In 1948, Charles Harold Reed launched C.H. Reed as an automotive parts supplier in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He quickly recognized a market need for industrial equipment ranging from compressors and pneumatic tools to paint spray products and pumps. “So, in the 1950s, he shifted from an automotive supplier to an industrial supplier,” says Marketing Manager Shane Vrankin. “We’ve been tackling the Pennsylvania market ever since then, and it continues to grow.”
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NAVAC
Nature May Abhor a Vacuum, but Industry Loves It
True singularity in the industrial vacuum market is a rare find. Yet NAVAC has achieved just that. While reducing the carbon footprint of vacuum pumps operating in the market, this disruptor is cornering the market in revolutionary ways. Globally recognized as the largest international manufacturer of rotary vane pumps, producing a phenomenal 1,000 units daily on average and introducing many world firsts in this field, NAVAC’s name is synonymous with innovation and unwavering value.
Premier Gear & Machine Works
This Family Firm Is in Growth Mode After Passing the Century Mark
Premier Gear & Machine Works, a family-run firm in Canby, Oregon, is on the upswing after enduring some tough times. Founded over a century ago, the company performs fabrication, machining, manufacturing, and wire electrical discharge machining (EDM). It also repairs motors, gearboxes, and wind turbine gears and services and sells machinery for wood processing.
Quality Components Company (QCC)
Made for the Real World
Back in 1974, Quality Components Company (QCC) focused on repairing welding torches, regulators, and gas apparatus from other manufacturers. Known as Quality Repair at the time, the Mentor, Ohio-based business started in America’s famous ‘Rust Belt,’ a region known for its steelmaking and industrial manufacturing businesses.
Dorsey Trailer
Success for Over a Century
Founded over a century ago, Dorsey Trailer of Elba, Alabama designs, manufactures, and fabricates trailers that haul goods on roads and highways. Its trailers have been used by NASCAR, country music bands, and even the makers of hit TV shows. Plenty of other clients, big and small, also favor the firm’s wares.
Pliteq
Where Acoustics, Architecture, and Engineering Meet
Firefighters had never seen anything like the inferno on February 12, 1990. Most blazes could be extinguished with water alone, but not 14 million scrap tires stacked 23 feet (seven meters) high.
Redline Plastics
Molded Plastics Haven’t Just Arrived; They’re Going Places
For the team at Redline Plastics, keeping up with the competition isn’t good enough. To stay ahead of the pack requires commitment, ongoing investment in people and machinery, and broadening your service offerings. A great deal has changed in manufacturing over the past century, past decade, past year—and few companies realize this better than Redline.
GMB Heavy Industries
Fine Metal Finishing
Based in Mississauga, Canada, GMB Heavy Industries is the turnkey steel mill equipment partner that North America’s best-known steel mills search out to help keep steel products rolling across the continent. The company provides them with research and development, design-engineering, project management, manufacturing, parts, and installation of custom equipment. Taking on only custom projects, the team’s vast knowledge base and attention to both detail and safety are benefits for customers that want a supplier committed to their success.
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