Die Casting Resource
Note: The Artful Sourcing blog has been discontinued. Part I of our Artful Sourcing series on castings can be found here. Part II of our series will be posted this…
Bringing in 2011 at Be Our Guest B&B in Pagosa Springs
Margot and I are in Pagosa Springs, Colorado on this New Year's Eve doing some skiing at Wolf Creek, celebrating our 30th anniversary, and reconnecting with dear friends. We have…
iPhones & the US China Trade Deficit
Apple's wildly successful iPhone line is a bright shining testimony to American design and engineering. Can it really be that such a great American product is actually adding to the…
Article on Metal Casting Manufacturing
Note: The Artful Sourcing blog has been discontinued. Check out my latest article on metal casting manufacturing over at Artful Sourcing. The article includes some informative videos on the various…
XTech Online Store a Bonanza for Designers/Buyers
XTech's online store just got a lot better. Customers can now access a wide array of design resources like drawings and 3D models. In addition, the number of products available…
XTech & Triple E Make an Impression
I'm sitting at the Boston airport preparing to return to Baselodge Country. I just spent a couple of days with the XTech and Triple E team for the Extrusion Technology…
Extrusion Technology Gains ITAR Certification
Baselodge Group represents Extrusion Technology (X-Tech) and their line of aluminum extruded enclosures, faceplates, and bezels in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. X-Tech recently achieved ITAR certification, which demonstrates their…
Outsourcing or Offshoring?
I recently read an article that incorrectly defined outsourcing as offshoring. It might be helpful to some readers to review these terms and their proper application. Outsourcing is the use…
Sharing Large Files with YouSendIt
Thanks to John over at Fedcor Global, I have become a satisfied user of YouSendIt.com, a service that makes sharing large files a snap. Those of us in the manufacturing…
My First 1,095 Days in Office
President Obama's first 100 days in office were commemorated and scrutinized last week, as is customary in the US. Last Friday, May 1, 2009, Baselodge Group celebrated the completion of…