Dynabrade Expands Power Tool Manufacturing Plant in New York

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources; Houston, Texas). Dynabrade Incorporated (Clarence, New York) is investing $1.8 million to expand their Clarence, New York plant by adding a new 34,000 square foot manufacturing building. Founded in 1969, Dynabrade designs and manufactures portable abrasive power tools for grinding, filing, sanding, and polishing for the solid surface and related industries.

Niagara Construction (Tonawanda, New York) is performing construction services on the project. Dynabrade expects to increase the number of employees when the expansion is complete in February 2003. The company currently employs 165.

Dynabrade's founder, Wally Welsch, started the company in the basement of his home with just one tool, the Dynafile abrasive belt machine. The Dynabrade product line now includes nearly 300 industrial quality portable tools and machines. The Global Dynabrade Team now includes factory sales representatives and distribution covering more than 125 countries worldwide and a full service facility located in Luxembourg, Europe. In the world marketplace, the Dynabrade name has become synonymous with high quality products, superior customer service, and unique tools that meet the grinding, deburring, polishing, finishing, and other surface conditioning needs of their customers.