Founded in 1942 as a one-man roofing shop, family-owned Hickey Metal Fabrication has grown into a vertically integrated metal fabricator serving customers from seven Salem facilities. Now in its fourth generation, the company combines experienced welders, machine operators, and engineers with extensive automation to take parts from design through production under one roof. Its work includes high-strength booms and completed aluminum toolboxes, with a particular strength in automated weldments and transportation-industry assemblies.