Castle is moving...

Good stuff Patrick, hope the new digs work out well for ya. So are we all invited to the grand opening party?

[Kcaz25]

Good read! I really like Castle's products and business model. I'm so glad you are doing so well.

[suicideneil]

I wanna invest too!

Sounds like its gonna be a big step up in terms of output, that should help get rid of any backlogs.

@ Jthiessen- would you be happy paying ~$250 for a 1515 NeuCastle motor? If so, just buy a real Neu. Otherwise, face the reality of the global economy & accept that if you want cheaper products, they have to come ( atleast partially ) from overseas. They do still make 'em like they used to, but they cost alot more for not much more performance... Hand assembled is hand assembled in this case, just cheaper labour over seas.

[simplechamp]

Also, I'm graduating next week with my degree in industrial automation; where do I send my application!

[TexasSP]

I remember my last company we found the only way to get product from China how we wanted was to own the company. We went through several vendors before doing this. They don't listen, can't manufacture efficiently, and constantly want to raise prices despite what contracts we had with them.

I spent the last year and half from mid 06 to early 08 getting our machines ready and sending them over. It was fun and hell at the same time. Most of what we had was in house designed CNC machines with 20 year old operating systems on them so I spent over 6 months just specing out new systems and eventually went with baldor.

Too bad CC was not on the radar at the time for industrial control equipment. ;)

Baldor was great to deal with though and their techs were fantastic to work with much like CC.

Congratulations on the expansion and best of wishes on CC's future. This is a man's Cinderella story!

[BrianG]

I too would like to invest in CC. Seems like a company with promising growth!

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by BrianG

I too would like to invest in CC. Seems like a company with promising growth!

Send checks to:

ATTN: Engineering beer fund
C/O Patrick del Castillo
Castle Creations
235 S Kansas Ave
Olathe KS, 66061

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Send checks to:

ATTN: Engineering beer fund
C/O Patrick del Castillo
Castle Creations
235 S Kansas Ave
Olathe KS, 66061

Will this ensure quality control in production? Always will my investment pay dividends?

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Send checks to:

ATTN: Engineering beer fund
C/O Patrick del Castillo
Castle Creations
235 S Kansas Ave
Olathe KS, 66061

Good one.

I don't think going public will be a good move. Stay private as long as you can. Who knows, maybe a partner would be nice incase you want to make very expensive ESCs and motors for the wealthy folks .

Patrick, have you thought about owning a place instead of leasing one? I know it's a bigger investment, but it always pays off in the long run.

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by lutach

Patrick, have you thought about owning a place instead of leasing one? I know it's a bigger investment, but it always pays off in the long run.

We own the building we are in right now -- but this new building had a 9 million dollar build out by a previous tenant (Sprint) -- including a full-building UPS system, 2 megawatt generator, power distribution, 2 x 100hp compressors, furniture, etc. etc. So we decided to lease this space -- it fit perfectly into our production requirements.

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

We own the building we are in right now -- but this new building had a 9 million dollar build out by a previous tenant (Sprint) -- including a full-building UPS system, 2 megawatt generator, power distribution, 2 x 100hp compressors, furniture, etc. etc. So we decided to lease this space -- it fit perfectly into our production requirements.

Wow that sounds like my dream home!

Congratulations on all your success. Hopefully it will continue for you'll.

[TexasSP]

Don't know what you are paying for it but sounds like to good of a deal to pass up. Me if I was in manufacturing I would never own the building as it locks you in too much. Most of these build to suit setups with leases serve the manufacturer much better.