Who We Are
At General Machine, we don’t shy away from the hard stuff. Oversized parts? Low volume production? Tight deadlines? Jobs that don’t fit nicely into a box? That’s where we shine. We’re the metal fabrication and precision machining partner manufacturers, builders, and engineers call when the blueprint looks impossible—or when their in-house team taps out. We’ve been at it since 1946, and we’re still getting it done right here in the Metro East and Greater St. Louis area.
Offering plate fabrication, machining, forming, plasma cutting, material handling, and top-quality welding, we here at General Machine can bend, cut, shape, and weld metal with skill and technical abilities unmatched by other custom metal fabrication and machining companies.
If you are in the mining, earth moving, construction, agricultural, excavating, heavy equipment, or utility industries and you have a project that requires custom metal fabrication or precision machine work; a one off or low volume prodcution, we offer quality workmanship, dependable service, and competitive prices that separate us from our competitors.
“General Machine has always and consistently done excellent work for me.”
Why Choose General Machine?
General Machine has a proud 60 year history of taking on the toughest projects, employing the latest technology and employing the highest-skilled metal workers to ensure that your job gets done right, on-time and at the right price. Whether you need a custom part fabricated that will get your equipment back up and running fast or you need a hundred extremely fine tolerance pieces cut precisely to your specs and at a reasonable price, we can help. We have the ability to do smaller production runs – overflow work, backlog issues, lower volume item, or take fabrication or machining off your plate so you can focus on assembly.
Strategic Partnerships
When your customer needs a part, they don’t want lead times—they want answers. At General Machine, we help equipment manufacturers stay ready by fabricating and stocking low-volume spare parts that are too expensive or bulky to keep on your own shelves.
Whether it’s a bracket for a machine built five years ago or a custom component no one has drawings for, we’re your behind-the-scenes partner ready to respond fast—so you can focus on what you do best.
Equipment Repair
We have the onsite facilities, equipment, and tools to handle the large and heavy equipment repair jobs that other machine shops can’t. We can handle everything from a welding repair on an excavator bucket to fabricating shafts for a rock crusher. We can reverse engineer parts and produce them to exact tolerances.
Why General Machine?
Tough Jobs Welcome
We handle the kind of work that makes other shops squirm—large, intricate, low to medium volume production, mission-critical stuff.
Built for Problem Solvers
We’re not just machinists—we’re thinkers. Show us a napkin sketch or a busted part and we’ll figure it out.
Hands-On, No-Nonsense Approach
We’re local, we’re skilled, and we say what we mean. You’ll never wonder where your project stands.
Proudly Made in America
We don’t outsource, and we don’t cut corners. We are located in Southern Illinois, just outside St. Louis. We build it here. We build it right.