OneUp Innovations to Install Eton Production System
OneUp Innovations to Install Eton Production System
ALPHARETTA, GA - October 1, 2007 - Eton Systems, the world's leading provider of unit production systems (UPS) for the sewn-products industries, announces that OneUp Innovations, Inc., maker of Liberator® bedroom adventure gear, will install the Eton automated production and shop floor data collection system in its Norcross, GA (USA) facility. By replacing the manual bundle handling system with Eton, the company expects to reduce both finished goods and work-in-process inventory requirements as well as dramatically reduce manufacturing throughput time.
Established in 2001, OneUp Innovations, Inc. manufactures a complete line of special purpose pillows and foam furniture specifically designed to enhance life in the bedroom. The company employs approximately 150 people in its single 140,000 square foot facility. The 24 workstation Eton system will be used to produce furniture covers and liners, automating the transportation and optimizing individual operator handling from the cutting table through to final assembly and packaging.
About Eton Systems
Eton Systems AB is the innovator and world's leading supplier of the Unit Production System (UPS), the renowned productivity and management system developed specifically for use in the sewn-products industries. Eton's UPS automates material flow through the production process and minimizes material handling for each operation throughout the manufacturing process. Eton's technology and know-how enables companies to manage material and information in the most efficient fashion, including wall-to-wall data management from operations performed within as well as outside of the UPS system.
Headquartered in Sweden, the company operates with direct subsidiaries and agents worldwide. Eton Systems Inc. is based in Alpharetta, GA and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eton Systems AB.
Eton Systems
phone: (770) 475-8022 (USA - Georgia)
+ 46 33 231200 (Sweden)
e-mail: sales@etonsystems.com
visit the website at: www.etonsystems.com.
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