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Edge-Sweets History
November 13, 2019
Edge-Sweets was nice enough to give out an old book: A Glossary of Urethane Industry Terms at the recent PFA meeting (www.PFA.org) in Louisville, KY.
Here’s the history of the company:
Company History Timeline
Frank Edge
ESCO [Edge-Sweets Company] got its start in 1883 when Frank Edge fabricated his first jigsaw blades.
Frank Edge Company Formed
Building on this concept, Frank formed The Frank Edge Company in 1887 to produce saw blades for the booming furniture industry in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The First 70 Years
The first 70 years of the company were spent supplying blades and equipment to the bustling furniture manufacturers.
Edge Saw Formed
In 1953, Edge Saw was formed to manufacture the first saw for cutting flexible “foam rubber.”
Growth
By 1957, the manufacture of foam cutting equipment was the main activity for Edge Saw and growth of the company kept pace with the fast growth of foam production in the U.S.
Edge Conveyor
In 1971, Edge Conveyor was formed to supply specialized conveyors essential to economical foam production. With the advent of Edge Conveyor, the company expanded its production facilities and its engineering capabilities and offered the foam industry high volume production cutting lines to supplement foam fabrication on individual units.
Purchase North American Urethanes [NAU]
In 1973, Edge purchased North American Urethanes (NAU), a company with several years experience in the engineering and manufacture of urethane metering and dispensing equipment. With the acquisition of NAU, Edge Industries became the only machinery company in the industry capable of supplying equipment for the production, processing, and cutting of soft or rigid foam. The acquisition of NAU’s Machinery Division added foam and elastomer dispensers to the product line and gave Edge the ability to provide “wet end” systems for flexible and rigid foam.
Edge-Sweets Company Formed
In 1985, Edge-Sweets Company was formed as Edge merged with Martin Sweets Company of Louisville, Kentucky, a company who similarly specialized in the manufacture of machinery and equipment for processing and cutting of polyurethane foam products and other cellular and noncellular plastics.
Today
Edge-Sweets Company, today referred to as ESCO, resides in a 70,000+ square foot facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan and offers the combined products and knowledge of both cutting and dispensing equipment, along with a unique ability to custom engineer systems.
https://www.edge-sweets.com/history.aspx
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