INDUSTRY SPECIFIC EXPERTISE

The Clayton Edward Group (CEG) is a well established niche recruiting firm with over 25 years experience serving the METAL FORMING INDUSTRY throughout North America. As specialists serving metal forming clients, we are continually in the marketplace networking with professionals involved in the industry and gathering intelligence on companies, prospective candidates (current and future) and on the industry itself. We have developed a comprehensive database, spanning over 20 years, allowing us to track companies and careers of the market we serve. Of even greater value to our clients is the well established network of leading metal forming professionals we have maintained throughout our 25 years of service. This network of long term relationships allows us to identify top talent through referrals by highly respected industry leaders.

Furthermore, as we are in the metal forming market daily, we have unique insight into the industry including trends, plant closings/downsizing, new start ups/expansions, mergers and acquisitions.

INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE = CREDIBILITY

CEG’s vast experience in serving the METAL FORMING INDUSTRY provides us with a depth of knowledge that non specialists just don’t have. We understand your processes and have toured metal forming facilities throughout the U.S. We understand our clients and what they do. We can communicate effectively with industry professionals because we are industry professionals! This greatly enhances our ability to penetrate to the right sources and then communicate effectively with targeted resources and ultimately attract the industries top talent. Our tenure in this industry, coupled with strict adherence to sound recruitment principles, has earned CEG a reputation we are proud of. As a result, we currently have many long term client relationships. References are readily available.

BROAD RANGE OF INDUSTRY SPECIFIC SEARCH CAPABILITIES

CEG’s search capabilities include C-level positions thru corporate and plant level leadership roles in Operations, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Quality and Human Resources. We have experience with all types of metal forming including METAL STAMPING, METAL FABRICATION, ROLL FORMING, TUBULAR, TOOL & DIE as well as value added WELDING/ASSEMBLY and FINISHING operations . Our 25 years of experience has provided us with a wealth of experience conducting searches for metal forming clients serving a wide variety of industries such as Automotive (OEM, Tier 1-3), Appliance, Consumer Products, Military and numerous other markets. Our clients are diverse, ranging from major OEM multi-national entities to privately held single location operations.