EDITOR'S NOTE

One last thing.

Three years later, it turns out, there’s a lot.

In very short time as Editor-in-Chief of SNIPS magazine, we’ve made a lot of great changes to our editorial style, tone, delivery, the people we celebrate — and together we changed the perspective of what it means to be a modern sheet metal worker. Today, I am excited and proud to be able to announce one last great change.

Starting in May, SNIPS is getting a new Editor-in-Chief in Austin Keating, and I will be stepping over to Engineering News-Record magazine. I wish I could say this move is bittersweet, but the sheet metal industry welcomed me as one of their own in no time at all. And there is nothing sweeter than that.

Two years ago, if you had asked me what is the best magazine for sheet metal workers, I would have told you that it doesn’t exist yet. Today, I am proud to say that it exist in SNIPS, and Austin is the right guy to keep what we’ve started alive and kicking.

It would be impossible to thank all the hardworking men and women who have helped me and trusted me to tell their stories over the years, but more than a few people come to mind and the stories they helped make happen:

Glenn Parvin of
Cass Sheet Metal

Bob Reid of
Spiral Pipe of Texas

Tim Walsh and Kevin Baydar of
Vicon 

The Entire
Duro Dyne Family 

David Capestany of
Zinger Sheet Metal

Clinton Ray Jr. of
Advance Cutting Systems, Inc.

Don De Guzman of
Silicon Valley Mechanical

David Hart of
RamAIr International, Inc.

Paul Pimentel of
SMART Union

Stephen Nachreiner and Mark Smith of
DMI Companies

Mary MacDonald and David Francis of
ICT Tracker

Mike Bailey of
Mestek Machinery

Thank you for your continued support, and I can’t wait to see what is next for your companies and your teams of dedicated tin knockers.

Best

Emell Derra Adolphus