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Perkins
Aircraft Services
Ft. Worth, TX |
| On March 28, 2000, tornadoes
devastated downtown Fort Worth, Texas, causing around $300,000,000 in
damage and loss. Perkins Aircraft Services, manufacturer of aircraft windshields,
had the roof ripped off of their facility. Violent winds completely destroyed
the cleanroom where they performed a key operation in their manufacturing
process. Perkins' employees began working furiously to rebuild the main
facility, while they contacted Lasco Services for help in re-building
the cleanroom.
Most cleanroom components have long lead times, especially true at the
time because of the boom in the semiconductor market. Waiting twelve weeks
for a new cleanroom would be as devastating as the tornado on Perkins'
business. Lasco visited the site, helped Perkins re-design their new cleanroom,
and was able to provide all the materials for immediate construction.
Lasco Services maintains an inventory of cleanroom construction
materials: ceiling grids and tiles, wall systems, HEPA filters, cleanroom
lights, etc. Lasco also provided construction guidance to Perkins' employees
and together they got the cleanroom up and running in only a few weeks.
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