History
Explore our history to better understand how we’ve become the company we are today!
1902
December 2, 1902
General Machine Works established
October 12, 1908
October 12, 1908
First meeting of the Board of Directors: A.R. Frantz, Geoffrey Yost, D.E. Small, Charles Moul, Horace Bollinger
November, 1908
November 1, 1908
Certification of incorporation
December 10, 1908
December 10, 1908
Building on Lamour Street was purchased from the Ruth Machine Company
1909
January 2, 1909
Joined the Manufacturing Association
July 17, 1915
July 17, 1915
New management team: Will Swartz, President; Charles Strickler, Secretary/Treasurer
February, 1917
February 2, 1917
Pullman Motor Car Company closes, management team joins GMW: Charles Swartz, Charles Strickler, William Thompson, later joined by G. Ed Swartz
June, 1918
June 2, 1918
Bought land on Prospect Street, expanded existing building to 21,631 sq. ft. Building still in use today.
1938
January 2, 1938
Bill Johnson of General Regulator Corporation asks GMW to manufacture parts, and GMW begins producing Master Panel and Marine Type Electric Regulator Control Units used on marine ships. GMW continues to manufacture General Regulator parts to this day.
1980s and 1990s
December 2, 1995
General Machine Works diversifies following military cutbacks.
August, 1999
August 2, 1999
KMB Tooling LLC, formed by Robert F. and Wendy S. Davis, acquires General Machine Works.
December, 2012
December 2, 2012
General Machine Works acquired the assets of General Regulator, including AccuDriv and Custom Built.
August, 2015
August 2, 2015
General Machine Works purchases Daniel May Machine Shop.
General Machine Works – today.
December 8, 2019
Today, and every day, General Machine Works prides itself on being a hard-working family run business that provides a positive work environment for their employees!