What Impact Cnc does

Impact CNC is a privately held precision CNC contract manufacturer founded in 2012 by Jerry Busche and headquartered in Columbia City, Indiana. The company operates two facilities totaling 514,000 square feet — a 289,000 sq ft climate-controlled Indiana headquarters and a 225,000 sq ft Iowa facility opening in 2026 — equipped with 165 machining centers (400MM–1600MM capacity with advanced 5-axis capability) and 54 CNC turning centers (6″–21″ chuckers), alongside one of North America's largest coordinate measuring machines for quality inspection. Impact CNC produces 320+ different precision-machined components weighing from a few pounds to 2,000 lbs, including transmission housings, differential cases, hubs, drivetrain components, and high-precision diesel conrods for military applications.

The company's offerings span turn-key manufacturing services — CNC milling and turning, leak testing, assembly, welding, honing, and wash — plus Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) integrated with Microsoft Power Platform and 2D barcode traceability tied to measurement data. Revenue is generated through quote-based B2B contracts with enterprise OEMs across material handling, agriculture, power generation, defense, automotive, heavy truck, off-highway, and construction verticals. Customer concentration sits with marquee names: Toyota Material Handling (Preferred Supplier and 2026 Kaizen Presentation Award) and John Deere (Key Supplier 2022–2025; Partner Supplier 2020). Pricing is volume-tiered (prototype through 10,000+ parts annually) on multi-year contracts, and the go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by a website-driven quote intake.

The business operates an explicitly stated 'three-legged stool' model balancing supplier-of-choice, employer-of-choice (3-day work week with 12-hour shifts), and investment-of-choice commitments. Operational certifications are limited to ISO 9001. No subsidiaries, parent company, or funding rounds are disclosed in the source material, and the firm has not identified any M&A, partnership, joint venture, or external capital event; growth has been funded organically with a 2016 Inc. 5000 Top 50 fastest-growing-company recognition marking the most significant external signal of historical scaling.

Name

Impact Cnc

Legal name

Impact CNC

Website

https://impactcnc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Impact CNC is a privately held precision CNC contract manufacturer with two Indiana/Iowa facilities totaling 514,000 sq ft, producing 320+ machined components for enterprise OEMs in material handling, agriculture, power generation, defense, automotive, heavy truck, off-highway, and construction industries, including Toyota Material Handling and John Deere.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom CNC Machined Components & Contract Manufacturing

NAICS

Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing (333612)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Motion & Machine Control (CNC, Robotics Controllers, Servo/Motion Controllers) (IMAGABAG), Industrial Controllers & Control Systems (PLCs, PACs, CNC Controllers) (IMAHAHAH)

Keywords

• Precision CNC machining
• Custom OEM components
• Industrial manufacturing services
• CNC turned parts
• Heavy equipment components

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia City

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. CNC Manufacturing Services: Precision CNC manufacturing services producing complex components (320+ different part numbers) for major OEMs across material handling, agriculture, power generation, defense, and automotive industries. Revenue is generated through long-term manufacturing contracts with volume-based production commitments ranging from prototype to 10,000+ annual parts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Impact CNC provides precision CNC machining and contract manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across material handling, agriculture, power generation, defense, automotive, and construction industries. The company operates 165 machining centers and 54 CNC turning centers across more than 514,000 sq ft of facility space to deliver custom-machined components and assemblies. It complements production with APQP-driven quality planning and Complete Manufacturing Solutions that span the OEM product lifecycle.

Product overview

Impact CNC is a precision CNC manufacturing service provider operating as a single unified manufacturing platform across two facilities. The company offers comprehensive CNC manufacturing solutions from prototype to production, providing both core machining services (CNC Machining with 165 machining centers and 54 CNC turning centers, APQP quality planning, and turn-key manufacturing services including leak testing, assembly, welding, honing, and wash) alongside 320+ precision-machined component products across four industry verticals: Material Handling (fork truck components, transmission housings, hubs), Agriculture (tractor components, seed planter parts), Power Generation (engine cooler shells, turbo charger bearing housings), and Defense/Military (diesel conrods). The Iowa facility (opening 2026) expands capacity for large cast gear box housings, drive axle housings, and construction equipment components. The company serves major OEMs including Toyota Material Handling and John Deere.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CNC Machining Services Precision CNC machining services producing custom components and subassemblies for OEMs in heavy equipment, agriculture, power generation, defense, automotive, and construction industries.
• APQP Services Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) services that support OEM customers through structured quality planning, validation, and launch readiness for new components and assemblies.
• Complete Manufacturing Solutions Integrated manufacturing solution that combines machining, engineering support, quality planning, and assembly to deliver finished OEM components and subassemblies.
• Custom Machined Components for Material Handling OEMs Custom CNC-machined components engineered for material handling OEM equipment, validated by production relationships with Toyota Material Handling.
• Custom Machined Components for Agriculture OEMs Custom CNC-machined components engineered for agriculture OEM equipment, validated by production relationships with John Deere.
• Custom Machined Components for Power Generation, Defense, Automotive, and Construction OEMs Custom CNC-machined components engineered for OEMs serving power generation, defense, automotive, and construction equipment end-markets.

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Modine Manufacturing: Modine is a large, publicly traded manufacturer of thermal management and precision components serving heavy-duty on- and off-highway OEMs (agriculture, construction, trucking). Like Impact CNC, it operates as a Tier-1 supplier into the same John Deere / heavy-equipment customer base with precision-machined subassemblies, but at substantially greater scale and product breadth.
• Linamar Corporation: Linamar is a major Tier-1 Canadian auto/agricultural/off-highway supplier with a large precision-machining and subassembly segment. It competes for the same OEM programs (drivetrain housings, transmission components) with global scale and similar customer profile (agriculture OEMs, material handling). Direct overlap on the drivetrain/housing sweet spot that defines Impact CNC.
• Flowserve Corporation: Flowserve manufactures precision fluid-motion and power-transmission components, with significant CNC machining of large cast iron/steel housings - directly analogous to Impact CNC's gear box housings and bearing housings work for industrial and power-generation customers.

Direct peers

• Cretex Companies: Cretex is a Midwest-based, privately held precision contract manufacturer with CNC machining, metal stamping, and assembly capabilities serving industrial OEMs. Same vertical (agriculture, industrial), same scale band, and same model of multi-process turn-key supply that Impact CNC emphasizes.
• Lincoln Industries: Lincoln Industries is a Nebraska-based precision metal components and CNC machining supplier serving OEMs across automotive, agricultural, and heavy equipment. Operates a similar large-facility Midwest contract-manufacturing model with comparable end-markets and customer mix.
• Phillips Precision Manufacturing: Phillips Precision is a privately held CNC machining services provider focused on complex, tight-tolerance components for industrial OEMs (agriculture, heavy equipment, defense). Closest functional analog: contract CNC shop running mid- to high-volume production with secondary operations and full APQP/inspection workflows.
• Pioneer Service Inc. Pioneer Service is a Midwest CNC machining and industrial services shop supplying precision components to agriculture, heavy equipment, and industrial OEMs. Closely comparable in geography, customer vertical mix, and offered range of secondary operations.
• Shiloh Industries (now Iterative Manufacturing): Shiloh/Iterative is a precision stamped and machined components manufacturer serving automotive, heavy truck, and industrial drivetrain OEMs - directly overlapping with Impact CNC's transmission housings, diff cases, and axle bracket programs. Public traceability history at Tier-1 OEMs is broadly similar.

Emerging players

• Roper Industries: Roper owns multiple precision-manufacturing and engineered products subsidiaries serving industrial end markets, providing a benchmark for what an industrial conglomerate investor might pay for an asset like Impact CNC in a sale or recapitalization scenario.

Others

• Lincoln Electric: Lincoln Electric manufactures welding and cutting equipment and is one of the largest US buyers of heavy precision-machined welded assemblies. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant - both a potential customer for Impact CNC's welding/machining services and a benchmark for the Midwest industrial OEM supply chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/impactcnc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

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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