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Video: The Gearbox Inside the Biggest BAF Fan Go to www.metalcastingtv.com


to watch a video from Big Ass Fans (BAF), Lexington, Kentucky, (see profile on p. 18) about the gearbox


inside its biggest commercial fan. The gearbox and its sand cast housing were manufactured and assembled in the U.S.


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Book Review: Arguments for Free Enterprise Not that it is a secret, but


fi guring out Charles Koch’s political leanings doesn’t take long when reading his book, “Good Profi t.” Koch, the CEO of one of the largest private companies in the world, is clear on his belief that a free market society is the most benefi cial from an economic, health and quality of life standpoint. Whether you agree with all of


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Koch’s political and philisophical ideas, his latest book is a good read and an interesting exploration of his arguments for free enterprise. The point


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of “Good Profi t” is companies can achieve strong success by striving to make the lives of their customers better. It goes beyond improving a specifi c product to anticipating what the people really need or want and then working to provide that for them. Sometimes this means creating a new technology or application of a resource that makes the original business obsolete. Koch calls this “creative destruction.” Regardless of whether


you agree with all of Koch’s management views, the book is worth reading, studying and contemplating for any manager. —Shannon Wetzel, Managing Editor Read more online at www.metalcastingdesign.com.


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