Sterling A. Oakley transformed the heating element production process and created the Oakley Company in the late 1940's. The revolutionary nature of his equipment made Oakley the industry's leading machinery manufacturer. Oakley equipment has been sold and is being used in every corner of the world. Sterling A. Oakley transformed the heating element production process and created the Oakley Company in the late 1940's. The revolutionary nature of his equipment made the company an instant worldwide leader. It currently offers a full range of advanced production machinery for manufacturing heating elements for a wide variety of applications. Oakley Industrial Machinery has recently become part of CSM Group which provides to it’s global customers a single source for element tubing, terminal pins and element making production machines for the element tubular industry.