Milland
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Another snapshot of the impact CV-19 is having on the economy: Kennametal Closing TN Plant, Combines Business Segments as Sales Sink | IMPO
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Was talking with a tooling distributor about this the other day. He seemed to think Kennametal was in tough shape long before Covid.
That's no shit, and it's not just them.It would certainly help with buying tools from Kennametal if their online catalog was easier to use. As it is, it's like trying to find Waldo in a braille edition.
I doubt it's all Covid, just a convenient excuse. Like all US businesses their goal is to become US based after closing all US plants and shipping them over seas and gutting themselves to boost their shares so the CEO's can get their big fat bonus's while the little guys are left drowning in shit.
That's no shit, and it's not just them.
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I am sure Exkenna has insight on this.
Can one also say Valenite and Carboloy... absorbed and gone to nothing.
This is why a good tooling guy is worthwhile.
If I can find exactly what I want, I email and ask for a quote.
If I can't, I give him the specifics of what I want, and tell him to source it for me. Sometimes he brings me 4 different vendors with competing prices and lead times, etc.
He's worth every penny I pay him. Which directly, is zero pennies
Can one also say Valenite and Carboloy... absorbed and gone to nothing.
This is why a good tooling guy is worthwhile.
Seems to me that just about every other week another American manufacturing/supply company goes away entirely or gets absorbed and the new buyer sucks the life blood out of a good name.
In the last few years I have seen just too many respectable company's get bought up to milk the name for all it's worth, then second and even third level crap gets branded with the reputable old name.
There's a fine line between a decent profit and maintaining quality, unfortunately CEO's CFO'S and the rest of the jokers seen to have a hard time understanding this.
This is why a good tooling guy is worthwhile.
Kennametal made decent stuff and USA buyers chose to buy other...USA manufacturing in the dumpster...
When there are no USA jobs who you gonna call...ghost busters.
It would certainly help with buying tools from Kennametal if their online catalog was easier to use. As it is, it's like trying to find Waldo in a braille edition.
I never thought Valenite was that great (except they had a couple of useful specials) but Carboloy ... Especially 516, I think ? Tough, good for forgings and interrupted cuts ? Good stuffCan one also say Valenite and Carboloy... absorbed and gone to nothing.
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