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 […]
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 […]
Dock Boards – Dock Plates – Rail Boards "There Must Be Standards"
We have know for years that people’s safety and even their lives depend on the products that we build. If you are a material handling dealer who sells dock boards, dock plates and rail boards to companies…or….if you are the buyer of the product for use by your own employees ….you deserve assurance the product […]
Bluff Manufacturing Relocates
No, not the plant. Plus, what we did move, we only moved a few hundred yards. For years our growth has caused us to be innovative with our office space. Many of you who have visited us can testify to that fact. We ran out of solutions. It became apparent after hiring Steve our new photographer […]
Happy Birthday to Magline
Our sister company is turning 60 years old. Well, Happy Birthday to you. A new company in 1947 Magline started its life roughly a two years after Victory in Europe, a year and a half after Victory in Japan and about 15 months after Yogi Berra joined the New York Yankees. He was Navy and […]
Life Goes On
One of the nice things about blogs is that you are allowed to get off topic occasionally. This is one of those times. A year ago, more or less, we at Bluff Manufacturing lost a friend and colleague to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. A hateful and horrible disease. Hobert Martin was from Huntsville, AL and his body […]
West Texas blows into DFW
Saturday (the 24th) the winds in Dallas – Fort Worth were over 40 MPH with gusts over 50 MPH from the west. My wife and I were at a home improvement show in the Arlington Convention Center. When we left around 3:30 we snapped this photo of the tower and roller coaster at Six Flags over Texas. […]
