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	<description>LEADING AN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING RENAISSANCE</description>
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		<title>The Fast Company we keep</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1968</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A well-told tale about how Marlin Steel came to be, written by business author Charles Fishman, appears in the upcoming July/August issue of FastCompany. The magazine, which focuses on technology and business, hits newsstands next week. &#8220;A little maker of &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1968">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1968&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing Man of Steel, Marlin Steel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Comparing the Man of Steel and Marlin Steel, here is a &#8220;tale of the tape&#8221; (We use more than a tape measure these days; our equipment measures in microns &#8212; a millionth of a meter &#8212; but you get &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1907">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1907&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>Promising future for metalworking graduates in Baltimore, but what about their school?</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1920</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were no caps, no gowns and the setting was a machine shop training facility, but the graduation ceremony at the Magna Baltimore Technical Training Center yesterday was as inspiring and heartfelt as any commencement this season. One graduate spoke &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1920">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1920&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>When I met the man who helped save my company</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1913</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drew Greenblatt&#8217;s latest column in Inc. magazine about a friend and mentor, author Eli Goldratt, who died at the too-young age of 64 two years ago today: &#8220;I ran into a business consultant at a conference &#8212; we were the &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1913">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1913&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturing&#8217;s past, manufacturing&#8217;s future</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1897</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting bookend articles by Jamie Smith Hopkins in the Baltimore Sun Sunday: One examined the future of industry through tours last week by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) at Marlin Steel Wire Products and other local plants. The organization&#8217;s national convention in &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1897">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1897&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturers ask: Does anyone out there want to come to work?</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1861</link>
		<comments>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1861#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To hear participants at a forum of the Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland tell it, the problem of finding workers for manufacturing jobs isn&#8217;t just a &#8220;skills deficit&#8221; &#8212; but also an &#8220;attention&#8221; deficit. Speaker after speaker yesterday recounted examples &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1861">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1861&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>How we got from bagels to Boeing, steel wire to sheet metal</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1867</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stainless steel baskets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Drew Greenblatt&#8217;s latest column in Inc. magazine on how to find &#8212; and serve &#8212; the customers who appreciate you: For its first 40 years, Marlin Steel Wire Products made exactly what its name implied&#8211;steel wire baskets. A few &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1867">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1867&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>Energy boom, manufacturing&#8217;s gain</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1852</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marlin Steel is featured in Energy &#38; Mining International magazine this month as an example of a U.S. manufacturer benefiting from lower energy costs due to the increase in domestic oil production. The article follows  report on CNBC a few months ago &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1852">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1852&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Society of Manufacturing Engineers</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1839</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The comeback of U.S. manufacturing was much on the minds of people at the annual convention in Baltimore today of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Among several incisive presentations, we were struck by data from Robert W. Ivester, deputy director &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1839">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1839&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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		<title>Marlin Steel baskets worth going 11,000 miles for? Ask China.</title>
		<link>http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1826</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ratner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marlin Steel is featured in a new video from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that spotlighted three U.S. companies that are exporting to highly competitive markets such as Mexico and China. &#8220;The thing I’m most proud about is we export &#8230; <a href="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?p=1826">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=223565&k=14&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog&r=http%3A%2F%2Fmarlinsteel.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1826&bvt=rss&p=wordpress" style="float:left;" xml:base="http://marlinsteel.com/blog/?feed=rss2" width="1" height="1" border="0" align="right"/>]]></description>
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