JointJoint Venture

Saginaw MichiganEstablished 1919

Mansfield OhioEstablished 1969

GadsdenGadsden Alabama

• Privately owned company with a non-union workforce.

• Five Manufacturing divisions located Ohio & Alabama.

• All divisions are ISO9001, QS9000 and TS16949 registered.

• 9 PPM’s (all customers)

• Privately owned company with a non-union workforce.

• Military contractor since 1939

• ISO 9001-2008 & AS9100 Registered

• Four facilities located in Saginaw Michigan.

MANUFACTURING OF WELDED STEEL TUBING

Manufacturing Capabilities

CNC MACHINING

METAL STAMPINGS

TRANSFER, PROGRESSIVE AND LINE DIE CAPABILITIES

FABRICATION ABILITYFABRICATION ABILITY

ROBOTIC AND MANUAL MIG, TIG & SPOT WELDING

LASER & WATERJET CUTTING

CNC PRESS BRAKES

PAINT FINISHING

ROBOTIC PAINTING

ELECTRODEPOSITION (E-COAT) COATING

POWDER COATING

CARC & COMMERCIAL PAINTING

QUALITY & TESTING

AUTOMATED VISION INSPECTION SYSTEM, CMM, METROLOGY

ACCREDITED ENVIRONMENTAL TEST LAB REPLETE WITH DESTRUCTIVE TESTINGACCREDITED ENVIRONMENTAL TEST LAB, REPLETE WITH DESTRUCTIVE TESTING.

• IN HOUSE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING

Engineering Capabilities

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (APQP, NMR , SDS / FMVSS)

CAD DATA MANAGEMENT

UNIGRAPHICS, IDEAS, CATIA, AUTOCAD,

MECHANICAL DESKTOP ENGINEERING

BENCHMARK DATA

LESSONS LEARNED USED TO IMPROVE

DESIGN

IN-HOUSE PROTOTYPE BUILDS

LESSONS LEARNED USED TO IMPROVE

DESIGN

VAVE, FEA, DFMEA

COORDINATE TESTING FACILITIES

Plastics Mfg CapabilitiesPlastics Mfg Capabilities

• Specializes in the injection molding, painting and chrome sputtering of plastics

• Products include: wheel trim, sputtered lighting and painted interior components

• 25 presses ranging from 150 - 1,000 ton

• Synchronous Full-Size Wheel Cover Paint LineSynchronous Full Size Wheel Cover Paint Line

• Conveyor feeds molded product from (4) 660 ton presses

• Synchronous system of molding, de-stat, basecoat and clearcoat

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• In-House Tooling

• Support of the design, build, maintenance and repair of all production tools

Joint Venture Equipment List

•Lathes - over three dozen CNC, manual and high production turning centers

•Mills – over five dozen CNC & manual (vertical and horizontal) machining centers

•EDM – wire & ram

•Grinding Equipment two dozen ID OD Vertical universal rotary surface and jig grinders•Grinding Equipment – two dozen ID, OD, Vertical universal, rotary surface and jig grinders

•Presses – five dozen mechanical and hydraulic presses up to 800 tons (line, progressive & transfer)

•Fabricating – 200 robotic welders, shears, press brakes, shot blast, laser, water jet, tube mills, horizontal and vertical saws

•Paint Finishing - Powder coating, traditional and robotic paint booths equipped with overhead conveyors, electrodeposition

(E-Coat) pretreatment and priming system

•Engineering - Numerous CAD Stations with appropriate printing capability. Programs include AutoCAD Release 2008, ACIS

DCI, SolidWorks 2008, AP203, Cimitron CAM, Master CAM, AP214, AVIL, Basic, CATIA, DATAVIEW, DES, IDEAS, DCI,

IGES, MMIV, Pro/ENGINEER, STEP, and Parasolids.IGES, MMIV, Pro/ENGINEER, STEP, and Parasolids.

•Inspection/Quality - Automated vision system, CMMs, metrology lab, accredited environmental test lab, numerous gages

and measuring instruments

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

TECHNOLOGY•ROBOTIC WELDING

•EDMEDM

•CNC MACHINE TOOLS

•E-COAT & CARC PAINTING

WATER JET/LASER CUTTING•WATER JET/LASER CUTTING

Our Joint Venture is exceptional. We Ou Jo t e tu e s e cep o a e

have extraordinary cultures, coupled with

technologically advanced capabilities.

W iti d f A i ’We are positioned as one of America’s

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