Top Ten Batesville Casket Articles of 2010-Your Funeral Guy

Here are the top ten Batesville Casket Company Articles of 2010- Batesville Casket Company is the largest supplier of Caskets in the United States.

1. Inside Batesville Casket Company it is very competitive, Casket sales are down so much so that it is at least in the manufacturing plants-it’s dog eat dog http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/inside-batesville-casket-company-its-dog-eat-dog-your-funeral-guy/
2. Cremation is taking the Batesville Casket Company Down As more and More People demand cremation there is less need.for caskets. http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/batesville-casket-cremation-will-take-down-the-funeral-yourfuneralguy/
3. ConnectingDirectors.com has been chasing Batesvile Caskets since 2009. The Purchase of Goria Vaults, non funeral companies peaks the young webmaster’s interest at this site. http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/connectingdirectors-com-continues-to-chase-batesville-caskets/
4. The Wall Street Journal has done an article on Hillenbrand Inc, HI and funeral cost. WSJ often takes down their links.http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/wsj-article-on-hi-and-funeral-cost-decline-your-funeral-guy/
5. Can the  casket company  be raised from the dead?http://www.yourfuneralguy.com/2010/11/can-casket-industry-rise-from-the-dead-your-funeral-guy/
6. The Funeral industry Decline has sponsored many alliances. In 2010 Batesville Casket Partnered with FTD Floristshttp://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/batesville-casket-company-partners-wftd-yourfuneralguy/
7. In 2010 a Lawsuit against Batesville casket was dismissed.http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/lawsuit-against-batesville-casket-company-dismissed-your-funeral-guy/
8. Batesville Casket Company won  a Mexican Knock off  Casket  Patent case.http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/batesville-wins-in-casket-patent-case-yourfuneral-guy/
9. Early in 2010 Hillenbrand, Inc Had a Moody Credit downgrade.http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/nyse-hi-hillenbrandbatesville-casket-moodys-credit-downgrade-watch-yourfuneralguy/
10. The Big story here is not a lawsuit. The Story is that the big three Casket Company may begin to sell directly to the consumers!http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/big-three-casket-companies-being-sued-your-funeral-guy/

There are more Batesville Casket Company Blog posts at your funeral guy blogs. Some are more controversial than those mentioned above.

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Funeral Industry:Top 10 Articles in 2010-Your Funeral Guy

1. TV special Shows what it is like to die

If you or a loved one have thought you may die, it may be a good idea to catch the PBS frontline special”FACING DEATH”.

Would you go to intensive care to die? How long should someone receive treatment? Check out the video.

via www.yourfuneralguy.com

2. Top Three Funeral books in 2010.

There have been three great funeral books published in 2010 that can help with Funerals and your funeral cost. These book state the principles first  presented in Rest in Peace: Insider Tips to the Low Cost  Less Stress Funeral (a groundbreaking 2008 funeral cost book)

via yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com

3. The Average Cost of A Funeral In 2010.

The  Average Cost of A Funeral in 2010 is between $8300 USD and $8500 USD. When Cremations are taken out of the Mix the average cost of a Traditional Funeral is between $9500 and $10,000 USD. This is the average funeral cost for 2010.via www.yourfuneralguy.com

4. The USA will be at the center of a new form of final Disposition: Alkaline Hydrolysis

United States is at the Forefront of Resomation or Green Cremation. The main  companies  are in the United States  that are making and distributing Green, Resomation, Alkaline Hydroylsis, Machines.

via yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com

5.The Bereaved go Bargain Hunting-MSN Money

This article  will help you save money on your or your loved ones funeral, do a lower cost funeral Save on Funeral Cost.

The article is entitled.Funeral traditions wilt as consumers consider the costs

• Skip the preservative. “Forgo embalming,” says Burkhardt. “Under the law — the Funeral Rule — you have the right to forgo embalming. That can save you between $600 and $800 on the funeral.” Want a traditional funeral anyway? Just choose a closed casket, Burkhardt says. “If the body’s not viewed, it doesn’t have to be embalmed.”

• Buy that box on the Web. “Get the casket online,” Burkhardt says. “Do not buy it from the funeral home, because — and they hate me when I say this — caskets at the funeral home are marked up between 100 and 500%,” with occasional exceptions, he says. No other single item is so expensive. “I got a $4,000 oversized casket on the Internet (for a friend), and it was delivered to the funeral home the next day, and I paid $1,037.” Today some of the big-box stores, including Costco, sell caskets, too.

• Shop before you drop. Seek out a low-cost funeral home — one that forgoes limousines, fancy hearses and other trappings. “Prices can vary by $4,000 or $5,000 for a funeral,” says Burkhardt, depending on the amenities offered. But many survivors don’t shop around for deals because they consider bargain hunting an affront to the dead. Getting fleeced, however, is hardly a tribute. Shop around in advance, he says. Even a few quick calls to compare prices once a relative dies can be worthwhile.

via articles.moneycentral.msn.com

6.Plan Ahead Save on Your Funeral,You cannot cheat death but maybe you can get a good deal from the undertaker(Funeral Director).

This is an excellent article on saving on Funeral cost, It also has tips on how to negotiate funeral cost with the funeral director.

7.Lewis: R.I.P.-off: Blog on funeral industry shows schemers know no depths – The Denver Post

This article explores the indictment in the National Prearrange Services Scandal where some executives made off with billions of Dollars of Preneed  Funeral Money by using Correction Fluid.

8. Service Corporation International Wrong body Wrong Grave Scandal

Kim L. Perry said she is a New England manager for Houston-based Service Corporation International, which owns Stanetsky Memorial Chapel in Brookline. Perry has been on the board since 2005. Her five-year term expires next month.

Stanetsky(memorial Chapel  buried one body on Aug. 26 in a grave meant for someone else, then exhumed it the next day and replaced the remains with the right body – all without ever pulling permits at the city’s health department,

via yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com

9.  WSJ article on HI and Funeral Cost Decline

The funeral-service products company suffered as economic uncertainties have prompted many families to choose cremation instead …

via yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com

10.Inside Batesville Casket Company:Its dog eat dog

We have reported much here on Batesville Casket Company, and the declining casket sales due to the rise of Cremation and Chinese Caskets. This has been  brought on by the economy and consumers demanding to pay less for Funeral cost.

Now a recent article has revealed the goings on inside of Batesville Casket Co. It’s dog eat dog.

via yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com

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WSJ article on HI and Funeral Cost Decline-Your Funeral Guy

The Wall Street Journal has done another article pointing to the rise of cremation  and traditional

Hillenbrand, Inc- parent company, Batesville Casket moving away from funeral industry

funeral industry decline.

Hillenbrand Inc third quarter profits slumped. Hillenbrand(HI)  is the parent Company of the Nations leading Casket Maker, Batesville Casket Company, Inc.

In today’s Economy folks are demanding to pay less in funeral cost. Hillenbrand recently made a non Funeral acquistion K-tron for almost half a billion dollars.

Hillenbrand Inc.’s (HI) fiscal third-quarter profit slumped 48% on surging acquisition costs while revenue jumped on the K-Tron acquisition, with results topping expectations.

The funeral-service products company suffered as economic uncertainties have prompted many families to choose cremation instead …

via online.wsj.com

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Hillenbrand Moving away from “Caskets”-Your Funeral Guy

The  Parent Company of the worlds Leading Casket  maker is taking the company away from the caskets. This is further indication of Steep Funeral Industry decline. This is good news for the funeral consumer. It is not good news for the local funeral home or for those seeking
“Funeral Director” as a career.

Hillenbrand Inc(HI) is the parent company and Batesville Casket Co is the leading casket maker in North America. Batesville takes about 45% of the 1.3 Billion Casket business.

A while back  Hillenbrand CEO, Kenneth Camp said that we do not do lower cost caskets, Now the focus seems not to be on Caskets at all!

Snippet from the WSJ:

“Caskets are not a growing business, but it has extremely high cash generation,” Camp said. “To really change what we would do for the next hundred years, [caskets] are probably not the best place to deploy our cash and expertise.”

Camp is determined to transform Hillenbrand from strictly a casket maker into a diversified industrial company along the lines high-margin conglomerates Danaher Corp. (DNR), Illinois Tool Works Inc., (ITW) and Eaton Corp. (ETN). Hillenbrand’s first step toward a new identity came this spring when the company completed the purchase of industrial-mixing-equipment company K-Tron International Inc. for $435 million.via online.wsj.com

This is a strong indication of the continual rise of Cremation in America. and pressure on the Funeral Home on main street USA, accommodate the folks with the lower funeral cost.

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But demand for caskets has been declining as cremations become more common. Cremations as a percentage total deaths have been steadily growing by 1.2% annually

via online.wsj.com

Batesville Net Revenue down|again Rise in Non Casketed Funerals-Your Funeral Guy

Batesville Casket Co Revenue down again after the worse year in it's history

Hillenbrand,  Inc NYSE: HI is reporting another revenue decline and openingly stating the loss  is  due to Non Casketed Funerals.With  this after the worse year in it’s history in 2009 the downward spiral of Batesville Casket Company continues.

This  points to the continuous rise of cremation in the United States Of America along with the alternative funeral. Batesville reported a 3%  Loss in Net Revenue.

Hillenbrand reported net revenue of $161.5 million for the first quarter of 2010, which ended December 31, 2009, a $5 million (3 percent) decline from the same period in fiscal 2009.

via www.bizjournals.com

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Your Funeral Guy is the #1 Source for Batesville Casket News.

Your Funeral Guy is the#1 Source for Batesville Casket News. There has been More stories at Your Funeral Guy blogs on Batesville Caskets, their financial reports and their expensive caskets  than anywhere else on the Internet or in Newsprint . Here are the top ten recent stories.

Rise in Cremation will Continue

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NYSE:HI Batesville Casket acquires K-Tron International to offset Revenue Decline

BATESVILLE CASKET tests ENTRANCE INTO CEMETERY VAULT INDUSTRY

The 2009 Funeral Event of the Year alerted The World to High Cost Batesville Caskets-Your Funeral Guy

Batesville’s Revenue decline in 09.

NYSE:HI Hillenbrand(Batesville Casket) Non Funeral K-Tron Acquisition under investigation-

Batesville Casket has admitted that the numberof Casketed Deaths in North America is in steady decline.

NYSE(HI) Batesville Assembly Plant of theYear 09 |but where was the Casket Revenue?-YourFuneralGuy

ConnectingDirectors.com chasing Batesville Vaults

Hillenbrand CEO(HI) Set the  Stage For Company’s 09 Revenue Decline-YourFuneralGuy

The main lesson for the Funeral Consumer is “Avoid a Batesville Casket if you want to Come in under the average cost of a Funeral” or average funeral cost.-This is the opinion of Your Funeral Guy.

You do not Need a  Michael Jackson Golden Casket or any of their high end products.

Funeral Industry|Funeral blog by Your Funeral Guy, Funeral Director, Illonois and Virginia.

One way Funeral Directors ad to the cost of a Funeral|Cremation is get you to buy a Cremation Casket

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Funeral Industry Decline-Batesville:-Casketed Deaths Down-YourFuneralGuy

Batesville Casket has admitted that the numberof Casketed Deaths in North America is in steady decline.

The holding company for Batesville Casket has admitted that the number of Casketed deaths in the USA is down. This is an indication that the traditional funeral biz is in steady decline. Hillenbrand Inc( NYSE :HI),  the Batesville parent said this in a statement to regulators.

Hillenbrand said in a regulatory filing that demographics and the popularity of cremation had led to the “steady decline in the total number of casketed deaths in North America.”

via www.philly.com

This is good news for the Funeral Consumer.  When it comes to the funeral, economics and cremation have made coming in under the average cost of a funeral attainable through negotiation.

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Hillenbrand NYSE HI(Batesville) CEO comes down on new Company Purchased-YourFuneralGuy

In a presentation on a conference call Tuesday Hillenbrand CEO Kenneth Camp was critical of K-Tron management .K-Tron  is the  the plastics company purchased by the Coffin Giant. Camp said that K-tron had” limited lean experience.”

But Bateville (Hillenbrand Inc.) with all their lean cost cutting measures were not able to stop a signidicant revenue decline in 2009. Kamp and his lean Batesville Manufacturing Machine struck out in 09-Yest the Mighty Batesvllle did strike out.  Many times the wiser course is to keep one’s mouth shut,

In a slight understatement, Hillenbrand’s Camp allowed that K-Tron’s products are quite different from Batesville Caskets’, but said, “We are both manufacturing companies that share similar processes and core operational values.” In slides presented in a conference call to investors, he indicated that K-Tron had “limited lean experience,” referring to lean manufacturing, and predicted that “meaningful improvement opportunities exist through the application of lean business practices.” But he also highlighted K-Tron’s experienced management team, its positive financial standing, and its international footprint as strong points.

via www.plasticstoday.com

The bottom line of what has happened in this transation is that Bates ville has gone outside the Casket Sale to increase revenue.

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NYSE:HI Hillenbrand(Batesville Casket) Moody’s Credit downgrade watch-YourFuneralGuy

(HI)Hillenbrand, Inc the  parent company of Batesville Casket has been put on a Moody’s credit rating  down grade watch.

The reason  stated by Moody’s is that the company has purchased a company outside it’s signature death care  industry.

Funeral Industry|Funeral News|Funeral blog by Your Funeral  Guy.

This is all the more reason for the consumer to avoid High end Batesville Caskets.

http://ir.hillenbrandinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=436585

Image of Michael Jackson Golden Casket a Hillenbrand Batesville Casket costin over $25,000.00

NYSE:HI Batesville Casket acquires K-Tron International to offset Revenue Decline-Your Funeral Guy

Hillenbrand Inc (NYSE:HI)the parent company of Batesville Casket has gone outside the Funeral Industry to offset Revenue decline on Casket Sales in the Traditional Funeral Business. Today Hillenbrand  Inc, announced the purchase K-Tron International, a company that operates outside the Funeral Industry.

Batesville the World's leading Casket Maker has had steep revenue decline

This is a further indication of traditional Funeral Industry failure. The leading casket maker in the world  losing revenue fast goes outside “THE CASKET SALE” and THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY to  increase revenue.

This  sale presents  stern warning to Funeral Homes, Funeral Directors, and those entering the Funeral Industry:  eliminate overhead, embrace discounts and sell the lower cost funeral.

About K-Tron International, Inc.

K-Tron (www.ktroninternational.com) is a recognized leader in the design, production, marketing and servicing of material handling equipment and systems. The company serves many different industrial markets through two separate business lines. The Process Group focuses primarily on feeding and pneumatic conveying equipment, doing business under two main brands: K-Tron Feeders and K-Tron Premier….

Some Highlights:

- Hillenbrand expands and diversifies its business portfolio for long-term revenue and earnings growth.

- Batesville Casket and K-Tron will operate as separate business units.-From the Hillenbrand website

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