Craftsman Custom Metals

Craftsman Custom Metals is a 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.

We also can reduce risk on a new product introductions by developing and initiating the manufacturing process, before transitioning to CCM mass production or a lower cost region. Learn what our StartPoint CCM program can do for you.

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

Apr 7 2008
For Chicago-area companies positioned to take advantage of their currency edge, the opportunity can translate into new business. Schiller Park’s Craftsman Custom Metals, for instance, received an order for 600 aluminum chassis used in telecommunications equipment.

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Mar 27 2008
Local Hispanic American Business Named and Ranked 72nd among Nation’s Top 100 Hispanic American Business List



Feb 1 2008
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.


Product Name:
Server Blade

Part Description:
Server Blade for rack mount server

This is another example of CCM's ability to work with the OEM and work through the product design to achieve a manufacturable and repeatable high toleranced fabricated item. We started with the critical dimensions and worked backwards to assign tolerances that would achieve a repeatable process and maintain the design integrity. These items are made of hot-dipped galvanized steel with further painting and screening processes.



Featured Clients
  • Intel
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Beckman Coulter
  • Flextronics
  • GE Medical
  • HP
  • Jabil
  • Motorola
  • Nortel
  • Rauland Borg
  • Sanmina
  • Tellabs