Material Handling Suppliers Fight Back
Good afternoon everyone. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. For today’s blog entry I’m going to give you a sneak peek at what I’m working on for the next issue of the Edge. I figured since you’ve all undoubtedly read the march issue from cover to cover by now, you’re probably dying for more. Well fear not!
Today I had a great conversation with Robert Rollins, division manager/owner at Nashville Wire Products about a recent victory for the material handling industry. For a long while China has been importing wire deck to the United States. No problem right? Wrong! Due to a tax break from the Chinese government that gives big bucks to companies that export steel products, they were actually able to sell at a very slim profit and still make big bucks! This, of course,  is a big problem for the American manufacturers.
They decided to do something about it. Five of the country’s biggest wire deck suppliers banded together to form an alliance against the Chinese manufacturers. The group successfully lobbied the Commerce Department, which in-turn imposed stiff duties on imported decking. It was a fascinating process and a huge victory for U.S. manufacturing. In the next issue of the magazine, I’ll be doing a huge feature on it, so be sure to check it out.
March 25th, 2010 at 11:40 am
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