Marlin Steel Blog

The latest manufacturing trends and news for wire baskets, wire forming, wire racks, carts, metal bracket, sheet metal, and more.

How an Absent Employee Enhanced our Productivity Forever

From Drew Greenblatt’s latest column in Inc. magazine. It's about the “skills” bonus program Marlin Steel adopted to boost

Playing like a Champion -- and Safely

Marlin Safety-Begins-Here Sign (1/7/2013) This being the night

Not your average sheet metal basket

Six great business tips from Martin, my real estate guru

From Drew Greenblatt’s latest column in Inc. magazine about business planning for the year ahead:

Could Your Business Withstand a Superstorm?

From Drew Greenblatt’s latest column in Inc. magazine about planning ahead in business for storm like Sandy: After

Engineering a Better Mouse Trap -- or Chicken Plucker

The winning bike-powered chicken plucker -- "Tour de Feather" The chicken

View of fiscal cliff from the shop floor

From Drew Greenblatt’s latest column in Inc. magazine about the impact of the fiscal cliff standoff: ... Even as lawmakers harp on the importance

Cross-Pollination Fuels Innovation

My office isn't on the factory floor at Marlin Steel. It wouldn't seem to be in a high traffic area, but it is. Numerous times a day, degreed engineers and plant workers pass by to visit the salesmen nearby to share ideas on solutions on how to build