When it comes to precision fabricated metal products, American manufacturing is practically synonymous with superior quality, customer service, and reliability for your supply chain.
Complex sheet metal fabrication for the modern market is often a highly involved, collaborative process between the customer and manufacturer. Keeping your project on track, on time, and continually optimizing the production process along the way demands effective communication, quick turnaround, and flexible fabrication services. That’s where American fabrication companies like S&W Metal Products truly shine.
The Buy America, Build America Act (BABAA)
A provision included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), “Buy America, Build America” was designed to strengthen American manufacturing, support onshore jobs, and ensure that federal investments in infrastructure prioritize the use of domestically sourced materials. As such, there’s a growing demand for quality Made in the USA metal fabricated products, and S&W is poised to meet the evolving needs of the industry.
Going Beyond the Basics of Contract Manufacturing
S&W works closely with our customers from the engineering stages to final delivery. We go far beyond the basics of contract manufacturing, striving to establish long-term, mutually successful partnerships. From optimizing your products for manufacturability to fabrication, machining, assembly, and ongoing quality control, we ensure all of your specifications are met – up to and including on-time delivery. That’s definitely not something you could say about many of our offshore competitors…
Streamlining Your Supply Chain
A lot of the time, offshore fabrication shops are all about cost saving. Sure your cost-per-part is lower, but then you have to deal with the headaches of international shipping, missed delivery schedules, language barriers, etc. What’s worse is if a quality issue comes up in a product run, or if there’s some disruption in the supply chain that delays a single shipment, your entire operation can come to a halt as you’re left empty-handed with no inventory to ship.
Rapid Turnaround and On-Time Delivery
One of the biggest benefits to choosing an American fab shop is our ability to guarantee on-time delivery and offer faster turnaround times than our overseas counterparts. We have developed lean end-to-end manufacturing processes in-house to simplify your project and shorten lead times. For critical products, we can more easily expedite orders for our domestic customers without running into exorbitant shipping costs or getting caught up in international supply chain issues.
Those are some of the major reasons why domestic customers have been reshoring their sheet metal fabrication and machining projects over the last several years. Heading into 2025 and beyond, that trend is set to continue.
Precision American Fabrication Services Since 1946
S&W specializes in the fabrication and machining of precision Made in the USA metal products. Our experience includes precision products for challenging industries such as industrial components, construction equipment, defense products, transportation, and more – all backed by more than 75 years of quality American manufacturing excellence.