Schulte Industries has expanded its production capabilities to keep up with growing demand.
The farm equipment manufacturer from Edgefield, Sask., recently completed a $3 million, seven-month-long construction project, which adds 21,000 sq. feet to its plant.
“The main reason we’re doing this is we’ve had some good growth in our sales, both domestically and internationally,” said president Greg Archibald.
He said the investment would help the company achieve a 30 percent increase in annual production capability and sales while creating 15 new welding jobs in production.
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Schulte manufactures grass cutters, rock pickers and snow blowers.
The expansion includes a new warehouse and internal shipping facility. Fork trucks and two new six-ton bridge cranes will now load directly onto trucks and shipping containers.
Five new two-ton cranes were also installed to the expanded welding area.
“It’s a really good improvement for us,” Archibald said.
A further 7,000 sq. foot expansion is planned for this summer, which will allow each of the company’s three products to be manufactured and assembled on a dedicated line.
The expansions are designed to meet growing demand as well as ship products safer and more efficiently.
“We want to push volumes up even higher than they are now,” he said.
Thirty-five percent of products are sold in Canada, 40 to 50 percent in the United States and 15 percent to Australia, Ukraine, Russia and France, he added.
