American railroad contractor Cranemasters officially began operations on October 10, 1986. It originated as the culmination of an idea of Loren Isringhausen’s, an idea that came to fruition with...
Engineering & Design
Franchino Mold & Engineering
World-Class Tooling That Exceeds Expectations
When shiny new objects leave the factory to enter the marketplace, no matter how varied they are, they all have one thing in common: whether SUVs or speed boats, medical equipment or consumer goods,...
LIVIO Building Systems
Changing Construction From the Ground Up
LIVIO Building Systems is making big moves and bringing new ways of thinking into the construction industry—but the person behind its development initially made his name outside of construction....
Wind River Built
Tiny Home Construction Goes Modular
For most of its existence, Wind River Built of Chattanooga, Tennessee designed, manufactured, and delivered Park Model tiny homes—that is, mini-residences on wheels. The specialty construction...
Terradyne Armored Vehicles
Providing Protection With Unique Vehicles
Terradyne Armored Vehicles, Inc. designs and builds armored vehicles for law enforcement, border patrol agents, and military medical personnel. At its base in Newmarket, Ontario, the company...
Western Integrated
An Electrical Automation Systems Company in Growth Mode
Western Integrated of Burnaby, British Columbia, marked its 40th anniversary last year, and is firmly in growth mode as it looks to the future. The company offers electrical and automation system...
Patriot Products Group
Soaring Growth, New Products, Same Customer Care Focus
The Patriot Products Group continues its dizzying growth, while introducing new products, tweaking existing wares, and codifying internal quality controls. Based in Woodburn, Oregon, Patriot...
Chem-Trend
Endless Innovation From This Worldwide Leader in Release Agents
Chem-Trend is a global leader in mold release agents, casting lubricants, purging compounds, mold cleaners, and process chemical specialties for customers in a broad range of industries. But while...
The A-Team
The A-Team
Headquartered in California, Barnum Mechanical Inc. provides sanitary process and utility piping design-build services to a diverse clientele across the U.S. Now well into its fifth decade of...
DY Concrete Pumps
This Texas Company Offers Great Pumps and Stellar Service
DY Concrete Pumps is a Texas-sized success story. Based in Alvarado, near Dallas-Fort Worth, the company offers high-end concrete pumps, a vast inventory of spare parts, and comprehensive customer...
Chem-Trend
Endless Innovation From This Worldwide Leader in Release Agents
Chem-Trend is a global leader in mold release agents, casting lubricants, purging compounds, mold cleaners, and process chemical specialties for customers in a broad range of industries. But while...
Metalumen Manufacturing Inc.
Light It Up: Bright Days Ahead for Metalumen
By paying close attention to surrounding architectural contexts to guarantee the ideal lighting solution is created, Guelph, Ontario-based Metalumen Manufacturing Inc. creates, develops, and...
Patriot Products Group
Soaring Growth, New Products, Same Customer Care Focus
The Patriot Products Group continues its dizzying growth, while introducing new products, tweaking existing wares, and codifying internal quality controls. Based in Woodburn, Oregon, Patriot...
Pyro Shield
Wherever the Heat Comes From, Protection Comes From Pyro Shield
Pyro Shield, with locations in Crown Point, Indiana and LaPorte, Texas, is a one-stop shop for temperature-resistant custom fabrication and roll goods for applications in harsh industrial...
Davey Textile Solutions
A Shiny New Future for Textiles in Alberta
First responders at a traffic accident at night not only have to act quickly to save lives, they also face the danger of oncoming cars while they do it. That’s why shiny strips of 3M Scotchlite...
Coxreels
Responsible for the Reels of the Century
In 1923, the world was full of promise. World War I was over, and times were prosperous. The now 100-year-old Hollywood sign in California lit up the mountain slopes, and Vice President Calvin...
Ascension Automation Solutions
Maximum Results. Minimalist Automation.
Simplicity can be elusive, and achieving it can, at the worst of times, lead developers down endless warrens of complexity—especially on large, high-stakes projects. At Ascension Automation...
VibraSystems Inc.
Smooth Operators – Innovations in Noise and Friction Control
Vibrations are all around us and, by and large, we may not think much of them when we are exposed to them for a couple of seconds. But they can be a serious problem in many ways for manufacturers....
Eco-Flex
Leaders in Recycled Rubber
Eco-Flex of Sturgeon County, Alberta, marked its 30th anniversary last year as a leader in the recycled rubber product market. The company is well-poised for future growth with products that appeal...
Dvele
Healthy Homes for a Healthy Planet
Formed through a collaboration of knowledge, values, talent, and the desire to create healthy homes for healthy futures, Dvele’s innovative style and design disrupt decades of traditional home...
DY Concrete Pumps
This Texas Company Offers Great Pumps and Stellar Service
DY Concrete Pumps is a Texas-sized success story. Based in Alvarado, near Dallas-Fort Worth, the company offers high-end concrete pumps, a vast inventory of spare parts, and comprehensive customer...
Stamtec
Metal Stamping Press Success
Stamtec, of Manchester, Tennessee, sells industry-leading metal stamping presses and forming equipment. These wares are manufactured by a parent company in Taiwan in ISO-certified facilities,...
Expand Machinery
Exciting Expansion for Well-Engineered Machinery
Beginning as a modest family business in 1985, bringing to market machine tools with the best value and productivity for precision machining, Ganesh Machinery grew in just three short years into a...
The A-Team
The A-Team
Headquartered in California, Barnum Mechanical Inc. provides sanitary process and utility piping design-build services to a diverse clientele across the U.S. Now well into its fifth decade of...
Western Integrated
An Electrical Automation Systems Company in Growth Mode
Western Integrated of Burnaby, British Columbia, marked its 40th anniversary last year, and is firmly in growth mode as it looks to the future. The company offers electrical and automation system...
LasX Industries Inc.
Realizing Solutions
Since Manufacturing in Focus profiled the engineering firm in November 2021, LasX Industries Inc. has developed a new process controller, established a new business development team staffed by...
Rogers Brothers Corporation
Four Generations & Still Trucking
The year 1905 was a landmark one. Albert Einstein unveiled what became known as his Theory of Relativity, which changed the course of the world. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published The Return of...
Diversitech
A Breath of Fresh Air
For those in heavy industry, having sufficient, clean air in commercial and industrial spaces is imperative. Diversitech is home to all things air filtration, and its high-quality, technological...
Invotec
Advancing Automation
Invotec develops and automates manufacturing systems and solutions. Last year, Manufacturing in Focus profiled the company’s impact on the medical device industry. This month, we are checking back...
Canerector
Holding Steady: Canerector Keeps Business All in the Family
Embracing a strong belief in long-term business growth and continuous improvement, Canerector focuses on expanding rather than selling its acquired companies, cherishing their history, culture,...
Omega TMM
American Made
Omega TMM is the only company in the tool presetter market to offer manufacturing, assembly, sales, and support within the United States. While the competition is importing products from China, this...
Progressive Rubber Industries Inc.
Making the Best Parts for the Worst Conditions
With 25 years in business, Progressive Rubber Industries Inc. (PRI) has mastered the technology of making abrasion, corrosion, and vibration resistant components for mining and the other industries...
ProVantage Automation
This Unique Systems Integrator Celebrates a Corporate Milestone
ProVantage Automation, a Brantford, Ontario-based systems integrator and custom machine builder, marked its tenth anniversary in business this April. With its three in-house engineering and design...
KNOLL America Inc.
Post-Fabrication Metal Reimagined
Machine tool providers and metal fabricators know that dealing with post-fabrication metal leftovers can be challenging. Therefore, a trustworthy partner that can provide high-performance technology...
Patriot Products Group
Technical Skills, Customization Expertise, and Big Ambitions
Patriot Products Group designs and manufactures pump system packages. The company offers diesel dry prime, diesel wet prime, sound attenuated, electric dry prime, and electric wet prime packages...
Inventus Power
Leading Clients through Lithium-ion Electrification Transitions to Success
Inventus Power of Woodridge, Illinois specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced battery and power solutions, from lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs to smart charging systems, power...
Anaheim Precision Manufacturing
Meeting the Needs of World-Class Clients
Proudly serving clients for the past 35 years, Anaheim Precision Manufacturing (APM) is active in aerospace, defense, technology, medical, communications, commercial, retail and other demanding...
Swiss Automation
At the Forefront for Over 50 Years
Illinois-based machining manufacturer Swiss Automation has over half a century of experience in precision machining for a variety of industries including medical, defense, aerospace, and more....
Gerflor Canada
Wall to Wall Solutions for the World’s Floors
Gerflor (with a soft ‘g’ as in ‘George’) Canada, with offices in Montreal and Toronto, offers design-led, innovative, decorative, eco-responsible, and complete solutions as one of the world’s...
Harcourt Industrial
From Battleships to Outer Space, this Family-Owned Engineering Tooling Company Sets the Pace
Harcourt Industrial, Inc. boasts a legacy spanning over a century, a culture of innovation and engineering excellence, and a project portfolio that includes battleships, jumbo jets, and rockets....
Cortex Design Inc.
Designing a Better Human Experience
How can we improve the quality of daily life, making it more enjoyable and more livable? Cortex Design Inc. focuses on commercializing technologies that enhance life and offer positive changes to...
ATS Systems
Custom-Made for Custom Production
In a 21st century, post-COVID economy, automating business processes will become not merely a production concern but one of safety. Yet automation presents challenges of its own – namely,...
F&D Plastics
The Match Game – F&D Plastics Offers Color Consistency
When the team at F&D Plastics says they take customer service to the next level, they’re not kidding. For more than 50 years, this innovative and resilient company has consistently produced...
Lin Engineering Inc.
Motion Control Experts
Innovation is second nature at Lin Engineering Inc., where it has been built into the processes of company operations and integrated into the culture of the people who drive quality and performance...
LasX Industries
Shifting Gears with an Innovative Product Line
LasX Industries, Inc., founded in 1998 in St. Paul, Minnesota, has new products, a new customer service initiative, and a new focus. When profiled April 2018 in Manufacturing in Focus magazine, LasX...
Ace Industries
A Family Business Committed to its Legacy
Ace Industries, a family business based in Atlanta, Georgia, has a rich history that can be traced back to 1932. The focus on solving customer problems, instead of simply selling a product, has held...
ArtiFlex Manufacturing
Positioned for Growth
From its Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters, ArtiFlex Manufacturing, an innovative, vertically integrated enterprise, has big plans for growth based on partnerships with other businesses. The...
Macrodyne Technologies
Applying Pressure to the Competition
With over 30 years’ experience manufacturing custom heavy-duty hydraulic presses, Macrodyne Technologies is a recognized name and a vital part of the global supply chain. Not surprising, when it's...
Machining Tolerance Measurement Meets Industry 4.0
The Strictest Specifications
Metrology equipment manufacturers are increasingly adding Industry 4.0 features to instruments that measure machining tolerance. The goal is to improve accuracy, speed inspection times, enhance data...
IPS-Integrated Project Services (IPS)
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, a Model a Thousand Times More
Technically complex facilities with stringent performance and environmental controls require the brightest minds, innovative approaches, advanced technology, and a team that offers tangible design...