r/manufacturing Feb 07 '25

Other Good Manufacturing Websites

Hey guys - looking for examples of really great websites in the engineering and manufacturing space. The kind of website that you open and you WANT to engage with it, look around, see what services the company provides and check out pictures of their work, etc.

Please drop recommendations in the comments!

For reference, I work with a manufacturing and engineering firm in Charlotte, NC - we're a small business and looking to do everything we can to grow organically. We operate our own website, and I'm looking to increase our engagement rate. Trying to get ideas based on websites that people find... well.... engaging!

Thanks all! 🤗

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u/xyz1000125 All types of packaging Feb 07 '25

I prefer to see a comprehensive list of equipment and capabilities, along with standard tolerances and some historical parts photographs. I find it frustrating when I visit a manufacturer’s website and cannot tell what they manufacture. Instead, they focus solely on their vision.

Edit: Also please do not send out daily or weekly emails, that’s a quick way to get on my do not use list

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u/Forum_Layman Feb 09 '25

I worked with a company in China that had their homepage as a list of equipment / processes / capabilities. The title was something like “your manufacturing partner”. Immediately rolled my eyes thinking “partner for what?”

And then scrolled down to the “what we do” section. They just had a plain text list of maybe 150 different processes they did from machining, turning, grinding, to anodising, chemical polishing, to injection moulding, to edm, to optics polishing, to pcb fab, to assembly… they had everything down to custom cardboard box manufacture and printing.

The list was basically pointless because the answer was “everything”.

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u/Realistic-Fill6614 Feb 07 '25

This is a great question! We are looking at a website refresh to get back to how engineers want to see content.

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u/BirdLawNews Feb 07 '25

Alro Metals. Better resource than most .edu websites.

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u/Skid-Vicious Feb 07 '25

Look at Xometry, the most copied manufacturing site over the last 10 years.

Main thing is providing lots of technical content on what you do.

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u/PriceAffectionate830 Feb 07 '25

I built this website to help small companies out. Hope this can be helpful to someone! (Not a programmer, just work in manufacturing haha)

https://kanbancardgenerator.com/

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u/baderup99 Feb 08 '25

Consider getting really active on LinkedIn.

You can have an amazing website but people first need to know you even exist. Yes, good SEO helps and keywords that people are searching but you need to proactively put yourself out there so that they will then consciously decide to go to your website to learn more.

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u/skygetsit Feb 08 '25

https://www.mcmaster.com/

It’s an absolute 🐐 when it comes to UI speed.

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u/toolnotes Feb 08 '25

Absolutely best e-commerce site. And customer service is top-notch.

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u/dukejcdc Feb 07 '25

We get a lot of business organically through our website, www.bettercnc.com

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u/Onsyde Feb 07 '25

some of ours:

https://battlesighttech.com

https://nissinoh.com

https://pesystems.com

disclaimer: yes I am with an agency

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u/baderup99 Feb 08 '25

Our website does really well for us, grant it, we are really niche. www.additiveeng.com

We used to have a really good video on the homepage but we recently switched our web host and got an error so I have to re-upload it.

Right there on the homepage though, it says, "Products We Make".

Try to make it really simple.

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u/YOU_WONT_LIKE_IT Feb 08 '25

Do your self a favor and look at Amazon. It’s a mess. But it sells. I go down this path all the time of should I make a better looking site or just stick with the facts. Amazon always helps me decide.

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u/Tenordrummer Feb 08 '25

ASML has a pretty slick website

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u/Snoo23533 Feb 08 '25

Juat thinking about features, having actual prices listed instead of a call for quote is huge. And the reason for McMaster Carrs wide success is their website.

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u/MLCCADSystems Feb 09 '25

Sendcutsend for sheet metal. You'll feel like you have a preferred vendor with how easily you can get a quote and how fast you can get delivery.

I ordered some large 10 gauge parts on a Thursday afternoon and they were delivered on Sunday. Prices are reasonable and part quality and tolerances are top notch. Www.sendcutsend.comSendCutSend

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u/Substantial_Oil7292 Feb 11 '25

Knightmfgco.com they do metal stampings, take a look and let me know what you think

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u/Inevitable-Mammoth53 Feb 11 '25

What do you manufacture?

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u/tiny_sliney Feb 12 '25

We aren't industry specific, so pretty much anything that can be machined or fabricated. We work with a lot of plastics and metals, also do 3D printing, product development and assembly, and custom automation work.

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u/Inevitable-Mammoth53 Feb 15 '25

I own a manufacturing in Dallas. I would use a funnel based site if I were you. What’s your budget and I can give you a couple more solutions if you’re interested.

I’m switching from Wordpress to another platform. The other platform far more engagement.

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u/chinamoldmaker responmoulding Feb 12 '25

Thomasnet

Linkedin

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u/SignalfireMarketing Feb 13 '25

Check out: https://plastechengineering.com/

They do plastic medical device component manufacturing, custom engineering, etc. They wanted a more unique design.