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Rowland Emergency Brings Production In-House with Schleuniger Machines
By Melissa Bedard, Marketing Communications Manager, Schleuniger R
owland Emergency, locat- ed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a family-owned
and operated custom manufac- turer of emergency medical solu-
”A general company goal is to try to do everything in house. This gives us control over quality and delivery timelines.”
tions. While the company pro- duces a wide range of equipment, its core focus is emergency vehi- cles and special response units.
Expanding Business Early on, Rowland produced
low volumes of highly cus- tomized vehicles, building sim- ple wire harnesses entirely by hand. As the business expanded, Rowland received higher vol- umes of more generalized vehicle builds, creating a need for faster turnaround, and more complex wiring harness systems. To help handle the growing
requests, vice president Blake Rowland and his team out- sourced production to an exter- nal auto harness manufacturer. However, upon outsourcing, they faced challenges of delayed lead times and quality in- consistencies — calling Rowland to pivot back to an in-house approach. Ad- ditionally, Rowland ex- plains, “A general company
goal is to try to do everything in house. This gives us control over quality and delivery timelines.”
In-House Production To ensure the reintegration
of in-house production went smoothly, Rowland sought tools to bring unparalleled automa- tion, quality control, and effi- ciency to his production team. After learning about Schleuniger solutions in EP&T magazine, Rowland contacted Schleuniger and worked with Canadian sales manager Harry Coates to select the appropriate machines to
meet their wire processing needs.
The company purchased an
EcoStrip 9380 to cut and strip their wire, and a UniCrimp 100 to crimp terminals onto the stripped wire. Since implemen- tation, Rowland shares, “With the EcoStrip 9380, we were able to bring manufacturing of wire harnesses in-house, improving delivery times and project flexi- bility, as well as production out- put.”
He adds, “The UniCrimp
100 greatly improved crimp quality and increased operator productivity. Before purchasing the machine, we had crimps fail due to improper crimping, and operators of hand tools had to take frequent breaks. That is no longer necessary with the Uni- Crimp 100.” In addition to improved pro-
duction, Rowland also expressed his satisfaction with Schleu- niger’s customer support stating, “We are very happy with the
Schleuniger EcoStrip 9380.
to conquer the challenges of spe- cialized production, even stating, “Schleuniger machines are the
core of our harness production.” Contact: Schleuniger, Inc.,
87 Colin Drive, Manchester, NH 03103 % 603-668-8117 fax: 603-668-8119
marketing.na@
schleuniger.com Web:
www.schleuniger.com r
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Melexis to Expand in Malaysia
TESSENDERLO, BELGIUM — Melexis, a global supplier of mi- croelectronic semiconductor solu- tions, is expanding its facility in Kuching, Malaysia. The project includes an investment worth approximately $75 million in the next five years. The expansion will be realized by constructing a new building for probing, ship- ping, storage, and offices. The in- vestment will double the current production capacity in Kuching. The goal of the project is to
increase Melexis’ testing capaci- ty. After the expansion, the new building will have room for 90 new semiconductor prober loca- tions used to test the ICs (bring-
ing the total to 180). Contact: Melexis, Transport-
straat 1, 3980 Tessenderlo, Belgium % +32-13-67-95-15 E-mail:
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support Harry and the team pro- vide when it’s needed most.” Today, the family-owned, custom manufacturer continues
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