Today we discussed the facts that as we look to grow, our buyer list needs to get bigger. We have AS cert and an approved vendor for a couple OEMs. Biggest ones last time we checked said "nah, we good". I would like to at least investigate the red tape of government work. Though many have said "oh, it is too much work", those are the same people DOING government work! I get it, just another hand in the jar, but we are really not big enough to cause serious harm here.
We are primarily in aviation work. We had some promising stuff in oil just before that went flop. Our equipment really is not big enough for serious industrial work. To be right honest, everyone we know somehow obtains contracts THEN buys machines. Not one time have I been able to pull that. Usually they want to know "what you have" and only want to send work along those lines. In short, blocking growth, and I am not willing to drop huge machines without any assurance they will work.
All this while I, as well as many here, still question what we are doing in manufacturing!!!!
We are primarily in aviation work. We had some promising stuff in oil just before that went flop. Our equipment really is not big enough for serious industrial work. To be right honest, everyone we know somehow obtains contracts THEN buys machines. Not one time have I been able to pull that. Usually they want to know "what you have" and only want to send work along those lines. In short, blocking growth, and I am not willing to drop huge machines without any assurance they will work.
All this while I, as well as many here, still question what we are doing in manufacturing!!!!