As part of MCL’s commitment to being a great partner to customers, our engineering team and production technicians are always looking for opportunities to improve efficiencies in the design, production and cost of assemblies.

Bay Tek Entertainment develops and builds ticket-redemption games that provide entertainment at arcades across the country. In early 2017, the sales team at Bay Tek was seeing a lot of success closing sales on games. Two games in particular – Pop the Lock and Spin-N-Win – were significantly outpacing production forecasts. Trying to assemble all the games in-house would have increased Bay Tek’s lead time immensely, leading to unsatisfied customers. To avoid that, Bay Tek decided to outsource to MCL.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) needed 174 response boats-medium (RB-M) to replace its 41-foot Utility Boat class that entered service in 1973 and was retired in 2014. The RB-M was designed to be faster, more agile and address crew fatigue through climate-controlled cabins with shock-mitigating seats. Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) was awarded the government contract to build the RB-Ms and decided to do so at two separate locations in order to meet the USCG’s expectation of 30 boats per year until all 174 were delivered.