Prince Manufacturing Adds Longxin Tube Laser to Boost OEM Capabilities

Prince Manufacturing, a contract manufacturing solutions provider based in Mills River, NC, has expanded its metal fabrication capabilities at its Asheville facility with the addition of a new Longxin automated tube laser cutting system. This investment strengthens the company's ability to support OEM customers with precision tube fabrication, welded assemblies, frames, rails, brackets, guards, and other tubular metal components. The new equipment adds automated tube-processing capacity for material up to 3 inches in tube diameter and up to 18 feet in length, featuring a fully automated feed system and square indexing capability. For Prince customers, this investment represents expanded capacity, improved production flexibility, and a stronger platform for North American contract manufacturing programs.

Longxin Laser, a manufacturer specializing in tube laser cutting machines, provides systems designed for processing round, square, rectangular, and profile tubes, supporting industrial metal fabrication applications where accuracy, automation, and repeatability are critical. Prince's Asheville facility already plays a key role in the company's U.S. manufacturing footprint, and the new tube laser cutter enhances its ability to process tubular metal parts more efficiently and with greater repeatability. This type of equipment is especially valuable for OEM customers that use tubular frames, guards, support structures, rails, equipment bases, racks, brackets, handles, and welded assemblies. Instead of relying heavily on manual sawing, measuring, layout, drilling, coping, notching, or secondary fit-up work, tube laser cutting can help consolidate multiple processing steps into a more controlled and repeatable operation. That matters because many OEMs are under pressure to shorten lead times, simplify supplier networks, and improve quality consistency while still controlling cost.

Prince Manufacturing has long positioned itself as a solution provider for OEMs that need more than a single-process supplier. Prince's broader capabilities include metal fabrication, forming, finishing, assembly, packaging, sequencing, and shipping. The company's generic company brochure also lists core services such as laser cutting, turret punching, stamping, press braking, welding, machining, powder coating, liquid coating, e-coating, assembly, kitting, sequencing, and Mexico shelter services. The new tube laser asset fits directly into that model, giving Prince another in-house capability to support customers that want a more integrated supplier for metal fabrication and assembly work. This investment also aligns with the market's broader movement toward North American manufacturing resilience, as many OEMs are reviewing supply chains historically dependent on long-distance sourcing. Prince operates in both the United States and Mexico, offering contract manufacturing, Shelter Manufacturing, and hybrid manufacturing models, giving customers multiple ways to build capacity in North America.