CHANDLER, Ariz. D&R Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of applied-robotics company Ecoland International Inc., has been awarded a contract from Johnson Controls a total exceeding $1.2 million, to be allocated over the next four months.
This newly awarded project signals the beginning of the second phase of Johnson Controls’ production relocation project, in which D&R has participated and played an important role in for the past 12 months. D&R says years of mutually beneficial relationship and more than $13 million in awarded projects for the previous five years positioned the company as the primary tube processing expert to Johnson Controls for this project.
During first phase of the project D&R successfully built two new systems and used a "leapfrogging" method to relocate various tubular seating programs to Johnson Controls’ newly built manufacturing facility in Ramos, Mexico. The project’s first phase increased D&R’s sales to more than $3 million and the company says comparable results are expected for the second phase.
"[This] new awarded project demonstrates the success of our business strategy and the confidence of our customer in our ability. It is flattering to be one of the companies that helped Johnson Controls achieve best-ever financial results for the past year. Our objective for the next period is to maintain and further develop this mutually beneficial relationship. Johnson Controls is world’s market leader in automotive seating with about 45 percent of the market. We see tremendous potential for our growth by simply satisfying their needs in the global market," said Drasko Karanovic, president of D&R Technology.