News
July 3, 2010
In the June 2010 issue of The Fabricator Magazine, the cover story was about fabricators “…who have climbed to the top…” The article, entitled the “Fab 40” was the magazine’s list of “…some of the most aggressive and successful shops in the magazine’s subscriber base.” AmeriStar was most pleased to be included in this list of Top 40 Job Shops!!!
The shops included reflected a wide variety of types of shops within the metal fabricating industry. And they pointed out many of the things that these shops have in common (most of which we are doing here at AmeriStar):
---Investing in new and used equipment to bolster current capabilities
---Strengthening relationships with current customers to see if they (we) could create new business with familiar faces
---Targeting new sales efforts in new markets to diversify the customer mix
---Looking for internal opportunities to root out waste to improve the bottom-line performance when margins were as tight as ever
We are proud of the fact that AmeriStar was included, and we wanted to point out a couple of items:
--that there must be as many as 10,000+ companies that are part of this “Fabricated Metal Products/Job Shops” category in the U.S. that could potentially have been included in this group, but AmeriStar made the top 40
--that AmeriStar is not an Advertiser in The Fabricator Magazine. So rest assured that our inclusion in this article was not based upon any existing relationship with the publishing staff at the magazine.
AmeriStar has been in business for 102 years – since 1908. And we are looking forward to our next 102 years!
Bill Remes, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, AmeriStar Manufacturing (
www.ameristarmfg.com
)
News
March 7th, 2010
AmeriStar Manufacturing Inc., Mankato, Minnesota, is pleased to announce that our ISO 9001:2000 Certification has been updated to ISO 9001:2008, with an Expiration date that is extended to 2012.
AmeriStar, with manufacturing facilities in Mankato and Minneapolis, Minnesota, provides contract manufacturing services for precision manufactured parts (precision stamping, long run or short run, prototyping, tools – dies – and fixtures in-house, laser and waterjet cutting, sheet metal, welding and assembly). AmeriStar is ISO 9001:2000 Certified.
For additional information, please contact AmeriStar at 507-625-1515.
Bill Remes, Director, Sales & Marketing
News
July 27, 2009
AmeriStar Manufacturing has introduced Layered Process Auditing as part of our ongoing Quality efforts.
We have implemented this auditing process to improve our in-place quality system, also to further reduce scrap and rework. The audits will allow us to better serve our customers. AmeriStar utilizes this methodology to improve high risk processes and to generate error proofing techniques. These audits at AmeriStar are completed at multiple levels - by Supervisors, by our Quality Department, and by our General Manager.
These audits are a systemized and organized group of questions which closely examine operations or processes within our company. We focus on areas where there is a high risk of deviation.
John Sacco, President & Owner, AmeriStar Manufacturing
News
July 14, 2009
AmeriStar is pleased to announce the addition of Robotic Welding to AmeriStar's list of capabilities.
AmeriStar has long done MIG, TIG, and Spot Welding, but we have just purchased a new Welding Robot System that will allow us to provide Lower Pricing on most assemblies due to its speed and accuracy. This machine will weld all types of material including Mild Steel, Cold Rolled Steel, Stainless Steel and Aluminum. Material thicknesses of up to 1/4"+. Part sizes of up to 40" x 48" x 36" can be accomodated on this system.
We look forward to working with you and hope you will contact us soon.
John Sacco, President and Owner,
AmeriStar Manufacturing
News
January 10, 2008
Dear Valued Customer:
We at AmeriStar Manufacturing Inc. are most pleased to announce our:
100th Anniversary Celebration in 2008!!
Founded originally in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1908, North Star Spinning (which was our original company name which became North Star Stamping, and then North Star Specialty as we grew) began as a small metal spinning shop providing spinnings to a small group of customers here in Minnesota. Our company has grown and expanded to a North American contract manufacturer, working in the areas of Aerospace, Military, Manufacturing, Capital Equipment, Consumer Goods, etc.
Specializing in the areas of:
AmeriStar’s primary facility (45,000 square feet) is in Mankato, MN, and we also have a manufacturing facility in Minneapolis specializing in Laser & Waterjet cutting only. AmeriStar is an ISO 9001:2000 company and we are currently applying for our AS 9000 certification.
Our “long accumulated” stock inventory of standard form dies & tooling means that, in many cases, you will get lower tooling and run costs from AmeriStar. We pride ourselves on our Quality, and our customer service.
As part of our ongoing 100th Anniversary Celebration this year, you will be hearing more from us at AmeriStar! Thank you for your support.
We look forward to working with you, and hope that you will contact us soon.
John Sacco, President & Owner
AmeriStar Manufacturing and AmeriStar Laser & Waterjet
March 7th, 2008
AmeriStar Manufacturing Inc., Mankato, Minnesota, is pleased to announce the addition of Bill Remes as its Director of Sales & Marketing.
AmeriStar, with manufacturing facilities in Mankato and Minneapolis, Minnesota, provides contract manufacturing services for precision manufactured parts (precision stamping, long run or short run, prototyping, tools – dies – and fixtures in-house, laser and waterjet cutting, sheet metal, welding and assembly). AmeriStar is ISO 9001:2000 Certified. AmeriStar is celebrating its 100 Anniversary this year.
Bill comes to AmeriStar with over 20 years of manufacturing experience, having worked previously for Thiele Engineering (Minneapolis, MN), Laser Machining Inc. (Somerset, WI), and Motoman Robotics (Dayton, OH).
AmeriStar markets its contract manufacturing services throughout the United States and Canada, and has local representatives that serve our customers in ten (10) different regions in the U.S.
John Sacco, President & Owner
AmeriStar Manufacturing and AmeriStar Laser & Waterjet