Endres Manufacturing Company

Endres Manufacturing Company is an AISC Certified steel manufacturing company in Waunakee, Wisconsin. We handle everything from large construction projects all the way down to individual beams for home builders. We also have a full service machine shop, are specialists in decorative railings and continue to produce our famous piers and shoreline equipment. We are unique because of our Bavarian design and our history as a family business. We appreciate you taking the time to get to know us better. You can read more here about our history, leadership, and the goats!

Endres Mfg. Co. finds itself in a rare field, a family business, entering its fourth generation. Statistics show that only about 3% of family businesses ever reach that level. This is a look back at how Endres Mfg. got to this point.Lawrence M. Endres Sr. was born in 1884 and raised in Martinsville, Wisconsin. After beginning his entrepreneurial career with several patents and a small business with his brothers, he branched out on his own and founded L.M. Endres Manufacturing Company in 1926 at 305 West Street in Waunakee. He found early success with his many inventions, including sixteen patents. Some of his more popular inventions were his folding drawbar and his disc sharpener. In 1930 the business was incorporated and the name changed to Endres Mfg. Co.

Larry Jr. was born in 1924 and started his tenure at Endres Mfg. when he was only six. In 1938 Larry bought the company’s first Sears & Roebuck welder for $96. Larry invented his own variation of the folding drawbar in 1940 and attempted to patent it, but was too young. Due to World War II Larry enlisted in the service in 1943 and was forced to close the doors of the company. When he returned, though, he got right back to work. He invested in a truck and started fabricating steel beams for the residential market. This was the beginning of the structural steel business which today makes up over 95 percent of company sales. Larry also began the pier business when a friend asked him to build him one. It was an opportunity to keep employees working during the winter months. Although the shoreline business is only about 2 percent of sales today, it provides company exposure to the non-construction community.

Larry married Leona Wallin in June 1950 after Lee had completed nursing school, and they lived with Larry’s parents until 1953 when their first child, Diane, was born. Lawrence Sr. was in late stages of Parkinson’s disease by this time, and he died in November of that same year. When Lee and Larry’s son Ronald was born in 1957, Lee gave up her nursing career and became the first full-time bookkeeper at Endres.

One of Endres Mfg. Company’s biggest jobs during this time was for Madison Gas & Electric. Endres employees welded most of the original natural gas lines for Waunakee and many neighboring communities.

For over 80 years steel fabrication has been the foundation of our business. As an AISC certified steel fabricator, quality and precision is essential when it comes to welding, cutting, bending, drilling, punching, and cambering. Our attention to detail is unparalleled in the industry. We are also proud members of the US Green Building Council since steel is the ultimate green building material. Steel is the most recycled material on the planet, it’s energy-efficient, and it’s cost-effective over the life of the product. Let us help you achieve your LEED certification goals.

We also supply house beams for local home builders, and railings for residential clients. We respond to industrial applications as well, including catwalks, and tank systems. We have experience with a wide variety of metals and fabrication processes. We have an extensive machining department with extremely skilled workers that specialize in custom prototyping. We have MIG / TIG welding, spot welding, stud welding, plate shearing, saw cutting, custom plate burning, drilling, tapping, reaming, counter sinking, deburring, grinding, and polishing.

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For over 80 years steel fabrication has been the foundation of our business. As an AISC certified steel fabricator, quality and precision is essential when it comes to welding, cutting, bending, drilling, punching, and cambering. Our attention to detail is unparalleled in the industry. We are also proud members of the US Green Building Council since steel is the ultimate green building material. Steel is the most recycled material on the planet, it’s energy-efficient, and it’s cost-effective over the life of the product. Let us help you achieve your LEED certification goals.

We also supply house beams for local home builders, and railings for residential clients. We respond to industrial applications as well, including catwalks, and tank systems. We have experience with a wide variety of metals and fabrication processes. We have an extensive machining department with extremely skilled workers that specialize in custom prototyping. We have MIG / TIG welding, spot welding, stud welding, plate shearing, saw cutting, custom plate burning, drilling, tapping, reaming, counter sinking, deburring, grinding, and polishing.