As of Monday, October 3, 2011, ACS will be ready to rock in their new digs.  That’s right, ACS is pulling up their tent stakes, hitchin’ up the mules and moving…all of a half mile northeast!

The new offices will be more efficient and sunnier too.  More windows = even happier customer service!  You might even feel the sunshine pouring through the phone from wherever you are.

Never fear, there will be no disruption to your repair services.  Only ACS’s administrative offices are moving on Friday, September 30^th so there should be minimal, if any, disruption to our phone and customer service systems.

Zirconium, niobium, hafnium, tantalum!  A magical spell?  No, just a list of exotic alloys used in the steel industry that are only a smidgen away from being “unobtainium”.  They are still fun to say even after having spent almost 20 years in the wonderful world of welding.

Speaking of unobtainium, magic spells, and the steel industry, did you know that as of September 10, 2011 domestic raw steel production is actually up 6.4% from the same time last year?  Pretty significant considering the amount of steel produced in the U.S. and the role steel plays in almost every facet of our lives.

My country, ’tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land  where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain  side
Let Freedom ring.

Long Live the Spirit of Freedom everywhere!!

Remember that blog I wrote just a short week ago following Hurricane Irene?  You know, the one where I said that our staff would be here come hell or high water to repair your damaged electronics?  Well, the high water has actually arrived and boy has it!  Tropical Storm Lee continues to dump away here on the East Coast and refuses to get the heck out of town.

While some of our staff lost power at home, and some of us were late getting to work this morning thanks to flooded roads, washed out bridges, and gridlocked traffic, we are in fact ALL here and servicing your repairs.

When is a blush not red and not the tell-tale sign of embarrassment?  When it’s a cosmetic blemish on a finished plastic part produced by injection mold equipment, that’s when.  You might recognize it as a whitish spot where the plastic is bent, deformed or stressed beyond the elasticity of the plastic material.  A blush is often seen at the point of injection on the finished part.

Of course, if you are one of our injection mold customers, you will already know this.  You will also know that it takes a lot of big equipment for injection or blow mold manufacturing.  It is also a really cool process to watch…at least it never fails to amaze me!