Business View Magazine Jan-2019

38 capital investments for the die casters.” “We focus on symbiosis within our companies,” Bahr continues.“Four years ago, a number of our die casters were all competitors.There’s still that friendly competition between the die casters, but, at the same time,we’re able to share best practices. Our engineers from various die casters will get together to consult on product development for our customers.The last part is that we are multi-faceted. We have the resources of a very large company, but, at the same time,we like to execute like a nimble, fine-tuned, single shop.” According to Dean Hodges, General Manager and long-time employee at GLDC,Mumford has already made significant investments into his company. “We’ve already added CNC capabilities,”he notes. “And we’re putting an automation cell in.One of our machines is going to be totally robotic.We just built a robotic tap machine,which will help us generate more parts per hour,which generates a lower cost, which allows us to offer discounts to our customers.” Bahr adds,“We’re starting our own remelting facility on the premises of Great Lakes. It allows us to offer specialized and project-tailored alloys to our cus- tomers to meet certain specs.” Mumford is also helping Great Lakes establish a training program for newworkers, and Hodges says