A customer had a lower volume connector application that was being machined out of G10. The cost of the parts was high due to the material and the machining time required. The customer was unable to identify a supplier that could provide the mold tooling and piece price to justify the migration from machined part to molded part.
Ames industries, Inc. provided a modular approach that allowed the customer the best of both worlds…low cost tooling with the lower piece price that molding can deliver. In addition, Ames is providing pad printing and assembly on the components. As a result of the modular approach, the customer migrated many of the machined parts to molding.
The customer now has additional machine time that has been designated towards new product development and has resulted in Sales growth.