3-Dimensional Services Group expands UDM Lapeer facility

Company officials Jeff Felker, UDM Plant Manager; Keith Chene, CFO; Douglas Peterson, Founder & CEO; Alan Peterson, President; Shane Denton, Vice President; and Chad Peterson, General Manager break ground for the plant expansion to Urgent Design & Manufacturing. 

Rochester Hills, Michigan – The 3-Dimensional Services Group, a rapid manufacturing and low-volume production company, has announced an ambitious expansion to one of its affiliated companies, Urgent Design & Manufacturing (UDM), located at 3142 John Conley, Lapeer, MI 48446.

The company will add 65,000ft² to the current 100,000ft² Lapeer facility, which will allow for greater flexibility of its fabricating and machining footprint. The expansion and related equipment will result in an eventual investment approaching $10 million. It’s also expected to boost employment at the facility by more than 30 employees. The addition will increase the output capacity of the facility, and combined with the anticipated investment in new equipment, grow the range of services offered.

A unique feature of the facility will be the “Design Studio,” further enhancing its capabilities as a full service, quick response, advanced product development source, from design assist and validation, through manufacturing support.

According to Douglas Peterson, founder and CEO of The 3-Dimensional Services Group, “This expansion is pivotal to boost our company’s capabilities to fabricate a broad spectrum of components and assemblies and to provide our customers with access to the best and latest technologies.”

Added Alan Peterson, president, “Our customers’ product designs and engineering processes are changing at a rapid pace to keep up with market demands and global competition. This expansion and subsequent investment in manufacturing technologies is necessary to meet these needs both now and in the future for our growing customer base.”

UDM began operations in 2000 as an extension and broadening of 3-Dimensional Services. It offers hydroforming and associated CNC tube bending, 3-axis and 5-axis fiber laser cutting, CNC machining, robotic and manual welding, hydroforming, water jet cutting, as well as a large stamping and forming department along with numerous CAD and engineering workstations.

The 3-Dimensional Services Group, consisting of 3-Dimensional Services, Urgent Plastic Services, Urgent Design & Manufacturing, 3-Dimensional Services-Europe, and Michigan Integrated Technologies, has earned a reputation for building functional prototype parts and producing low-volume production parts 50% to 70% faster than conventional shops. 

Source: The 3-Dimensional Services Group