This month, I was invited to be a guest speaker on MakingChips, a podcast hosted by President of Zengers, Jason Zenger, and President of CARR Machine & Tool, Jim Carr. It was a thrilling opportunity to discuss, more in depth, what The Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link represents. In the....

Bi-Link® has continually evolved since we began in 1961. Now in 2015, we reflect on a major evolution in 2014 that will shape our company's future and impact on the industry. Last November, the Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link® officially launched with a deliberate goal: to give engineers quick access ....

Kevin Trevino is Bi-Link's engineering intern spending his second summer tinkering with tools, parts, and 3D printing. He's currently a senior at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) pursuing a bachelor's degree in engineering and is an active student member of the American Institute of Aero....

This Summer, Bi-Link is becoming a part of the Rev3 Innovation Center to share our expertise and make a difference in the community. The Rev3 Innovation Center is a comfortable co-working environment designed to encourage collaboration between innovators, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers. Rev3 conne....

"As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them." -James Dyson, Founder of Dyson Every company has a unique history and a collection of stories that defines it. Any company can write a mission statement, a strong business philosophy, or a code of hono....

I was honored to participate in the 4th annual STEMapalooza Science Expo hosted by the Girl Scouts of the Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana. STEMapalooza is a great opportunity for organizations of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to come together and share everything that's "cool" ....

On February 27th, President of Bi-Link, Ray Ziganto, was given the opportunity to participate on the Manufacturing for Growth panel during the 2015 Crain's Manufacturing Summit along with three other manufacturing leaders. During the panel discussion, moderator Dr. David Boulay, President of Illi....

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on the importance of collaboration and the introduction of the Midnight Lunch™ Lab at The Hardware Store. One of the most unique features of The Hardware Store is the Midnight Lunch™ Lab, a partnership between the great-grandniece of Thomas Edison, Sarah M....

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the importance of collaboration and the introduction of the Midnight Lunch™ Lab at The Hardware Store. "When compared with the awesome power of fission, vividly demonstrated in an atomic bomb or an exploding star, gravity works softly, and with a more velvet ha....

In the manufacturing world, there's no time to wait for problems to occur before coming up with solutions. After all, what's more innovative than foreseeing a problem and solving it right away? For the past 3 years, the industry (Bi-Link® included) had been told of the limitations of 3D prin....

We're looking back and moving forward. 2014 was a year where we built a whole new set of tools and principles, a "Launch Pad" for Bi-Link. With that, we're beginning to write here on our Open Innovation Blog. This theme of embracing external and internal ideas in our approach will shine through a....