Cedarburg-based PartsBadger, a CNC machining company, is continuing its rapid growth by entering a five-year, up to $13.8-million contract with Golden, Colorado-based Yeti Cycles. The contract will create the need for 12 new full-time positions in Cedarburg. According to a press release from the company, an estimated $3.7 million will go to local distributors for
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The hardware PartsBadger will make for Yeti Cycles includes items like bolts and axels. While PartsBadger has made bike parts in the past, this is the first time they’ve entered a contract to integrate their production process with a client's process.
“Their team can basically direct the activity on our shop floor and then all the information from the shop floor is sent back to their engineering team,” Dietsch said. “Normally, our customers just send us a drawing and say they need a certain amount of parts and a quote. This is definitely unique.”
Everything is coordinated through PartsBadger’s cloud-based platform. Its core technology involves a quoting tool that analyzes 3D parts and PDF files to instantly quote parts for CNC machining, which normally takes three to five days.
As part of the newly announced contract, PartsBadger will also purchase four new Swiss screw machines. They’re designed to make complex hardware like screws and axels quickly. The company has purchased a dozen different machines since 2020. They include turning centers, mills and automated “co-bots” -- collaborative robots that work alongside a human staff member.
The 12 full-time positions being created through the Yeti Cycles partnership are in addition to the 26 employees PartsBadger announced they planned to hire