April 9, 2013, an article in the Milwaukee Area Business Journal entitled \u201cManufacturing growth to outpace GDP in 2013, 2014\u201d\u00a0 by Jeff Engel stated that the expert projections are that manufacturing will outpace overall economic growth in 2013 and 2014, with a 2.2 percent manufacturing increase in 2013 compared with overall gross domestic product growth of less than 2 percent.
\nRentapen Inc., an engineering and manufacturing company located in Waukesha, WI has exemplified growth in the first quarter of 2013 by exceeding its sales goals by 22% in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Rentapen is a multifaceted manufacturing company with their ability to design and build many different types of weld fixtures.\u00a0 Their engineers create 3D CAD drawings of weld and assembly tooling they design.\u00a0 Rentapen\u2019s customers sometimes just want the drawings and they build the fixtures in house.\u00a0 Some customers prefer to get the fixture designed, built and tested by Rentapen.<\/p>\n
Besides increasing sales, Rentapen Inc. has increased their customer base for RAPid Tooling Components\u2122, Pro\/E CAD and Solidworks Designs and weld fixture build projects.\u00a0 They acquired twelve new customers in the first quarter.<\/p>\n The Business Journal article stated, \u201cIn Milwaukee, the manufacturing sector has expanded the past four months, according to the Institute for Supply Management – Milwaukee report compiled by Marquette University. \u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Maybe this will help improve the job outlook for the area.\u00a0 Rentapen\u2019s factory has been busy enough in the past couple months to justify hiring help to pack their precision steel shims and shim packs — RAPid Shims\u2122.<\/a><\/p>\n Rentapen\u2019s shop team assembles, packages, and ships their RAPid Tooling Components\u2122, including their custom and standard metal shims and shim packs.\u00a0 Also, Rentapen has been seeking a Machine Tool Designer and Weld Fixture Design<\/span> Project Lead Engineer<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNot only are we a manufacturer, but we serve manufacturers.\u00a0 So when manufacturing is busy, we get busy,\u201d said Susan Straley, Rentapen\u2019s President.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Rentapen\u2019s increase in shim and tooling component sales are a result of an overall trend in Manufacturing in the Midwest. Manufacturers in the Midwest are growing in sales and investing in machine tooling.<\/p>\n Rentapen Inc., is the weld fixture specialist, and is home of RAPid Tooling Components\u2122. Rentapen Inc. has been providing machine tool design services to manufactures since 1976.\u00a0 A Certified Woman Owned Business and owns RAPid Tooling Components\u2122. For more information about Rentapen Inc., please call 262-542-8891.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Local Wisconsin Weld Fixture Specialist Company Sees Big Numbers In The First Quarter. April 9, 2013, an article in the Milwaukee Area Business Journal entitled \u201cManufacturing growth to outpace GDP in 2013, 2014\u201d\u00a0 by Jeff Engel stated that the expert projections are that manufacturing will outpace overall economic growth in \u2026 Continue reading ![\"3D](\"http:\/\/www.rentapen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/3D-Models.jpg\")
<\/a>Another side to Rentapen Inc., is their line of RAPid Tooling Components\u2122.\u00a0 <\/a>This line is made up of RAPid Blocks\u2122, RAPid Plates\u2122, RAPid Risers\u2122 and RAPid Shims\u2122.\u00a0 These components are used by manufacturers that build weld jigs and assembly fixtures and other types of work-holding tools.<\/p>\n![\"Sue](\"http:\/\/www.rentapen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/geonsuecrop-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a>President and Co-Founder of Rentapen Inc., Susan and George Straley, have been dedicated to their machine designing company and satisfying their customers\u2019 needs to reduce costs since 1976. They have continued to stay positive during these hard economic times and it has been paying off.<\/p>\n