Scanstar LLC

Alliance Machine is a Minnesota-based precision machine shop that works with a variety of metals and plastics. The company prides itself on quality and on-time delivery. It concentrates its efforts on prototype, production, tooling and special machine building. Alliance Machine had been at an Osseo, Minn., location since 1987. Continued growth made it necessary to move to a new location. It operates in a new facility located in Elk River, Minn., that has in excess of 22,500 square feet, with capacity to expand as needed. Alliance is involved in special machine building, as well as fabricating to print per customer spec and bill of materials. It utilizes a variety of today s most capable engineering tools to be able to meet all preproduction needs.

Elk River Machine Company has been producing labor saving equipment for the concrete pipe and precast industries since 1961. The company, located in Elk River, Minn., offers material and mesh handling equipment for concrete pipe and box culvert-welded wire reinforcing needs. Its manufacturing and assembly facility is built on more than 80,000-square-feet of space. In addition to the traditional precast products, such as pipe, manholes, tanks and prestressed components, ERMC also offers products for the architectural cast stone and veneer cast stone industries. The company uses Acromix Systems batch plants and mixers, which serve the complete range of concrete batching requirements, including wet-cast, zero slump dry-cast, self-consolidating and earth-moist dry tamp concrete. ERMC also offers computerized numerical controlled machining, robotic welding capabilities, certified welders, assembly and internal quality assurance services.