The birth of a new company...
American Marine began designing and building Hard-tops and T-tops for their boating customers in 2002. Shortly thereafter, Ted Sanders, formerly of ECS Welding, joined the company as the senior fabricator. The addition of Ted allowed the company to expand beyond marine fabrication and into residential and commercial railings and awnings... American Fabricators was born. The combination of Paul Wachter's reputation for customer satisfaction, completing the job in a timely manner and quality workmanship have created a high demand. The product line has grown to include fences, security gates, cable rail systems, and spiral staircases using stainless steel, aluminum and wrought iron. Marty Mathis and Donnie Ashmore joined Ted as a master fabricator and quickly became a part of the primary team. You will also see some familiar faces from American Marine adding their expertise from time to time, most notably Shane Farrar and Jeremy Lewis.

In 2005 things got really exciting. Paul purchased a bigger building to expand production and installed one of the largest powder coating ovens in the area. The ability to powder coat everything from a length of pool railing to the frame of a truck, pallets of industrial parts or motorcycle components in a rainbow of colors is unmatched in coastal North Carolina.