What CMI Technology does

CMI Technology, Inc. is a privately held precision manufacturing and metrology company founded in 1983 and headquartered in a single facility at 65 Haas Drive, Englewood, Ohio. The firm operates as a tool-and-die shop with 1-10 employees, combining CNC precision machining with traditional toolmaking to serve manufacturers across automotive, aviation/aerospace, consumer products, bioscience/medical, lighting, and general manufacturing. Its core product and service portfolio spans five areas: proprietary air gauging systems (back pressure bleed, differential, and flow configurations) for non-contact dimensional measurement of complex geometries; custom gauging for applications where off-the-shelf products are insufficient; custom CMM fixturing; contract CNC milling, turning, grinding, and reverse engineering; and special machines including assembly, inspection, fabrication, and test automation equipment with a niche specialization in hot glass tooling.

The company monetizes through one-time project and product sales priced on a quote basis, with no disclosed subscription or recurring software revenue. Go-to-market is sales-led: customers submit Requests for Quote through the corporate website or contact the firm directly via toll-free, local, and fax lines, and CMI positions itself as a flexible tier 1, 2, or 3 supplier depending on customer needs. Marketing channels are primarily the corporate website (with dedicated SEO pages per service and per industry), direct phone/email, and membership visibility through industry associations NTMA and DRMA. The firm makes no disclosed use of AI/ML, maintains no public API or SDK, and operates as a domestic-only, independent business with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external investors identified in the available data.

Name

CMI Technology

Legal name

CMI Technology, Inc.

Website

https://cmi-technology.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CMI Technology is a privately held precision machining and metrology firm in Englewood, Ohio, designing air gauging systems, custom gauges, CMM fixtures, contract machining, and special automation equipment for automotive, aerospace, medical, lighting, and manufacturing customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Manufacturing & Industrial Metrology

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Machine Shops (33271)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541)

akta.pro primary industry

Metrology & Dimensional Measurement (CMMs, laser trackers, gauges, surface/roughness) (IMAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Metrology, Inspection & Machine Tool Accessories (CMMs, Probing, Gauging) (IMAHADAK), CNC Machine Tools (Turning, Milling, Machining Centers) (IMAHADAA)

Keywords

• Precision machining services
• Custom gauging solutions
• Air gauging systems
• CMM fixturing
• Contract manufacturing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Englewood

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, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Air Gauging Systems Sales: Design, manufacture, and distribution of air gauging systems including complete systems, electronics, displays, air jets, air plugs, air rings, and pre-programmed applications. Revenue generated from product sales of these measurement systems.
2. Custom Gauging: Development and manufacturing of custom gauges tailored to customer-specific applications. Works with orders of all sizes from prototyping to high-volume production.
3. Custom Fixturing: Creation of customized, high-quality fixtures for coordinate measuring machines (CMM) to enable reliable measurements. Fixtures are built in-house using CNC precision machining and traditional toolmaking.
4. Contract Machining: CNC precision machining and manufacturing services ranging from single prototypes to large production runs. CMI can act as a tier 1, 2, or 3 supplier, serving as a primary or supplemental production partner. Capabilities include CNC milling, CNC turning, grinding, rapid prototyping, and reverse engineering.
5. Special Machines & Automation: Design and manufacture of special machines, automation equipment for assembly, inspection, fabrication and testing, and hot glass tooling. Includes build-to-customer-design services and turnkey build and test solutions.
6. Reverse Engineering Services: Reverse engineering services supported by design, drafting, and engineering documentation capabilities. Helps customers recreate or improve existing parts and components.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CMI Technology is a precision tool-and-die shop that designs, manufactures, and distributes air gauging systems, custom dimensional gauges, and CMM fixtures for industrial metrology. In parallel, the company provides contract CNC machining services and designs/builds special machines, serving manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, medical, lighting, and consumer products industries with custom-engineered measurement and production solutions.

Product overview

CMI Technology offers a portfolio of precision measurement and manufacturing solutions consisting of five core product/service areas. Air Gauging Systems provide non-contact dimensional measurement using air flow and pressure principles for parts with complex geometries. Custom Gauging delivers tailored measurement solutions when standard products cannot meet application requirements, available in manual, semi-automatic, and automatic configurations. Custom Fixturing provides work-holding solutions for Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) to ensure accurate and repeatable measurements. Contract Machining offers full-service CNC precision machining capabilities including milling, turning, and grinding for prototypes through production runs. Special Machines round out the offering with custom automation equipment and hot glass tooling design and manufacture. These integrated capabilities allow customers to move products from development through production with comprehensive metrology and manufacturing support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Gauging Systems Precision air gauging systems used by manufacturers to perform high-accuracy dimensional measurement of machined parts; sold to OEMs and contract manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, medical, and industrial sectors.
• Custom Gauging Bespoke dimensional gauges designed and built to customer specifications for parts that cannot be measured with standard gauges; targeted at manufacturers requiring unique tolerance checks.
• Custom Fixturing Custom CMM and inspection fixtures engineered to hold parts in a repeatable position for accurate measurement on coordinate measuring machines and other inspection equipment.
• Contract Machining CNC contract machining services producing tight-tolerance custom parts for industrial customers that lack in-house machining capacity or require supplemental production.
• Special Machines Design and build of custom special machines and tooling for unique manufacturing or inspection processes that cannot be addressed with standard equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Measurements down to the sub-micron level
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DRMAminorOthersCMI Technology is a proud member of DRMA. DRMA appears on the company's About Us page as a displayed membership logo alongside NTMA.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Flexbar Machine Corporation: Flexbar manufactures precision gauging, fixtures, and workholding products for the metalworking industry. They are a comparable small/mid-sized US provider of custom gauging and metrology accessories serving similar machine shop customers.
• Federal Products (Mahr subsidiary): Federal Products, now part of Mahr, is a long-established US manufacturer of dimensional metrology instruments including air gauges and plug gages. They directly compete with CMI's air gauging product family in the US market.
• Mahr Inc. Mahr is a leading manufacturer of dimensional metrology equipment, including air gauging systems, that directly competes with CMI's air gauging product line. Both serve similar industrial customers needing precision measurement of complex part geometries.

Broad incumbents

• Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: Hexagon (including its Brown & Sharpe and Sheffield brands) provides a broad portfolio of CMMs, gauging, and metrology software. They compete with CMI in CMM fixturing and dimensional measurement for industrial customers.
• Starrett (L.S. Starrett Company): Starrett manufactures precision tools, metrology equipment, and custom engineered solutions for industrial customers. They overlap with CMI in precision measurement and custom gauging for the same shop-floor user base.
• Renishaw Inc. Renishaw is a global metrology and manufacturing technology company with a strong CMM and probing portfolio that competes with CMI's custom CMM fixturing and gauging offerings. They are a much larger incumbent serving the same precision measurement customer base.
• Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology: ZEISS Industrial Metrology supplies CMMs, optical metrology, and CT scanning systems to industrial manufacturers. They compete with CMI in the high-precision measurement and fixturing space for aerospace, medical, and automotive customers.
• Mitutoyo America: Mitutoyo is a global leader in precision measurement instruments, including dimensional metrology products that compete with CMI's air gauging and custom gauging systems. They offer a much broader catalog of measurement solutions to similar industrial customers.

Regional players

• Midwest Precision Machining (regional contract shops): Numerous small contract machining and tool-and-die shops in the US Midwest offer similar CNC milling, turning, and custom fixturing services to CMI, competing for the same Ohio-region automotive and industrial OEM customers.

Emerging players

• Thielenhaus Microfinish: Thielenhaus specializes in precision microfinishing and superfinishing equipment for high-tolerance part production, overlapping with CMI's specialty in tight-tolerance measurement and machining for precision components.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cmi-technology-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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