SC Johnson and Son retained Antech Design and Engineering Group in July 2014 for various in-plant engineering projects. Since the initial partnership began, Antech has completed dozens of projects at SC Johnson over the last 18 months and anticipates doing even more work there in the future.

Antech Design and Engineering Group has provided a variety of Industrial Engineering services to support the various activities that take place at the plant. These include:

1. Site inspections to ensure that worksites are safe
2. Design and certification of safety systems such as fall-arrest and fall-restraint points and guarding
3. Design and certification of crane systems and other lifting devices such as lifting beams
4. Design and certification of concrete machine bases
5. Design and certification of various metal fabrications such as access platforms, ladders and machine support structures

The operations in Brantford operate out of a mature facility. This fact combined with the introduction of new product lines and maintenance of existing lines means that SC Johnson requires a reliable engineering company.

The greatest challenge faced in working with SC Johnson is the need to be responsive to multiple stakeholders for larger projects. Large projects such as a new line installation can involve people from several departments within SC Johnson as well as people from fabricators and suppliers. Antech has been successful at SC Johnson by responding quickly to requests for design services, as well as being able to integrate the requirements of different parties into the final design of equipment.

For smaller jobs Antech offers SC Johnson fast response times and thoughtful design solutions.

The main lesson learned from working with the team at SC Johnson is that excellent customer services has been very important to the success of the relationship. By providing an exceptionally high level of service Antech has become top of mind with SC Johnson staff when engineering support is required.