Case Study: F+F Mechanical Company
F+F Mechanical Company was founded in 1982 by Mario Ferrucci as a small plumbing and pipe fabrication shop. Mario came to the USA from Italy in 1968 and worked in a factory. Because he knew how to weld, Mario joined the union and worked his way up the ladder for a local contractor. In 1982 he started his own business with a truck and hired an 18 yr old assistant. That assistant still works for F+F Mechanical.
The Business Challenge:
"We knew we needed to embrace technology," said John Ferrucci, Vice President of F+F Mechanical. "We needed to move into pre-fab units and modular construction. As we started this process it quickly became clear that pipe fabrication was taking too much time and eating into our budget - piping was the bottleneck to our progress. We had four men dedicated to cutting, beveling and prepping pipe."
The Watts-Mueller Solution:
"In 2017 we purchased the Watts-Mueller W-242 with a 25 ft bed and a conveyor outside the building for pre-loading and feeding pipe into the building," said Ferrucci. "We went from two guys working all day cutting pipe every single day to cutting pipe two days a week. The labor savings alone justified the purchase of our new Watts-Mueller pipe cutting machine."
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![]() ![]() John Ferrucci VP, F+F Mechanical
John grew up working in the family business. After receiving a BA in History from Fordham University, he completed the Trane Graduate Engineer Training Program and earned several occupational trade licenses in Connecticut to join the company full-time.
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The Watts-Mueller Difference:Ferrucci also offered some comments on why F+F Mechanical selected Watts-Mueller: "For the quality of the machine and all the features, the price was competitive, but what got my attention was that every other mechanical company I asked raved about Watts-Mueller machines."
The Watts-Mueller Difference:"Watts-Mueller training was great," said Ferrucci. "After we installed the machine two of our machinists (foreman and CAD operator) did webcast training to learn the software. On the third day our guys were cutting pipe."
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