About Taylor Iron

Founded in 1920, Taylor Iron-Machine Works is a 4th generation family-owned small manufacturing business. We specialize in short-run and production build-to-print requirements utilizing our broad capabilities to machine, form/bend, turn, weld, and assemble parts. We take great pride in our employees' continual commitment to providing outstanding customer service, aggressive lead times and flexibility in the face of ever-changing market demands.

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Our History

Not a lot of companies can say they’ve been around nearly a century like ours. The same year that Joe Kincl started Taylor Iron-Machine Works – 1920– Americans were scrambling to buy the new Ford Model T, women had just been given the right to vote and Prohibition was in full swing.

Joe learned his trade as a young man working in a European locksmith shop. His vision for Taylor Iron was to deliver the high-quality craftsmanship and exceptional service that he had honed through his early experience. Friendly, personal one-on-one service and good old-fashioned honest hard work helped Taylor Iron quickly grow. Always a family owned business, it was incorporated in 1928. Arnold Cuba, Joe’s future son-in-law, became its general manager in 1935. In 1994 his daughter Carolyn Cuba Hickman assumed that role until passing it on to her brother Arnold Cuba Jr. in 2012. In 2020, Joe’s great-grandson, Curtis Hickman, stepped into the new role of CEO, continuing the family legacy that Joe created so long ago.

We’ve weathered a lot of changes in the world since our beginnings, and we’ve evolved as our customers’ needs have evolved. Our 45,000-sq. ft. facility in quiet little Taylor, Texas, is home to state-of-art equipment, leading-edge techniques and some of the most seasoned engineers and machinists in the industry.