Since 1916, Brooklyn-based MILGO/BUFKIN has turned metal into custom architectural work and fine sculpture, growing from a small truck-body shop into a four-generation privately owned fabrication company. Its engineers and craftspeople combine computer-controlled cutting and modern machinery with old-world workmanship, taking on projects that range from high-visibility building details to sculptures more than 40 feet tall. The company works from its 50,000-square-foot facility and ships its work worldwide.
METALMANIA SHEET METAL WORKSSince opening its doors in 2009, Brooklyn-based MetalMania Sheet Metal Works has built custom metalwork for architectural, commercial, and residential spaces. Its projects are made in-house by skilled fabricators, including a lead metalworker with more than 30 years in the trade and earlier experience reconstructing casinos in Macau, China. The shop is known for turning detailed designs into precise pieces, from curved stainless-steel handrails to blackened-steel staircases.BROOKLYN, NY
Crescent Designed MetalsFounded in Philadelphia in 1990 by Albert and Joseph Milani, Crescent Designed Metals creates custom architectural metalwork for prominent commercial and institutional buildings. Now operated by the Milani family’s second generation, the company combines design, engineering, project management and fabrication to produce both historic reproductions and new architectural designs. Its portfolio includes award-winning work at the National Gallery of Art and Capital One World Headquarters, along with projects for the U.S. Senate Chamber Gallery and other major civic, cultural and commercial spaces.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Mark Metal WorksMark Metal Works is an art metal fabrication shop creating custom installations and architectural pieces for commercial and residential spaces. Owner Mark Lagergren brings a B.F.A. from the Columbus College of Art and Design together with more than 20 years of fabrication experience, giving the team an unusual blend of design training and hands-on metalworking. Its projects range from glazed steel partitions and custom range hoods to sculptural pieces such as a steel tree and handmade copper fish scales.
MMP Industries, Incorporated / Melto Metal Products Company, IncorporatedFor more than 30 years, MMP Industries—also known as Melto Metal Products Company—has been a Long Island architectural-metalwork firm known for taking on prominent New York building projects. It works with the construction industry to create and install custom metalwork, with fabrication carried out in its Long Island workshop.FREEPORT, NY