SMS group was awarded the contract to build the press. With all major decisions having been made, OF broke ground on April 16, 2014, on Weber Metals’ California campus. Additionally, they had to select a press supplier, among the few that could actually design and build such a massive piece of equipment, as well as a general contractor that could excavate and pour the foundation for the press and construct the building to house the press and its supporting equipment. With time passing and economic pressures growing, OF considered its phase-two investigations about where in North America to place the new press. In 2014, Boeing came out with its 20-year market outlook, which expected the world’s airplane fleet to double in that time. They also decided that the investment would be made in North America.
As part of its phase-one decisions, OF decided to invest in one hydraulic forging press to provide the forging capabilities to fully serve the market for all large- and medium-sized titanium and aluminum forgings. Consequently, in 2012, the company began its decision-making process regarding what to invest in and where any expansion should be located. OF’s gross revenues tripled from 2004 to 2012, and the company was envisioning the capacity constraints that would limit its future growth.
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