Client: AirBoss Flexible Products
Industry: Rubber Injection Manufacturing (Automotive, Agriculture, Military)
Location: Auburn Hills, Michigan
Challenge: Heavy reliance on outside engineering contractors due to severe maintenance staffing shortages
The Situation
AirBoss Flexible Products, a key supplier of rubber injection components, was struggling to maintain plant operations due to a critical shortage of maintenance staff. The gap was so severe that they brought in full-time contractors from an engineering firm just to keep machines running. While this kept production afloat, it was unsustainable long-term, expensive, and lacked team continuity.
Taldeco’s Solution
Taldeco stepped in with a dual focus: replace the contractors with skilled full-time staff and lay the foundation for a younger, sustainable internal team. In just 3 months, we:
- Placed 4 high-level maintenance technicians with experience in high-volume, automated environments
- Introduced 3 apprentice maintenance techs to create a long-term talent pipeline
- Enabled AirBoss to fully offboard their external contractors
- Delivered not just bodies, but leadership, mentoring capability, and bench strength
The Outcome
AirBoss now operates with a fully internal maintenance team, improving cost control, stability, and internal culture. Our placements provided technical depth and future growth, giving the plant a firm foundation for the future.
“Taldeco gave us what the engineering firm couldn’t — long-term people who care about our plant, take ownership, and are developing into tomorrow’s leaders.”
— Plant Manager, AirBoss Flexible Products