What Strong Forge & Fabrication does

Strong Forge & Fabrication LLC is a privately held, U.S.-based industrial contract manufacturer founded in 1923 and headquartered in a single integrated facility at 20 Liberty Street, Batavia, New York. Over more than 100 years of continuous operation, what began as a drop-hammer forging shop has expanded into a vertically integrated metalworking operation combining forging, fabrication, robotic MIG and manual welding, CNC/VMC machining, high-definition plasma cutting, metal forming and press work, and an in-house toolroom for fixtures, jigs, and tooling. Forged blanks move directly into fabrication and machining within the same facility, eliminating external handoffs and producing finished, production-ready components from raw material.

The company sells exclusively through direct B2B engagement to industrial OEMs and equipment builders nationwide, with no public pricing or rate cards; customers submit drawings (PDF, DWG, DXF, PNG, STEP) and specifications through a website quote request, which the company reviews and returns as detailed quotes. Revenue is generated through custom, quote-based, production-volume contracts across five core service lines — custom metal fabrication, welding and weldments, CNC/VMC machining, metal forming and press work, and forging — applied to a diversified set of OEM end-markets. Primary verticals served are heavy equipment and construction, material handling and forklifts, trucking and commercial vehicles, with secondary segments in agriculture, oil field and energy, and broader industrial equipment manufacturing, plus a defense customer in the US Armed Forces for which the company is the sole OEM supplier of the Humvee lifting shackle.

Strong Forge & Fabrication operates as a private LLC with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or funding rounds in the available data, and pursues no app, API, or digital channel footprint (api_exists false; no social profiles present). Customer acquisition is relationship-driven through direct sales, drawing submission, and 100+ year brand reputation rather than paid marketing, content, or AI-driven channels.

Name

Strong Forge & Fabrication

Legal name

Strong Forge & Fabrication LLC

Website

https://strongforge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Strong Forge & Fabrication LLC is a privately held U.S. metalworking manufacturer founded in 1923 in Batavia, New York, producing heavy-duty forged, fabricated, welded, and CNC-machined components for industrial OEMs across heavy equipment, material handling, trucking, agriculture, oil field, and defense end-markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metal Fabrication & Forging

NAICS

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (332), Iron and Steel Forging (332111), All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (33299)

SIC

Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products (3490), Metal Forgings & Stampings (3460)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Welding, Joining & Soldering Equipment (Arc, Resistance, Friction, Brazing) (IMAHADAH), Metal Cutting Tools, Tooling & Workholding (Cutters, Inserts, Chucks, Fixtures) (IMAHADAB)

Keywords

• Custom metal fabrication
• Industrial welding services
• CNC machining services
• Drop hammer forging
• Metal forming press work

Headquarters

HQ city

Batavia

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. Custom Metal Fabrication Services: Production-volume metal fabrication services for heavy-duty industrial components built to customer specifications. Components include weldments, fabricated assemblies, and precision parts produced to customer drawings.
2. Industrial Welding Services: Robotic MIG welding and manual welding services for high-volume production runs and complex weldment assemblies.
3. CNC/VMC Machining Services: Precision metal machining services for tight tolerances and finished components, integrated with fabrication and welding workflows.
4. Metal Forming & Press Work: In-house press forming services for dimensionally consistent, repeatable parts that feed directly into fabrication workflows.
5. Forging Services: Drop hammer forging and upsetting services for carbon steel, alloy steel, and copper forged components, integrated with machining and fabrication.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Strong Forge & Fabrication operates a fully integrated metalworking facility in Batavia, New York, producing heavy-duty custom metal components for OEM manufacturers across the U.S. Every component is built to customer drawings and specifications, moving through forging, fabrication, welding (including robotic MIG), CNC/VMC machining, metal forming/press work, and finishing in a single facility. Customers submit drawings via a website quote-request system and receive finished, production-ready parts delivered from a single supplier, eliminating the need to coordinate multiple vendors.

Product overview

Strong Forge & Fabrication is an integrated metalworking company offering a unified portfolio of heavy-duty metal fabrication services rather than discrete software products. Their core capabilities include Custom Metal Fabrication, Welding & Weldments, CNC/VMC Machining, Metal Forming & Press Work, and Forging — all operating under one roof to deliver finished components from raw material through fabrication, welding, machining, and finishing. Supporting these core services is an in-house Toolroom & Toolmaking capability. Their product lines focus on specialized industrial components: Forklift Mast Parts & Components (mast beams, brackets, levers, pedals, chain pins, swing brackets for forklifts and manlifts) and Custom Metal Parts & Components (control components, clutch & brake parts, structural brackets, frames, and specialty items like the Humvee lifting shackle). The company serves industrial OEMs across heavy equipment, construction, material handling, trucking, agriculture, oil field, and general industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Metal Fabrication

Quantifiable outcome

• Forged components with superior grain structure, strength, and material density compared to cast or machined-from-bar alternatives
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Regal Rexnord: Public manufacturer of power transmission, automation, and motion control components serving industrial OEMs globally. Adjacent incumbent supplying engineered industrial components into overlapping heavy equipment, material handling, and aerospace end-markets.
• Kennametal: Global tooling and metalworking solutions provider producing metalcutting tools, wear-resistant components, and engineered components for industrial customers. Adjacent incumbent serving the same metalworking end-markets from a tooling and consumables angle.
• Precision Castparts Corp: Berkshire Hathaway-owned global leader in investment castings, forgings, and aerostructures for aerospace, power, and industrial markets. Larger incumbent operating in similar forged-component categories but at significantly greater scale and with broader aerospace exposure.

Emerging players

• Proto Labs: Digital manufacturing platform offering rapid CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding via automated quoting. Competes for low-volume custom industrial components and represents the digital-native emerging alternative to traditional quote-based job shops.

Direct peers

• Ellwood Group: Family-owned integrated iron and steel forging, casting, and machining group serving heavy equipment, construction, oil & gas, and military customers. Closely mirrors Strong Forge's vertical integration and multi-vertical industrial OEM customer mix.
• Weber Metals: Howmet Aerospace-owned forging specialist producing large aluminum and titanium forged components for aerospace, defense, and industrial customers. Comparable forging-led operating model serving safety-critical, specification-driven OEM programs.
• Mayville Engineering Company (MEC): Public contract metal manufacturer offering metal fabrication, welding, machining, and forming services to industrial OEMs in heavy equipment, agriculture, construction, and powersports. Closest publicly traded analog with a similar single-source integrated value proposition.
• Ajax Manufacturing: Erie, PA-based integrated metal manufacturer combining forging, fabrication, welding, and machining for heavy industrial OEMs including rail, defense, and oil & gas — closely mirrors Strong Forge's vertically integrated single-source supply model.
• Canton Drop Forge: Canton, OH-based closed-die forging manufacturer producing carbon and alloy steel forged components for heavy equipment, transportation, and industrial machinery — comparable forging process and customer base.
• Scot Forge: Largest independent open-die forging company in North America, producing forged carbon, alloy, and stainless steel components for heavy industrial, rail, defense, and power-generation OEMs — directly comparable forging core serving similar industrial end-markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/strongforge2

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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