Since Ed Kays opened its doors in Marshall, Missouri, in 1980, Kays Engineering has grown from a one-person welding and repair shop into a 60-plus-employee manufacturer known for precision deep-hole drilling machinery. The company builds made-to-order equipment in its 50,000-square-foot plant, with in-house machining and final testing supporting customers in industries such as aerospace and automotive around the world.
Morlin IncMorlin Inc. began in April 1990 with a single machine and has grown from a dedicated deep-hole drilling job shop into a specialist serving industrial customers. Its Erie operation is also an authorized Heidenhain distributor and service center, while most completed jobs leave the shop in less than a week.ERIE, PA
Dearborn, IncFounded in 1967 as a continuation of Howard Dearborn, Inc., Dearborn makes high-precision machined components, having grown from deep-hole gundrilling into finished-part manufacturing. Its Berea operation developed drilled components for the first U.S. Navy nuclear submarines and now builds proprietary equipment in-house for difficult internal machining work. Dearborn is AS9100- and ISO 9001-certified and routinely holds gundrilling variation below .002 inches over bore lengths up to 32 feet.BEREA, OH
Sutterlin Machine & Tool CoFounded in 1966 as a small Willoughby machine shop, Sutterlin Machine & Tool Co. designs and builds automated machinery while providing precision machining and complete in-house engineering, fabrication, and assembly. Now based in Mentor, the third-generation, U.S.-owned company operates an approximately 11,000-square-foot plant with 24 employees and more than 50 years of machine-building experience. Its work has grown from serving local hydraulic and steel mill customers to supporting aerospace, medical, OEM, and other specialized manufacturers.MENTOR, OH
American Hollow Boring CoFounded in 1918, American Hollow Boring Co. is an Erie-based specialty machine shop known for its deep-hole expertise and work on critical components. With fewer than 20 employees in a 60,000-square-foot facility, the company serves manufacturers across North America, producing parts for sectors such as aerospace and power generation under an ISO 9001:2015-compliant quality system.ERIE, PA