Southern Precision

What Southern Precision does

Southern Precision is a privately held CNC precision machining job shop founded in 1976 and headquartered in a 50,000 square foot facility in St. Rose, Louisiana, near New Orleans. The company produces close tolerance custom parts, with stated capability to hold tolerances in the tenths of an inch across difficult-to-machine alloys including Inconel, Monel, Hastelloy, Titanium, Duplex, Nitronic, and various stainless, carbon, and aluminum grades. Operations run 24 hours a day, six days a week, and the company offers full-service manufacturing from reverse engineering and product development through secondary finishing, packaging, and JIT shipping.

Its equipment base centers on premium Japanese 4-axis horizontal and vertical milling machines, twin spindle live tooling turning centers with bar feeding, gun drilling up to 3/4 inch diameter and 22 inches deep from one side, automatic honing to 1.250 inch ID at 8 RMS finishes, and precision sawing up to 16.5 inch OD. All measuring equipment is RFID-tagged and continuously calibrated for traceability, supporting quality and documentation requirements common in regulated industrial supply chains. The company serves oil and gas production, downhole tooling, and subsea solutions as its primary vertical, with additional work in firearms, medical, and automotive applications.

Southern Precision operates a sales-led, direct B2B model with quote-based pricing tied to customer specifications, materials, and complexity. No public pricing, customer logos, headcount, or financials are disclosed. The company appears to be independent and family-controlled, with no parent company, no funding history, and no M&A activity in the record, having operated under the same name for nearly 50 years.

Name

Southern Precision

Legal name

Southern Precision

Website

https://southernprecision.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Southern Precision is a privately held CNC machining job shop founded in 1976 in St. Rose, Louisiana, producing close tolerance custom parts in exotic alloys for oil and gas (primary), firearms, medical, and automotive customers through direct, quote-based B2B contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision CNC Machining and Manufacturing

NAICS

Machine Shops (332710), Precision Turned Product Manufacturing (332721)

SIC

Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541)

akta.pro primary industry

CNC Machine Tools (Turning, Milling, Machining Centers) (IMAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Grinding, Honing & Superfinishing Equipment (IMAHADAE)

Keywords

• CNC machining services
• Precision parts manufacturing
• CNC turning services
• CNC milling services
• Custom machining solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Rose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. CNC Precision Parts Manufacturing: Southern Precision generates revenue through custom CNC machining and manufacturing of close tolerance precision parts for industrial customers. Revenue is derived from production orders based on customer specifications, materials, and complexity. They offer JIT (Just-In-Time) deliveries and various value-added services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Southern Precision is a custom CNC machining manufacturer producing close tolerance precision parts for industrial customers. The company operates a 50,000 square foot facility equipped with twin spindle live tooling turning centers, Japanese 4-axis milling machines, gun drilling, automatic honing, and precision sawing equipment, capable of holding tolerances in the tenths of an inch on hard-to-machine alloys such as Inconel, Monel, Hastelloy, and Titanium.

Product overview

Southern Precision is a CNC machining service provider offering a comprehensive suite of precision manufacturing capabilities. The company operates a 50,000 square foot facility in St. Rose, Louisiana, providing close tolerance CNC machined parts since 1976. Core services include CNC Turning (2-axis through twin spindle live tooling), CNC Milling (4-axis horizontal and vertical), Gun Drilling, Automatic Honing, Precision Sawing, and Reverse Engineering. Additional offerings encompass Dimensional Inspection Services, Product Development, Material Purchasing, and Secondary Finishing Services (bead blasting, deburring, laser etching). The company serves industries including oil and gas production, downhole tooling, subsea solutions, firearms, medical, and automotive. Manufacturing operates 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, with capabilities to hold tolerances in tenths of an inch in hard-to-machine alloys.

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Products and services

• CNC Turning Services CNC turning capabilities ranging from simple 2-axis lathes to bar feeding on twin spindle live tooling turning centers, with production bar feed turning in 6' and 12' lengths and turning OD up to 14" with general turn length of 36". Offered to industrial customers requiring custom precision parts.
• CNC Milling Services Premium Japanese 4-axis horizontal and vertical milling machines with work envelope of 47" x 23" x 23" and simultaneous 4-axis milling capabilities for industrial customers.
• Gun Drilling Services Gun drilling capabilities for holes up to 3/4" diameter and 22" deep from one side, for industrial customers requiring deep-hole precision machining.
• Automatic Honing Services Automatic honing up to 1.250" ID producing finishes of 8 RMS or better, for industrial customers requiring high-quality surface finishes.
• Precision Sawing Services Precision sawing capabilities with capacity up to 16.5" OD, for industrial customers requiring precision cut materials.
• Reverse Engineering Services Reverse engineering services to recreate or replicate parts from existing samples or documentation, for industrial customers needing part replication or redesign.
• Dimensional Inspection Services CMM and optical measuring capabilities with RFID-tagged calibration and documentation for complete traceability, for industrial customers requiring documented quality assurance.
• Product Development Services Comprehensive product development services from design through manufacturing, for industrial customers needing end-to-end part development.
• Material Purchasing Services Material purchasing services including exotic materials such as Stainless Steel, Inconel, Monel, Hastelloy, Duplex, Nitronic, Titanium, heat treated carbon steels, Aluminum, and PEEK plastics, for industrial customers requiring specialty material sourcing.
• Secondary Finishing Services Includes bead blasting, deburring, stamping, engraving, laser etching, and various coating and heat treating processes, for industrial customers requiring finished parts.
• Packaging and Shipping Services Complete packaging and shipping services with JIT deliveries, for industrial customers requiring logistics management.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Protolabs: On-demand CNC machining and prototyping service provider serving similar industrial customer segments with rapid-turn precision parts. Comparable in core CNC turning and milling capabilities, with a more digitized and global operating model.
• Xometry: On-demand manufacturing marketplace aggregating precision CNC machining, sheet metal, and other processes. Direct competitor in machined parts for industrial customers across verticals including aerospace, automotive, and medical.
• Fictiv: Digital manufacturing platform connecting buyers to CNC machining, injection molding, and 3D printing suppliers. Comparable in serving engineers at industrial OEMs seeking custom precision parts with rapid quoting.
• Owens Industries: Precision machining job shop specializing in tight-tolerance CNC work for aerospace, medical, and defense customers. Comparable in serving regulated industries requiring exotic materials and full documentation.
• Hubs (formerly 3D Hubs): Global network of CNC machining and manufacturing service providers offering custom precision parts. Directly competes for precision machined parts business, particularly with engineering-led buyers in industrial sectors.
• Precision Metal Industries: CNC machining and precision metal fabrication job shop serving industrial customers. Closely comparable in offering CNC turning, milling, and secondary finishing services for industrial OEMs.
• Stainless Steel & Alloy Industries: Specialty machining and fabrication shop focused on stainless steel, high-nickel alloys, and exotic materials for industrial customers. Highly comparable in capability to work with Inconel, Hastelloy, and similar alloys Southern Precision serves.
• Mid-West Machine: CNC precision machining job shop serving aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial customers. Comparable in delivering tight-tolerance complex parts from exotic alloys for safety-critical applications.

Regional players

• PTG Precision Machining: Midwest-based precision CNC machining shop serving aerospace, defense, and medical customers with tight-tolerance work. Comparable in offering close-tolerance CNC turning and milling for regulated industrial verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Haas Automation: Largest U.S.-based manufacturer of CNC machines, including lathes, vertical machining centers, and horizontal mills. Comparable in the CNC precision machining ecosystem, though operating as the equipment OEM rather than a job shop.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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