DACO on meeting the market challenges

Source: Manufacturing Exec

Date :06/05/2008 07:16:43

Exec speaks to Bruce Lindgren, president of flywheel manufacturer DACO Inc, about the resilience and determination that drives a successful business.

Written by Sam Wright and Produced by Kristin Hurley

On the day we speak to Bruce Lindgren, it’s his 51st birthday. Having worked at DACO for 24 years and been president since 2006, it’s not the first milestone he’s passed, and with his strong ties to the family-run firm, it’s unlikely to be his last. Unsurprisingly given both the date and DACO’s recent performance - the company currently has a sales turnover in excess of $38 million - Lindgren is in an upbeat mood.

This may be somewhat at odds with the current state of the industry, but the firm, which provides manufacturing solutions to OEMs to the automotive, on-highway truck, and off-highway construction equipment market, isn’t one to be worried by events out of their control.

Working to the company’s core values of ‘Trust, Quality, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork,’ the real challenge is, says Lindgren, having both the ability and strength of character to make a solid commitment to customers.

“We do that time and time again, year in, year out and I think that that’s possibly the biggest bond that you can create between us and our customers,” he explains.

Supplying the best

This is perhaps more important with DACO than most, taking in to account their small but exclusive list of customers. Most of the company’s business is with industrial equipment giants John Deere and Caterpillar, with which Lindgren, coincidentally, began his career as a sales representative.

More recently however, the company has looked to diversify from its core business of manufacturing for the industrial equipment sector, signing a long term contract with ZF Industries, a first…

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