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Imperial has the Fab Recipe for
Higher Productivity
Since its inception in 1957, Impe- rial Commercial Cooking Equip- ment, Corona, CA, has remained a family-owned company with a mis- sion to be the preferred global sup- plier of high-quality, top-value cook- ing equipment to the food-service industry.
Combining skilled employees with innovative manufacturing processes, Imperial boasts a customer base rang- ing from major restaurant and grocery store chains to small family restau- rants. Over time, the company, now with 122 employees in a 100,000-sq.-ft. facility, has evolved into a major play- er in the food-service equipment industry.
This California supplier of cooking equipment finds productivity and quality gains in its new, servo-electric combination punching and shearing cells.
“We either introduce a new product or update an existing product every year,” explains Matt Wise, general manager.
Productivity Doubles After Punch/Shear Investment
Imperial also continually invests in state-of-the-art technology and machinery as part of its commitment to future growth. No more is that true than in the sheetmetal-fabrication area,
where the company maintains an impressive slate of punching and shear- ing equipment. The roster includes Shear Genius integrated punch/shear cells from Prima Power. Imperial pur- chased its first two cells in 1996 and hasn’t looked back.
“Those hydraulic models served us well,” says Wise, “until we traded them in for the newest generation of servo- electric Shear Genius (SGe) models in 2013 and 2014.”
Two new integrated punch/shear cells have doubled produc- tion at Imperial Com- mercial Cooking Equipment, Corona, CA. The automated cells also have cut secondary processes and manual labor.
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