Olson International Ltd. (Lombard, IL) is a precision metal-stamping company that serves customers in the automotive, electronics, lawn and garden, computer and communications industries.
Contract manufacturer New Era Ohio (Bryan, OH) has approximately 180 employees and a 300,000-square-foot facility where it manufactures diaphragm and piston pumps, as well as lubricating accessories.
Whenever an operator must install several fasteners in a part at an assembly station, the issue arises: How do you ensure that the fasteners are tightened in the correct sequence?
Traditionally, Ingersoll-Rand Dispense Systems (Rochester Hills, MI) has used a conventional flow meter in its mastic regulator units, which dispense adhesives and sealers for the purpose of bonding and sealing various automobile body panels.
Minco Manufacturing Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO), a subsidiary of Katun Corp. (Minneapolis) refurbishes drum units, and manufactures picker fingers and Teflon-coated fuser rollers for copiers-as many as 260,000 per month.
Opened in 1992, Toyota's Burnaston plant (Derbyshire, England) employs approximately 3,000 workers and produces 220,000 Corolla and Avensis automobiles annually.