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IN THE NEWSFinn-Power in the SpotlightFinn-Power sheet metal technology and its customerscontinue to attract a great deal of attention from tradepublications throughout North America.THE FABRICATOR – (September, 2008)This cover article featured a 3 1 / 2-tabloid pagereport on the Finn-Power installation at WoodStone Corporation, Bellingham, WA. Wood Stonehas the LaserBrilliance, NightTrain, EBe automatedbender, a roboticservo-electric pressbrake, and two standaloneservo-electricpress brakes. “We wereoutsourcing $4-million ofmetalworking to otherpeople. We do it all inhousetoday. We havereduced our inventory byalmost 50% because we can make parts so quickly. It’s not that we are just makingour own parts now. We are making better parts now. Because we are doing things thatour vendors could not do with our better equipment. We have re-engineered many partswith tighter tolerances to be better and more cost effective than what we were gettingfrom the job shops.”MODERN APPLICATIONS NEWS – (September, 2008)This 3-page article traces the evolution of Finn-Power products at Wesgar, Inc., one of the largestprecision sheet metal manufacturers in WesternCanada. “The Shear Genius wasa catalyst for a lot of thesechanges…it pushed us and gave usbreathing room. Finn-Power hashelped us grow because of thequality of their equipment and thelocal service support we get. Eachnew Finn-Power machine we’vepurchased has taken us to a newlevel of productivity, quality, andprofitability.”METALFORMING – (September, 2008)A 3-page article on the C5 Compact Express atKing Electrical Mfg. Co., Seattle, WA, details thecompany’s challenge with outdated fabricationequipment and low-cost competition with China.“With the old method ofproduction, our cost was$9/grille. With theFinn-Power C5 CompactExpress, our cost is$3/grille. We make60,000 of these parts ayear. In addition, theC5 Express has allowedus to bring all of the$250,000 outsourcing tojob shops back in-house.That was a plus to the bottom linefrom the first day the C5 Express was installed.”FF JOURNAL – (October, 2008)This 4-page article takes a look at the E Seriesservo-electric press brake installations at both JBRadiator Specialties, Inc., Sacramento, CA and Day-Brite Lighting, Tupelo, MS. Finn-Power’s E Seriespress brake is fast, accurate, highly productive, anddecreases energyconsumptioncompared to hydraulicpress brakes. “The keywith this equipment isflexibility. We try to haveminimal setup for all ourequipment and that’s whythe E brake was helpfulto us, because we work ona job shop or just-in-timephilosophy whichis important to our customers.”To obtain copies of any of these articles, contact Tiina Ayaydinat (847) 952-6551 or tiina@finnpower.com.11