TheBigLebowski
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2018
I am the sole employee/owner of a small business,doing detail/job shop work centered around the tool and die industry, especially stamping and fixtures/gages.
While I did pretty well earlier in the year, the last 3 or so months I have been disconcertingly slow. I have Dedicated A few days a week going shop to shop trying pick up new work/customers.
I have been able to pick up some work and new customers, but the overall theme is the same. Most of the places I stopped in are really slow, without even enough work to feed there own machines. I also continually hear that there is a "ton" of new stuff in the pipeline of the big three, though I cant confirm for sure. Several of the big stamping and mold shops have told me that they expect new tooling is still 3 or so months out.
Is Anybody in the tool and die field currently busy? Should We be concerned about another 08?
While I did pretty well earlier in the year, the last 3 or so months I have been disconcertingly slow. I have Dedicated A few days a week going shop to shop trying pick up new work/customers.
I have been able to pick up some work and new customers, but the overall theme is the same. Most of the places I stopped in are really slow, without even enough work to feed there own machines. I also continually hear that there is a "ton" of new stuff in the pipeline of the big three, though I cant confirm for sure. Several of the big stamping and mold shops have told me that they expect new tooling is still 3 or so months out.
Is Anybody in the tool and die field currently busy? Should We be concerned about another 08?