Colson Group reshores manufacturing: People & Companies

Colson Group USA, a manufacturer of casters, wheels and other mobility products, continues to make significant investments to its production and distribution operations while reshoring some manufacturing.

Those investments include adding automation equipment, such as robotic welding cells, at the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-headquartered company’s two Michigan manufacturing facilities, in St. Joseph and Albion. “That has greatly improved our quality and our ability to react to our customers’ needs and has opened up new doors for us in regards to how we are looking at our manufacturing capabilities from a global standpoint,” said COO Chris Cummins.

He added that the addition of a laser cutting system enabled the company to reshore manufacturing of the heavy-duty Albion 310 and 410 kingpinless casters from one of Colson’s Asian plants, and the company is moving forward with investments to return more manufacturing to the U.S.

A wheel core is machined on a new CNC lathe at Colson. Image courtesy of Colson Group.