Built by Operators. Proven Since 2002.

The work came first

A team that has built and serviced industrial systems together for more than 20 years, now operating as CREATE Industries. Over 1,000 systems installed and serviced nationwide.

An operator, not just a founder

CREATE Industries was founded by Andy Smith. Before CREATE, Andy built and grew companies in the combustion and emissions industry, including ABUTEC and ASHCOR, and took a business to a successful sale. He has been the engineer on the drawing, the operator running the equipment, and the owner signing for the work. He has sat on the same side of the table as the customers CREATE serves today. That is the lens CREATE is built through. Not finance first. Not sales first. Operator first, by someone who has carried the risk himself.

Why we built CREATE

After years of running and building industrial companies, the team kept seeing the same pattern: capable operating companies, strong in their craft, held back by aging tools, thin systems, and no larger platform to grow on. CREATE Industries was built to change that. It is a single brand over a family of focused operating companies:

• CR8 Environmental, for thermal oxidizers, combustion systems, emissions control, and compliance.
• North Forge Contracting, for mechanical and electrical contracting and industrial construction.
• Red Anvil Fabrication, for custom steel and industrial fabrication.

Each company stays expert in what it does best. CREATE gives them shared standards, shared engineering depth, and a common commitment to how the work gets done. The operators who run these companies hold ownership in them, so the people responsible for your project have a direct stake in getting it right.

What this means for you

When you work with a CREATE company, you get a combination that is hard to find in one place: the deep, specialized expertise of a focused shop, backed by the engineering depth, accountability, and reach of a larger platform. You get a team that has done this since 2002, led by an operator who has built and sold in this exact field, delivering through companies whose owners answer for the result.