MT Fabricating, Inc provides custom sheet metal fabrication, welding repairs, and production parts for local and nationwide facilities. They are installing a collaborative welding system cobot that will allow for long-term improvements in weld consistency and fabrication speeds.

MOX Cabinetry is a newly launched manufacturer of frameless, framed and inset cabinetry with a multi-channel distribution network. They are outfitting a factory with a full range of new production equipment to produce custom residential and commercial cabinets.

Midwest Equipment Manufacturing Inc manufactures residential and commercial lawn vacuum systems for use with yard, lawn, and garden tractors. They are standardizing and increasing the quality of internal fabrication processes by incorporating a robotic welder with offline programming capabilities.

Buskirk Engineering Inc. designs, machines, fabricates and assembles a wide variety of pellet mills. They are investing in a 5-axis CNC vertical lathe to expand their fabrication capabilities and insource critical steps in part machining.

Bertrand Products Inc. manufactures high-precision, life critical machined components and assemblies for customers in the aerospace, helicopter and military industries. The company is streamlining their production process with the purchase of a five-axis CNC machine with 3D toolpath capabilities.

American Fibertech Corporation dba Industrial Pallet Corp. is a firm that provides cost effective recycling and remanufacturing services for wooden pallets. They are enlisting four automated pallet building machines to efficiently craft remanufactured pallets using recycled lumber.

Alexson LLC DBA Sonya V Gluten Free is an entrepreneurial manufacturer of gluten free pizza, bread, muffins, cookies and cakes; all produced within a dedicated nut and gluten free facility. They are scaling production with automation investments in commercial grade equipment for portioning, baking, freezing, mixing and proofing.

Mechanical Engineering Controls Automation Corporation services the industrial sector with custom-engineered controls and equipment for integration within existing customer operations. They are investing in cobots to expand their production capabilities.

J. Jones Machine LLC is a full-service machine shop that specializes in heavy machining and fabricating for steel mill conveyor rollers. The company is pursuing a 5-axis CNC machine to streamline their manufacturing process and achieve strict tolerance requirements.

ISSI Engineering & Machining LLC provides large capacity conventional and CNC machining, engineering design services, and machine tool and industrial heavy equipment repair. On the manual side, ISSI specializes in repair work of large and unique parts. On the CNC side, they specialize in new builds for complex parts largely for the food and aerospace industries. They are making investments in multiple state-of-the-art CNC machines and a coordinate measuring machine and integrating JobBOSS ERP software throughout the business.

IRD Group Inc. designs and manufactures highly customized architectural revolving doors, high security revolving doors, floor grates and full height turnstiles. They are introducing architectural swing doors, balanced doors and architectural bollards to the company’s product offerings with investments in new technology enabled production capabilities.