425 Manufacturing was started in June 2015 by Michael Thomason.
Our primary focus is to support manufacturing in Northern Illinois including Rockford and the surrounding Chicago suburbs.
In our 8 years in business, we have grown to employ 20 people and offer our employees complete benefits including health, dental, retirement, and many more. 425 Manufacturing has quickly become a leader in supplying and stocking aftermarket parts for the mining and blast hole drill industry. From 2018 – 2024 our parts have shipped to 6 of the 7 continents around the world. In 2019 we received our ISO9001:2015 certification. Involvement with our community and helping to inform and teach the next generation of manufacturing students is one of our most important goals. We are highly involved with our local schools and work with their shop and welding classes on a monthly basis. We also send our office staff twice a year since 2015 to give mock interviews to the freshman and junior classes. We have had a blood drive every year since we opened our doors. We have also hosted manufacturing day tours every year, and are part of the manufacturing day advisory team. We streamline the activities and engage the youth on their level.
