No long money in Fab unless its specialized and even then you get beat to
death on pricing. (IMHO) Off shore Fab is usually cheaper. (Any brokers out
there!) Local-regional accessibility is the only leverage you have left as
a Fab house. Service is where the cash is in this industry, and assembly is
all service. Good assembly is worth alot of money too. I would expect the
trend to continue, fewer fab houses, wherever a fab house has no service
devisions to support it, unless demand changes dramatically away from price,
in deference to local shops
Steve M.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Bock Sr." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 12:56
Subject: Re: [TN] Dwindling members, No Technical Content
> I had to job search two years ago. (after 12 years)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Edwards" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [TN] Dwindling members, No Technical Content
>
>
> > If you went to EXPO and saw how much smaller the exhibit area was, or
get
> > the fabrication shop auction publications, or have friends calling you
> > looking for work, you would know that at least the fabrication portion
of
> > the industry has been declining for several years. If you look at the
> 90's
> > on the TechNet and the legends of the TechNet like Dave Hoover (aka I
> think
> > "groovy") you do not see posts from them much anymore. Many had their
> > company disappear and perhaps that is also why the list the list may be
> > shorter. I think my observation is most of the current TechNet relates
to
> > assembly now, when it started it had a lot of fabrication content as
well
> as
> > assembly. It would be interesting to know how many of the TechNet had to
> > seek new jobs in the last 5 years, I know I am one of them.
> >
> > Just my thoughts;
> > Ted Edwards
> > Dynaco Corp.
> >
> > Wrom: OYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGDGVCJVTLBXFGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOB
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:51 AM
> > Subject: [TN] Dwindling members
> >
> >
> > > Did anyone notice that the membership on this forum is down to 780
> > members?
> > > It used to be almost 1700 if my recollection serves me right. Did the
> last
> > > network purge by Keach find that many non-participants? Is the
business
> > that
> > > bad everywhere?
> > >
> > > Just an observation. Sorry about the NTC tone of this post. Please do
> not
> > > generate dialog about how this forum is supposed be for technical
> purposes
> > > only.
> > >
> > > Bill Kasprzak
> > > Moog Inc. Manufacturing Engineering, Electronics
> > >
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