Built to Handle It All: TORQ Manufacturing Tackles Diverse Projects from Aerospace to Audio
We’ve had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects—from complex aerospace components to high-profile parts for home audio systems. That range isn’t just interesting; it’s foundational to how we’ve grown as a shop. The more we’ve learned across industries, the more equipped we’ve become to solve complex challenges with practical, real-world solutions.
Precision Across Every Industry
Our team has supported projects in rail, consumer electronics, aerospace, medical, oil and gas and more. Each industry comes with its own standards, materials, and constraints. Learning to navigate those differences has helped us build a kind of adaptability that can’t be taught in a single discipline. Most of the parts we make are being built for the first time and that reality forces us to ask questions, think critically, and develop repeatable processes quickly. Experience across such a broad range of applications has given us a strong foundation for identifying what works—and just as importantly, what doesn’t.
One Team. Many Perspectives.
A common thread across industries is that every project has trade-offs: between performance and cost, speed and accuracy, ideal specs and real-world manufacturing conditions. We’ve found that working in diverse sectors gives us the tools to help navigate those trade-offs more effectively. As our CEO/President, Kyle Ellis explains,
"We're definitely able to look at a part and be able to say, what are you trying to accomplish here?... That can save money because they can open up tolerances or maybe spec a different material. Sometimes they'll spec stuff that's just... expensive, has, say, for example, a lot of stress in the material. So when you cut it, it's going to move around a little bit... If you just switch to this material, we eliminate that issue."
These are the kinds of insights that come from hands-on experience—not just in one field, but across many. That breadth makes a difference when you’re looking to improve outcomes.
Learning Through the Work
We’re a team that likes to figure things out. That shows up in the shop when we’re working through new setups, and it shows up in moments that might seem small but matter—a material that’s cracking in heat treat or, as Ellis recently experienced, a labeling printer that goes down before a shipment,
“I was here Friday night because there was a problem with a printer that we use to mark
parts. I can't leave this until we get it figured out."
That tenacity has become part of our culture. We try to work with engineers, not just for them, and we value open communication because it helps everyone involved get better.
Final Thoughts
Working across industries has taught us to be flexible, practical, and persistent. It’s helped us build a team that’s comfortable navigating uncertainty and confident in its ability to deliver.
We’re still learning—but we bring a lot of perspective to the table. And that perspective helps us make better parts, ask better questions, and support a broader range of projects.
