What's your frequency?
High-tech market research firm In-Stat predicts that RFID tags are poised to become the most far-reaching wireless technology since the cell phone. Worldwide revenue from RFID tags will jump from $300 million last year to $2.8 billion in 2009. During this period, the technology will appear in many industries and have a significant impact on […]
Outside help
How GrafTec International uses third-party testing to get its products to market quicker
Training day
Just having an anti-harassment policy isn’t enough.
Policy police
To protect your business from sexual harassment suits, make sure you not only have a policy but that employees know what it is and that your managers are enforcing it. “If you have a policy and you don’t enforce it or disseminate it, and employees are either not aware or ignorant of it, then it […]
Long-distance relationship
Lakewood-based Hinkley Lighting has imported about 85 percent to 90 percent of its products from China in the past decade. Hinkley President Rick Wiedemer says the company’s annual revenue has doubled in the last three years due to the lowering of price points through importing and efficient distribution in the United States. Over the years, […]
A Yen for imports
Learning to deal with foreign manufacturers is a lesson in patience and planning.
Down on the farm
How Eureka! Ranch CEO Doug Hall hatches big ideas for corporate America
High energy
How Lou Joseph used relationships to grow a small contracting firm into a $50 million company
Industry champion
Despite the naysayers, Jeff Berlin thinks manufacturing has a strong future.
Movers & Shakers
Rodriguez named Chiquita corporate responsibility officer