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MiMfg Magazine
July 2019
MFG
@ Work
What’s Happening
in Michigan
Manufacturing
TSS Opens New
Fowlerville Facility
Total Security Solutions (TSS)
celebrated the completion of
their new Fowlerville facility
with a grand opening on 6/6/19.
The event was well attended by
clients, vendors, friends, local
dignitaries, and members of the
press and included a ribbon-
cutting ceremony.
“This new facility significantly
increases TSS’s manufacturing
Total Security Solutions CEO Jim Richards
capabilities and is a milestone in (center) cuts the ribbon of the company’s
new Fowlerville facility (right).
the company’s ongoing strategy
for growth,” said Jim Richards,
CEO of TSS and the small tier
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Workforce with $1.95M
Manufacturer of the Year. “It’s
an honor to serve our customers
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and our community. We have big
DENSO, one of the world’s
plans for the future, and this new
leading mobility suppliers, will
facility is a vital part of reaching
invest $1.95 million to open the
our goals.”
North Technical Training Center
Throughout their history, TSS’s
at its Battle Creek facility. The
goal has been to strive for perfection
center is designed to be at the
in every single bulletproof glass,
forefront of automated and data-
door, and custom installation
rich manufacturing, also known
project. Located just down the
as Industry 4.0, and will act as a
road from the previous space, the
training hub for DENSO
new 47,000 square-foot facility
technical talent.
doubles TSS’s manufacturing and
“It’s a critical time in the auto
administrative capabilities and will
industry and we cannot revolutionize
allow them to better serve their
manufacturing and engineering
customers and is a key part in their
without our people. That is why
ongoing national expansion.
DENSO is focused on introducing
To learn more, visit TSS’
our employees to new technologies,
website at www.tssbulletproof.com.
providing cross training for
collaboration and developing
skills that breed innovation,” said
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DENSO’s Battle Creek
training center is the third of its
kind for the company, with others
in Tennessee and Mexico. It will
serve employees in technical fields,
such as skilled trades, machine
technicians and engineering.
Kevin Carson, president of
DENSO’s thermal manufacturing
facility in Battle Creek, said, “When
most of our workforce was in school,
there was no such thing as IoT,
automation or Industry 4.0. The
automotive industry is drastically
changing and that means our
machines and the technology that
powers them must change.”
At the North Technical
Training Center, employees will
receive training in areas like:
• Advanced robotics
• Programming automated
manufacturing systems
• Machine-specific training
for proprietary processes
• Precision assembly and
alignment of mechanical
components and systems