Precision Resource, Inc. announced that its Illinois Division has moved into a new facility at 700 Hickory Hill Drive, Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Customers and employees alike are excited about the new, state-of-the-art building. The Illinois Team had been evaluating alternative manufacturing locations after the acquisition of Chicago Fineblanking Corporation in 2001. Initially, the division looked at adding on to the existing building, but the cost of expansion plus the cost of renovating to meet both Precision Resource standards and customer expectations turned out to be almost as costly as starting over.

“So, that’s what we did,” Curt Krueger, Division Manager, summed up. “We looked all over northern Illinois for the ideal location. And wouldn’t you know we finally found it right here, in our own back yard.” The site of the new building is literally around the corner from the former division location.

Architects completed plans for a 60,000 sq. ft. addition and the renovation of an existing 30,000 sq. ft. building on the site, for a total of 90,000 sq. ft. Future expansion is also possible. Builders broke ground in July 2007, and a Move Strategy Team was assembled to plan a smooth move and transition to the new building. Customer requalification activity took place throughout the move.

“We’re all enthusiastic about this change; it’s a great building in a great location, and it really enhances our ability to meet our customers’ needs,” concludes Division Manager Curt Krueger.

Located in Vernon Hills, IL, the Illinois Division specializes in the supply of complex components and assemblies using the fineblanking technology. The company markets its products to the automotive, electronics, power tool, and industrial markets primarily. The division also employs a wide array of secondary finishing technologies, including double disc grinding, CNC machining, and broaching in order to supply very tightly toleranced complete solutions to its customers.

Fineblanking is a high precision metal forming process used extensively in the automotive, heavy duty, electronics, medical, lawn and garden, and general industrial industries. This unique process creates parts with very tight dimensional tolerances, excellent flatness, and with very little variation form part-to-part throughout long production runs. These characteristics lead designers to specify fineblanked components for their most critical applications.

Precision Resource has six production facilities in the United States and Canada and a technical center in Canada. In addition to the facility in Illinois, the company operates plants in Huntington Beach, CA; Shelton, CT; Mt. Sterling, KY; Cambridge, Ontario; and Saltillo, Mexico. For more information regarding the company, visit our company page.

Huntington Beach, CA, June 6, 2006 – Precision Resource, Inc., a leader in the supply of precision metal components manufactured with the fineblanking technology, today announced that its California Division has achieved Certification of ISO/TS 16949:2002 compliance.

ISO/TS 16949 is a quality management system standard for automotive related manufacturing companies. ISO/TS 16949 is a process-approach methodology with a focus on achieving customer satisfaction. This standard follows the outline of ISO9001:2000 with added automotive specific requirements.

“We have always strived to exceed our customers’ expectations and the QS/TS 16949 standard will help us to continue our focus on our customers’ requirements and improving our products and services,” said Robert Fitzgerald, Division Manager of the California Division. “We are very proud of the effort that the entire PR-CA team made to transition to our systems to comply with the QS/TS 16949 standard.”

Located in Huntington Beach, CA, the California Division specializes in the supply of high-volume fineblanked components, machined components, and assemblies. The division markets its products primarily to the automotive, electronics, and cutlery markets. The division employs a wide array of secondary finishing technologies, including grinding, lapping, welding, automated assembly, and CNC machining in order to supply complete ready to assemble component solutions to its customers.

Fineblanking is a high precision metal forming process used extensively in the automotive, heavy duty, electronics, medical, lawn and garden, and general industrial industries. This unique process creates parts with very tight dimensional tolerances, excellent flatness, and with very little variation from part-to-part throughout long production runs. These characteristics lead designers to specify fineblanked components for their most critical applications.

Precision Resource has seven production facilities in the United States and Canada. In addition to the facility in California, the company operates plants in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Vernon Hills, IL; Mt. Sterling, KY; Cambridge, Ontario; Kitchener, Ontario; and Shelton, CT, which also houses the corporate headquarters and the Tool & Machine Division. For more information regarding the company, visit our company page.

Mt. Sterling, KY, April 10, 2006 – Precision Resource, Inc., a leader in the supply of precision metal components manufactured with the fineblanking technology, today announced that its Kentucky Division has achieved Certification of ISO/TS 16949:2002 compliance.

ISO/TS 16949 is a quality management system standard for automotive related manufacturing companies.  ISO/TS 16949 is a process-approach methodology with a focus on achieving customer satisfaction.  This standard follows the outline of ISO9001:2000 with added automotive specific requirements.

“The ISO/TS 16949 standard requires complete focus on meeting our customers’ defined requirements and on achieving customer satisfaction.  That fits in well with the PR-KY philosophy of continuous improvement while achieving defined performance metrics.” said Horst Griesbaum, Division Manager of the Kentucky Division.  “The entire PR-KY team worked very hard to upgrade our operating systems in order to attain compliance with the ISO/TS 16949 standard and we are proud of the achievement.”

Located in Mt. Sterling, KY, the Kentucky Division specializes in the supply of high-volume and high-tonnage fineblanked components and assemblies.  The division markets its products primarily to the automotive and heavy duty markets.  The division also employs an array of secondary finishing technologies, including grinding, and machining in order to supply complete ready to assemble component solutions to its customers.

Fineblanking is a high precision metal forming process used extensively in the automotive, heavy duty, electronics, medical, lawn and garden, and general industrial industries.  This unique process creates parts with very tight dimensional tolerances, excellent flatness, and with very little variation from part-to-part throughout long production runs.  These characteristics lead designers to specify fineblanked components for their most critical applications.

Precision Resource has seven production facilities in the United States and Canada.  In addition to the facility in Kentucky, the company operates plants in, Huntington Beach, CA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Vernon Hills, IL; Cambridge, Ontario; Kitchener, Ontario; and Shelton, CT, which also houses the corporate headquarters and the Tool & Machine Division.  For more information regarding the company, visit www.precisionresource.com.