Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Moving Manufacturing to China


I work for PennEngineering, and this article was taken directly from their website. The italics are mine. The facility where I work has seen many of its machines and product lines leave to furnish the Chinese factory with equipment and work. We can only speculate how long it will be until everything goes.


PennEngineering Automotive Fasteners


Continuing with its long history of providing innovative fastening and assembly solutions, PennEngineering now offers an extended line of fasteners to the automotive industry.

PennEngineering Automotive employs a unique manufacturing and distribution methodology based on manufacturing of high strength fasteners in Penn’s wholly owned manufacturing subsidiaries in mainland China, supported by sales, product inventory, distribution services and customer technical assistance strategically located in close proximity to its global customers.


PennEngineering is one of the first company’s in the world to develop the ability to manufacture high strength fasteners in China that meet today’s demanding global automotive quality standards. Both of PennEngineering’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in China have been certified to meet ISO/TS 16949, the global automotive standard for quality systems.


Utilizing the advantages of low cost China manufacturing, Penn is uniquely positioned to provide reduced product cost at the same or better quality level, as compared to its Western competitors who are locked in to high manufacturing & distribution cost structures. Penn’s local service centers provide its customers with close personalized service as well as assurance of continuity of supply of product from its China operation.

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