AMSCO is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, and has invested in two high-speed insulating glass lines from LiSEC.
AMSCO’s success story started in 1949 when Phil Rasmussen founded the company. What started as production for window solutions back then developed continuously over the course of decades, always with the desire to adapt to market requirements and not to leave quality to chance. An important step was the changeover to vinyl windows in the late 1980s. This strategic decision proved to be trailblazing and has made vinyl the company’s key production focus to this day.
Nowadays, AMSCO has around 500 employees in multi-shift operation and produces over a large production surface area. Their growth continues as an additional factory of around 9,500 square metres is being developed to expand capacities and enable new possibilities.
AMSCO first got to know LiSEC at a trade fair in Las Vegas. They then decided to invest in two Velocity lines, impressed by the versatility of this high-speed insulating glass line for processing super spacers and fixed spacers. The speed of the machines and the highly developed technology for sealing also played their part. The corner shaping system that provides the hot-melt sealant with an aesthetically perfect design in the corner area is another highlight.
With the implemented LiSEC solution, it was not about AMSCO producing more but better—more with stability and better planning ability—and therefore ensuring that quality remains reproducible even if quantities increase. The production line already fully met expectations after just a short familiarisation phase. The team quickly got to know the machines and how to optimise production, and productivity increased.
An important part of the success was implementation right down to the last detail. Installation and training were efficient and cooperative, aided by open, solution-oriented communication between AMSCO and the LiSEC technicians. Smaller matters were also able to be clarified quickly.
Chris Jonely, Equipment Specialist at AMSCO also positively highlighted the technical documentation, the visualisation on the machines and the quality of the instruction manuals, which noticeably eased internal familiarisation. If there were more complex questions, the conversations with the team in Austria were an important building block for coming up with solutions quickly and smoothly. Training in Austria helped to bring operation and process understanding to a good level quickly.