Every month, President and CEO Joe Wittig provides lunch for all Components Company employees. These monthly lunches are an opportunity for everyone to take a break and socialize. While these lunches aren't new, August's monthly all-company lunch featured something that was new. For the first time, we hired a food truck to come to our Brookfield, WI property. Welcome To Wilma's Wilma's Smokehouse is described as a "Rustic Roadside" BBQ stand. Centered in southeast Wisconsin, Wilma's … [Read more...]

Our ability to provide custom wire rope cable assemblies has always been an important service at Components Company Inc. Now, we are expanding that service and we have some news to share. New Equipment For Wire Rope Cable Assembly Components Company recently installed a new piece of equipment called a portable cable shear machine that allows us to cut up to one-and-a-half inch diameter wire rope. We have a designated table that is used for projects requiring this special cutting … [Read more...]

Components Company Inc. has remained fully operational and has been satisfying our essential customers’ requirements over the past several months. We have also been sensitive to our employees' needs during this time. Playing It Safe and Keeping It Safe Months ago, we implemented procedures and guidelines for our Brookfield, Wis., facility. For example, the 6-foot distancing regiment has been diligently followed and new sanitization processes have been introduced. We are following federal and … [Read more...]

Components Company is an essential business and a company in a good position to help OEM organizations source the parts they need to fulfill their customer's orders. Why Some OEMs are Having Trouble Right Now An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, is an organization that produces parts or equipment that is marketed and sold by another company. During this time, some OEMs are shutting down their production lines while others are converting their production lines to manufacture medical … [Read more...]

There's no doubt about it. This is a different time. No one has been through this before. Even some essential businesses have had to send workers home on a temporary basis. Many companies have had to lay off their entire workforce. Others have followed guidelines to have employees work from home. It's important to remember our laid off workers or those working from home. It's a big change. There are feelings of loneliness, helplessness and uncertainty. But there are things we can do to … [Read more...]