Founded in 1914, Mechanical Devices Company specializes in manufacturing grey iron, steel, aluminum castings and steel forgings using 6-sigma, lean manufacturing, 5S and TS-16949 methodologies. The company maintains nearly 200,000 square feet of manufacturing space and designs a variety of tooling applications, including hydraulic fixtures, decay pressure testing units, assemblies and perishable tooling. It maintains multi-axis and multispindle compter numeric control machining equipment that include horizontal and vertical turning units, as well as horizontal, vertical, and pallet-pool machining centers. In addition to other clients, Caterpillar is its core customer.