Quality is imperative, but nowhere is this truer than in food service. Those involved in what goes into our precious stomachs must work with companies equally committed to high quality and must choose their partners carefully.
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Reaping the Benefits of Lean Management & High StandardsQuality is imperative, but nowhere is this truer than in food service. Those involved in what goes into our precious stomachs must work with companies equally committed to high quality and must choose their partners carefully.
Albany Packaging
Sustainability Backed by 75 Years of ExperienceThe packaging of a food product can be just as effective a selling tool as its taste. But in today’s world, packaging must also be efficient and cost-effective, and should boast a lower environmental impact.
Vidir Solutions
Embracing Change: Vidir Solutions Brings More Women, Rural Workers to ManufacturingAs more and more North American manufacturing begins to return from outsourced regions, labour must be drawn from non-traditional sources to fill the demand. Women comprise less than thirty percent of manufacturing jobs in Canada and the United States, but one company is taking strong new steps to bring in this underrepresented demographic.
ATS Systems
Custom-Made for Custom ProductionIn a 21st century, post-COVID economy, automating business processes will become not merely a production concern but one of safety. Yet automation presents challenges of its own – namely, affordability, practicality, and necessity.
Kaiser Premier
Leaner Machines for a Changed WorldKaiser Premier boasts a fine engineering pedigree. Parent company Kaiser AG traces its history to Liechtenstein in 1913 and the building of heavy-duty machinery across Europe. Its North American entity, Kaiser Premier, now faces a new era with confidence.
CLAAS of America
Farming For the Future: New Developments, Facilities and Labor PracticesIn an era marked by changing climates and a rising global population, the world’s food producers need new tools to raise efficiency and output. From its U.S. headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, CLAAS of America is dedicated to its mission of improving efficiency and reducing losses using over a century of industrial experience. With new machines, new facilities, and new leadership, CLAAS and its North American division offer the latest in farming machinery.
DCM Tech
Finding the Perfect Precision Grinding Machine Needn’t Be a GrindTo navigate the precise and demanding field of precision grinding, an experienced touch is often required. As a result of the need for manufacturers to meet tight specifications, it can be difficult for businesses to locate and acquire the machines that fit their specific needs. In Winona, Minnesota, DCM Tech is proving that machines that are good for grinding are good for business.
Argent International and Argent Tape & Label
The Best of Both WorldsAs the American economy looks forward to a post-COVID future, it is tempting for businesses to return to their pre-pandemic operations. But companies across all sectors are now faced with an opportunity—to experiment with new practices to increase growth and retention in a very different world. In Plymouth, Michigan, Argent International and its strategic partner Argent Tape & Label are developing a closer working relationship while maintaining the autonomy to do what each company does best and working to advance women in leadership positions. The result is a symbiotic relationship that also benefits the industry as a whole.
Firing Industries
Custom Products for Custom Problems‘The right tool for the right job,’ as the saying goes, and when dealing with manufacturing and production on an industrial scale, it is imperative to find not just the right tool, but the perfect tool.
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Many manufacturing and construction careers are fraught with risk. This is especially true when it comes to projects that take workers below the water’s surface into the cold, dark depths. With this new environment comes a new set of challenges and risks that requires added skills like scuba certification, as well as immense mental and physical fortitude.
PROCECO
Parts washing is vital for manufacturing success. Far from an afterthought, it is an integrated part of the process in sectors as diverse as rail and transit on the one hand, and aerospace and automotive on the other.
WERMA
WERMA delivers intelligent signal technology to keep operations running safely and efficiently. Founded in 1950, the German-based business boasts subsidiaries throughout Europe as well as in China and the United States. Manufacturing in Focus sat down with Udo Skarke, General Manager of WERMA USA, located in Norcross, Georgia, to learn more about the company’s latest technology and strategies for success.
AeroGo
What would you have done if your company was trying to take advantage of oil prices at $150/barrel (as they were once), and wanted to position an oil rig over an abandoned wellhead in a Los Angeles oil field?
Expand Machinery
Expand Machinery’s commitment to remaining an industry leader by providing the highest value and precision machining productivity available has resulted in a diverse product line that offers unparalleled machine quality. Of particular note is the company’s newly acquired line of Japanese-manufactured equipment, of which it is especially proud.
EAC Product Development Solutions
“We’re just not as efficient as we should be.” These words, along with worrying about staying ahead of the competition, have kept many a manufacturing CEO awake at night.