Zalk Josephs Fabricators

What Zalk Josephs Fabricators does

Zalk Josephs Fabricators is a structural steel fabrication company headquartered in Stoughton, Wisconsin, operating a 110,000 square foot heated production facility supported by over 18 acres of outside storage with capacity for more than 20,000 tons of steel at any time. The company produces custom fabricated structural steel products — including beams, heavy columns, plate girders, and trusses up to 70 feet deep and 140 feet long — for construction projects across the Midwest, serving general contractors, architects, engineers, and erection partners. Its technical capabilities rest on a fleet of advanced automated equipment: a PeddiAssembler robotic welding system, a 260 Amp CNC plasma cutting table (20' x 70'), a BDL-1250/9D beam drill line processing over 200 tons per week, a PeddiBlast shot blast system, and a 70' x 180' paint booth for coating application. The company holds AISC and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certifications and integrates Building Information Modeling (BIM) into project workflows.

Zalk Josephs generates revenue through project-based, one-time fabrication contracts with general contractors, with pricing driven by steel tonnage, complexity, and project requirements rather than standardized public pricing. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-based, with over 95% of work sourced from repeat customers and subcontractors — a figure that functions as both a key operating metric and a switching-cost indicator. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heico Holding, Inc. and operates as part of the HEICO Construction Group alongside sister companies including Bomac, Ceco, CFA, SJ Hamill, and Titan. Its customer base is diversified across end markets (healthcare, education, commercial real estate, sports/entertainment, industrial, financial services, and government) and is anchored by marquee projects such as Lurie Children's Hospital (9,431 tons), Northwestern Biomedical Research Center (7,439 tons), 150 North Riverside (9,410 tons), 108 N. State (4,853 tons), and Apple Michigan Avenue (1,614 tons). The 51-100 employee operation is led by President Joseph Lammers and a senior team averaging over two decades of industry tenure.

Name

Zalk Josephs Fabricators

Legal name

Zalk Josephs

Website

https://zalkjosephs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Zalk Josephs Fabricators is a Midwest structural steel fabricator producing custom beams, trusses, plate girders, and complex weldments for general contractors across healthcare, education, commercial, and industrial construction projects from its 110,000 SF Stoughton, Wisconsin facility. It is a subsidiary of Heico Holding, Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Steel Fabrication

NAICS

Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312), Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing (332311), Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing (3323), Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing (33231), Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (3312)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD), Steel Joists, Joist Girders & Decking (IMADACAC), Steelwork & Fabrication Facilities (Plate/Section Processing, Welding Lines) (IMAJALAH)

Keywords

• Structural steel fabrication
• Fabricated steel beams
• Steel truss fabrication
• Plate girder fabrication
• Structural steel contractor

Headquarters

HQ city

Stoughton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Steel Fabrication Products and Services: Fabrication and supply of custom structural steel products for construction projects including beams, trusses, columns, plate girders, and complex weldments. Revenue is project-based, generated from fabrication contracts with general contractors for construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Zalk Josephs Fabricators produces custom-fabricated structural steel components for commercial and institutional construction projects throughout the Upper Midwest. Its product line spans frames, heavy columns, plate girders, and trusses, delivered with in-house paint/coating finishing. The company handles complex weldments and large assemblies at its 110,000 SF heated Stoughton, Wisconsin facility, with the ability to pre-assemble trusses up to 70'x140' and complete fit-up verification before shipping to job sites.

Product overview

Zalk Josephs Fabricators operates as a single-location structural steel fabrication company offering a comprehensive portfolio of fabricated steel products and services for the construction industry in the greater Midwest. Their core offering centers on custom structural steel fabrication, supported by specialized capabilities including BIM projects, frames, heavy columns, plate girders, sophisticated paint/coating services, special freight logistics, and custom trusses. The company maintains a 110,000 SF heated production facility with state-of-the-art equipment including CNC plasma cutting, robotic welding systems, and a 70' x 180' paint booth. Over 95% of their work comes from repeat customers, reflecting their focus on quality and long-term client relationships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Steel Fabrication Custom fabrication of structural steel packages for commercial and institutional construction projects, performed at the Stoughton, Wisconsin facility for general contractors in the Upper Midwest.
• Trusses Fabricated structural trusses with shop pre-assembly up to 70'x140' in size, delivered fit-up verified to reduce on-site labor.
• Heavy Columns Custom-fabricated heavy structural columns supplied as part of the structural steel package on large commercial projects.
• Plate Girders Fabricated plate girders for use in buildings, industrial structures, and infrastructure where standard rolled sections are insufficient.
• Frames Custom-fabricated structural steel frames supplied as part of building superstructure packages for commercial and institutional projects.
• Sophisticated Paint In-shop protective paint and coating finishing service for fabricated steel components prior to shipment to the construction site.

Named customers21 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• SteelFab: Multi-state regional structural steel fabricator serving commercial, healthcare, education, and industrial construction. Comparable product mix (beams, trusses, plate girders) and customer base, with similar project-based revenue model.
• LeJeune Steel Company: Minneapolis-based structural steel fabricator serving Midwest commercial, healthcare, and sports projects. Comparable on size, geography, product mix (beams, trusses, plate girders), and customer type (general contractors in the Upper Midwest).
• SJ Hamill Construction: Another Heico CSG peer focused on structural and miscellaneous steel fabrication and erection. Highly comparable in product scope (beams, trusses, girders) and target customer (general contractors) within the Midwest/regional U.S. footprint.
• Bomac Steel: Sister Heico CSG company performing structural and miscellaneous steel fabrication. Directly comparable product offering and customer base, allowing the parent group to coordinate bids and capacity across multiple fabrication entities.
• Ben Hur Steel Worx: Midwest-based structural steel fabricator serving commercial, healthcare, and institutional construction. Comparable on geography, scale, product offerings (custom fabricated steel, trusses, girders), and reliance on relationship-based sales to general contractors.
• Titan Steel: Heico CSG peer providing structural steel fabrication and erection services. Overlapping product scope and customer profile make it a direct competitor for the same project bids, especially within the Heico portfolio.
• Ceco Steel Construction: Sister company within the Heico Construction Group (CSG), providing structural steel building systems and fabrication services. Directly comparable on product offering, customer base (commercial/industrial general contractors), and operating model, with cross-portfolio bidding opportunities.

Broad incumbents

• Schuff Steel (Quanta Services): National structural steel fabricator now operating within Quanta Services, serving commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Directly comparable in core product offering but at far greater scale and geographic reach than Zalk Josephs.
• Nucor Corporation: Largest U.S. steel producer with vertical integration into joists, deck, and fabricated concrete reinforcing steel. Not a direct fabricator competitor at the project level, but its scale, raw material supply position, and downstream building systems offerings (Vulcraft/Verco) materially shape the competitive environment for regional structural steel fabricators.
• SME Steel Contractors: Large national structural steel fabricator and erector with multi-site operations across the western and central U.S. Comparable product offering and customer base, but at materially larger scale, providing competitive pressure on larger megaprojects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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