Contact Info
The Nelson Company, Inc.
John Weissheier
1200 West Stone Avenue
PO Box 395
Fairfield, IA 52556
Phone: 641-472-6583
Fax: 641-472-1723
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Services
- Maching of Raw Castings
- Gray Iron
- Ductile Iron
- CNC
- Painting
- Zinc Plating
- Chrome Plating
- Heat Treatment
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday: 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
About Us
The Nelson Company’s trained machinists machine parts that are sent worldwide to be used in the assembly of mostly agriculture-related equipment – a big difference compared to the manufacturer’s humble beginning. By 1986, the company had grown from one employee to 35 and from one customer to 50, and its sales that year were near the $2 million mark. The manufacturing company moved again in 1993 to its 88,000 square foot building. The work The Nelson Company does now isn’t very different than the work it started with more than 30 years ago. We buy aluminum; ductile iron and gray iron castings and machine them into usable parts. We can assist customers in placing their tooling with the appropriate foundry to best suit their needs. We deal with several different foundries who specialize in different foundry needs, IE size of casting or special metallurgy requirements. One of those foundries is the local Fairfield Castings – the former Dexter Company. The Nelson Company machines the raw castings to print specifications to make them usable parts. The company is continually updating machinery and taking advantage of incorporating old and new machines into machining cells. Our newest and biggest machine, acquired in April 2013 is a vertical lathe. The machine is our first vertical lathe owned; other lathes are horizontal. The new lathe can handle bigger, heavier castings – up to 31 inches and 800 – 1000 pounds and even do the job a little faster.
