What R&D Precision does

R&D Precision, Inc. is a privately held custom sheet metal fabricator based in Meriden, Connecticut, operating from a 33,000 square foot manufacturing facility for over 30 years. The company produces precision sheet metal parts and fully assembled products for medical and electrical industry customers, including enclosures, panels, shields, brackets, cabinets, and chassis. Its service stack spans engineering and design using SolidWorks and AutoCAD, CNC manufacturing (punching, forming, laser cutting, waterjet cutting, Heliarc/TIG and MIG welding, machining), in-house finishing (powder-coat painting, plating, anodizing, silk-screening, chromate conversion, passivation), turnkey assembly, and a dedicated in-house quality control inspection department.

The firm runs a direct-to-customer sales model, accepting orders via phone (203-284-3396), fax, and email and quoting on a project-by-project basis. Pricing scales from prototypes and short-run orders through large-scale scheduled production runs, with no disclosed recurring contracts, subscriptions, or platform fees. Operational tooling is conventional for the sector: SolidWorks and AutoCAD for design, Fabrawin for CNC programming, and an internally developed bar coded work order, job tracking, and scheduling system called Fabritrak that surfaces real-time order status to customers.

R&D Precision serves two stated primary verticals—medical and electrical—with additional general custom fabrication work for other industrial buyers. The company is led by President W. David Harkness and appears to be founder/family owned with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or external funding. Operations are concentrated in Connecticut and the broader Northeast United States, with no global footprint, no app or API surface, and no external partnerships or alliances documented in the input data.

Name

R&D Precision

Legal name

R&D Precision, Inc.

Website

https://rdprecisioninc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

R&D Precision is a privately held, Meriden, Connecticut-based custom sheet metal fabricator serving medical and electrical OEMs with CNC punching, laser/waterjet cutting, welding, finishing, and turnkey assembly from a 33,000 sqft facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Meriden

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sheet Metal Fabrication Services: One-time project-based revenue from custom sheet metal fabrication. Pricing is based on scope of order, ranging from prototypes and short-run orders to large scheduled, large-scale production orders. Services include engineering, programming, shearing, CNC punching, laser cutting, waterjet cutting, forming, welding, machining, and finishing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

R&D Precision, Inc. provides custom precision sheet metal fabrication and assembly services from a 33,000 sq ft facility in Meriden, CT. The company supports customers through every phase—from engineering using SolidWorks/AutoCAD, through CNC punching, forming, laser cutting, waterjet cutting, welding (TIG/Heliarc, MIG, spot), and machining, to in-house finishing (powder-coating, plating, silk-screening) and full turnkey assembly. Customers supply drawings, sketches, or samples for prototype through large-scale production orders, primarily serving medical and electrical equipment OEMs.

Product overview

R&D Precision, Inc. offers precision sheet metal fabrication as its core service, providing CNC manufacturing capabilities including punching, forming, laser cutting, waterjet cutting, welding, and machining. The company produces custom sheet metal parts and assemblies such as medical and electrical enclosures, panels, cabinets, chassis, brackets, shields, and heat sinks. Their integrated service portfolio includes design and engineering (using SolidWorks and AutoCAD), finishing services (powder-coat painting, plating, anodizing, silk-screening), turnkey assembly, quality control inspection, and scheduling with bar coding tracking. The company works with various metals including aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, galvanized steel, copper, brass, and plastics, serving industries such as medical and electrical sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication Custom CNC precision sheet metal fabrication covering punching, forming, laser cutting, waterjet cutting, welding (Heliarc/TIG, MIG, spot welding), machining, and grinding to produce sheet metal parts and assemblies from prototype through production runs.
• Medical and Electrical Enclosures Custom sheet metal enclosures designed and manufactured to specification for medical and electrical equipment applications.
• Panels, Cabinets, Chassis, and Brackets Sheet metal fabricated panels, cabinets, chassis, and brackets for various industrial applications, produced to customer specifications.
• Turnkey Assembly Services Full product assembly service including painting, finishing, and sub-assembly through hinges, locks, gasketing, rivets, and other attachment mechanisms, enabling the company to ship fully assembled products.
• Finishing Services Complete finishing services including powder-coat painting, silk-screening, liquid painting, plating, anodizing, electro-polishing, chromate conversion, and passivation meeting military and commercial specifications.
• Engineering and Design Services Inclusive engineering from the design stage through prototype and pre-production, using SolidWorks and AutoCAD to convert customer drawings, sketches, and samples into final part designs.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Hubs (Protolabs Network): Online manufacturing platform offering CNC machining, sheet metal, and 3D printing services through a distributed partner network. Disintermediates traditional independent job shops from end customers and alters competitive dynamics for small custom fabricators like R&D Precision.
• Xometry: Digital marketplace aggregating CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and other custom manufacturing services from a network of job shops. Represents both a competitive threat (captures inbound small-volume quoting flow) and a potential distribution channel for R&D Precision's excess capacity.

Direct peers

• ADS Precision Manufacturing: Custom precision sheet metal and CNC machining job shop offering laser cutting, forming, welding, and finishing for medical, aerospace, electronics, and industrial customers. Direct peer in scale and service mix; competes for the same mid-volume prototype-to-production custom work.
• BTD Manufacturing: Full-service Midwest contract metal fabricator providing laser cutting, stamping, welding, powder coating, and assembly for industrial, agricultural, and medical customers. Comparable in end-to-end custom sheet metal service model and broad custom capabilities.
• Metalcraft of Mayville: Long-standing Northeast US precision metal fabrication job shop with CNC cutting, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly capabilities serving industrial, aerospace, and electronics end markets. Comparable multi-decade independent job-shop model with vertically integrated services similar to R&D Precision.
• Kapco Global: Mid-sized US precision metal stamping and fabrication provider with finishing and assembly capabilities serving medical, industrial, and electronics OEMs. Closely comparable in offering scope (fabrication through finishing through assembly) and customer segment overlap.
• Dalsin Industries: Multi-decade Midwest custom precision sheet metal fabrication job shop offering CNC laser cutting, forming, welding, powder coating, and assembly services. Directly comparable to R&D Precision in service portfolio mix and target verticals (industrial, medical, electronics), competing for similar prototype-to-production custom sheet metal work.

Broad incumbents

• Sanmina Corporation: Large global contract manufacturer with extensive sheet metal fabrication, precision machining, and assembly capabilities serving medical, industrial, and communications OEMs. Operates at substantially larger scale than R&D Precision and competes for the same tier-1 OEM enclosure and chassis programs.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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