A 1972 manufacturer that still builds what it designs

Custom Metal Designs (CMD) is a manufacturer in Central Florida, near Orlando, founded in 1972 by Saul Grimes, a pioneer of cable conveyors for empty plastic bottles. CMD designs and builds bottle-handling automation (conveyors, robotics integration with Yaskawa Motoman and FANUC, and packaging machinery), runs a contract fabrication shop that makes metal parts to customers' drawings, and services equipment in the field nationwide. Its quality system is ISO 9001:2015 certified. CMD is part of the DCC Automation Group: CMD handles the empty bottle from the blow molder, DCC takes over at the fillers, and together the group covers the whole line.