Case Study: Wheeler Manufacturing achieves doubled throughput and reduced downtime with Stromasys Charon-AXP

Wheeler Manufacturing diminishes risk and improves performance with Charon-AXP

Wheeler Manufacturing, a long-established jewelry wholesaler running customized, business‑critical applications on a legacy DEC/AlphaServer, faced a major disruption in 2014 when a drive failed during business hours, costing a day of production. Located in remote South Dakota, the company suffered slow hardware support and rising risk of repeated downtime, but needed to retain its proven, customized software stack.

Pyramid Technology Services recommended and installed Stromasys Charon virtualization, converting the Alpha environment to a virtual platform in under a week while preserving all applications and adding a two‑year archival backup. The result: doubled throughput, greater reliability and business continuity, quick local support, and uninterrupted application behavior with no issues since deployment.

Wheeler Manufacturing

Tony Waller

CIO