Sourcing News
Mechanical Power Status – COVID-19
Dear Mechanical Power Customers, Despite Friday’s roll-out of an Illinois “lockdown”, Mechanical Power will be operational to the extent of answering phones, emails and shipping products to our customers in the coming weeks. We supply parts with “essential”...
Covid-19 / Coronavirus Updates From Mechanical Power
As the COVID-19 / Coronavirus is growing worldwide and many countries are looking at creating stimulus as a temporary bridge through this difficult time, China is accumulating empty containers as they are getting ready to ramp up manufacturing. Airfreight rates are...
Potential Effects of Coronavirus Situation on Mechanical Power’s Component Supply
As all have seen in the news, the coronavirus in China is impacting global economies and specifically manufacturing relevant to our respective businesses. Mechanical Power has been closely monitoring the situation and quantifying any potential impact to our ability to...
USA / China Tariff News – Phase 1 Deal Signed
Highlights of the Phase 1 Tariff Agreement On Wednesday January 15, the phase 1 China/USA trade deal was finally struck and signed. As a refresher, this phase took list 4a tariffs from 15% to 7.5% as of February 15. Unfortunately list 4a has very little to do with...
Net Farm Income Forecast Improves Significantly for 2019
In September 2019, the USDA released estimates of the U.S. farm income for 2019. In the current period of China tariffs harming the Midwestern farmer, we were surprised by this good news. The estimate for the net farm income grew from $69 billion in March to $88...
USA & China Tariff War News – October 2019 Update
As we indicated in our previous blog covering the tariffs on imported goods, meetings did take place last week between U.S. and Chinese officials regarding the trade war and the tariffs. Slowly but surely, it appears that both sides are making progress. We have...
Tariffs and Mechanical Power
The ever-evolving tariff situation and trade wars initiated by our current President have been difficult to keep up with due to the erratic nature of their developments. The changes in tariffs have a direct impact on Mechanical Power and our customers as many of our...
Engineering Student Shows Off Battlebot Built with Parts Sourced by Mechanical Power
In May, we featured a blog about engineering student Zachary Nall who reached out to Mechanical Power to source the sprockets and chains he needed to complete his battlebot. Zachary built his battlebot to participate in a competition put on by the engineering...
Mechanical Power Helps Engineering Student Source Parts for Battlebot for Student Robotics Competition
At Mechanical Power, we help manufacturers build industrial machinery and equipment by supplying them with the component parts they need through our global product sourcing services. Our dedicated sales team is ready to work with our clients to procure the parts they...
Mechanical Power Success Stories: Heavy-Duty Bearing Housing
At Mechanical Power, we pride ourselves on not only sourcing the exact components our clients need for their equipment and machinery through our global sourcing services, but also on finding solutions when a client has a mechanical issue. Our in-house engineers work...
Recent Posts
Mechanical Power Status – COVID-19March 23, 2020- Covid-19 / Coronavirus Updates From Mechanical PowerMarch 13, 2020
- Potential Effects of Coronavirus Situation on Mechanical Power’s Component SupplyFebruary 4, 2020
- USA / China Tariff News – Phase 1 Deal SignedJanuary 27, 2020
- Net Farm Income Forecast Improves Significantly for 2019 October 24, 2019
