IPS designs and installs modular lean manufacturing systems for production facilities across North America — engineered around your line, delivered turnkey.
Every extra second spent moving materials is time your competitors can use against you. When your line-side system breaks or needs a change, costs ripple downstream — to your schedule, your budget, and your customers.
In lean manufacturing, your facility is only as efficient as its weakest system. Line-side material handling is where most facilities leave the most time on the table.
Operators searching, reaching, and moving beyond arm's reach on every cycle.
Welded steel and fixed racks that can't adapt when your line changes.
Parts staged incorrectly, creating bottlenecks and increasing WIP.
IPS uses AluPro and Ecoflex modular framing systems to design and install flow racks, material handling carts, and workstations built specifically for lean production environments.
Unlike standard aluminum T-slot extrusions or welded steel, our systems are purpose-built for reconfigurability. When your line changes, your systems change with it.
We work with facilities of all sizes across North America and we stand behind every system we build.
Engineered around your specific line, not adapted from a catalog.
Our team handles every stage from concept to installation.
Purpose-built modular framing for lean production environments.
We install it, or supply components for your team to build.
Getting the right lean manufacturing system for your facility shouldn’t be complicated. We learn your line, design around it, and handle everything through to installation — so you’re not managing a project, you’re watching it get built.
Whether you want us to collaborate with your engineering team or hand it off entirely, we work the way you work.
Our lean manufacturing systems support every stage of your production environment — from line-side delivery and kitting to WIP storage and ergonomic workstations.
Our modular systems enhance kaizen, 5S, and continuous improvement initiatives across automotive, electronics, aerospace, and furniture production environments.
Deliver the right parts in front of operators. No hunting, no overreach, no wasted steps.
Get materials to the line without dangerous forklifts. Safer delivery and less floor traffic.
Everything an operator needs, within arm's reach. Ergonomic workstations that cut wasted motion.
Storage built around your parts, not generic bins. Custom configurations for irregular components.
Not all modular framing systems are built the same. See how AluPro and Ecoflex stack up against the alternatives.
Prefer to design and build your own flow racks, workstations and lean manufacturing system? IPS can help with that, too.
Explore our comprehensive catalog of modular components:
Founded in 2008, IPS Material Handling has spent nearly two decades designing and installing custom lean manufacturing systems — from single workstation kaizen projects to full facility line-side overhauls.
We use AluPro and Ecoflex modular framing because it’s purpose-built for reconfigurability and continuous improvement. We’ve worked with some of the world’s best manufacturers. Let’s add your facility to the list.
IPS will design and install the lean manufacturing system your facility needs — built around your line, not off a shelf. We typically respond within one business day.
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 T-Slot Aluminum
Extrusion |
 Welded
Steel |
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| Designed for | Light-duty lean systems | Lean production & material handling | Structural automation | Permanent structures |
| Lean environment fit | Good | Purpose-built | Often overbuilt | Overkill / rigid |
| Strength-to-weight | Moderate | Very High | High | Low (heavy) |
| Reconfigures | Easy | Quick | Slower | Difficult / permanent |
| Installation | Medium | Easy & fast | Tedious hardware | Requires welding |
| Finish & aesthetics | Industrial | Clean / Modern | Industrial | Rough unless finished |
| Corrosion resistance | Coated exterior only | Excellent | Excellent | Needs coating |
| Installed cost | $ | $ | $$$ | $$ |
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Note: Sample kits are available to verified manufacturing professionals in Canada and USA. Please submit your business email and company information when requesting a kit. IPS reserves the right to decline requests that do not meet eligibility requirements.
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