CREATE's Story

Our team has been building industrial businesses for over 20 years. CREATE Industries is how we do it at scale.

From regulatory compliance roots in 2002 to a modern platform for energy and industrial infrastructure, we operate across three pillars:

FOUNDER & OPERATOR

Andy Smith, 20+ Years, 3 Exits

Andy Smith has spent over two decades building, scaling, and exiting industrial businesses, including an eight-figure exit in clean energy. CREATE Industries is the next chapter: a platform built on hard-won operating experience, not theory.

OPERATOR-LED MODEL

Built by Operators, for Operators

We don't run CREATE like a holding company. Our team has personally engineered, fabricated, installed, and serviced the systems we sell. That operator DNA shapes every decision, from acquisitions to day-to-day execution in the field.

OUR MISSION

Modernize Gulf Coast Industry

We're focused on modernizing the industrial businesses that power the Gulf Coast, bringing capital, technology, and operational rigor to legacy companies and building a regional platform that can compete at the highest level.

What We Do

We Build and Scale Industrial Businesses

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.

Rather than operating as a traditional contractor or manufacturer, we bring together operators, systems, and capital to transform real-world industrial businesses into scalable, high-performing platforms.

We partner with business owners and leadership teams to modernize operations, strengthen execution, and position companies for long-term growth or strategic transition.

"We don't just build systems. We build businesses that power critical infrastructure and strengthen the industries they serve."

Andy Smith, Founder, CREATE Industries

"We've all been forged by the fire, but fire also purifies. The blue flame is the purest, hottest, and most efficient part of the fire: refining, strengthening, and renewing what it touches."

Our flame symbolizes rebirth: the renewal of American industry through innovation, integrity, and purposeful engineering.