Made in the USA since 1951 · Home of Hunter Displays

Turnkey metal component and retail display fabrication.

Hunter Metal Industries cuts, forms, welds, inserts hardware, powder coats, decorates, assembles and drop-ships metal parts without the job ever leaving the building. Three lasers, fourteen press brakes and a CNC turret punch. Send us the print and a proposal comes back in 24 to 48 hours.

Founded
1951
One floor
40,000 sq ft
On the floor
~50 people
Quote turnaround
24–48 hours

Equipment & materials

If a machine matters to your part, ask for it by name and we will send the sheet.

  • Laser cutting head mid-cut on the bed with a red glow at the nozzle

    Fiber laser

    BesCutter 5 × 10

  • Amada AE 2510NT CNC turret punch with the machine name visible

    CNC turret punch

    Amada AE 2510NT

  • Operator at the controls of a red Amada press brake

    CNC forming, one of 14

    Amada press brake

  • PEMSERTER Series 2000 hardware insertion press

    Hardware insertion

    PEMSERTER Series 2000

Materials we cut, form and coat

  • Cold rolled steelto 11 ga
  • Hot rolled steelto ¼ in
  • Galvanizedsheet & tube
  • Galvannealsheet
  • Stainlesssheet & tube
  • Aluminumsheet & tube
  • Chemetal / finished sheetstocked
  • Wireto 5/16 in

Mixed builds are normal here: sheet, tube and wire combined with wood components and printed graphics in one assembly.

Pile of aluminum offcuts from the cutting department
Aluminum offcuts, cutting department

The machine list

  • 0Lasers
  • 0CNC turret punch
  • 0Press brakes
  • 0MIG welders
  • 0TIG welders
  • 0Spot welders
  • 0Multi-process welders
  • 0PEMSERTER press

Plus in-house powder coating, silkscreen and pad print, assembly and packout. We build to your print — we will review it for manufacturability, but the design stays yours.

Retail displays, start to finish

The fabricator behind your retail program. We work with agencies, display houses and POP producers who own the brand relationship. You keep the client, the creative and the credit. We build what you designed and deliver it to your DCs or to individual stores on your schedule.

  • Your design, our floor

    Send the drawing, model or approved sample. We flag what will fight the tooling, then build what you specified.

  • Mixed materials, one build

    Sheet, tube and wire from our machines, plus wood components and printed graphics, assembled into a finished unit.

  • Assembly and repack

    Dedicated lines for big-box programs, packed to the retailer’s spec so nothing gets repacked at the DC.

  • Bulk or every store

    Truckloads to your distribution center, or single units drop-shipped to a thousand store addresses with tracking.

Duracell wing stacker display: a black four-shelf floor unit loaded with battery packs, with a header sign and a branded base
Duracell wing stacker. Formed, welded, coated, decorated and assembled on this floor.

Display types we build

  • Floor stands
  • Counter units
  • Shippers & PDQ trays
  • Wire racks & baskets
  • Cooler & cold-vault racks
  • Sign holders & fixtures
  • Endcap & gondola components
  • Dump bins & merchandisers
Live welding arc flaring blue-white
MIG, TIG and multi-process · 16 stations
Gloved hands feeding a metal blank into a press brake
Press brake · 22 machines
Saw blade cutting metal stock
Saw cutting · tube and bar
Spot welding operation on a sheet metal assembly
Spot welding · 18 machines

Engagement process

These are the lead times we quote against, from the request for quote to delivery. If a launch date makes them impossible, we say so before you award the job.

  1. Step 01

    Send the RFQ

    PDF, DXF or STEP with quantities and finish.

    Day 0

  2. Step 02

    Proposal back

    Priced against real machine time.

    24–48 hours

  3. Step 03

    Prototypes & samples

    First articles your engineer can measure and sign off.

    5–10 days

  4. Step 04

    Production run

    Cut, formed, welded, hardware set, coated, decorated, assembled.

    3–5 weeks

  5. Step 05

    Pack & ship

    Bulk to your DC or drop-shipped store by store.

    To your spec

  6. Step 06

    Invoice

    Programs invoiced per agreed terms.

    Per terms

Request a quote

Send the print. Get a proposal back in 24 to 48 hours. Upload a drawing, a flat pattern or a solid model with quantities, material and finish. The quote is priced against machine time on this floor, and we flag anything that will fight the tooling before you commit to a run.

Gloved hands feeding a metal blank into a press brake
Your print, our floor.