Glebar Centralizes its New Jersey Headquarters

Glebar Company has begun a new chapter in its history.

After spending more than six decades scattered among three locations in Franklin Lakes, N.J., the engineering and manufacturing firm now is operating from one centralized headquarters facility in nearby Ramsey. Company officials marked the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Oct. 21.

“After six decades, rapid short term growth and plans for continued expansion, we simply outgrew our current facilities,” CEO Adam Cook said. “The new building’s open layout allows us to better streamline our processes, implement automation and lean manufacturing, control costs for both Glebar and our customers, and reduce lead times. The facility also provides our employees with a great environment in which to work. Our customers will benefit from a new and improved total customer experience, from three private customer machine check-out rooms to a state-of-the-art grind shop that showcases all of our products and their capabilities.”

Its new 44,560-square-foot facility features LED lighting, updated power systems and eco-friendly features to reduce energy consumption. The close proximity of engineering, application and production groups will encourage further employee collaboration and reduce lead times of its machine systems and aftermarket parts, according to Glebar executives. The move was prompted by significant domestic business growth and international expansion over the last two years, triggering a 68 percent increase in the company’s headcount. The larger facility accommodates all of the company’s employees and operations under one roof.

“We’ve invested millions of dollars in new capital equipment, automation and facility improvements in order to create a world-class manufacturing facility for our employees and customers,” President John Bannayan said.  “It will allow us to meet our increased demand and keep our costs and pricing in line.”

Other features of the new Ramsey headquarters include:

• New manufacturing and inspection equipment incorporating the latest technologies and capabilities;
• Network drops to all production machines to improve the management of production flow;
• High ceilings allowing maximum space utilization and improved inventory control; and
• Numerous conference rooms for customer and employee collaboration.

“Moving our team to the new building opens up a whole new chapter in the history of Glebar and allows us to push the envelope even further in introducing new products and solutions,” said Robert Gleason, vice president of engineering at Glebar, whose father was a founder of the company in 1952.

Glebar specializes in precision grinding systems used to manufacture parts for a wide range of industries and applications, from medical guidewires to titanium aerospace fasteners.