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

Marlin Steel Testifies before the House Committee on Education & the Workforce

Today, the economic outlook of the country is becoming more positive. Small business owners are more confident in the American economy now than they have been in years.

U.S. Manufacturer Marlin Steel Wire Set to Win if TPA Passes, are You?

In President Obama’s recent State of the Union Address, our country’s leader focused

How U.S. Manufacturers can Fight IP Theft by overseas Competitors

How much is an original idea worth to your company? Every U.S. manufacturer knows the cost of researching and developing brand-defining intellectual property (IP). Whether that IP is a

Electropolished Wire Mesh Basket with Handles

Marlin Steel works on many different basket designs each year. With each design, there are different design challenges and requirements. Today, we wanted to talk

Designing Custom Steel Baskets for Delicate Parts

Every basket design job is unique. Even when building baskets that are based on an existing design, there are usually improvements that can be easily made or other adjustments required by a change in the process for which the old baskets were used

How Cross-Training Drives Employee Engagement in Manufacturing Jobs

In the manufacturing industry, having an engaged workforce can mean the difference between completing jobs efficiently and failing to meet production goals. However, keeping workers engaged at work

Voice Of America International Broadcast Interviews Marlin Steel

Recently, Aru Pande, the White House Correspondent for Voice of America (VOA), contacted Marlin Steel regarding an Associated Press story that Marlin Steel Wire Products was featured in concerning the Marlin Steel philosophy behind incentivizing

Custom Steel Baskets to Fit inside other Containers

For many of the orders that Marlin Steel processes, customers are ordering a basket that is specifically designed to fit inside of some other object, such as the cavity of an ultrasonic parts washing