AFS Corporate Member Fisher Barton (Waukesha, Wisconsin) held a groundbreaking ceremony March 21 for its new industrial building and site development for its Accurate Specialties’ Turning Center of Excellence.

Accurate Specialties, Inc. (ASI) a division of Fisher Barton, is a North American manufacturer of bronze gear blanks for power transmission and agricultural applications. With innovative and integrated manufacturing techniques, it specializes in precision machining, chill casting, centrifugal casting, and spun-cast gear blanks. As a full-service bronze foundry with automated machining capabilities, ASI delivers complete, fully machined, ready-to-hob bronze gear blanks and shafts made to exact customer specifications.

“We are expanding our capacity with this high-speed, fully-automated 56,000 sq.-ft. facility adjacent to our Accurate Specialties division to offer our customers additional manufacturing capabilities for close tolerance components, shafts, and bearings that complement Fisher Barton’s already robust offering,” said Scott Hoffman, CEO of Fisher Barton.