For more than 40 years, Forge Racks and Dunnage has been a Connersville, Indiana, manufacturer known for integrated material-handling solutions for demanding OEM programs. Its 160,000-square-foot operation serves automotive, agricultural, and heavy-truck customers while also supporting newer data-center infrastructure work. The company combines in-house engineering, fabrication, and finishing with ISO 9001-certified quality systems and AWS D1.1 welding standards.
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Strong Forge & Fabrication, LLCSince 1923, Strong Forge & Fabrication has grown from a forging operation into a Batavia, New York manufacturer known for supplying major OEMs with heavy-duty metal components. Its integrated production model lets industrial manufacturers send drawings to one U.S.-based supplier for finished parts, with particular experience supporting material-handling equipment makers and commercial-vehicle programs. Strong Forge is also the sole OEM supplier of the lifting shackle used on U.S. Armed Forces Humvees.BATAVIA, NY
Tiger Material Handling, IncFounded in 1973, Clay Center’s Tiger Material Handling designs, engineers, fabricates and installs material-handling systems, from pallet racking to overhead lifting equipment. Its 25,000-square-foot fabrication shop supports turnkey projects—including mezzanines, structural steelwork and custom industrial carts—and the company ships engineered products across the United States. Tiger also services the systems it supplies, handling maintenance and repairs for conveyors, loading docks and racking.CLAY CENTER, OH
Advanced Design Solutions IncEstablished in 2001, Advanced Design Solutions Inc. designs and manufactures material-handling packaging, with a primary focus on steel racking and assemblies. It serves the automotive industry and operates manufacturing facilities in Stratford, Ontario; Middletown, Ohio; and Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. The company also provides in-house design and prototyping to develop customer-specific concepts for production.MIDDLETOWN, OH
Superior Wire & Metal SpecialtiesEstablished in 1985, Superior Wire & Metal Specialties combines steel fabrication with custom returnable-dunnage manufacturing for industrial production lines. Its five design engineers and three sales and design representatives carry projects from concept through in-house manufacturing and delivery, creating packaging and rack solutions around the customer’s parts rather than from a catalog. The company added rack fabrication in 2001 and expanded into returnable dunnage in 2018.PERRYSBURG, OH