Happenings at Fox Valley Spring
Wisconsin Firm Uses Lean Manufacturing, Superior Customer Service as Springboard to Success - Read More!Two big customers have turned to Fox Valley Spring after receiving poor quality parts from overseas.
Spring maker looks to future - Read More!When many businesses were being conservative during the recession, Fox Valley Spring Co. opted instead to take a chance, and it paid off.
Fox Valley Spring Expands with New Plant -GREENVILLE, Wis.—A recent expansion has added 28,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space to the headquarters of Fox Valley Spring, a Greenville, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of custom springs and wire forms. The new site, located adjacent to the original Fox Valley Spring facility in the Greenville Industrial Park, permits easy access to State Highway 96 and increases the company’s total footprint to 53,000 square feet.
Fox Valley Spring Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Charly Klein, credited the company’s aggressive sales strategy, hard work, and company-wide effort to make processes leaner for making the expansion possible. In the midst of a tough economy, the company boosted its sales budget and knocked on more doors in an effort to increase its market share, he said.
“When the economy took a downturn, instead of us holding back and drawing in, we actually expanded our sales calls and put our feet to the street,” Klein said. “We made more calls than we ever did before, and I think that paid off. The last two years have been our best years. It definitely paid off, and the new expansion will help that cause.”
As a direct result of these efforts, Fox Valley Spring has gained new customers while earning ISO 9001 certification and the 2009 Small Manufacturer of the Year Award from the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
In addition to giving the company sufficient space to hire more employees and house equipment for an expanded product line, the new facility will make shipping and receiving operations more efficient, according to Klein.
“When we put the new addition on, we looked at how the material flows through the shop and out the back door, and we streamlined the operation so that the material flow works better than it did in the past. Instead of having cells, now everything flows in a line,” he said. “Everything is streamlined. We’ve gone through the lean manufacturing and applied those principles to the new addition. Basically what we did was we doubled the shop and made everything more efficient.”
Fox Valley Spring Expands in 2011! - Read More!
Fox Valley Spring’s addition to its headquarters in 2011 will create 28,000 square feet of new office and manufacturing space, situated to the west of and adjacent to the current Fox Valley Spring facility. This site allows easy access and high visibility to State Hwy 96 and is located within the Greenville Industrial Park. Consolidated Construction, who built the original Fox Valley Spring facility, is handling the design and construction of the addition.
Autodesk Inventor -November 2007 - We are excited to announce that we have added Autodesk Inventor to our design process. This powerful software allows us to test our spring designs to ensure they will meet all required specifications.
FVS Now ITAR Certified! -Fox Valley Spring Company is now ITAR certified! ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) certification is required for any organization involved in either the manufacturing or exporting of defense articles. This not only applies to the organization itself, but also to their supplier base. Fox Valley Spring is a vital part of the supply chain for many companies that need ITAR certification, providing ITAR compliant products to those in need. Contact us today to assist with your ITAR compliant products.
Orion Environmental Stewardship Award -Fox Valley Spring Company’s interest in and dedication to improving the environment is sincere, material and measurable. These figures are a precise record of our environmental achievement. By installing an Orion System, we have been able to save 82,321kWh per year, or 1,646,420 over the 20-year fixture life. Pollutant gases not put into the atmosphere as a result: CO2: 80tons per year; C: 22 tons per year; SO2: .3 tons per year; NOX: .2 tons per year.
ISO 9001 2008 Certificate Registration - Read More!2009 Small Manufacturer of the Year Award - Read More!