For more than 40 years, Press Room Equipment Company has designed and built press-feeding and coil-handling equipment in Southwest Missouri for metal-stamping operations. The Bradbury Group company carries its manufacturing work through its own facilities, from CAD design and machining to wiring and assembly, while continuing to make replacement components for equipment built four decades ago. Its Norwalk Innovation and Waddington Electronics divisions add a long-running specialty in coil uncoiling and custom roll-feed solutions, including Waddington’s heritage dating to 1956.
Nidec VamcoSince 1945, Nidec Vamco has built its identity around high-speed pressroom equipment for metal stamping, carrying forward the exacting standard expressed by founder Patrick J. Gentile: “If it’s almost right, it’s wrong.” The Pittsburgh company is best known for servo feeding systems shaped by its Quantum motion-control technology, serving manufacturers that depend on demanding, high-speed stamping operations.NAPOLEON, OH
Pax Products, IncEstablished in 1980 by its sister company, metal stamper Pax Machine Works, Pax Products manufactures ancillary pressroom equipment for metal stamping operations. The Celina company is known for pioneering in-die lubrication—the original system was designed in 1975 by tool-and-die craftsmen and tested in its own stamping facility—and for developing equipment used daily on Pax Machine Works’ 27-plus presses. Pax also provides metal fabrication services and builds conveyors and press safety barriers under the fitting slogan “Designed for Stampers by Stampers.”CELINA, OH
Automatic FeedFor 75 years, Automatic Feed has been a Napoleon, Ohio manufacturer with deep roots in the pressroom automation industry. Founded in 1949 and now part of the Nidec Press & Automation group, it has grown from a 2,173-square-foot shop to a 168,000-square-foot facility while maintaining a strong local presence. The company is known for serving automotive manufacturers and suppliers with custom coil-processing systems, including its LaserCoil technology, and for supporting those systems after installation.NAPOLEON, OH
Automatic Feed CompanyAutomatic Feed Company designs and manufactures coil processing machinery and systems for pressroom automation, including leveling, feeding, blanking, cut-to-length, washing, stacking, handling, controls, and laser blanking solutions. The company works with steel, aluminum, advanced high-strength steel, and other coil materials, and serves automotive manufacturers and suppliers.NAPOLEON, OH