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Industries We Serve Built around your parts and your process

We build masking, tooling and turnkey equipment for automotive exterior trim and lighting suppliers, recycling and material recovery operations, and government buyers through our GSA contract.

Fabricated masking fixture holding a vehicle grille

Who we work with

Manufacturers in the US, Canada and Mexico

Since 1971 we have built the masks, fixtures and finishing equipment that hold and coat parts on paint, coating and metalizing lines. In recent years we have added recycling systems, material processing equipment and large fabrication projects.

Wheel mask fixture with segmented shields on a steel plate

Industries

Where our work goes

Automotive Exterior & Trim

Masks, nests, fixtures and finishing equipment for grilles, door panels, wheels and other exterior trim parts.

Automotive Lighting

Anti-haze and hard coat systems, mask washers and masking tooling for head lamps, tail lamps and lenses.

Government & GSA

GSA contract details, DUNS and NAICS codes for government buyers, plus what agencies can buy from Met-L-Tec.

Recycling & Material Recovery

Picking and sorting stations, glass crushers and fiber sorting systems, designed and built to your specifications.

Applications

Industries and applications

Food processing, steel processing and HVAC work comes from our electrical controls and automation experience.

  • Automotive exterior trim
  • Grilles
  • Door panels
  • Wheels
  • Interior parts
  • Head and tail lamps
  • Lenses
  • Recycling and material recovery
  • Food processing and packaging lines
  • Steel processing and coiling lines
  • HVAC and process heating

Built for

Built for: General Motors, Magna, Valeo, Flex-N-Gate, North American Lighting, Stanley Electric, Lacks Enterprises, SRG Global, KI Industries, Martinrea, Faurecia, Yanfeng, Johnson Controls, IAC, MTS Seating, Mobis, Ventra Plastics, Automotive Lighting, EG Industries, Spartek, American Broach & Machine, Matrix Technologies, Graham Packaging, Heinz North America, Abbott Tool, Temperance Distilling

Questions

Industry questions

Do you only work with automotive suppliers?

No. Alongside automotive exterior trim and lighting, we build recycling and material processing equipment and large fabrications. Our controls experience also covers food processing and packaging lines, steel processing and coiling lines, HVAC, boilers and process heating.

Where are your customers located?

We build for customers across the United States, Canada and Mexico from our facility at 7310 Express Road, Temperance, MI 48182.

Can government agencies buy from Met-L-Tec?

Yes. Met-L-Tec holds GSA contract 47QRAA22D009B. Our DUNS number, NAICS codes and contact details are on the Government & GSA page.

Keep exploring

What we build for these industries

Capabilities

Masking and tooling, CNC machining, prototype 3D printing, fiber laser cutting and forming, fabrication and electrical controls, all under one roof.

Machine Building

Turnkey coating and curing lines, mask washers, ovens, robotic turntables, process skids and recycling equipment, designed, built and tested in-house.

Projects

Paint and cure lines, an anti-haze booth, a mask washer and recycling equipment we have designed, built and tested.

Have a part, a print or a production problem?

Send us your drawings or CAD files and tell us what you need. Our team will review it and get back to you with a quote.