Tooling in-house
We build our own dies, with support from our Precision Milling division. Changes, repairs and reorders happen on our floor, on our schedule.
Family-owned · Third generation
About Mel‑Co‑Edsince 1948.
A family-owned precision metal stamping company in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, striking badges, medallions, emblems, findings and industrial parts since 1948.
Our story
Three generations on Roosevelt Avenue
Mel-Co-Ed has been stamping metal in Pawtucket since 1948, in a state that built its name on jewelry and metalworking. Today the company is run by the third generation of the same family.
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Milestones
78+ years in Pawtucket
- 1948Mel-Co-Ed is founded in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
- 19__TODO: move to 381 Roosevelt Ave (year?)
- 19__TODO: second generation takes over (year, name)
- 19__TODO: key expansion: new presses, milling division, major product line
- TodayThird generation of the family runs the company, with four divisions under one roof.
Pawtucket, R.I.
Made where American manufacturing started
Pawtucket's Slater Mill, a few minutes from our shop, opened in 1793 and is often called the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. Rhode Island went on to become a center of American jewelry and metalworking.
Mel-Co-Ed is part of that tradition: die-struck findings, emblems and badges, and the tooling skill to make them, still made here.
How we work
What hasn't changed since 1948
One supplier, one schedule
Tooling, stamping and milling happen in one Pawtucket building, so there is one company accountable for your parts.
Family-owned, long-term
Three generations and 78+ years in the same city. We plan in decades, and so do our customers' programs.
Four divisions
What we do today
Raw Stampings & Findings
Unfinished die-struck blanks, jewelry findings and stamped components supplied to jewelers, craft brands and finishers.
Industrial Components
Short- and long-run stamped metal parts built to print: brackets, clips, contacts, washers, shims and custom flat parts.
Finished Goods
Die-struck badges, medallions, awards and fraternal emblems, struck in Pawtucket and finished to your spec.
Precision Milling
In-house CNC milling for die and tool making, plus machined parts and secondary operations on stamped work.