MB Community MB Community Laminas_Feed_Writer 2 (https://getlaminas.org) https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community.html Melfred Borzall & AEM Host Congressman in Santa Maria

Melfred Borzall, a leader in the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) industry, proudly hosted U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal for a comprehensive tour of its state-of-the-art facility in Santa Maria.

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It's hard to believe that HDD's #1 hard ground bit has been drilling in the most challenging ground for twenty years now. Let's take a look at why, along with a few new features, debuted this year.

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“The biggest thing that’s changed [over the years] is people’s perception of the need for specialized tooling,” says Eric Melsheimer. “Early on, you had a...

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Not all impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic have been negative. Here are three possible opportunities oncovered...

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It's only natural for HDD equipment to continue changing and growing. Technology, particularly of the digital variety, continues to advance exponentially, shaping our lives, the economy and the world at large.

]]> https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/advances-in-the-hdd-equipment-industry.html https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/advances-in-the-hdd-equipment-industry.html 0 What We Learned After 70+ Years in HDD Our founder (and for some of us, our grandfather), Fred Melsheimer introduced the first horizontal directional drilling system in 1946. Here are some of the most important things we’ve learned along the way.   ]]> https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/70-years-of-hdd-tooling.html https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/70-years-of-hdd-tooling.html 0 A Legend in HDD Turns 80 Dick Melsheimer has been innovating great ideas to advance trenchless technology since he started working for his father at Melfred Welding & Manufacturing many years ago. We’d like to share a little more about the man who set our company on our trajectory of success and who we consider to be a legend. ]]> https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/a-legend-in-hdd-turns-80.html https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/a-legend-in-hdd-turns-80.html 0 Local Student Robotics Teams Are Crushing It We’re passionate about community involvement, especially initiatives that spark an interest in engineering. This is why we proudly sponsor robotics teams at area high schools, providing students with funding, mentorship, and other resources. ]]> https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/robotics-teams-crushing-it.html https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/robotics-teams-crushing-it.html 0 The Next Generation of Welders, Right Here at Home It all started when we changed the type of steel we use for building some of our directional drill products. We wanted to ensure we had the most up-to-date procedures for welding this new type of steel. So, we took the issue to the welding department head at Allen Hancock College, a leading community college right here in Santa Maria. ]]> https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/the-next-generation-of-welders.html https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/the-next-generation-of-welders.html 0 Happy 100,000th Blade Day! On July 7, 2017, we achieved a milestone that has been twenty-six years in the making: our 100,000th Melfred Borzall blade rolled off the assembly line and into the world. ]]> https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/happy-100k-blade-day.html https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/happy-100k-blade-day.html 0 Proud to Be an American Company As a proud American company, we thought we’d take the opportunity on this patriotic holiday to share a few of the ways we show it. ]]> https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/proud-american-company.html https://www.melfredborzall.com/blog/mb-community/proud-american-company.html 0