Kaman Industrial Technologies to open facility in Milwaukee
MRO distributor doubles rubber product output
Susan Avery -- Purchasing, 11/9/2009 11:13:51 AM
Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp. has broken ground on a new 28,000 sq. ft. belt fabrication and hose assembly center outside of Milwaukee.
Currently located just north of Milwaukee downtown, Kaman's Engineered Rubber Products Center will relocate to the new facility in the first quarter of 2010.
Kaman is building the new facility to support growth of its engineered rubber products services, including custom fabrication and assembly of industrial hose and light- and heavy-weight conveyor belting. The company has more than doubled its rubber products output in the past four years.
The new facility will assist customers in such markets as food, pharmaceutical, printing, packaging, warehousing and distribution, mining, aggregate, paper and power generation. As production increases, Kaman has plans to add hydraulic hose capabilities and a second shift.
"Our new facility will allow us to expand our capacity and capability to better serve our customers with an extensive, market specific inventory from leading manufacturers," says Joe Haen, engineered rubber products manager. "Kaman Industrial Technologies is committed to becoming a one-stop shop for our customers supported by our customer service centers, rubber specialists and application engineers."
With $777 million in annual sales, Kaman Industrial Technologies places number 15 on Industrial Distribution magazine's Big 50 list for 2009.
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