Stainless steel tank fabricators bounce back from the Great Recession

Jul 31, 2011 | 07:00 PM | Bill Beck

Tags  Stainless steel tank fabricators, Great Recession, Bill Beck

Given the fact that most stainless steel tank fabricators are small, family owned businesses, one could assume that the Great Recession and accompanying credit crunch would continue to have a significant impact on most firms’ bottom lines. But that would be wrong.

"We just put on a second shift," said Cheryl Schuster, sales manager for Buckeye Fabricating Co. in Springboro, Ohio. "We have a work force of 34 or 35 people right now, and we are definitely busier than we were at this time last year."....





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