Must-have · 01
A capability snapshot on the homepage
What you make, for which industries, processes, materials, typical quantities from prototype to production, largest part size and your key certifications, all on the first screen. Add years in business, plant size and location, and family or veteran ownership where true. This is the four-second test every buyer runs.
Must-have · 02
One page per process
CNC milling, turning, Swiss, laser cutting, forming, welding, powder coating, injection molding, extrusion, printing or bag making, as you run them. Each lists the machines, size and tolerance limits, materials, secondary operations, lead times and an RFQ button.
Must-have · 03
An equipment list
Machine make, model, travels or bed size, axes and quantity, plus inspection equipment such as CMMs and vision systems. Forum buyers ask for this by name, and it is the fastest way for an engineer to judge fit.
Must-have · 04
An RFQ form built for drawings, linked from every page
Request a Quote in the header of every page, with the plant phone as text. A short first step (process or product, quantity, contact) then the details: file upload for STEP, IGES, DXF, SLDPRT and PDF, material, finish, due date, NDA request and a stated reply time. Files go to encrypted storage you control, not an email attachment.
Must-have · 05
A catalog with spec tables in HTML
For OEM parts and packaging, category and product pages with dimensions, gauges, materials and options as real tables, part-number search, and spec sheets and SDS as downloads beside the text. Stock items get an order or quote path; custom runs get the RFQ flow.
Must-have · 06
Industries served pages
Aerospace, medical, automotive, food and beverage, defense, energy or agriculture, as you actually serve them, each with the certifications that market expects, example parts and the problems you solve for those buyers.
Must-have · 07
A reshoring and second-source page
A page for buyers moving a part back from overseas or adding a second supplier: what you need from them (current drawing, annual volume, target price and lead time), how first article and PPAP work for a transferred part, and your typical quote turnaround. Reshoring and foreign direct investment announcements topped 244,000 US manufacturing jobs in 2024 (Reshoring Initiative, 2024 Annual Report), and those buyers search for exactly this.
Must-have · 08
A quality page with exact certifications
ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, ISO 13485 or IATF 16949 with registrar, scope, certificate number and expiry or a linked PDF; inspection equipment; first article inspection, PPAP, material certs and traceability; ITAR registration and CAGE code where true.
Must-have · 09
Engineer resources
Design for manufacturability tips, tolerance and bend charts, material selection guides and an FAQ on lead times, minimums and file formats. These are the pages Google and AI assistants quote, and the ones engineers bookmark.
Must-have · 10
Case studies and a parts gallery that pass inspection
Real parts and projects described by industry, problem, material, quantity and the tolerance held, shown with customer approval. Engineers read every photo as evidence of quality, so we pick and shoot parts with your quality lead and leave out anything that would not pass inspection. Quotes are attributed by title and industry when a customer cannot be named.
Must-have · 11
A careers section that recruits
Open roles by shift, pay ranges where you choose to share them, apprenticeships and training, real photos of the floor and a short apply form. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 530,000 manufacturing job openings in August 2026 (preliminary).
Must-have · 12
Schema, speed and a clean move
Organization and Product schema matching the visible text, Core Web Vitals targets of LCP 2.5 seconds or less, INP 200 ms or less and CLS 0.1 or less, and a 301 redirect map that keeps every URL that already earns traffic.