OUR COMPANY

SMALL TOWN MIDWEST VALUES BIG MARKET TALENT & TECHNOLOGY

SMALL TOWN MIDWEST VALUES BIG MARKET TALENT & TECHNOLOGY

Located in Auburn, Indiana, which is centrally located to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and other major hubs. This means every customer benefits not just from the physical location but also the shared learnings Rathburn enjoys by crossing over industries, categories and product types. That small town character is represented every day in how we operate, how we work together, commitment to working hard to make a difference, every day.

VISION

Improve the way business is done by delivering innovative, precisely-machined solutions every day.

MISSION

We develop inspired solutions to everyday issues in precision machined parts and manufacturing that help our customers overcome their challenges and thrive.

TEAM

Your Rathburn team includes dedicated professionals with deep expertise, diverse experience, and a driving passion to apply them on your behalf. Our goal is to make partnering with Rathburn as easy and enjoyable as it is effective.

CORE VALUES

  • 1

    Be extraordinary

  • 2

    Proactively solve problems

  • 3

    Communicate openly and honestly

  • 4

    Deliver value, not product

  • 5

    Never compromise on quality

  • 6

    Win together 

QUALITY POLICY

We are committed to providing quality products and services. We take pride and ownership of our individual and collective contributions to any quality element of a product or process. We commit to meet or exceed the quality expectations and applicable requirements of our customers and strive for continuous improvement of the quality management system.

HISTORY

Starting as a job shop in 1983 producing tooling, fixturing, prototypes, production machining, we’ve always sought to find ways to deliver extraordinary value to our customers. Our growth into contract production machining and enhanced quality systems allow us to continue to deliver on this promise today.

ORIGIN STORY

Our history starts well before 1983 in the events and moments that helped define the character of our founder, Jerry Rathburn, and the values of the company he founded, and which continues with his daughter, Angie Holt, today.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Rathburn Precision Machining is a contract CNC machining company based in Auburn, Indiana. We produce precision turned and milled components in production quantities for customers across the rail, heavy truck, defense, aerospace, furniture, recreation, fluid control, audio visual, agriculture, construction, heavy equipment and other industrial sectors that require consistent, high-quality components.

We’re located at 5005 County Road 29, Auburn, Indiana 46706 — easily accessible from Interstate 69 in northeast Indiana, just north of Fort Wayne and centrally positioned between the Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis markets. We serve customers nationwide but most of our customer base is located in the Midwest.

Rathburn Precision Machining is a division of Three Daughters Corporation. The company is a second-generation family-owned company and led by President and CEO Angie Holt. The company is also a certified Women-Owned Business (WBE/WOSB).

Rathburn was founded in 1983 by Jerry Rathburn as Rathburn Tool & Manufacturing. In 2024 the company renamed to Rathburn Precision Machining to better reflect its precision production focus. That’s over 40 years of CNC machining experience.