GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Long known for producing precision metal stampings, springs, wireforms, and assemblies, custom manufacturer BHI Manufacturing Solutions has added precision sheet metal fabrication to list of ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturing capabilities. BHI Manufacturing Solutions President and CEO Javier Castro reported in July that the company has expanded its manufacturing operations through the acquisition of precision sheet metal fabricator FTB & Son. As a result of the acquisition, all former FTB & Son manufacturing personnel are now part of the Precision Metal Fabrication Division of BHI Manufacturing Solutions, bringing over forty years of sheet metal fabrication experience to the company, according to a release from BHI Manufacturing Solutions. Skip Brown, founder of FTB & Son, has been appointed vice president of metal fabrication, and Brent Clawson was appointed general manager.

BHI Manufacturing Solutions (www.bhisolutions.com ), an AS9100C and ISO 9001:2008 registered manufacturer with facilities in the U.S. and Mexico, specializes in progressive die metal stamping, 4-slide production, CNC wire forming, spring manufacturing, low-cost assembly, and die tooling design and manufacture. The acquisition of FTB & Son brings BHI Manufacturing Solutions' overall manufacturing footprint to 140,000 square feet with “just over 170 employees,” according to the release, along with the added capability of short run and sheet metal fabrication.