________________________________________________________________________________________ Dane Manufacturing
over as the third private owner , we inherited a small operation with about $ 1.2 million in annual sales turnover . Our first mission in taking over Dane Manufacturing was to put it into hyper-growth mode . We grew from 12 to 200 employees , and with the additional workforce we elevated the company ’ s capabilities , output , and performance .
Strategic investments
“ We ’ re a medium volume to large volume precision sheet metal fabricator and contract manufacturer . Our customer base is primarily made up of larger businesses with more demanding production schedules . We work with local manufacturers to provide materials for a wide variety of goods that are distributed nationwide . You can find our work in everything from stove units and construction equipment to commercial buildings . We pride ourselves on serving a wide range of industries and customer requirements .
“ Since taking over , we ’ ve also established a significant track record within the data center industry . Alongside end customers such as AWS , Meta , Microsoft , Azure , and Oracle , we manufacture components for data centers across the US . You ’ ll also find Dane products within their data protection processes — we make components for cloud computing security systems . To produce these more refined elements , we ’ ve adapted our machinery and manufacturing processes to precision tolerances . As a result , our customers have become accustomed to high productivity during their assembly operations . We produce to medium and highvolume rates — our minimum is around 1000 a month , and we ’ ll go up to 5000 units per month , depending on the customer .”
Strategic investments have been part of the secret to success for Dane Manufacturing . The company has recently undergone a series of rapid expansions and evolutions , as Troy discusses : “ Since the company has scaled from a smaller operation into a much
larger one , we ’ ve had to make some strategic investments . These investments have helped our operation manage the additional capacity and demand . They ’ re split between three key categories : equipment , land , and real estate . We had the original factory for 103 years , and to really grow the business , we had to grow our operational footprint . So , we decided to buy all the land around the factory to continue expanding , while retaining the heart of our operation . In total , we ’ ve expanded that original building seven times .
Impressive expansion
“ We still outgrew that factory , and so it was time to move our operations to a new location . We started doing work on our new manufacturing campus a little while ago , and today we sit in a new 510,000-squarefoot facility on 50 acres . As a part of the new facility , we added a state-of-the-art powder coat paint line and created additional space for product assembly and storage including a shipping and fulfilment warehouse where products are packaged , skidded , warehoused and distributed .
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