From profile of Marlin Steel in Metalforming magazine upon today's announcement of the winners of the 2013 Metalforming Pioneer Award by the Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation and the Hitachi Foundation:
"The bagel business wasn’t cutting it. That simple realization more than a decade ago unleashed a chain of events that has culminated in Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC, Baltimore, MD, earning a Hitachi Foundation Pioneer Award. The award recognizes Marlin’s efforts in workforce development, allowing its 32 employees, two-thirds of them involved in production, to learn new skills and boost productivity. The company exhibits innovation in developing and fostering skills and productivity programs that put money directly into employee pockets." Read more ...