Acro News & Information
Another Supplier Award
Acro has been recognized for our excellence as a supplier again; being recognized as the best new supplier to one of North America’s largest engine manufacturers.
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Transferring over 80 dies to Acro resulted in a 20% improvement in our customer’s on-time shipping. It took a long time for Acro to repair all the tooling that we took over in 2021. However, once they were repaired and updated; Acro was able to run far enough ahead to have 90%+ of parts in inventory before releases were even put on. This huge improvement in Acro’s just in time delivery, which yielded our customer’s…
Read MoreOur Largest Washer Ever
9″ Dia Washer, Holding .010″ Flatness, Out of Soft Copper, Only .35″ Wide Walls… Very Difficult! How did we hold the flatness? Specialty Decoiler/Straightners & Utilizing Servo Presses Unique Ability to Dwell at the Bottom of the Stroke.
Read MoreISO 9001:2015 Recert Complete
We’ve completed our annual audit for recertification of ISO 9001:2015 compliance with no major non-conformances. Thank you to our wonderful Quality Team. Download Cert
Read MoreNew Company Video
Interviews with key members of Team Acro Various Videos produced with Jenny Fetzer our QA Manager, our Tooling Supervisors: Joel Goyete, Brett Scott, Jim Wobig and President: Jim Wolfenberg .
Read MoreISO 9001:2015 Certified
We recently completed our updating from ISO 9001:2008 to 9001:2015. It required a significant amount of work but provided our quality people with a chance to review all of our procedures and develop time saving techniques. The 2 Big changes we noticed were the greater emphasis on using the PDCA cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) for continuous improvement; and a focus on risk assessment in all phases (both input and output). So what value do…
Read MoreGalvanized vs. Galvannealed Steel
They both are zinc coated at the mill and are designed for rust and corrosion resistance. Both are passed through a hot dip coating process; however Galvannealed steel goes through an additional annealing process, which induces diffusion alloying between the molten zinc coating and the steel. This vastly improves the formability and paint adhesion of the Galvannealed material but leaves it with a duller matte surface compared to the spangle finish achieved with just Galvanized.…
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