Preparations For A New Expansion, Gearing Up For War
In the early 1930s Frederick V. Geier (son of Frederick A. Geier) was sent to Germany to explore the possibility of establishing an operation there for manufacturing machine tools. He was shocked by what he saw and concluded a war in Europe was imminent. Changes were needed to support future needs of the United States and its allies.
The foundry operation was licensed to produce iron under the Meehanite process in 1935 for the cupola operation. In 1937 the Blackburn Foundry was taken over to support production of large castings. In 1938, based on his studies of what was happening in Europe and despite a deep recession, Geier launched a program to double the plant size including construction of a new foundry.
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