THE CHALLENGE Mid-State Machine Products of Winslow, Maine, works with large part production components with intricate geometric tolerances, especially in di cult-to-machine alloys. The company serves customers in the defense, gas- and oil-exploration, and power-generation industries and has a reputation for quality, delivery and being a “Best Value.” These factors resulted in Mid- State’s securing a contract to manufacture four separate components for a large o- road military vehicle. The company invested $13 million to outt, equip and expand a new 76,000-square-foot production facility, in order to support this program. THE SOLUTION To increase the company’s overall throughput in large part production components, Mid-State decided to purchase Makino high- performance hor

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