Fall River Industrial Park Association Featured Member

Past Companies of the Month

MATOUK
925 Airport Road
Fall River, MA 02720
Phone: 508-997-3444
www.matouk.com

MATOUK REPOSITIONS ITSELF FOR THE FUTURE

If you drive past John Matouk & Co, the luxury bed and bath linen manufacturer on Airport Road, you might notice some construction going on. Recently, Matouk broke ground on a 10,000 square foot building extension, designed to increase warehousing capability. But what you don’t see from the road are 400 shiny new solar panels.

Last fall, CEO George Matouk Jr. gave the “green” light on the installation of an 84,000 watt solar-powered energy system, the largest solar system in Southeastern Massachusetts. This major investment, done with the help of a solar rebate from the state of Massachusetts began in November of 2009 and was completed in early February. According to Matouk, “Creating a business model that is both profitable and sustainable for the company’s next generation is at the essence of all our strategic decisions. Our investment in solar energy deeply satisfied both requirements. In the process, we also put our company at our industry’s leading edge of environmental responsibility.”

The installer, Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., has provided the company with a web-based monitoring system. Now the energy meter is rolling backwards and system will pay for itself in five years. You can check out how much energy Matouk is saving by visiting http://siteapp.fatspaniel.net/siteapp/simpleView.jsf?eid=399539.

In addition to the many changes to the facility’s infrastructure—the building extension is set to be complete by April 10th—Matouk has also been involved in a strategic planning initiative, an intensive look at the way Matouk does business now and how Matouk will position itself for future growth. Part of this process includes an overhaul of the company’s brand identity, including new logo, web design and packaging. George Matouk explained, “The economic downturn gave us both urgency and time to re-evaluate our way of doing business. In an odd way, the crisis was the inspiration for a period of incredible dynamism at Matouk.”

Matouk will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a date in March or April, to be announced soon, to which all members of the Fall River Industrial Association and will be invited.

Engineered Control Systems, Inc.
595 Airport Road
Fall River, MA 02720
(508) 679-9474
www.ecsinco.com

Celebrating 20 Years 1989-2009

At ECS we specialize in simple solutions to complex problems. Systems integration and automation is what we do best, and we’ve been doing it since 1989. We have the experience, knowledge and expertise to insure that our clients' machinery will always operate at its maximum potential. Whether an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or a final product manufacturer (User), ECS will improve their machinery’s productivity, making our services an investment with a great financial return. Our engineers are highly trained and very knowledgeable in all kinds of system applications which gives us the ability to design a system perfectly customized to each client's needs.

Quick response time and highest quality of service are our priorities. The ability to rapidly assess problems translates into very little downtime for the systems we service. Thanks to a skilled, on-site service team with experience on all types of drives, we are able to quickly restore operations with little, if any, interruption. Our trained technicians are current in technical test equipment to analyze and repair all types of analog and microprocessor-based drives, printed circuit boards and integrated circuits used on automated machinery. With an extensive inventory of drives, motors and transformers, we are a major supplier of quality controls, parts and electronic components. Whatever the need, we offer overnight parts shipping to reduce valuable downtime.

Gaining complete control over plant operations can sometimes seem like a daunting proposition. At ECS we combine our experience, advanced technical skills and superior customer service to provide our clients a one-stop solution for automation & systems integration that ultimately simplifies their lives. Whether it’s design, installation or service, you can feel confident about calling an industry leader – ECS. It really doesn’t get much simpler than that.

Rex-Cut Products, Inc.
960 Airport Road
P.O. Box 2109
Fall River, MA, 02722
Phone: (800) 225-8182
www.rexcut.com

Strong values, solid ethics and integrity... three attributes getting more difficult to find in today's competitive world market. Yet at Rex-Cut we have had the opportunity to exemplify and partner with companies and individuals who have demonstrated such traits-both customer and employee. Rex-Cut Products, Inc. is the oldest and primary manufacturer of cotton fiber abrasive grinding and metal finishing products in the world.

Since the early 1930's, we have been manufacturing a nonwoven cotton fabric, uniquely impregnated with abrasive grit. This "impregnating" process, originally invented by our founder Edward Hurst, has been refined over time, and continues to comprise the base of our specialized cotton product abrasive line. Abrasive wheels and mounted points shaped from this fabric based material are highly effective in the deburring and finishing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals throughout the industrial and metal fabrication sectors worldwide.

At Rex-Cut we have come to greatly appreciate and choose partners committed to standards like integrity, on time delivery, product quality and customer service-whether it be employees, customers, or suppliers. That being the case, we strive to exemplify a strong commitment to those standards in all we do. We believe that practice has helped Rex-Cut achieve the success we enjoy today. We at Rex-Cut are proud to be an employee owned, Fall River employer located in the community's Industrial Park since 1978.

On October 15th, 2008 Rex-Cut Products, Inc. became a 100% employee owned company, most of our employee-owners being from Fall River and surrounding communities.