Shields Magnetics
Shields Magnetics is the United States’ largest supplier of professional-grade industrial magnetic sweepers, operating since the early 1980s and serving customers across aviation and flightlines, warehousing and distribution, military, trucking, construction, food processing, and material handling sectors. The company’s product line is centered on Made-in-USA magnetic debris removal equipment — including vehicle-mounted sweepers, tow-behind sweepers, magnetic brooms and rakes, forklift-mounted systems, hand-held retrieving magnets, and permanent lift magnets — all manufactured with Grade-8 permanent magnets and rare earth magnets and notable for their load-release auto-discard mechanisms. Shields also offers conveyor magnets, cross-belt magnets, magnetic head pulleys, plate magnets, and stationary separator magnets for production line applications, with a customer base that includes the US Air Force, US Army, American Airlines, Amazon, BMW, FedEx, and Johnson Controls.