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The Secret to Successful Manufacturing: Focus on What You Are Good At
If it’s one thing I’ve learned in my many years of manufacturing, it is impossible to be everything to everyone. You must focus on the “craft” of machining, rather than the industry you are working in. What is Corma Industries’ secret to being such a successful machine jobbing shop in Calgary, AB, despite the current…
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Machine Shops need to Embrace Change in Today’s Economy
The winds of change are blowing hard in Alberta, but the good news is change is never bad, so we might as well embrace it. Change frightens most people. We usually like to stay within our comfort zone and continue doing things the way we always have. It is easier and safer. Facing the unknown…
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Is Manufacturing in Alberta Really Dying?
I’d been a journeyman machinist for over 25 years, even before I purchased Corma Industries six years ago. I’ve noticed a disturbing trend over the last decade. It seems to me that outside of oil & gas work, manufacturing in Alberta is floundering. As long as the oil & gas sector was booming, the manufacturing…