Job Shop Thrives Against Overseas Competition

摘要

The shop's equipment purchases come during a "buyer's market," Busse says. Rockford paid "sinfully" low amounts for its last few presses ("almost scrap-metal prices"). But there's a catch: for many job shops, a company's equity is in its equipment, which loses value rapidly after it's bought. "So I only have one choice: not to sell it, but to make it work."