A few days after I had just finished up with my GM work, I got a call from my local telephone book. It was a phone call to see if I had overlooked an article in the local newspaper about a stamping plant that I had not yet heard about. The article was about an aluminum stamping plant that was set up by an Indianapolis based manufacturing company. The plant was being constructed in the former GM grain elevator facility that was being torn down to make space for a new auto manufacturing facility. If you have any sort of questions concerning where and just how to use Web Site, you could contact us at the web site. When I told the man on the phone about the article in the Indianapolis News, he said he had not heard of such a plant.
I asked him if he had ever heard of a company doing work for such an important facility. He told me that he did know of such a company. I asked him if he would let me know who was working there and if they were good at what they were doing. He was nice enough to do both. He also let me know that he was impressed with the quality of the stamping plant equipment and the copper pipe fittings that were used.
He had worked for the company for years and retired several years ago. He told me they used copper pipe fittings made by Delco. He told me they used those and high quality copper gaskets in all of their equipment. The GM workers put together a very efficient company.
When I met with him, he told me they produced quality stamped metal for a very competitive price. We talked for quite a while. He asked me many questions. He wanted to know about the equipment, who installed it, what type of warranty were they carrying, etc. He was very cordial and did not try to steer me into doing anything else but provide a good deal. He knew I was a newcomer and wanted to take a chance on me.
He told me they had four stamping plants in the Indianapolis area. They used equipment manufactured in Germany and made all their own parts. He indicated to me that most of their customers were small businesses that wanted an easy process for putting together components. He also indicated that there was a possibility for some people to buy GM equipment and use at their own plant or at another GM manufacturing facility. He said he didn’t know of anyone who had ever done this but that it was possible and he would check it out.
I told him that I had been looking for something similar to what his company offered but didn’t find what I was looking for. I had found other companies that offered equipment designed to run like General Motors equipment, but they were much more expensive. He invited me to come to his Indianapolis stamping plant if I wanted to see what his company had to offer. I asked him if I could come a few days after Thanksgiving to see his Indianapolis plant. He said that he didn’t know of anyone who could come before then.
He let me know that two of his employees were from the Midwest and would be willing to come and inspect our equipment. I asked if they planned on installing any of my requested items. He said that most of the equipment they installed was components that came off the floor of the plant. They were not re-manufactured pieces but individual items that were already altered. He indicated that he might have to order some additional equipment to do some installations over the next several months.
When I left the plant, I thanked him for the tour and was wondering why we hadn’t spoken about what we had both looked at. He told me that it wasn’t because we weren’t looking for the same types of equipment. We simply weren’t looking in the same places. Perhaps I will come back to the Indianapolis GM Stamping Plant sometime in the future to do a bit of work for my car.