Our Company
Innovative Precision Engineering or IPE, was named so to promote the three key area's that the IPE team is to excel in. We are to be innovative in our designing, precise in our manufacturing and to forefront the engineering industry.
IPE VALUES
| Service | Through great service we will create an enjoyable experience for our clients |
| Price | Provide fair, competitive and structured quoting |
| Timeframe | Set and achieve reliable but aggressive timeframes |
| Design | Innovative, Reliable, Flexible and effective designs |
| Improve | Continue to improve IPE in all aspects of the business (service, price, timeframe, etc.) |
| Quality | Provide the highest level of quality to meet our clients satisfaction |
| Growth | Be open to new idea's, creative methods, technology and techniques |
Current Clients
IPE supports a range of Industries from automotive to mining to food to entertainment and so on. Here are just a few examples of the variety of Clients IPE provides works for.
Manufacturing Facility
Manufacturing Australia
Our manufacturing facility is located in Factory 1, Campbellfield, Melbourne Australia. We range between 10 and 25 staff based on works required.
We have recently introduced lean processing to improve our fabrication processes and reduce manufacture cost.
Manufacturing / Assembly China
Our offshore branch is located in Ningbo China. We have built a fantastic relationship with our overseas members to ensure quality is never compromised and delivery timing is fast and reliable.
Assembly Facility
Assembly Australia
Our Assembly facility is located in Factory 2, Campbellfield, Melbourne Australia.
This space allows for a clean assembly of product or a clear space for prototyping and trialling.
IPE utilises lean manufacturing technique to process build large quantities of product starting from sub assembly processes and continues through to packaging.
Design studio
Our design studio is located in Factory 1, Campbellfield, Melbourne Australia. We currently employ 4 full time designers and contract in excess of 8 based on work requirements.
Our design capabilities have been one of the key driving forces behind IPE's growth. By both practising manufacturing and developing equipment we understand and design with all aspects included.
For example (and often missed) providing easy maintenance access to the equipment and utilising standard replaceable parts that the client can access quickly. This form of 'design thinking way' promotes not only initial results but long term results as well.
Brief History
| Company Origin | Originally named 'techtooling' or Technical tooling, IPE was founded over 20 years ago during the automotive manufacturing boom. At that time the company specialised in precision tooling that ranged from small high accuracy parts to large die castings and precision welding nests. |
| Equipment Development | With a strong background developed in accurate high quality tooling, IPE was in a prime position to expand into equipment development. Complimenting this the team had been exposed to years of maintenance support and servicing activities that highlighted improvement areas in multiple forms of equipment. This experience and exposure became the basis for IPE designing at a higher level than its competitors. |
| Multiple Industries / Local + International | Realising that the services being offered could support multiple industries the company found itself branching into new area's such as the food, mining, defence, transport and construction industries while continuing to support the automotive industry. Today IPE supports not only a local but global market as well. |
| Project / Manufacturing | IPE's experience in equipment development led the way to process designing (production and material handling) and eventually small scale manufacturing. This allows our clients to confidently order quantity builds knowing that our processes to maintain quality and ensure our deadlines are already in place. |
"At IPE we like to think of ourselves as problem solvers. You have an idea and we help bring that idea to life using our vast range of knowledge in all areas of manufacturing and design."
Patrick Infantino IPE Director