Blachford Acoustics Group Awarded 2021 ARPM Innovation Award
Last week at the ARPM (Association for Rubber Products Manufacturers) Benchmarking & Best Practices Conference, it was announced that Blachford Acoustics Group was awarded a 2021 ARPM Innovation Award for Employee Retention. During our 100th [...]
Mike Pellegrini Promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Blachford Acoustics Group is pleased to announce that Mike Pellegrini has been promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Pellegrini rejoined the company in September of 2020 in the role of Sales Director for [...]
Safety Milestone: Blachford RP Celebrates 10 Years with No Lost Time Accidents
Our North Carolina plant, Blachford RP Corporation, recently had a luncheon to celebrate 10 years (3650 days and counting!) without having a lost time accident. The health and safety of our employees are paramount to [...]
Blachford UK Ltd. Announces Reorganization
Blachford UK Ltd., a location of the Blachford Acoustics Group, has announced that Managing Director Jason Lippitt will be resigning from the company effective this November. Lippitt purchased the then TMAT Acoustic Technologies in 2011 [...]
Blachford Acoustics Group to Exhibit at SAE 2021
Welcome Back Trade Shows! We hope to see you all at SAE International’s 2021 Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition, taking place September 7-10, 2021 at DeVos Place. Blachford Acoustics Group team members will be [...]
Blachford Inc. Receives PACCAR’s 10 PPM Quality Award for 2nd Year in a Row
For the 4th time in 5 years and 2nd year in a row, Blachford Incorporated (West Chicago, IL) has been named a recipient of PACCAR’s 10 PPM Quality Award. Each year, this award is presented [...]
Blachford AM Ltd. Achieves Caterpillar Platinum Certification for 2nd Year in a Row
For the 2nd year in a row, Blachford AM Ltd., a subsidiary of Blachford Acoustics Group, has been awarded Caterpillar’s Platinum SQEP Certification. The Caterpillar Supplier Quality Excellence Process requirements factor in efforts by almost [...]
Blachford Inc. Presented Masters of Quality Award from Daimler Trucks
Blachford Inc. (West Chicago, IL) of the Blachford Acoustics Group has been named a recipient of Daimler Trucks North America’s Masters of Quality Award for 2019. A limited number of suppliers are chosen for this [...]
Blachford Inc. Named Recipient of PACCAR’s 10 PPM Quality Award
For the 3rd time in 4 years, Blachford Incorporated (West Chicago, IL) has been named a recipient of PACCAR’s 10 PPM Quality Award. The award is presented to PACCAR suppliers that complete a quality score [...]
Blachford AM Ltd. Achieves Caterpillar Platinum Certification
Blachford Acoustics Group is extremely proud to announce that its Cambridge, Ontario location in Canada, Blachford AM Ltd., has been awarded Caterpillar’s Platinum SQEP Certification for the first time. Having previously received Caterpillar Gold in [...]
Customers Who Trust Blachford Acoustics Group
“Blachford eliminated SKUs. Across product families, the reduction of one SKU is a $10k savings. Blachford eliminated 14 SKUs.”
– Noise Control Research Engineer – Construction Equipment Manufacturer
“The first project with Blachford, it was a definite quality improvement, and it was over a million dollar yearly cost savings for just the purchase parts themselves. We went from 28 (SKU) parts to 14.”
– Design Engineer – Heavy Equipment Manufacturer
“Noise is important to brand image. It is one of the top factors along with driveability and reliability. Acoustics – it’s a 4 out of 5, it might even be a 5 in importance projecting the image, the brand, and the quality that we want projected to the market.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
“Our ten-fold growth prior to our acquisition was expedited by our working relationship with Blachford.”
– Design Engineer
“For our shareholders, we have to produce a product at the lowest cost, at the right level of quality and sell it at the highest price we can. We look for suppliers who can help us do that. Blachford helps us do that.”
– Global Procurement Manager – Construction Equipment Manufacturer
“When a company does a spec, boundary conditions like humidity that day, temperature, that all matters. ASPM national or international spec. We try to verify where we can, but we don’t even have the equipment they have. We trust their specifications. Blachford brings innovative ideas, processes, materials, and offerings we value.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
“Then, bringing them in at the beginning with our new product design, it probably saved 6-12 months of development. We didn’t just wa nt the spec sheet value. We wanted customers to get in the machine and experience the difference.”
– Design Engineer – Heavy Equipment Manufacturer
“If we have an acoustics issue, we will reach out to Blachford since they are the experts. It saves us money because we do not have to keep an acoustic expert on site with an annual salary, with benefits, of $125K.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
“As a mechanical engineer, we make stuff that is practical and affordable and Blachford’s materials routinely help me reach these goals.”
– Design Engineer
“We [purchasing department] reported savings of $100k annually from moving to the die-cut solution using Blachford.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
Customers Who Trust Blachford Acoustics Group
“Blachford eliminated SKUs. Across product families, the reduction of one SKU is a $10k savings. Blachford eliminated 14 SKUs.”
– Noise Control Research Engineer – Construction Equipment Manufacturer
“The first project with Blachford, it was a definite quality improvement, and it was over a million dollar yearly cost savings for just the purchase parts themselves. We went from 28 (SKU) parts to 14.”
– Design Engineer – Heavy Equipment Manufacturer
“Noise is important to brand image. It is one of the top factors along with driveability and reliability. Acoustics – it’s a 4 out of 5, it might even be a 5 in importance projecting the image, the brand, and the quality that we want projected to the market.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
“Our ten-fold growth prior to our acquisition was expedited by our working relationship with Blachford.”
– Design Engineer
“For our shareholders, we have to produce a product at the lowest cost, at the right level of quality and sell it at the highest price we can. We look for suppliers who can help us do that. Blachford helps us do that.”
– Global Procurement Manager – Construction Equipment Manufacturer
“When a company does a spec, boundary conditions like humidity that day, temperature, that all matters. ASPM national or international spec. We try to verify where we can, but we don’t even have the equipment they have. We trust their specifications. Blachford brings innovative ideas, processes, materials, and offerings we value.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
“Then, bringing them in at the beginning with our new product design, it probably saved 6-12 months of development. We didn’t just wa nt the spec sheet value. We wanted customers to get in the machine and experience the difference.”
– Design Engineer – Heavy Equipment Manufacturer
“If we have an acoustics issue, we will reach out to Blachford since they are the experts. It saves us money because we do not have to keep an acoustic expert on site with an annual salary, with benefits, of $125K.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
“As a mechanical engineer, we make stuff that is practical and affordable and Blachford’s materials routinely help me reach these goals.”
– Design Engineer
“We [purchasing department] reported savings of $100k annually from moving to the die-cut solution using Blachford.”
– Design Engineer – Truck Manufacturer
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