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Steel Plate Fabricators Inc., a subsidiary of Knoxville Sheet Metal Works Inc., specializes in certified welding and metal fabrication. It offers components for in-plant installation or jobs in conjunction with erection contractors. Since 1949, the company has been serving local and national customers from its Knoxville location. Steel Plate Fabricators Inc. provides services to various industries, including aircraft, medical, entertainment, electronics, environmental, architectural, semi-conductor, pharmaceutical, transportation and construction and many more. The Tennessee-based company produces small machine parts to 30-foot long, 15,000-lb. bag house components.

Dempster Machine Shop was founded by James Dempster in 1886. Born in Perth, Scotland and later immigrated to Knoxville, James was “Knoxville’s Pioneer Machine Shop Operator.” Originally established on the banks of the Tennessee River, water power was used to operate the first shop. When the times changed, the nature of the business did as well and Dempster Machine Shop moved to its current location at 1950 Laurans Avenue. After World War 2 ended, Richard Dempster took over management of the shop. The commitment shows in his words, “I ran it for 40 years. It’s awfully hard (to quit) even when you want to do it.” We are experienced in Metal Fabricating as well as Welding. Please note. Our machines are too hot for automotive. We typically specialize in 1/4″ thick A36 plate, but can adjust to different thicknesses and work on many different applications of metal.

Established in 1989, Axis Fabrication & Machine is a sheet metal fabrication company, headquartered in Rockford, Tenn. The company has a 34,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, and employs more than 30 personnel. It uses state-of-the-art equipment, including the Trumpf L3030 4,000 watt laser, with a working surface of 60- by 120-inch, that can cut upto 1-inch thick steel, Mazak computerized numerical control machining and turning centers and CNC milling machines. Its equipment inventory also includes manual milling machines, manual lathes, a Charmilles wire electrical discharge machine and form 20 ZNC Diesinking EDM. It also employs Moore 3 jig grinders, Okamoto automatic surface grinders with DRO six by eighteen travel and twelve by twenty four travel, Charmilles surface grinders with DRO six by eighteen travel and Lucifer red devil heat treating furnaces. The company uses Solidworks as its primary computer aided design system.