The 3-Dimensional Services Group
The 3-Dimensional Services Group, a production-intent prototype and low-volume production firm celebrates its 30th Anniversary in 2022. The companies include 3-Dimensional Services, Urgent Design & Manufacturing, Urgent Plastic Services and Michigan Integrated Technologies.
The company also casts a larger presence with two new facilities in Lapeer, MI. and one in Rochester Hills, MI. Together the three campuses (seven facilities) of the company now boast nearly 500,000 sq.ft. of manufacturing space and allows for greater flexibility of its fabricating and machining footprint. The additional facilities will increase the output capacity of the company and combine with investment in new equipment to grow services.
The company’s manufacturing equipment now features; machining centers that provide spindle speeds up to 24,000 RPM, fiber lasers systems that join several other company-wide laser systems including both 3-and 5-axis with up to 12 kW of power; automation cells with a 40-pallet changing capacity with sheet size up to 160" x 78;" and stamping presses to join the over 100 presses already in the company’s facilities. The company also has an onsite collaborative design studio to work directly with its customer base.
“It’s not only the technology. Our success has come about through the efforts of our dedicated employees,” says 3-Dimensional Services Group Founder and CEO Douglas Peterson. “We are pleased with the growth we have realized over the last several years. It continues to be an exciting time for the 3-Dimensional Services Group.”
3-Dimensional Services, the original company within the Group, started in 1992 with five employees and now with over 600 throughout the group is a full-service engineering, design and accelerated manufacturing firm that specializes in “on-demand” development manufacturing, production-intent prototype parts and lower-volume production runs for industries such as military, automotive, furniture, medical, communication, biomedical research, energy, household appliances, packaging, and toys.
The company’s capabilities include, bridge tooling, prototyping, fabricating, laser processing, CNC machining, plastic injection molding, assembly, patterns, and models.
The company invests in technologies providing leading edge services for its customers. It was a pioneer in the use of industrial laser processing, was one of the first prototype shops in the U.S. to develop its own laser welding assembly machine, purchase a massive 7000-ton press and invest in numerous and the latest in high-speed machining centers.
The 3-Dimensional Services Group consists of 3-Dimensional Services, Urgent Plastic Services, Urgent Design & Manufacturing, 3-Dimensional Services-Europe and Michigan Integrated Technologies.