Since the birth of Coca-Cola in 1886, Coca-Cola has grown from small beginnings in Atlanta to becoming the World’s most valuable brand. The company has continued to gain momentum, capitalizing on t...

5 Free Apps To Simplify Business Travel It is estimated that One in every 5 people in the world own a smartphone. I'm not a betting man, but narrow that poll down to traveling business professional...

Smart home technology is dramatically affecting the way we live our lives. Everywhere you look smart technology is there. 2015 has brought about a variety forms of technology that our transforming ...

Welcome To The New Mixer Direct Website We are pleased to announce the launch of the newly redesigned Mixer Direct website. The core principals behind the redesign of our website were focused on s...

Would your industry suffer without industrial mixing? For many growing and thriving industries, industrial mixing equipment is nothing short of a necessity. Why is it a necessity? When a problem is...

How Adhesives Work Adhesive products are one of many items that are just as common in a preschool classroom as they are in sprawling factories that churn out massive amounts of products that are...

Brunch In Lou Mixer Direct Mixer Direct is a Louisville based manufacturer of industrial mixers. Essentially, we are makers of mixing equipment for a variety of industries including food and beve...

Wine History Few beverages have enjoyed the type of primordial history and prestige as much as wine. A drink of choice for thousands of years; people from even the most ancient civilizations disco...

Chemicals and Energy Identifying all of the uses and purposes of chemicals and how they truly help people is a lengthy endeavor, as they are the fundamental element that lies at the center of any ...

If you happen to enjoy watching Chinese state run television (as we all do from time to time), you might have noticed the recent publicity ads about some weird chemical called "paraxylene" (aka "PX...

Biotechnology and Medicine Welcome to Part II of a series of blogs about biotechnology. The first piece discussed a general yet scientifically accurate definition of biotechnology; and the three p...

Biotechnology In Real Life It seems like each weekend offers a new release of a science-fiction movie and/or video game that depicts the events of the distant future. They all have their difference...

What Is Industrial Automation? Integrating automation is the future of manufacturing. At it's most basic essence, automation is the utilization of intelligence in an industrial process to accomp...

What Are Biofuels and Why Do They Matter? If you've watched the news lately, you've probably heard the term "biofuels" thrown around quite a bit. At its most basic definition, a biofuel is "a fu...

This past week the Mixer Direct team had the pleasure of attending and exhibiting at the 2015 NPE Plastics Show in Orlando, Florida. Along the way we took the opportunity to interview some of the...

As a manufacturing company we are all about blogging and getting the word out on the unique and interesting world inside manufacturing. Join us as we reveal 5 manufacturing blogs you should read. ...

The driving force of American Textiles could easily be summed up in two words self-sufficiency. Through the Revolutionary War to present day, the textiles industry has had a vast and intriguing sto...

There is a new kind of futuristic farming on the rise. In response to growing fears regarding dependency on fossil fuels, healthy agricultural practices, land and water, Vertical Farming has arrive...

What Is Algae? Is algae just merely useless pond scum? Ask your average person and there's a high chance that not many are informed of the potential of algae. Don't be left in the dark when it com...

The plate mount mixer is a convenient and economically priced top entry mixer. Convenience can be found in its ability to be easily attached to a tank top with 2 C-channels. The plate mount mixer i...