Sourcing on the web
Sourcing on the web
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There seems to be a lot of new "boutique" type industrial supplier websites. Anyone know of any more likely to produce better results than simply using the basic search engines?
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RE: Sourcing on the web
RE: Sourcing on the web
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: Sourcing on the web
There are those of us "middlemen" who work to know our industry. We represent multiple manufacturers. We know who is good at what. Example: Kennametal is good at retail products and special products for really big customers. In our experience they are no good at small, custom orders or prototype parts. It is no secret here that materials with the same UNS numbers can perform quite differently in actual practice.
If you approach a manufacturer they will sell you something you make. We will sell you the best from many manufacturers.
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.