Mansfield Assemblies / Mansfield Industries to Change Name to Mansfield Engineered Components

MANSFIELD, Ohio, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mansfield Assemblies and Mansfield Industries today announced they will unify all of their business units under the company name Mansfield Engineered Components, effective immediately.

The company also will unveil a new website (www.mansfieldec.com) and company-wide brand identity, including the new tagline "Designing Solutions. Delivering Results."

Mansfield Engineered Components is the premier global supplier of appliance hinges, providing both simple and complex hinges to many of the world's best-known appliance brands. The company also designs and manufactures complex motion control components for customers in the transportation, medical casegoods and general industrial markets.

"In our 70+ years as a family-owned and operated business, customers have known us by a variety of names, including Mansfield Industries, Mansfield Assemblies, Mansfield Manufacturing and Mansfield Plating," said Bruce Cummins, President and CEO. "We believe that our new name and identity reflect the fact that our customers recognize us as an innovator that provides cost-effective design solutions, delivered on-time and on-budget."

"As we have grown, our businesses evolved under a variety of names, and that makes it difficult to position the company as a single, unified organization," Cummins continued. "We want all of our customers and prospective customers to be aware of the full scope of our capabilities, and we believe that our new name and identity will help us achieve that. It is our intention to be recognized throughout the markets we serve as a responsive, problem-solver that provides value-added services."  

Founded as the Mansfield Plating Company in 1939 by Otis Cummins Sr., the company initially provided plating and finishing services for the automotive, appliance and furniture industries. The company expanded in the 1960's as Mr. Cummins and his son "Koke" formed Mansfield Manufacturing, fabricating metal components for the markets served by Mansfield Plating. These merged to become Mansfield Industries in 1972. Mansfield Assemblies was founded in 1987, and added engineering capabilities in 1989. The company, under its third-generation ownership of Bruce, Steve and Claudia Cummins, today provides design, prototyping and testing, stamping, plating, assembly, and warehousing and distribution to a broad spectrum of global customers.

Based in Mansfield, Ohio, Mansfield Engineered Components employs 130 in its 180,000-square-foot facility. Mansfield Engineered Components is ISO 9001:2008 certified and has received numerous customer awards for its ability to design and deliver, and for its customer service.

SOURCE Mansfield Engineered Components