What R-TECH does

R-TECH Tool and Machine Inc. is a privately held, family-owned full-service machine shop headquartered in Wamego, Kansas. Founded around 2000 by the Routh family, the company fabricates and machines large, custom industrial components — most notably parts weighing up to 60,000 lbs with dimensions up to 12' x 20' x 6' — for customers across heavy equipment, construction, rail, mining, energy, food processing, OEM, theme park, emergency relief, and contract R&D segments. The 2008 acquisition of a Mazak Versatech V-140N Bridge Mill (a ~$3 million investment) is the operational anchor of the business, supplemented by Mazak Integrex 5-axis milling and turning centers, a Mori Seiki NT 4250 multi-axis lathe, Giddings & Lewis horizontal boring mill, Lincoln and Motoman robotic welding cells, Zeiss Accura II coordinate measuring, and 30-ton crane material handling.

The company's business model is a project-based, quote-driven custom manufacturing operation. Customers submit specifications through an online Request-a-Quote system and receive pricing within 72 hours; all work is performed in-house from design and prototyping through welding, fabrication, blasting, painting, and assembly, with ISO 9001:2015 certification underpinning quality. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by an industry-segmented website that functions as both a marketing surface and a lead-generation funnel. Revenue is generated one project at a time from custom manufacturing services rather than standardized product sales, with named customers including Advanced Manufacturing Institute, TREVIICOS Corp., and Custom Mobile Equipment.

Name

R-TECH

Legal name

R-TECH Tool and Machine Inc.

Website

https://rtechtool.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

R-TECH Tool and Machine Inc. is a family-owned Kansas machine shop that fabricates large custom industrial components up to 60,000 lbs, serving heavy equipment, construction, rail, mining, energy, food processing, and OEM customers nationwide via project-based CNC machining, welding, and quality-assured manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Industrial Machining and Large Parts Manufacturing

NAICS

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (3332)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Truck Body & Upfit Manufacturing (Box/Dump/Service/Refuse) (IMACAGAC)

Keywords

• CNC machining services
• Large parts manufacturing
• Bridge mill machining
• Industrial welding fabrication
• Custom machine shop

Headquarters

HQ city

Wamego

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. Custom Parts Manufacturing Services: Job shop manufacturing services producing custom parts to customer specifications across various industries. Services include large parts manufacturing, CNC machining, welding and fabrication, prototyping, and assembly. Revenue generated through project-based quotes for custom manufacturing work rather than standardized product sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

R-TECH is a family-owned full-service machine shop that fabricates and manufactures custom large parts (up to 60,000 lbs and 12' x 20' x 6') using 5-axis CNC machining, bridge mill operations, robotic welding, fabrication, and prototype engineering. It delivers ISO 9001:2015-certified quality with in-house CMM measurement and full finishing services for industrial customers across heavy equipment, construction, rail, mining, energy, food processing, OEM, and other sectors. All work is performed in-house at its Wamego, Kansas facility based on custom project quotes.

Product overview

R-TECH Tool and Machine Inc. is a family-owned full-service machine shop offering a comprehensive portfolio of manufacturing services organized around large parts manufacturing, CNC machining, welding and fabrication, and quality assurance. The core offering centers on the Mazak Versatech V-140N Bridge Mill for large parts up to 60,000 lbs, supplemented by 5-axis CNC machining centers (Mazak Integrex i-200, Mazak Integrex E420, Mori Seiki NT 4250), robotic welding systems, and precision metrology using Zeiss Accura II CMM. Additional services include prototype engineering with SolidWorks 3D modeling, exotic metals processing, blasting and painting, and heavy lifting via in-house crane systems. All capabilities are delivered in-house from their centrally located Kansas facility to minimize turnaround times.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Large Parts Manufacturing Services
• CNC Machining Services
• Welding Services
• Fabrication Services
• Prototype Engineering
• Quality Assurance Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Large parts manufactured in half the time compared to industry standards
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dynamic Industries: Dynamic Industries is a heavy-industrial equipment manufacturer providing machining, fabrication and assembly for energy, marine and infrastructure end markets. Their large-part CNC machining and structural welding services overlap directly with R-TECH's core capabilities, particularly for oil & gas, power and heavy industry customers.
• Roush Industries: Roush Industries is a large US engineering and contract manufacturer offering CNC machining, fabrication, prototyping, assembly and quality services for industrial and OEM customers. Like R-TECH, they handle custom parts manufacturing for heavy industry but operate across multiple US facilities and at much greater scale.
• Mayville Engineering Company (MEC): Mayville Engineering Company is a contract manufacturer that produces large CNC-machined, fabricated and assembled components for heavy equipment, rail, defense and energy customers. Their service mix closely mirrors R-TECH's job-shop model — multi-industry, large-part, precision manufacturing — and they are the most directly comparable US peer operating at substantially larger scale.

Others

• Bodycote: Bodycote is the world's largest provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services for metal components. While focused on metallurgical services rather than machining, Bodycote regularly serves the same heavy industrial OEMs as R-TECH and is part of the broader contract manufacturing ecosystem R-TECH operates in.
• Productivity Inc: Productivity Inc operates Mazak Productivity Centers offering CNC machining services alongside machine tool distribution. Their machining services arm competes for large-part contract work analogous to R-TECH, and their Mazak distribution channel makes them an enabling partner for the same customer base.
• Yamazaki Mazak: Yamazaki Mazak is the original manufacturer of R-TECH's flagship Mazak Versatech V-140N Bridge Mill, Mazak Integrex multi-tasking machines and related CNC platforms. Mazak is an enabling ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, defining the capital equipment that powers R-TECH's technical moat.

Broad incumbents

• Worthington Enterprises: Worthington Enterprises (formerly Worthington Industries) is a diversified metal products manufacturer with steel processing, pressure cylinder and industrial products businesses. While broader than R-TECH, Worthington's downstream metal manufacturing and industrial customer base overlap with R-TECH's exposure and quality-driven fabrication profile.
• Amsted Industries: Amsted Industries is a large diversified manufacturer serving rail, construction and automotive end markets with heavy-duty metal components. Their rail freight and heavy equipment divisions compete for similar OEM customers as R-TECH and rely on comparable heavy-scale metalworking capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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