Masonry Magazine May 2011 Page. 25
Masonry: How did 2010 compare to 2009 for your company, and how is 2011 looking thus far?
Tony DiAngelus, Krando: The year 2009 for Krando Metal, like many other businesses, was challenging, due to the tough economic times. With careful planning and proper investments in machinery and marketing tactics, 2010 turned out to be a prosperous year for us. Thus far, 2011 is looking very positive, and we are seeing signs of new construction in the works.
We did not have to vary our products that we offer, because we do such a broad array of manufacturing here; so we aren't just limited to the masonry field. We also do structural work, food service and ornamental shape cutting as well.
Steve Getz, СТР: Although 2010 experienced a slight improvement over the results of 2009, it still lacks in comparison to prior years. As is typical in the industry, the start of sales activity in 2011 following the holidays was sluggish. However, based on ambitious bidding activity, we are optimistic about the rest of the year.
Recognizing the challenges of the market place in 2009 and 2010, and in a desire to continually improve and expand our offerings to our customers, CTP has added new product lines to bolster opportunity offerings and re-engineered products for optimizing user costs. We regularly tweak the marketing aspects of CTP products for the architectural and engineering community to embrace.
Mike Ripley, Wire- Bond: Volume in 2010 was very disappointing, even compared to 2009, when we saw a big downturn from the previous year. Raw materials such as rod and zinc increased, along with energy costs to operate our plants, sending margins down. On the positive side, we did gain some momentum in the third and fourth
One of the challenges that we faced over the last few years is material costs rising.
Tony DiAngelus
Krando Metal Products Inc.
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