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I am, and each of the other 8,999 Flenderans are, immensely proud to work for a company with such #pedigree, #knowledge, #wisdom and #passion for moving the world. Starting with a humble wooden pulley, Flender moved forward with developing #couplings, #industrial #gearboxes (including the infamous FZG range) and the Winergy series of #Wind #Turbine gearboxes. This great history in understanding how to provide a reliable solution to our customers has resulted in gearboxes that continue to ensure a high level of uptime and #availability, in some of the most arduous applications. Over 125 years of designing #gears and couplings gives a solid foundation for the new generation of gearboxes, with the Flender One range leading the charge for the next 125 years and beyond incorporating integrated condition monitoring, higher efficiencies, and a simplified design process! Flender. We Move the World. #Wemovetheworld #Flender #FlenderOne #AIQ #ConditionMonitoring #Metaperform

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B is for Barry’s. So it is. If you’ve ever been to Portrush, you know the place…even though it doesn’t exist anymore- at least by that name. How many local businesses can claim to have created a brand that is so well known locally AND is remembered with such fondness? Not many I would suggest. Anyway…this is the ‘B’ from the Barry’s Big Dipper sign. It still exists! 🎢 It was auctioned off some time ago following the closure of Barry’s, bought by my brother-in-law, shipped to Orange County, California and now adorns the wall in his outside bar. Due to the complexity of the electronics in said ‘B’ it also necessitated the recruitment (and goodwill) of some local electrical engineers to get the thing up and running (who I am sure were provided with a decent backstory as to why they were spending their time trying to work out this matrix of a lighting system on a consonant from a theme park, that closed years ago, thousands of miles away). ⚡ After a significant amount of time, effort and circuit failures, they even got it lighting up and flashing. Back to its old glory. 💡 Why all this effort you ask? Brand loyalty. Perhaps my brother-in-law is mad (I did raise an eyebrow) but he also has a real connection with Barry’s having grown up in Portrush and even worked there during the summers. I get it. It means something. I’m sure many others reading this will get it too. Whether their love of a brand would drive them to such lengths, I’m not so sure but it does show the power of a good, strong brand. Lastly, having spent 2 weeks looking at this thing, with an occasional 🍺 in hand, we wondered where the A, R, R, Y or S went to. Anyone know? Extra bonus points if they got the lights working. ❓ #BrandLoyalty #Nostalgia #Portrush #BarrysBigDipper

This post will not make me popular. I know this, but I’m going to post it anyway. At 22 years old, the young man in the shared post has the road freight industry at his feet. He’s excited about his job, and his boss has put a lot of faith in him, which is awesome. He’s clearly worthy of such confidence and faith, which is rare in our industry. In short - he’s a diamond. However, if he doesn’t change his lifestyle, he’s not going to be around to fulfil his ambitions 😢 This is NOT a body shaming post. I’m very concerned for his future but I admit I don’t know what he’s eating; or drinking; or whether he’s exercising or not; or whether he has health conditions that cause him to appear, in the only photo I’ve seen of him, to be very overweight. My only concern is that he appears to be not of great health for a 22 year old. This is an amazing young person who has a wonderful future; the opportunity to have a family and maybe his own transport company. But if he doesn’t look after his health, it will be just a dream. A beautiful, tragic dream that isn’t realised. If we don’t start acting and doing something about the health of drivers in our industry, there won’t be an industry to worry about. I know that Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds has done amazing work with bp to offer wonderfully healthy options for drivers; but what happens when they’re not at a bp ? We need to do more. We need to encourage drivers to visit their Doctor every year as an absolute minimum to cover off all the items they should be for a health check. We need drivers to demand healthy options at truck stops, not fried food, regardless of whether it’s a bp or not. We need to promote healthy eating in the same manner as we promote mental health and road safety. Otherwise, people like Nick will become just another statistic of our industry. We need to do better for legends like him 💖

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📦🥊With bragging rights on the line two brave Whitebirdiens stepped into the arena for what is now known as ‘The Box Battle’. One with a confident smile, the other with a determined scowl, our contenders were set for a showdown to see who could construct the most boxes in under one minute. 🕒 The challengers: auto-bottom boxes versus the traditional regular slotted containers (RSCs). 🏆 And the results? They speak for themselves: Regular Slotted Containers (RSCs): 4 boxes in 50 seconds. Auto-Bottom Boxes: A whopping 17 boxes in the same time! That's a staggering efficiency rate over 4 times greater with auto-bottom boxes! 🏷🔥Special Offer Alert: Auto-bottom boxes are now 40% off at Whitebird.ca/offers. But hurry – this incredible deal ends when February does. Don’t miss out - box smarter not harder. #EfficiencyChallenge #AutoBottomBoxes #WhitebirdMonthlyOffers

What can seasoned business owners learn from the younger generation? Quite a bit, as we learned at the recent NPSOA conference. Read on to learn more.

"To Our Dealer: The frame enclosed with this month's Bulletin is just what you want for displaying the #Starrett Advertising. Insert an ad-proof in this frame holder and you have an attractive display, useful both in the window and on the tool counter. Shown in the window with the tool featured in the ad, it is sure to get attention. On your counter it is just the thing for filling in those unavoidable thirty second gaps while the customer waits for change, wrapping up purchase, etc. You will be surprised to see how many times a day every word of the ad on display will be read. This frame helps you to make a more effective use of our monthly advertising proofs and gives a closer tie-up between your store and the Starrett National #Advertising. It's easy cooperation which inevitably leads to increasing sales of Starrett Tools. Yours very truly, THE L. S. STARRETT CO." #TBT #Starretttbt