by Dan Ballard | Feb 10, 2017 | General News
The Future Arrived Last Week We are at a potential major turning point inside the fine jewelry showcase. Certain facts have come together in a way to offer a fundamental leap in what fine jewelry can look like. This is due to a consumer driven desire for ever more...
by Dan Ballard | Feb 10, 2017 | General News
Highly Trained Alloys By Daniel Ballard In jewelry manufacturing, we depend on highly trained and skilled workers. Sales, marketing, through accounting and.arguably more than anywhere else in the shop. Some of the most profitable changes come right from production....
by Dan Ballard | Feb 6, 2017 | General News
Long ago metallurgy and elements available to our industry could not match what we have today. But the legacy or expectations of those days remains. These days we use metals far less dangerous than cadmium and mercury in goldsmithing and gold recovery. Indium...
by Dan Ballard | Feb 1, 2017 | General News, Gold, The Process, White Gold
With all due respect to laser welding, some jobs just go easier with solder. We manufacture the solders we sell. Right in house. Cadmium has never been an ingredient. We use far more advanced patented metallurgy to create plumb solders that flow in more available...
by Dan Ballard | Jan 24, 2017 | General News
Here on Hill street in Los Angeles,it’s the heart of the Jewelry Mfg District. We see it all. Something is making the casters very unhappy these days. Some of the newest materials are just killing the investment as they burn out. That puts ordinary investments...
by Dan Ballard | Nov 15, 2013 | General News, Gold, The Process
Hello everyone, sorry it has been a while since I could post. I’m happy to announce we set up a whole new channel for the reborn Kraftwerks Invitational. Precious Metals West has put that on for a very long time, albeit with a recession pause. The debut feature...
