Founded in 1999, Challenge Machine and Manufacturing, Inc. is a precision machining company and micro machine shop specializing in ultra-precision machining, CNC rapid prototyping, machining of exotic plastics, and more. As an ISO 9001-certified contract machine shop, Challenge Machine serves customers in a variety of industries, including semiconductors, medical, defense, automotive, and many others. With a newly-renovated facility and state-of-the-art CNC equipment, Challenge Machine is your source for short to production-run orders with some of the shortest lead times available in our industry.

Our extensive and innovative precision machining capabilities include CNC micro milling and turning of an array of materials, including difficult-to-machine plastics and a variety of metals, at tight tolerances. In addition to our micromachining services, we also offer engineering, CAD design, anodizing, nickel and gold plating, annealing, deburring, ultrasonic cleaning, assembly, and other secondary operation services. We even deliver manufacturability engineering services, which help customers improve speed and reduce costs while maintaining the highest levels of product quality

At Challenge Machine, we take pride in all of our work, and each of our projects receives the utmost levels of meticulous care from our highly-skilled staff. We provide excellent, responsive communication for all of our customers, and we have built a reputation in our industry for reliability and placing our customers’ needs above all else. Through a commitment to continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and quality control, we create superior value for our customers while delivering quality results in every project and in every component we produce.

With our newly-renovated contract machining facility, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and our highly-skilled and experienced staff, Challenge Machine delivers an array of precision CNC machining services for customers worldwide. We produce precision-machined components and precision-turned parts with a premier level of quality, reliability, and consistency. Our trusted services have helped us become a preferred CNC machine shop of some of the most demanding industries, including semiconductors, medical, defense, and automotive.

Challenge Machine has a full set of in-house CNC machining equipment, enabling us to provide vertical machining, micromachining, CNC turning, swiss turning, 4 and 5-axis machining. We are also capable of tool grinding, ultrasonic cleaning, plating, anodizing, annealing, and finishing our components with chemical deburring, micro-deburring, and micro-blasting expertise. Our inspection department also provides full documentation throughout the production process for all quality-related functions, upon request.