Who We Are

Brodeur Machine Company, Inc. is a 4th generation, family-owned business in New Bedford, MA. Early on, Brodeur Machine’s services focused on the thriving South Coast New England textile and fishing industries. As the economic climate and technology evolved, we too changed our concentration to focus on the burgeoning manufacturing sector.

We catered to any and all maintenance and repair needs, in addition to custom machine building, but as the mills closed their doors and the landscape changed yet again, we knew that we needed to adapt our business model.

BMC Family Owned Business
BMC Factory

We assessed the needs around us and began to supplement the lost manufacturing work by developing relationships with major utilities; servicing them for scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs. The growing precision metal and steel processing industries provided another opportunity to further diversify our skills. We began custom designing and building various types of metal-processing equipment.

Nearly 100 years later, our business has remained customer centric and quality driven. We now concentrate largely on contract manufacturing for a variety of industries and continue to grow through the experience gathered by a century of service.

Our History

1992 BMC was established

1922

Brodeur Machine Company was established 

on Shaw St. in New Bedford by Clement A. Brodeur

1929

BMC moved to its present location on Wood St.

1940

BMC establishes oldest account relationship

Now 80+ years

1944

Raymond Sr. & Andy are deployed in WWII

1950

boys return

and begin growing the shop with an addition to house the welding operation

1952

BMC is asked to create and fabricate a pump to raise the Arizona Sword from the Cape Cod canal

establishing the reputation for taking on difficult jobs

Pump Fabrication Arizona Sword
Clement Retires & Relinquishes Shares To His Sons

1957

Clement retires & relinquishes shares to his sons

eventually leaving Raymond Sr. and Andy as co-owners and the 2nd generation

1964

BMC Fabricates titanium arm for the Alvin

BMC fabricates titanium arm for the alvin
Raymond sr. with Co owners

1973

Raymond Sr. passes away and his sons Ray & Mark join Andy to run the shop

1983-1989

5 Facility Additions are implemented

to accommodate the growing business – enhancing the shop footprint to 28,000 sq ft
Andy Passes And Ray And Mark - BMC CO Owners

1983

Andy passes and Ray and Mark take over as co-owners

ushering in the 3rd generation

1988

Thermal Spray Coating Division is Established

1995

BMC Secures largest PO in company history

to design and build a custom Anneal & Pickle Line

1997

Large Addition is made to the shop

including increasing the overhead lifting capacity to 100 tons

BMC secures largest po in company history
BMC CapeCod Rail Bridge

2003

Cape Cod CANAL Rail Bridge
Repair and Rebuild

2012

Ray passes away leaving Mark as sole owner

2016

Kathryn, Mark’s daughter, joins the company

marking the 4th generation

2020

Major Facility and Equipment Upgrades are made

BMC 100 years Anniversary Logo

2022

100 year anniversary

Employee
Testimonials

“The employees at BMC wear many hats and everyone is always willing to chip in wherever needed.  It’s nice working for a small company that takes great pride in the work that’s produced from beginning to end.”

 

JODY S, 29 YEARS

“I’m proud of the shop, the reputation, the quality of our work and the talent of our staff. We’re not perfect, but we’re damn good at what we do and we also know that in order to remain successful we need to be open to learning and evolving.”

 

KATHRYN H, 7 YEARS

“When potential customers are looking for a shop that can handle challenges, they should consider us. We have a wide array of equipment and personnel with decades of experience that can take on pretty much any project.”

 

FRANK F, 7 YEARS

“A lot of the work that we get is pretty complex, many shops don’t want to touch it. That’s definitely our niche. We owe a great deal of that mindset to Mark, Raymond Jr., and the rest of the folks who came before. They are what pushed us to where we are and set us apart from other shops!”

 

DENNIS B, 23 YEARS

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