Fabric Sources International specializes in woven, nonwoven, composite, and specialty fabric products to provide customers with a one-stop shop for all their sourcing, converting, laminating, and coating needs. Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, the company is a trusted solutions provider with a long-standing reputation for integrity, and high-quality service.
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FasTest
Quality at the Connection Point
FasTest Inc. manufactures a wide range of quick-test connectors and valves that enable equipment manufacturers to verify the quality of their products by testing for leaks. The company’s custom solutions and catalogue of patented innovative products are capable of creating an instant, reliably-sealed, leak-free connection to nearly any type of fitting or port.
Tuson Corporation
Family-Owned, Globally Positioned
Industrial machinery company Tuson Corporation of Vernon Hill, Illinois provides manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain solutions. The company offers custom component manufacturing, contract machining, assembly services, and more to industries that use electric motors, hydraulics, and pneumatic equipment.
Swiss Precision Machining
The Power of Precision
Swiss Precision Machining (SPM) specializes in precision manufacturing of metal and plastic components for a variety of high-precision applications, primarily in the medical, surgical, and dental industries.
Protecting IP in the Manufacturing Industry
Security as Culture
If you take a close look at all the many gadgets and electronic devices that fit into your daily life you’ll likely find that an exceedingly large number of them are made in China. This probably won’t surprise you, as offshore manufacturing has been a staple of the North American electronics market for almost fifty years. Beyond electronic gizmos, you’ll also find that toys, clothes, even some food products are being manufactured in low-cost foreign regions. This has been a prevailing reality for a very long time, but things are about to change.
AI and Machine Learning in Manufacturing
Working Smarter
A key goal of any successful manufacturing operation is a continual drive toward improving the efficiency of the manufacturing process. Traditionally, this has been accomplished through the adoption of lean production principles, waste reduction using the Six Sigma approach, and similar productivity solutions. These systems have been widely incorporated throughout the manufacturing industry and have significantly improved product quality, production speeds, and perhaps most importantly, the safety of those working in manufacturing plants.
Engineered Machined Products
High Precision, High Performance
Engineered Machined Products (EMP) is a leading manufacturer of high-precision machined and electric components for a wide range of industrial applications such as water and oil pumps, fans, motor housings, thermal management systems, and more. Headquartered in Escanaba, Michigan, EMP products are used by customers worldwide.
The Bucket Shop
No Holes In This Bucket
The Bucket Shop is a canadian company based in Timmins, Ontario that specializes in the manufacture and repair of buckets and truck boxes for the mining industry. After thirty years in business, the company has grown to be an indispensable asset to its customers in the Timmins Mining Camp and beyond.
Hercules Sealing Products
Meeting Customer Needs with Innovation and Dedication
Hercules Sealing Products is a distributor of after-market seals and seal kits for hydraulic cylinders used in heavy equipment. Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, the company operates one of the largest inventories in the industry, stocking 47,000 products in a 52,000 square foot, state-of-the-art warehouse.
SIGMADESIGN
Diverse Services for Diverse Clients
SIGMADESIGN provides engineering and manufacturing services with a focus on covering the entire product development life-cycle from concept through production including prototyping, fabrication, assembly, testing and manufacturing. Headquartered in Camas, Washington, the company has additional facilities in Seattle and Singapore.
VirTex
Over 30 Years of Adding Value
VirTex Assembly Services, Inc. is an electronics contract manufacturing company based in Austin, Texas that provides the full spectrum of design, development, and distribution services to customers across a wide range of market sectors including automotive, defense, medical, industrial control, and more. The company has seven locations, more than 300 employees, and a focus on low-volume high-mix contracts.
Universal Scrap Metals
At the Forefront of Scrap Metal Recycling and Processing
USM, Inc. is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois as one of North America’s largest wholesalers and processors of scrap metal and other materials. The company offers a wide range of scrap processing, management, and recycling services for many types of scrap including non-ferrous, ferrous, used beverage cans, high nickel alloys, electronics, spec copper processing and precious metal refining.
Streamline Circuits
Driven by Technology
Streamline Circuits is a leading edge, technology-focused manufacturer of rigid, rigid flex, and multilayer flex type printed circuit boards for a wide range of industries including communications, military and aerospace, and medical equipment, among others. The company specializes in high-mix low-volume orders of advanced printed circuit board solutions.
Sigma Design
Exceeding Expectations
Sigma Design is a product development, engineering, and manufacturing company headquartered in Camas, Washington. Its team of experts is committed to evolving customer concepts at any stage of development and taking them through production.
Texas Wireline
From Concept to Delivery
Texas Wireline is a manufacturer of wireline equipment for the oil and gas industry, operating out of Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 2005, the company has met with a great deal of success over its lifetime, having developed a full line of equipment, a solid reputation, and a network of key clients throughout the region.
Omega Tool Corporation
Making Client Needs the Priority
Omega Tool Corporation is a global leader in the engineering and manufacturing of plastic injection molds operating out of both Canada and Mexico, serving the automotive, home appliance, and commercial goods industries.
Core Products International
Comfort and Support, Made in the USA
Core Products International is a manufacturer of orthopedic supports, pillows, and soft braces for consumers who are looking to make their lives more comfortable and is proud to be to be a USA based manufacturer.
Southbend and Star Group
Evolving with the Industry
Southbend and Star Group are divisions of the Middleby Corporation specializing in the manufacture of commercial cooking equipment.
Duggan Manufacturing
Committed to Quality, Committed to Customers
Duggan Manufacturing is a producer of custom parts for many varied industries operating out of Shelby Township, Michigan. Over nearly two decades the company has developed the necessary expertise to help customers take a project from its earliest design into the prototype phase, and deliver a product that meets the highest quality standards.
A Circular Plastics Economy
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The use of plastic packaging in the manufacturing industry is pervasive. The environmental impact is devastating, and the demand for plastics is expected to double over the next two decades.
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