Craftsmen Industries: Where Innovation Meets Hand-Crafted Excellence in Design and Fabrication
The truck and trailer industry plays a huge part in keeping other businesses up and running. Yet, with manufacturers feeling the squeeze of high demand and tight deadlines coupled with complex client requests and requirements and precise execution a necessity, truck and trailer manufacturers face various challenges.
As a market leader in designing, engineering, and custom fabricating specialty trucks and trailers, Craftsmen Industries is a nationally recognized leader in addressing industry challenges with efficiency and precision.
Humble Beginnings
Craftsmen Industries opened in 1982 in St. Louis, MO, focusing primarily on trailer sails in the Midwest. However, throughout its 40 years of business, Craftsmen has evolved into a full-service provider that leverages its products for various solutions, helping clients ranging from government agencies and corporations to nonprofit organizations.
In Craftsmen’s early years of business, clients quickly started to request more specialty modifications to their vehicles that could help improve their marketing messages. This demand led the company to expand its services to include in-house design, engineering, fabrication, printing, and installation, ensuring Craftsmen can accommodate its customers’ requests, meet tight deadlines, and stay within budget.
Craftsmen’s client base and product offerings led to the company outgrowing its St. Louis office. In 1994, the company relocated to St. Charles, MO, into a 79,000 sq. ft. facility, where Craftsmen’s experiential and industrial business grew. Within just six years, the company had to relocate again.
Today, the business resides in a state-of-the-art 127,000 sq. ft. facility in St. Charles, where it houses its base of operations, fabrication facility, graphics production group, and a team of over 200.
Craftsmen Services
Craftsmen’s services provides a range of services ready to meet your needs, regardless of where you are in your project. This company’s knowledge and experience, combined with comprehensive in-house services, can help you turn your vision into a smooth-riding masterpiece.
Offering custom-fabricated trailers – created using that company’s in-house engineering, design, fabrication, paint, woodworking, and fiberglass capabilities – customers won’t have to compromise on quality to find affordable options at Craftsmen.
The company also has a full-service large-format graphics department. Craftsmen’s solutions are used across many industries, such as experiential marketing, aerospace/military/government assets, mobile medical vehicles, industrial fabrication, and fairs and festivals.
A Team With Talented Women
In 2024, Craftsmen unveiled its “Craftswomen Design, Engineer, Build” initiative, which recognizes and celebrates the many contributions of the talented women on its team. Dedicated to creating a space for women to thrive and break barriers, this company has developed an inclusive work environment with programs designed by women for women.
“We are incredibly proud of the amazing women on our team and the transformative impact they have on Craftsmen Industries. The ‘Craftswomen Design, Engineer, Build’ initiative is a testament to our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace where every individual can succeed and make a difference,” said Sharon Barnes, HR Director at Craftsmen Industries.
Achieving Certified Evergreen Status
Announcing its achievement of Certified Evergreen Status in 2024, a prestigious certification awarded by Tugboat Institute, Craftsman has demonstrated its commitment to business excellence and focus on long-term impact and purpose-driven growth.
“We are honored to be recognized as a Certified Evergreen company,” said Mark Steele, President and CEO at Craftsmen Industries. “This certification further validates our commitment to our purpose and our dedication to positively impacting our employees, customers, suppliers, communities, and families.”
Propelled by a vision to remain a leader in vehicle modification and design, Craftsmen maintains the highest standards while focusing on its values of inclusion and excellence.
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