Is technical training running out of STEAM?
Growing a business through a global pandemic with a labor shortage has been a challenge. Despite significant headwinds, we made tremendous strides and positive progress with an amazing group of […]
Leadership Thoughts
The Engineer’s Analysis of Women’s Business Enterprise Certification
The last 24 months has produced a number of firsts at Rathburn Tool; our latest is obtaining our Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) certification. As an engineer, I see it as […]
How changing coolant changed the company, for good
As a tooling and manufacturing company, Rathburn has had a critical need for coolant since our beginning. Coolants help regulate the operating temperature of our tooling and enable our machines […]
Breaking Chips—Overcoming issues with shavings in turning parts
One of the most problematic concerns found in turning are stringy shavings. They are dangerous as they are extremely sharp and cause safety concerns with associates cutting themselves trying to […]
The Good Guy Wins 97% of the Time
I’ve always been a big believer in doing the right things, and that ultimately the good guy wins. The old adage that “nice guys finish last” implies that people who […]
10 Things I’ve learned as the female CEO of a manufacturing company
In 2018, I left behind a successful 20-year career in commercial construction to take a leadership position at Rathburn Tool & Manufacturing, the Auburn, Indiana machine shop my father founded […]