Freeman Schwabe Machinery builds American-made die-cutting and molding presses, tailoring each system to the customer’s application from its Cincinnati headquarters. Founded in 2006 by Greg DeFisher, the company carries forward a die-cutting tradition that began with Herman Schwabe in 1935 and assembles made-to-order systems in a 30,000-square-foot climate-controlled plant. Its team also supports the equipment through parts, service, upgrades and rebuilds, and reports that every machine produced since 2010 remains in production.
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MULTIPRESS IncFormerly known as Denison Multipress, MULTIPRESS has spent more than 75 years designing and manufacturing custom hydraulic presses in the USA. Now operating from Pacific Press Technologies’ 130,000-square-foot headquarters in Mount Carmel, Illinois, the company combines in-house engineering with USA-based parts and service support to build presses around demanding production requirements.COLUMBUS, OH
Digital Press USAFounded in 1999 by former C.C. Sutinen manager Willard Ettinger, Digital Press USA designs and manufactures hydraulic powder compacting presses for dry-molded parts. The family-owned Bethlehem company builds machines to stock, subjects them to a 300-point inspection, and supports them with no-charge remote diagnostics rather than treating service as a profit center. It also rebuilds Bussmann, Mannesmann, and Alpha presses, extending the working life of equipment with roots reaching back to the 1950s.BETHLEHEM, PA
Savage EngineeringSince Fred A. Wolbert founded it in 1963 to solve bulldozer track-repair problems, Savage Engineering has built custom hydraulic presses for industrial jobs that do not fit a catalog. The Cleveland-area manufacturer designs and builds its machines under one roof, from presses for unusual forming and compaction applications to precision straightening equipment, with capacities up to 3,500 tons. Its 45,000-square-foot facility produces every press in the USA, and the company’s history includes Wolbert’s son Dan joining in 1975 and becoming president in 2007.CLEVELAND, OH
Swanson-Erie CorporationSince Oscar Swanson founded a precision tool-and-die shop in Erie in 1919, Swanson-Erie Corporation has grown into a builder of automatic assembly, processing and inspection machinery. The fourth generation of private, closely held ownership now combines a century of machine-design experience with modular platforms and robotic systems, including its Agilemation™ hybrid approach. Swanson machines have been installed in more than 40 countries and support manufacturers across more than 30 industries.ERIE, PA