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Toolmaker Rob Ventrello Celebrates 40 Years at Fourslide
Please join us in celebrating toolmaker Rob Ventrello, who recently wrapped his 40th year at Fourslide. Rob started working for Fourslide right out of high school in 1986. Born and raised right here in Bristol, he attended Bristol Eastern High School and E.C. Goodwin...
Is your part a Fourslide Part?
We get this question every day as manufacturers struggle with ballooning lead times, expensive changes to tooling, and quality control for critical components. And the answer may surprise you! Sophisticated high-volume parts that traditionally required complex...
Making a Custom Electrical Contact Reliably and Economically
Working with the right electrical contact manufacturer, using the best technology for the job, can have big payoffs in design reliability and cost. The smallest metal parts can often be among the most critical components in larger products, and how they're specified,...
Meet Fourslide Setup & Operator Matt Duval
When Matt Duval arrived at Fourslide fresh out of high school, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life. Nearly 40 years later, he couldn't imagine working anywhere else. And Fourslide wouldn't be the same without one of its longest-tenured employees. There...
New Keyence Image Dimension Measurement System
Meet the newest member of our quality team! We purchased this Keyence IM-8000 Series Image Dimension Measurement System in February. It has immediately impacted our quality control and production processes, enhancing our ability to ensure that every part we deliver...
Introducing Scott Macek
If you've started a project with us recently, you probably spoke with Scott Macek, our new sales associate. Scott joined us in May and quickly proved an excellent fit at Fourslide. From evaluating new quotes to sourcing material and helping ensure that returning...
Judy Schmidt Announces Retirement
After 53 years with the company, Judy Schmidt has retired as Fourslide’s CFO / Office Manager. Judy started with us part-time in 1970 in a job-share arrangement with her mother doing accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general office work. No computers! All...
Celebrating Our 60th Anniversary
This fall marks our 60th year producing stamped and formed metal parts here in Bristol, Connecticut. Boy have we ever come a long way. A Family Business Deeply Rooted in Bristol Arthur Funk and a partner founded Fourslide Spring Products, Inc. on the 4th floor of...
Jim Richards Announces Retirement
All of us at Fourslide Spring and Stamping will miss Executive Vice President Jim Richards as he retires after 17 years at the company. Jim has been an integral part of Fourslide since the day he arrived in Bristol, armed with a wealth of knowledge and years of...
Meet Mark Ratta – Working Leader, Production
Mark Ratta, the Working Leader on our production floor, joined Fourslide nearly 30 years ago as a member of the Shipping and Receiving Department. "I didn't even know what a fourslide machine looked like when I got here," offers Mark. Three decades later, he is a very...
Facility Upgrade Continues
After a 20-month hiatus — both scheduled and dictated by COVID protocols — the next phase of our facility update and reorganization is back in full swing. The first stage of upgrades intended to boost production capacity by as much as 50% involved relocating our...
What is the Expected Life of Fourslide Tooling?
We're often asked this question after prospective customers receive a quotation. The answer is quite simple: your fourslide tool’s life is the same as the life expectancy of the part it’s making. Tooling built by Fourslide Spring and Stamping is truly a Non-Recurring...
Choosing a Material for Your Flat Spring, Spring Clip, Contact or Other Metal Part
We are often asked to recommend a material for a customer’s flat spring, spring clip, battery contact, or other custom part. The standard response is that we do not make material recommendation, because the application requirements (e.g., spring force, conductivity,...
Anticipating Problems in Bulk Metal Parts Manufacturing
A very high percentage of the parts for which we receive requests for quotation have never been made before. Whether it’s a flat spring, a battery contact, a wire form or a spring clip, our customers are usually fully immersed in designing a part that will fit their...
When to Consider Fourslide for Your Wire Form
Here at Fourslide, we manufacture most parts from flat strip material. The costs of production tooling are typically justifiable for parts with an annual usage of as few as 5,000 pieces. Despite the low volume, there is often no better or more economical way to...