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Hayden Corp. Celebrates 100 Years
Hayden Corporation is Celebrating a Century in Business
West Springfield, Mass. — Hayden Corporation is celebrating a century in business, having
adapted and thrived across four generations of family ownership through a commitment to continuous innovation and market responsiveness. Today, the company is an ISO 9002-2008-registered provider of specialized thermal spray and laser cladding services to manufacturers and end users in industries where working machinery components are exposed to harsh environmental conditions, including: aviation; energy and power generation; fluid control and processing; mining; oil and gas; military equipment; pumps, centrifuges and valves; plastics; pulp and paper; agriculture; automotive;
and more. The company’s applied expertise in wear and corrosion control surfaces helps to protect and prolong lifespan of machine components impacted by abrasion, adhesion, corrosion, heat, and other wear problems.
“We’re proud to have such a rich history, ingrained in the broader American manufacturing story of our region and the town of West Springfield,” said Hayden Corp. President Daniel C. Hayden, the company’s fourth-generation leader. “And this is a special time for our company; you only hit 100 years once.”
Hayden Wire Works opened its doors in 1919 under the entrepreneurial vision of Charles E. Hayden, servicing New England’s many paper mills. The first-generation owner and his team developed a high-quality wire cloth and fulfilled the unmet paper industry need for more comprehensive maintenance and support of paper mill machinery.
Charles’ son, Charles Wesley “Wes” Hayden, carried the company beyond wire cloth and into the fabrication business, where it continues today, in its second generation of ownership. By the 1960s, the Hayden team was composed mostly of field servicemen and in-house machinists, thermal spray processes were developed and business quickly expanded beyond paper production into other industries.
Under the leadership of John Hayden, grandson of Charles E. Hayden, the company grew at an unprecedented rate as it pursued new industries and applications for its thermal spray process.
In 2008, under the leadership of current president Daniel Hayden, Hayden Corp. added laser cladding to its core competencies, a substantial investment in technology for protection of machine components exposed to the harshest environments in the world.
Today, the company is an active thought leader in its field and continues to expand its thermal spray, laser cladding and field services to new industries, applications and customer partners across North America.
“Our company’s core competencies have evolved and expanded quite a bit over time, but the fundamental factors driving that change remain true,” added Hayden. “We expand our expertise in response to the needs expressed by our customers and the unmet needs we see in the marketplace. Doing that work has always required that we have a highly-skilled and hardworking staff. It’s those talented people that have carried us through our century of existence, and will carry us into the next.”
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