3-Dimensional Services Group Celebrates 3 Decades

The 3-Dimensional Services Group, a production-intent prototype and low-volume production firm, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Its companies include 3-Dimensional Services, Urgent Design & Manufacturing, Urgent Plastic Services and Michigan Integrated Technologies.

In addition, the company added two new facilities in Lapeer, Mich. and one in Rochester Hills, Mich. Together, the three campuses (seven facilities) now occupy 500,000 ft² of manufacturing space. The company says its additional facilities will increase output capacity and, in combination with investments in new equipment, grow its range of services.

The company’s manufacturing equipment now includes new machining centers that provide spindle speeds up to 24,000 RPM; new fiber laser systems that join several other company-wide laser systems including both three- and five-axis with up to 12 kW of power; new automation cells that have a 40-pallet changing capacity with sheet size up to 160" x 78"; and new stamping presses to join the over 100 presses already in the company’s facilities. It also established an onsite collaborative design studio to work directly with its customers.

According to Douglas Peterson, founder and CEO, “It’s not only the technology. Our success has come about through the efforts of our dedicated employees. We are pleased with the growth we have realized over the last several years. It continues to be an exciting time for the 3-Dimensional Services Group.”

The original company within the group, 3-Dimensional Services, started in 1992 with five employees. Now, with over 600 employees throughout, the group is a full-service engineering, design and accelerated manufacturing firm that specializes in “on-demand” development manufacturing, production-intent prototype parts and lower-volume production runs for a variety of industries.