Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division, 1980: Case Analysis
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...Metal Industries is one of the biggest manufacturers of curled metal products. Records reveal that sales have grown from $250,000 in 1963 to over $18, 500,00 by 1979. Despite having garnered 80% of the market share with their manufacture of exhaust gas recirculation values, Cumberland Metal Industries now wishes to diversify. One aspect of this diversification is a new and innovative technology for curled metal technology, the production of a cushion pad. The cushion pad is used as an integral part of driving piles.
The cushion pad is extremely important to the process of setting piles which are used to secure large bridges or similar structures when the geological composition may cause shifting of the structure under the weight of an unsupported structure. The cushion pad developed by Cumberland Metal Industries is a continuous metal wire which is flattened and then wound into tight, continuous ringlets. This structure allows the...
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