OUR FACILITY
Work Week
Fulford operates from 6:30 AM until 5:00 PM Eastern Time on week days.
As our market fluctuates we activate our second shift. During that period we close at 11:00 PM daily.
Capacity
Our facility has 25,000 square feet of manufacturing space and sits on 4.3 acres. When we utilize our second shift, we operate at about 50% of our capacity. If warranted, there is ample room for expansion.
Production Resources
Eyelet Presses:
35 eyelet presses from size 0-15 and ranging in stations from 4-12 each.
Four-Slide Machines:
5 wireform machines. Two each of Baird #2 and # 3, and one Baird#3 Longstroke.
Deburring and Finishing:
We operate a fully equipped finishing department to ensure our product is properly deburred, cleaned, dried and protected by rust inhibitor.
Heat-treating, Electroplating, Casting, Epoxy:
We maintain contract relationships with approved and constantly monitored vendors for these services.
Assembly & Bagging:
We have full capability to perform automatic or manual assembly and/or automatic or manual bagging.
Technical Resources
Our Tool Room is equipped with multiple conventional and high speed lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, several drill presses, screw arbors and a welding department .
Engineering:
We employ 4 Engineers that produce in-house drawings, Flow Charts, Production Control Plans, and Failure Mode Effects Analyses. We are GD&T knowledgeable and thoroughly immersed in statistical techniques. We perform Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) on most parts.
Communication:
We are EDI, FTP, Fax and 1D/2D Bar Code Capable.
Systems:
We operate our own onsite mail and file servers. All data is backed up daily. Website hosting for our two web sites is done off site but managed internally.
