A BIG Thank You to our sponsors for making ScrapFest possible,
we couldn’t do this without your tremendous support to our Lansing community!
Titanium Sponsors
Give it up for our Titanium Sponsors! Without Friedland Industries, there wouldn't be a ScrapFest. Lincoln Electric provides welders for the prizes, consumables like welding wire for all of the teams, and more. Render Studios provides us with a mind-boggling discount for making the ScrapFest Documentary (link above!). We're so grateful to all of them for their support, go check them out!
Copper Sponsors
Give it up for our Copper Sponsors! The Lenick Company is an amazing scrap brokerage company that supports us tremendously. Benchmark Abrasives carries a complete line of zirconia flap discs, as well as top-quality general-duty diamond blades and excellent surface conditioning abrasives. Benchmark's products are manufactured to exact specifications in some of the finest factories around the world, providing customers with reliable, quality products at exceptional prices. We’re so grateful to all our Copper Sponsors for their support, go check them out!
Aluminum Sponsors
Give it up for our Aluminum Sponsors! Rathbun Agency / Auto-Owners Insurance has been supporting us since the beginning. They give back to the community in so many ways. Alro is an amazing metal and plastics company with a location right in Lansing. Markal makes innovative products like markers that can withstand heat for welders/fabricators, and they've provided all of the teams with them. We're so grateful to all of these wonderful companies for their support, go check them out!
Steel Sponsors
Give it up for our Steel Sponsors! Plante Moran is a great audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management company. Granger Waste Services is an incredible, longstanding local company that provides a full range of waste collection services; recycling services; solid waste landfill services; energy recycling services; waste hauling; recycling and landfill disposal services; recycling of waste; and energy recycling services, namely, capturing, processing and conversion of waste into energy.
Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC has provided outstanding client service and legal excellence for more than 100 years. Their firm delivers comprehensive services for businesses, organizations, municipalities, families and individuals across Michigan, the nation and beyond.
First National Bank of Michigan is more than just talk when it comes to what “local” means. Their company was made in Michigan to serve Michigan. That’s what makes them different than other banks; their staff, leadership team, and board of directors all think, act, and invest locally.
MessageMakers is an incredible local company that tells the stories of businesses/organizations with video production, audio production, and much more. They give us a generous discount on the stage and sound.
Supporting Sponsors
Give it up for our Supporting Sponsors! McPhee Electric & Telecommunications is a phenomenal electric and telecommunications company that has been in the Greater Lansing Area since 1989. Edge Welding Supply makes an incredible niche product - glass welding cups that help make for a more precise and cleaner weld. Choice Painting is a wonderful interior residential and commercial painting company right here in Lansing. Bug-O Systems specializes in cutting and welding mechanization solutions for the metalworking industry, with customers include shipbuilding, resurfacing, plate fabrication, pressure vessel welding, and other industries. GiantMouse Knives is a knife brand that can provide amazing knife designs, with the highest possible production quality, at a fair price, while remaining closely involved with its community of customers. ISOtunes makes innovative hearing protection that allows you to block out harmful noise while still hearing the world around you, and staying connected! Struk Studio is a new art gallery owned by David Such, where we store the sculptures and get great photos and videos of them leading up to the festival. They give us a major discount on storing the sculptures. Slag Tag Media is a unique social media management focused on small businesses. PGH Print Ship is a great print shop for stickers, signage, and more, and are providing the competition participants with discounts. SSP Weld is great weld supply shop with an array of equipment and welder needs. BZEMS Group – Merrill Lynch Wealth Management is a local branch of Merrill Lynch that provides excellent financial planning advice and guidance. They build good relationships through teamwork and involvement. We’re very grateful for their support! Weld.com is a phenomenal resource for anyone wanting to get into welding and fabrication. With a ton of educational videos and recommendations on how to get started, they’re helping people understand the power of welding! CK Worldwide is the standard in TIG welding, and have plenty of products and accessories to choose from. TradeFuel Coffee’s moto is Drink Coffee, Build America. With every bag made in Chicago, IL, a portion of their resources goes toward helping people in the trades find opportunities.
We're very grateful to all of these companies for their support, go check them out!
Individual Supporting Sponsors
Major shoutout to the incredible individuals who are also sponsoring ScrapFest 16!
Gary & Emily
Nancy