The wind-open expanses of the windswept prairies surrounding Wichita, Kansas, lend themselves to big dreams. In 1954, an experienced machinist named Ernest “Bud” Cox decided the time had come to open his own business. Starting out of a 16×20-foot building, he constructed with scrap wood on his own property, he opened Cox Machine, Inc. for business with a grand total of four tools: a mill, a lathe, a shaper, and a drill press. His dream? To build a thriving machine shop to serve the ever-increasing manufacturing needs of America’s heartland. Fifty-seven years later, that dream has more than becoming a reality. It’s turned into a world-class contract machine shop serving the general aviation and commercial aircraft industries with a variety of precision-crafted parts and assemblies. From Cox Machine’s original one-room building, the firm has grown into two separate facilities that employ more than 160 skilled technicians and support staff. All machining activities are performed at the 80,000-square-foot, climate-controlled facility in Wichita, while sheet-metal fabrication takes place at a 24,000-square-foot facility located in nearby Harper. From these two locations, Cox Machine provides customers like Spirit Aerosystems, Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft, and Gulfstream with a variety of aluminum structural component parts, such as … Continue reading Global Shop Solutions Case Study Cox Machine, Inc.