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Prepared: January 01, 2009 HISTORY / OVERVIEW:DDS Manufacturing has over thirty nine years of design and manufacturing experience in the highly specialized field of Metal Fabrications. Since the company's inception, our primary concern has been our Customers. While the financial nucleus of the company continues to be the manufacturing operation, the growth into the services which relate to the installation and field support of manufactured goods has been providing significant revenues in recent years.. MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY:From 1970 until present, the current product line for equipment which is designed and manufactured by the company includes: Stainless Steel Specialties Aluminum Specialties Steel Specialties OEM Products for Bus Manufactures, Truck Manufactures and Equipment manufactures SERVICES:DDS Manufacturing is a division of the DDS Group. The company has three CAD work stations which generate Engineering drawings for submittals for approval as well as the fabrication details which are necessary for shop production. All stations are Pentium Pro III Computers operating AutoCAD Release 2008 programs. The Engineering production activity serves all divisions of the DDS Group. KEY PERSONNEL:President & CEO - Steven R. Allington founded the business in February 1970 and owns 100% of the stock in the privately held company. Functions as Senior Engineer and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Allington has more than thirty nine years experience in the design, fabrication and assembly of custom manufactured products. Vice President / Operations - Tom G. Heath has been employed by Southern Steel Company , Adtec and Universal Security Products in management positions since 1969. Mr. Heath has over forty years experience in the metals industry, he joined DDS Group in 1991. Vice President / Field Services - Robert Allington joined the company in 1976. He has trained mechanics who install DDS locking systems and end user clients who maintain and operate the equipment for the detention facilities. Mr. Allington is responsible for field inspections and warranty validation. Production Manager - Ronald Blair has been with the company since 1973. Responsible for scheduling all manufacturing projects and supervising all shop personnel. Quality Assurance Manager - Dan Breuner joined the company in 1976 and is responsible for conducting the specified testing of materials and documenting the results. He is a Level 2 Inspector authorized to certify material in accordance with specification MIL 278-F. FINANCIAL PROFILE:Headquarters: Detention Device Systems operates from a building owned by Steve Allington in Hayward, California. The facility is a Tilt-up Concrete building with over 26,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 4,000 square feet of office space. Manufacturing operations currently utilize 80% of available space. The remaining 20% is for assembly and parts storage. Equipment: Steve Allington owns all of the machinery, furnishings and fixtures at this location and has no long term debt on the building or the equipment. Banking: Detention Device Systems has established a line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank. Bonding: Commercial credit and bonding is all secured by the owner, Steve Allington, corporately and individually. |
