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Our Ft Lauderdale Florida head Office is open Mondays though Fridays 8am - 5pm EST

Tel    (800) 286 3624

Tel    (954) 351 0899

Fax   (954) 351 9472

Ocean Machinery, founded in Fort Lauderdale in 1989, is the premier one-stop shop for the steel fabricating machinery in Florida. Ocean Machinery also distributes the world class Ocean Avenger Beam Drill Line made by Peddinghaus, through its extensive dealer network. Ocean Machinery carries an extensive range of premium steel fabricating machinery and provides outstanding customer service and technical support, something which sets us apart from the competition.  

Hunter Fry is the President and Founder of Ocean Machinery. Hunter has been in the metal fabricating industry since 1973.  Prior to starting Ocean Machinery, Hunter  worked for major manufacturers of structural steel fabrication machines. He then started his own machine tool dealership in Chicago. Hunter is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and the American Graduate School of International Management.  His engineering experience brings knowledge of production techniques from around the globe to your shop.  

As the Vice President of Ocean Machinery, Danny Steyn handles the Marketing of Ocean Machinery, the introduction of new products, and is responsible for the extensive Ocean Avenger Dealer Network that covers the entire USA selling the Ocean machines including the Ocean Avenger Beam Drill Line, Ocean Liberator Beam Coping Machine, Ocean Terminator Band Saws for Structural Steel, and the Ocean Clipper CNC Clip Angle line. Danny is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from the University of Natal in Durban South Africa. Danny has over 20 years of manufacturing and engineering experience in a wide range of industries. He has extensive post graduate training in productivity and efficiency optimization. 

Our Sales Manager, Darryl Thornhill has an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Virginia Tech with a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Radford University.  His previous experience includes extensive sales and marketing with General Electric, Tyco International, AT&T Capital and NCR Corporation, where he excelled in sales and capital equipment financing of technology hardware, software and services. Darryl is responsible for the support of the Ocean Avenger Dealer Network selling the Ocean machines including the Ocean Avenger Beam Drill Line, Ocean Liberator Beam Coping Machine, Ocean Terminator Band Saws for Structural Steel, and the Ocean Clipper CNC Clip Angle line

Folker Krebs  is another tri-lingual addition to Ocean Machinery. Fluent in English Spanish and German, Folker handles our South Florida machinery sales. A mechanical engineering graduate from Venezuela, Folker immigrated to the USA in 2004. His deep experience in the steel fabricating industry as well as the machinery industry, in all aspects, from manufacturing, sales, service and support, makes him very knowledgeable in all aspects of the huge variety of machines he sells.

Matt Stapleton is a Finance and Business Admin graduate from Colorado State University. Matt has undertaken factory training at the Peddinghaus facilities in Andrews South Carolina and Bradley Illinois, and has worked at a South Florida steel fabricator.

Matt heads up our Ocean Clipper Demo Tour, and does double duty with inside sales and our Ocean dealer sales.

Karen Castorina is our Director of First Impressions, and is the wonderful helpful voice you hear when you call our offices. Karen handles all our Office management and assists in Internal Sales. Karen's knowledge of all things related to structural steel fabricating machinery and beam drill lines is amazing. Karen is the glue that holds the company together.