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MetalForming Inc.
MetalForming Inc. (MFI), headquartered in Peachtree City, Georgia and privately held, is the largest distributor of metal folding machines in the world and the largest supplier of high-end architectural sheet metal machines in North America. We are also a world leader in providing software, communications, training and consulting services. We help our customers optimize both job site and factory operations in ways that reduce waste, increase revenue and efficiently position them to meet the “just-in-time” needs of today’s metal fabricating businesses. Product lines include Boeckelt Tower, Aero-Lift, Jorns, Krasser, MetIQ, Schechtl, Schlebach, Schroeder and Stolarczyk.
100 International Drive
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Phone: 770-631-0002
Fax: 770-631-7776
Sales Contact
Geoff Stone
Owner / President
Email: sales@metalforming-usa.com
Sales: 770-631-0002
Recent Content on The Fabricator for MetalForming Inc.
- From The Fabricator
Precision sheet metal folding technology enables kit manufacturing
- By David Prokop
- Sep 27, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Flexible metal folding equipment that form one unique sheet metal part after another open the door to kit-based manufacturing. When jobs flow as kits, work-in-process plummets, lead times shorten, and overall throughput can go through the roof.
- From The Fabricator
Folding technology finds its place in the modern job shop
- By David Prokop
- Jul 6, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Folding machines are now emerging as a modern parts-forming tool for metal fabricating and manufacturing companies.
- From The Fabricator
MetalForming Inc. hires president/COO
- Jan 13, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
MetalForming Inc., Peachtree City, Ga., a distributor of metal folding machines and supplier of architectural sheet metal machines, has named Dr. William Drury as president/COO. Company founder Geoff Stone continues as CEO. In 1993 Drury founded Custom Molded Products while pursuing his doctorate...
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH Day 1: Game-changer in automated folding; Amada unveils fiber lasers
- By Gareth Sleger
- Nov 12, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Day 1 of FABTECH couldn’t be slowed down by an unseasonable polar vortex in Chicago. The first day was busy as Amada unveiled two new high-powered fiber lasers and MetalForming introduced game-changing automation for folding large metal parts.
- From The Fabricator
EuroBLECH 2018: Ready for the new digital reality?
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 5, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
EuroBLECH, the world's largest metal fabricating technology event, revealed what the future of manufacturing might look like.
- From The Fabricator
Sheet metal folding evolves
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 31, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Article
A decades-old technology from Europe, metal folding wasn’t common in the U.S. until several decades ago. Since then the architectural metal and roofing market has embraced the technology. In recent years, so have industrial and precision metal fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
Panel benders, folding machines, and other alternatives for bending big sheet metal workpieces
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 31, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Have operators who strain their backs lifting large panels during the press brake forming cycle? It doesn’t have to be that way.
- From The Fabricator
MetalForming names Capital Machine Technologies as sales rep
- Oct 8, 2014
- Shop Management
- News Release
MetalForming Inc., Peachtree City, Ga., the exclusive North American distribution partner for Schroeder-Fasti of Wessobrunn, Germany, has named Tampa, Fla.-based Capital Machine Technologies as the exclusive representative of Schroeder-Fasti industrial folding machines throughout the southern U.S....
- From The Fabricator
MetalForming partners with Schroeder Group to distribute in North America
- Mar 18, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
MetalForming Inc., Peachtree City, Ga., has reached an agreement to become the exclusive North American distribution partner for the Schroeder Group of Wessobrunn, Germany, a manufacturer of industrial folding machines. MetalForming is a supplier of architectural sheet metal machines and a...
- From The Fabricator
MetalForming names executive VP
- Feb 12, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
MetalForming Inc. (MFI), Peachtree City, Ga., has named David Prokop as executive vice president. He runs the hardware and business services areas of the company. He has more than 25 years of experience as a sales, marketing, and operations executive in the sheet metal machine industry. For the...
- From The Fabricator
Rolling to market - Part II
- By Dale Kroskey
- Apr 15, 2008
- Bending and Forming
- Article
A variety of methods help push a roll forming operation's efficiency. Various coil handling methods offer different levels of efficiency and automation, each suiting certain applications. The key is to analyze an operation, calculate the time spent handling coil, and then determine the best level of coil handling automation to fit.
- From The Fabricator
Folding technology makes sweeping changes
- By Geoff Stone
- Dec 11, 2003
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Schwenkbiegemachinen, or swing bending machines, have been in use for more than 200 years. European manufacturers began to power them with electrical or hydraulic power after World War II, when an enormous amount of sheet metal was used in the reconstruction of Europe.
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- Cutting – Sheet and PlateCutting Systems, Shear
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- Coil Processing and Continuous Strip ProcessingLine Equipment – Slitters
- Coil Processing and Continuous Strip ProcessingRoll Forming Lines