Chicagoland custom machines — built in Hebron, delivered to your floor
When Chicagoland operations need custom machines, the practical choice is the certified shop about an hour away — not a vendor three counties out.
Custom Designed Machines for Chicagoland
Apex Fabrication brings single-purpose machine builds (flamers, wrappers, case sealers) to the Chicagoland area from our shop in Hebron — about an hour away. That distance matters: it's the difference between a same-day site visit and a week of emails, and between freight lead times and a truck that shows up with the work on it.
Around Chicagoland, food & CPG production operations lean on this service hardest. Think of jobs like this one: a flamer stage added ahead of labeling to fix adhesion on HDPE jugs.
Custom Machines capabilities we bring to Chicagoland
- Flame-treatment (flamer) stations for containers and formed parts
- Wrapping and bundling stations for non-standard packs
- Case sealer modifications and purpose-built sealing stations
- Feeders, orienters, and timing screws matched to your product
- Frames and stations built to integrate with existing line controls
- Rebuilds of obsolete single-purpose machines the OEM no longer supports
Custom Machines in Chicagoland — quick answers
How fast can you quote custom machines for Chicagoland?
Most quotes go out within one business day of seeing drawings, photos, or the part itself. For Chicagoland customers we can usually schedule a site visit within the week when measurements are needed.
Are you licensed and insured for work inside our facility?
Yes — fully licensed and insured, with OSHA-trained crew and AWS-certified welders. Certificates of insurance come with your quote on request.
What if equipment goes down in Chicagoland outside business hours?
Call the 24/7 emergency line at (219) 231-5500 any time. Breakdown response runs nights, weekends, and holidays — and Chicagoland is about an hour from our dispatch point in Hebron.
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All services in Chicagoland
Indiana rates and hour-away response for Chicago's south-side and suburban production plants — conveyors, stainless, machines, installs.
Fabrication in Chicagoland →Robotics Integration & Support in Chicagoland
Bases, end-of-arm tooling, guarding, and cell steel for robot installs — the fabrication half of automation, done by people who work in plants.
Robotics in Chicagoland →Custom Industrial Equipment in Chicagoland
Hoppers, tanks, frames, carts, platforms, and one-off equipment builds — fabricated from your drawings, your sketch, or the broken original.
Custom Equipment in Chicagoland →Custom Designed Machines — full details
Flamers, wrappers, case sealers, and one-job machines built for your exact product — when no catalog machine does what your line needs.
The complete service page →Send the drawing. Or just describe the problem.
Quotes within one business day. Emergency calls answered around the clock — because downtime doesn't wait for office hours.
● 24/7 emergency: (219) 231-5500
(219) 509-3083