Happy New Year everybody! On todays podcast, Lloyd Graff and I reflect on the ups and downs of machining world in 2023 and give our thoughts about what we might see 2024. As you would expect, we disc

We originally published this episode in 2019. It was a better time in Israels history, before the country was savagely provoked to go to war to protect its existance. Israel is a country full of indu

Today Im debuting a new episode series under the Swarfcast umbrella that Im going to put out every so often. From April 19, 2018, until April, 19, 2019, I spent an entire year meeting at least one s

Have you considered whether your business is salable? My guest on todays podcast says only a small fraction of companies have built an organization and leadership structure that makes them attractive

Our guest on todays podcast is Joe Bennett, Vice President of Sales at Seaway Bolt and Specials, a privately held cold heading company in Columbia Station, Ohio, founded in 1957. In the cold heading

Malachi Greb, my guest on todays show, has a mission, freeing humans, one robot at a time. He is the founder of Elite Automation, a company that designs automated systems for manufacturing clients,

When youre shopping for machines do you find yourself wondering if the more expensive option for a machine is the better one? Does a taiwanese brand perform worse than a German brand? Will one machin

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

Last week, Lloyd Graff wrote a blog called What Brings Me to Work, which we think will speak to a lot of you out there, people who work in a family business, and people of retirement age who keep wo

On todays podcast episode, youre going to hear the story of a thriving fifth-generation family manufacturing business that is constantly reinventing itself. I interviewed Adria and Aaron Bagshaw, o