Caledonia, Michigan – Rattunde, a global manufacturer of tube and bar processing machinery, has opened its new manufacturing facility in the Grand Rapids, Mich., area. President Rick Stadler officially cut the ribbon, joined by managing directors Ulrich Rattunde and Martin Proksch from Rattunde & Co GmbH.
Rattunde erected its new 30,000ft2 facility on a 14-acre parcel of land the company purchased last year in Caledonia, initially to build tooling for its machinery systems, which process bar and tube stock into various end products used by manufacturers in the auto, appliance, off-highway, transportation, and other industries throughout North America.
Long-range plans call for an expansion of this new facility up to 100,000ft2 or more for eventual machine builds.
The new facility also houses a complete spare parts inventory, training areas for both company and customer personnel, machines for demonstration purposes and testing, plus a state-of-the-art machine shop, where machine- and application-specific tooling will be manufactured, making the company more responsive to customer requirements.
Rick Stadler observes, “Everyone in the company is excited by the potential of this new facility. It will create an energy that will translate into a great working environment for our team, plus we’ll have more capabilities to better serve our customers, immediately and into the future.”
Stadler also mentioned future plans for a facility in Mexico, where the company has substantial business engagements.
Source: Rattunde Corp.