A buyer with a drawing in hand is deciding, within a few minutes, whether you are worth sending it to.
As a metalworking digital agency, we build websites that set out machining and fabrication processes, materials handled, size envelope and tolerances, finishing, quality systems and capacity clearly enough for a serious RFQ to follow.
Process, size envelope, materials and tolerance decide whether a drawing is sent to you at all. We set out the processes you run, the machine envelope on each, the materials and grades you cut, form and weld, the tolerances you hold and the finishes you can supply, so a buyer can match their part against your capability rather than inferring it from photographs of the shop floor.
A buyer with a schedule to hit treats lead time as a technical requirement rather than a commercial detail. Setting out the number and type of machines, the shift pattern, typical turnaround for prototype and production work, and whether you hold stock or work to call-off tells a procurement lead whether you can support the programme, which is usually the second question after capability.
Every order being engineered to a customer drawing does not remove the need for a website; it changes what the website is for. Capability pages, worked examples by sector and part type, and an RFQ route designed for drawings, materials and quantities let a first approach happen without a phone call, which is how a growing share of first approaches now begin.
Quality system certification, welding and NDT approvals, material traceability and inspection capability decide whether you clear a supplier assessment. We present each with its scope and validity rather than as a row of logos, because a buyer qualifying a fabricator needs to know what the certificate covers and whether it extends to the process their part requires.
We do not verify machine capability, certification scope or tolerance claims. We present what your engineering and quality functions confirm, structured so a buyer can assess it and send a drawing.
Code Industrial is the industrial B2B practice of Code Barcelona, an agency building corporate websites and digital platforms since 2015. The same strategy, design and engineering team works on every industrial project, from the first scoping session through to life after launch.
The build priorities for a subcontract metalworking business are set by process capability, the evidence a buyer checks before sending a drawing, and how RFQs reach estimating.
What comes up when building a website for a subcontract manufacturer.
Process by process: the machines and envelope available, axis count where relevant, materials and grades handled, tolerances routinely held, finishing and treatment options, and typical batch sizes. Worked examples by sector and part type help a buyer recognise their own component. The aim is that a buyer can match their drawing against your capability without a call and reach a clear decision to send it or look elsewhere.
Yes. An RFQ route can accept PDF drawings, STEP and DXF files through an upload that stores them outside the public web root and notifies the right estimator, with the fields needed to quote captured alongside them. Where a customer requires it, uploads can be restricted to a registered area with an agreement accepted at registration. The detail that matters most in practice is where the files land and who owns them once they arrive.
With scope and validity, rather than as a row of logos. A quality management or welding certification covers specific processes, materials and locations, and a buyer qualifying a supplier needs to know whether it extends to the process their part requires. Presenting standard, certifying body, covered scope and current validity as structured content lets an assessment proceed, and makes renewal a routine content update instead of a redesign.
Publishing indicative turnaround for prototype and production work, shift pattern and machine count gives a procurement lead what they need to judge whether you can support a programme. Exact current capacity changes weekly and is better handled through the enquiry than published, but a general statement of scale and typical turnaround answers the question most buyers ask second, immediately after capability.
Typically by combining a process, a material and often a location or a size range, rather than by searching a broad category term. That means capability pages need to exist at the level of each process and material combination you want work in, each written with enough substance to rank on its own. Broad terms attract traffic that rarely matches what your shop is set up to do.
Related industrial sectors worth reviewing alongside metalworking.
Tell us which processes you run and how you win work. We will design the capability content and RFQ journey that reflects the engineering behind the business.