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Monday, September 18, 2006
In-demand metal workers make hard cash
In-demand metal workers make hard cashIn StarTribune.com Business
When a freezer door swings open anywhere in North America, odds are it's on hinges manufactured by E.J. Ajax & Sons Inc. in Fridley. Those metal cylinder parts come fully formed, thousands an hour, out of giant punch-press machines that require just one operator for every four of them. Those machines and that very well-trained operator are how E.J. Ajax continues to win contracts over competitors in China and Taiwan and Mexico to manufacture freezer hinges, door frames for fire extinguisher cabinets, and safety latches inside the handles of stove-top pressure cookers.
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