Buying American – What It Means
At Re:Build Manufacturing, we are focused on building the next incarnation of the great American industrial conglomerate. As GE, RCA, DuPont, etc. created a great economic engine 100 years ago, we want to be part of a revitalization of that engine of progress and economic opportunity – the manufacturing economy – today. As such, we are working on the supply side, creating the ability, the means, to produce complex industrial products in America. But part of what ails us today is the demand side; the flood of imports that we consume as businesses and individuals. In 2023 alone the United States imported almost 4 trillion dollars’ worth of goods and services. That’s a hard figure to conceptualize, so to put it into context, that’s ~22x Elon Musk’s total net worth of $186 billion. That didn’t make it any more relatable, did it? Put another way, it’s 66.7 million times the average U.S. salary.
Breaking Barriers: Elevating Women in Production Roles
As a corporate member of Women in Manufacturing (WiM), Re:Build Manufacturing is excited to announce that two of our employees have graduated from the Empowering Women in Production program. Congratulations to Bernadette Sandoval, Production Lead at Re:Build Oribi Composites, and Raquel Rivera, Assistant Account Manager at Re:Build Cutting Dynamics, for their outstanding achievement!
Re:Build Manufacturing Becomes a Megawatt Partner of Greentown Labs
Re:Build Manufacturing is now a Megawatt Partner of Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America.
One Year of Re:Build New Kensington
We have very exciting news—Re:Build has officially begun operations at our flagship, large-scale manufacturing site in New Kensington, Pennsylvania! It was exactly a year ago when we announced this project to renovate 175,000 square feet of a legacy Alcoa facility that dates back to 1891! The complexity and number of challenges overcome to turn on the lights and get to work were mind-boggling.
2024 LEI Summit and the Lean Difference
Re:Build Manufacturing CEO, Miles Arnone, and CLO, Bonnie Davis, recently spoke at the 2024 Lean Summit hosted by the Lean Enterprise Institute. They shared about the Re:Build Lean journey as well as the Re:Build CDI Lean transformation story.
Re:Build and Nadcap
Nadcap was created in 1990 by aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to provide supply chain oversight and ensure regulatory compliance, first focused on U.S. defense supply chains. The Nadcap program has evolved since its birth to be a truly international accreditation program, evolving from the previous NADCAP (National Aerospace Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) to “Nadcap”. Nadcap is an Industry Managed Program focused on the accreditation of special processes. Its OEM members include 95% of so-called prime contractors or “primes” globally and it is understood as a prerequisite to most aerospace and/or defense manufacturing work.
Interview with Ben Willis
Re:Build Manufacturing’s Director of Product Development, Ben Willis, spent last week representing us at the Shot Show Supplier Showcase held in Las Vegas, Nevada. This annual event is a space for suppliers in the hunting and outdoor industries to highlight their latest developments. We were there to showcase our highly automated thermoplastic manufacturing capabilities while also connecting with industry leaders and potential clients. While in attendance, Ben had the opportunity to participate in the Shot Show 2024 Radio Minute by giving a brief interview about what makes Re:Build Manufacturing stand out in the industry.
Introducing Re:Build’s Battery Test Kitchen
Re:Build has expertise in designing and building battery packs and battery management systems (BMS) subassemblies for a variety of applications, including motorcycles, forklifts, stationary storage, and novel eVTOL aircraft. Re:Build’s Brain to Box™ methodology supports customers from design concept and product development through product verification, manufacturing process design, and production support. Our iterative process in engineering and design for manufacturing ensures that customers’ battery packs will be cost-effective and will perform as needed, while meeting requirements for safety, reliability, and ease of use. These battery packs are designed by our team of highly experienced engineers who are tasked each day with solving the most challenging design and analysis problems. Our core competencies include computer-aided design, structural design, mechanical design, and computational thermal and fluid dynamic analysis.
2023: A Year of Extraordinary Achievements
2023: A Year of Extraordinary Achievements
Let’s take a look back at 2023 and the Re:Build team’s outstanding accomplishments. Re:Build Optimation Reached a Safety Milestone, Re:Build CDI Exceeded Expectations on their Lean Transformation Journey, Re:Build Manufacturing Launched a New Corporate Website, Re:Build DAPR Launched a U.S.-Made Solar CZ Puller, Re:Build Fikst Moved to a New Facility, Re:Build Oribi Composites Launched a Line of Thermoplastic Composite Tubes, Re:Build AppliedLogix Achieved “First-Key-On” Success, Re:Build Manufacturing Broke Ground on a Regional and Manufacturing Site in New Kensington, PA
Lean Enterprise Institute Visits Re:Build CDI
November 15, 2023 – On Monday, October 23, Matt Savas and Josh Howell of the https://www.lean.org/about-lei/ Edit Edit Remove Remove Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) visited Re:Build CDI. LEI is a nonprofit based in Boston whose mission is to advance lean thinking and practices. It was founded in 1997 by https://www.lean.org/about-lei/senior-advisors-staff/james-womack/ Edit Edit Remove Remove James Womack, who co-authored The Machine that Changed the World and founded the lean movement. After visiting the Re:Build Re:Source center in Framingham, seeing the https://www.lean.org/about-lei/ Edit Edit Remove Remove Lean Transformation Roadmap board, and chatting with Miles Arnone, Re:Build’s CEO, and Bonnie Davis, Re:Build’s Chief Lean Officer, Matt and Josh wanted to understand more about CDI’s lean transformation process.
