Tim O'Toole
Persistence doesn’t always look like progress. It’s not a trophy or a headline. It’s the decision to keep showing up, especially when the numbers don’t break your way. For many…
STI/SPFA recently spoke with Cindy Patton, Regional Sales Manager at Seal for Life Industries, about her career in the steel fabrication industry. STI/SPFA: Tell us about the history of your…
On Tuesday, July 22, and Wednesday, July 23, the STI/SPFA leadership, member companies, and the Vogel Group traveled to Washington, D.C., for our annual fly-in. The goal was to meet…
I still remember the morning at Con Expo, the largest trade show in the construction industry, when I was running on empty and in desperate need of coffee. My day…
A core goal of U.S. trade policy over the last decade has been reshoring manufacturing back to the United States and strengthening the domestic industry for economic and national security.…
The 2025 USA Reshoring Survey of 500 U.S. manufacturers, a collaboration between the Reshoring Initiative and Regions Recruiting, reached an actionable conclusion. A sufficient quantity and quality of U.S. workforce would bring…
STI/SPFA recently spoke with Bob Giammaruti, CEO at Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation and Worldwide Air Coolers LLC, about his career in the steel fabrication industry. STI/SPFA: Tell us about the…
The Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) held its first Legislative Fly-In on July 22-23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. “We had very good meetings with each Senator and Representative,…
If I can’t trust you, I can’t do business with you. I don’t care how talented you are. I don’t care how long we’ve worked together. I don’t care how…
Trump’s on again-off-again tariff volatility has caused widespread uncertainty, compromising strategic decision-making. The defunct ‘move fast and break things’ business model, originally devised by Mark Zuckerberg in 2012, that is being implemented by the administration today,…
