Super Steel Schenectady

What Super Steel Schenectady does

Super Steel is a privately held, family-owned metal fabrication manufacturer founded in 1923 in Milwaukee and now headquartered in a 300,000 ft² fully integrated production campus on a 30-acre site in Mequon, Wisconsin. The company operates as a tier-one, full-service serial production supply partner to global blue-chip original equipment manufacturers, delivering sheet metal fabrication, welding, CNC machining, finishing, and complex mechanical and electromechanical assembly from a single roof. Its equipment base includes Trumpf 2D Tru Laser 5040 (12K fiber) and Tru Bend 5320 (390-ton press brake), Haas vertical machining centers and lathes, AGT 140-foot 9-axis robotic welding systems, large-format liquid paint booths up to 60 ft, and powder coating capacity up to 6,000 lbs and 22 ft.

The company is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and adheres to AWS D1.1, D1.2, D1.3, and D1.6 weld codes, with AWS-certified welders and CWI-certified welding inspectors on staff. In-house engineering provides mechanical design, tool and fixture design, FEA-based 3D modeling using SolidWorks 2025 and Fusion 360, DFM analysis, and New Product Introduction (NPI) processes tied to APQP. Named blue-chip OEM customers include Eaton, Regal Rexnord, Caterpillar, Generac, and Rehlko, served across Mining, Construction, Power Generation, Utility, Renewable Energy, Locomotive, General Industrial, Defense, and Agriculture verticals throughout North America.

Super Steel generates revenue through quote-based, project-driven contracts with typical lead times of two to six weeks, with no public pricing or subscription model. Go-to-market is sales-led via a website inquiry form, supplemented by content marketing (blog, downloadable brochure), organic social (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook), and email newsletter. The only disclosed financing event is a 2001 $600,000 NYSERDA grant, consistent with the company's self-funded, family-owned posture. A strategic partnership with Sabre Manufacturing extends the offering into liquid storage, frac, and specialty tanks.

Name

Super Steel Schenectady

Legal name

Super Steel, LLC

Website

https://supersteel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Super Steel is a family-owned, tier-one sheet metal fabricator serving blue-chip OEMs across North America with integrated fabrication, welding, CNC machining, finishing, and assembly from its 300,000 ft² Mequon, Wisconsin campus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Metal Manufacturing

NAICS

All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (33299), Machine Shops (332710)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444), Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products (3490)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD)

Keywords

• Sheet metal fabrication
• Metal welding services
• CNC machining services
• Powder coating services
• Electromechanical assembly

Headquarters

HQ city

Mequon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Sheet Metal Fabrication Services: Full-service sheet metal fabrication including laser cutting, plasma cutting, press brake forming, welding, CNC machining, finishing, assembly, and engineering services for industrial OEM customers. Revenue is generated through project-based work with typical lead times of 2-6 weeks.
2. Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Engineering and design for manufacturing services to help optimize designs for cost, quality, and production efficiency.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Super Steel is a Tier-one contract manufacturer providing custom sheet metal fabrication, welding, CNC machining, finishing, and full electromechanical assembly services to global OEMs. Operating from a 300,000 square-foot facility in Mequon, Wisconsin, the company delivers turnkey metal-formed components and sub-assemblies from engineering and design-for-manufacturing through final assembly and shipping.

Product overview

Super Steel provides world-class sheet metal fabrication as a single integrated service offering rather than a modular platform. The company's portfolio consists of seven core fabrication services—Fabrication, Welding, Assembly, CNC Machining, Finishing, Engineering, and Design for Manufacturing—that operate as an integrated continuum within their 300,000 ft² Mequon, Wisconsin facility. These services work together to deliver turnkey solutions from initial concept through finished assembly, serving as a vertically integrated metal fabrication, machining, coating, and assembly manufacturer for blue-chip OEM customers across mining, construction, power generation, utility, renewable energy, locomotion, general industrial, agriculture, and defense industries. The company specializes in processing carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum, and recently upgraded capabilities with Trumpf laser and forming technology as part of a multimillion-dollar reinvestment plan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sheet Metal Fabrication
• Welding Services
• CNC Machining
• Finishing Services
• Electromechanical Assembly
• Engineering and Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% First Article Inspection on all new products before production line
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sabre ManufacturingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSabre Manufacturing is a partner company of Super Steel that provides liquid storage tanks, including frac and specialty tanks. They are presented as a complementary service for customers needing liquid storage solutions.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Hougen Manufacturing: Manufacturer of metalworking tooling and consumables (drill bits, annular cutters, mag drills). Adjacent to Super Steel's industry — they would buy similar welding/cutting consumables from the same supply chain — but not a competitor in custom fabrication services.

Direct peers

• Phoenix Manufacturing: Custom metal fabrication services company with similar capabilities in laser cutting, CNC machining, welding, and finishing. Comparable service-only contract manufacturer profile serving industrial OEM customers.
• BTD Manufacturing: Upper-Midwest contract manufacturer offering metal fabrication, stamping, welding, powder coating and assembly to industrial OEMs. Closely comparable vertically-integrated service portfolio targeting similar Tier-one customer programs in construction, agriculture, and power equipment.
• SIFCO Industries: Provider of forged and machined components plus engineering services to aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. Comparable custom manufacturing profile with overlapping welding, machining, and assembly capability though more aerospace-leaning mix.
• Mayville Engineering Company (MEC): Wisconsin-based custom metal fabrication manufacturer serving similar OEM end-markets including construction, mining, power generation, and industrial. Directly comparable in scale, vertical integration (fabrication + welding + machining + finishing + assembly), and Tier-one supplier positioning to Super Steel.
• Clancy Manufacturing: Sheet metal fabricator offering laser cutting, forming, welding, finishing and assembly to industrial customers. Closely matched vertical-integration model and similar Tier-one supplier positioning to mid-sized industrial OEMs.

Broad incumbents

• Mueller Industries: Diversified manufacturer of copper, brass, aluminum, and steel products including fabricated components for industrial OEMs. Operates at considerably larger scale but spans a comparable metal-products adjacency.
• Worthington Industries: Public industrial manufacturer with steel processing and pressure cylinder/metal products operations. Less of a direct custom-services overlap but a recognized broader incumbent in metal fabrication and processing that competes for similar industrial OEM wallet share.
• Shiloh Industries: Larger diversified manufacturer of lightweighting, noise/vibration and precision engineered metal products, with significant stamping and fabrication capabilities. Comparable fabrication-heavy product mix but operates at greater scale and with broader end-market exposure including automotive OEMs.

Regional players

• Great Lakes Metal Stamping & Fabrication: Midwest-based metal stamping and fabrication services company. Comparable service offerings (cutting, forming, welding) but smaller scale and more regionally focused than Super Steel's tier-one OEM orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/supersteelmke
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/super-steel-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/supersteelllc
• Xx.com/supersteelmke

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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