INDUSTRY NEWS

Manufacturers Congratulate Effort to Reach Debt Ceiling Compromise

Following an announcement that the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had reached a deal to avoid default on U.S. debt, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement:

“Manufacturers congratulate President Biden, Speaker McCarthy and their negotiating teams on reaching an agreement to lift the debt limit. As we have said from the beginning, defaulting on our debt would create economic chaos, harming manufacturing workers and their families and jeopardizing our leadership in the world. Congress should act quickly to pass this agreement and to demonstrate to Americans and to the world the continued strength of our institutions and our democracy.

Phillip M. Perry Interview: Brushware Anniversary

 

As part of our 125th-anniversary celebration, Brushware is offering an article related to the history of the magazine in each edition for 2023. For our third installment in the series, we have the following interview with long-time Brushware correspondent, Phillip M. Perry.

MGG Looks to Bring Service and Vision to North America

Brushware was offered the opportunity to meet with the MGG and MGG North America team at the 2023 ABMA Convention held in March at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. The conversation covered a range of topics including the comprehensive customer service and onboarding capabilities MGG North America offers and plans to expand that service in addition to a new collaboration with Paggin. Our roundtable session included Alberto Voltolina, Veronica Marcon, Beatrice Marcon, Carlo Pozzobon, Francesca Martinotti and Stefano Paggin.

Global Shop Solutions Controller Achieves 15-Year Milestone

When independent accounting contractor JoAnn Agee closed the year-end books for Global Shop Solutions in 2007, she had no intention of going to work full-time for the global provider of ERP software for manufacturers. A few months later the company’s Chief Financial Officer invited her to do just that, and this year Agee celebrated her 15th year as the company’s controller, adding another member to Global Shop Solutions’ growing cadre of employees who have achieved this milestone.

Cottam Brush Expands Its Pencil Brush Offering

(L to R) – Alan Crook (MD at Cottam Brush), Richard Eynon (SAM) and Dave Leatherhead (Cottam Brush Production Engineer)

Following rigorous testing, research and investment in new technology, Cottam Brush is now pleased to be offering alternative manufacturing methods to produce pencil brushes for oil and gas pigging and other industries as part of our technical brush range.

Synthetic Brush Filament Q&A: Accelerated Growth

By Bob Lawrence

The global synthetic fiber market in which the synthetic brush filament industry is a small but growing segment is projected to increase by a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6.9% during the next five years, according to a Facts and Factors market research study. The India-based firm says the projected value of the market by 2028 will be $102 billion USD, up from an initial value of $63.2 billion two years ago. These figures reflect the continued ubiquity of synthetic production in a multitude of global manufacturing sectors, including the brush industry in which non-natural filaments have experienced exponential growth. This is due, of course, to innovational research and development resulting in synthetic fiber mimicking natural fiber, and in some applications, being superior to it. Even so, this doesn’t signal the end of natural fibers in brush manufacturing as it is still the preference for specific applications.