American made industrial machines and systems.
Midwest Automation
Midwest Automation is a family-owned U.S. manufacturing company located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For over 60 years, Midwest Automation has manufactured industrial machinery in the heartland of the USA for the woodworking, composite panel, and metalworking industries using U.S. labor and locally available components whenever possible.
If you're looking for an industrial machinery manufacturer with real application knowledge, we'd like to talk to you. Our extensive application knowledge, coupled with creative machine design, allows us to provide unique and reliable solutions that improve your manufacturing processes, while also supported by domestic parts and service.
We're "Midwest". Manufacturing results since 1959.
Midwest Automation entered the metal deburring and finishing markets through the acquisition of Randbright Corporation in 2002. The product line includes flat and centerless (cylindrical) deburring, finishing, edge rounding and polishing machines for both dry and wet applications, and a line of wet dust collectors to complete the product offerings.
Markets served:
Sheet Metal & Plate Fabrication, Tube & Pipe Manufactures, and Wet Dust Collection.
Midwest Automation entered the woodworking markets in the 1960s with the introduction of machines used for laminating and fabricating postformed kitchen countertops. The product line has expanded to include a wide variety of flat and 3D panel laminating machines using continuous roller presses and hydraulic platen presses for water base, liquid and hot melt polyurethane (PUR) adhesives developed through years of application experience and design innovations.
Markets served:
Architectural Millwork & Engineered Wood, Architectural & Residential Doors, Cabinets & Caseworks, Office Furniture, Store Fixture & Display
Midwest Automation entered the composite panel markets through the acquisition of Greco Manufacturing in 2004. This product line included liquid polyurethane laminating and heated vacuum presses used in flat and 3D panel application. Since that time, Midwest engineered the product line to include hot melt polyurethane (PUR) flat panel laminating machines and systems for these increasingly important markets.
Markets served:
Aviation, Structural Insulated Panels (SIP), Light Panel Construction, Recreational Vehicle (RV), Transportation









Straight Talk
Kenny Holley, President
Welcome to Midwest Automation. Our friends call us "Midwest". We are a family owned business that's been around since 1959 located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Welcome to our home page.
As the owner of Midwest Automation for over 30 years, please know that your business is important to us.
You can be assured that our team will handle your inquiry, quotation, and project with professionalism and integrity throughout the whole process - from initial contact to sales and engineering, manufacturing, installation, and customer parts and technical service.
If you're looking for a distributor in your area, interested in becoming one, or want to learn more about how Midwest Automation can help your business grow, please contact us today.
Thank you for taking the time to visit. We look forward to the opportunity of getting to know your specific business goals so that we may better understand your industrial machine applications and requirements.
And who knows, maybe we'll even do a little hunting or fishing along the way...
