One of the rooms of Bullard Machines
MILLER INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS INC. IS A CLOSELY HELD PRIVATE COMPANY INCORPORATED IN THE STE OF MICHIGAN. FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1942 BY RAY W. MILLER WHO REMAINED AS C.E.O. UNTIL HIS PASSING IN NOVEMBER 1998.
EARLY IN ITS HISTORY THE COMPANY GREW RAPIDLY DUE LARGELY IN PART TO
R.W. MILLER'S DEDICATION TO LONG WORKING HOURS AND HIS KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERTISE IN BOTH TOOL AND DIE MAKING.
MANY OTHER COMPANIES SOUGHT OUT R.W. MILLERS' ABILITIES ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS. FROM THE OUTSET, THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS ONE THAT HAD BOTH THE ABILITY AND THE RESOURCES TO READILY SATISFY CUSTOMERS' NEEDS.
DURING THE FOLLOWING DECADES THE COMPANY CONTINUED TO PROSPER RAY MILLER'S SON W.R. MILLER BEGAN WORKING IN THE PLANT EARLY IN HIS LIFE AND IS NOW THE C.E.O. OTHER SONS WERE ALSO A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION.
DURING THESE DECADES THE COMPANY WAS INCREASING ITS PRODUCTION SCHEDULES TO MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS INCLUDING SEMI-TRAILER KING PINS, ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS, BOMB CASINGS FOR THE FIGHT IN VIETNAM, PIPE FLANGES FOR THE OIL BOOM IN THE 1970'S AND PRESENTLY BRAKE DRUMS AND ROTORS FOR AUTOMOTIVE, LIGHT AND HEAVY TRUCKS.
CURRENTLY THE COMPANY IS
FOCUSED MOST DIRECTLY ON THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. THE COMPANY IS KNOWN
WORLDWIDE FOR ITS ABILITY TO TOOL-UP QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY TO RESPOND
TO THE SUDDEN NEEDS OF ITS CUSTOMERS IN SOME CASES THE COMPANY IS THE
SOLE SUPPLIER ABLE TO MEET THE HURRIED EMERGENCY NEEDS OF THE AUTO
INDUSTRY. WITH ITS MASSIVE PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES THE COMPANY HAS
BECOME KNOW TO THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY SIMPLY AS ?BULLARD CITY.?
WITH THE INCREASE PROSPERITY OF THE U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY SEEN IN THE 1990?S THE COMPANY HAS FOCUSED MORE AND MORE ON LONG TERM CONTRACT AND WHOLE BRAKE ROTOR AND HUB ASSEMBLIES BEING SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMER ASSEMBLY LINES.
THE COMPANY HAS VERY GOOD LABOR RELATIONS WITH ITS HOURLY EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY A U.A.W. LOCAL #62. MANAGEMENT AND UNION NEGOTIATORS RECENTLY RATIFIED A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE UNION, THUS EXTENDING THE CURRENT CONTRACT AFFECTING 140 EMPLOYEES UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF THE YEAR 2010. THIS IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT ENSURED AN UNINTERRUPTED WORK FORCE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE COMPANY MANAGEMENT TO OBTAIN NEW CUSTOMERS CONTRACTS ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.