Manufacturing Industry
Who gets your vote? Trade and energy issues take center stage for manufacturers in the 2006 midterm election.(ELECTIONS)
Industry Week, November, 2006 by Katz, Jonathan
RICHARD AND AUDREY HERZBERG HAVE SOME tough choices to make when they vote in the 2006 midterm election. Traditionally the Herzbergs have supported Republican candidates, but the owners of Reliable Metalcraft Corp.--a $1.5 million Mishawaka, Ind.-based maker of precision metal parts--are feeling a little conflicted this year.
The company has lost more than $500,000 in sales since 2001 to Chinese firms, according to Audrey Herzberg, vice president and general manager. That's left the husband-and-wife team wondering which candidates have their best interests in mind. "My husband and I have been supporters of the Republican party, but as my husband says, 'We don't know who our friends are now,'" she laments.
The Herzbergs are located in what some might...
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