Nickel is much more than a portion of the composition of a 5-cent coin in the United States. It is used in the composition of Stainless Steel, which plays a very important role in the appliance, automotive and marine industries. Stainless steel is always in high demand because of its
If you’re “Gold Rush” fan and by all accounts, several of our CFI employees are, you may have noticed something in the October 20th episode. Even in the Alaskan bush, even with 20 ton heavy equipment, it’s all about having quality components. One broken bolt cost mine boss Parker Schnabel
Quality Control is much more than a department at CFI, it’s the only way Nearly every business in the world has framed posters about Quality and Customer Service. As you are reading this, we’re pretty sure that you can envision these posters because they’re in pretty much in every business
To the layman, part sorting may seem like a small issue – something that machines should do without worry. Well, that’s not quite the case. Even when parts orders in the millions, part sorting is an essential task that can be overlooked in the supply chain of any company –
Every year since 1911, there’s a little tradition from our neighboring state that has no less than 1 in every 1,000 Americans gathering into one location the Sunday before Memorial Day – the Indianapolis 500. So while the rest of the country sees open wheel race cars hurtling through the
These days, there are very few businesses that are truly family owned. Or if they are, in today’s world, they may have a successful generation and sell off, so the “family” part of the business is long forgotten. Not so for Components for Industry. Our company has been manufacturing and
Today, everything in life must be dual function. Think of the phone in your hand. At one point, a phone was only a phone – meant for keeping in touch with a far-off friend or family member and nothing more. Today, it’s more used as an internet consumption device than
Here at CFI, Qualiforming ® has been on our minds as of late. In our somewhat biased opinion, we would happily call ourselves as one of the best component companies in the world. Our Qualiforming ® Cold Form Isolation process played a big role to our current prosperity. Standard Cold
If only people knew how many grades of steel there are, perhaps they wouldn’t take nearly every piece of metal for granted. There is a lot going on with a few numbers and letters that people don’t know about. So what do these numbers mean and who comes up with
We’ve all seen it in our personal lives – whether a bolt coming loose on a car, or a piece of furniture or cabinet that has a loose bolt despite you tightening it multiple times. How can you combat this inconvenience? Well, there are actually a large amount of options
