Estes’ Desire to Help With the looming crisis and global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching far and wide, Vice President of Operations, Ron Estes, was actively seeking for ways Estes Design and Manufacturing could help meet some of the needs created by the spread of the virus. With this desire to contribute on a…
The Hitzfield Group is a group of companies that design, engineer and install state-of-the-art building envelopes and structural façade components. They serve a wide variety of industries across the nation and have partnered with companies such as FedEx and Eli Lilly on various construction projects. Estes Design and Manufacturing recently had the privilege of partnering with…
We are here to help! The COVID-19 virus has brought changes to almost every industry in some form or another as well as disrupted many facets of our personal and professional lives. While many industries have seen rapid declines in business over the last month, other industries have seen spiking increases in demand and are…
Faster, More Efficient Welding Laser welding isn’t exactly new. After all, it’s been used in automotive manufacturing for many years. Outside of the auto plant, however, laser welding (and its potential for savings) is less familiar. When parts made of thin-gauge sheet metal need nice-looking welds, lasers don’t immediately come to mind; labor-intensive TIG or MIG…
Kaizen is defined as the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement. As a company Estes strives to follow the kaizen mindset instead of just working on “fixes.” Continuous improvement serves as one of the four pillars of our company philosophy, and Estes is constantly looking for ways to improve all facets of the business. To ensure this continuous improvement…
What is just-in-time (JIT) management strategy and how can it reduce costs? The just-in-time (JIT) management strategy traces back to early in the auto industry, first introduced at the Ford Motor Plant and later perfected by Taiichi Ohno for Toyota as a means to improve operational performance. With JIT, goods arrive exactly when they are…
Who is Dr. Bobby and how is he having a positive impact on the medical industry? Dr. Babak Hassid, otherwise known as Dr. Bobby, is a New York-based cardiologist at Northwell Health. Not only is he a highly respected doctor, but he is also an inventor. Dr. Bobby realized that there is a problem when…
3 Methods of Welding Sheet Metal: Which Do You Need? There are many different methods for sheet metal welding, but the three we are going to discuss are MIG (metal inert gas), TIG (tungsten inert gas), and laser welding. The method used will depend on many factors. Below are things to consider for each of…
Since early 2018, Estes Express Prototyping has been working in close collaboration with Florence Corporation, a mailbox supplier. Recently, our team interviewed Mike Molt, Florence’s Design Engineering Manager, to learn more about its experience working with Estes. Below are our findings from the interview. Florence Corporation Benefits from Estes’ Cutting Edge Technology and Fast…
Purdue MEP helps Estes retain business and plan for the future It is important for every business to design and implement a business continuity plan to outline the essential functions of a business, identify which systems and processes must be sustained, and explain how to maintain the processes. This plan takes into account any possible…