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Paul J. McCain

@pauljmccain

CEO @ diodedynamics.com

Manufacturing automotive lighting in St. Louis, MO 🇺🇸

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Protip: Buy $15 USB-C laptop chargers for all your charging needs. Durable 6-foot cables included, fast PD charging, and they are reliable. Tiny wall bricks that overheat are dumb.

Protip: Buy $15 USB-C laptop chargers for all your charging needs. Durable 6-foot cables included, fast PD charging, and they are reliable. Tiny wall bricks that overheat are dumb.
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"Good / fast / cheap" is a myth. If you rely on it as truth, you're never going to be competitive. None of these things are binary. A company should optimize for all three. Many have done it in the past, and today's technology makes it more possible than ever.

"Good / fast / cheap" is a myth. If you rely on it as truth, you're never going to be competitive.

None of these things are binary. A company should optimize for all three. Many have done it in the past, and today's technology makes it more possible than ever.
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The state of the average industrial supplier in the US: Modern web-based quoting system: ETA May 2026 One call later: "oh, that's not right ... it's available from a different warehouse, we can have it for you next week" Many such cases.

The state of the average industrial supplier in the US:

Modern web-based quoting system: ETA May 2026

One call later: "oh, that's not right ... it's available from a different warehouse, we can have it for you next week"

Many such cases.
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When I need a household item, I search for Made in USA first. The number of products not made in the USA at all anymore is just sad. End result for tonight: bought a US-made cocktail shaker on eBay, from 1968. So much opportunity to make basic things in USA again.

When I need a household item, I search for Made in USA first.

The number of products not made in the USA at all anymore is just sad.

End result for tonight: bought a US-made cocktail shaker on eBay, from 1968.

So much opportunity to make basic things in USA again.
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Had the opportunity to tour Sioux Chief today, south of Kansas City MO. Over 500 people making critical plumbing components, from start to finish. Tooling, molding, forming, extrusion, assembly... so much happening. Amazing example of US #manufacturing

Had the opportunity to tour Sioux Chief today, south of Kansas City MO.

Over 500 people making critical plumbing components, from start to finish. Tooling, molding, forming, extrusion, assembly... so much happening. Amazing example of US #manufacturing
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Is there any cost-effective way to execute Form in Place Gaskets at low volume? The dynamic mixing heads are very intimidating.

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Softly from His lowly manger Jesus calls one and all, "You are safe from danger. Children, from the sins that grieve you You are freed; All you need I will surely give you." Merry Christmas!

Softly from His lowly manger
Jesus calls one and all,
"You are safe from danger.
Children, from the sins that grieve you
You are freed; All you need
I will surely give you."

Merry Christmas!