Customer Appreciation Event a Success in…
Friday 17-05-2013, By: marketing
IBT Industrial Solutions hosted a Customer Appreciation & Technology Expo on May 8th at the Holiday Inn East for businesses throughout the Panhandle area. The event celebrated 25 years of servicing their customers. “We had a great turnout,” said Mike Powell, a Senior Account Manager for IBT in Amarillo. “What I liked best was the level of interaction between the customers,...
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Celebrate IBT's 45th Anniversary in Jopl…
Thursday 16-05-2013, By: marketing
Register for the Joplin Customer Appreciation & Technology Expo at www.ibtinc.com/events/joplin On June 5, 2013, IBT is celebrating 45 years serving the Joplin, Missouri area with a Customer Appreciation & Technology Expo. 35 vendors will show off new technology and MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) solutions—along with food, door prizes, and giveaways. A free BBQ lunch buffet will be served from...
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Registration Opens Today for Tech X 500!
Thursday 16-05-2013, By: marketing
Register today at www.TechX500.com Registration is now open for the MRO industry’s hottest trade show—Tech X 500, sponsored by IBT. At this 2-day event, you’ll: Learn about new technology Meet with suppliers who have your solutions Participate in hot-topic seminars Plus—enjoy great music, food, drinks…and race cars! Already Pre-Registered? Even if you are pre-registered by email, you still need to reserve your spot. Drop by our...
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Fast Cars & Hot Technology!
Thursday 18-04-2013, By: marketing
Looking for a fun way to learn about hot new technology that can improve your plant or warehouse operations? Tech X 500 is the premier tradeshow for the maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) industry. Sign up for our pre-registration email list, and get entered in our April drawing for 1 FREE ridealong with the Richard Petty Driving Experience. (Limit 1 entry...
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IBT—Sedalia Event a Big Success
Thursday 18-04-2013, By: marketing
Over 250 people from 80 different companies turned out for the Customer Appreciation & Technology Expo hosted by IBT—Sedalia on April 3rd. The Expo was held to thank customers for IBT's 33 years of business in the Sedalia area, as well as showcase their new building and location. The Sedalia branch opened in 1980. Companies as diverse as Gardner Denver, Pittsburgh...
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IBT—Amarillo Celebrates 25 Years in Busi…
Thursday 18-04-2013, By: marketing
On May 8, 2013, the IBT branch in Amarillo will celebrate 25 years of service—with a Customer Appreciation & Technology Expo from 9:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m. at the Amarillo Holiday Inn East. All customers are invited. "We love having this opportunity to show our appreciation to our customers," said Jeff Cloud, Regional Manager for IBT, who oversees the Amarillo branch. "We like...
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Win a Chance for a FREE Ride with the Ri…
Wednesday 20-03-2013, By: marketing
Tech X 500 returns to the Kansas Speedway on September 11-12, 2013! When you pre-register today at TechX500.com, you'll be entered in our monthly drawing for 1 FREE ridealong with the Richard Petty Driving Experience. Only 1 entry per person. To qualify, simply pre-register your name on the home page at TechX500.com. You will automatically be entered in our drawing for...
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IBT—Sedalia Celebrates 30 Years in Busin…
Wednesday 20-03-2013, By: marketing
With a Big Renovation, New Address—and a Party! 33 years ago, IBT opened a new branch in Sedalia, Missouri. Today, the company is celebrating its anniversary with a $500,000 renovation—and a Customer Appreciation & Technology Expo. Richard Finch, the Store Manager at IBT—Sedalia, has been with the company since opening day on May 1, 1980. He said that working there is still...
Read moreGet Ready for Tech X 500!
Thursday 21-02-2013, By: marketing
Tech X 500 returns to Kansas Speedway on September 11-12, 2013. Save the date—and get ready to rev up the infield with: Live music performance—from Liverpool—A Tribute to the Beatles and South Side Souls Hot new technology—from 55+ suppliers Over 15 different seminars—on today's hottest industrial topics Chances to win a ride with the Richard Petty Driving Experience—riding 3 laps at speeds of up...
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How eProcurement Saved Leggett & Pla…
Thursday 21-02-2013, By: marketing
When Kent Pratt wanted to make his purchasing process easier, he turned to IBT’s eProcurement Solution. "IBT has always been very professional, very friendly—they do what they say they'll do," said Pratt, the Procurement Director of the U.S. Spring Division of Leggett & Platt, Inc. "That's why when we decided to unify our procurement system eight years ago, we used IBT's product...
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Tech X 2013
Monday 10-12-2012, By: Administrator
Tech X Returns to Kansas Speedway Tech X returns to Kansas Speedway on September 11-12, 2013. Save the date—and get ready to rev up the infield with: • Chances to win a ride with the Richard Petty Driving Experience—riding 3 laps at speeds of up to 165 mph • 55+ different suppliers—displaying the latest innovative products and technologies • Over 15 different seminars—on today’s...
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Roto-Mix - The “Cadillac” of Feed Mixers
Monday 10-12-2012, By: Administrator
In Dodge City, Kansas, “Queen of the Cow Towns,” cattle (meatpacking in particular) has long been one of the city’s dominant industries. Mike Hilderbrand, president of Roto-Mix LLC, one of the nation’s premiere manufacturers of feed mixers, outlines the city’s history in the industry as follows: “In the 1850s buffalo hunting was a large part of the city’s economy, but...
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Fall Hot Deals from IBT
Monday 10-10-2011, By: Administrator
Stanley® 84-519K 12 in 1 Multi-Tool IBT # 91583025070 Stainless Steel Construction; High Quality Nylon Holster Includes: Long nose pliers | Wire cutter | Saw | Standard screwdriver (1/4") | Small knife | Bottle opener | Curve jaw pliers | Standard screwdriver (5/16") | File | Large knife | Phillips® screwdriver | Standard screwdriver (1/8") Sale Price $ 11.89 List...
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Recent Videos
Wednesday 15-12-2010, By: Administrator
Image courtesy of MCR Safety MCR Safety Launches Bold New Image Safety MCR Safety, a leading providers of personal protective equipment (PPE), recently announced a new brand identity reflecting the company's focus and mission for exceeding standards in the safety industry. Image courtesy of Rayovac Rayovac RoughNeck Flex360 Flashlight Tools and Supplies Introducing the amazing Flex360TM - the flagship of the new RoughNeckTM flashlight line...
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IBT Giveaway Winners
Tuesday 03-08-2010, By: Administrator
Contest Giveaway Contest Prize Contest Winner PrimeMOVER Issue 4 Free Tickets to Silver Dollar City Richard Young Duke Mfg. Sedalia MO June - July 2010 Win a Prize for Q&A Karl Kessler GAF-ELK Lenexa KS February - March 2009 Win a Prize for Q&A Kristy Kolling North American Carbide Jonesburg MO December 2008 - January 2009 Win a Prize for Q&A Don Birkentall Quality Pork International Omaha NE October - November 2008 Win A NASCAR Ride-Along at Tech X 500 Jimmie Swift Kevin Cooper John McGill Kathy Bard Chuck Steers June - July 2008 Win...
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Introducing IBT's Online Catalog
Thursday 01-04-2010, By: Administrator
We at IBT are proud to introduce an online catalog. This new online catalog provides account holders access to IBT's most popular items and the ability to place orders online. To register for an account, please complete the Request Account form. After registering, you can gain access to the online catalog within one business day. Our online catalog is a condensed...
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Building Customer Productivity
Friday 07-08-2009, By: Administrator
IBT has always been about productivity. From its very first days, the company's approach to industrial merchandise selection, manufacturer relations, customer service and internal operating principles has promoted doing it better, faster and first. As the company evolved and grew, their emphasis on training of both employees and customer staff has further boosted productivity in the workplace. The IBT ideal is...
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IBT St. Louis Relocates
Friday 07-08-2009, By: Administrator
IBT's Branch 10, established in St. Louis in 1972, has relocated to a new home in O'Fallon, Mo. The new location, 1225 Tom Ginnever Avenue, replaces 4323 Woodson Road, in Woodson Terrace, Mo. which IBT occupied from June, 1989. As you might imagine, pulling up stakes and relocating a business is not an overnight thing. "We had our work cut out for...
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Barcoding Lubricates Logistics
Wednesday 15-04-2009, By: Administrator
Today, I logged into the gym with my barcode ID. I used my barcode library card to check out books and a DVD (also barcoded). My incoming mail, with the postal service's barcode imprint, reached me quickly. Last week, when I checked into my Southwest flight, the boarding pass I printed had a complex barcoding. And, passing through security, I...
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60 Years In Industry
Wednesday 15-04-2009, By: Administrator
In August, 1949, Forrest L. and Bonnie Cloud opened the doors of the company that has become IBT. Originally named Industrial Bearing and Transmission, the company took the unusual tack of selling both bearings and power transmission products, which was counter to standard industry practice. This concept of doing things just a little bit differently has not really changed during the...
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Availability? Think IBT
Friday 13-02-2009, By: Administrator
As 2009 begins and economic challenges face all businesses, IBT will focus on making availability an area where we outdo the competition by expanding our inventory, not slashing it to the bone. As a distributor, we know our success is based on supplying what our customers want and need, and making it accessible in a timely manner at a competitive...
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Ways To Go Green
Monday 13-10-2008, By: Administrator
Going green isn't just a fad or a slogan or the notion of some fringe environmental movement. It's a valid business strategy and has become part of mainstream business. Going green is about savings: energy, environment and money. Also, it isn't that hard to do. In fact, many of us have already started turning green without necessarily willing it. Improved gas mileage,...
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Great Time At The Track
Monday 13-10-2008, By: Administrator
"Wow." This about sums up IBT's 2008 edition of Tech X 500 at Kansas Speedway. Perfect weather, great crowds, good times and enthusiastic feedback all contributed to an event that has been rated as "very successful" on a unanimous basis by exhibitors, customers and IBT management alike. 0){ var desc = plugins["Shockwave Flash"]...
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Ask SKF
Monday 11-08-2008, By: Administrator
When SKF Sales Rep John Brookhart conducts his Bearing Maintenance & Trouble-Free Operation seminar on Wednesday, September 17 at 3:00 p.m. during Tech X 500, he'll be talking about how customers can increase their machinery uptime and improve bottom line profitability. Promising a lively discussion on maintenance practices and unique problem solving products, Brookhart will cover a range of bearing...
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Tech X 500: Don't Miss It
Monday 11-08-2008, By: Administrator
If you thought 2006's event was good, just wait for 2008. This year we've pulled out all the stops. We'll have more things to see at our manufacturers' exhibits, more exclusive training seminars and more food, music and fun. Register Now! The internationally renowned Irish folk band -The Elders' will play, there'll be great door prizes and Jeff Burton's Car...
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SFC Forbes Returns to IBT
Tuesday 10-06-2008, By: Administrator
Watch Kabul, Afghanistan Video broadband | dialup Tim Forbes, aka SFC Timothy Forbes, 129th Field Artillery, Missouri National Guard, has returned to his job in Fluid Power Products at IBT following a fifteen month military deployment which included twelve months in theater in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is, as you might imagine, very happy to be home. Although his unit is artillery, they acted...
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90 Days & Counting
Tuesday 10-06-2008, By: Administrator
Don't hesitate - Sign up today! Register for IBT's Tech X 500, the 2008 Customer Appreciation Celebration, September 17 and 18 at Kansas Speedway. Here's what you need to know: You can register online right now at www.ibt500.com. Many people already have. Remember to sign-up for the educational seminars when you fill out your registration form. Seating for seminars is limited,...
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Professional Education
Tuesday 10-06-2008, By: Administrator
The Tech X 500 event is rich with training seminars, covering a variety of topics. You can get more information and pre-register at www.ibt500.com. Training seminar topics to attend during Tech X include: Proactive Maintenance Applications for Equipment Reliability, presented by Henkel Loctite Look at What's OSHA Thinking Now? led by Tom Smith of IBT Safety Explore Bearing Failure Analysis, under KOYO's guidance Find out...
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IBT & Goodyear: 20 Years
Tuesday 10-06-2008, By: Administrator
To celebrate 20 years of success, 20 years of solid cooperation, 20 years of distribution and 20 years in business together, Goodyear Engineered Products visited IBT CDC on Tuesday, May 13. Goodyear was represented by Mike Braucher, Director, North America Industrial Product Sales; Marty Harrelson, Southwest Region Manager; Tim West, Territory Manager; and Lance Nelson, Account Executive. IBT President/CEO Stephen R. Cloud...
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Changing of Guard in IBT Sales & Mar…
Monday 07-04-2008, By: Administrator
Longtime IBT mainstay Ron Aupperle, whose most recent assignment has been Vice President, Sales and Marketing, is calling it a career after thirty-six years with the company. His successor is Mark Byrne, who has recently been installed as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Byrne comes to IBT with more than 25 years of experience working in industrial manufacturing. During...
Read moreTech X 500 Registration
Monday 07-04-2008, By: Administrator
Watch Tech X Video broadband | dialup You can register today at www.ibt500.com for Tech X 500, IBT's 2008 Customer Appreciation Celebration, September 17 and 18 at Kansas Speedway. Join IBT for a tradeshow featuring more than 50 leading vendors, two full days of assorted 50 minute technical training seminars, prizes and surprises, great fun, food and friendship, and of course,...
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IBT Joplin Celebrates 40
Friday 08-02-2008, By: Administrator
In December 1968, IBT opened its fifth branch location in Joplin, Missouri, located at 313 East Seventh Street. During the 40 years that IBT Joplin has been serving customers in southwest Missouri, the branch has been relocated twice. First in 1977 to 1202 South Schifferdecker Avenue and again sixteen years later, in 1993, to its present location at 2701 West Thirteenth...
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IBT Tech X 500 2008
Saturday 02-02-2008, By: Administrator
Plan to attend IBT's Tech X 500 2008! Get a taste of Tech X through our 2006 Event Slideshow. IBT will take over the infield at Kansas Speedway September 17 and 18. Plan to attend our Customer Appreciation Event, Technology Expo and Training Seminars. // Watch Tech X Video broadband | dialup Sign up for your chance...
Read moreTech X 500 in 2008: A 4-Fer
Monday 08-10-2007, By: Administrator
Stimulating vendor exhibits at a trade show. A full menu of one-hour training seminars. NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Car excitement and ride-alongs. And great hospitality and refreshments. Watch Tech X Video broadband | dialup Already, plans for IBT Tech X 500 2008, Wednesday and Thursday, September 17 and 18, 2008 at Kansas Speedway indicate a "4-Fer" - four attractions for the price...
Read moreBack to the Track
Monday 06-08-2007, By: Administrator
Dates have been officially set, for Tech X 500 2008, Wednesday and Thursday, September 17 and 18, 2008. It is never too early to start planning to attend. IBT is heading back to Kansas Speedway for the third Customer Appreciation days at that venue. For this go-round of Tech X 500, they're planning to blow the doors off the previous two...
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Customers, Vendors Gather In Wichita
Monday 04-06-2007, By: Administrator
IBT, in connection with a tradeshow by sales and technical specialists representing nearly fifty leading vendors, hosted a broad range of customers, prospects and friends of IBT at a Customer Appreciation Day, held at Hyatt Regency Wichita, on Friday, May 11. "This is an opportunity for customers to come and meet with the best and brightest representatives of IBT's world class...
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Tooling Around with IBT
Monday 02-04-2007, By: Administrator
Hand tools, power tools, air tools, tool belts, tool chests, tool bags: IBT has them all. And, their offerings include some of the most respected names in the business: Makita, Ingersoll Rand, and Armstrong. Available through IBT Fluid Power (high end production air tools, including Ingersoll Rand) or through IBT General Industrial Supply, all of the offerings are backed by the service,...
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Here Comes the Future, Ready or Not
Friday 01-12-2006, By: Administrator
"It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be." Isaac Asimov Science fiction writer and great sage, the late Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) has observed, in response to the...
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Staying On Track With Customers
Sunday 01-10-2006, By: Administrator
IBT developed custom-built and specialized technology to keep track of some 2,000 visitors during TECH X 500. It was based on a bar coding system, numerous scanner reading stations, real time number crunching, wireless interactivity and database management. The objective was a simple one: make it easy for guests. Let them register in seconds for door prizes, check in quickly at...
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Nextel Cup Car Ride In a Word: "AWE…
Sunday 01-10-2006, By: Administrator
Nextel Cup stock car drivers qualify at speeds of 165 mph or more. To complete a lap of the Kansas Speedway at that speed requires less than 45 seconds. As you would expect, those 45 seconds are an adrenaline-filled, heart-pounding ride of a lifetime. IBT customers at TECH X 500 got to make the circuit with a professional racing instructor in race...
Read moreBig Vendor Turnout for IBT Tech X 500
Thursday 01-06-2006, By: Administrator
Come to The IBT Tech X 500 on September 13 and 14, at Kansas Speedway and visit with their vendors. They'll bring you up to date with the freshest products, newest programs and latest technologies. Watch 55th Anniversary Customer Appreciation Highlights broadband | dialup In addition, IBT and the vendors will welcome your questions, be eager to discuss your applications...
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Tree Cloud's Band Inducted Into Kansas M…
Saturday 01-04-2006, By: Administrator
Forrest R. "Tree" Cloud is the retired Chairman of the Board of IBT. In December, 1965, Forrest "Tree" Cloud joined a band called Eric and The Norsemen, playing bass guitar and helping out on backup vocals and harmonies. He was joining a group with an established audience. During their heyday, few bands in Kansas worked the crowds as hard as Eric...
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In A Hurry? Call IBT
Wednesday 01-02-2006, By: Administrator
Routine excellence is the basic standard for IBT customer service. And, in the event that they deliver less than that, they expect their customers to remind them. When they do it the way they are supposed to, they don't expect to hear big cheers. After all, being really good at taking care of the customer is why they are here. Occasionally,...
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Pavilion Provides Refuge From Rain for I…
Friday 01-07-2005, By: Administrator
Updated: July 5, 2005 The Bayer Advantage Classic Golf Tournament was scheduled for 54 holes of stroke play but, once again, the Kansas rainy season shortened it to only 36 - actually 37 - as Dana Quigley took the win away from Gil Morgan and hometown favorite Tom Watson on the first play off hole, Monday June 13. Rain was a constant...
Read moreFoursome Teeing Off at Bayer Advantage C…
Sunday 01-05-2005, By: Administrator
Some people say it's the exercise. Others swear by the mental and physical challenge. To still others, the key is the competition- competing with yourself and the other players. But, the real truth of why golf exerts its magic spell might be the companionship: going around the links with the other players and sharing the fun, the excitement, the exasperation, the...
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End of An Era
Sunday 01-05-2005, By: Administrator
Forrest L. Cloud 1921- 2005 Forrest L. Cloud, who established IBT as Industrial Bearing & Transmission Co. Inc. with wife Bonnie in 1949, passed away in Kansas City on Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Mr. Cloud, who had been physically active until quite recently, had sustained a very serious head injury in January, as a result of a fall following an ice...
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A Day in the Life of CDC
Tuesday 01-03-2005, By: Administrator
The overnight hours are quiet at IBT's 120,000 square foot Central Distribution Center (CDC). During the day, some of the department's 20 employees circulate around the 12 miles of shelving, selecting merchandise from the approximately 350,000 SKUs in inventory to fill the more than 1,600 daily orders. While there might not be any apparent activity in the warehouse at night, much...
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Brett Brothers Build Bats
Tuesday 01-03-2005, By: Administrator
Take Me Out to The Ball Game... The batter facing the pitcher is the classic mano-a-mano showdown. It is the pitcher's strength, control and guile versus the batter's vision, judgment, reflexes, strength and speed. It is noteworthy that the outcome tends to favor the pitcher. Succeed one time in three as a batter and you are a success. Three times in...
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A Whale of a Party
Sunday 02-01-2005, By: Administrator
Watch 55th Anniversary Celebration Highlights broadband | dialup IBT sincerely thanks everyone that attended and worked at the 55th Anniversary Celebration! Watch Racing Experience Video broadband | dialup With customers, vendors and friends turning out in record numbers, the IBT 55th Anniversary Customer Appreciation event at Kansas Speedway on September 15 - 16 - 17 was well received. More than 1,300 customers joined about...
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NASCAR The All-American Motor Sport
Tuesday 01-06-2004, By: Administrator
With an estimated 75 million fans throughout the country (40% of them female), NASCAR appeals to one-third of the adult US population and has become a big family activity. 40% of the NASCAR fans have children under 18 years old. Fans come in a range of ages. 58% of them are between 18 and 44, compared to 53% of the general...
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Weekend of Racing Excitement Coming to K…
Tuesday 01-06-2004, By: Administrator
The weekend of Friday October 8, Saturday October 9 and Sunday October 10, the NASCAR extravaganza comes to Kansas Speedway (where I-70 and I-435 meet in Kansas City, Kansas). This will be NASCAR's fourth year at the track. The Busch Series Mr. Goodcents 300 will be Saturday and The Nextel Cup Banquet 400 will run Sunday. Events start Friday with practice...
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Expert Batsman
Monday 01-03-2004, By: Administrator
That George Brett has ended up as a bat manufacturer is an interesting twist of life. The Brett Brothers Bat Company in Spokane, Washington produces wooden bats widely used in both amateur and professional play. George's success in wielding lumber landed him in Baseball's Hall of Fame - elected handily in his first year of eligibility with 98% of the votes....
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Soaring Steel Prices Pinch Profits
Monday 01-03-2004, By: Administrator
The news seems to be coming from every direction - and none of it is good. Steel prices have increased suddenly and dramatically - and this has put the squeeze on fabricators, construction companies, car makers, the appliance industry, pipe and heavy machine makers, the oil companies and a wide variety of other manufacturers, large and small. It has clearly...
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