SanCo Sales

SanCo Sales is a manufacturers' representative and sourcing agency that matches buyers with vetted domestic and overseas manufacturers for custom industrial components. John Sandifer, CPMR, founded the agency in January 2001 after more than two decades in the manufacturers' representative business covering accounts in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Parts are quoted from prints or from a stated performance requirement, with the agency routing the job to a supplier, aligning specifications and inspection early, and coordinating secondary operations under a single point of accountability.

Stated coverage is Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Houston), Oklahoma and Arkansas, with domestic and overseas options depending on project fit and timeline. The supplier network is described as more than 30 manufacturing locations across 17 states, totaling over two million square feet of manufacturing capacity. Named customers include STIHL, Gardner Denver, Komatsu, L3Harris, Emerson, Kongsberg, Martin Sprocket and Gear, and AAON.

## Casting capacity

The casting network is listed at more than 600,000 square feet across 12 locations in 8 states, covering ferrous and non-ferrous alloys including gray iron, ductile iron, carbon and stainless steel, nickel-base alloys, aluminum, bronze and brass. Sand molding runs from DisaMatic automatic lines through floor molding and no-bake.

| Casting process | Size range |
| --- | ---: |
| Sand, gray iron | Ounces to 50,000 lbs |
| Sand, ductile iron | Up to 20,000 lbs |
| Sand, carbon and alloy steel | 5 to 10,000 lbs |
| Sand, bronze and brass | Up to 6,000 lbs |
| Centrifugal bronze | Up to 6,000 lbs, 100 in OD |
| Investment | Up to 275 lbs |
| Permanent mold, aluminum and zinc | Up to 150 lbs |

Overseas casting and powder metal work is quoted FOB Texas and supported by American-employed engineers based in Asia, covering die casting, sand casting, permanent mold and metal injection molding.

## Metal stamping

For stampings the agency is backed by WRICO, which it describes as the largest short-to-medium run stamping company in the United States. That partner is listed with more than 200 presses in the 60 to 400 ton range, 423,000 square feet of stamping capacity and roughly 600 employees, tooling built in house, quantities from one piece to 500,000 pieces, and material up to half an inch thick.

## Industries and quality systems

Named industries served are aerospace, defense, automotive, oil and gas, mining and general industrial. Compliance lanes available across the supplier network include:

- AS9100
- ISO 9001
- ITAR registration
- NADCAP accreditation