Committed to innovation and flexibility, small and medium-sized enterprises are crucial to strengthening and sustaining North America’s economic well-being.
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SMEs in Manufacturing
Small, but Not So HumbleCommitted to innovation and flexibility, small and medium-sized enterprises are crucial to strengthening and sustaining North America’s economic well-being.
Trenton Forging Company
Consistent, Competitive, FastAs a premium contract manufacturer with nearly six decades under its belt, Trenton Forging Company is as authentic and dynamic a partner as any customer could wish for, providing its client partners—in every market from automotive to automation—with a wide range of forged components.
Cobra Family of Companies
From Kids’ Motocross to Military Intelligence – The Digital Transformation of a Motorbike CompanyAny given summer, in places like Mount Morris, Pennsylvania and Lakewood, Colorado, you can head just outside the city limits and see races that are part speed and part acrobatics as motocross racers hurtle and soar around a complex dirt course.
Ausco Products, Inc.
If You Have Braking Needs, Ausco Has the AnswerAs an off-highway brake assembly boutique for some of the world’s biggest names in original equipment manufacturing, Ausco Products, Inc.’s scope of design, fabrication capabilities, and level of design innovation remains unmatched.
Impact Fab
The ‘Easy Button’ for EngineersFor 30 years, engineers and managers at leading manufacturing companies have trusted Impact Fab, a full-service custom fabrication shop with two locations in Holland, Michigan, to construct the high-quality parts they need for business success.
Lapeer Plating & Plastics
Made-in-America Automotive ComponentsWhen asked what makes Michigan-based, Class A automotive components manufacturer Lapeer Plating & Plastics, Inc. (LP+P) unique, Human Resources Administrator Joe DuBreuil is quick to reply.
DYNA Products
Deeply Rooted and Branching Out WorldwideRecent years have seen skyrocketing energy costs for oil and electricity, and more demand than ever for sustainable ways to heat homes. It’s not surprising, then, that the market for firewood is growing.
Temperform
Where History and Technology MeetFor over 50 years, Detroit-based Temperform has provided customers with high-quality heat, abrasion, and corrosion-resistant castings and machined components. Manufacturing no-bake sand mold steel and stainless steel castings weighing from just two pounds all the way to 5,500 pounds, award-winning Temperform is renowned for its high customer satisfaction, on-time delivery, and robust safety initiatives.
Chem-Trend
Endless Innovation From This Worldwide Leader in Release AgentsChem-Trend is a global leader in mold release agents, casting lubricants, purging compounds, mold cleaners, and process chemical specialties for customers in a broad range of industries. But while the performance of these products is the company’s claim to fame, it’s how the business operates that is truly worthy of praise.
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A New Frontier for 3D Technologies
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.