Burke E. Porter Custom Machinery Company: Silver Lining
Automotive
By Genevieve Diesing   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

“Based on this probability you start the manufacturing process in advance of a defined order. This can allow for more efficient level loading of key resources and support lower cost material acquisitions,” he adds.
Burke E. Porter Custom Machinery, Grand Rapids, Mich., automobile testing systems

Positive Outlook
Although custom-made machinery and its global presence happen to be Burke E. Porter’s winning combination, changes are always on the way in the whirlwind auto industry, DeBoer acknowledges.

He says his company sees the glass as being half-full. “The opportunities seem to be there,” he insists. “Tomorrow, it may be a new product, a new technology – maybe a whole different product line.”



 
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