Vigor’s Complex Fabrication teams have their roots in the exceptional reputation forged by Oregon Iron Works. Founded in 1944, Oregon Iron Works (OIW) quickly became a pioneering force in the fabrication and manufacturing industries. In 2014, OIW merged with Vigor bringing with it a track record of success as a structural fabricator in the demanding hydroelectric, bridge and civil construction trades. Today Vigor continues this tradition of innovation for the marine, aerospace, nuclear, and renewable energy industries building varied products ranging from complex bridges to sophisticated military patrol craft in steel, stainless, aluminum, titanium or other exotic materials.

In-house CNC capabilities include cutting, burning, shearing, milling, machining, turning, forming, rolling, painting and sophisticated inspection. Our integrated machine shop houses one of the largest custom CNC floor mills on the West Coast.We fabricate to the highest quality standards. Our customers receive reliability, predictability, performance and quality through their entire project’s fabrication schedule. The result is outstanding finished product, from the material sourced, to the complete documentation.This combination of experience and advanced equipment has resulted in a company that not only specializes in products for a specific industry, but can readily respond to new customer requirements and apply unique solutions across a variety of manufacturing and engineering disciplines. Experience our outstanding customer service.

Over the years Vigor Complex Fabrication teams (formerly Oregon Iron Works) have earned a worldwide reputation for excellence in complex steel and metals fabrication, mechanical equipment manufacturing, and systems integration. The company maintains a continuous commitment to the evaluation and improvement of technology and processes and takes great pride in not only meeting, but exceeding our customers expectations in all areas, including performance, design, logistics, schedule, delivery, and cost. Our reputation for quality and innovation is backed up by the successful completion of hundreds of our customers most complex and challenging projects.

Our main manufacturing facility located in Clackamas, OR (near Portland) provides the most experienced team managers and highly skilled craftsman in the industry. Additional manufacturing facilities in Vancouver, WA and Vigor’s strategically located facilities throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska provide an unparalleled level of capability and performance to our customers.

Our History

Vigor’s Complex Fabrication teams have their roots in the exceptional reputation forged by Oregon Iron Works. Founded in 1944, Oregon Iron Works (OIW) quickly became a pioneering force in the fabrication and manufacturing industries. In 2014, OIW merged with Vigor bringing with it a track record of success as a structural fabricator in the demanding hydroelectric, nuclear, bridge and civil construction trades. Today Vigor continues this tradition of innovation for the marine, aerospace, nuclear, and renewable energy industries building varied products ranging from complex bridges to sophisticated military patrol craft in steel, stainless, aluminum, titanium or other exotic materials.

We actively seek and excel in projects with greater degrees of technical difficulty, and with higher demands for quality and superb logistical management – – from the CNC machining to the final paint process. The outstanding technical expertise demonstrated on past projects, combined with a willingness to design and fabricate custom, challenging work, makes us the ideal partner for your next project.Delivering outstanding quality, price and schedule for our customers, drives every step of our fabrication. We guide our business with the simple objective of having satisfied customers and repeat business.

Equipment & Manufacturing
Vigor Complex Fabrication teams provide systems engineering and integration along with first class manufacturing facilities that enable us to provide a full range of products to our customers from structural metal fabrication to turn key design products with complex control systems.

Fabricating and manufacturing facilities include computer aided design systems; computer aided manufacturing machines, and CNC machining equipment. Quality Control personnel are qualified in all non-destructive examination (NDE) disciplines, with the exception of radiography, which is well supported by qualified inspection companies.In addition to these manufacturing capabilities, our fabricators are skilled in the practical requirements imposed by the fabrication and assembly of critical components and precision machined weldments, and the testing, demonstration, and transportation of these systems. Vigor operates a fully equipped CNC machine shop, utilizing the latest programming software, capable of servicing both large and small components. Most major machining operations are performed in our in-house machine center to better control cost, schedul

Manufacturing and System Engineering Services
Vigor (formerly Oregon Iron Works) provides systems engineering and an integration process along with first class manufacturing facilities that enable us to provide a full range of products to our customers, from standard metal fabrication to turn key design products with complex control systems.Our complex fabrication teams excel in precision manufacturing, machining and systems integration. Our combination of experienced personnel, state-of-the-art facilities and quality control equipment allows us to complete complex work at our facilities for a wide range of industries.

Our customers say we are unique because we:

• Proactively solve manufacturing challenges
• Initiate cost savings for our customers
• Innovate – in the way we build and the equipment we use
• Integrate complex systems, efficiently
• Understand schedule
• Listen