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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.
