Contract Manufacturing • Fabrication • Machining • Assembly

Custom Engineering is a fully integrated contract manufacturing and machining company. With multiple locations and more than 200,000 square feet of manufacturing space, Custom is a leading supplier of metal forming and machining, large fabrications, heavy weldments and assembly services to some of the demanding OEs in the world.

Organizations in aerospace, military, energy, and transportation rely on Custom’s expertise and process quality controls to produce mission critical intricately machined components to complex large-scale systems.

Some examples include foundations and base plates for industrial generators, compressors and turbines; large oil pans, precision heat platens for plywood and strand board production, sanitary pressure vessels, and hydraulic presses. In addition to manufacturing services, Custom Engineering has been long-known as the world leader in the design and manufacturer of new and replacement heated platens for lumber, OSB, strand board, plywood, veneers and laminates producers.

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Custom Companies

Custom Engineering is one of three closely operating metalworking companies in the Custom group. Venango Machining located just south of Erie, PA and Lamjen Precision Machining located in Erie extend the service capability we can provide to our customers.

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Contract Manufacturing

Custom Engineering provides original equipment manufacturers with complete contract manufacturing services from large scale machining and manufacturing to turnkey assembly services. Located in Erie, PA Custom is ideally suited to support OEMs from the east coast and mid-west through the south and central USA.

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Heated Platens

Custom Engineering has been long-known as the world leader in the design and manufacturer of new and replacement heated platens for lumber, OSB, strand board, plywood, veneers and laminates producers.

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Platens, Hydraulic Presses and Base Plates

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Platens

Platens and platen refurbishing - steam, hot water, hot oil, or electrically controlled heating and cooling platens. Compression Platens and platen related products. Robotic welding of platens. Rubber and plastic manufacturing.

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Hydraulic Presses

Hydraulic Presses for heating and cooling platens. Full OEM presses for manufacturing. From compression presses for processing forest products to molding presses for sporting goods.

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Base Plates

Machining of weldments and fabrications from our own fabrication shop or customer supplied. Processes of drilling, planer mill, and deep hole machining.

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