testing and contract manufacturing arm, Advanced Powder Solutions (APS). The New Jersey facility houses extensive welding, machining, polishing, electromechanical assembly, and metal fabrication capabilities—allowing GEMCO to maintain control over cost, lead times, and quality. As other metalworking suppliers closed or relocated, GEMCO invested in machinery and talent to bring more processes in-house, giving the company true end-to-end control and the flexibility to innovate without constraint. APS, meanwhile, serves as a dynamic extension of GEMCO’s innovation engine. Led by Vice President of Process Engineering & Design George Paffendorf, APS offers contract manufacturing for powders across dozens of sectors—food, cosmetics, metals for 3D printing, fragrances, chemical blends, and more. It also functions as GEMCO’s real-world R&D laboratory, where customer processes are tested, validated, and perfected before equipment is built. “Customers get not just the equipment, but the process,” Paffendorf notes. “We develop operating procedures, test their material at different scales, and ensure complete confidence before they even receive their machine.” APS also gives GEMCO’s engineering team something priceless: firsthand exposure to operator experience. Engineers spend a week at APS working side-byside with mechanics and operators, observing where processes shine, where bottlenecks occur, and—famously—where duct tape appears. Those observations drive product enhancements and nextgeneration design. LIGHTS-OUT TECHNOLOGY: REAL-TIME INSIGHT, SAFER OPERATIONS, AND SMARTER BATCHES GEMCO is a pioneer in lights-out technology, offering customers the ability to monitor and manage their equipment remotely. Through the GEMCO app, operators, supervisors, or executives can view realtime machine data—pressure, temperature, humidity, motor performance, vacuum levels—on a tablet from anywhere. 142 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 13, ISSUE 01
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