Your Single-Source Diversity Supplier

Do you want to maximize your profitability with Tier 1 and Tier 2 purchasing to address your diversity initiative?

The varied skills, life experiences and technical expertise of our craftspeople at Valley Grinding & Manufacturing provide cost savings, process improvements and product innovations that achieve our sustainability and yours. When we partner with organizations like yours that embrace a diverse culture, you can expect unparalleled excellence that adds value to your value chain, your products and your consumers.

Quality Cutting Products and Services
As a woman-owned business, we are a leader in manufacturing supplier diversity. We provide the highest quality, customized cutting products and services for your specific industrial applications, all powered by innovative solutions.

As the CEO of Valley Grinding & Manufacturing, Kim Utschig provides strategic leadership for a long-term vision to best serve our customers. She guides new ideas, fresh perspectives, constructive discussion, different creative approaches and insights into your diverse markets.
In addition, she actively guides our growth, challenges the status quo, inspires our teams and streamlines operations to exceed your expectations and outcomes.

A WBENC-Certified Company
Valley Grinding & Manufacturing is certified as a Women`s Business Enterprise by the Women`s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation`s largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States.

WBENC`s national standard of certification, implemented by the Women`s Business Development Center-Chicago, is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm that the business is at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.

By including women-owned businesses among their suppliers, corporations and government agencies, WBENC`s certification demonstrates our commitment to fostering diversity and the continued development of our supplier diversity programs.

Our WBENC Certification Number is #WBE1600498. For more information about WBENC, visit wbenc.org.

Meeting Your Industrial Cutting Needs
Valley Grinding & Manufacturing is your complete metal manufacturing, sharpening, grinding and service management partner for your industrial cutting needs. We specialize in critical angle and dimension machining and manufacturing. Find out more about our products and services. Plus, learn about the types of shear slitting, height adjustments, trouble shooting your cuts, terminology, safety guidance and more from our full training guide.

Please contact us if you are interested in finding out more about our supplier diversity initiatives or how we can help your bottom line.

Proud to Be a Woman-Owned Business
Valley Grinding & Manufacturing is proud to be a certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) by the United States Small Business Administration. This program allows government contracting officers to set aside specific contracts for certified WOSBs and helps federal agencies achieve the existing statutory goal of five percent of federal contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.

We are excited for the opportunities this certification can provide you in order to meet the federal regulations or set-aside requirements. Our SBAWOSB Certification Number is #W0SB170140.

Our Diversity Policy
Valley Grinding & Manufacturing is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and company`s achievement as well.

We embrace and encourage our employees differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Valley Grinding & Manufacturing`s diversity initiatives are applicable, but not limited to, our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional development and training; promotions; transfers; social and recreational programs; layoffs; terminations; and the ongoing development of a work environment built on the premise of gender and diversity equity that encourages and enforces:

Respectful communication and cooperation between all employees.

Teamwork and employee participation, permitting the representation of all groups and employee perspectives. Work-life balance through flexible work schedules to accommodate employees varying needs. Employer and employee contributions to the communities we serve to promote a greater understanding and respect for the diversity.

All employees of Valley Grinding & Manufacturing have a responsibility to treat others with dignity and respect at all times. All employees are expected to exhibit conduct that reflects inclusion during work, at work functions on or off the work site, and at all other company-sponsored and participative events. All employees are also required to attend and complete annual diversity awareness training to enhance their knowledge to fulfill this responsibility. Any employee found to have exhibited any inappropriate conduct or behavior against others may be subject to disciplinary action. Employees who believe they have been subjected to any kind of discrimination that conflicts with the company`s diversity policy and initiatives should seek assistance from a supervisor or an HR representative.

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