The Progress Group

Founded in 1973, The Progress Group is a defense contract manufacturer based in Schererville, United States working in mro & logistics.

The Progress Group (TPG) is a machine shop and industrial services company founded in 1973 and based in Schererville, Indiana, with an additional facility in Alexandria, Alabama. It provides precision machining, pump and turbine repair and refurbishment, rotor journal repair, vibration analysis and field balancing, equipment installation and alignment, mobile field service, large-scale heavy rigging and transport, supply chain and kitting services, and engineering and software support. Its customers include power generation, steel mills, heavy industry and federal government clients. The company runs a defense-focused division, launched in 2020, which supports Department of War and defense programmes with machining, repair and component lifecycle support under AS9100D and DCMA-approved procedures. It holds a DD Form 2345 approval and CAGE code 854R1, and is certified as a women-owned small business with federal WOSB status. The company also distributes third-party pumps, though this is not its core manufacturing activity.