NEWBERG, Ore. — In 2023, A-dec manufacturing engineer Dustin Harper returned from Powder Coating Week in Orlando, Florida, with an exciting opportunity: an overhaul of how the dental equipment manufacturer was pretreating components. The change, he asserted, would result in lower energy costs and greater worker comfort.
But for one of Oregon’s largest manufacturers, change doesn’t come easily. A-dec needed proof it would work. After an 18-month research and development phase, the new systems and processes are now live.
“It took a lot of beating my head against the wall and trying to convince people that this is worth doing,” Harper said. “I knew it was worth it, so we just rolled up our sleeves and got to work.”…