For more than 80 years, SEPPI M. has developed and manufactured mulchers, stone crushers and related land-maintenance machinery for agriculture, forestry and construction. The Mezzolombardo company remains in its third generation and is known for equipment designed to work across demanding terrain, from vineyard rows and grassland to forest clearing and road construction.
Fecon, LLCSince its 1992 start in Evendale, Ohio, Fecon has built specialized forestry and vegetation-management equipment, becoming particularly known for its durable Bull Hog mulching heads. The southern Ohio manufacturer now operates from a 111,000-square-foot Lebanon facility and has supplied more than 25,000 mulcher heads, alongside a broader line of land-clearing attachments and mulching tractors. Fecon also backs its equipment with factory support and an ISO 9001-certified quality system.LEBANON, OH
Precision Manufacturing INCBorn from a tree-shear design invented in 1992, Precision Manufacturing makes American-built tractor and skid-steer attachments for clearing land, handling brush and moving material. The company acquired the HyReach Clipper line in 2002, retained its employees and moved production from an unheated Hughesville barn into a modern Sedalia facility. Precision fabricates most components in-house and its equipment has been used by landowners, professionals and public maintenance departments, including disaster cleanup crews.MORGANTOWN, WV
Lee Shuknecht & Sons, IncBorn from a Western New York onion grower’s need for better harvesting equipment, Lee Shuknecht & Sons has designed and built custom onion harvesters and related agricultural machinery in Elba since 1974. Founded by Joan and Lee Shuknecht, the family-owned business is now run by their children Marc and Wendy, with a third generation preparing to carry it forward. Its fabrication and machine shop also repairs and rebuilds agricultural and construction equipment, including obsolete parts that can be reproduced in-house.ELBA, NY
Mellott Manufacturing Co., IncRooted in a family sawmill and farming tradition, Mellott Manufacturing designs and builds log and lumber handling equipment for sawmills, pallet producers, and woodworking operations in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. The family-owned company began in the early 1960s with Hayes Mellott’s hydraulically operated log turner and now operates a more than 50,000-square-foot plant, pairing in-house engineering and fabrication with equipment service and support. Mellott says it has produced more than 3,400 log turners along with other long-running lines of forest-products machinery.MERCERSBURG, PA