Rose-A-Lee Technologies isn't your normal spin-out of another firm.
The Sterling Heights-based firm was spun out of Elmhirst Industries last year because Rose-A-Lee Technologies' founder, Patty Lopez, is part of the family that runs
Elmhirst Industries, an automotive-manufacturing firm that specializes in everything from design to laser cutting.
Lopez is an engineer and had ambitions of being her own boss when she started
Rose-A-Lee Technologies. The company specializes in engineering services and prototype manufacturing, primarily in the automotive and defense sectors. Lopez has built the firm’s staff up to three people as it gained traction.
"Over the last month or so we have been having steady work orders come in," Lopez says. "That's exciting because our customers are passing our information around."
Now that work is becoming a little more steady for Rose-A-Lee Technologies, Lopez would like to continue building on the engineering and prototyping services by diversifying the company's clientele. She would like to add more customers in not only automotive and defense, but also in the appliance and aerospace industries.
Source: Patty Lopez, president of Rose-A-Lee Technologies
Writer: Jon Zemke
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