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About Rassey Industries
A multiple-process machining supplier to Tier 1 and Tier 2 transportation customers since 1970.
Our company
Established in 1970, Rassey Industries has grown into a multiple-process machining supplier to a wide range of Tier 1 and Tier 2 transportation industry customers. Our versatility lets us produce in both low and high volumes.
Using modern CNC technology, we produce precision machined components and assemblies for the automotive, truck and bus industries. Our 36,000 sq. ft., fully air-conditioned facility is in Shelby Township, Michigan, in the heart of the Detroit automotive region.
International relationships
Rassey has built strategic alliances with companies in Asia, Europe, South America, Mexico and Canada. These relationships support customer supply chains, warehousing and distribution, giving our customers price advantages and time-efficient logistics.
- Established
- 1970
- Facility
- 36,000 sq. ft., air-conditioned
- Location
- 50375 Central Industrial Dr., Shelby Township, MI
- Quality system
- IATF 16949:2016
- Industries
- Automotive, truck and bus
Our racing roots
Long before Rassey Industries opened in 1970, its founders were racers. Brothers Ed and Louis (Lou) Rassey both drove on Midwest dirt tracks in the 1930s and 1940s. Lou went on to build engines and enter cars at the Indianapolis 500. Ed ran Rassey Manufacturing in Detroit from 1946, built quarter-midget cars for young drivers in the 1960s, and later backed two road-racing cars: the Formula C “Rassey Hurricane” of 1966 and a Formula 5000 car that raced at Road America and Mid-Ohio in 1975 and 1976.
Lou’s best-known car is the orange No. 26 Automobile Shippers Special, built for the 1948 Indianapolis 500 on a Russ Snowberger chassis. Lou first powered it with a V16 he assembled from Harry Miller parts, then switched to a four-cylinder Offenhauser. Bill Schindler drove it in the 1950 race and was climbing through the field when a universal joint failed. Restored to its 1950 form, the car has since been shown at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
The same hands-on precision that kept those engines together for 500 miles is what our shop still runs on today.
Quality
Our goal is to continuously improve the quality and productivity of everything we produce, with assurance that every process conforms to our customers’ exact requirements.
- IATF 16949:2016 certified, with IATF procedures in all manufacturing processes
- Valeo 1000 approved and P.Q.A. certified
- Advanced quality planning and continuous improvement across our manufacturing teams
- A complete quality department providing incoming, in-process and final inspection on all products
- Reliable local vendors, ISO and IATF certified, for heat treating, plating and coating, and grinding, so we can supply parts complete
- Statistical process control to maintain the capability of every process
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Our people
The employees of Rassey Industries are committed to quality workmanship and on-time delivery at a fair price.
Customers we’ve served
- General Motors
- Ford Motor Company
- Stellantis – Chrysler
- Dauch – American Axle
- Magna
- Dana
- Eaton
- Timken
- Valeo
- Volvo Trucks
- Mack Trucks
- Prevost
- Nova Bus
- Motor Coach Industries
- Workhorse Custom Chassis
- Supply Technologies
- Facil NA
- Michigan Production Machining
- Diamabrush
- Walor – Hirschvogel
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