Laciny Bros

What Laciny Bros does

Laciny Bros., Inc. is a fourth-generation, family-owned custom metal fabrication company founded in 1916 and headquartered at 6622 Vernon Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. The company operates a vertically integrated service platform spanning mechanical and electrical design (SolidWorks, AutoCAD), custom fabrication (TIG, MIG, stick, and orbital welding; CNC press brakes; forming; polishing), CNC and conventional machining (4-axis vertical machining centers, lathes and mills programmed via Mastercam), precision waterjet cutting with +/- 0.005 inch tolerance and PAC 55 beveling head, controls and automation, custom machine building, on-site field work, and raw material sales (including a certified Topline sanitary fittings distributorship). Its core technical differentiator is sanitary stainless-steel fabrication developed since 1944 for regulated customers in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, biopharm/radiopharmaceutical, chemical, brewing, and healthcare/medical equipment industries, with marquee enterprise clients such as Anheuser-Busch, Conagra, Nestlé Purina, Pfizer, Sanofi, Mallinckrodt, BASF, DuPont, Keurig Dr. Pepper, and Procter & Gamble.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue: every engagement is quoted based on customer specifications, materials, and labor, with no public pricing or recurring subscription layer. GTM is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on a quote-request portal, long-standing customer relationships, referrals, and emergency/field-service responsiveness rather than paid marketing or channel partners. Materials sales (stainless steel, aluminum, carbon steel, specialty alloys, Topline sanitary fittings) provide an ancillary hardware-revenue stream. The company employs approximately 32-33 people and reported $6.5M in annual revenue in 2020.

Ownership has remained continuously within the Laciny family across four generations; Tim Laciny is president and sole owner following the 2009 transition, supported by a long-tenured operations VP. There is no external institutional capital, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Operations are concentrated at the single University City facility, with field work crews dispatched nationally to customer sites.

Name

Laciny Bros

Legal name

Laciny Bros., Inc.

Website

https://lacinybros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Laciny Bros., Inc. is a fourth-generation, family-owned custom metal fabrication company in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1916. It provides design, fabrication, machining, waterjet cutting, automation, and field-service work, specializing in sanitary stainless-steel equipment for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and chemical customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Fabrication Services: Project-based custom fabrication services including welding, machining, forming, cutting, and polishing of metal components to customer specifications. Revenue generated through quoted project pricing based on complexity, materials, and labor requirements.
2. Waterjet Cutting Services: Precision waterjet cutting services for various materials with tolerances of +/- 0.005 inches, charged per project based on material, complexity, and cutting time.
3. Material Sales: Raw material sales including stainless steel, aluminum, carbon steel, and specialty alloys in sheet, bar, and structural shapes. Also certified distributor of Topline sanitary fittings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Laciny Bros is a custom metal fabrication job shop that designs, builds, machines, and services one-off and low-volume metal equipment for industrial customers. Core deliverables include custom tanks, vessels, conveyors, sanitary process equipment, mixing tanks, automated machines, and waterjet-cut parts produced to customer specifications from stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, and specialty alloys. Services span design engineering, welding (TIG/MIG/stick/orbital), CNC and conventional machining, waterjet cutting, controls and automation, on-site field work, and raw material sales, all delivered as professional services from a single St. Louis facility.

Product overview

Laciny Bros. is a custom metal fabrication company offering integrated services across design, fabrication, machining, and automation. The company operates as a single unified service platform combining Design & Engineering (using SolidWorks and AutoCad), Custom Fabrication (welding, forming, polishing), Custom Machining (CNC and conventional), Controls & Automation, Custom Machine Building, Field Work, Waterjet Cutting, and Material Sales. The company specializes in sanitary fabrication for pharmaceutical and food & beverage industries, producing custom one-off equipment and machines including jacketed vessels, mixing tanks, conveyors, and aseptic process equipment. All capabilities are delivered as professional services from a single facility rather than as packaged software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design & Engineering Services Mechanical and electrical design services using SolidWorks 3D modeling and AutoCAD software, providing custom mechanical design, material handling systems, automated process equipment, and manufacturing equipment from concept to installation for industrial customers.
• Custom Fabrication Services Welding, machining, shaping, forming, cutting, and polishing of materials including stainless steel and sanitary fabrication. Services include TIG, MIG, stick, and orbital welding; CNC press brakes; rollers; sawing; shearing; pipe bending; and polishing from rough grinding to mirror finish, delivered to industrial customer specifications.
• Custom Machining Services CNC and conventional machining for complex one-off parts or small to medium volume runs, working with metals and plastics including stainless steel, aluminum, hastelloy, graphite, titanium, and various polymers. Includes 4-axis vertical machining centers, CNC lathes, mills, and Mastercam programming.
• Controls & Automation Services

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BTD Manufacturing: Custom metal stamping, fabrication and assembly company based in Minnesota serving industrial customers across multiple end-markets. Comparable in scale and in offering project-based custom metal work similar to Laciny Bros.
• Mayville Engineering Company: Publicly traded contract metal manufacturer (NYSE: MEC) operating fabrication, machining, and powder-coating lines from Midwest facilities. Closest publicly traded pure-play analog to Laciny Bros in service mix and customer profile.
• Atlas Manufacturing Company: Custom metal fabrication and welding job shop producing stainless-steel assemblies and process equipment for industrial customers. Directly comparable to Laciny Bros on custom stainless fabrication for sanitary and process applications.

Broad incumbents

• Cannon Industries: Larger contract metal stamper and fabricator with multiple U.S. and Mexico facilities serving industrial customers. Overlaps with Laciny Bros on custom metal fabrication and machining but operates at greater scale across multiple sites.
• Metaltek International: Diversified engineered-metal-components manufacturer combining castings, fabrications, and machined parts. Provides a benchmark for how a metal-fabrication platform can expand into specialty alloy and sanitary-grade work — adjacent to Laciny's pharmaceutical/food process equipment focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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