Founded in a Voorheesville garage in 1978 making wood-burning stoves, V.M. Choppy & Sons now provides precision sheet-metal fabrication and processing from a 30,000-square-foot Troy plant. The family-owned company employs more than 30 fabricators, welders, and craftsmen, with the Choppy family’s second and emerging third generations working in the business. It handles projects from engineering and forming through finishing, packaging, and delivery, with a particular emphasis on quick-turn fabrication measured in hours and days rather than weeks.
Precision Metals CorpFounded in 1987, family-owned and operated Precision Metals Corp. fabricates sheet-metal parts in Bay Shore, taking projects from concept through prototypes and production runs. Now a second-generation company, PMC is known for handling complex or small jobs without turning them away, with an in-house zero-defect program and a facility equipped for both short- and long-run work.BAY SHORE, NY
Kottcamp Sheet MetalThree generations of family ownership and more than 45 years in York, Pennsylvania, have shaped Kottcamp Sheet Metal into a union job shop known for careful, custom fabrication. Its AWS-certified craftsmen make precision metal components for industrial and food-processing operations, with an emphasis on parts that fit real facilities and hold up in daily use.YORK, PA
Van Scoyk Sheet MetalFamily-owned Van Scoyk Sheet Metal began in 1960 in a single-car garage and has spent more than six decades growing into a custom fabrication shop near New Carlisle, Ohio. Its 9,800-square-foot facility serves commercial and residential customers with made-to-specification metalwork, including the restaurant-focused fabrication that shaped the company’s beginnings. Van Scoyk remains a full-service shop, adding laser cutting in 2023 while carrying projects through fabrication to the finished product.NEW CARLISLE, OH
Lima Sheet MetalFamily-owned and operated since 1974, Lima Sheet Metal remains a three-generation Emerick family business rooted in Lima, Ohio. The shop is known for carrying Michael Ray Emerick’s hands-on tradition into work for industrial, commercial, and municipal customers across the state, with custom fabrication and machining handled under one roof.LIMA, OH