Leech Industries Inc.
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Leech Industries Inc., established in 1948 as Leech Tool & Die Works, has grown to be a full service manufacturing company, offering a wide range of processes and services to a diverse group of customers.
Founded by the Leech family, and with the 4th generation in place, Leech Industries' steady growth and reliable reputation are the results of providing customers with quality product and exceptional service.
In 1921, Joe Leech arrived in the United States from Britain. Leech lived in Chicago and then Buffalo working as a supervisor for manufacturing time fuses, detonators, and small shell casings. In 1938, Leech settled down in Meadville, Pennsylvania, finding employment as a toolmaker at Talon Inc.'s experimental plant, the birthplace of the zipper.
In 1948, Leech retired from his job at Talon and founded Leech Tool & Die Works with his three sons starting in a barn and a former chicken coop in their own backyard on Dickson road. Soon after, Leech Tool & Die Works grew into a new 30 by 70 foot cement-block building and had 14 employees. The plant was humming with activity making small tools and dies for companies all over the United States, as well as the United States Government.
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