Quality Screw Machine Products

What Quality Screw Machine Products does

Quality Screw Machine Products, Inc. is a St. Louis, Missouri-based precision machining job shop founded in 1987 that produces custom screw machine components to customer specifications. The company operates 18 ACME-Gridley multiple-spindle bar machines, 6 Tsugami Swiss turning machines, CNC lathes (Okuma, Haas), and vertical milling centers (Haas, Bridgeport/Hardinge) within a 33,000-square-foot facility, supported by a metrology-equipped inspection department. Its product portfolio spans valves, fittings, couplings, leveling feet, threaded inserts and bodies, electrical connectors, specialty screws/shafts/spacers, and hydraulic/pneumatic components, manufactured across a range of metals and plastics with tolerances down to ±.0002.

The company serves medium-to-high-volume production requirements in automotive, heavy equipment, agriculture, aerospace, medical, foodservice, mining, and defense end markets. Visible customers include Caterpillar, John Deere, Cummins, SKF, AFCO, Carr Lane, and Hunter Engineering, with Hunter Engineering awarding a 2024 Supplier Excellence Award. Operations are ISO 9001:2015 certified (FM 678694) by the British Standards Institution.

Quality Screw Machine Products operates a sales-led B2B distribution model with direct contacts (Rick Link, Guy Pedroli), quote-based pricing, and amortized tooling and engineering charges billed per project. The company is privately held, with no disclosed funding events, parent entities, or public-company affiliations, and has expanded its single St. Louis facility from 5,000 to 33,000 square feet since founding. Marketing channels are limited to a company website with a quoting form and a LinkedIn page, with no evidence of public sales, AI, or software capabilities.

Name

Quality Screw Machine Products

Legal name

Quality Screw Machine Products, Inc.

Website

https://qualityscrewmachine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quality Screw Machine Products is a St. Louis-based precision machining job shop founded in 1987 that produces custom screw machine components on ACME-Gridley and Tsugami equipment for medium-to-high-volume customers in automotive, heavy equipment, agriculture, aerospace, and medical industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Machined Components

NAICS

Machine Shops (332710), Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing (33272)

SIC

Screw Machine Products (3451)

akta.pro primary industry

Linear Motion & Mechanical Power Transmission (Ball/roller screws, linear guides, bearings, couplings) (IMAHAGAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Metal Cutting Tools, Tooling & Workholding (Cutters, Inserts, Chucks, Fixtures) (IMAHADAB)

Keywords

• Precision machining services
• Screw machine components
• CNC turned parts
• Multiple-spindle machining
• Custom machined parts

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations

Revenue model

1. Custom Machined Components: Low to high volume custom manufacturing job shop producing precision-machined components to customer specifications. Operates on blanket orders with scheduled releases for medium to high production requirements, with ability to accommodate one-time orders. Tooling and engineering charges amortized into piece price.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Quality Screw Machine Products is a custom precision machining job shop producing medium-to-high volume screw machine components from bar stock. Using 18 ACME-Gridley multiple-spindle bar machines, 6 Tsugami Swiss turning machines, CNC lathes, and vertical milling centers, the company manufactures parts such as valves, fittings, couplings, threaded inserts, electrical connectors, specialty screws/shafts/spacers, and hydraulic/pneumatic components to tight tolerances (±.005 typical, ±.001 achievable, grinding to ±.0002) in a wide range of metals and plastics.

Product overview

Quality Screw Machine Products is a precision machining job shop offering a portfolio of custom-manufactured screw machine components including Valves, Fittings, Couplings, Leveling Feet, Threaded Inserts and Bodies, Electrical Connectors, Specialty Screws/Shafts/Spacers, and Hydraulic/Pneumatic Components. The company operates multiple spindle bar machines (ACME-Gridley), Swiss turning machines (Tsugami), CNC lathes, and vertical milling centers to produce medium-to-high-volume components across metals and plastics. Secondary capabilities include broaching, gear hobbing/cutting, spline/thread rolling, centerless grinding, and induction hardening. All parts are produced to customer specifications as a custom job shop.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Valves

Named customers7 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Approved External VendorsminorOthersMaintains comprehensive list of approved vendors for external services such as furnace heat treating and plating. Vendors are selected based on specific requirements to ensure parts are manufactured to precise specifications.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cox Manufacturing Company: Cox Manufacturing is a US-based screw machine products manufacturer producing precision-turned components using multiple-spindle bar machines and Swiss turning equipment—directly comparable in process capability, customer base, and product mix to Quality Screw Machine Products.
• Intrepid Precision: Intrepid Precision is a contract precision machining provider serving aerospace, defense, and industrial customers—operating at a similar mid-market scale and producing comparable turned and milled components on multi-spindle and CNC equipment.
• Schafer Industries: Schafer Industries is a precision metal components manufacturer serving heavy equipment, aerospace, defense, and industrial markets with machined and gear products. Overlapping customer verticals and screw-machine-driven processes make it a relevant comparable.
• Amatom: Amatom manufactures screws, spacers, standoffs, and precision turned components primarily for electronics and industrial OEMs—closely mirroring Quality Screw Machine's specialty screws/shafts/spacers product line and bar-stock machining approach.
• Lyn-Tron Inc. Lyn-Tron specializes in precision machined spacers, standoffs, and threaded hardware for electronics and industrial customers via screw machine processes—an unusually close analog in product category (spacers, screws, threaded inserts) and customer verticals to Quality Screw Machine Products.

Broad incumbents

• Hardinge Inc. Hardinge is a public machine tool manufacturer (lathes, Swiss turning, workholding) that also operates machining services. Relevant as a broader industry incumbent shaping the equipment ecosystem Quality Screw Machine uses, and as a scaled competitor in contract machining.
• Hurco Companies: Hurco is a public CNC machine tool and software provider whose equipment ecosystem (lathes, VMCs, CNC controls) underpins many independent job shops, including Quality Screw Machine's CNC lathe fleet—making it a broad industry incumbent rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quality-screw-machine-products

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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