The shift in focus was driven by a growing demand, starting in the late s, for large and oversized parts to serve the power-generation industry. Those parts were needed for large gas turbines. Like anyone who runs a thriving business, Gizzi has learned the benefits of diversification.
Precise Tool has long served the oil and gas, power generation, defense contracting and rail transportation sectors. Even with a diverse customer base and modern facility with the latest equipment, Gizzi must deal with challenges common to the machining industry: Finding, training and keeping talent. To meet these challenges, Precise Tool has literally taken things into its own hands.
Students spend half of their day in the classroom and half their day on the floor, focusing on the safe operation of lathes, mills, grinders and drill presses, with an emphasis on CNC machining.
The program consists of hours of combined instruction and hands-on training in machine shop skills, preparing students for a life-long career in CNC machining. As far as retaining employees, Gizzi has a handle on that as well, using lessons he learned from his father. Manufacturing technology has changed drastically in the last 10 years, particularly with the advent of 3-D printing.
But Gizzi has taken the same approach to intelligently investing to prepare for the future as his father did a generation ago. His team has been very aggressively exploring the development of this technology and working with customers to develop roadmaps for when and where a move to 3-D will make sense for their applications. As that approach continues to serve Precise Tool well, Gizzi has even begun to plan for another expansion of 40, square feet. Knighthouse Media Inc.
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Lessons Learned Like anyone who runs a thriving business, Gizzi has learned the benefits of diversification. Previous Article. Next Article. Quick Links. John S. Gizzi, president of Precise Tool and Manufacturing Inc. The company was started as a quick-turnaround small parts manufacturer, building specialized equipment for the automotive industry.
Over the next few years the company grew and expanded, diversified its capabilities and earned its reputation by building special machinery and prototype equipment for industrial clients around Rochester, N. Gizzi, however, has always believed in investing and adding more space and equipment to accommodate new business opportunities.
Today, Precise Tool has more than , square feet of floor space with over CNC machines, both large and small. The state-of-the-art facility allows Precise Tool to win bids from larger rivals but remain small enough to focus on the essential details of complex part manufacturing. The most recent addition was five years ago, when the company added 40, square feet and installed four bays to house larger machines.
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