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automated inspection equipment as well, for example. With high volume manufacturing, there’ s always the possibility, especially with Swiss turning and multi spindle that you end up with a short part. So, for some of the higher volume work, we’ re doing 100 percent optical inspection for a number of features to guarantee that the parts that the customer receives are the specification required. Investment is such an ingrained portion of our operation that is constantly ongoing that it can be hard to identify one particular piece. There’ s machinery, but there’ s also the infrastructure. We recently upgraded compressors in the building to be more energy efficient. There are also plans to potentially construct another 12,000 to 24,000 square feet on this property within the next 12 to 18 months.”
Mike then looks ahead, outlining the company’ s vision for the coming years:“ Within the next five to ten years, ownership will have transitioned, and the shop will
continue to grow through our investment strategies. We will continue to have a very diverse marketing base and ship more to
our US customers.“ I think the future is bright. Despite economic downturns, we’ ve survived and even prospered through them. Another benefit to our strategy going forward is that our customers don’ t have in-house machining capacity, so if their volumes go down, they will reduce, but they won’ t go away entirely.
“ It’ s also an exciting time to be in manufacturing globally. There’ s a lot going on – there’ s a shift in manufacturing. The demographics for training and hiring and retaining employees continue to be challenging, but if you have a good operation with a great culture, you will continue to attract and hire great personnel. We’ re fortunate to be in that position.” ■
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