Monthly Archives: November 2018

For companies considering outsourcing part of their manufacturing to an international supplier, considering facilities in both Mexico and China, as well as other countries, is routine. Especially if you’re looking for custom roll formed metal, you’re considering substantial parts that will become part of your appliance, automotive, or industrial part and you want to ensure you’re making the right decision. Here are some of the factors many Roller Die + [...]

Due to the versatility of material, the highly precise process, flexibility in part production and the efficiencies gained with high volume it is no wonder why roll forming has been adopted as a preferred metal forming process in nearly every industry. Roller Die + Forming is an industry leader in the custom metal roll forming the market and has seen many clients convert to roll forming and benefit from increased [...]

Each week, the Roller Die + Forming sales team gathers to discuss their current progress, projects they’re working on, and successes they’ve had. This story illustrates how well our different departments work together to meet customer goals and how central speed and customer services is to our project. In this case, we had been pursuing a company for some time without success because they had pre-existing relationships with other roll [...]

When considering the best way to make the steel, stainless, or aluminum parts you need for your final assembly, there are a number of different factors that come into play. The costs of manufacturing the parts, in particular, can be a driver determining the right path forward. For roll forming, there’s often a significant up-front tooling cost to design and manufacture the tools necessary to shape the metal. Then there [...]

While the many of our customers like to take advantages of Roller Die + Forming’s Standard Tooling Library to help significantly cut the up-front cost of tooling, other customers have very specific and unique shapes they need. In these cases, custom metal forming is the best option for their parts as they can specify the exact shape, metal thickness, and length of their part. They can even punch holes in [...]

The economy in the U.S. is strong and, even with the uncertainty in manufacturing caused by the tariffs, roll forming is still going strong. The team at Roller Die + Forming pays attention to a broad variety of economic indicators to be able to make strategic growth and purchasing decisions. While the economy still cycles, it appears that the upward growth of the economy will continue into 2019. This is [...]