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Introducing Farwest Steel’s New Long-Forming Press Brakes: Bigger, Stronger, Smarter Manufacturing Support

This investment in capacity, capability, and customer value opens the door to larger, more complex projects across the construction, transportation, infrastructure, energy, and equipment manufacturing industries, many of which previously had to send large, long-form jobs hundreds or even thousands of miles away.

If your job needs long, thick, consistently precise bends, delivered faster and with fewer seams, these machines were built for you.

Why This Product Launch Matters

For decades, structural fabricators and manufacturers across the West Coast have had to send large long-forming jobs outside the region to find the right combination of tonnage, tooling, and throughput. According to our Director of Sales and Operations, Stewart McCondochie, customers often had to go outside the Western United States for similar capacities. That distance added cost, complicated logistics, and extended lead times.

Farwest’s new press brakes change that equation entirely. By bringing the West Coast’s most comprehensive long-forming capacity under the Farwest Steel roof, we’ve combined world-class tonnage and tooling with process engineering that adds real value: shorter timelines, fewer handoffs, and cleaner, stronger finished parts for industries like infrastructure, transportation, and automotive manufacturing.

Contact us today to partner with Farwest Steel so you can reduce welds, shorten schedules, and simplify logistics on your next project, all with one vertically-integrated provider.

What a Press Brake Does

A press brake is a precision machine that takes flat material and applies accurate bends to create a formed product. As Dave Hendricks, Farwest’s Director of Sales and Operations for the Steel Division, explains it, a press brake applies controlled tonnage with the ram across the linear feet of the material to achieve a specified geometry.

In practice, this means we can form longer, thicker, and wider components as single pieces, dramatically reducing weld seams and the downstream time, cost, and risk those seams create. That’s a game-changer for structural fabricators and manufacturers that rely on long, continuous components for strength and fit-up.

Key Capabilities at a Glance

We designed this installation around what our customers have been asking for: longer lengths, larger leg sizes, higher tonnage, and smarter material flow. Here’s what stands out:

These specs translate directly into productivity for customers across sectors like infrastructure, automotive, aircraft, energy, material handling, and transportation, where precision and throughput are essential.

More Than a Machine: A Smarter Forming Bay

A powerful press brake delivers the most value when it’s integrated into a well-engineered workflow. We built this installation from the ground up to move metal with as few touches as possible:

Fewer Seams, Stronger Parts, and Faster Builds

One of the most obvious ways these brakes create value is by reducing weld seams. With 60 feet of length and the ability to form 4-foot legs, we can produce single-piece components that used to be assembled from several shorter pieces. As a result, this delivers:

Markets and Applications We Can Now Serve

These press brakes were specified to serve a wide array of applications and industries. Examples include:

Designed for Precision at Scale

Big tonnage and length are only advantageous if accuracy is repeatable end-to-end. That’s why we paired capacity with control:

Comprehensive Solutions Under One Roof

A standout machine is only one component of Farwest’s overall value. What sets us apart is the combination of dedicated employees, inventory, first- and second-stage processing, and logistics: all coordinated by teams who solve problems daily for manufacturers and structural fabricators.

Innovation That Serves a Mission: Let’s Build the Next Big Thing

For West Coast manufacturers, structural fabricators, and infrastructure providers, the game has changed. You no longer have to ship heavy, long-forming work out of region to get the tonnage, length, and precision your project demands. Farwest Steel now offers the West’s most capable long-forming press brakes, integrated into a high-velocity workflow and backed by deep inventory, certified welding, and best-in-class logistics.

If you have a timeline that would benefit from fewer seams and trips across the map, let’s talk. Our team would love to review your application, recommend forming strategies and die setups, and map a path that saves time, reduces risk, and delivers a cleaner, stronger result.

Contact us today to partner with Farwest Steel so you can reduce welds, shorten schedules, and simplify logistics on your next project, all with one vertically-integrated provider.