2016 Azbee Awards of Excellence
Category
Print > Company Profile > More Than $3 Million Revenue > Upper Midwest
Awarded to
Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief
Entry details
"A job shop reborn"
Issue date (if applicable): 12/1/2015
Publication name: The FABRICATOR
Publishing company: FMA Communications Inc.
Website home page: www.thefabricator.com
Please describe the publication's mission and readership:
The FABRICATOR delivers the news, technical articles, and case studies that enable 58,000 subscribers who bend, cut, form, and join metal to do those activities more efficiently. It is the official publication of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association and has served the industry since 1971.
Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:
A constant topic of concern for metal fabricating shop owners and managers is getting new blood into their companies. Plenty of gray-haired employees are looking to wrap up their work careers and head out the door to retirement in the coming years.
"A job shop reborn" (December 2015, The FABRICATOR) is a profile of a shop where "new blood" takes on a whole new meaning. Co-Lin Metals, Rockford, Ill., was a tired and old fabricating shop, where the fax machine was the latest and greatest technology. The owner wanted to sell the business, and the son of one of the job shop's technicians showed interest in the shop where he was used to sweep floors. The young man becomes the president of the shop, and the modernization process begins.
In a business segment where mom-and-pop shops are common, this dad-and-son tale is something everyone can enjoy.
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"A job shop reborn"
Category
Print > Company Profile > More Than $3 Million Revenue > Upper Midwest
Description
Publication name:
The FABRICATOR
Company:
FMA Communications Inc.
Winner Status
- Regional Bronze Award
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