Precision Craft Spreads Its Wings in New Multi-million Dollar Facility
Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Labs & Profiles
LMT Managing Editor Kim Calabro visits Precision Craft Dental Laboratory for a firsthand look at its new $3.4 million laboratory and education center.
Four hundred and thirty feet of granite countertops. Undermounted stainless steel sinks. Hydraulic cabinet doors and drawers that close without a sound. No, this isn't a description of the latest high-end kitchen from the pages of Architectural Digest, these are just some of the unique features of Precision Craft Laboratory's new $3.4 million facility in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
In 2005, the laboratory was ready to grow, but couldn't--literally. After 30 years in the same 3,500-sq.-ft. location, a building that could comfortably fit 15 employees was now accommodating a staff of 32. "We'd gotten to the point that we were growing vertically rather than horizontally, things were stacked on people's benches and we were bursting at the seams," says Ryan Napolitano,...
