June 30th, 2009 by Mark Ricotta

An article published in the June 2009 issue of Foundry Management and Technology declares an industry in evolution.  The article asserts that speed to market is increasingly becoming an essential measure of success for rapid manufacturing and rapid prototyping companies. . .and their customers.

The article titled,  “Rapid Prototyping Speeds Up,”  spotlights Clinkenbeard’s (Rockford, Illinois, www.clinkenbeard.com ) business practices and operations, such as the company’s patented Clinkenbeard ® Toolingless Process and its “Fasterestest” marketing slogan and lead times, as successful responses to the relatively new yet critically important speed to market requirements of the industry and its customers.

According to the opening paragraph of the story, which was written by FM&T staff:

“Among all the problems that metalcasters face – quality, cost, competition – time wouldn’t seem to be too critical. However, depending on the production program and the technologies in use, time can make the all the difference. In fact, one producer of metal castings (Clinkenbeard) is making a bit of news because it believes speed is the key to its success.”

The entire article can be found here.

For more information, contact Ron Jr. “Reg” Gustafson, 815.226.0291,
reg@clinkenbeard.com

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Mark A. Ricotta
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