May 2019 Archives - Manufacturing In Focus Magazine

Tough Jobs Require Tough Equipment

Farmers are some of the hardest working people on the planet. They’re tough, the job is tough, and tough jobs require the toughest equipment. Artex Manufacturing knows this and that’s why its equipment is designed and built by farmers, for farmers.

Artex Manufacturing

Financing Solutions for American Entrepreneurship

Geneva Capital is an independently owned direct lender offering equipment financing solutions catered to the customer’s needs. The company truly understands that operating a small business can be a difficult task and for this reason, Geneva provides both lease and finance agreements that are simple and straightforward, with quick approvals and competitive terms.

Geneva Capital

Supplying Precision Parts to Power Industries

Seventy years ago, Lutco Inc. was a metal stamping company that helped the war effort. Now, it is a sophisticated manufacturer of semi-precision bearings and assemblies in fast-growth industries like air cargo transport.

Lutco, Inc.

Serving Clients and the Community

Midwest-based machined parts manufacturer, Allis Roller, LLC, doesn’t see foreign competition as a problem. Why? Because the exceptional quality of its complex welded assemblies and precision machined components is difficult for overseas manufacturers to replicate. With each finished product proudly made in the USA, Allis Roller has established itself as a trusted custom parts provider for international brands in the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) market.

Allis Roller

‘Good Enough Won’t Do’ for this Family-Run Manufacturer

Danuser Machine Company, Inc. has thrived for over a century as a family-owned manufacturing firm. Based in Fulton, Missouri, the company specializes in making original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts, agricultural and industrial equipment attachments, and recoil reduction devices for rifles and shotguns.

Danuser Machine Company

Better Driving Conditions through Technology

Red Dot Corporation is focused on bringing comfort to people whose office happens to be a vehicle. The company been leading the mobile HVAC industry for 55 years.

Red Dot Corporation

Quality Repairs and Predictive Maintenance

K+S Services established itself in 1982 by repairing electronic circuit boards for the automotive industry, and since that time the company has expanded its capabilities to meet the needs of its diverse current customer base. It has grown to include repair services for motors, high speed spindles, DC torque tools, valves, vacuum pumps, blowers, robotic welding apparatus, electronic servo and variable frequency drives, HMIs and numerous other mechanical, hydraulic, electronic, and industrial components.

K+S Services

Outside the Box

U.S. Corrugated is a packaging giant that is taking cardboard packaging and corrugated sheeting from frumpy and expensive into the next generation. The company’s attention to detail, customer service and brand new, high-end digital printers have set the packaging market alight with great quality imaging and even better savings.

U.S. Corrugated

Positively Effortless Solutions

Positively Effortless Solutions JN White™By Charline Cormier-Pellerin View in E-MagazineView in Brochure JN White™ is a manufacturer of labels, graphic overlays and complex membrane switch or user interface assemblies. Always up to the challenge, the company’s dedication and determination to provide its customers with a positive experience from beginning to end has earned JN White™ a reputation for finding and delivering effortless solutions. ~ JN White™ has come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1960, when it was founded by the late James Neel (“JN”) White. “He was a graphic artist in the screen printing business of a […]

JN White™

Reaching for the Stars

Fiber Materials, Inc. (FMI) is “a high-temperature advanced materials company, largely supporting aerospace and defense applications,” in the words of Chief Executive Officer Mark Miklos. The business has ISO 9001:2015 certification and maintains very high quality standards to support the most stringent customer standards. Since it was profiled in April 2018 in Manufacturing in Focus magazine, the company has experienced a dizzying ascent and is eager to hire more workers.

Fiber Materials

Safer Work Environments

Heads up! The future is robotic, especially when it comes to Industry 4.0. Not the chatty Star Wars type robot or the antagonistic HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but smart machines doing repetitive, precision or dangerous work – operated remotely by human voice command, touchscreen or joystick. The next generation of skilled workers, in fact, may be technicians who program and manage robotic equipment to undertake difficult or routine tasks, transforming manufacturing and other sectors.