Rochester Hills, Mich. (January 30, 2008) – Auburn Engineering, Inc., leading provider of rapid prototyping and production services, recently teamed with parent company Dynetics (Huntsville, Alabama) to provide Moving Technology Forward, Inc. with an effective prototype design, prototype build, and production process. Auburn helped simplify design, reduce costs of producing injection molds, and production molding of the Erase-O-Matic -- an innovative magnetic media eraser that helps protect privacy and prevent identity theft by destroying obsolete data.  With Auburn’s help, the Erase-O-Matic is now available and affordable for commercial, individual and family use.         

Auburn Engineering and Dynetics worked with the inventor to take the innovation from an idea to a producible prototype and actual production piece   The team worked together to not only design for functionality, but also minimize the number of parts, reduce complexity, insure quality, reliability, ease of production, styling, and assembly.

Notes Reid Scott, president, Auburn Engineering: “Our team offered true value in this application in that the component is manufactured to meet a key price point since prototype, tooling and production costs were minimized. We’re pleased to be part of the development of this innovative and useful product.”

Mazda Bumper Guard

Rochester Hills, Mich. October 3, 2007 – Auburn Engineering, Inc., leading provider of rapid prototyping and production services, provides accessory components for Mazda North American Operations (Flat Rock, Michigan).  Auburn Engineering serves as supplier for the design, prototype, and manufacture of molded exterior bumper guard components for a range of Mazda vehicle platforms.

Auburn Engineering supplies unique bumper guard components for vehicles including the current MAZDA3, MAZDA5, CX-7 and Tribute, as well as the discontinued Protegé5. Annual volume is approximately 20,000 bumper guards which are shipped to multiple North American locations.

Notes Camilo Gonzalez, Lead Buyer Accessory Purchasing, Parts Supply at Mazda, Flat Rock, Michigan, “What was key for Mazda was to partner with a supplier who could manage the entire process from concept and design, to prototype production, tooling, high-volume production, shipments, service, along with  timely shipping for optimal inventory levels and post-assembly.”