When Holiday House Distributing, the largest distributor of OCS, water and vending parts in North America, needed a modification to a ball valve design, there was no question that it would ask The Specialty Manufacturing Co. (SMC) to create it. Although Holiday House could have chosen to continue to perform manual assembly of the fitting, [...]
The Specialty Manufacturing Company is one of North America’s oldest and most respected valve manufacturers. Family owned for over a century, Specialty Mfg. leverages expertise across all areas of its business by providing valuable and interrelated services and capabilities under one roof. This arrangement, called vertical integration, allows Specialty Mfg. to provide innovative, reliable, and [...]
The Specialty Manufacturing Company is uniquely qualified to offer the highest quality molded plastic and machined metal parts. Three primary reasons for this are the ability to:Coordinate the engineering, manufacturing, testing and assembly skills required within each of three Minnesota, USA manufacturing locations.Leverage eight distinct manufacturing skill sets that are applied to a broad range [...]
Specialty Manufacturing featured on the popular ION television network as one of the Worlds' Greatest Manufacturers of valves. Broadcast quality segment profiles the company's capabilities and commitment to solving problems and customer service. https://www.specialtymfg.com/video/
Because the lead time of a product affects how quickly a customer can solve their issue, manufacturers strive to limit this window of time as much as possible. One way to do this is by bringing all engineering, prototyping, manufacturing and testing capabilities in house. Having every stage of design and manufacturing under one roof [...]
Today’s smaller and lighter automotive engines achieve greater speed than their predecessors while consuming less fuel. The simultaneous reduction of emissions and increased miles per gallon (MPG) figures testify to how truly efficient these engines have become. The downside of the more stringent performance requirements, however, results in a greater susceptibility for a buildup of [...]
Value-added engineering simply means just that. It enhances and customizes a standard solution so that it works better; offers cost, reliability and performance benefits; or uniquely solves a long-standing challenge. Providing value-added engineering is more than lip service and empty claims. It requires that an engineering team be in place, tasked with improving project quality [...]
When Holiday House Distributing, the largest distributor of OCS, water and vending parts in North America, needed a modification to a ball valve design, there was no question that it would ask The Specialty Manufacturing Co. (SMC) to create it. Although Holiday House could have chosen to continue to perform manual assembly of the fitting, [...]
Now design engineers can quickly navigate through intuitive menus of valve attributes to identify the right valve for their application. Introducing The Specialty Mfg. Valve Configurator. The powerful online specification tool hosted at https://www.specialtymfg.com guides users based on their requirements with no guess work. Once the configurator displays the search results, users can view and compare the [...]
