R. Hills company finds growth through old-fashioned manufacturing
Rochester Hills-based Avon Gear has found growth by simply continuing to produce parts for the heavy-equipment industry.
Rochester Hills-based Avon Gear has found growth by simply continuing to produce parts for the heavy-equipment industry.
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The decision was to specialize in larger, higher-precision parts, rather than the smaller, high-volume parts that could economically be shipped from countries like China. The reasoning was that distant countries couldn’t compete because of the cost of shipping large, heavy parts.
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