// TEXAS CNC MACHINE SHOP
We don’t just ship to Texas — we’re here. Precision CNC parts for manufacturers from the DFW metroplex to Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, made at a veteran-owned CNC machine shop on US-75 in Van Alstyne.
Rigid Concepts is a veteran-owned Texas machine shop and licensed engineering firm in Van Alstyne — about 50 miles north of downtown Dallas, between McKinney and Sherman. We take on the parts other shops turn away: exotic alloys, tight tolerances, and complex 5-axis geometry. We’d like to earn your business.
Plenty of out-of-state shops will quote a Texas job. Here’s what you get from a CNC machine shop that’s actually here — with the credentials to match:
Whether you’re in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston’s energy corridor, Austin’s tech and medical scene, or San Antonio’s aerospace cluster, your parts are made by one team under one certified quality system:
| Service | What it gets you |
|---|---|
| 5-axis CNC machining in Texas | Complex geometry in a single setup — fewer fixtures and tighter true position |
| Precision CNC milling | Brackets, housings, and sculpted surfaces milled to print, in metal or engineering plastic |
| CNC turning services in TX | Shafts, bushings, and turned-and-milled parts finished in fewer operations |
| Prototype machining in Texas | Fast first articles to prove a design before you commit to production |
| Low-volume & production runs | Reorders that match the first article — documented, repeatable runs from high-mix lots to production |
| Engineering & DFM | A licensed engineering firm reviews your print before metal is cut |
| Quality inspection | First-article inspection when your program calls for it, and traceability on every part |
We machine aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, Inconel, tool steels, copper alloys, and engineering plastics like PEEK — see the materials we machine.
| Based in | Van Alstyne, TX — on US-75 between McKinney and Sherman |
|---|---|
| Service area | All of Texas, plus nationwide shipping |
| Capabilities | 5-axis CNC milling, CNC turning, prototyping, production, engineering |
| Compliance | AS9100D & ISO 9001:2015 · ITAR registered · SBA-certified SDVOSB |
// WHY TEXAS
Texas is one of the nation’s top two manufacturing states. Here’s what that depth means when you buy parts here.
Nearly a million Texans work in manufacturing, and the state is home to more than 50 Fortune 500 headquarters. Metal suppliers, heat treaters, and finishers are in-state — not across the country.
// Top-two U.S. manufacturing stateNationally ranked engineering programs at UT Austin, Texas A&M, and Rice feed one of the country’s largest engineering workforces — people who read your print the way you meant it.
// UT Austin · Texas A&M · RiceTexas is centrally located, with one of the world’s busiest airports at DFW and more road and freight-rail miles than any other state. That keeps shipping simple, whether your parts are headed across Texas or across the country.
// Central U.S. · US-75 corridorChief Executive magazine named Texas its Best State for Business 22 years in a row (2005–2026). No state personal income tax and right-to-work laws keep manufacturers investing here.
// Best State for Business, 2005–2026Texas produces more energy than any other state and leads the nation in natural gas, wind, and utility-scale solar generation, with electricity prices below the national average.
// No. 1 energy-producing stateTexas universities spend roughly $9 billion a year on research and development — third-most of any state — and research programs run on prototypes, test fixtures, and one-off parts.
// Top-three state for university R&D// TEXAS INDUSTRIES
Aerospace, defense, energy, semiconductors, medical, and automotive. Here’s what our shop brings to each.
North Texas is home to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production in Fort Worth, Bell, and a deep aerospace supplier base. Our AS9100D-certified quality system is built for aerospace flow-downs.
// AS9100D · first-article inspectionWe’re registered with the State Department’s DDTC under ITAR, and your controlled drawings stay in our U.S. shop. As an SBA-certified SDVOSB, we’re eligible for SDVOSB set-asides, and subcontracts placed with us count toward primes’ SDVOSB subcontracting goals.
// ITAR · SDVOSBTexas holds about a third of U.S. oil refining capacity. We machine valve bodies, fittings, and downhole parts in Inconel, stainless, and alloy steel for high-pressure, high-temperature service.
// Inconel · stainless · alloy steelJust up US-75 in Sherman, Texas Instruments began production at its 300mm chip fab and GlobalWafers opened its silicon wafer plant, both in 2025. We machine fixtures, brackets, enclosures, and equipment parts for semiconductor and electronics work.
// Enclosures · fixtures · equipment partsHouston’s Texas Medical Center is the largest medical complex in the world. For device makers, we machine titanium, stainless, and PEEK components with the traceability they expect.
// Titanium · PEEK · traceabilityTexas is home to GM’s Arlington Assembly, Toyota’s San Antonio truck plant, and Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas near Austin. For Texas automotive suppliers and motorsport teams, we machine prototypes, fixtures, and low-volume parts.
// Prototypes · fixtures · low volume// SERVICE AREA
Van Alstyne sits on US-75 in Grayson County — an easy drive for customers across North Texas, and a ground shipment away for the rest of the state.
| Area | Approx. distance from Van Alstyne | Local page |
|---|---|---|
| Sherman & Denison | About 15–30 mi · about 20–35 min north on US-75 | Sherman & Grayson County |
| McKinney | Under 20 mi · about 20 min south on US-75 | McKinney machine shop |
| Allen | About 25 mi · about 30 min | Allen CNC machining |
| Plano | About 30 mi · 35–45 min | Plano CNC machining |
| Frisco | About 30 mi · 40–45 min | Frisco CNC machining |
| Dallas | About 50 mi · about an hour | Dallas CNC machining |
| Arlington | About 65 mi · about 1 hr 15 min | Arlington CNC machining |
| Fort Worth | About 75 mi · 1 hr 20–30 min | Fort Worth CNC machining |
| Austin | About 245 mi · shipped by ground | Austin CNC machining |
| Houston | About 285 mi · shipped by ground | Houston CNC machining |
| San Antonio | About 320 mi · shipped by ground | San Antonio CNC machining |
Distances are approximate driving miles. For Tyler, Waco, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, and everywhere else in Texas, we ship. See every Texas location we serve.
// FAQ
We’re in Van Alstyne, Texas, on US-75 in Grayson County — about 50 miles north of downtown Dallas, between McKinney and Sherman. We serve manufacturers across the entire state and ship statewide.
Yes. We work with clients throughout Texas and ship statewide — most Texas destinations are a day or two by ground.
We specialize in the hard parts: 5-axis complexity, exotic alloys like titanium and Inconel, and tight tolerances — with an AS9100D-certified quality system, traceability on every part, first-article inspection when your program calls for it, and ITAR registration for controlled work.
We’re a CNC machine shop in Texas. Your parts are programmed, machined, and inspected in our own Van Alstyne shop — not routed through a network of other suppliers.
Yes. Rigid Concepts is registered with the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) under ITAR, our quality system is certified to AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015, and we’re an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).
Yes. North Texas customers are a short drive up US-75, and we welcome first-article reviews and source inspections at our Van Alstyne shop — just schedule ahead.
Whether you’re developing new technology in Plano or Austin, building energy equipment in Houston, or supporting defense programs in Fort Worth, send us a drawing or STEP file and we’ll come back with pricing and lead time.
ITAR notice: technical data is handled under ITAR-registered controls.