History & Overview

SETCO is owned by Holden Industries, Inc., a privately held corporation headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, USA. Holden Industries operates four wholly-owned subsidiaries which comprise four core business areas.

For over 90 years — since 1912 — SETCO has designed and built precision spindles and is recognized worldwide as a technical leader in design and manufacturer of precision spindles and spindle/slide combinations.  SETCO is a major spindle manufacturer with well over 250,000 spindles in the field — new and rebuilt — which include belt-driven, geared, motorized, high speed and high frequency models. In addition, SETCO offers a complete line of precision linear slides; which include dovetail, hardened way and linear rail slides in 21 standard sizes and hundreds of standard catalog models.

SETCO products are used worldwide in a large variety of industries; including automotive, aerospace, construction, die/mold, cabling and winding, plastics, woodworking, stone cutting and general metalworking industries.

Through acquisitions, SETCO is the home of MASTER, POPE and WHITNON brand spindles, slides and modules.

Summary of Products and Services:

SETCO is a leader in the design, manufacture & service of high performance precision spindles and slides;  which includes belt-driven, CNC, gear-driven, motorized models, high speed, high frequency spindles, and complete lines of dovetail, hardened way, linear bearing, tooling, utility slides, and single and multi-axis machine modules. SETCO products are recognized worldwide for accuracy, durability and quality.

SETCO is the largest independent rebuilder of precision machine tool spindles in the United States offering complete repair, rebuild and spindle retrofit services. Spindle service is supported by four spindle service centers located in California, Michigan, Ohio, and Georgia and provide technical support for the following market segments:

• Machine Tool Manufacturers
• Special Machine Tool Builders and Integrators
• Powertrain Machinery Manufacturers and End Users
• Industrial End Users in General.

SETCO geographical markets include the United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Mission Statement

We will be the leading supplier of spindles, and spindle services, by providing our customers with:

• Technological Superiority
• Superior Reliability
• Low Cost Solutions.

Quality Policy

Though a strategy of continuous improvement, SETCO is dedicated to manufacturing high quality machine tool spindles and slides. It is the responsibility of every employee to ensure that every product shipped meets or exceeds our customer's needs and expectations for quality and service.