Newcomb Spring Announces Growth and Expansion Including the Investment of More than $1 Million in New Equipment
Decatur, GA - September 9, 2010 - Decatur, GA-based Newcomb Spring Corporation today announced the Company has increased its production capacity with significant expansion throughout its nine locations. Newcomb manufactures custom springs, wire forms and metal components to the worldwide aerospace, agricultural, automotive, computer, medical, military, telecommunications industries and more. This expansion includes the addition of Wafios FMU1/FMU2 machines, new high-speed CNC coiling and strip-forming machinery, and new quality-control and part handling equipment. This additional machinery, along with ongoing equipment retro-fitting and upgrades, will allow Newcomb to increase the production volume of exceptionally accurate parts and prototypes, while improving manufacturing efficiency and increasing Newcomb's ability to quickly make real-time design changes, per engineers' requests.
"For more than a century, at Newcomb Spring we've distinguished ourselves with the ability to rapidly meet our customers' requirements for springs and metal parts. In addition to supplying our customers with an almost infinite variety of springs, forms and stampings using an array of materials, Newcomb is able to meet and exceed our customers' expectations for even the most highly specialized applications," said Robert Jacobson, President of Newcomb Spring Corporation.
"Our investment in new equipment underscores our commitment to providing our customers with the highest-quality springs and metal parts and will facilitate our ability to manufacture parts with extreme accuracy and compliance to specifications. This new equipment will also increase the speed with which we can deliver large orders, short runs and prototypes to our customers," continued Jacobson.
"The ability to grow even in a difficult economy is a testament to Newcomb's ability to understand and deliver on our customers' needs," stated G. Donald Jacobson, Jr., Chief Executive Officer at Newcomb Spring. "We are pleased with our ability to make these investments in our operations, and plan additional investments in order to bring new products and capabilities to the markets we serve. We are grateful to our loyal customers and dedicated employees for their role in our continued success."
More Than $1 Million Investment in New Equipment: Newcomb's investment in new equipment this year alone totals more than $1 million. This sizeable investment speaks to the Company's ability to rapidly respond to customers' needs. By investing heavily in equipment, each Newcomb location has multiple installments of critical machinery - further streamlining response time and speeding delivery dates. Some of the new equipment includes:
About Newcomb Spring Corporation Newcomb Spring Corporation is a worldwide supplier of compression, extension, torsion and double torsion springs, wire, strip and flat forms, stampings and battery contact springs to the aerospace, agricultural, automotive, computer, medical, military and telecommunications industries. A family-owned and operated business headquartered in Decatur, GA, with facilities in Connecticut, Colorado, California, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Ontario Canada, and El Paso Texas (Resortes Newcomb, serving the needs of Mexico and Latin America), Newcomb operates with ISO 9001-certified quality systems, and delivers a wide range of material capabilities in the manufacture of metal parts), ranging from carbon steels to high-nickel alloys. Newcomb specializes in reliability, rapid response times, and stringent quality control. Newcomb is experienced in producing complex and unique parts with extremely strict adherence to specifications, even in situations that use special materials (including nomonic 90, elgiloy, inconel, phynox and more).
Please contact the Newcomb Spring facility nearest you for more information on our capabilities in the manufacturing of springs, stampings and wire forms.
