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My Internship at Design Ready Controls

10/05/2018

As part of my visit to America, I engaged in an engineering internship at Design Ready Controls. For the month of August 2018, I experienced the work routines of a…[more]

Skills Development for Additive Manufacturing

09/18/2018

Additive technology has become common in manufacturing. We’ve had 3D printing at Design Ready Controls for years now, using it to improve our techniques and expand our capabilities. As 3D…[more]

Consider a Career in Manufacturing

09/03/2018

Minnesota manufacturers are experiencing a worker shortage. More than 10,100 job vacancies in manufacturing were reported in fourth quarter 2017, according to the Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey. That number represents…[more]

Automated Wire Harness Testing Upgraded with the Cirris Systems CH2

08/20/2018

We have a testing board at Design Ready Controls called AWESOME. It has been around just long enough that no one can remember what its initials stand for. Automated Wiring…[more]

Lean Coordinator Sets the Stage for Savings

06/26/2018

Lean manufacturing—the elimination of waste As a kid, I wanted to be an inventor. I wanted to help people. No one had told me what an engineer was or what…[more]

A New Twist on Torque Quality

05/08/2018

A Culture of Continuous Improvement At Design Ready Controls, we have always challenged the standards of control panel manufacturing. In more than a decade of growth and innovation, we have…[more]

Career Pathways and Employee Development

04/17/2018

Want to switch careers but worried about taking the plunge? Want to apply but afraid your experience isn’t enough to get you hired? We get it! There’s no single path…[more]

Safety Campaign Scales for New Growth in 2018

04/10/2018

Design Ready Controls has grown to more than 250 employees just at our Minnesota location, so our 2018 Safety Campaign is growing, too. This includes a number of new initiatives…[more]

Automated Panel Expert (APE®) Leads in Control Panel Manufacturing

03/27/2018

I once called Design Ready Controls, “The most automated control panel manufacturer in the world,” without realizing that they’d put it on all of our banners. I had a good…[more]

Women Step Ahead in Manufacturing

03/13/2018

Some young women might think manufacturing isn’t the right field for them, that it’s a “man’s field,” or that they don’t have the right background. If you’re driven, curious and…[more]