Recently, Colson Group,  a long-term partner of CasterDepot, announced an investment to bring some of the organization's Asia-based manufacturing processes back into the United States. These additional responsibilities will be given to Colson Group's two Michigan-based manufacturing facilities, located in St. Joseph and Albion.

"[COO Chris Cummins stated] that the addition of a laser cutting system enabled the company to reshore manufacturing of the heavy-duty Albion 310 and Albion 410 kingpinless casters from one of Colson [Group]’s Asian plants, and the company is moving forward with investments to return more manufacturing to the U.S.

The addition of these manufacturing processes to Colson Group's domestic operations  emphasizes the company's continuous dedication to quality. With less attention now needed for the logistical side of business, Colson Group has a renewed focus on the manufacturing  of high quality products for which they are known.

To effectively compete with low-labor-cost countries on even sensitively priced products, Colson leverages the benefits of cold heading, or cold forming, to produce from 4,000 to 5,000 parts per hour without any scrap. “When you have automation and precision machining of that nature, you are not worried about a labor cost-type issue,” Cummins said. “You are more worried about how many high-quality parts you are making.”

Original article posted on April 14, 2017  by Alan Richter for Cutting Tool Engineering.