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Link-Motion
Link-Motion
Proves To Be a
Proves To Be a
Business Booster
Business Booster
For century-old Stanco, an 1100-ton link- motion press forms new opportunities.
BY JOE JANCSURAK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Stanco Metal Products, Inc., which passed its 100-year milestone last year, isn’t taking its foot off the gas. Instead, it continues adding work- ers and equipment to produce myriad parts for appliances, automotive, elec- trical, HVAC, lawn and garden, lighting, office furniture, and solar sectors. Not bad for a company that started by mak-
This 1100-ton link-motion press at Stanco in Santa Teresa, NM, draws and forms parts requiring 6-in.-plus draws and up to 60-in. wide coils through multiple progressions.
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ing knitting needles, crochet hooks and thread retainers long before it became a metal fabricator during World War II when it produced precision aircraft parts.
“The company, started in 1917 by my wife’s grandfather, Warren Stans- berry Jr., was known as the Peerless Novelty Company until 1977. That’s when it became Stanco Metal Prod- ucts,” recalls CEO Gerald Slagel, who heads the company from its operations in Grand Haven, MI, where it produces metal office furniture and automotive parts. His sons Jerry Jr. and Ben repre- sent Stanco’s fourth generation and serve as general managers of the Santa Teresa, NM, and Williamston, SC, oper- ations, respectively. Jerry Jr. looks after production of parts for appliances, HVAC, lawn and garden, and solar,
while brother Ben oversees appliance, HVAC and automotive production.
The company uses mechanical, hydraulic and link-motion presses at each of its locations, but it recently went big in New Mexico with the installation of an 1100-ton link-motion press from Tullahoma, TN-based Seyi-America.
“We take pride in our quality parts and our near-100-percent-on-time per- formance rating,” says Slagel, who reveals that the company’s annual sales grew six percent last year, while its work force grew by about five percent. Between its three locations, Stanco has about 330 employees, with 70 at the 140,000-sq.-ft. Michigan facility; 80 at the 100,000-sq.-ft. South Carolina plant; and 180 at the 165,000-sq.-ft. New Mex- ico factory. “We place an emphasis on training and promoting our employees,