I Don't Want Your Phonebook Verizon
Well I took the summer off and have been thinking about what I should post for my first topic back. I wanted it to be something profound so as you read it you would think….it was worth the wait. Well hold that thought for my next post. I came home to a mailbox full of […]
What Can We Do For You?
It is a very different marketplace today than just 12 short months ago. Even lower material costs cannot induce people to turn loose of the Purchase Order. On the near horizon there seems to be an uptick in quote activity That is good but will it proceed to the order stage? Only time will tell.We, […]
Bluff Manufacturing Expands Powder-Coat Color Offering
 As of Febuary 1, 2009, all of us at Bluff Manufacturing, Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, are proud to expand our standard powder coat offering from the highly successful safety yellow to include 5 additional colors. These new colors include orange, red, blue, green and black. All in a beautiful gloss finish.   […]
Product Literature in a "Green World"
I just finished reading “Hot, Flat, and Crowded – Why we need a Green Revolution – And How it Can Renew America” by Thomas L. Friedman. I had read “The World is Flat” when it came out back in 2005 and had waited anxiously for the release of the new book earlier this winter. I […]
Material Handling Show – ProMat 2009
I was in Chicago for the national material handling show last week. It was billed as the largest to date and lived up to that hype. There were new lines, old lines with new models and demos galore. I guess that most people spend the time and money to go to these shows for the […]
BLUFF TAKES GREEN STEP WITH LIGHTING UPGRADE
At the end of December 2007, Bluff Manufacturing, Inc., through the guidance of Transglobal Industrial Services, made an investment to improve lighting in the manufacturing plant and to reduce energy consumption. Our move from metal halide, 1000 watt high-bay lights to high-efficiency fluorescent lighting has proven to be well worth the investment.  Through first […]
Loading Ramps – More Choices – Forklift Ramps to Vehicle Loading Ramps
Bluff forklift loading ramp line has been expanded over the last few months. We have always made special sizes but many of you may not know that. The unit that has proved to work the best for loading or unloading material from ground to truck is the Bluff #16SYS8436L. That unit at 84″ wide (78″ […]
Dock Boards and Dock Plates
Dock boards and dock plates or dock boards and dock plates if you choose, are still the equipment of choice for millions of transits per day by all types of equipment. One of the most frequent explanations I hear our customer service team giving is what is the difference between a dock board and a […]
Set Yourselves Apart
In April of this year amid all the recession talk I wrote an article on this blog entitled “Business is Always Good – For Hard Workers”. It was a good article and reflected what I know about troubled economic times having seen several since my first job in Material Handling in 1966. I worried about […]
Business is Always Good – For Hard Workers
My friends tell me I’m like the little boy who is the subject in the psychological experiment. He finds himself in a room waist high in horse manure with a shovel in the corner. After leaving him alone for a time the psychiatrist returned to find him whistling while he shoveled. When he was asked […]