Midwest Control Products Corp., Manufacturers of Ball Joints, Yoke Ends, Spherical Rod ends, Wireforms, Tube Fabrications

History

Location

 

Headquarters:

590 East Main Street, Bushnell, IL 61422 USA
Ph: 309-772-3163 • Fx: 309-772-2266 • e-mail: info@midwestcontrol.com

History

  Midwest Control Products Corp (MCP) began operations in 1967 and operates factories in Bushnell, Illinois and Hidalgo, Mexico with Sales Offices in Bushnell, IL, USA, and Oxon, United Kingdom. Originally a tube fabricator, MCP has expanded its product line over the years to now include linkages (ball joints, clevises, clevis spring pins, spherical rod ends and yoke ends), flat bar fabrications, tube fabrications, upset forgings, wireforms, contract zinc electroplating, contract powder painting, and push pull cables. Today, MCP ships to over 5,200 different OEM's (original equipment manufacturers) and distributors worldwide.  

Quality Systems

  Registered to ISO9001 and Q9001-2000 since 1997 with AQA of Columbia, South Carolina.

Niche Products and Processes

 

Linkages:

Components: Ball Joints, Push-Pull Cables, Clevises, Clevis Spring Pins, Yoke Ends, Spherical Rod Ends, Eye Rod Ends. We handle almost all configurations, styles and thread types of linkage ends including inch and metric sizes, SAE and DIN configurations. We stock over 1,000,000 spherical rod ends, 600,000 ball joints, and 700,000 clevises.

Rod Assemblies: Any volume, including the connecting rod and any linkage end.

Full Modules: Low to Medium Volume (250 to 25,000 pcs/year) including all linkage subcomponents, connecting rods, shift levers, rubber boots, knobs, hardware, mounting brackets, wireharness, etc.

 

Painting, Contract:

Low to Medium Volume (< 100,000 pcs/year) - Powder Paints Only. 24" x 24" x 90" profiles.

 

Plating, Contract:

Any Volume - zinc yellow, zinc clear and zinc black (36" wide tanks)

 

Tube Fabrications:

Low to Medium Volume (500 to 50,000 pcs/year) - welded, bent, painting, swaged, machined and formed structural tubes are our specialty. Typical applications include grab handles, ladders, guard rails, welded shift levers, bellcranks, supports and braces. OD's: 0.500" to 1.500". Walls: 0.06" to 0.375". We form, machine and fabricate over 900 tons of tubing per year.

 

Upset Forgings :

Low to Medium Volume (500 to 50,000 pcs/year), diameters up to 0.750".

 

Wireforms:

General: MCP excels at complicated wireforms utilizing combined processes such as threading, forming, machining, welding, collaring and painting/plating. We form, machine and fabricate over 600 tons of bar and wire per year.

Collared: Any Volume
Non-Threaded: Low to Medium Volume (500 to 50,000 pcs/year)
Threaded: Any Volume
Welded: Low to Medium Volume (250 to 50,000 pcs/year)
   
Materials/Sizes: Up to 0.750" Ø carbon steel (1008/1045), stainless or aluminum

 


 


Midwest Control Products Corp.
590 East Main Street, Bushnell, IL 61422 USA
Ph: (309)772-3163     e-mail: info@midwestcontrol.com     Fx: (309) 772-2266

Unit 9 Nimrod Business Park, De Havilland Way, Witney, Oxon OX29 0YG United Kingdom
Ph: +44 (0)1993-849560    e-mail: djm@midwestcontrol.co.uk     Fx: +44 (0)1993-706920

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