What Rauch Industries does

Rauch Industries is a contract manufacturing services provider headquartered in New Albany, Indiana, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of nonprofit parent Rauch, Inc. Founded in the early 1970s, the company has delivered contract manufacturing services for more than 50 years and currently supports more than 100 production employees from a single 50,000 sq ft facility (40,000 sq ft production, 10,000 sq ft warehouse) located roughly 10–20 minutes north of Louisville, Kentucky. Its mission-driven social enterprise model employs individuals with disabilities and is positioned to access federal procurement pathways via AbilityOne and Source America membership, as well as state-level contracting via the Indiana State Use Program.

The company offers four integrated service modules — Assembly, Custom Processing, Fabrication, and Packaging — executed with industrial equipment including brake presses, punch presses, welding machines, blister packers, skin packers, banders, and an iron worker, alongside skilled manual labor. Services span sub-assembly, kitting, sorting, drilling, milling, grinding, stamping, welding, de-burring, shrink wrapping, heat sealing, blister packaging, label application, and point-of-sale display building. Customers engage through quote-based multi-year contracts and the company reports meeting 98% of business contract deadlines.

Rauch Industries serves a diversified base of 350+ regional and national customers across government/defense (USPS, DoD), automotive, food/consumer products, and OEM sectors, including named accounts such as Hitachi, Algood Food Company, Silver Creek Leather, Tasman's Natural Pet Brands, and Nimlok Kentucky. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified, relies on a sales-led go-to-market model with dedicated business development personnel, and supports direct sales within an approximately 150-mile geographic radius of its Southern Indiana facility. There are no disclosed funding rounds, no app or API presence, and no evidence of AI/ML adoption.

Name

Rauch Industries

Legal name

Rauch Industries

Website

https://rauchindustries.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Rauch Industries is a Southern Indiana-based nonprofit-affiliated contract manufacturer providing assembly, fabrication, packaging, and custom processing services to government, automotive, food, and OEM customers across 350+ accounts over 50+ years.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Albany

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: Rauch Industries generates revenue through fee-for-service contract manufacturing agreements. Services are quoted on a per-job basis and include assembly, custom processing, fabrication, and packaging. The company serves customers under government contracts (Department of Defense, USPS) and commercial contracts, with pricing determined by scope, volume, and complexity of work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rauch Industries provides contract manufacturing services spanning four integrated service lines: assembly, custom processing, fabrication, and packaging. The company serves government, defense, automotive, food, medical, electronics, and OEM customers from its 50,000 sq ft facility in New Albany, Indiana, quoting each job based on scope, volume, and complexity. Services include sub-assembly, kitting, presswork, welding, shrink wrapping, blister packaging, and point-of-sale display building for regional and national businesses within ~150 miles of the facility.

Product overview

Rauch Industries operates as a contract manufacturing service provider offering four integrated service modules: Assembly Services, Custom Processing Services, Fabrication Services, and Packaging Services. These services can be used independently or combined to handle customer projects from start to finish, providing total manufacturing solutions for regional and national businesses across automotive, defense, food, medical, electronics, and government sectors. The company leverages specialized equipment and skilled labor to deliver scalable support throughout various stages of a product life cycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Assembly Services Contract assembly services including automotive sub-assembly, multi-component assembly, hand assembly, display assembly, box assembly, staking, and mechanical fastening, serving automotive, postal, and defense sectors.
• Custom Processing Services Custom processing solutions including kitting, folding, sorting, mailings, labeling, collating, parts sorting, inspection, and hand labor for automotive, defense, postal, and other industries.
• Fabrication Services Fabrication services including presswork, drilling, milling, grinding, form/punch/shear, stamping, welding, and de-burring, performed with advanced equipment and stringent inspection processes.
• Packaging Services Custom and contract packaging services including shrink wrapping, heat sealing, blister packaging, product re-packaging, label application, product weight measurement, box building, and point of sale display building for automotive, food, medical, defense, and electronics industries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Met deadlines for 98% of business contracts
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AbilityOnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRauch Industries is a member of AbilityOne, a federal program that creates employment opportunities for people with significant disabilities. AbilityOne provides preferential sourcing pathways for federal government contracts, allowing Rauch to serve as a contract manufacturer for government agencies including USPS and DoD.
• Source AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSource America is the central nonprofit agency for the AbilityOne Program, connecting government agencies with Rauch Industries as a preferred contract manufacturing provider. The partnership facilitates federal government contracting opportunities.
• One Southern IndianaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRauch Industries is a long-time member of One Southern Indiana, the local chamber of commerce. The organization provides networking, recognition (Non-Profit of the Year finalist, 'One' Awards finalist), and promotional opportunities for Rauch, and Rauch participates in community events like the Rauch Golf Scramble.
• Metro Manufacturing AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRauch Industries is affiliated with the Metro Manufacturing Alliance, an industry association supporting regional manufacturing operations in the Louisville/Southern Indiana metropolitan area.
• Indiana State Use ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRauch Industries participates in the Indiana State Use Program, a state-level initiative similar to AbilityOne that facilitates preferential purchasing from qualified agencies employing people with disabilities, opening state government contracting pathways.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• TricorBraun: St. Louis-based global packaging products distributor and rigid-container manufacturer operating at materially larger scale. Overlapping packaging services capabilities with Rauch but broader commercial orientation and no mission-driven workforce.
• WS Packaging Group: Algoma, WI-based commercial label and packaging manufacturer offering contract packaging services at greater scale. Comparable in packaging capability but operates as a for-profit without Rauch's mission-driven workforce angle.
• Sparton Corporation: Schaumburg, IL-based defense and industrial contract manufacturer offering design, engineering, and assembly services to federal and commercial clients. Adjacent capability and defense customer overlap, but operates at substantially greater scale.

Direct peers

• ServiceSource: Vienna, VA-based national nonprofit providing contract manufacturing and supply chain services as part of its disability employment portfolio. Comparable mission-driven operating model with substantially broader geographic reach.
• Lighthouse for the Blind Inc: St. Louis-based nonprofit AbilityOne affiliate operating contract manufacturing including assembly, packaging, and government contract fulfillment for federal clients similar to USPS and DoD. Closely overlapping mission and service portfolio.
• LC Industries: North Carolina-based AbilityOne-affiliated nonprofit offering contract manufacturing, packaging, assembly, and fulfillment services through a disabled workforce. Directly comparable service model, customer base (federal and commercial), and operational footprint.
• Travis Association for the Blind: Austin, TX-based AbilityOne-affiliated nonprofit providing contract manufacturing services for the federal government and private sector across assembly, packaging, and kitting. Similar mission and service mix.
• Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IBVI): Minneapolis-based AbilityOne-affiliated nonprofit providing contract assembly, packaging, kitting, and light manufacturing with a workforce that includes people who are blind or visually impaired. Comparable scope, service breadth, and federal/commercial customer mix.
• The Chicago Lighthouse: Chicago-based social enterprise that runs a manufacturing division producing federal and commercial products with a workforce including people who are blind or have low vision. Regional Midwest peer with overlapping services.
• Bosma Enterprises: Indianapolis-based nonprofit providing contract manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and kitting services through a workforce that includes people who are blind or have other disabilities. The closest geographic and mission-aligned peer to Rauch Industries, operating under a nearly identical AbilityOne-style social enterprise model in the same Midwest region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rauchindustries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rauch-industries

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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