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A sheet storage tower helps Watson Engineering's laser operations grow up It's elementary for Watson. If Watson Engineering wanted to keep up with its customers in the heavy-duty equipment industry, it needed to expand its fabricating operations, quickly and efficiently. CNC machining, laser cutting, tube fabricating, vehicle prototyping services, and welding had been part of the company's service offerings for years, but that wasn't enough. That's why the company added deep-drawing, heavy-gauge fabrication, and powder coating capabilities and more than 20,000 square feet of facility expansion to its 135,000-sq.-ft. campus in Taylor, Mich., in the last four years.Watson Engineering didn't have to add any laser operators during the most recent expansion effort. It's not that the company was against the idea; in fact, it has expanded from 88 employees to 200 just in the last three years. The reason was technology advancements associated with modern laser cutting devices. The cutting speed, programming, and material handling improvements made higher productivity possible without higher labor cost.

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Topics of Interest
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