FN Manufacturing is a precision machining manufacturer specializing in firearms for both military and law enforcement. Their products account for many of the small arms used by U.S. Forces around the globe, including the families of M16 rifles, M249 light machine guns and M240 medium machine guns. FN Manufacturing provides weapon training and subcontract services for computer numerically controlled (CNC) and conventional machining, heat treating, and surface finishing.

To further increase productivity and to increase user mobility, FN Manufacturing deployed wireless devices connected to a traditional thin AP Wi-Fi network. However, the coverage and reliability with the legacy Wi-Fi network was so poor that they could not reliably run crucial business applications. Xirrus came in and quickly conducted an active site survey with real product, guaranteeing pervasive Wi-Fi coverage throughout the FN facility.

“Because of our harsh manufacturing environment, the Wi-Fi performance from our old access points was extremely poor--even though our signal strength was fine in most spots, our connectivity was intermittent and unreliable,” said Ed Benincasa, Vice President of MIS at FN Manufacturing. “Xirrus came in and drastically improved the wireless connectivity in our main office areas with just a few Wi-Fi Arrays. Based on their performance we are deploying additional units to the manufacturing floor, loading docks, and training areas in order to deliver business critical applications to wireless devices.”

“FN Manufacturing has the reputation of precision and quality. They needed a Wi-Fi network that had that same reputation,” said Alexander Karstens, regional manager at Xirrus. “They chose Xirrus because of the persistent and reliable connectivity achieved for all their business applications today and tomorrow.”

About FN Manufacturing

FN Manufacturing, LLC, located in Columbia, SC, is a precision machining manufacturer specializing in the production firearms for the military and law enforcement markets. Their products include the families of M16 rifles, M249 light machine guns, M240 medium machine guns, and FNP pistols. FN’s reputation for quality and reliability is clearly demonstrated by the fact that many of the small arms used by U.S. Forces around the globe bear the FN name.

Besides manufacturing services, FN Manufacturing provides weapon training as well as subcontract services for computer numerically controlled (CNC) and conventional machining, heat treating, and surface finishing. FN Manufacturing's machining area is equipped with the latest CNC controlled machines in addition to modern conventional machining equipment. State of the art Computer Assisted Design (CAD) equipment is used to constantly design, tests, and develops newer and better equipment. For more information, please visit www.fnmfg.com.

About Xirrus

Xirrus, the leader in high performance Wi-Fi designs and manufactures the patented Wi-Fi Array. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array obsoletes traditional Wi-Fi offerings by integrating 4, 8, or 16 radios and high-gain directional antennas into a single device along with an onboard Gigabit Switch, Wi-Fi Controller, Firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi Threat Sensor, and embedded Spectrum Analyzer, providing the performance and security to replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi technology.

The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array delivers more range, more coverage, more bandwidth, more throughput, and more intelligence per cable drop than anything else available today - resulting in a solution that uses 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, and installation time compared with any other offering. Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays are ideal for any organization moving towards Wi-Fi as their primary network connection, especially those that must cover large areas, support large user populations, and/or use high bandwidth/throughput applications.