companies. However, standard Lean thinking alone cannot...

Prefabrication is changing the current paradigm in the construction and building industry. Modular, factory-constructed built environments can be produced significantly faster, more economically and often safer than traditional field construction. Indeed, a report from industry advisory group McKinsey &...

Within my first 6 years in the US Army, I had been a member of four different Battalions (around 700 soldiers organized into four sub units), been a member of two combat arms branches, evaluated leaders from six different...

Successful people all do one thing: they solve problems. They don't just stare at a problem and wish it would go away. The magic key to solving your big, difficult, looming business problems is to break them down into smaller...

After working on his own as an independent healthcare insurance broker for several years, Ryan recently took a job with a bigger brokerage. When he broke the news to his wife that the company he joined did not offer...

When chemical processors including those creating plastic, polymer or rubber products utilize batch reactors, following the recipe from batch-to-batch and plant-to-plant is critical to reliably and cost-effectively manufacture high value-added materials to spec. This typically involves charging the reactor,...

Integrated Rupture Disk Assemblies for Oil and Gas Hydraulic & Pneumatic Equipment Custom engineered, miniature rupture disk assemblies designed for high cycling at low to high pressure are ideal for many oil and gas OEM applications involving hydraulics and gasses. For decades,...