Smiths Machine

Each year, in hundreds of cities across the United States, The Salvation Army offers holiday shoppers the opportunity to adopt a child or senior through its Angel Tree program. The Angel Tree lets individuals and partnering corporations personalize a gift for a child or senior citizen in need by adopting an angel and purchasing gifts [...]

Smiths Machine was recently featured in this story in DMG / MORI SEIKI America’s quarterly publication. Smiths is honored that this world class equipment supplier values our opinions and used our story to promote their first rate brand. With 22 DMG machines on the floor, Tim Smith, CFO of SMITHS MACHINE LLC, believes in his [...]

Smiths Machine in Cottondale, Alabama honors John Dover for 20-years of service. Dover was Smiths first non-family, full-time employee and he has grown to be an invaluable asset for Smiths. As the Group Leader of the job shop, Dover reports directly to management and interacts with local customers. John Dover’s achievement was commemorated at Team [...]

Students and Alumni of the University of Alabama’s Engineering and Business schools participated in an Open House event with Smiths Machine on November 15th & 16th, 2010. During one of three sessions, students were able to take a detailed tour of the two facilities of Smiths Machine, as well as meet and converse with the [...]

With our new DMG – DMF260, Smiths Machine adds additional capacity.

Recently, the Smiths Machine team attended the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in order to be exposed to all the leading technology. Two and a half days were spent gathering information about the latest tooling, techniques and equipment. This trip was a powerful opportunity for team building and creating synergy. The entire team went to [...]

This is the best technology for our multi-axis machining operations. We found a need to improve our ability to process programs faster and best utilize our machines’ fullest ability. Smiths Machine invested into 3 weeks of intense training with trainers directly from Germany. Eventually, we will retire other systems MASTERCAM, workNC, ShopMill, ShopTurn and other [...]

Smiths Machine has made the 2010 Inc. magazine 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America, the Inc. Editor in Chief Jane Berentson announced today. From among the more than 27 million businesses in the U.S., Inc. magazine just 5000 of companies on the move.  Past honorees have included Microsoft, Timberland, Oracle and Zappos.com. The [...]

Alabama is home to more than three hundred and thirty aerospace companies, creating well over a hundred thousand jobs. Smiths Machine is proud of our contributions to the industry. Read more here.

Select high school students from West Alabama recently concluded a two-week “field trip” to Shelton State, where they participated in the community college’s Exploring Technology summer program. As part of the program, several high school counselors visited Smiths Machine to learn more about Shelton’s machine and electrical training courses.