PAR Provides Winnebago Automation for Motorhome Manufacturing
December 15, 2015
The Pedestal Routers will be Installed at Forest City, IA to Manufacture Efficiently and Cost Effectively.
SHOREVIEW, MN, November 11, 2015 – PAR Systems, Inc. (https://www.par.com/), a world leader in material handling, automation, and robotic solutions since 1961, has partnered with Winnebago Industries to provide pedestal routers to improve manufacturing efficiency at its headquarters in Forest City, Iowa. PAR Systems is proud to be part of the automated manufacturing of motorhomes for Winnebago Industries.
In 1994, PAR Systems provided Winnebago their first automated sidewall panel router. Since then, PAR has installed six large-scale gantry routers for the Forest City manufacturing facility. Recently, however, due to increased demand for their industry-leading products and the overall strength of the business, a need arose to replace production equipment. A decision was made to replace these large routers with state of the art industry pedestal equipment.
Winnebago chose PAR to supply these replacement routers largely in part to the successful history, along with an innovative design utilizing FANUC robots. This router will be installed at Forest City in 2016. The PAR pedestal router is one of the key pieces of automation to manufacture Winnebago motorhomes efficiently and cost effectively.
About PAR Systems
PAR Systems, a portfolio company of MML Capital Partners (www.mmlcapital.com), is a world leader in providing advanced intelligent solutions for critical material handling, automation, and robotic applications that drive customer quality, safety, and productivity. Since 1961, PAR has created fully integrated systems, which are often first-of-a-kind manufacturing solutions, for a broad range of industries including aerospace, hazardous material/nuclear, life science and process automation, marine/defense, heavy material handling, and industrial. Headquartered in Minnesota, PAR Systems has global engineering and manufacturing centers of excellence. For more information on PAR Systems, visit www.par.com.
