Made in Chicago.Shipping nationally.

K-Display cuts, forms, welds, powder coats, and assembles sheet metal parts for OEM and industrial customers.

A K-Display welder joining a formed steel assembly on the Chicago shop floor
Powder coating operator applying a black finish to hanging sheet-metal parts in the K-Display booth.
1984Founded in Chicago
45,000Square feet
9Operations in-house
5Sheet materials

Our history

K-Display was founded in Chicago in 1984 to build point-of-purchase displays, store fixtures, and promotional cabinetry for national retail and consumer-product brands. Most of that work was cold-rolled steel, powder coated, and shipped in volume to stores across the country.

K-Display has grown with its customers. As their products moved from displays into industrial equipment, K-Display invested in laser cutting, CNC punching, and press brake forming, then a powder coating line, hardware installation, and assembly.

Today K-Display builds electrical enclosures, machine housings, material-handling equipment, and door components, and still builds displays.

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K-Display has grown with its customers. As their products moved from displays into industrial equipment, K-Display invested in laser cutting, CNC punching, and press brake forming, then a powder coating line, hardware installation, and assembly.

Today K-Display builds electrical enclosures, machine housings, material-handling equipment, and door components, and still builds displays.

The floor

Nine operations, one building

Parts move from cutting through assembly without leaving the building, so there is no second vendor to qualify or schedule.

Materials
Carbon steel, stainless steel, galvanized steel, galvanneal, aluminum
  1. A flat sheet is laser cut into an enclosure blank with bend lines, then formed into an open box.
    All cutting & forming
  2. Mounting tabs sit beside a formed enclosure, a MIG torch welds its corner seam, and the tabs end up welded to the body.
    All welding & joining
  3. The welded enclosure hangs from a line hook while a powder gun coats it, then receives its hinged door, latch, and screws.
    All finishing & assembly

How we work

Make complex fabrication easier to manage by delivering reliable parts and finished products through one accountable manufacturing team.

  • Craftsmanship

    We inspect fit and finish at every operation, not only at final inspection.

  • Direct communication

    If there is a problem with a tolerance, a delivery date, or a price, we tell you as soon as we know.

  • Practical problem-solving

    If a part is difficult to form or coat as drawn, we suggest a change before we quote it.

  • Responsibility for the finished build

    One order covers the part from raw sheet to the truck, and any problem with it is ours to fix.

Send us your drawings.

Send DXF, STEP, or PDF files with material, quantity, finish, and hardware, and we will quote the finished part.

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Hours and directions

Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central

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