WIRE NEWS WN December 2018 | Page 4

Schleuniger Provides Support and Flexibility to Goodman Manufacturing’s Wire Harness Assembly Process Goodman Manufacturing Company LP., located in Waller, Texas, is a leading manufacturer of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) products. It is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd., a global Fortune 1000 company. In 2016 the company broke ground on a new 4.2 million square foot facility in Waller, TX. Goodman had owned and operated a variety of wire processing equipment at two of their four facilities. As they prepared to consolidate all four facilities into the new Waller location, a decision had to be made whether or not they would keep the existing mix of equipment or pursue plans to upgrade the department with new wire processing equipment. When they decided on the latter, they needed to determine what options were now available and whether their current suppliers still offered the best solution to meet their needs. 4 WIRE NEWS December 2018 The company colors, cuts, strips, and terminates wires to assemble harnesses for Daikin, Goodman and Amana HVAC units. They are continually challenged to incorporate more advanced applications such as wire printing, doubling, barcode labeling and more while maintaining the current value added processes. This must be accomplished without lengthening process times, or affecting the overall production volumes. They needed equipment that would provide them with that flexibility now and in the future.