Schmiede Corporation

Schmiede Corporation offers advanced CNC Machining, EDM, and Grinding Services. We specialize in close tolerance precision machined parts and assemblies for the aerospace, defense, and commercial industries. Management is dedicated to providing the best equipment, technology, and facilities to attract the best craftsmen. Schmiede Corporation is a woman-owned, small business machine shop with over 150 skilled, non-union employees. Schmiede is most competitive with complex, difficult-to-machine, tight tolerance (< ± 0.001″), low to medium lot production, and prototypes that require exceptional quality and processing traceability.

History

Schmiede Corporation, a woman-owned small business, began in 1963 in Tullahoma TN with three employees machining wind tunnel components for nearby Arnold Air Force Base. In the following fifty years Schmiede has grown its business to encompass over 140,000 square feet of manufacturing area and approximately 150 employees. Over the years Schmiede has continued its strong presence in the aerospace industry, which averages approximately sixty percent of annual sales.

Schmiede is committed to driving customer focus through on time delivery of a quality product, involvement of our workforce in improvement of productivity and for mutually beneficial supplier/customer relationships. With a D&B rating of 4A1, (060746914) Schmiede is an AS9100:2009D Registered and ISO9001:2015 Registered company with the capabilities to take most projects from concept through manufacturing, and implementation when needed.

Schmiede employees are specialists in product development, high-precision machining, build-to-print special machines, custom fixtures, jigs, aircraft tooling, and gages. The company currently houses over 160 machine tools, many of which are CNC controlled. Schmiede’s vast machining capabilities include multi-axis CNC milling, 4 and 5 axis CNC wire and conventional EDM, 3 axis CNC ID/OD grinding, jig boring and grinding, and surface grinding to 200” long along with numerous conventional machine tools with tolerances of +/- .0001 on most machines. In addition, Schmiede offers electromechanical subassemblies. The company draws from this expertise and state of the art technology to provide customers with the best in machined components, special machines, and assemblies.

Over the last 50 years Schmiede has been a rebuilder and retrofitter of machine tools. The rebuilding process involves taking a machine and disassembling it down to the bare frame, remaking or repairing all mechanical parts and systems, then reassembling the machine. Rebuilding a machine will bring accuracy back to original, and in some cases, better than original condition. A machine retrofit involves integrating new electrical controls or updating existing machine controls in order to take advantage of current technological advances. These two areas of business are a complement to our main business of machining and account for approximately 15% of revenue.

Facility

Schmiede Corp Facilities: Six major buildings consisting of over 140,000 sq. ft. climate controlled throughout, on approx. 20 acres.

Our People

Since our founding Schmiede Corporation has made it a priority to attract, train, and retain the best talent possible. This has led to over 50 successful years of performing work for the top companies in the country on their most intricate and demanding projects. Schmiede currently employs over 150 of these craftsmen from the local community, many with over 25 years of service. At Schmiede, we recognize that our success, and the success of those companies we serve, is dependent on each and everyone of us.