About Us

The story of Showmark reads like a classic American business tale. The fiber optics industry was burgeoning in the 1990’s and it revolutionized the telecommunications industry. During this time, Scott Markovitz, our founder, was employed as a Sales Engineer by a distributor and integrator of motion-control products when he began to work with several companies using optical fiber in their telecom products. In 1999, one of Scott’s customers asked if his employer would build a machine for precisely winding optical fiber for use in Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA’s). His employer turned the project down, and seeing an opportunity, Scott offered to design and build the system in his basement. The EDFA winder worked well. Other systems were sold and Showmark Machines was established. Since then, Showmark has evolved into an international business with products meeting a variety of winding challenges for customers throughout the world. In 2003, Showmark Machines became Showmark, LLC. We’ve moved three times, and as of 2022, are based in a new facility in Exton, Pennsylvania. In addition to fiber optics, we offer winding solutions to the medical, wire, fishing, 3D printing, aerospace, and other industries.