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I’ve spent my career building things—first as an engineer at Ford, then as a founder building Fictiv, and now as President of MISUMI Americas. And one thing has always frustrated me: how hard we make it to actually build hardware.
Today, that changes.
As I take the helm as President of MISUMI Americas, sourcing standard and custom parts from one place will, for the first time, be seamless and straightforward. This is more than a merger. It’s the future of manufacturing.
Why this matters
For too long, engineering teams have been forced into a broken system. You buy standard parts from one place. You source custom parts from another. Prototypes live somewhere else. Production lives somewhere else again. Every handoff adds delay, risk, and cost. More importantly, it blocks innovation.
That’s not innovation—that’s friction.
MISUMI Americas is built to remove that friction. By combining MISUMI’s precision components with Fictiv’s digital manufacturing platform, we’re creating one system that supports everything from idea to production.
Where MISUMI Americas begins
MISUMI is world-class at precision. The company has spent decades building a catalog of configurable components with tight tolerances, consistent quality, and fast delivery. It’s built on Japanese manufacturing discipline—execution, reliability, and continuous improvement.
Fictiv was built to fix the other half of the problem: custom manufacturing. We created AI-powered software that lets engineers get parts quoted instantly, get manufacturability feedback early, and access global production capacity without the usual chaos. To date, Fictiv has produced more than 35 million parts.
Put those together, and you get MISUMI Americas.
Why custom and standard together change everything
Real products aren’t “standard” or “custom.” They’re both. Every serious product combines off-the-shelf components with custom-designed parts.
Yet the industry still treats them as separate worlds. That approach is outdated.
With MISUMI Americas, engineers don’t have to think about where parts come from—they just build. Standard, configurable, machined, and molded parts all come together in one system.
That means fewer vendors, fewer surprises, and a lot less wasted time.
What we’re building
MISUMI Americas gives teams access to millions of standard and configurable components, along with digital access to custom manufacturing services such as CNC machining, injection molding, die casting, sheet metal, and additive manufacturing.
It’s all powered by software that gives instant quoting, AI-driven manufacturability feedback, and global production options.
This isn’t a catalog company. It’s not a job shop. It’s a manufacturing platform.
Who this is for
We’re building this for the people actually doing the work.
We support teams in climate tech, robotics, medical devices, EV, aerospace, factory automation, and advanced hardware. We work with startups trying to ship their first product and with global OEMs scaling massive programs.
If you’re building physical products, this platform is for you.
Why this is a game changer
For engineers, this means less time chasing vendors and more time designing. It means faster iterations, fewer surprises in production, and a much smoother path from CAD to part.
For supply chain leaders, it means fewer suppliers, better visibility, faster time to market, and stronger resilience. It means turning sourcing into a competitive advantage instead of a bottleneck.
Why I’m excited
I built Fictiv because I was tired of how hard it was to make products. I joined MISUMI because they’re obsessed with precision, reliability, and execution.
MISUMI Americas is where those two worlds finally come together.
Our goal is simple: make it dramatically easier to go from idea to production. Not someday. Not theoretically. Right now.
Manufacturing’s future won’t be defined by complexity, but by how simply great ideas get built.
And that’s exactly what we’re here to do. Let’s go!
