News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 1, 2007

Hess Sheet Metal Fabrication System...Manufactures Families of Parts On-the-Fly

NILES, MI – Hess Industries, Inc., announces that it offers customers a variety of demand flow metal forming manufacturing capabilities that are highly programmable and flexible to produce a family of parts on a single line. Part change-overs can be programmed into a companies MRP system or made “on-the-fly”.

Proprietary Capitol metal forming technologies integrate metal forming, metal fabrication, programmable dies and assembly processes from coil or sheet stock through finished parts using a full range of in-house capabilities. A typical Hess demand flow metal forming system incorporates programmable servo positioned punching, piercing, forming, shearing, wing bending and assembly stations to manufacture a family of parts.

Utilizing patented machine technologies, companies can produce families of parts on a single line. This offers reduced production time, reduced work-in-process and inventory, minimal production floor space, increased bottom line and a quality end product with proven repeatability. A recent line manufactured 37 different part configurations.

Applications have included air conditioning coil guards, louvered furnace panels, furnace filter housings, electrical boxes and others.

For specific application briefs about this technology, please visit www.hessonthefly.comn. For a complete overview of our metal forming capabilities, visit www.hessindustries.com

For a press-ready photo of a family of furnace filter housings (pictured above) produced on a Hess metal forming line, please visit: www.lkfclientaccess.com/hessmedia/cat.

Hess Industries, Inc. is a global engineering and manufacturer of metalforming machines, cells, systems and process lines with over 30 years experience.