Opened in 1976 as a welding and fabrication shop, Albion’s Thornton Industries now machines metal components and tooling for forging-industry customers serving automotive, rail, and energy markets. The company completes work in-house at its 30,000-square-foot facility, handling parts from small components up to 45,000 pounds and repairing forging equipment when needed. Its design and engineering team also turns sketches and existing parts into prototypes or replacement components through reverse engineering.
Shaw Industries & Welding TechnologiesShaw Industries & Welding Technologies provides machining, welding, fabrication, material processing, inspection, design/programming, and related services. The company makes machined parts, forging components, welded fabrications, cutter drums, and other complex parts for the oil and gas, mining, forging, and transportation industries.332311FRANKLIN, PA
Precision Machining & SurfacingEstablished in 1995 to serve the forging industry, Precision Machining & Surfacing is a Walton Hills machine shop that makes dies and other precision-machined components. The company has since expanded its capabilities with newer machining technology, including large-format CNC equipment, laser scanning and reverse engineering, while retaining more than 30 years of shop experience.MACEDONIA, OH
Fronhofer Tool Company, IncStarted in 1980 in founder Paul Fronhofer’s basement, Fronhofer Tool Company now operates three Argyle, New York shops that machine and fabricate parts ranging from small locking pins to 100,000-pound assemblies. The third-generation Fronhofer business works from a 60,000-square-foot facility with about 35 employees, and is particularly equipped for large-scale turning, milling and fabrication. Its work has included pulp-and-paper machinery, craft-brewing systems and unusual projects such as amusement-park equipment and a 150-ton steel cradle.COSSAYUNA, NY
N.E. Reihart & Sons, IncFounded by Newton Edgar Reihart in the early 1940s, N.E. Reihart & Sons is a third-generation, family-owned steel fabricator and machine shop that turns customer drawings—or rough ideas—into custom metal parts, equipment, and complete machines. The Huntingdon, Pennsylvania company has grown from small shops into a 110,000-square-foot operation, combining engineering and reverse-engineering with precision machining and fabrication. Its project record ranges from duplicating Pennsylvania bear traps to building oversized hoppers and components for research facilities.HUNTINGDON, PA