About Us
The CFI Story
A Personal Story of Family, Success and Passion
I'm Rachel Batthauer, owner of Contact Fabricators Inc. And here's our story: Contact Fabricators Inc. was founded in 1991 by two partners and my father. They set out to create a business that specialized in difficult-to-machine parts, such as electrical contacts and contact assemblies. It became much more than "run of the mill" machine shop.
The company quickly took off, landing many jobs and contracts along the way. The business is located on my family property, where I have lived since I was 3 years old.
My family and I still live here. In fact, my whole family lives on the same road.
In 2012, I started working with my father to learn the family business while maintaining my teaching responsibilities. Dad and I worked to convert the business from typewriters and carbons to the information age with computers, software, CNC machines, and other necessary efficiencies to allow company growth.
In 2017, my father passed away from lung cancer and I vowed to stay committed to the business and my father’s fundamental values of low costs and doing the right thing, always.
The business was suddenly without its passionate founder. That’s where I came in.
After a 16-year career in education, I left it all behind to continue in this business full time, in order to honor my dad and his hard work, to keep building a strong foundation for our family.
TimeLine
Start
1991
Established CFI
2012
Stopped teaching, started working with my father.
2017
My father passed away, so I took over the business.
