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Craftsman Custom Metals is a minority-owned, custom manufacturer with a state-of-the-art cellular approach and lean manufacturing process. We translate your vision into the efficient production of a high quality product.

Our mission is to maintain partnerships with our clients by providing integrated solutions for highly engineered, flexible volume products by offering the following capabilities:
As a company with 55 years of custom manufacturing experience, CCM's lean, cellular manufacturing approach provides our customers with more flexibility and greater control. This results in:
  • Superior quality products
  • Direct access to decision makers
  • Highly efficient production
  • Elevated value for our customers
In addition to being ISO 9001-2000 Certified, CCM is also UL Certified and ITAR Certified as well.

Our location in the heart of the Chicago transportation hub, near O'Hare international Airport is convenient for site visits and optimal for shipping logistics.


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Featured Case Study
September 1 2009
ARTICLE AS IT APPEARS IN THE MPM ADVISORY
For nearly 55 years, Craftsman Custom Metals LLC (CCM; Schiller Park, IL) stuck to the sheet metal prototyping and manufacturing services it knew best. But when the company expanded in the 1990s, it increasingly became involved in part design, production, and assembly of such medical devices and equipment as blood analyzers, plasma extractors, bone marrow disposer stands, sterilization tanks, and patient-monitoring systems.

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Feb 1 2008
CRAFTSMAN CUSTOM METALS CEO NOMINATED FOR PRESTIGIOUS CEO AWARD
LOS ANGELES, Calif., November 8, 2007 - Craftsman Custom Metals, a manufacture of highly-engineered fabricated and machined parts, today announced that CEO Julio Gesklin, named by the Hispanic Business magazine as a finalist for the publications Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Gesklin was an executive chosen from the nominees for the category of Heavy Industry.

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Medical Instrumentation

A major player in the Medical Instrumentation Industry had a very complex product line with over 765 part numbers. Their first objective was to identify a more effective process in which to manage the large number of parts, reduce inventory levels and reduce lead-times to their customer base. A second objective was to identify a better process of control when programs went into the end of life phase. Finally, they were looking to consolidate their vendor base but were having difficulty identifying a supplier that could meet all of their needs.

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