Founded by John and Valerie Schwochert in 1997 Proto-1 Manufacturing is an innovative company of original equipment manufactu ... red for the tube and pipe industry. We focus on new technology and customer service with every machine we engineer. Our sales team works closely with our engineering department and will assist customers with development of cell integration, robotics and automation in progressive tube end forming systems requiring single or combinations of beading, flaring, cutoff / trim after bend, offset expansion, swaging, piercing, coping, slotting and deburring of metal tube to customer specifications. read more