Marian, Inc. Breaks Ground on New Machine Shop
We’re excited to announce the start of a significant expansion to our Indianapolis headquarters! August 14, 2017 marked the groundbreaking ceremony of the space that will house Marian Inc’s new machine shop. Marian President William Witchger and other Marian, Inc. executives came together with project leaders from Shiel Sexton, the general contractor selected for the construction, to mark the occasion.
New Machine Shop Will Help Grow Capabilities
This new facility will extend the building to the south and bring Marian’s tool and shop staff and all machine building processes under one roof. Since 1993, Marian has operated multiple machine shop operations on Indianapolis’s near-east side.
This addition will allow us to consolidate those [machining] operations into one location making us significantly more efficient and quickly effective.
As many of our good customers know and have seen when visiting any of our production facilities around the world, we proudly produce many of our own die cutting machines and other converting equipment. We manufacture creative and unique processes that enable us to produce finished parts that offer a custom solution to our customers. Through our machine design and build capabilities, we strive to offer our customers solutions to complex manufacturing issues in their products and assembly processes.
Marian’s new machine shop will allow us to continue delivering the highest quality custom, die-cut solutions to our customers in an even more efficient manner.
Marian Executive Team Breaking Ground
Shiel Sexton team leading Marian, Inc expansion
Marian, Inc. machine shop construction
Construction Partners and Project Timeline
Construction of the 12,000 square foot expansion is being provided by Shiel Sexton, a well-known and highly respected general contractor in the Midwest and the Southeast.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with regional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, Shiel Sexton’s work includes:
- office complexes (Stanley Security Solutions, Delta Faucet)
- health care centers (Sydney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital, IU Health West Hospital)
- higher education buildings (University of South Carolina, University of Notre Dame, Butler University, Indiana University)
- industrial plants and offices (Rolls-Royce, Fed-Ex), to name a few.
Lead by project manager David Taylor, work has begun in earnest at Marian and plans are that the building will be “under roof” before cold weather sets in.
Marian project leader Greg Crafts is excited to be part of the progress.
This new expansion is one of many milestones in our 63 years of business in Indianapolis and is perfectly aligned with our quality policy: satisfy our customers, continuously improve, and create a better work environment.
Marian Inc’s new machine shop will serve all global Marian locations and help further differentiate us from competitors by allowing us to build machinery to tackle the most difficult applications for customers. Learn more about the custom converting processes each of our locations around the world use to deliver the same high-quality components made from thin, flexible materials.
