What Mid West Fabricating does

Mid West Fabricating Co. is a privately held, family-owned U.S. manufacturer founded in 1945 by Stanton Johns in Amanda, Ohio. The company specializes in cold forming of steel wire rod into custom fasteners and formed components, operating presses from 60 to 1,000 tons and processing wire diameters from 3.2mm to 31.7mm (1-1/4"). Capabilities span wire drawing and processing, in-house tooling design, secondary machining (milling, turning, drilling, stress relieving, hardening, multiple welding modes), and finishing operations including electrocoat (exceeding 336 hours of salt spray testing) and powder coating. The company operates three divisions: its 125,000 sq. ft. Amanda, Ohio headquarters; Mid West Coatings in Lancaster, Ohio (opened 2017, providing e-coat and powder coating); and West Bent Bolt in Santa Fe Springs, California (a 60,000 sq. ft. west coast operation since 1961 producing screw machine products, flattened u-bolts, and plating across carbon, stainless, copper, and silicon bronze metals).

The company serves B2B OEM customers across automotive, lawn and garden, highway construction, housing, utility, recycling, and irrigation markets, shipping directly using EDI, ASN, and barcode technologies for OEM supply chain integration. It holds IATF 16949 (2024-2027), ISO 9001:2015 (2024-2027), and ISO 14001 certifications, and is certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council through December 31, 2026. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific given the custom nature of cold formed components; revenue mechanics rest on direct enterprise field sales to OEM procurement organizations with multi-year program continuity implied by customer-specific tooling and EDI integration.

The business is conservatively operated under multi-generational family ownership with no disclosed institutional investment, acquisitions, or divestitures across its 80-year history. The most recent strategic expansion was the 2017 launch of Mid West Coatings. Workforce stability is evidenced by 100 team members in the company's Quarter Century Club, indicating exceptionally long operator tenure and accumulated cold forming craft expertise. No AI/ML, software platform, or digital product initiatives are referenced; the company's technology stack is centered on physical metalforming equipment, FEA-based design validation, and conventional manufacturing engineering.

Name

Mid West Fabricating

Legal name

Mid West Fabricating Co.

Website

https://midwestfab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mid West Fabricating is a family-owned U.S. manufacturer founded in 1945 that cold-forms custom steel fasteners and wire components for OEM customers in automotive, infrastructure, and industrial markets across three Ohio and California facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amanda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cold Formed Steel Products: Mid West Fabricating generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of custom cold formed steel rods, fasteners, and components. Products include guard rail bolts and nuts, flattened u-bolts, and special fasteners. They offer custom wire form products up to 1-1/8" (28.5MM) in diameter.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mid West Fabricating Co. is a family-owned U.S. manufacturer that produces custom cold formed steel rods and components, wire form products, and special fasteners for OEM customers across multiple industries. Operations span raw wire processing through finishing, including in-house cold forming, secondary machining, and electrocoat/powder coating services delivered through three divisions in Ohio and California.

Product overview

Mid West Fabricating Co. is a family-owned U.S. manufacturer specializing in cold forming of steel into special fasteners and formed rods since 1945. The company operates three divisions: headquarters in Amanda, Ohio (cold forming, wire processing, tooling, and finishing), Mid West Coatings in Lancaster, Ohio (electrocoat and powder coating services), and West Bent Bolt in Santa Fe Springs, California (wire products, screw machines, and plating). Their capabilities span cold forming, secondary machining operations, and finishing services, serving automotive, lawn and garden, highway construction, housing, utility, recycling, irrigation, and other industrial markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• West Bent Bolt: West coast operation in Santa Fe Springs, California specializing in wire products, flattened u-bolts for water line hardware, and various metal products including silicon bronze, copper, stainless and carbon steel.

Products and services

• Cold Formed Steel Rods and Components Custom cold formed steel rods and components manufactured in-house from raw wire for OEM customers across automotive, lawn and garden, highway construction, housing, utility, recycling, and irrigation industries.
• Wire Form Products Wire form products including guard rail bolts and flattened u-bolts manufactured for infrastructure, highway construction, and industrial OEM applications.
• Cold Forming Services Contract cold forming services that take customer requirements from raw wire through finished parts, supported by finite element analysis (FEA) and rapid prototyping.
• Secondary Production Operations Secondary machining, drilling, punching, tapping, and welding operations performed on cold formed and wire formed parts to deliver finished components to OEM customers.
• Electrocoat and Powder Coating Services Electrocoat (E-coat) and powder coating finishing services delivered through the Mid West Coatings division in Lancaster, Ohio, providing corrosion-resistant finishes for OEM components.
• Screw Machine Products Screw machine products up to 25.4mm (1 inch) wire diameter manufactured by the West Bent Bolt division in Santa Fe Springs, California, with optional zinc, nickel, or chrome plating.

Quantifiable outcome

• Parts can exceed 336 hours of salt spray testing with E-coat finish
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Elgin Fasteners: Elgin Fasteners is a US-based manufacturer of cold-formed specialty fasteners and components for automotive, industrial, and construction markets — directly comparable to Mid West Fabricating's cold-forming capabilities and OEM customer profile.
• Bulten AB: Swedish-listed cold-formed fastener manufacturer serving automotive OEMs worldwide — comparable in cold-forming technology, automotive OEM focus, and tier-1 supplier model, though publicly traded and larger.
• Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. US-based manufacturer of precision engineered fasteners and sheet metal components serving electronics, automotive, and industrial OEMs — comparable in precision metal forming technology and OEM customer base.
• KAMAX Holdings GmbH: German cold-formed fastener manufacturer focused on high-strength fasteners for automotive industry — comparable technology and target end market, though larger and Europe-centric.
• MacLean-Fogg Company: MacLean-Fogg is a family-owned, multi-division manufacturer of fasteners and engineered components serving automotive, heavy truck, and industrial markets — closely aligned with Mid West Fabricating's business model, OEM customer base, and vertically integrated approach.
• Fontana Fasteners: Italian-based cold-formed fastener manufacturer serving automotive and industrial markets — comparable in cold-formed fastening technology and OEM customer base, with similar mid-market positioning.
• Acument Global Technologies (Infastec): Acument/Infastec is a major global cold-formed fastener manufacturer serving automotive, construction, and industrial OEMs — directly comparable in cold-formed fastening technology and customer base, though at significantly larger scale.
• Nedschroef: Dutch-based cold-formed fastener manufacturer serving automotive OEMs globally — directly comparable cold-forming technology and automotive OEM customer base, though operating primarily in Europe.

Broad incumbents

• Illinois Tool Works (ITW): ITW is a highly diversified Fortune 500 industrial manufacturer with large fastener and components segments serving automotive and construction — overlaps with Mid West's end markets and fastener capabilities, but operates at vastly greater scale across many unrelated product lines.
• Stanley Black & Decker: Major diversified industrial manufacturer with fastener and fixing systems serving construction and industrial markets — comparable end-market overlap, though fastners are a small part of a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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