Johnson Bros. Roll Forming Co

Business Description

RING JOINT GASKETS DETAILS

Manufacturers of ring joint gaskets, rims, bezels, hoops, clamps-assembled and plain, flanges and more. Produced by roll forming metal into: angles, channels, mouldings, profiles (not tubing). At the end of that process, parts are bent inline into: rings, rims, bezels, hoops, clamps, or flanges. All metals are used, both nonferrous and ferrous, in both plain and prefinished. Post finishing is also provided, as well as any assembly and special packaging needs. Inline fabrications provided: holes, slots, tabs, shear forms, end fabricating, perforating, embossing and insertion of other materials, identification, cut-to-length and more, along with the inline bending.

Products / Services Offered

GASKETS Categories

Gaskets: Ring Joint Gaskets
Gaskets: Metal Encased, Enclosure Gaskets
Gasket Material: High Temperature, Metal, Reinforced, Alloy, Aluminum

ALL PRODUCTS / SERVICES

Steel
Forming Services
Tubes
Aluminum
Hardware
Brass
Bronze
Copper
Flanges
Clamps
Titanium
Holders
Nickel
Displays
Mouldings
Rings
Trim
Panels
Point of Purchase (POP) Products
Fabrication Services

Primary Company Type:

Custom Manufacturer of ring joint gaskets
Additional Activities: Manufacturer, Service Company, Finishing Service Company
Quality Certifications: Self Reported ISO 9001 (Not Specified)
Registrations:
From Company Website Made in the USA
Annual Sales: $5 - 9.9 Mil
No of Employees: 10-49
Year Founded: 1948

Company Description by Johnson Bros. Roll Forming Co.

Manufacturer and supplier of standard and custom channels, profiles, mouldings, angles, tubing, rings, rims, railings, brackets, Z bars and clamps. Also, panels, fins, plates, track caps or covers, slats, strips, ring joint gaskets and flashings offered. Roll forming and fabrication services provided. Serves the agricultural, architectural, beverage, ceiling, conveyor, electrical, textile, woodworking and military industries. Made in the USA. 
Johnson Bros. began when Edwin Johnson, Sr. decided to go into business himself. In 1947, he started constructing the company's first roll forming machine (now in storage) in his basement. He had offered his five brothers and equal share of the business if they matched is life savings, a $700 investment. One brother, Harold Johnson, did; hence the name Johnson Bros.
When the first machine was finished and tested,t had to be disassembled, carried from his basement and reassembled in Edwin's garage. After a few months the neighbors complained about the noise as production of small orders began and Edwin was forced to find new quarters. He found an uninsulated, dirt-floor garage in Chicago that had formerly been a stable. The brothers, Edwin Sr. and Harold, insulated the garage/plant, built a small office and heated the building with a small stove in the cold months.
The nature of Johnson Bros. roll forming has seen an evolution from a lockseam and openseam tubing emphasis, which accelerated their growth, to a diversity of shapes for many industrial uses and now to sophisticated computer controlled in-line fabrication. Their forming of all types of metals prefinished or plain, in thickness from .004 in. to .188 in., into many shapes, have virtually gone to every state in the continental U.S., Canada, Mexico and parts of Europe. Sales have grown to seven million with 36 full-time and six part-time employees. Outsourcing has made it difficult for American manufacturers and Johnson Bros. in the last few years but the future now looks very promising.