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2021 | November 2021A Business Boom Inspires Investment in AutomationInternational Custom Products (ICP)

2021 | November 2021

A Business Boom Inspires Investment in Automation

International Custom Products (ICP)

For International Custom Products (ICP), the challenges of COVID-19 didn’t result in the well storied downturn in business typical of the global pandemic. How did this Toronto-based sewing company that makes expertly-stitched custom textile products like parachutes turn a quickly mutating virus into an entrepreneurial success story? What’s more, how did ICP catapult to 143 percent revenue growth over three years and reach a place among Canada’s Top Growing Businesses on the coveted annual list by the Globe and Mail?

2021 | Engineering & Design | November 2021The Match Game – F&D Plastics Offers Color ConsistencyF&D Plastics

2021 | Engineering & Design | November 2021

The Match Game – F&D Plastics Offers Color Consistency

F&D Plastics

When the team at F&D Plastics says they take customer service to the next level, they’re not kidding. For more than 50 years, this innovative and resilient company has consistently produced high-performance custom colors, pre-cultured resins, specialty compounds and additive masterbatches at two advanced manufacturing plants, all while providing superior turnaround times and outstanding flexibility for a variety of customers across North America, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean.

2021 | Engineering & Design | November 2021Shifting Gears with an Innovative Product LineLasX Industries

2021 | Engineering & Design | November 2021

Shifting Gears with an Innovative Product Line

LasX Industries

LasX Industries, Inc., founded in 1998 in St. Paul, Minnesota, has new products, a new customer service initiative, and a new focus. When profiled April 2018 in Manufacturing in Focus magazine, LasX custom designed and manufactured industrial laser systems for materials processing. Since then, the company has been shaping its most popular ‘Engineer to Order’ platforms to a ‘Configure to Order’ product line to offer customers more competitive options with quicker order fulfillment—still customizable, and tailored to meet customer requirements.

2021 | Fabrication & Machining | November 2021A Complete SolutionA+ Group

2021 | Fabrication & Machining | November 2021

A Complete Solution

A+ Group

A+ Group has been providing manufacturers with plastic and metal hardware for a quarter of a century. Armed with an extensive inventory and multiple distribution centers, the Marlboro, New Jersey-based business represents some of the world’s leading manufacturers including Fidlock, Bodypoint, Systemmag, Trimmers, and Winhigh, in addition to supplying a standard hardware line.

2021 | Engineering & Design | October 2021Positioned for GrowthArtiFlex Manufacturing

2021 | Engineering & Design | October 2021

Positioned for Growth

ArtiFlex Manufacturing

From its Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters, ArtiFlex Manufacturing, an innovative, vertically integrated enterprise, has big plans for growth based on partnerships with other businesses. The firm’s name—an amalgam of artisan and flexible—summarizes its unique approach to design and manufacturing, with the company organized into four groups devoted to innovation, tooling, automation, and manufacturing.

2021 | Automation | October 2021Integrated Excellence – Taking Packaging Innovation Out of the BoxBoston Conveyor & Automation

2021 | Automation | October 2021

Integrated Excellence – Taking Packaging Innovation Out of the Box

Boston Conveyor & Automation

Boston Conveyor & Automation (BCA) proudly manufactures in the USA custom stainless-steel conveyor, custom engineered hard automation, integrated robotic picking, packing, and stacking systems that serve the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. Based in the beautiful, historic village of Newburyport, on the coast of Massachusetts and strategically positioned within reach of the country’s robotic engineering epicenter in Boston, BCA works with many of the largest manufacturing companies across the USA.

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