Northeast Laser

What Northeast Laser does

Northeast Laser, Inc. is a privately held metal fabrication job shop founded in 2000 and headquartered in a single facility at 461 Commerce St, Tallmadge, Ohio. The company operates a CNC laser processing shop delivering precision laser cutting, press brake forming, welding, and secondary machining services spanning single-piece prototypes through production runs, with documented capability in exotic metals (titanium, Inconel, Hastelloy) and heavy-gauge mild/stainless/aluminum cutting. Its equipment base centers on a Mitsubishi 3015EX 5'x10' 4,500-watt CNC laser with pallet changer, a 2015 Cincinnati 175-ton 5-axis press brake with 12-foot bed, and a ProtoTrak 3-axis CNC milling center, supplemented by Miller MIG/TIG welders; all forming tooling is designed and produced in-house, enabling complex bends, gussets, and rib forming that the company reports competitors decline.

The company sells exclusively through a direct, quote-based motion — customers reach the shop via online request-quote forms, phone, or email ([email protected]) — and provides design-for-manufacturing evaluation, CAD/CAM support across standard formats (SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, IGES, STEP, STL, DXF, DWG), and reverse engineering from physical samples. Customer segments are horizontally diversified across machine shops and fabricators, OEM manufacturers, industrial machinery, transportation/automotive, and medical devices; geographic reach is anchored in the Akron/Canton/Cleveland corridor with stated extension to OEMs across the United States and Mexico. The revenue model is project-based professional services and one-time job work priced per quote against material, thickness, complexity, quantity, and secondary operations; pricing is not publicly disclosed and no app, API, or platform product exists.

With 1-10 employees and limited published operating hours (7:00am-3:30pm EST Monday-Thursday), Northeast Laser is a small, owner-operated job shop that has compounded capability through equipment reinvestment and craft expertise rather than scale. There are no disclosed funding rounds, investors, M&A activity, partnerships, awards, patents, or leadership changes in the input — no signal of inorganic growth or external capital dependence. The business model is fundamentally local-service with a long-tail of regional and select national OEM customers, and growth, if any, is signaled by geographic and vertical expansion into exotic-metal and regulated-industry work rather than by headcount or revenue acceleration indicators.

Name

Northeast Laser

Legal name

Northeast Laser, Inc.

Website

https://nelaserinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Northeast Laser is a privately held Ohio job shop, founded in 2000, providing CNC laser cutting, press brake forming, welding, and exotic-metal fabrication from prototype to production for machine shops, OEMs, and industrial manufacturers across the US and Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Metal Fabrication Services

NAICS

Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing (33272)

SIC

Metal Forgings & Stampings (3460)

akta.pro primary industry

Sheet Metal Machinery (Laser/Plasma/Waterjet Cutting, Punching) (IMAHADAD)

Keywords

• Laser cutting services
• Metal fabrication
• Prototype manufacturing
• Press brake forming
• Exotic metal forming

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallmadge

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, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Laser Cutting Services: CNC laser cutting of metal and exotic materials from prototype to production runs. Charges based on material type, thickness, complexity, and quantity.
2. Press Brake Forming Services: Metal forming and bending services including complex bends, gussets, and rib forming. Pricing based on material, complexity, and tooling requirements.
3. Welding and Fabrication Services: MIG/TIG welding, welding of dissimilar metals, PEM/nutsert installation, and light stamping/embossing as secondary operations.
4. Prototype Manufacturing: Full prototype manufacturing from one piece to hundreds, including laser cutting, forming, welding, machining, and finishing. Expedited services available.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Northeast Laser is a metal fabrication job shop providing CNC laser cutting, press brake forming, prototype manufacturing, and production runs using a Mitsubishi 3015EX 4500W laser and a 2015 Cincinnati 175-ton press brake. The company specializes in exotic metal forming (titanium, Inconel, Hastelloy) and offers secondary operations including welding, machining, PEM/nutsert installation, and CAD/CAM support. Services range from one-piece prototypes to full-scale production runs for machine shops, OEMs, and industrial manufacturers.

Product overview

Northeast Laser operates as a full-featured laser processing and metal fabrication shop offering a coordinated suite of manufacturing services. The core portfolio centers on five integrated service lines: Laser Cutting Services (using Mitsubishi 3015EX CNC laser), Prototype Manufacturing, Production Job Shop, Press Brake Forming (using 2015 Cincinnati Press Brake), and Exotic Metal Forming. These core services are supported by add-on capabilities including Welding Services (MIG/TIG), Secondary Machining (ProtoTrak 3 Axis CNC Milling), PEM/Nutsert Installation, Light Stamping and Embossing, Reverse Engineering, and CAD/CAM Support. The company processes materials ranging from mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum to exotic alloys including titanium, Inconel, and Hastelloy. Services span from single-piece prototypes to full-scale production runs, with integrated capabilities from laser cutting through forming, welding, and finishing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Laser Cutting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Precision laser cutting of holes smaller than material thickness
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ryerson: Large metals service center offering processing services (cutting, forming, machining) in addition to distribution. Overlaps with Northeast Laser for processing work but is much broader in scale and product portfolio.
• Online Metals: Online metals distributor selling cut-to-size raw material (sheet, plate, bar) to small manufacturers and hobbyists. Adjacent rather than direct, but competes for some of the same low-volume custom orders.
• McMaster-Carr: Industrial supply catalog and metals distributor offering cut-to-size raw materials and components. Broadly serves the same industrial OEM customer base but via distribution rather than contract fabrication.
• Grainger: Large industrial MRO distributor with a deep catalog including metal stock and some custom-cut services. Indirectly competitive for industrial buyer relationships but not a direct contract fabrication peer.

Direct peers

• Protolabs: Digital manufacturing service provider offering rapid prototyping and low-volume production via CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding. Overlaps Northeast Laser's prototype-to-production positioning, particularly for industrial OEMs.
• Hubs (Protolabs Network): On-demand manufacturing marketplace offering CNC machining, laser cutting, and sheet-metal fabrication services with instant online quoting. Competes head-to-head with Northeast Laser for prototype and short-run custom metal parts.
• Xometry: Online marketplace aggregating CNC machining, laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication, and other manufacturing services from a network of suppliers. Directly competes for the same custom metal-fabrication orders Northeast Laser serves, but at much larger scale and via digital ordering.
• Metal Cutting Corporation: Contract manufacturer specializing in precision metal cutting (laser, waterjet, EDM) and small-diameter tube fabrication. Comparable specialty job-shop model serving industrial OEMs with tight-tolerance custom work.
• Marlin Steel Wire Products: Custom sheet metal and wire product fabricator serving industrial OEMs with laser cutting, forming, welding, and finishing — comparable full-service contract metal fabrication profile.
• SendCutSend: Online laser cutting and sheet metal fabrication service specializing in rapid turnaround of custom parts. Directly comparable service model (laser cutting + forming) targeting the same prototype-to-production customer segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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