Timesavers

4 5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 sure to insist that Dubois keep production standards as they’ve always been. Dubois Equipment Company is the oldest operating business in the state of Indiana and was established in 1868. This historical company produces equipment that is associated with coating and curing systems for wood and metal industrial purposes. Outside of the USA, the Timesavers’ European branch is based in the Netherlands and is called Timesavers International. They provide support for metalworking and fabrication on the European continent. Sales and support are based in Asia and the company has an employee count of between 200 - 225 individuals. The company aims to provide its customers with the best manufacturing solutions to deliver the best products. This is achieved via the collaboration of all the branches. “Timesavers provides the cutting, shaping, forming, and surface products. While the Dubois or Randbrights will assist with linking upstream or downstream processing,” says Fischmann. With Timesavers’ portfolio of brands, they can provide a complete 360 solution for woodworking and metalworking. This includes sanding, polishing, removing slag, surface finishing, grinding, and several other applications. Working in such a technical industry, staff retention is key to success. The company ensures that the ethos they apply to their client service is also used within their own staff. This means enabling them to achieve their best. Timesavers make sure that their employees are encouraged to grow, and when needs arise, they are met with urgency. Often, staff will be sent on educational courses to up their credentials, learn new expertise, and develop as people. It’s for this reason the company is home to many very senior employees that have been in the business for years. With this combination of development-orientated incentives, Timesavers is a great place to work and grow. Fischmann elaborates, “Our vision is to be a great place to work and to grow personally. We support our clients and employees, so they respect and love the company when they walk through doors. We are the preferred partners to all our customers.” While many companies have struggled with supply chain and employment issues during COVID-19, Timesavers was registered as a critical business. This meant the company could stay open and carry on production. While other industries have been finalizing the implementations of new working models, such as working from home in manufacturing, Timesavers’ employees had to be on-site. To keep employees safe, the company was strict T IMESAVERS about its health policies during the pandemic. The business has benefited from the employment market slump as Timesavers’ products are all about automation. When companies can’t find new employees to fill roles, they turn to automation to keep the lights on. “Hiring individuals for repetitive roles such as sanding has become an issue. So, with the introduction of automated machinery to optimize production, Timesavers is replacing hands with machines when there aren’t available hands for the jobs,” says Fischmann. Timesavers assists their clients to continue growing in a market where employees are scarce. This means there is a demand for sophisticated equipment to replace skilled individuals. Automation is a buzzword in many industries, and in the manufacturing sector, it is the same. Timesavers is focusing on providing fixed automation solutions where they’ll automate processes that would take longer by hand, such as sanding kitchen cabinet doors. Recently, the company has decided to also explore more automation processes in material handling solutions and is talking about introducing robotic machinery. This would mean having a fully integrated robotic cell that would take care of deburring, sanding, or grinding. As these advancements are added to the working environment, the connectivity of these machines is essential, as it is the future of factory work. Fischmann elaborates, “The future factory will give users feedback information. Providing them with predictive maintenance updates, so parts can be sourced in time, and production can carry on flawlessly.”