How Mestek Machinery Was Formed
Mestek Machinery was formed through Mestek, Inc. strategically acquiring and consolidating several legendary, long-standing HVAC duct and sheet metal fabrication manufacturing brands—principally Lockformer, Iowa Precision Industries, Engel Industries, and Roto-Die—into a unified machinery division.
Key Milestone Acquisitions That Formed the Division
2000: Mestek acquired Iowa Precision Industries (leader in automated coil processing) and Lockformer (world-renowned for roll-forming and spiral duct equipment
2003: Mestek added Engel Industries to expand its sheet metal roll-forming, coil lines, and specialized roofing-panel systems.
2013: Mestek acquired Roto-Die Inc., integrating their specialized hydraulic press brakes designed explicitly for shop-based HVAC accessory fabrication.
Operational Consolidation
Rather than operating these historical entities in isolation, Mestek centralized their manufacturing, engineering, and administrative expertise—primarily basing its primary U.S. production and operations out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to supply custom automated machinery to the sheet metal contracting industry worldwide. Today, Mestek Machinery manufactures equipment from the same Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility as well as Mestek sister-company Formtek facilties in Twinsburg, Ohio and Clinton, Maine.