With stamping and assembly work for the agricultural industry now accounting for more than half of its production schedule, GMP Metal Products counts on EDI, automation, QDC and other lean-manufacturing tools to efficiently schedule and produce more than 700 different part numbers. Ag business is still strong, and is dominating the product mix at contract manufacturer GMP Metal Products, St. Louis, MO, a supplier of stampings, fabricated-metal parts and assemblies. The 220,000-sq.-ft. facility houses 70 stamping presses, to 1500-ton capacity, as well as equipment for laser-beam blanking and cutting, sheet and plate fabrication, robotic welding, and finishing. In addition to the Ag industry, GMP also supplies the construction and defense industries, and operates a second manufacturing facility in Tennessee.
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