If you continuously improve your parts and products, Area Tool & Manufacturing, Inc. may be your ideal manufacturing partner. We’re equipped to accommodate uncommon requests and adapt to revision changes without costly add-on charges or rush fees. 

Here’s a look at how our adaptable approach could benefit you.

Fast Adaptability

Our small shop provides an adaptable manufacturing experience that most large Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can’t offer. 

Simply asking for a change from a high-volume production facility is a multi-step process: first, there’s your contact—probably someone in sales. The salesperson will need to connect with Engineering, and then Engineering will have to talk with the Machinists. That’s quite the queue of people to navigate just to ask for a last-minute revision change!

Area Tool’s small size streamlines this process. When you call or email, you’ll reach one person who will immediately take your revision request to our shop floor and make on-the-spot arrangements to fulfill it.

Small Team, Serious Operation

Area Tool employs a close-knit team of highly skilled manufacturing professionals who operate dozens of cutting-edge machines on our shop floor. Whenever a machine isn’t in use, we can rapidly pivot to prioritize the process or project with the most urgent needs. 

For instance, if a medical precision machining customer needs us to add a tapped hole to a part already in production, we won’t hesitate to pull that part out of the production line, add the hole, and return the part to its proper place in line.

We can enact changes quickly because so much of our work involves short runtimes. While some shops specialize in parts with lengthy operations that tie up machines for hours on end, Area Tool specializes in smaller productions with short operations. Though these shorter cycles require each machinist’s close attention, they also permit a machinist to briefly pause a job and quickly complete a custom request on a different machine.

Unlike production OEMs, which dedicate an entire machine to one part for years on end, Area Tool is structured to serve the customer who regularly reimagines, innovates, and implements improvements.

Case Study: Adapting for Assembly Services

We thoughtfully consider every request from every customer. What would it take for us to fill that request? What kind of adaptation will be required? What costs may be involved?

Not too long ago, the Area Tool team was able to quickly accommodate one customer’s surprising request. We were already machining the 50 unique parts required to build this customer’s product, so it only made sense when they asked us to handle the assembly, too.

With some brainstorming and elbow grease, we converted our excess facility space into an assembly area. Now, we complete this customer’s CNC machining services and their assemblies!

Innovative Customers Need Innovative Solutions

We’re honored that all of our top customers are incredible innovators who constantly release new generations of parts and products. Much of Area Tool’s work is concentrated on medical precision machining, which is heavily driven by technology and innovation. 

Consider the wearable devices we make for insulin pumps. We always ask ourselves, How can we make a wearable product more comfortable for the patient? How can we improve its technology interface? 

Our customers constantly adapt their processes and products for their own buyers, so we stay equipped to keep pace with their innovation. At Area Tool, we’re committed to quickly accommodating cutting-edge industries with equally advanced solutions in medical precision machining and beyond.

Our “Figure It Out” Mentality

We’re proud of the “figure-it-out” mindset we cultivate throughout our team. While bigger manufacturers would have to charge hefty fees to even consider a quick pivot, our small shop can much more easily shift and adapt. And when we aren’t quite sure how we can best serve your needs—you guessed it—we figure it out.

We get it: we’re not the right fit for every job or every customer. But if you find yourself continually adapting your processes and products to match your innovation, Area Tool understands. 

Our own commitment to continuous improvement makes us a manufacturing partner that’s equipped—and eager—to adapt and implement the changes that will make your end product better than ever.

Are you ready to work with a small shop that offers BIG solutions?

Request a quote from Area Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.