Ua holo ʻo Adam Hickey, Ben Peters, Suzanne Hickey, Leo Hickey, a me Nick Peters i ka mea kanu ʻo Hickey Metal Fabrication ma Salem, Ohio i ka wā o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana ikaika i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala.Kiʻi: Hickey Metal Fabrication
ʻO ka hiki ʻole ke ʻimi i ka poʻe hoihoi e komo i ka ʻoihana hana metala he mea maʻamau ia no ka hapa nui o nā hui hana metala e ʻimi nei e ulu i kā lākou ʻoihana.I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻaʻohe o kēia mau ʻoihana i nā limahana e pono ai e hoʻohui i nā loli, no laila pono lākou e hana i ka hapa nui o kā lākou mau hui.
ʻO Hickey Metal Fabrication, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Salem, Ohio, he ʻoihana ʻohana 80 mau makahiki i hakakā ma mua.I kēia manawa i kona hanauna ʻehā, ua pale ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, nā hemahema waiwai, nā loli ʻenehana, a i kēia manawa ka maʻi maʻi, e hoʻohana ana i ka noʻonoʻo maʻamau e holo i kāna ʻoihana.Ke alo nei ʻo ia i kahi hemahema o ka hana ma ka hikina o Ohio, akā ma kahi o ke kū mālie, ke huli nei ʻo ia i ka automation e kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mana hana e ulu me nā mea kūʻai aku a huki i nā ʻoihana hou.
Ua holomua ka papahana i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala.Ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi, ua loaʻa iā Hickey Metal he 200 mau limahana, akā ʻo ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai i hui pū ʻia me ka maʻi maʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2020 ua alakaʻi i nā layoffs.Ma kahi kokoke i ʻelua makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻi ka helu o ka mea hana metala i 187, me ka ulu ʻana o ka liʻiliʻi he 30% ma 2020 a me 2021. (Ua hōʻole ka hui e hōʻike i nā helu kālā makahiki.)
"Pono mākou e noʻonoʻo pehea e hoʻomau ai i ka ulu ʻana, ʻaʻole wale ka ʻōlelo ʻana e pono ai mākou i nā poʻe hou aʻe," wahi a Adam Hickey, ka pelekikena hope ʻoihana.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lako automation.I ka makahiki 2020 a me 2021, ua hoʻolilo ʻo Hickey Metal i nā hoʻopukapuka kālā he 16 i nā lako, me ka TRUMPF 2D hou a me nā mīkini ʻoki ʻoki laser, TRUMPF robotic bending modules, robotic welding modules a me Haas CNC machining lako.I ka makahiki 2022, e hoʻomaka ana ke kūkulu ʻana ma kahi hale hana ʻehiku, e hoʻohui ana i kahi 25,000 square feet i ka huina o 400,000 square feet o ka hale hana.Hoʻohui ʻo Hickey Metal i 13 mau mīkini ʻē aʻe, me kahi ʻoki ʻoki laser 12,000 kW TRUMPF 2D, kahi modula hoʻohuli robotic Haas a me nā modula wili lopako ʻē aʻe.
"ʻO kēia hoʻokomo kālā i ka automation he mea hoʻololi pāʻani no mākou," wahi a Leo Hickey, ka makuakāne o Adamu a me ka pelekikena o ka hui."Ke nānā nei mākou i ka mea e hiki ai i ka automation ke hana no nā mea āpau a mākou e hana ai."
ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hana ʻoiai e mālama ana i kahi pilina pili pili me kāna waihona mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa ʻelua kumu nui i kapa ʻia ʻo Hickey Metal i ka 2023 Industry Manufacturer's Award Winner.Ua paʻakikī ka ʻoihana hana metala no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻohana no nā hanauna, a ke kau nei ʻo Hickey Metal i ke kumu no ka lima o ka hanauna e komo i ke kumu.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Leo R. Hickey iā Hickey Metal ma Salem i ka makahiki 1942 ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana pā hale.Ua hui pū ʻo Robert Hickey me kona makuakāne i kona hoʻi ʻana mai ke Kaua Korea mai.Ua wehe ʻo Hickey Metal i kahi hale kūʻai ma Georgetown Road ma Salem, Ohio, ma hope pono o ka hale i noho ai ʻo Robert a hānai i kona ʻohana.
I ka makahiki 1970, ua hui pū ke keiki kāne a Robert ʻo Leo P. Hickey a me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Lois Hickey Peters iā Hickey Metal.Hana ʻo Leo ma ka papahele hale kūʻai a hana ʻo Lois ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo ʻoihana a me ka puʻukū.ʻO kāna kāne, ʻo Robert "Nick" Peters, ka mea i hui pū me ka hui i ka hopena o 2000s, hana pū kekahi ma ka hale kūʻai.
Ma ka waena o 1990s, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o Hickey Metal i kāna hale kūʻai mua o Georgetown Road.Ua kūkulu ʻia ʻelua mau hale hou ma kahi pā hale ʻoihana kokoke i ʻelima mau minuke wale nō.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Hickey Metal Fabrication ma mua o 80 mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana hale hale kūʻai akā ua ulu ʻo ia i ʻoihana ʻehiku mau mea kanu me ka ʻoi aku o 400,000 square feet o ka hana ʻana.
I ka makahiki 1988, ua kūʻai ka hui i kāna paʻi punch mua TRUMPF mai kahi hale hana pani kokoke.Me kēia mea hana e hele mai ka mea kūʻai aku, a me ia ka hana mua mai ka hale e hana hou i ka hana ʻana i nā hale metala.
Mai ka makahiki 1990 a hiki i ka makahiki 2000, ua ulu mālie ʻo Hickey Metal.Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka mea kanu ʻelua a me ke kolu o ka mea kanu i ka paka ʻoihana a hoʻohui like.Ua loaʻa pū kekahi hale kokoke i lilo i Plant 4 i ka makahiki 2010 e hoʻolako i ka hui me kahi wahi hana hou.
Eia naʻe, ua loaʻa ka pōʻino i ka makahiki 2013 i ka wā i komo ai ʻo Louis lāua ʻo Nick Peters i kahi ulia kaʻa ma Virginia.Ua make ʻo Lois i kona mau ʻeha, a ua loaʻa ʻo Nick i kahi ʻeha poʻo i hiki ʻole iā ia ke hoʻi i ka ʻoihana ʻohana.
Ua komo ka wahine a Leo, ʻo Suzanne Hickey, i ka hui e kōkua iā Hickey Metal i hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua o ka ulia pōpilikia.E lawe ʻo ia i ke kuleana ʻoihana mai Lois.
Hoʻoikaika ka ulia i ka ʻohana e kūkākūkā i ka wā e hiki mai ana.I kēia manawa ua komo nā keiki kāne a Lois lāua ʻo Nick ʻo Nick A. lāua ʻo Ben Peters i ka hui.
"Ua kamaʻilio mākou me Nick lāua ʻo Ben a ʻōlelo mākou: "E nā kāne, he aha kāu makemake e hana ai?Hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai aku i ka ʻoihana a hoʻomau i ko mākou ala, a i ʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana.He aha kāu makemake e hana ai?”Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Suzanne.."Ua ʻōlelo lākou makemake lākou e hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana."
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua haʻalele ke keiki a Leo lāua ʻo Suzanne, ʻo Adam Hickey, i kāna ʻoihana kūʻai kikohoʻe e komo i ka ʻoihana ʻohana.
"Ua haʻi mākou i nā keikikāne e hana mākou i kēia no ʻelima mau makahiki a laila e kamaʻilio mākou no ia mea, akā ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi," wahi a Suzanne."Ua kūpaʻa mākou a pau e hoʻomau i ka hana a Lois lāua ʻo Nick i komo ai."
ʻO 2014 kahi hōʻailona o nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.Ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻo Plant 3 me nā mea hana hou, ʻo kekahi o ia mau mea i hāʻawi iā Hickey Metal me nā mana hana hou.Ua kūʻai ka hui i ka laser tube TRUMPF mua, nāna i wehe i ka puka no ka hana ʻana i nā paipu kaumaha, a me kahi mīkini wili metala Leifeld no ka hana ʻana i nā cones i ʻāpana o nā pahu hoʻolako nui.
ʻO nā mea hoʻohui hou ʻelua i ka pā kula ʻo Hickey Metal ʻo Factory 5 ma 2015 a me Factory 6 ma 2019. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2023, kokoke ʻo Plant 7 i ka hiki ke piha piha.
Hōʻike kēia kiʻi lewa i ka pā kula ʻo Hickey Metal Fabrication ma Salem, Ohio, me ka ʻāpana hakahaka e waiho nei i ka hoʻonui hou o ka hale, ʻo Plant 7.
"Hana maikaʻi mākou a pau no ka mea ʻelua ko mākou ikaika," wahi a Ben."Ma ke ʻano he kanaka hana mechanical, hana wau me nā mea hana a kūkulu hale.Hana ʻo Nick i ka hoʻolālā.Hana pū ʻo Adamu me nā mea kūʻai aku a ʻoi aku ka pili ma ka ʻaoʻao hana.
"Loaʻa iā mākou nā ikaika a pau mākou i ka ʻoihana.Hiki iā mākou ke piʻi i luna a kōkua kekahi i kekahi inā pono, "hoʻohui ʻo ia.
"I ka manawa e hoʻoholo ai e pili ana i kahi hoʻohui a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hana hou, pili nā mea āpau.Hāʻawi ka poʻe a pau, "wahi a Suzanne."Aia paha kekahi mau lā e huhū ai ʻoe, akā i ka hopena o ka lā, ʻike ʻoe he ʻohana mākou a pau mākou no nā kumu like."
ʻAʻole wehewehe wale ka ʻohana o kēia ʻoihana ʻohana i ka pilina koko ma waena o nā luna o ka ʻoihana.ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi e pili ana i ka ʻoihana ʻohana e alakaʻi pū i nā hoʻoholo a Hickey Metal a he kuleana koʻikoʻi i kona ulu ʻana.Ke hilinaʻi nei ka ʻohana i nā hana hoʻokele hou a me nā ʻenehana hana e hoʻokō i nā manaʻo o ka mea kūʻai aku, akā ʻaʻole lākou e hahai wale nei i ka laʻana o nā hui ʻē aʻe o ka ʻoihana.Ke hilinaʻi nei lākou i ko lākou ʻike ponoʻī a me ka ʻike e alakaʻi iā lākou i mua.
I kēlā me kēia kūlana i ka hana i kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻakaʻaka i ka manaʻo o ka kūpaʻa.Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he mea maʻamau ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā ʻoihana hana, a ʻo ka moʻolelo o ka mea hana e lele ana mai kahi hana a i kekahi no kahi hoʻonui liʻiliʻi i kamaʻāina i ka hapa nui o nā mea hana metala.He manaʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo mai kekahi au.
I ka piha ʻana o kāu hui i 80, ʻike ʻoe ua hoʻomaka ia mai kēlā wā kahiko a ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu koʻikoʻi kēia manaʻo iā Hickey Metal.Manaʻo ka ʻohana he ikaika wale ka ʻike hui o nā limahana, a ʻo ke ala wale nō e hoʻonui ai i ka waihona ʻike ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā limahana ʻike.
ʻO ka luna kūkulu hale, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻonohonoho i ka wikiwiki a nona ke kuleana no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka pūnaewele, ʻo ia me Hickey Metal no kekahi mau makahiki, ʻo ka hapa nui o 20 a 35 mau makahiki, e hoʻomaka ana ma ka papahele o ka hale kūʻai a e hana ana i kona ala.'Ōlelo maiʻo Suzanne ua hoʻomaka ka luna me ka mālama maʻamau aʻo ia ke kuleana o ka mea kanu 4. Loaʻa iā ia ka hiki ke hoʻolālā i nā robots a me ka hanaʻana i nā mīkini CNC i loko o ka hale.ʻIke ʻo ia i nā mea e pono ai e hoʻouna ʻia i kahi i hiki ai i ka hopena o ka hoʻololi ke hoʻouka ʻia ma luna o kahi kaʻa no ka lawe ʻana i ka mea kūʻai.
"No ka manawa lōʻihi, manaʻo nā kānaka a pau ʻo GM kona inoa no ka mea ʻo ia kona inoa i ka wā mālama maʻamau.Ua hana ʻo ia no ka lōʻihi loa, "wahi a Suzanne.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka ulu ʻana mai loko mai iā Hickey Metal no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe i ʻike e pili ana i nā kaʻina hana o ka hui, nā mea hiki a me nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki ke kōkua i nā ʻano like ʻole.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adam ua hiki i ka wā maʻi maʻi.
"Ke kāhea mai ka mea kūʻai mai iā mākou no ka mea ʻaʻohe o lākou mea a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kā lākou kauoha no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa i kekahi mea, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi wikiwiki no ka mea ua hoʻokuʻu mākou i nā hale hana a me nā luna kūkulu hale ʻike nā hana i ka mea e hana nei, he aha ka mea e hana nei. ," wahi āna.Hiki i kēia mau luna ke neʻe wikiwiki no ka mea ʻike lākou i kahi e loaʻa ai nā hakahaka hana a ʻo wai ka mea hiki ke mālama i nā noi hana hou.
Hoʻolako ʻia ka TRUMPF TruPunch 5000 punch press mai Hickey Metal me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pepa a me nā hana hoʻokaʻawale ʻāpana e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nui o nā metala me ka liʻiliʻi o ka mea hana.
ʻO ke aʻo ʻana ke ala wikiwiki loa e aʻo ai i nā limahana ma nā ʻano āpau o kahi hui kila.'Ōleloʻo Adam e ho'āʻo nei lākou e hoʻokō i ka makemake o nā limahana e hoʻonui i ko lākou mau akamai, akā hana lākou e like me ka hoʻolālā kūlana.No ka laʻana, inā makemake kekahi i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi pūnaewele wiliwili robotic, pono lākou e aʻo mua i ke ʻano o ka welder, ʻoiai e hiki i nā welder ke hoʻoponopono i nā ʻano kuʻihao o ka lopako ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea welder ʻole.
Hoʻohui ʻo Adam he mea pono ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa cross ʻaʻole wale no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike e pono ai ke alakaʻi maikaʻi, akā no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka papahele hale kūʻai.Ma kēia mea kanu, loaʻa pinepine nā limahana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma ke ʻano he welder, roboticist, punch press operator, a me ka mea ʻokiʻoki laser.Me ka poʻe hiki ke hoʻopiha i nā kuleana he nui, hiki i ka Hickey Metal ke maʻalahi i ka nele o nā limahana, e like me ia i ka hopena o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka wā i ulu nui ai nā maʻi hanu i loko o ke kaiāulu Salem.
Hoʻonui ka kūpaʻa lōʻihi i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Hickey Metal.ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou i noho pū me ka firm no nā makahiki he nui, me kahi kāne i lilo i mea kūʻai aku no nā makahiki he 25.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, pane ʻo Hickey Metal i nā noi maʻalahi no nā noi, e like me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe.Akā ʻoi aku kāna makemake ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka puka.Ua makemake ka ʻoihana e kūkulu i nā pilina lōʻihi e hiki ai iā ia ke hana ʻoi aku ma mua o ke kau ʻana i nā papahana a ʻike i nā mea kūʻai aku.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Adam ua hoʻomaka ʻo Hickey Metal e hana i ka mea i kapa ʻia e ka hui "hana hana" me nā mea kūʻai aku he nui, nā hana liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia.ʻO ka pahuhopu ka lanakila ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku a pēlā e loaʻa ai ka ʻaelike maʻamau a i ʻole ka hana OEM.Wahi a ka ʻohana, ʻo kēia hoʻololi kūleʻa kekahi o nā kumu nui o ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o Hickey Metal i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala.
ʻO ka hopena o kahi pilina lōʻihi kahi pae o ka lawelawe i ʻike paʻakikī nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Hickey Metal e loaʻa ma kahi ʻē aʻe.ʻIke loa i ka maikaʻi a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka manawa he ʻāpana o ia mea, akā hoʻāʻo nā mea hana kila e maʻalahi e like me ka hiki ke mālama i kekahi mau ʻāpana i ka waihona no kēia mau mea kūʻai aku a i ʻole i kahi kūlana e hiki ai iā lākou ke kau i nā kauoha no nā ʻāpana a hiki ke hana ʻia i ka wā hiki. .i loko o 24 hola wale nō.Hoʻoikaika pū ʻo Hickey Metal i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻāpana i nā kits e kōkua i kāna mea kūʻai aku OEM me ka hana hui.
ʻAʻole nā ​​mea kūʻai aku nā mea wale nō i loaʻa iā Hickey Metal.Hoʻomaopopo pū ʻo ia i ka lawa ʻana o nā lako ma ka lima e hōʻoia i nā lako maʻamau i kēia mau mea kūʻai nui.Ua hana maoli kēia hoʻolālā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi.
"ʻOiaʻiʻo i ka wā COVID e hele ana ka poʻe mai ka hana lāʻau a hoʻāʻo e kauoha i nā ʻāpana a loaʻa nā lako no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa ma kahi ʻē aʻe.Ua koho nui mākou i kēlā manawa no ka mea pono mākou e pale i ko mākou kumu, "wahi a Adam.
I kekahi manawa ke alakaʻi nei kēia mau pilina pili me nā mea kūʻai aku i kekahi mau manawa hoihoi.I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻokokoke ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Hickey Metal mai ka ʻoihana kaʻa i ka hui e hana ma ke ʻano he loea hana no kahi mea hana kaʻa ʻoihana e makemake ana e wehe i kāna hale kūʻai kila.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adam, ua hōʻoia kekahi o nā ʻelele hoʻokō o ka mea kūʻai aku e pōmaikaʻi kēia i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i ka nānā ʻana o ka OEM e hoʻohui i kekahi o kāna mau mea lawelawe hana metala liʻiliʻi a hana i ka hana i loko o ka hale me ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana paha i ka ʻāpana o Hickey Metal.ma ka hana ana.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka TRUMPF TruBend 5230 i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana hoʻopau manawa a paʻakikī i koi mua i ʻelua mau kānaka.
Ma mua o ka nānā ʻana i nā koi o ka mea kūʻai aku ma ke ʻano he hoʻoweliweli i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana, ua hele ʻoi aku ʻo Hickey Metal Fab a hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā lako hana pono no ka hana a kāna mau mea kūʻai OEM e makemake ai e hana a me ka mea e hoʻopili ai e kauoha i nā lako.ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻokomo ka mea hana kaʻa i nā mea ʻoki laser ʻelua, kahi kikowaena CNC machining, kahi mīkini kuʻi, nā mea wili a me nā ʻili.ʻO ka hopena, ua hele nā ​​hana hou iā Hickey Metal.
Pono ka hoʻomohala pāʻoihana i ke kālā.I ka hapanui o nā hihia, pono nā panakō e hāʻawi i kēia.No ka ʻohana Hickey, ʻaʻole kēia he koho.
"ʻAʻole pilikia koʻu makuakāne i ka hoʻolilo kālā ma ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana.Ua mālama mau mākou no ia mea, "wahi a Leo.
"ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ma ʻaneʻi ʻoiai ke noho ʻoluʻolu nei mākou a pau, ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻokahe koko i ka hui," hoʻomau ʻo ia."Lohe ʻoe i nā moʻolelo o nā mea nona ka lawe kālā ʻana mai nā ʻoihana, akā ʻaʻohe o lākou koʻikoʻi maikaʻi."
Ua ʻae kēia manaʻoʻiʻo iā Hickey Metal e hoʻokomo i ka ʻenehana hana, i hiki ai ke mālama i nā ʻoihana hou aku, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻonui maoli i nā hoʻololi ʻelua ma muli o ka nele o ka hana.ʻO nā hana mechanical i nā mea kanu 2 a me 3 kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o ka hiki ke hoʻololi i kahi ʻoihana i kahi wahi o ka hana a i ʻole.
"Inā ʻoe e nānā i kā mākou hale kūʻai mīkini, e ʻike ʻoe ua kūkulu hou mākou iā ia.Ua hoʻokomo mākou i nā lathe hou a me nā mīkini wili a hoʻohui i ka automation e hoʻonui i ka huahana, "wahi a Adam.