BY MIKE BOYER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Deltec Inc., a stainless steel fabrication shop on Grisson Drive, Batavia, breaks ground at noon today on a 20,000-square-foot expansion, almost doubling the company's floor space.
Chris Dugle, president, said Deltec will invest about $750,000 in the addition, which is designed to accommodate recent growth and a new powdercoat paint line.
Deltec has sales of more than $5 million.
Deltec, which started in 1974 with three employees, now employs 48 and expects to add three workers annually in the next few years. The addition to the 21,500-square-foot plant should be completed in July.
CablePro wins contract with Time Warner Cable
CablePro Software, a division of Sharonville-based CDC Holdings Inc., has won an agreement valued at more than $250,000 a year for software support services from Time Warner Cable.
CablePro will provide Time Warner with software and support for inventory, purchasing and construction management.
CablePro initially rolled out its materials management software with Time Warner Cable's Cincinnati division in 1992. Since then, it has been implemented in 29 other Time Warner Cable divisions.
Zontec to introduce 32-bit Synergy software
At next week's Quality Expo in Chicago, Zontec Inc. of Forest Park will introduce its new 32-bit Synergy 2000 software.
Synergy 2000 is used in statistical process control and enterprise quality management to identify variations in manufacturing processes so corrections can be taken. Shipping date for Synergy 2000 is July 1.
Toyota presents awards to AK Steel for quality
Middletown-based AK Steel received a superior award for delivery from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America at last week's Toyota supplier meeting in Cincinnati.
The superior award, Toyota's highest honor, was presented to only 12 of Toyota's 500 North American suppliers. AK Steel was the only steel company to receive a superior award.
AK Steel also won an excellence in quality award from Toyota. It's the fourth straight year that AK Steel was won dual awards from Toyota.
Machine-tool orders up 14% in February
Machine-tool orders grew an estimated 14 percent in February to $811.4 million from $711.4 million a year ago, two industry trade groups report. The February totals were 35 percent higher than January's revised estimate of $598.9 million, according to the AMT -- Association for Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association.
The trade groups compute the order estimate from reports submitted by members.
Orders for the first two months of 1998 were 25 percent ahead of the same period last year.
"The strength of February's order level reflects a rebound in automotive spending on custom automated systems," Don F. Carlson, AMT president, said.
In the Midwest region, which includes Ohio and Indiana, orders from machines that cut and bend metal totaled $160.3 million in February, down 20 percent from last year.
Export orders declined 67 percent in February to $28.7 million from $87.8 million a year ago.
Center offers seminar on strategic planning
The Center for Quality Management is offering a daylong seminar on strategic planning for chief executives and other senior managers April 29 at the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences in Bond Hill.
Cost is $400 for CQM members with discounts for multi-participants. For information: 948-2099.
Session to explore manufacturing processes
A weeklong Kaizen improvement session showing manufacturing managers how to implement lean manufacturing techniques in a matter of days will be at Senco Products, the pneumatic nailer manufacturer in Anderson Township.
The May 4-8 seminar will be directed by Midwest Manufacturing Solutions of Cincinnati and Kata Corp. of Dayton, Ohio. After a day of instruction, the participating managers will split up into four teams to implement improvements in Senco's plant.
Senco was named one of America's 10 best manufacturing plants last fall by Industry Week magazine. Cost of the seminar is $1,495. For information: Midwest Manufacturing Solutions, 871-8383.
ISO 9000 seminar for auditors is planned
Edison Materials Technology-Manufacturing Extension in Dayton, Ohio, is offering a two-day training seminar for internal auditors in ISO 9000, international quality certification.
The sessions are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 29 and 30 at the DP&L Conference Center, Research Park, Kettering. Cost is $245 a person.
For information, contact Carol Herrick at (937) 258-6192.
