Wilcox Machine

What Wilcox Machine does

Wilcox Machine Company is a family-owned, precision contract manufacturer founded in 1954 and headquartered in Bell Gardens, California. The firm specializes in engineering, precision machining, welding, fabrication, and assembly of large, complex components and systems, operating from a nearly 80,000 square foot facility on 5.5 acres with heavy overhead cranes in every bay. Its equipment fleet supports CNC and conventional machining for parts exceeding 100,000 lbs, including CNC horizontal boring mills, CNC turning with live milling, VTLs, drill presses, milling, and Gundrill machines, paired with certified welding qualified to ASME BPVC SEC. IX and AWS D1.1, D1.2, and D17.1 standards. Wilcox is AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified and runs a quality management system with CMM inspection, KPI monitoring for product conformity and on-time delivery, and a Certified Weld Inspector on staff. CAD/CAM/inspection tooling is provided by Solidworks, Mastercam, and Verisurf.

Wilcox serves enterprise customers across aerospace, energy, industrial equipment, government, and commercial sectors. Named customers include Northrop Grumman, Solar Turbines, Baker Hughes, Cameron, Atlas Copco, and LA Turbine. Through its strategic partnership with West Coast-Accudyne Engineering, Inc., Wilcox extends beyond pure machining into turnkey engineered solutions that bundle mechanical, electrical, controls, and hydraulics design with manufacturing, assembly, testing, installation, and field service — positioning the firm as a single-source supplier from concept through delivery.

The business model is project-based B2B contract manufacturing with custom pricing tied to part complexity, materials, tolerances, volume, and turnaround. Revenue is generated through direct enterprise field sales with multi-year contract cadence; no public pricing tiers or rate cards are published, and quotes are produced per inquiry. The go-to-market is direct engagement with aerospace primes, energy OEMs, and government contractors, supported by a professional website, downloadable quality and supplier documentation, and a customer satisfaction survey for ongoing account feedback. Wilcox is privately held and family-owned with no institutional capital, M&A history, or public listing.

Name

Wilcox Machine

Legal name

Wilcox Machine Company

Website

https://wilcoxmachine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Wilcox Machine is a family-owned precision machining and fabrication company founded in 1954, serving aerospace, energy, industrial, and government customers with large-scale CNC machining, certified welding, and turnkey assembly from its Bell Gardens, California facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bell Gardens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Precision Manufacturing Services: Job shop manufacturing services providing custom precision machining, welding, fabrication, and assembly of large complex components and systems. Revenue generated through project-based custom orders ranging from single prototype parts to full production runs for industrial customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wilcox Machine Company is a precision contract manufacturer that engineers, machines, welds, fabricates, and assembles large complex components for customers in aerospace, energy, industrial equipment, government, and commercial markets. It provides turnkey single-source solutions that combine design support, precision CNC machining, certified welding, and large-format assembly for parts that can exceed 100,000 lbs, all produced under AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified quality systems.

Product overview

Wilcox Machine Company operates as a precision machine shop and contract manufacturer offering a unified suite of engineering and production services. The core offerings include Precision Machining Services (handling components up to 100,000+ lbs with CNC horizontal boring mills and lathes), Welding and Fabrication Services (certified to aerospace and industrial standards), Large Equipment Assembly Services (industrial equipment, hydraulic systems, PLC programming), Engineering Services (from concept through final assembly via partner West Coast-Accudyne), and Quality Assurance Services (CMM inspection and KPI monitoring). The company provides turn-key engineered and manufactured solutions as a single-source partner for industries including aerospace, commercial, energy, industrial equipment, and government.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precision Machining Services

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• West Coast-Accudyne Engineering, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with West Coast-Accudyne Engineering provides complete turnkey engineered equipment design services including mechanical, electrical, controls, and hydraulics engineering. West Coast-Accudyne specializes in hydraulic press design, hot forming presses, forging equipment, rubber equipment, and part handling equipment. Combined with Wilcox Machine's manufacturing capability, provides complete turnkey support from concept through final assembly, testing, installation, start-up and field service. West Coast-Accudyne equipment can be found worldwide.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Barnes Group: Barnes Group's Aerospace segment manufactures complex precision components and assemblies for engine and airframe applications. It is a direct peer because it produces flight-critical and industrial precision components for similar aerospace and energy OEMs and competes for the same contract manufacturing wallet.
• Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Curtiss-Wright supplies engineered products, systems, and services for defense, commercial nuclear, and industrial markets. It is a direct peer because it manufactures complex, mission-critical components and assemblies for aerospace and energy customers — the same end markets Wilcox serves with its large-part machining and certified welding.
• Precision Castparts Corp: Precision Castparts (now part of Berkshire Hathaway) manufactures complex metal components and assemblies for aerospace and industrial applications. It is a direct peer because its core business — precision components for aerospace and energy OEMs — overlaps with Wilcox's contract manufacturing of large, complex machined and welded assemblies.
• Graham Corporation: Graham Corporation designs and manufactures mission-critical engineered equipment including heat transfer and pressurized vessels for defense, energy, and industrial customers. It is a direct peer because it shares Wilcox's model of producing complex, high-spec fabricated and assembled systems for aerospace, energy, and government end markets.
• Protolabs: Protolabs is a digital on-demand manufacturer offering CNC machining, injection molding, and sheet metal fabrication for low-volume, custom industrial parts. It is a direct peer because it competes with Wilcox for the same custom precision machined and fabricated components sold to industrial and aerospace customers, though via a more automated, software-driven delivery model.
• ESCO Technologies: ESCO Technologies provides highly engineered products and solutions for aerospace, defense, and industrial markets, including precision filtration and engineered components. It is a direct peer because it sells engineered-to-order components to similar aerospace and industrial OEM customers with comparable quality and certification requirements.

Others

• Hurco Companies: Hurco Companies manufactures CNC machine tools and control software used by precision machining job shops like Wilcox. It is an enabling/adjacent player in Wilcox's peer set because Hurco supplies the type of equipment Wilcox operates, rather than competing for the same contract manufacturing work.
• Kennametal: Kennametal is a global manufacturer of metalworking tools, inserts, and wear-resistant components used in machining and welding shops. It is an adjacent player in Wilcox's peer set because it supplies tooling consumed by Wilcox's machining operations rather than directly competing for contract manufacturing customers.

Broad incumbents

• Lincoln Electric: Lincoln Electric is a global leader in welding and cutting products, including equipment, consumables, and automation. It is a broad incumbent because it is one of the largest players in the welding domain Wilcox serves, although Lincoln primarily supplies welding equipment and consumables rather than contract fabrication services.
• Howmet Aerospace: Howmet Aerospace is a large, publicly traded manufacturer of aerospace engine components and structures including precision machined and cast parts. It is a broad incumbent because it serves the same aerospace primes as Wilcox but at far greater scale, with a much broader product portfolio spanning casting, forging, and machining.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/WilcoxMachineCompany
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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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