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Specifically, the challenge was to efficiently remove meat from the bone. Of course, chickens and other fowl have lightweight bones of various sizes, which only complicated the issue. A machinist, Dan Evans Sr., overheard a conversation about this and, being a tinkerer at heart, set himself to solve it. Working in the basement of his family home in the evenings and on weekends, Dan finally cracked the problem and created the first Poultry Deboning Machine. And with it, **Evans Machine (EMI) was born in 1968**. Over the past half century and more, EMI has grown from a one-man shop with two machines to occupy **two buildings with more than 45,000 square feet** of space housing upwards of 40 of the latest CNC machines and many ancillary services. But **EMI has always been about much more than simply making parts**. It's about a series of family circles, including the Evans family itself, the more than 70 families of our employees, the family of our home town of Brockton, the family of manufacturing service providers in Boston and across New England, and the extended family of our customer partners. Each family is continually supporting and nurturing the rest, with one eye on the present and the other endlessly focused on building enduring relationships into the future. Now run by a second generation, Dan Evans Jr., EMI is the precision manufacturing outsourcing partner trusted by Advanced Manufacturers of all stripes. We build a bridge from CAD to Completion so our customer partners don’t need to perform every manufacturing action themselves. With capabilities that extend from prototype to production volumes, **EMI is best positioned to help three distinct types of production strategies**: 1. **Engineer-to-Order** companies requiring a high degree of design customization for a low volume of output 2. **Make-to-Order** companies that need moderate design customization for a relatively modest volume of output, where both manufacturing and assembly are based on their received orders 3. **Make-to-Assemble** with stable product designs for medium to high volumes of output. These companies typically manufacture and stock components and sub-assemblies in advance and assemble final products on orders Our customer partners benefit greatly from EMI's deep **expertise in manufacturing and stocking complex parts and assemblies**, freeing them to focus on their core skills without the distraction of needing to be world class for every step of creation. **Deep empathy and experience** in delivering on the dimensions that truly matter, coupled with a **dedication to creating the right relationship** sets EMI apart from other manufacturing in- and outsourcing options. Whether your engineering needs today are complicated or simple, or your production volumes are small or large, or you need one part or an entire assembly, the **team at EMI have the same problem-solving, customer-focused spirit that Dan Sr. brought to our founding**.   #### **From our family to yours, [let's talk](https://emievans.com/contact-emi).** ## **Why EMI?** Choosing the right outsourcing partner for your precision manufacturing needs can be the **difference between success or failure** for a given project. The question is how to choose. The answer is to optimize for the right relationship. Choose a partner that **supports your supply chain** needs by delivering **responsive service**, open **two-way communications**, and **on-time delivery**. For more than a half-century and continuing to this day, EMI always seeks to **co-create the right relationship by prioritizing our partners' success**. ### Our Promise: ## **“More than Parts: Partnership.”** **Contact us today to start building the right relationship.** ## Related Pages [» Why EMI](https://emievans.com/why-emi) [» Types of Manufacturing](https://emievans.com/types-of-manufacturing) [» Customer Bill of Rights](https://emievans.com/customer-bill-of-rights) ## Ready for a Conversation? [request a call](https://emievans.com/contact-emi) [![EMI Evans Machine Co Inc.](https://emievans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EMI%20LOGOS/EMI%20Logo%20PNG%20(360%20x%20144%2072%20DPI)%20Transparent%20Cropped.png?width=244&height=94&name=EMI%20Logo%20PNG%20(360%20x%20144%2072%20DPI)%20Transparent%20Cropped.png "EMI Evans Machine Co Inc.")](https://emievans.com/) **Evans Machine Co., Inc.** 32 N. 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