The Future of Autonomous Driving Trucks

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At Ohio Valley Manufacturing we’re always keeping a close eye on the trucking trends and recently the Mercedes-Benz autonomous concept truck caught our attention. The company unveiled its “Future Truck 2025” that Mercedes hopes to have ready for commercial use within the next decade. The truck uses an automated “Highway Pilot” system that allows the […]

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The Lightweighting Trend Continues in the Auto Industry

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Last year we posted a blog about the trend of lightweighting in vehicle manufacturing and now it seems lightweighting is being adopted by more automakers as the government’s goal of increased fuel efficiency draws closer. According to a recent article, the government wants do double the average fuel economy to 45 mpg by 2025 and […]

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Ohio Valley Manufacturing’s Plant Assist Services

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As a large capacity production facility we are able provide clients with plant assist services and temporarily provide production of high and low volume jobs. We have been able to do this for several of our clients who experience an unexpected interruption in service, whether a customer’s press breaks down or they have an influx […]

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Our Commitment to American Made Quality

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At Ohio Valley Manufacturing we’ve been reading the news about reshoring efforts and products made in America. It seems that almost every month the manufacturing sector continues to grow and we couldn’t be happier with the news. As an American made company our main focus has always been on the quality of our products and […]

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Learn about our Tool Die Design and Manufacturing Services

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At Ohio Valley Manufacturing we offer an array of services, including our tool die design and manufacturing services. What started out as a smaller side of a business in 1999 doing maintenance to tools and we have continued to grow so much that we had to expand our tool room capabilities in 2005. Now we […]

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Fuel Efficiency in the Trucking Industry

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At Ohio Valley Manufacturing we’ve been paying close attention to the trucking industry and there are several new announcements, including the president calling for fuel efficiency improvements. Obama has ordered the EPA to draft new regulations by March 2015 and implemented a year later. The goal of the new fuel standards is to limit greenhouse […]

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Finding the Right Fuel to Power American Industry

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At Ohio Valley, like many businesses, we like to keep tabs on the issues that affect our industry interests.  One issue in particular affects an interesting cross-section of industries that we’re involved in, and so we’d like to address it here: the ethanol debate. A concern for both the farming and transportation industries, the ethanol […]

Customer Service – a Backbone of Business

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In any business, one of the keys to success is outstanding customer service.  You can make a great product, or have all the right equipment, but if your customers don’t like dealing with you, they will probably find another way to get what they want. Every year, we send out a survey to each of […]

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Ohio Valley and the Agricultural Industry

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Last time we talked a bit about the “lightweighting” trend, what it is, and how it applies to one of the primary industries we’re involved in, namely the trucking industry.  This time, we’d like to examine more specifically how the trend and our expertise therein dovetails with other more heavy duty applications of heavy gauge […]

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Lightweighting in Vehicle Manufacturing

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One of the biggest buzzwords currently in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry is “lightweighting”.  This refers to the attempt by auto and truck design and manufacturing companies to come up with the lightest weight vehicles possible, in order to be as fuel efficient as possible.  There are many schools of thought as to the best […]

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