Name

Fabricated Metals

Legal name

Fabricated Metals, LLC

Website

https://fabricatedmetals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metal Enclosures and Fabrication

NAICS

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (332), Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing (33231), Ornamental and Architectural Metal Work Manufacturing (332323), Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (332322)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440), Prefabricated Metal Buildings & Components (3448), Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural & Miscellaneous Metals (Stairs, Railings, Ladders) (IMADACAE)

Keywords

• Custom metal fabrication
• Industrial steel enclosures
• Railroad signaling equipment
• OEM metal manufacturing
• Battery storage enclosures

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Metal Fabrication Products: One-time sale of custom-manufactured metal enclosures, instrument houses, battery cabinets, and foundations. Products are built to customer specifications with no minimum project size. Revenue generated through individual project-based orders from OEM customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Fabricated Metals is a U.S.-based manufacturer that designs and fabricates custom metal enclosures, instrument houses, battery and energy storage cabinets, submersible enclosures, data center enclosures, and steel foundations using steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and galvaneal. The company provides full-service engineering, design, cutting, bending, welding, blasting, powder coating, and passivating for railroad, transit, communication, energy storage, and data center OEM customers. Products are custom-manufactured to individual customer specifications with no minimum project size.

Product overview

Fabricated Metals is a U.S.-based manufacturer offering custom design and fabrication of metal products primarily serving railroad, communication, transit, and energy storage industries. The product portfolio consists of distinct product lines that work together as integrated solutions: Custom Enclosures and Instrument Cases serve as core protective housings for electrical equipment; Battery and Energy Storage Enclosures specifically address renewable energy and backup power storage needs; Data Center Enclosures provide prefabricated secure data center solutions; Instrument Houses and Rail and Transit Products support positive train control and railroad signaling applications; Submersible Products offer underwater protection for electrical systems; and Foundations provide mounting infrastructure for all enclosure types. Custom Fabrication services enable bespoke metal manufacturing across all product categories. The company operates sister divisions including Strong Hold (industrial storage cabinets) and Utility Metals (lighting brackets and poles).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Enclosures Industrial metal enclosures and control boxes fabricated from steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and galvaneal, designed to protect electrical components, equipment, solar batteries, and transit control equipment. Feature heavy-duty welded steel construction, up to 10 gauge material, and various accessories including insulation, electronics, power, HVAC, and foundations.
• Battery and Energy Storage Enclosures Indoor and outdoor industrial enclosures specifically designed for battery and energy storage applications, including stationary battery cabinets, supplemental backup battery enclosures, and solar/wind/hydro battery storage units. Manufactured using 12 GA steel and aluminum with NEMA 3R ratings.
• Data Center Enclosures Prefabricated, standalone steel data center enclosures engineered to meet specific business requirements and placed virtually anywhere indoors or outdoors. Standard models are 10 feet wide, transportable on open trucks, and shipped fully wired with panels, lights, receptacles, HVAC, featuring all-welded heavy gauge steel construction and 3-point latching doors.
• Instrument Houses Large outdoor enclosures for housing instrument, communication, and positive train control equipment. Constructed from aluminum, hot rolled steel, galvanized steel, galvanneal, stainless steel, or Cor-Ten steel with interlocking modular insulated panel sections, featuring all-welded construction and three-point latching systems.
• Instrument Cases Smaller enclosures utilized in rail, transit, telecommunications, roadway, computer systems, and battery/energy storage applications. Manufactured from aluminum, steel, galvanized steel, stainless steel, or Cor-Ten steel with all-welded construction, waterproof gasket seals, 3-point latching systems, and options for roll-up doors for confined spaces.
• Rail and Transit Products Control houses and cases for railroad industry applications including positive train control (PTC) systems, switches, and electrical components. Products include signal houses, communication enclosures, and specialized transit equipment with high-tolerance, high-quality specialty manufacturing.
• Submersible Products Custom fabricated stainless steel and aluminum submersible enclosures designed to protect vital electrical equipment and control systems when fully submerged. Products are tested before leaving the facility and have been specified by major transit systems in the United States.
• Custom Fabrication Custom metal fabrication services in stainless steel, steel, and aluminum including cutting, bending, welding, blasting, powder coating, and passivating. Manufacturing capabilities range from small to large scale to meet individual customer specifications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% increase in orders from largest railroad customers during PTC mandate rush period (2015)

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• nVent (Hoffman brand): nVent is a global industrial enclosure and electrical connection specialist whose Hoffman brand is a leading name in standard/modular metal enclosures for industrial, data center, and infrastructure applications. Comparability: directly overlaps with Fabricated Metals across custom and standard enclosures for rail, energy, and data center end markets, but operates at much greater scale and with a catalog-grade catalog offering rather than fully custom fabrication.
• Rittal: Rittal is one of the largest global manufacturers of industrial enclosures, IT/data center cabinets, and power distribution, with broad standardization and a global manufacturing footprint. Comparability: overlaps with Fabricated Metals on enclosures for data centers (IT cabinets), energy, and industrial protection, although Rittal is largely standardized/modular rather than the custom metalwork FM specializes in.
• Eaton (Electrical Enclosures): Eaton is a large diversified power management company whose enclosure and rack product lines include industrial, data center, and rail/transit control cabinets. Comparability: comparable product category and customer base in enclosures, data center infrastructure, and rail/transit, but at a much broader portfolio scale and with mostly catalog solutions.

Direct peers

• Parkline Inc. Parkline designs and manufactures prefabricated metal buildings and enclosures for utility, telecom, and energy customers, including custom-fabricated control houses and equipment shelters. Comparability: very close functional overlap with Fabricated Metals' Instrument Houses and Data Center Enclosures - both produce prefabricated, often NEMA-rated metal enclosures engineered to customer spec for rail, utility, and infrastructure projects.
• Trachte LLC: Trachte is a U.S. manufacturer of prefabricated metal control buildings and electrical equipment enclosures serving utility, rail, and renewable energy markets. Comparability: highly comparable on engineering-to-spec metal enclosures for rail/transit signaling and energy storage, with the same project-based, custom-fabrication model Fabricated Metals employs.
• Armag Corporation: Armag designs and manufactures prefabricated secure metal buildings, enclosures, and barriers for utilities, rail, and military/industrial customers. Comparability: comparable custom metal enclosure fabrication for infrastructure end markets; smaller and more niche than Fabricated Metals but similar product/market alignment.

Emerging players

• Stahlin Enclosures: Stahlin (now part of Robroy) is a North American manufacturer of fiberglass and metal enclosures for industrial, solar, and hazardous-location applications. Comparability: comparable in industrial enclosure manufacturing for energy and infrastructure, though more standardized catalog and slightly smaller scale than Fabricated Metals' custom fabrication model.
• Bud Industries: Bud Industries manufactures standard and custom electronic enclosures, cabinets, and racks for industrial and electronics applications. Comparability: overlaps on metal enclosures for industrial/electronics customers, but tends to focus on small/standard enclosures rather than the large outdoor instrument houses and data center enclosures at Fabricated Metals' core.

Others

• Strong Hold (sister company): Strong Hold is a division of Fabricated Metals LLC producing steel industrial storage cabinets, workbenches, tool carts, and lockers from heavy-gauge steel. Comparability: sister brand using shared manufacturing capabilities and the same family ownership; relevant as an adjacent production line that reflects FM's broader custom metal fabrication capacity beyond enclosures.
• Utility Metals (sister company): Utility Metals is a sister company of Fabricated Metals that manufactures outdoor lighting brackets, mast arms, poles, and adapters for LED retrofit and utility customers. Comparability: shares parent company and manufacturing footprint; relevant as an adjacent line demonstrating FM's ability to serve utility and infrastructure end markets with custom-fabricated metal products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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