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Holiday Greetings As we look toward wrapping up the year and ponder a dynamic 2024 ahead for the brushware industry, I would like to wish all of our readers and sponsors a happy holiday season. I am again pleased to introduce this combo Machinery Showcase and Supplier/Manufacturer Spotlight edition that weighs in as the industry’s biggest issue of the year, with 80 pages of content that ideally provides a view of where the brush industry stands and where it is headed in the near and long-term future. The Machinery Showcase in particular offers a wonderful preview of any new machinery that is available to the industry from the world’s top brush, broom and mop machine providers. But even ahead of that, I think you’ll enjoy our first feature from Katharina Goldbeck-Hörz as she provides a comprehensive update on the September FEIBP Congress held in Belfast, Northern Ireland (pg. 20). Reading through the extensive materials, this year’s Congress certainly feels like the lead-in to a mega-triple-header for the industry. As the calendar turns over to 2024, we’ll quickly be teeing up the ABMA Convention in Florida in March and the first edition of the World Brush Expo in Bologna, Italy, that follows shortly after. And, as manufacturing across the world looks to trend up, it certainly appears like a great opportunity to take advantage of the additional exposure the events will provide and work out a strategy for success in 2024. With that in mind, we’ve pulled Phillip M. Perry’s annual Economic Forecast forward into this issue (pg. 30) to help with planning and strategy. Complimenting the planning and strategy theme, columnist Lisa Anderson offers her approach to evaluating ERP systems, and we also have a new piece from Adam Grabowski of Global Shop Solutions on 10 Must Do’s For Small and Medium Manufacturers. Of course, there’s plenty more and once again, on behalf of the Brushware team, we want to extend our sincerest wishes for a cheerful holiday season and our hope that you thoroughly enjoy this edition.
Dylan Goodwin | Publisher dylan.goodwin@goodwinworldmedia.com
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Issue #23-06 Brushware – a bi-monthly publication edited for key personnel in the brush, roller, broom, mop and applicator industry. Published continuously through the years, the one publication that is the spokesman for the brush and allied industries: 1898-1923, called Brooms, Brushes & Handles; 1924-1947, called Brooms, Brushes & Mops, 1948-today, called Brushware. PUBLICATION OFFICE Brushware Magazine Goodwin World Media LLC P.O. Box 7093 Overland Park, KS 66207 Tel: 913-636-7231 -----------GENERAL MANAGER Susan Goodwin info.brushware@goodwinworldmedia.com PUBLISHER Dylan Goodwin dylan.goodwin@goodwinworldmedia.com MANAGING EDITOR Gwyneth Bowen news.brushware@goodwinworldmedia.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elizabeth Goodwin CORRESPONDENTS Bob Lawrence Phillip M. Perry Katharina Goldbeck-Hörz Mark E. Battersby Lisa Anderson Brushware (ISSN 00072710) (Canadian Sales Agreement Number 0650153) is published bimonthly by Goodwin World Media LLC, P.O. Box 7093, Overland Park, KS 66207 USA. Periodical postage paid at Overland Park, KS 66207 and at additional mailing offices. Printed in the USA. Subscription: $95/year for US, Canada and Mexico. All other countries $210/year. POSTMASTER – Send address changes to Brushware Magazine, P.O. Box 7093, Overland Park, KS 66207. Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. Materials in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission. Requests for permission should be addressed to: Brushware Magazine, P.O. Box 7093, Overland Park, KS 66207.
