Businesses engage a Contract Manufacturer to build components or products that the company has chosen not to build in-house. The term can be used to encompass a wide scope of industry activities, but at SMT, we primarily focus on handling the outsourced building of large-scale industrial equipment, tanks, skids, pumps, conveyor systems, and the like.
What is Contract Manufacturing?
Stainless Steel Fabrication for Wine, Liquor, Cider, and Mead
The United States alcoholic beverage industry is a $200 billion+ market, and has experienced steady growth over the last ten years. Small premium brands make up one of the fastest growing segments in the industry.
Beer and malted beverages are nearly half the market, wine accounts for 15%, and distilled spirits make up the remaining 35%; however, cider and mead are making huge headway across the country.
Problems with Wastewater Treatment Facilities
If you manage a wastewater treatment facility, you deal with a host of problems every day. But if aging infrastructure is one of those concerns, you’re not alone. According to a Black & Veatch study and interviews with professionals in the industry, aging infrastructure is considered the most important issue facing the water industry.
Few people realize that wastewater treatment facilities are the one thing that stands between our waste and what would otherwise be devastating pollution of our world’s most precious resource, fresh water. In this article we’ll discuss a few of the common problems wastewater treatment facilities are facing today.
Packaging Lines & Equipment Retrofits for the Food & Beverage Industry
Is your business looking for custom designed Conveyor Systems or Packaging Lines?
What is a Packaging Line?
A packaging line is the process of packing and labeling products and getting them ready for shipping. Depending on the product, there may be several steps in this process. Ideally, your product will move along a path that is as automated as possible. From individual pieces of equipment to complete systems, SMT is available to help design and build packaging line equipment.
5 Advantages to Purchasing ‘American Made’ Commercial Brewhouse Equipment
Brewing is an art that takes years to perfect. So does building the complex machinery and tanks needed to brew beer on a commercial scale. Large scale breweries, expanding regional brewers, and start-ups alike trust our team for quality, reliability and innovative solutions. In our decades of engineering experience, we’ve observed some very basic advantages to hiring American Made companies to produce your brewing equipment.
Food Grade Equipment Refurbishment & Optimization
When equipment becomes worn-out, outdated, or isn’t functioning at optimal performance levels, business owners and managers have to make a decision to either fix what they have or replace the item all together. Large pieces of contract manufactured food equipment can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace, so these decisions can’t be taken lightly.
SMT Is An East Coast Fabricator
The Mid-Atlantic Region is one of the best locations to ship goods across the U.S. Being headquartered in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville, gives us the ability to serve the East Coast and Mid-West regions with unmatched speed. Shipments from this area can typically reach 70% of the U.S. population within 2 days, and 50% of the U.S. population within 1 day. We’re also just a few hours from deep water ports on the Virginia Coast.
If your company needs a conveniently located metal fabricator in the U.S. with the capacity to handle extremely large projects, SMT might be a perfect fit.
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