Case Study
Curtis Screw - Facility Consolidation Drives Performance
Case Study RESULTS Increased • throughput 12%. Reduced cost of • quality 26%. Recycled 97% of dry • metal chips and majority of machining oil. Reduced inventory • costs. Improved material • flow. Landed a major new • project for key OEM automotive account. COMPANY Curtis Screw Company of Buffalo, NY is a manufacturer of screw machine products for the automotive industry, including Ford and General Motors. The company is committed to environmental sustainability and is ISO 14001 certified. SITUATION Curtis Screw believed that significant cost savings and productivity improvements could be realized through a consolidation of its two Buffalo operations into a single state-of-the-art facility. It was also important that the new facility support enhanced production capabilities, growth in new p