Precise Engineering, Quality Construction: How World Class Facilities Get Built

In design engineering, facilities, manufacturing, Plant Location, Plant Optimization, site location by Cressida MurrayLeave a Comment

The Austin Company has been serving the manufacturing industry for over 140 years. Today, they continue to provide state-of-the-art facility and equipment design and construction solutions for manufacturers of a wide range of products, including aerospace and automotive, chemical processing, food processing, and laboratory facilities. In advance of our American Manufacturing Summit, we interviewed Matt Eddleman, a Senior Vice President at The Austin Company and asked him the following: How have manufacturing facilities evolved in recent years? What are some notable projects you have worked on over the years with The Austin Company? What was a particularly challenging project you worked on and how did The Austin Company overcome the challenges you were presented with? What do you think is unique about the way The Austin Company operates or approaches a project? What are the main goals you seek to achieve when taking on a project? How do you go about doing this? How do you align site selection and design with a client’s strategic goals? What in-house subject matter expertise does The Austin Company have and how does that help create complex facilities unique to specific industries or products? Click through to read the entire interview.

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Highlights from the American Automotive Summit: Insights from Volvo, Ford, Toyota, and Kia

In automotive, manufacturing, Plant Location, quality by Cressida MurrayLeave a Comment

The 2017 American Automotive Summit was held on November 28-29 at The Henry, Autograph Collection in Dearborn, MI. It was an extremely successful event and we were proud to have top industry influencers share their thought leadership, including representatives from OEM’s Volvo, Toyota, Ford, and Kia. Here’s what we learned.

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How Real-time Dynamic Scheduling Can Change the Game

In Continuous Improvement, cost management, cost reduction, costing, facilities, facility, manufacturing, manufacturing operations, operational excellence, Plant Location by Harshini SrikanthanLeave a Comment

In most high-mix discrete manufacturing, the concept of plant floor management can be misleading, as schedules cannot be carried out, production analysis is often too late to create impactful changes, and there is no visibility into bottlenecks, WIP or order status. Fortunately, Real-time Dynamic Scheduling is now available and can create improvements in plant floor management by coordinating among four functions: production planning, execution, tracking, and analysis.

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API Install Galaxy Horizontal Arm CMMs At Nissan Mexico Plant

In automotive, design, machined parts, manufacturer, manufacturing, manufacturing operations, mfg, Plant Location, product development, quality, technology by GenerisLeave a Comment

When Nissan Motor Company built their new production facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico they looked to Automated Precision, Inc. (API) to assist them in providing CMM inspection for the stamping shop, body shop and tooling departments. Initially, Nissan purchased nine dual horizontal arm API Galaxy-H multifunctional CMMs. These coordinate measuring machines are manual-controlled horizontal arm layout and measuring CMMs that are designed specifically for measuring thin-walled components such as automotive car bodies and sheet-metal panels. The Galaxy-H CMM is a double-arm design that features the table installed in a foundation at floor level so components and fixturing can be easily moved on and off the table for fast inspection. In the article below, find out more about the dual horizontal arm API Galaxy-H multifunctional CMMs and how the arms are being used in the Nissan Mexico Plant today. Nissan engineers even said that API was able to meet the schedule for production in a small window of time, despite the demanding requirements of the task. Check out the full article below! 

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The Benefits of Manufacturing in Costa Rica

In Costa Rica, facilities, facility, industrial markets, manufacturer, manufacturing, mfg, Plant Location by GenerisLeave a Comment

Plant location is a critical factor in manufacturing profitability and productivity, making the right regional choice is consequently of great importance. Factors such as labor-force, resource availability, proximity to market and available support services are all critical considerations when assessing regions. Costa Rica boasts a robust supplier base, proximity to North American markets and competitive tax incentives.  As a plethora of high-tech multi-national companies are already thriving in Costa Rica we asked our friends at CINDE (Cost Rica Investment Promotion Agency) to help us understand some of the main benefits of manufacturing in the region.  The eBook below explains why thriving manufacturers have already chosen Costa Rica and provides information to help manufacturers assess their options. Manufacture & Design in Costa Rica – As low as 0% income tax for true ROI Find out more about manufacturing in Costa Rica by joining CINDE at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place on February 29th – March 1st in Chicago.    

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