Rick Buschini, vice president of material handling for ENTEK Adaptive, said that, while some companies had been hesitant to move forward with projects, some of the uncertainty about whether tariffs would be implemented has gone away and just the final tariff amounts remain uncertain. “We’re to the point now where everyone knows that the tariffs are coming,” Buschini says. “So, people are saying, ‘We’re just going to charge X percent now and say it could change.’ We’re seeing people start to take projects off hold and really start doing more. But people are still going to be a little conservative about it, because there are still some unknowns.”
Buschini says that ENTEK Adaptive plans to continue implementing the growth strategy the company announced in early April, which includes building and installing liquid and mechanical systems while leveraging a dedicated project manager and additional engineering support staff as well as adding new U.S. technical sales engineers.
“We’ve spent the last three years [since ENTEK acquired Adaptive Engineering & Fabrication] really building the foundation…now our engineering staff, our project management, our execution is ready to go. We are already growing, but now we have the capability to really grow.”
The Powder Show wraps up Thursday, May 1, with the exhibit hall open from 9 am to 3 pm.
