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Facility was completed and production started in 1965. The first stampings were produced in January 1965. There are 32 major lines of stamping presses, ranging from 50 to 200 tons capacity, totaling 448 presses. The facility has a steel capacity of 40,000 tons, water storage capacity of 900,000 gallons, steam capacity of 300,000 pounds per hour and compressed air of 25,000 cubic feet per minute. Sterling Stamping is the largest stamping plant in the world and ships to customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Venezuela.

 

 

 

In July 2015, the Company confirmed an investment of more than $166 million in three new press lines at Sterling Stamping to support increased product demand. The investment includes the purchase and installation of two extra-large High Speed Servo Tandem press lines (each 180 inches) and one large Servo Progressive press line. The three presses will increase the number of stampings produced each day by nearly 75,000 or 20 million a year.

Sterling Stamping was awarded bronze status for its results in implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM) on Dec. 16, 2015. The Sterling Heights, Mich., plant becomes the Company’s 12th North American facility to achieve the WCM award milestone. Bronze is awarded after earning a minimum of 50 points in 10 technical and 10 managerial pillars by demonstrating clear WCM know-how and competence through employee-conducted pillar presentations and a review of projects that have been expanded across the shop floor.