| Control Panel Assembly and Outsourced Subsystem Manufacturing |
DST's 14,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility makes two distinct offers to its customers:
Custom Control Panels: Our in-house Panel Shop is UL 508A registered and ISO 9001:2000 certified. It has been providing high-quality/low-cost control and electrical panels to end-users, OEMS, and contractors around the world for more than 30 years. This includes enclosures containing computer, PLC, relay & pneumatic control, variable speed drive, servo & stepper control, custom MCC, and power distribution equipment. Intrinsically-safe requirements are a DST specialty; as are UL, CSA, and EU compliance. DST's wiring and assembly group can build to our customers' specifications, or they can—with DST's engineering and field staff—turn-key a project from conceptualization through installation. Outsourced Subsystem Manufacturing or OSM (pronounced "Awesome"): DST's OSM group specializes in higher-volume production of electrical or electronic based subsystems. This can be as simple as assembling a few wiring harnesses for a microscopic x-ray system or as complicated as designing, building, programming, and servicing over one thousand PLC & HMI based controllers that regulate the delivery of arsine gas, one of the most toxic substances on the planet. OSM's offer to DST's customers is lower cost, higher quality, and faster delivery than they can accomplish themselves. Serving both DST's custom panel shop and OSM group, our Procurement Department actually operates as a profit-center for our customers. Cost-cutting tactics used by our experienced and tough-minded purchasing people include supplier pricing alliances, volume purchasing leverage, and web-based RFQ & order entry. Coupled with a contemporary globalized procurement philosophy that makes lowering costs their "Prime Directive," DST-Procurement uses the aforementioned tools to insure the highest quality components, at the lowest possible cost, delivered in the shortest time possible. |
