Celebrates 20 Years in Business and Expands its Capabilities with New Machine Tools Purchased Through Smith Machinery
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Mountain View Machine & Welding (a.k.a. Mountain View) is celebrating 20 years in business this year! The company, founded by Jason Crook, is a family-owned business tucked away in Logan, Utah, a quaint town in the mountains. It is also a woman-owned and Veteran-owned business.
The company continues to thrive, and Jason has plans in the future to build an adjacent building on his land to accommodate the growth. Today, the business occupies a 26,000 square foot facility.
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Jason doesn’t realize that his company’s success is not typical of many machine shops. For him and his family, it is business as usual. Take care of your customers (treat them as they are part of the business), work overtime or on weekends to get them out of a bind (without charging rush fees), make great products, buy the best machine tool technology, treat your employees well so that your retention is below average (they even have employees who have been with them since the company opened for business), and continually reinvest profits back into the company. That’s it. And it works really well for Mountain View’s customers.
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Mountain View retains the philosophy of doing everything they possibly can in-house. Jason says, “This is one of the ways we are able to control nearly the entire process involved with delivering parts to our customers on-time.” It also allows Mountain View to keep their costs down.” Jason says, “I haven’t had a customer in 5 years tell me our prices were high.” The company offers in-house machining, tooling, grinding, certified welding, wire EDM, heat treat, black oxide, waterjet cutting, painting, inspection and complete assemblies. The only work they outsource is anodizing and sinker EDM work, though Jason says that if more sinker EDM work comes into Mountain View, the company will purchase its own machine.
Loyalty is an attribute that Jason and the team at Mountain View value highly. Jason says, “When we celebrated our 20th anniversary this year, we invited our employees and their families to the event. We also invited our past employees, who are still like family members to us. Though many had moved away from Logan to other parts of Utah, or elsewhere, many of them still came to celebrate our event.”
Loyalty extends to Mountain View’s suppliers. Jason started buying machines from Scott Trumble when he first opened for business. Jason says, “Nearly every CNC machine we own was purchased through Scott. Scott is honest and I consider him a friend. I trust him and that is why we do business with him. Scott knows our business so well, and he always recommends the right machine tools for our requirements, today and in the future. He doesn’t just sell us something.”
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Business was so strong last year that Jason was able to purchase 2 new machines, a Romi 620 CNC/Manual “combination” lathe and a Mazak mill and a Mazak Nexus VCN-530C II. Both were purchased from Scott Trumble, sales engineer at Smith Machinery.
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Jason says, “We already owned 2 Romi machines, and they are still working well for us.” He continued, “The Romi 620 offers us extensive work flexibility for multiple applications with several chucks and tool holders configurations. It gives us great power levels, speed movement and machining precision.”
Before Jason purchased the Romi 620 lathe, the team was using an older Cincinnati machine. Jason says, “We still have the Cincinnati, and we’re still using it, but we like that the Romi 620 offers a bigger spindle bore and is much easier to run.” He continued, “We recognize that our customers value the fact that we invest in new machine tools and that they realize the benefits of the technology it offers.”
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The two older Romi machines used Bridgeport EZ-Path and EZ-Track controls. The new Romi comes with the Siemens Sinumerik 802D CNC Control. Jason is very pleased with the high performance and reliable hardware of the Siemens Sinumerik 802D CNC Control, and he says it offers multiple means of programming, operating and machining simulation resources, including a Graphic module for machining simulation. He says that his team likes the new Siemens Sinumerik control; it easier to program. He admits it was relatively easy for his team to move from the EZ-Path CNC to the Siemens control.
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The company is also pleased with the training and servicing they have received on their Romi machines, both from the resources at Smith Machinery, and from Romi direct. Several Mountain View employees participated in the onsite training that came with the purchase of the Romi 620.
Jason and his wife Trisha aren’t even close to retiring, but when they do, business continuity is assured as there are a number of family members active in the business today. Daughter Jamie and her husband Derek, sons Robert and Bill work full time for the business, while Jacob, the youngest son, is studying manufacturing at school, while working part time for the company. Jason expects Jacob’s formal manufacturing training will bring new ideas and technologies into the family business.
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To learn more about Mountain View Machine & Welding, a company with values and work ethic that helped make the US a manufacturing powerhouse years ago, call them at 435-755-0500. |
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About Romi
Founded by Americo Emilio Romi in 1930 as an automobile repair shop in Santa Barbara d’Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Industries Romi S.A. has grown to become a global leader in Machine Tools, Plastic Injection Molding Machines, High Precision Adjustable Boring Systems and Rough and Machined Castings. Its products and services are marketed domestically and exported to five continents for industries such as automobile and automotive components manufacturing, consumer goods, agricultural machinery and implements, and industrial machinery and equipment. Our brand name is synonymous with quality, technology and reliable products and services.
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Romi manufactures Machine Tools (metal cutting machines and metal removal equipment such as CNC Lathes, Conventional Engine Lathes, and Machining Centers); Plastic Injection Molding Machines; and Rough or machined grey, ductile and vermicular castings.
Romi invests about 4% of its annual net earnings into developing new products and technologies. It holds over 60 patents and has a further 30 patents pending in Brazil and overseas.
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Romi’s Quality System and Environmental Management System (EMS) is assured in compliance with ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 international standards.
Article courtesy of A2Z Metalworker
41 West Guest Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Phone: 801-263-6403
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Email: smc@smithmachinetools.com
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Phone: 801-263-6403
Fax: 801-263-6404
Email: smc@smithmachinetools.com