Mitchell Metal Products wins first National Reshoring Award

Reshoring Initiative President Harry Moser (left) presents the National Reshoring Award to Tim Zimmerman of Mitchell Metal Products in front of the award-winning cultivator handle subassembly.

Mitchell Metal Products, based in Merrill, Wis., has received the first National Reshoring Award in recognition of its success in bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. The award, given by The Reshoring Initiative and the Precision Metalforming Association, honors a company that has effectively reshored products, parts, or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating, or machining.

Mitchell Metal Products, a fabricator offering progressive metal stamping, metal forming, welding, joining, and finishing services, used reshoring to complete more end products with less lead time. In 2016 the company manufactured a cultivator handle subassembly product, increasing the production volume from 4,500 made overseas to 30,000 made in Wisconsin.