Contract precision CNC machining in Salem, Massachusetts — on the Boston North Shore. 5-axis Hermle C250, glass-scale Datron M10 Pro, and Mitutoyo Mistar 555 CMM in a temperature-controlled, ITAR-registered facility. Within a one-hour drive of most of the MA defense, aerospace, semiconductor, and medical-device corridor.
We're an hour or less from most of the MA tech cluster. Source-inspection visits, urgent prototype pickup, and face-to-face engineering reviews don't require an airport. Approximate one-way drive times from our Salem facility.
The Commonwealth runs four distinct precision-manufacturing clusters within a ninety-minute radius. Procurement engineers in any of them can have a quote, an inspection visit, and a delivery without leaving the state.
Anchored by the Merrimack Valley and Greater Boston: tier-1 primes, defense subcontractors, government labs, and Hanscom-adjacent programs. ITAR-registered shops with US-citizen workforces are the gating constraint, not capacity.
Engine programs, launch-vehicle subassemblies, and aerospace OEM supply chains running through Greater Boston and the I-95 belt. 5-axis simultaneous and FAI-supported lots are table stakes.
New England semiconductor equipment programs — chamber components, wafer handlers, RF / vacuum subassemblies. Temperature-stable shops with CMM inspection are what wafer-fab OEMs ask for first.
Marlborough / Westborough / Mansfield. Surgical instrument components, implant prototype work, and lab-equipment subassemblies. Traceability and dimensional reporting are the buy criteria, not unit price.
The shop spec a buyer in Andover, Cambridge, or Marlborough can use to confirm fit before opening a quote thread.
Salem, Massachusetts — on Boston's North Shore, about 40 minutes from downtown Boston / Logan, an hour from Cambridge and the I-495 medical-device corridor, and about 45 minutes from the Andover / Tewksbury / Lexington defense belt. Temperature-controlled, ITAR-registered facility.
Yes. Our core cluster is the MA / Greater Boston / Southern NH defense-aerospace-semi-medical corridor, but we ship parts nationwide. STEP / IGES files come in through secure RFQ intake; parts ship on the carrier and lead time your program actually needs.
Yes — source-inspection visits and pre-award shop tours are standard, by appointment. For ITAR-controlled programs, US-citizen verification is required before access to the floor. Local customers do this regularly; it shortens the qualification loop.
For urgent prototype iterations on local jobs, yes. If you're an MA-local procurement engineer with a same-day fit-check on a print revision, we'll coordinate pickup at our Salem facility once parts are off the CMM. Standard shipping nationwide otherwise.
Yes — Kontrast4D is ITAR-registered with the U.S. Department of State, DDTC. US-citizen owned and operated, controlled facility in Salem, MA. We can quote and run export-controlled work without third-party clearance loops.
Quote within one business day on a clean RFQ. First-article delivery typically 2–4 weeks from PO, depending on material availability and complexity. Lights-out production scheduling means we can hit aggressive dates without skipping the CMM.
STEP, IGES, SolidWorks, or PDF. Secure RFQ intake. NDA available on request. Most quotes return within one business day — with price, lead time, and clarifying questions.
