Manufacturing relationships.
Built to last.
SanCo Sales works with purchasing and engineering teams to solve sourcing, delivery, quality, pricing, and customer service issues across a wide range of manufacturing processes.
We focus on being useful, responsive, and easy to work with — helping customers find the right manufacturing solution without adding friction to the process.
About SanCo Sales
SanCo Sales was built on a simple idea: serve customers well, solve real problems, and create long-term value through the right manufacturing relationships.
John Sandifer, CPMR, started SanCo Sales, Inc. in January 2001. The agency was born from a desire to return to sales and build something centered around service, trust, and long-term customer relationships.
Before launching SanCo, he spent more than two decades in the manufacturers’ representative business covering accounts in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Along the way, he served in field sales, sales management, and general management roles while working across processes like castings, forgings, stampings, rubber and plastic moldings, extrusions, screw machine parts, powder metal components, and aluminum extrusions.
That broad exposure created the foundation for what SanCo is today: a sourcing partner that understands how different processes fit together and how to guide customers toward the best option for the job — not just the most convenient one.
Faith in God, family unity, and harmony are extremely important to us. In those instances where business and family conflict, family comes first. Friendship, trust, and treating people the way we would want to be treated remain central to how we work.
Our goals and mission
SanCo is built around service, process knowledge, and long-term partnerships that benefit both customers and manufacturing principals.
Help customers find the right manufacturing fit.
Our goal is to provide each customer with the manufacturing process that best meets or exceeds expectations for component parts and assemblies, while representing our principals’ capabilities in a way that builds a mutually profitable long-term relationship.
SanCo Sales is dedicated to bringing the customer and principal together in a partnership that is beneficial, durable, and productive for everyone involved.
Focus on the customer. Think process. Create value.
SanCo Sales began with a desire to serve customers in a way that truly enhanced their value. Our mission is to focus on the customer, understand the real need, think through the process, and identify cost-effective, value-added manufacturing solutions.
We assess the unique capabilities of our principals and use them to the benefit of the customer, always aiming to be helpful, practical, and easy to work with.
Contact SanCo Sales
Tell us what you’re working on, what issue you’re trying to solve, or what process you need help with. We’ll make sure it gets to the right person.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions from purchasing teams, engineers, and customers.
How does SanCo help me?
SanCo Sales works with purchasing and engineering to solve supply chain issues across a variety of manufacturing processes. Sometimes it is delivery, sometimes pricing or quality, but often it comes down to communication and customer service.
We aim to be helpful when those issues arise by giving customers access to the right manufacturing solutions and by serving as a dependable point of contact across multiple processes.
Is SanCo Sales a broker?
No. You are dealing directly with the manufacturers. SanCo acts as your advocate and representative, not as a broker adding extra cost to the process.
Purchase orders and invoices are handled directly with the manufacturer, while SanCo helps support the relationship and simplify communication.
Does SanCo offer domestic and import options?
Yes. Most of the manufacturers we represent are domestic, but SanCo also has strong relationships globally, including Asia, India, and the Middle East. For import programs, domestic stocking options may also be available.
Do your suppliers support lower-volume orders?
Yes. SanCo works with manufacturers that can support prototyping, lower-volume work, and higher-volume precision production depending on the process and project requirements.
Who do I call if I have a problem?
Any member of the SanCo team can help. We have decades of experience with our principals and in this industry, and we work to resolve problems quickly and professionally.