Video: Realizing efficiency drives competitive opportunities

Evans Manufacturing is an Illinois maker of cylindrical steel parts for equipment.

Plant Engineering staff

01/15/2012

Evans Manufacturing is an Illinois maker of cylindrical steel parts for equipment.

“They’re all the same shape. They’re round with a hole in the middle,” said the company president.

By studying new techniques suggested by the Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center to improve set-up times and improve throughput, they’ve been able to contact costs and win business from China and India.

Click the image below to watch "IMEC helps Evans Premium Manufacturing compete globally" from IMECillinois on YouTube.

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