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MME Group Operates Fast and with Precision
By Brian Salgado
With 35 years of experience as a custom manufacturer of OEM products, MME Group boasts some of the fastest turnkey turnaround times in the United States. While the industry standard for the typical tool turnarounds is between six and 10 weeks, President Bob Archambault says his company averages four weeks.
“We specialize in fast turnkey solutions for mechanical assemblies of medium-sized products,” Archambault says. “We’re a solution provider with multiple deliverables, including engineering, tooling, molding, metal molding, assemblies and supply chain management, all controlled by ISO 13485 quality management.”
MME Group was founded by Don Chlebeck in 1974 as a tool-and-die shop in St. Paul, Minn. By the late 1990s, the company had grown into one of the top tool shops in the Midwest.
Also in the ’90s, MME Group added injection molding to its capabilities. The company morphed into a contract manufacturer when it brought together engineering, tooling, molding and assembly capabilities.
Archambault joined MME Group in 1992, became a minority owner in 1998 and evolved into the principal owner in 2001. Today, the company has two plants in Minnesota, with one consisting of its corporate headquarters, engineering, tooling, molding, clean rooms and assembly, and the other holding molding, assembly, warehouse and shipping/receiving. MME Group also has a tooling, molding and assembly partner in China.
Moving with Speed
Working with demanding customers in the medical, consumer, automotive and government sectors has kept MME Group on its toes in terms of its turnaround times. “Everything that we do is based around speed,” Archambault says. “We have suppliers in the supply chain, and we make sure they’re as fast or faster than us or we don’t use them.”
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