The ultimate goal of any manufacturer is to have their products succeed across target markets. Be it process industry equipment, a furniture product or a building product, it is a success only if it persuades the potential customer to purchase.
Getting products to the market and getting them to hit the sales should not be a challenge for manufacturers. For example, for metal storage tanks, it isn’t that hard to find the process plant owners to buy it. The real challenge lies in addressing the entire set of custom requirement that every plant owner would have based on their intended use.
If you are a process tank manufacturer, you know how niche the requirements can get based on the projected purpose of the tank. Forget dimensions, thickness, and material; there is much more to be configured at micro level such as valve opening, the number of valves, pipes, outlets, inlets, its accessories fittings and so on so forth.
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