What B&B Manufacturing does

B&B Manufacturing, Inc. is a family-owned precision sheet metal fabricator founded in fall 1980 in Forest Hill, Maryland, and currently led by third-generation owner Jared Bates. The firm operates from a single facility at 115 Industry Lane and offers a nine-service suite spanning the full sheet metal production workflow: laser cutting, waterjet cutting, bending and forming, welding (MIG, TIG, spot, stud), powder coating, drilling and machining, engineering and programming, deburring, and inspection. It sells into twelve named end markets including aerospace, military/defense, medical devices, agricultural, electronics, food processing, marine, optical, oil and gas, solar, machinery manufacturing, and packaging.

The technology stack is anchored on high-end capital equipment: an Amada F1 laser cutter for 6061 Aluminum, Mild Steel, and Stainless Steel; a Flow 5-Axis Mach 200c waterjet with a 78-inch by 157-inch cutting envelope and 5-axis bevel capability; Amada HDS 1303 hydraulic press brakes (20- to 350-ton range) using a proprietary coining process with True Radius Tooling; Bridgeport mills with 3-axis CNC; Miller Dynasty 200 TIG and Miller 210 MIG welding systems; and a non-contact laser scanning inspection arm measuring to 0.0005 accuracy. Engineering runs in-house on Solidworks, AutoCAD, Sheetworks, and AP100US with direct integration to fabrication equipment. The firm is certified to ISO 9001:2015 (ANAB-accredited), ITAR (U.S. Department of State), and AS9100D for aerospace quality management.

The business model is project-based custom fabrication sold through a sales-led direct engagement motion. Pricing is quote-driven via website request forms, with an Instant Quote web application for standard laser-cut parts that provides live unit pricing, while complex assemblies are custom-quoted. Standard orders ship in 3-5 days and typical drilling/milling and welding projects run 2-3 week lead times. The company presents itself as a single-source solution — engineering through finished and inspected parts — with tolerances as tight as +/-0.002 inches on machined features and 0.0005-inch inspection accuracy on final parts. No revenue, headcount trend, or external capital are disclosed; ownership has remained within the founding Bates family across three generations with no institutional backers identified.

Name

B&B Manufacturing

Legal name

B&B Manufacturing Inc.

Website

https://bbmfginc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

B&B Manufacturing is a third-generation, family-owned precision sheet metal fabricator in Forest Hill, Maryland, offering laser cutting, waterjet, bending, welding, and inspection services. It serves aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial customers under ISO 9001:2015, ITAR, and AS9100D certifications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Forest Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Metal Fabrication Services: B&B Manufacturing generates revenue through custom metal fabrication services including laser cutting, waterjet cutting, bending/forming, welding, powder coating, drilling/machining, deburring, and inspection. Projects are quote-based and typically span 2-3 weeks lead time. They offer single-source solutions from design through finished parts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

B&B Manufacturing is a family-owned sheet metal fabrication shop that produces custom precision metal parts through an integrated single-source workflow. Services include laser cutting, waterjet cutting, bending/forming, welding, powder coating, drilling/machining, deburring, engineering/programming, and laser scanning inspection. The company serves industrial, aerospace, military, and medical device customers with parts manufactured domestically in Forest Hill, Maryland.

Product overview

B&B Manufacturing is a family-owned metal fabrication shop founded in 1980, offering a comprehensive suite of precision metal manufacturing services. The company's service portfolio centers on core fabrication capabilities including Laser Cutting (using Amada F1 technology), Bending and Forming (with Amada HDS hydraulic press brakes), Welding (MIG/TIG/spot/stud welding), Powder Coating, Drilling and Machining, Engineering and Programming, Deburring, Laser Inspection, and Waterjet Cutting (Flow 5-Axis Mach 200c). These services are integrated to provide single-source solutions from design through finished parts, with in-house engineering supporting the fabrication workflow using CAD software like Solidworks and AutoCAD. The company serves diverse industries including aerospace, military, agricultural, chemical, electronic, food, marine, optical, oil field, solar, machinery manufacturing, and packaging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Laser Cutting

Quantifiable outcome

• 3-5 day shipping on standard orders
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SendCutSend: Direct-to-customer online laser and waterjet cutting service with instant quoting, broad material selection, and rapid turnaround. Closely comparable to B&B's laser/waterjet offerings and quote-based pricing model, and competes for the same standardized custom-cut work.
• Marlin Steel Wire Products: Custom metal fabrication shop producing precision sheet metal and wire products for industrial and commercial customers. Comparable to B&B as a similarly sized US-based custom metal fabricator serving B2B customers with engineered-to-order parts.
• Xometry: Online on-demand manufacturing marketplace connecting buyers to a network of custom fabrication shops. Directly comparable to B&B in the services offered (laser cutting, sheet metal, machining) and the sales motion (instant online quoting, file upload), though Xometry operates a multi-supplier marketplace model rather than a single in-house shop.
• OSH Cut (Online Sheetmetal): Online sheet metal fabrication service offering laser cutting, bending, and finishing with instant quoting. Closely comparable to B&B's core laser cutting and bending services for small-to-medium volume custom sheet metal parts.
• Quickparts: Custom manufacturing service offering CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal fabrication, and 3D printing with online quoting. Directly comparable on custom sheet metal work, though with a broader process offering than B&B.
• Hubs (Protolabs Network): On-demand manufacturing platform offering CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, injection molding, and 3D printing with instant quoting. Overlaps directly with B&B on custom sheet metal and laser cutting for prototyping and low-volume production.

Broad incumbents

• Protolabs: Public, vertically integrated digital manufacturer offering rapid prototyping and on-demand production across multiple processes including sheet metal. A larger, broader incumbent with far greater scale than B&B; competes for the same custom sheet metal work but as part of a much wider manufacturing services portfolio.
• Metals USA: Large US-based metals service center combining metal distribution with processing and fabrication services. Overlaps with B&B in flat-rolled sheet metal processing and custom fabrication but operates at materially greater scale and across a much broader product portfolio.
• PennEngineering (PennEngineering Precision Technologies): Established US manufacturer of precision engineered fasteners and sheet metal components. Adjacent to B&B in sheet metal component manufacturing, particularly for industrial and electronics customers, but with a much larger and more diversified product portfolio.

Regional players

• Whiteley Engineering: Australian precision sheet metal fabricator offering laser cutting, bending, welding, and finishing for industrial customers. Directly comparable to B&B on service portfolio and custom-fabrication business model, but serves the Australia/New Zealand market rather than the US.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bbmaryland

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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