Vandex Manufacturing Ltd.

About Vandex Manufacturing Ltd.

Vandex Manufacturing Ltd. is a custom metal fabrication and welding shop located in Delaware, Ontario. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including railroad, defence, communications, mass transit, food processing, athletic equipment, art and sculpture, and specialty automotive sectors. They specialize in low volume production, prototyping, and the manufacturing of custom machinery and equipment. The shop provides a wide array of metalworking services for steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and copper. Their capabilities include CNC cutting and machining, forming, and robotic or manual welding techniques such as GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), and SMAW (Stick). They also offer soldering, brazing, spot welding, stud welding, and profile cutting using high-definition CNC plasma cutters. For specialized needs, they provide forming services with hydraulic brakes, punch presses, and OBI presses, alongside rolling, embossing, louvering, and lancing. Their machine shop, staffed by qualified tool and die makers and machinists, features metalworking lathes, universal milling machines, CNC milling, horizontal milling machines, and surface grinding. Additionally, they offer assembly services and coordinate outside services such as laser and waterjet cutting, spray painting, powder coat painting, electroplating, labelling, printing, engraving, and heat treating. Founded in 1960 by Manfred Neumann and John VanderVeken, the business began as a part-time operation in a garage. It moved to its original building in Kilworth in 1962 and eventually relocated to its current Delaware facilities in 1975. The company is a third-generation family-owned business that transitioned from tool and die work to metal fabricating in 1970. Over its history, the company has earned ISO 9002 and ISO 9001 certifications and has received various awards from the GM Diesel Division and GDLS-Canada.