C & B is proud to be a
domestic machine manufacturer developing New product in
the U.S. market. Product(s) that offers favorable
Technical and Financial positions compared to the
machine tools coming from Europe, Asia and the U.S.
C & B has been in
business since 1980 and started out primarily as a
machine Remanufacturer/Rebuilder, always specializing in
Grinders. Over their 27 years, C & B has performed
services for the customer on all the named OEM grinding
machines, which has proven beneficial in the design of
their New product. The founder and owner of C & B
Machinery, Joe Parker, says that “through the combined
efforts and extensive input from everyone at C & B: the
Service Technicians, Machine Builders, Controls
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Sales and
Marketing, this new machine incorporates the best ideas
of everyone. Also including Lessons Learned of every
machine we have ever worked on over the years by using C
& B Machinery’s collected R&M and FEMA data”.
C & B supplies machines
for a global list of customers, with a majority of sales
being in North America (NAFTA Region). C & B plans to
increase their focus on overseas markets. Broadening
their customer base and bringing jobs back to Michigan.
C & B, backed by several years of increased sales,
anticipates continued growth, with sales of their New
Double Disc Grinder leading the way.
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C & B provides complete
turnkey grinding cells for all the U.S. Automotive Companies
and tier-one and two suppliers. Included in their customer
base are aerospace, motorcycle and bearing industries.
Recently supplying all the Double Disc Grinders used to
produce gears in General Motors’ New Hybrid Transmissions.
Grinding cells, “flex-cells” designed at C & B for quick,
error-proof changeover within a family of parts.
Over the last few years C &
B has recognized how the relationship with their automotive
customers has truly become more of a partnership. With the
lean and efficient staffing now in the U.S. auto industry,
our automotive customers have to rely on C & B as a
“preferred” supplier to understand their expectations and be
self-driven. C & B believes that to be successful, today’s
machine tool supplier has to be proactive and take on more
responsibility that was once done in-house by the
customer.
A good example; over recent
years C & B has been required to also perform the “Real
Life Grinding Operation” on all the pre-production and
proto-type parts that they are building grinders for. This
requirement has proven to be very beneficial for everyone.
C & B’s customers receive product that is processed the same
way as planned for production and C & B gains valuable
experience on grinding the part prior to building the
machine. This has uncovered issues well in advance of the
manufacturing launch, resulting in Customer and
Manufacturing savings of time and money.
C & B Machinery is proud
to remain a “preferred” supplier of Disc Grinders,
projecting strong and steady growth. |
