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

Visit Marlin Steel at OMTEC 2019!

Marlin Steel is headed to the 15th Annual Orthopaedic Manufacturing & Technology Exposition and Conference (OMTEC) in Rosemont, Illinois. What is OMTEC? Moreover, why should you meet with the Marlin Steel team there?

3 Tips for Welding Inconel

Inconel is the brand name for a family of metal alloys with a high nickel-chromium content that are renowned for their extreme heat tolerance. Inconel alloys retain a high degree of their tensile strength, even at temperatures that melt or burn many

Marlin Steel Welcomes New Press Brake Trumpf TruBend 7036

The team at Marlin Steel is proud to be on the cutting edge of American manufacturing. Part of how Marlin achieves superior quality and

How to Choose the Right Type of Stainless Steel for Your Wire Basket

There are many types of stainless steel available on the market today—hundreds of different formulations, in fact. This can make choosing the

4 Reasons to Use Polypropylene Coating on Wire Baskets

There are many different polymers that can be applied to a custom wire basket to improve its resilience or ability to hold delicate parts. However, because there are so many types of coatings for baskets, it can often be difficult to find the right

Inconel vs Stainless Steel: Which is Stronger?

Many of Marlin Steel’s customers want to have the absolute strongest metal possible for their custom wire forms. This often leads to questions comparing two specific metals—such as, “Is Inconel a form of stainless steel?” (it is similar,

Why Use Halar for a Custom Coated Wire Basket?

Marlin Steel manufactures custom wire forms that use polymer coatings to enhance their resistance to specific chemicals, or to

Marlin CEO to Speak at Amazon’s re:MARS Conference!

Amazon’s re:MARS conference is an annual event inspired by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ MARS event, which covers topics in machine learning, automation, robotics, and space. This year, Marlin CEO Drew Greenblatt has been tapped to speak at re:MARS about