Manufacturers Design and Build Unique Products Find Helpful Resources at ETO Institute

(PRWEB) May 17, 2004 -- Who are these specialized manufacturers that build one-of-a-kind products? What precisely do the ETO (Engineer-to-Order) manufacturers produce?

·   Motor vehicle parts and accessories,
·   Aircraft parts and accessories
·   Elevators and moving stairways
·   Conveyors and conveying equipment
·   Pumps and pumping equipment
·   Speed changers, drives, and gears
·   Relays and industrial controls
·   Power distribution and transformers
·   Switchgear and switchboard apparatus
·   Ball and roller bearings
·   Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
·   Fabricated structural metal
·   Heating equipment
·   Railroad equipment
·   Farm machinery and equipment
·   Public building and related furniture
·   Construction machinery
·   Mining machinery
·   Office furniture
·   Partitions and fixtures
·   Kitchen cabinets
·   Truck trailers
·   Power transmission equipment
·   Prefabricated wood buildings
·   Aircraft engines and engine parts
·   Metal household furniture
·   Millwork
·   Machine tools, metal forming types
·   Machine tools, metal cutting types
·   Industrial valves
·   Turbines and turbine generator sets
·   Hoists, cranes, and monorails
·   Industrial trucks and tractors
·   Air and gas compressors
·   Blowers and fans
·   Fluid power cylinders and actuators
·   Fluid power pumps and motors
·   Fluid power valves and hose fittings
·   Motors and generators
·   Environmental controls
·   Paper industries machinery
·   Structural wood members
·   Engine electrical equipment
·   Motor homes
·   Truck and bus bodies
·   Mobile homes
·   Vehicular lighting equipment
·   Packaging machinery
·   Sheet metal work
·   Metal doors, sash, and trim
·   Rolling mill machinery
·   Aircraft
·   Prefabricated metal buildings
·   Motor vehicles and car bodies
·   Oil and gas field machinery
·   Commercial lighting fixtures
·   Machine tools accessories
·   Wood household furniture

More than 18,000 ETO manufacturers are in the United States and Canada and until now there has been no comprehensive centralized resource for them. The ETO Institute (http://www.etoinstitute.org) is an independent information organization comprising of leading manufacturers, consultants, service providers, and academics, dedicated to helping North American engineer-to- order
(ETO) manufacturers compete more effectively in an increasingly competitive global environment.

Contact:

TR Cutler
email: eto@etoinstitute.org
voice: 954-486-7562