MBW is one of the last remaining American made manufacturer of compaction plates.  To remain competitive, they have upgraded there manufacturing equipment to help them remain competitive in a market where other manufacturers have gone off shore to manufacture their equipment.  Here is a link to a list of the equipment they are presently using in the manufacture of their equipment.

Since 1967, MBW has been manufacturing one of the construction industry’s most interesting lines of compaction, concrete and related equipment.

What makes the MBW line interesting? MBW is not a copyist – we do not simply duplicate designs developed by others. MBW begins each new engineering project with the assumption that significant progress can be made in terms of improved productivity, reduced maintenance, longer life, enhanced user safety or lower long-term cost of ownership. Often, MBW’s R&D efforts result in entirely fresh approaches to solving industry problems. Many of our products have pushed the productivity envelope to new heights. Some MBW products afford their operators the industry’s safest tools in a given product class. Most MBW products solve long standing maintenance issues and extend product life expectations. Our goal is to provide equipment users with products of significant, tangible, comparative value… reasons to invest in MBW products.

MBW GP18 plate compactor

This series of economical vibratory plates, the GP12, GP15 & GP18, are portable, and offer outstanding compaction performance. A patent-pending suspension system that places shock mounts in a predominantly shear mode at the high amplitude front end of the plate and a predominantly compressive mode at the low amplitude trailing end of the plate. This system reduces hand arm vibration and also better isolates all upper mass components, including the engine, from vibrations produced by the machine’s exciter. With amplitudes up to .058 inches, centrifugal force up to 2100 lbf and travel speed to 75 feet per minute these plates are ideal in confined areas of granular soils including sands, bank run, gravels and capable of achieving lift depths of up to 10 inches (25 cm).

These lightweight plates weighing 129 lbs (59 kg) to 143 lbs (65 kg) are easy to lift and maneuver about the jobsite. Accompanied by intense vibration this series of plates are ideally suited as an economical alternative for small to medium soil compaction applications.