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Screw Machine Products parts available at big box stores like Home Depot and Lowe ’ s in the US . Nonetheless , our customers are all over the world ,” he adds .
To cater to such a vast and international client base , Standby Screw operates from three facilities . “ Located in Berea , Ohio , our headquarters span about 90,000 square feet and accommodate 100 staff members . In southern China , we wholly own a 67,000 square-foot facility with about 175 employees . While our Berea facility serves as the hub for making around 1000 different parts , acting as a catch-all for various operations , our China plant primarily focuses on highvolume families of shafts . In the early 2000s , everybody in America demanded more affordable parts , leading us to open a facility offshore in China to prevent losing too much work . Recently , we have expanded with a facility in Thailand as we thought it would be safer to have a footprint elsewhere in Asia , considering current geopolitical issues with China . The Thailand plant is dedicated to
producing high-volume parts , mostly running the same parts daily to minimize changeovers . Across these three facilities , we employ about 300 people and benefit from almost 200,000 square feet of manufacturing space . Moreover , last year , we opened a facility with black oxide capabilities , a conversion coating process altering the color of the steel ’ s surface . This service allows us to cosmetically transform the surface of the machine into a sleek , shiny black color instead of silver , making the product look sleeker on our customers ’ showroom floors ,” Drew informs .
Embracing automation
Alongside investments in black oxide capabilities , Standby Screw has implemented a high level of automation within its manufacturing facilities in Asia . “ Originally , we were a screw machine company boasting multiple spindle screw machines . Today , our name can be a little misleading because we have transitioned from screw machines to
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