Family-owned Micron Industries has carried Stephan Schmidt’s Rochester manufacturing tradition forward since he founded the company in 1972. What began as a tool-and-die shop now serves demanding aerospace and other industrial customers, with a hands-on culture shaped by the Schmidt family and a reputation for taking on complex work such as gun drilling. Micron holds AS9100D aerospace certification and is ITAR registered.
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STC IndustriesWoman-owned and family-run, STC Industries traces its roots to 1951 as Spiral Tool Corporation. The small shop is known for careful, AS9100-certified work on complex parts for aerospace and defense customers, with decades of machining experience behind each job.SHOHOLA, PA
McAlpin IndustriesSince Frank McAlpin and Ralph Derleth opened a 960-square-foot tool and die shop in Rochester in 1964, McAlpin Industries has grown into a family-owned manufacturer with more than 200,000 square feet of production space. Still operating from its Rochester roots, the company is known for keeping complex metal manufacturing work under its own roof, including large welded structures followed by precision machining. McAlpin is also a certified Veteran-Owned Small Business and an ISO 9001:2015-certified, ITAR-registered supplier to OEMs and industrial customers.ROCHESTER, NY
Sunset Industries, IncFamily-owned and operated in Mentor, Sunset Industries makes precision-machined components for aerospace and industrial customers. Now led by second- and third-generation family members, the company has more than six decades of manufacturing experience, 22 CNC machine tools, and a focus on complex aerospace work that represents about 80% of its output. Its quality processes are certified to ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D, and customers have recognized Sunset as a certified supplier.MENTOR, OH
Minutemen Precision Machine & Tool CorporationFounded in 1969 by an Air Force-trained machinist, Minutemen Precision Machine & Tool Corporation makes close-tolerance machined airframe parts, assemblies, and tooling for military and commercial aerospace. The Castoro family still runs the company, which now employs more than 70 people in a 35,000-square-foot facility with more than 25 CNC milling centers and can produce parts up to 12 feet long. Its aerospace quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100:2016.POTTSTOWN, PA