| | Located in the industrial heartland of the Midwest, Light Metals strives to maintain its leadership position as a supplier of fabricated extruded aluminum assemblies to major industries throughout the United States. Our high-tech, 250,000 square foot factory and adjacent engineering center are located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Twelve sales offices serve our U.S. and Canadian customers. Founded in 1947, we are now expanding beyond our domestic horizons by forming strategic alliances with key international manufacturing and/or sales organizations currently working in similar markets and sharing our world-class manufacturing approach. We are much more than an extruder of aluminum shapes. True, our capabilities in that area are state of the art. Our work force of over 250 then converts those extrusions into more than just raw shapes. We are a high-volume, full-service producer. But what sets us apart is our specialization in the engineered aluminum assembly - the result of taking a precision-extruded shape and further processing it into a part ready to be mated with other components to form our customer's finished product. We seek out work that requires stringent quality and design standards. As a matter of fact, our reputation earns us the really tough parts requiring close tolerances, premium finishes, and the highest quality and total consistency - the ones our competitors simply cannot handle!
In addition to our extruding and assembling capabilities, we are frequently called upon in the very early stages of a product's life to lend our expertise in developing the most efficient design for our customer's fabricated assemblies. We find ways to save material, reduce manufacturing steps, and speed production of the final assembly. Companies needing help in removing excess costs from their products often request our value-engineering services to trim part costs while maintaining the integrity of function and design. And, when our customers need accurate, reliable, prototype parts for design evaluation and trial runs, Light Metals readily fills that requirement, too. We specialize in filling the truly special needs of our customers. To accomplish these ambitious goals, Light Metals has become a leader in designing and fabricating our own tooling, machinery, and equipment. We often automate and streamline our own manufacturing processes to attain the required quality and cost targets. A part requiring sawing, piercing, notching, milling, drilling, forming, or welding - as well as finishing - will be run on custom, labor-saving machines designed and built right here at Light Metals. This expertise and specialization gives us - and you - the ability to design, fabricate, and assemble parts that would not have been attempted a few short years ago. As a pa | |
