Become a supplier, or let us represent your shop to OEM buyers

Grow Your Shop With Chapman Smith

Chapman Smith sources aluminum extrusions, steel tubing and pipe, castings, flat rolled steel and multi-step fabricated parts for OEM manufacturers. Every part we take on needs capable shops behind it. If you want more production work, or a sales rep who knows OEM purchasing, we'd like to hear from you.

Two Ways to Work With Us

Supply Parts Through Chapman Smith

We find the OEM work, quote it and manage the customer. You make the parts. We review prints and requirements before an RFQ reaches you, issue the PO, and coordinate freight between operations.

Have Us Represent Your Shop

Prefer a sales rep? We can represent your shop, putting your capabilities in front of OEM purchasing teams and helping you win new accounts. We'll talk through how representation would work for you.

Who We're Looking For

Aluminum Extruders

Custom profiles, cutting, fabrication and finishing

Tube & Pipe Suppliers

Carbon and stainless tubing and pipe, cutting and bending

Foundries & Machine Shops

Sand and investment castings, machining and drilling

Fabricators & Finishers

Laser cutting, forming, welding, assembly, powder coating and anodizing

Why Shops Work With Us

  • • New business without adding a sales team
  • • Production work, often recurring, from the combined demand of the OEMs we support
  • • RFQs with prints and requirements already reviewed
  • • Freight between operations coordinated for you

What We Look For

  • • Quality you stand behind, including first-article inspection
  • • Reliable lead times and on-time delivery
  • • Clear, complete quotes
  • • Any certifications you hold

How to Get Started

  1. 1 Send us your capabilities: processes, equipment, materials, location and certifications.
  2. 2 We review how your capabilities fit the work we see, and how you'd like to work with us.
  3. 3 When a part fits, we send you an RFQ, or we talk through representation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers for shops that want to work with us.

Send Us Your Capabilities
Can you act as a sales rep for my shop? +

Yes. Along with buying parts for the OEMs we support, we can represent your shop to OEM purchasing teams. Send us your capabilities and we'll talk through how representation would work for you.

What kind of work do you send to suppliers? +

Parts made from aluminum extrusions, steel tubing and pipe, castings and flat rolled steel, often with several operations such as cutting, forming, welding, machining and coating.

How do I get on your supplier list? +

Send us your capabilities using our contact form. We'll review them and reach out when a part fits.

Send Us Your Capabilities

Tell us what your shop does and how you'd like to work with us.

Send Us Your Capabilities