Chapman Smith sources the raw materials and semi-finished products that go into your production parts — and manages the purchasing, availability, and inventory that keep them arriving on schedule.
We work as an extension of your purchasing department. That means qualifying suppliers, consolidating orders, finding alternate sources when a mill or supplier runs long, and holding stock so your line doesn't wait on a delivery.
Standard and custom profiles, sourced to your drawing or developed from an existing part. We coordinate die work for custom profiles, cut to length, and secondary operations — punching, drilling, tapping, anodizing — so the extrusion arrives ready to use rather than as raw stock.
Common applications: frames, tracks, housings, structural members, heat sinks, trim.
Carbon and stainless tubing in round, square, and rectangular sections. Welded and seamless. We supply mill lengths or coordinate cutting, bending, and end forming through our fabrication network.
Common applications: frames, guards, handles, structural assemblies, fluid and conveyance lines.
Aluminum sand castings and die castings, coordinated through to finished, machined parts. We manage the foundry relationship and the secondary machining as one supply, so you aren't managing a caster and a machine shop separately.
Also available: ductile and gray iron castings, forgings, powdered metal components.
Hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, and aluminized steel in coils and blanks. Stainless steel flat rolled and wire. Aluminized stainless. Supplied as coil, sheet, or cut blanks, with slitting and blanking coordinated to your requirements.
Common applications: stamped parts, formed components, laser cut blanks, enclosures.
Bar and wire products. Plastics and resins for molded and extruded components. Specialty alloys and materials. If it goes into a production part and you're buying it today, we can generally source it.
Mill overruns, excess prime, and secondary steel become available when a producer's run exceeds an order or material falls outside a customer's specification. For manufacturers whose application tolerates a wider window, this material can cost substantially less than standard prime.
We track what's available and match it against customers who can use it — checking gauge, width, coating, and grade against your actual requirements rather than the specification you inherited. Availability is opportunistic by nature, so it works best for buyers with flexibility on timing, or who can hold material against future releases.
If you've never evaluated whether your parts could run on secondary, it's worth a conversation. The savings are real when the fit is right.
Buying four materials from four vendors costs more than volume through fewer. We consolidate where it makes sense and negotiate against the combined spend.
Domestic and global supply, qualified before you need it — so when a supplier runs long or prices move, there's a second option ready rather than a scramble.
Sometimes the cheapest change is the specification. We review whether a different grade, gauge, or form does the same job for less — evaluated against your requirements, not applied blindly.
For production volumes, material availability matters as much as price.
We hold material against your forecast and release it as you need it, reducing your working capital without risking a shortage.
Buffer inventory against lead time variability and supplier disruption.
Firm quantities on a defined schedule, so pricing reflects volume while deliveries match production.
Storage and inbound logistics managed as part of the supply rather than a separate problem.
Send a material specification, a part print, or a copy of what you purchase today. We'll evaluate the source, the price, and whether there's a better way to supply it.
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