Business owners in the metal fabrication industry are getting to be old hands at hosting top dogs from Washington on both sides of the political aisle. Several years ago President Bush visited Fox Valley Metal-Tech in Green Bay, Wis., and gave a speech. Last year Vice President Joe Biden visited Impulse Manufacturing near the North Georgia Mountains and made a speech. Then last month President Obama visited Industrial Support Inc., a contract metal fabricator and stamper in Buffalo, N.Y.—and, yes, made a speech. It was great watching the president talk with a 45-ton Niagara stamping press just behind him.
