Rattunde Corporation, a German-based manufacturer of finished length tube and solid bar production systems, held a technology open house on May 13-14. "Guests saw a resident machine in action, taking steel tube lengths and producing finished, cut-to-length, chamfered and machined tubing sections, automatically stacked for shipping, all within the work envelope of the machine," said a company spokesperson.
Rattunde Corporation President Richard Stadler opened the doors to the company, a 30,000 sq. ft. facility in Caledonia Township, near the company's previous location in Grand Rapids, MI. The plant houses the North American sales and service operations, plus spare parts inventory and manufacturing operations for the production of machine tooling. Areas within the new facility also house a technical center with a machine onsite at all times for demonstration and training. Future plans call for an expansion of the building to more than 100,000 sq. ft., which would enable Rattunde to produce its entire finished length tube and solid bar production systems here.
"This new facility solidifies our North American presence in the high-volume tube and solid bar production markets, thus benefiting our current and future customers," said Stadler. "It is a purpose-built building with a forward-looking eye on all we will need to build our machines and systems from the ground up."
Rattunde has also expanded its workforce with technical service and administrative personnel. "Rattunde is proactively sending technicians to the customer and performing comprehensive machine inspections, identifying and correcting small issues before they become large ones," said the spokesperson.
More than 100 guests joined in the two-day event, watching the machine operate, examining the dedicated tooling Rattunde will produce onsite and participating in the technical sessions led by Stadler and VP Alec Banish.
For more information contact:
Richard Stadler or Alec Banish
Rattunde Corporation
5080 Beltway Drive SE
Caledonia, MI 49316
616-940-3340
company@rattunde-corp.com
www.rattunde-corp.com