OUR STORY
Since 1929.
Dayton Rogers has been turning metal into precision parts American industries have depended on for nearly a century. We are still privately held, still family-led, and still doing it the way that earned the company its reputation: engineer the part for manufacturing, run production in one quality system, and stand behind it.
PRIVATELY HELD
FAMILY-LED
ONE ROOF
We wrote the book on metal forming. Literally.
Generations of our engineers compiled what they learned into the Metalforming Design Handbook, the volume the industry knows as the Red Book. Design guidelines, formulas, and hard-won rules, in one reference engineers across the industry still keep on the desk.
That handbook is the clearest proof of how we think about your part: design authority first. The same engineering team that wrote the reference is the team that reviews your drawing for manufacturing, so cost and lead time get solved before a die is ever cut.
HERITAGE
Nearly a century of precision.
1929
Dayton Rogers is founded.
Precision metal stamping, from Minneapolis.
THE RED BOOK
We author the Metalforming Design Handbook.
Our engineers’ design rules become an industry reference, the Red Book.
FOUR PLANTS
Dayton Rogers grows to four U.S. facilities.
Minneapolis, MN; Columbus / Obetz, OH; Arlington, TX; and Newberry, SC, placed to keep lead times short.
2025
Stephanie Lowry is named Chief Executive Officer.
The same year she’s recognized as a 2025 Woman of Excellence in Metal Forming & Fabricating by the Precision Metalforming Association.
IN MOTION
Sixty seconds
on the floor.
Four U.S. plants, one quality system, filmed where the work happens: progressive and deep-draw stamping, laser and brake-press fabrication, robotic welding, powder coating, and assembly.
Minneapolis, MN · Columbus, OH · Arlington, TX · Newberry, SC
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LEADERSHIP
A receptionist who became CEO.
Stephanie Lowry joined Dayton Rogers as a receptionist. In 2025, she was named its Chief Executive Officer.
It’s the kind of story a family-led, woman-led manufacturer that’s been at this since 1929 can tell, because it’s true, not because it polls well. Ron Lowry, Owner and Chairman, continues to guide the company alongside her. Together they lead a business that still answers to a family, not a fund.
In 2025, Stephanie was named a Woman of Excellence in Metal Forming & Fabricating by the Precision Metalforming Association, where she is a past chair of the Southeast District. In 2026, she was honored at the SCBIZ Leaders in Business & Finance Awards.
Stephanie Lowry
Chief Executive Officer · Dayton Rogers
Ron Lowry
Owner & Chairman of the Board
Mike Ingalls
Executive Director of Engineering & Development
Marvin Wreh
Executive Director of Operations
Darrin Carlson
Chief Financial Officer
HOW WE WORK
A total project partner.
A stamper, a finisher, and an assembler under one partner who runs the whole part.
ONE ROOF
Prototype through production
Your part runs on the same line, in the same quality system, from first article to full volume.
ENGINEER-FIRST
DFM by design
We optimize for manufacturing before tooling, and we help you move between fabrication and stamping as volume and cost change.
PERSONAL
Real service
Customers stay because we’re prompt, responsive, and accountable, not because they’re locked in.
U.S. PLANTS
Four U.S. plants
Four U.S. facilities, privately held, family-led, since 1929.
CAREERS
Open roles.
Four U.S. plants. Toolmakers, operators, and engineers who like making parts that last.
Tool & Die Operator
Blaine, MN
Full-time
Tooling
Pay: $25.00–$35.00/hour. Schedule: 10-hour shifts, 4x10. Maintain, repair, and build tools to meet customer specifications safely and efficiently. Perform basic machining, disassembly, repair, and reassembly tasks under supervision.
Press Room Lead 2nd Shift
Blaine, MN
Full-time
Stamping
Pay: $25.00–$29.00/hour, based on experience. Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 6:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Dayton Rogers is seeking an experienced Press Room Lead to help oversee daily production and support our Press Room team. This position coordinates employees and production activities to ensure parts are produced safely, efficiently, and according to customer specifications.
Press Room Lead 1st Shift
Blaine, MN
Full-time
Stamping
Pay: $25.00–$29.00/hour, based on experience. Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 6:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Dayton Rogers is seeking an experienced Press Room Lead to help oversee daily production and support our Press Room team. This position coordinates employees and production activities to ensure parts are produced safely, efficiently, and according to customer specifications.
Turret Operator
Blaine, MN
Full-time
Fabrication
Pay: $18.00–$22.00/hour. Schedule: Day shift. We are looking for a dependable Turret Operator/Fabricator to join our manufacturing team. In this role, you will operate fabrication equipment to produce quality parts according to customer specifications while maintaining a safe and efficient work environment.
WORK WITH US
Put 1929 to work on your part.
Send a production drawing or describe what you are sourcing. Our engineers review every RFQ for DFM and process path, prototype through production.