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“We can make up to a 58-yard dipper (bucket) that holds up to 90 tons of material in one scoop,” Mitchell said. “It takes three scoops to fill up one of the dump trucks they use in mining.”

The company makes the large counter weights placed on the rear of mining shovels, as well as several other smaller components for the machines. It also builds frames for 75-ton crawlers that Bucyrus and Joy Global make for the mining industry.

In addition, Monarch has developed expertise in making pump components and housings used in the cooling systems for power generation plants and municipal wastewater treatment facilities, Mitchell said.

“We did all of the pump shells and housings for the Oak Creek power plant,” he said. “We fabricated, machined and assembled all of it.”

Power generation will be a growth industry for Monarch, Mitchell said, because of the growing international demand for electricity. The company has made several robotic telescoping mast assemblies that have become pieces in a robotic material handling system that pushes and pulls fuel cells into and out of nuclear reactors, and the firm recently began working on steam turbine equipment for Siemens.

“Power generation is a growth segment (for the company),” Mitchell said. “We can do some very unique applications.”