It takes tremendous balls to start a machining company from scratch. And, maybe a little extra chutzpa to start a shop that primarily runs cam screw machines making millions of parts for automotive. A

Our guest on the podcast today is Rogrio Mezadri, Director of SAMOT Mexico, a 200-employee automotive machining company in Guanajuato, Mexico. Rogrio and I discussed the challenges running a machini

Damn. Its already 2025? I was just getting used to the idea that it was 2024. Today, Lloyd and I are reflecting on what worked and didnt work in our used machinery business and our personal lives ov

Do you ever ask yourself why the majority of businesses out there are struggling to survive while an elite handful are crushing it? On todays podcast we are discussing that question. Our guest is Ste

One of my favorite machinery dealers we work with is from Brazil. He specializes in sending machine tools to South America. A used machinery deal is usually a challenge to closeeven if a customer sa

I often ponderwhy do some people own and build companies, while most people are destined to spend their careers as employees. In Part II of my interview with Mike Payne, owner of Hill Manufacturing &

On todays podcast, Im talking with Mike Payne, owner of Hill Manufacturing and Fabrication in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, to peek inside the mind of a prolific acquirer of manufacturing companies. Befor

Todays show is the first episode of a multi-part series about how machining companies acquire new work. Our guest is Federico Veneziano, CFO and COO of American Micro Products Inc., a precision mach

Have you ever wondered how a used machinery dealer like myself approaches buying secondhand equipment? About a month ago, I did my first LinkedIn live talk and featured that subject. I focused the tal

Sometimes machining companies tell Graff-Pinkert they have long running, lucrative jobs supplying parts to the D.O.D., and it always has seemed a little mysterious to me. What are these parts they are