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April’s Buzz’s Bar and Grill at our Dallas office was delizioso!!! Accounting & HR prepared an Italian feast fit for a royal Innovative-IDM family! From the salad to the main course and topped off with fabulous homemade dessert choices, the West Wing Crew really created an authentic Italian-American lunch for the office! In addition, there...

Our Baton Rouge guys ain’t playin’ around. Three of them were inducted into the prestigious President’s Club for their 2015 performance. Ed Hyer, Mike Adams and Joey Fairchild, along with their guests, will sail the Carribean next week with IIDM President Gene Gray and the company owners. Last week, Baton Rouge branch manager Ed Hyer...

Why use a VFD on Fans, Pumps or Blowers? First, visualize your production facility: How many fans are started and stopped using a starter. What about pumps and blowers? How many of those use a started to control stopping and starting? Are you able to control the speed or flow? Biggest question (and most costly)...

A wise man Jeff Smith, field service manager at Innovative-IDM Houston once said, “All good parties end with Merle Haggard (being played).” Surely, most IIDM customer and employee parties at our Houston office ended that way. Hagg passed today. RIP Merle Haggard. Songwriter, Singer, Outlaw, Renegade, Patriot, no-nonsense American.

Have you considered taking some of your manufacturing process and doing an outsource to a contract manufacturer? In many instances, your decision will depend on your core competencies and where you want to allocate your time and resources. One of the most common questions in a factory is: Do I want to MAKE IT, or...