About Taycar
Our Company History
1983
Founded by Jim Smith
Taycar Enterprises Inc. was founded by Jim Smith in 1983.
1984
Awarded First Major Contract
Air Force Weapons Laboratory (AFWL) contract to modify an aircraft for electro-magnetic pulse testing.
1990
Sandia Labs Contract
Taycar began work on a contract from Sandia National Laboratories to fabricate scale tractor-trailers for crash testing for the Department of Energy.
1991
First CNC Equipment
First piece of CNC equipment - a ten station CNC turret punch.
1999
Explosives Detection Portal project
Taycar works with Sandia National Labs on the Explosives Detection Portal project.
2001
New Facility
Taycar built and moved into a larger facility, in order to meet the growing demand for our services.
We also added water jet cutting as a capability with a new Flow 6012 Integrated Flying Bridge shape cutting system.
2002
ISO 9001:2000 Training and Compliance
Taycar completed its ISO 9001:2000 training and achieved compliance and was awarded on-going contract work from Los Alamos National Laboratories for manufacturing support of national security projects.
2004
New CNC Equipment
Added some new CNC equipment to keep up with demand. Strippit ST-1212, 26 station CNC turret punch and a Cincinnati Proform, 4 axis, CNC press brake.
2018
New Water Jet Equipment
Added Flow Mach 500 water jet. It features a 2 meter x 4 meter (6.5' x 13') cutting bed and 94,000 psi pump.