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As the new year rolls around, you often hear the phrase, “New Year, New Me.” but why not try, “New Year, New Metal Stamping Supplier”? Explore success stories from our current customers to see why they continue to trust us as their go-to source for high-quality parts. From Dual-Source to Primary Supplier: A Success Story…

Here’s an example of some parts we worked on with our customers. By adding gussets, areas of weakness on this part were effectively strengthened. The result? A smarter, more efficient design that saves on both material and piece price costs. When discussing part design with our customers, we often hear the same question: “How can…

Have you ever looked at a part and wished you knew which lot it came from? Or have you ever looked at two very similar parts and wished there was something easily identifiable to distinguish between them? Ideally, the box the parts came in provide that information, but once parts are assembled, tracking can become…

Watch the Video to See How Our Servo Presses Can Be Slowed Down and Repeat Actions In the Middle Of The Cycle; to Allow for Extra Deep Drawing. Old Fashion Fly Wheel Punch Presses Can’t do This. We combine this with fully adjustable nitrogen cushion for backpressure; to optimize speed and deep drawing capabilities. Learn…

Today we are running this die for the 1st time for its production part approval process (PPAP). Once approved, hundreds of thousands of this part will run every year here at Acro. This marks the 4th tool we ran this month for a PPAP. Our in-house toolroom built this die from the ground up… meaning…

Check out this “new” tool we are running for the 1st time at Acro. This tool is stamping 9.4 inch wide and 0.032 inch thick material. This progressive die was transferred to Acro to stamp an electrical circuit part for use in the automotive industry. The die has over 20 progressions to create a part…

A company that is an industry leader in automated clamping solutions approached Acro 3 years ago with a crucial need for a stamper to run, maintain, and refurbish over 80+ of their metal stamping dies. Acro was able to leverage our robust in-house toolroom capabilities to get these dies repaired and fitted into our hybrid servo presses. The customer was so satisfied with the quality improvements, improved on-time delivery, and cost savings when moving their dies to Acro; they continue to transfer additional dies to Acro today.

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.

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…

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.