Mar 15, 2021 | Manufacturing
The Weinbrenner Shoe Company in Merrill hasn’t stopped since its founding in 1892. Not even a global pandemic could keep them down for long. “A lot of our competitors stopped production, they laid people off. We didn’t do either,” said Jeff...
Mar 13, 2021 | Food Service
Columbus-based White Castle officially turned 100 years old this week. Though many have assumed that one of the larger fast-food chains, such as McDonald’s, may have been the first fast-food restaurant, that distinction, according to several credible accounts,...
Mar 13, 2021 | Just for Fun
Western sports bullfighters are sometimes called “the Secret Service of bull riding” – jumping into harm’s way just as highly trained agents would to protect the leader they serve. Bullfighters similarly put life and limb on the line to protect riders who often wind...
Mar 10, 2021 | Food Service
The House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill Wednesday, which will now head to the president’s desk for signature. The passage comes almost two months after Biden first announced the plan. The legislation, otherwise known...
Mar 8, 2021 | Public Safety
On a trip to one of its global fabric mills, the Elbeco president was shown a new fabric concept. The moment he felt it, he knew this was going to be game-changing for the uniform industry. That fabric has inspired Elbeco’s newest product line: the CX360 uniform...
Mar 8, 2021 | Manufacturing
Textile testing partner Hohenstein will now help 3D designers and fabric suppliers create libraries of accurately digitized materials with a physical swatch book add on. The material parameters, based on Hohenstein’s universal translator approach, include data needed...
Mar 8, 2021 | Promotional Products
BAMKO got the better of 2020. With COVID-19 making last year the most challenging the promotional products industry has ever faced, the Los Angeles-based distributor increased year-over-year total global annual sales to about $202.2 million, according to financial...
