Machine & Equipment Builders
New Tech Metals delivers precision manufacturing solutions for OEMs in the machine and equipment sector. We produce high-quality components and assemblies for complex machinery, built to customer drawings and technical specifications. Our capabilities span diverse sizes, materials, and complexities, supporting accelerated equipment launches while ensuring consistent quality, repeatability, and on-time delivery for ongoing production.
Proven Programs
- Paper Converting, Packaging & Printing Equipment ComponentsSince 2000
Common Applications
- Paper Converting
- Packaging Equipment
- Drying & Curing Systems
- Commercial Appliance
- Power Equipment
- Material Handling
Certifications for Machine & Equipment Builders
- ISO 9001:2015
- AS9100D
What goes into an equipment-builder assembly.
- Service · 01
Cutting
Laser, turret punch, and shear cutting for the sheet, plate, and structural shapes that feed equipment frames, panels, guards, and brackets.
LaserTurretShearView Cutting→ - Service · 02
Forming
CNC press brake forming for the bent panels, enclosures, chutes, and structural members that make up machinery sub-assemblies.
Press BrakeRollingView Forming→ - Service · 03
Welding & Fabrication
AWS-certified welds across MIG, TIG, spray-arc, flux core, and robotic processes for machine frames, weldments, and stainless assemblies.
9 AWS CodesView Welding & Fabrication→ - Service · 04
Machining
CNC milling, drilling, and turning operations for precision machined features, threaded holes, and mating surfaces on machinery components.
MillingDrillingTurningView Machining→ - Service · 05
Assembly & Finishing
Timesavers belt grinding, deburring, and sandblasting prior to hardware install, kitting, and final assembly into ready-to-ship sub-assemblies.
GrindingDeburringSandblastView Assembly & Finishing→
Where NTM fits in the machinery supply chain.
- Program · 01
Paper Converting
Structural frames, guards, and sheet-metal sub-assemblies for paper converting equipment. Carbon and stainless fabrication for roll-handling and web-line components.
D1.1D1.3D1.6 - Program · 02
Packaging Equipment
Frames, panels, guards, and enclosures for packaging machinery. Sheet metal and stainless weldments for food-contact and washdown environments.
D1.1D1.3D1.6 - Program · 03
Drying & Curing Systems
Sheet-metal enclosures, housings, ductwork, and structural frames for industrial drying and curing equipment. Carbon and stainless fabrication.
D1.1D1.3D9.1 - Program · 04
Commercial Appliance
Stainless and carbon sheet-metal sub-assemblies, enclosures, and panels for commercial appliance manufacturers. Food-grade stainless when specified.
D1.3D1.6D9.1 - Program · 05
Power Equipment
Structural weldments, frames, brackets, guards, and housings for power equipment programs. Mild steel, high-strength steel, and T1 fabrication.
D1.1D1.2D1.3 - Program · 06
Material Handling
Structural frames, conveyor sub-assemblies, hoppers, chutes, and sheet-metal guards for material handling equipment. Carbon and aluminum fabrication.
D1.1D1.2D1.3
Flowdowns equipment OEMs send to suppliers.
- ISO 9001:2015ISO · NTM Certified
Quality Management Systems: Requirements
International quality management baseline. NTM is ISO 9001:2015 certified, the underlying QMS that supports document control, traceability, and corrective-action processes M&E OEMs expect from their fabrication suppliers.
- AS9100DSAE / IAQG · NTM Certified
Quality Management Systems: Aerospace, Defense, and Equipment
Aerospace and defense quality management standard with applicability into M&E programs that require AS9100-grade flowdowns. NTM holds AS9100D, which adds risk management, configuration management, and first-article requirements on top of the ISO 9001:2015 baseline.
- AWS CodesAmerican Welding Society
D1.1 Structural · D1.3 Sheet Steel · D9.1 Sheet Metal
Structural-steel, sheet-steel, and light-gauge welding codes most often flowed to M&E fabricators. NTM's welders are qualified across nine AWS codes spanning steel, aluminum, stainless, sheet metal, resistance spot, and welding-symbol standards.
- PPAPAIAG · IATF 16949 (5 levels)
Production Part Approval Process
New-part submission process that automotive and industrial M&E OEMs flow down to suppliers. Level 3 is the common baseline: dimensional study, material certs, performance test data, capability data. NTM produces the underlying documentation Tier-1 customers compile into their PPAP submissions.
- UL / NSFUL Solutions · NSF International
Underwriters Laboratories · NSF International
Industry-standard third-party listings commercial appliance, power equipment, and food-contact M&E OEMs flow down to their finished-equipment programs. Component fabricators support these listings through documented material certifications and process records, not by holding the listing themselves.
How equipment parts move through our floor.
- 01
Drawing & BOM Review
Customer drawings, BOMs, and technical specifications reviewed for manufacturability before quoting and release.
- 02
Material Procurement w/ MTRs
Material sourced with Mill Test Reports: heat lot, alloy, mechanical properties verified at receiving.
- 03
Cut
Sheet, plate, and structural shapes cut to print on laser, turret punch, or shear. Nested for material yield.
- 04
Form
CNC press brake forming for panels, brackets, enclosures, and structural members per drawing tolerances.
- 05
Weld
Multi-process welding by AWS-certified welders: MIG, TIG, spray-arc, flux core, or robotic per print requirements.
- 06
Machine + Hardware Install
CNC milling, drilling, and tapping for precision features. Pemsertion / rev nut hardware installed on the Haeger 824 w/ Autofeed.
- 07
Finish
Timesavers belt graining, deburring, tumbling, and sandblasting prior to coating or assembly.
- 08
FAI + C of C → Ship
First Article Inspection completed when required; Certificate of Conformance compiled with documentation package before ship.
Deeper reading for equipment buyers.
- Machine & Equipment Builders6 min
Sheet Metal Fabrication for Packaging Equipment OEMs: Tolerance, Finish, and Lead-Time Trade-offs
- Cross-cutting6 min
Metal Fabrication in Northeast Wisconsin: A Sourcing Guide for Fox Valley OEMs
- Defense6 min
Lead Times for First-Article Defense Fabrication: What's Realistic
What equipment buyers ask about NTM.
- FAQ · 01 / 06
What production volumes does NTM handle?
NTM supports low- to high-volume production runs; the right fit depends on part complexity, material, and current capacity. Volume targets, release cadence, and forecast windows are confirmed in the RFQ so we can stage capacity against your launch and ongoing production schedule.
- FAQ · 02 / 06
What's NTM's typical first-article lead time for new M&E components?
First-article lead time depends on part complexity, material availability, the operations the component requires (cut / form / weld / machine / finish), and current floor capacity. Specific timing is confirmed in the quote alongside the FAI documentation scope.
- FAQ · 03 / 06
Does NTM work with packaging equipment OEMs?
Yes. Packaging Equipment is one of the six Common Applications NTM publishes under its Machine & Equipment Builders industry. We fabricate frames, panels, guards, and enclosures for packaging machinery, including stainless weldments for food-contact and washdown environments where called for.
- FAQ · 04 / 06
Does NTM fabricate components for commercial appliance manufacturers?
Yes. Commercial Appliance is one of the six Common Applications NTM publishes under Machine & Equipment Builders. We produce stainless and carbon sheet-metal sub-assemblies, enclosures, and panels, including food-grade stainless work when the spec calls for it.
- FAQ · 05 / 06
Can NTM scale from prototype to production runs?
Yes. NTM's Development service is built around exactly that hand-off: design for manufacturability and prototype capabilities so customers can test and validate before full-scale manufacturing, then transition the same part into ongoing production on the same equipment list. The brief specifically calls out supporting accelerated equipment launches and ongoing production.
- FAQ · 06 / 06
What materials does NTM work with for M&E components?
NTM's published M&E material range covers mild steel, high-strength steel, T1 steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and food-grade stainless. Welders are AWS-qualified across the corresponding codes so the welding scope matches what the print and the application require.
Equipment Quality Standards.
M&E OEMs require documentation that supports their own quality management systems. NTM produces the underlying inspection records and material certifications that downstream Tier-1 and OEM quality teams compile into their compliance packages.
See full quality system →Multi-Process Welder Qualification
Welders qualified across MIG, TIG, spray-arc, flux core, resistance projection, and robotic processes, matched to print requirements per weld symbol.
CMM Dimensional Verification
Coordinate Measuring Machine variable-data measurement for first-article qualification and ongoing capability studies on machined and formed features.
First Article Inspection
Documented FAI completed when required by M&E OEM contract, with dimensional, material, and welder qualification records compiled into a single submittal package.
Material Traceability (MTR)
Mill Test Reports and heat lot identification carried from receiving inspection through finished shipment so material conformance traces back to the certified source.
Documentation Packages
Dimensional study, material certifications, and capability data compiled in the format M&E Tier-1 and OEM quality teams need for PPAP, AS9100, or customer-specific submissions.
Certificate of Conformance
C of C available per shipment referencing applicable flowdown clauses: AWS codes, AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, and customer-specific requirements where called out on the PO.
Let's Build Together
NEW Tech Metals is a veteran-owned, family-owned small business supplying precision metal components and finished products to OEMs and Prime Contractors nationwide, supporting Defense, Transportation, and Machine & Equipment Building programs.