December 2011

We are extremely proud to announce that VMA has received ITAR registration. Another effort to extend our services to expand, develop and diversify our customer
relationships.
    

October 2011

VMA begins conducting weekly 5’S Lean Learning Workshops throughout each and every department. It is crucial to understand that LEAN is not about tools or even a set of tools. It is about systems, thinking, and understanding of purpose. Check back soon for before and after photo's of our progress.
    

September 2011

The entire VMA management team begins a Value Stream Mapping refresher course as part of our continuous improvement efforts. In our Quality Objectives, we are committed to meeting on-time delivery to our customers. Over the coming weeks, the team will be developing an up-to-date, “current state” map of our entire process flow. Then, using the current state map, we will derive a future state map, which will be used to identify potential improvements and breakthrough opportunities.

    

September 2011

VMA is proud to announce the appointment of Dennis Barringer as Director of Strategy & Business Development. In this role, Dennis is bringing his extensive engineering knowledge, along with marketing & sales expertise, to harness vast, untapped opportunities for our business. VMA is already positioned in the marketplace as a leading contract manufacturer, and Dennis is now responsible for leveraging this reputation further by broadening our exposure to a more diverse customer base. Dennis is reporting to VMA owner Edward Winiarski.
 

Dennis Barringer's 25 years with IBM, which includes key involvement in the securing of 52 US patents, plus his sales management success at other Hudson Valley companies, position him favorably to represent VMA as we fulfill our business plan founded on the organic growth of our key business objective - delivering superior quality, precision made products to our customers.

As a socially responsible employer in tremendously challenging economic times, VMA's commitment to job creation in the Hudson Valley will be significantly enhanced due to our anticipated business growth. Welcome, Dennis to the VMA team. 

August 2011

VMA has partnered with a prominent Solar Industry innovator and will produce a critical component for it's latest project. It's a rugged gear motor assembly which drives a high performance horizontal axis solar tracker that will be installed in several locations across the United States. The trackers follow the sun as it moves on its path through the sky during the day, exposing the solar cells to an increased amount of sunlight and hence producing more electricity (because the cells work best when they are directly facing the sun). The tracker can increase the yield of silicon flat plate panels by as much as 25% compared to fixed installations. 
   

May 2011

VMA has purchased a Thermal Arc Ultima 150 Plasma welding system. This state
of the art Plasma welding machine in combination with sophisticated fixturing produced in house will allow VMA to take on more intricate welding projects that require the fine arc control that can be achieved with Plasma welding.