Two Year Anniversary
This month (May) marks 2 years that we have been in the new facility on Kirby Avenue. Here’s to many more years to come !! 5/31/2019
Calling all screw machine operators
We are still looking for qualified screw machine operators. We are certainly not the only ones but we have the work, we just need to the people!
Business is booming…except for our Hydromats
We are at full capacity in 3 of our departments: Swiss CNC, Davenport and Acme. We have added new machines to these departments in the last 2 months and personnel as well. However, and oddly enough, our Hydromats sit empty. This is most likely due to the need for high volume...
Conditional approval received
Gent Machine had our annual ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 audit last week and we received conditional approval. We have the priviledge to continue to serve the automotive industry.
Truck driver takes out West entrance fence
Around 4pm on January 29th a truck driver wiped out the West entrance fence. Instead of taking a conservative approach and entering from the East, the driver came from the West and thought he could make the turn. He could not and his flat bed hit the support post and...
Hydromats Empty
It is official, both of our Hydromats are sitting idle right now. Due to a slow down of one customer we recently shut down our Hydromat Epic 45/16. It will not sit idle forever but we are searching for work for both our Epic and Legacy 45/16 machines.
Assembly department grows
Gent Machine has gained a new customer where the parts must be assembled. First off, the parts are precision machined on our CNC swiss machines and then cleaned and sent for Eddy Current testing. This will verify that the surface of the parts are defect free. Then the parts receive a anodized...
Omniturn machine added for secondary capabilities
The sales group at Gent Machine has seen an increased number of inquiries requiring secondary processes. In order to field these inquiries we have invested in an Omniturn GT75. It is a single spindle CNC controlled chucking machine with a versatile gang plate. We purchased it with an NSK live spindle and...
Top Tier Automotive Certifications & Strategic Investment Drive Growth
Gent Machine was featured in a Rea & Associates publication called the Rea Report. Rea is a CPA firm and it’s newsletter touches on tax reform and other current events affecting today’s workforce, and economy. The article focused on our Top Tier growth and how it came about. Thank you...
One year anniversary and counting in our new facility
This past May (2018) marked our one year anniversary in our new facility. Our growth continued by adding 2 more Acme machines and a beefed up staff to keep them runnning. You will now notice 8 Acme machines instead of the original 6.In addition, we’ve added a second Hydromat, shown...