by Kent Elastomer | Oct 29, 2021 | Cost of Cheap, Leaderviews
What To Do When Your Product Is Stuck On A Cargo Ship Your product is stuck on a cargo ship while you push back yet another deadline and employees scramble to address customer complaints. If this sounds familiar, you aren’t alone. This has been the experience of...
by Kent Elastomer | Feb 26, 2020 | Cost of Cheap, Leaderviews
Happy Leap Day! February 29 is a date that occurs only every four years. It is called Leap Day. It’s a rarity – it doesn’t come around very often. We’d like to think that our own Leeper – Don Leeper, that is – is a rarity, too. Senior Vice President of Finance and...
by Kent Elastomer | Feb 19, 2020 | Cost of Cheap, Leaderviews
COVID-19 Virus Disrupts Sourcing The coronavirus is just one more in a long list of global sourcing disruptions Everything from Modern Tire Dealer to the New York Times report the severe impact of the coronavirus on Chinese business retail and manufacturing – and its...
by Kent Elastomer | Aug 8, 2019 | Cost of Cheap, Leaderviews
Navigating the Uncertainty of Tariffs and Other Supply Chain Disruptions The first United States Tariff Act was in 1789 and raised revenues for the new American government. Tariffs were imposed thirty-four more times in our history – ten times since Kent Elastomer...
by Kent Elastomer | Sep 29, 2017 | Cost of Cheap, Leaderviews
3 Benefits of Sourcing American-made Natural Rubber for Your Business Did you know KEP is the ONLY manufacturer of natural rubber latex tubing in the U.S.A.? We are one of the few companies in our industry that can proudly claim that ALL our products are still made in...
