This category contains sites concerned with the sale and service of equipment used in the metalworking industry and, in several cases, with extended or alternative applications for shaping and forming plastic, stone, and wood materials. The selection varies from hand tools to advanced and sophisticated machinery, and the objective is the fabrication of parts and components needed for a wide variety of purposes. Such products are at the heart of the Machine Shop business and are also frequently turned out in house by machinery manufacturers for their own use -- and, not the least, for incorporation in the machinery the companies build.

Note: The focus in this category is on the manufacture, supply, and service of equipment. In contrast, sites put together by users of the equipment (such as Machine Shops) are listed in the Casting, Molding, Machining categories.