Allied-Gator Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has been changing the landscape along a span of the Mahoning River as it prepares to move into its new manufacturing complex.
According to Mike Ramun, the company’s sales and marketing manager, the size and scope of Allied-Gator’s expansion is difficult to appreciate without visiting the project site.
The maker of hydraulic material processing tools and equipment is moving its manufacturing operations from a crowded 12,000-square-foot facility to a massive new structure that will contain more than 475,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
“Our mission is to increase the capabilities and efficiencies of the industries we serve by offering innovative and technically superior product designs,” says Ramun.
This extra-heavy-duty complex that will span more than 11.5 acres under roof has been designed to provide Allied-Gator employees with a work environment containing the most technologically advanced machine tooling and manufacturing equipment available, according to Ramun.
“We’re striving toward uninterrupted manufacturing,” he says of the processes being put in place for the company to make its MT SeriesTM Multi-Tool line, as well upcoming, never-before-seen tools and equipment that focuses on the recycling and demolition industries.
Allied-Gator will draw upon geothermal heating and cooling sources throughout its new facility and is installing 22 overhead cranes ranging from 10- to 120-ton capacities as it undergoes the major expansion in a project that is being managed and constructed entirely in-house. As Allied-Gator president John Ramun points out, “We’re not just interested in manufacturing innovative products—we are committed.”
The company has also invested in brand new, state-of-the-art machining, measuring, inspection and fabrication equipment that will allow it to meet its exacting manufacturing standards and tolerances, says Mike Ramun. These investments will add new dimensions to Allied-Gator’s unique manufacturing techniques and processes while drastically accelerating production rates and substantially increasing product volume.
Allied-Gator’s transition to the new facility will begin in 2009 in what it calls “Area A” of the plant. This area includes warehouse, assembly, machining and heavy machining bay space. The company will then occupy “Area B,” which will house space for fabrication/heavy fabrication, plate burning, heavy equipment modification and detailing bays.