Sinclair International, Inc.
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The Sinclair Company was founded by Peter S. Sinclair in 1925. With one employee he entered into the business of manufacturing and repairing dandy rolls for the paper industry in the immediate area. The shop was located in a small wooden frame building located on Laurel Street in the Elmwood section of Holyoke, Massachusetts. As business increased, his area of service to the paper industry increased to cover all of New England, the Hudson River Valley, Eastern Canada and south to New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
At that time, in the midst of severe depression, the Buchanan and Bolt Company, manufacturers of wire cloth and dandy rolls, at which Mr. Sinclair had served his apprenticeship, was forced into bankruptcy. The local bank which stood to lose considerable money invested in Buchanan and Bolt, prevailed upon Mr. Sinclair to assume the responsibility of operating this business. Therefore, in 1933, The Sinclair Company moved its operation to the existing plant of Buchanan and Bolt on Appleton Street in Holyoke. The Sinclair Company launched into the production of fourdrinier and paper mill wire cloth as well as dandy rolls and cylinder moulds for the paper industry. The growth of the Company continued until its products were nationally known and distributed.
