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Industrial Strength Succession Planning
Raise your hand if you are the owner (or part owner) of a successful family business, and someday you want your kids to step into your shoes [as the new owner(s)]. Let’s be specific about the word ‘kids’. We mean only those kids who are now in the business and who will someday run the business.
Read MoreIt’s True...You Don’t Have to Lose—Even a Dime—of Your Wealth to the IRS
Most of the concepts and strategies you read in this tax column are really answers to questions asked (or concerns, problems or fears told to us) by readers who called our office.
Read MorePaint Blistering On Plastic Bumpers
We are a painting subcontractor for automotive plastic parts—bumpers, door handles, side mirrors, and so on—here in the Philippines. After about three months, blisters appear on the surface of the part. The problem is on the rear bumper only. Prior to painting, we noticed that the primer on the rear bumper is thinner than the front. Could you please help us find the cause of the problem?
Read MoreWelded Aluminum Railing
Question: We fabricate railings (hand rails) that are primarily steel.
Read MorePaint Grip Electro-Galvanized
My question is, what is “paint-grip” galvanized? I have been electro-galvanizing chain for years and I contacted our chemical supplier and they never heard of “paint-grip” galvanized either. Can you enlighten me?
Read MorePainting Aluminum and Brass Castings
Can I buy a brush-on paint that I can use in a one-step operation (bucket to casting) with the following qualifications?
Read MoreUpper Limits on pH Disposal
My concern centers around the alkaline cleaner stage. Current practice has been to dump this stage as is. Just before the last dump, I checked the pH and found it to be 12.7. I checked our wastewater discharge permit and the only pH limitation it has is that it prohibits pH less than 5.5. In other words, it has no upper pH limit. At my two other jobs, we were told discharging a wastewater of that high pH was “illegal according to EPA.” Since my discharge permit gives me no upper pH limit, am I OK?
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