The company does all of its own tooling and manufactures its own fins, tubes and connections. We try to make as many of the components as possible so that we can control the quality. Thanks to CNC equipment, set-up time between product runs is kept to a minimum. If we need to run one of something, it s not a big deal. We can run that one and then change over and run something else.
Customers can get prototypes and can get their products a lot quicker, with shorter lead times.
Normal lead time for production is four to five weeks. According to Aliffi, it takes about a week to generate a drawing. From the time a customer has signed off on a drawing, it takes approximately two weeks to receive the prototype. They haven t had to pay somebody to come in and design something for them. Our philosophy is that we should try to find a way for the customer to get into the market as reasonably priced as possible.