Business View Magazine | June 2019

107 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 work is done in the 150-mile radius of Ft. Wayne, but the company has fabricated projects as far as Texas and California. Regarding the competition, Brewster maintains that the company’s defining characteristic is its reputation for superior workmanship. And then there’s also its unmatched custom fabrication equipment – a 44,000-sq.-ft. facility on six acres, with nine overhead cranes, plate rolls capable of rolling plates up to one inch thick, shears, press brakes, a plate beveller, and 40’ X 100’ paint bay. “Then we have a high-def plasma burning machine, which has a 40-foot table on it that allows us to cut some pretty good sized pieces of plate,” he adds. “And we’re getting ready to purchase a new band saw, and down the road, we’re going to start looking at adding on to the fabrication area.” In addition, the company’s detailing department utilizes the latest Autocad, Telka, Bluebeam, and Qnect software to accurately expedite detailed drawings to the shop. Brewster adds that its vendors are a crucial part of the company’s success. “We have an excellent relationship with our vendors,” he asserts. “They are basically the right hand of our operation. We get most of our raw material from three steel vendors right here in Ft. Wayne: Midwest Pipe & Metal, ALRO, and O’Neal Steel. With new technology and dwindling lead-times, time is of the essence. Many times we have the 911/ DON R . FRUCHEY/PWC FABR I CAT ION