#2 Aerospace Manufacturing and Design’s Best of 2021: Shrinking leads to expansion

Family-owned gear cutting shop Boulevard Machine & Gear was founded in 1954 to serve the Pioneer Valley, a hub for the paper industry in Massachusetts. Throughout the years, with various family members in charge, the company transitioned to primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. In 2006, Susan Kasa acquired the company and transformed it into the versatile manufacturing facility it is today.

While Susan’s focus was to grow the company and have it become more efficient, Boulevard Machine’s staff started to notice they’d have some issues completing certain jobs with their conventional side-lock-and-collet tool holders. They immediately reached out to Lindco Springfield Sales Engineer Jim Roberts to see if he could guide them to a solution.

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