SSR HOE & CO., INC. == R, Hoe & Co, Inc, is the largest machinery manufacturer in the Bronx Te ie the world’s lnegert manulacurer of printing equipment IE employs 1600 ia. ite Bronx plant and 400 more at Dunellen, Ne J Te is 142 years old Although R Hoe & Co. Incy did not become a. member of the ‘Bronx family of manufacturers until 1929, ie main plants have within New York City. ae ‘The Company was founded by Robert Hoe in 1808 with a small shop ia down town Matatan ae 10 Cedar ect In this carly day its primary work was in carpentry, and” later, machinery. Mr Hoe's reputation for. killed craiteman: ship soon became wellknown to man facturers and bis shop prospered. Its growth was consistent and additions to Plant and personnel followed. The Company's development from its early hingory 20 prevent Teadetcip a A mantfactarer of printing presses” for the graphic arts and saws for the lumber industry is easily understood. Skill in design and “manufacture “of machinery Soon led to ‘orders for printing equip sent of all types which inclined’ Hos fo Specialize in that Geld, Ae the same time, necessity for quality cawe for its own tie cased Hoe to undertake saw produc: fon” Demands rom thes ft these high quality saws, resulted in the even tual establishment of what ie the presen day Saw Division : Hoe's contribition to the printing equipment industry have’ been. nomerous and consistent. One of the frst was the onstruction of a printing machine in 1822. known ‘as the Washington. Hand Dress which war in many reepects cupetior to any hand press prior to that time, The frame was of cast iron, and in. place of the usual screw with’ levers, av toxgle joint was substituted. ‘This machine. was 2 great improvement over what had been previously available. As time passed finements and improvements were made Tn 1830, the Company introduced the fire. fat bed press ever used in. the United” States. "ie received wide and immediate acceptance. In general, this type of press can stl be found in many of America’s printing plant. he andthe of Boe denn stay web “press was developed by. Hoe. in 1546." This press was called the “Hoe Type Revolving Machine® and was based By JOSEPH L, AUER, President Joseph L. Aver 0 an apparatus for securely. fastening forms'on' a central cylinder placed in hhononea! postion, Around this eylindee from four to ten. impression “cjindett were grouped. Paper war fed by hand, and the machine's production. speed ap Proximated 8,000 "papers per hour Printed on one side. The Type Revolving Machine was followed 2 few yeats later by two det velopatente which opened. the door for today's printing methods. ‘The frst, tn 1861, saw Hoe's introduction of equip: mento” prods nce Saved Sereotype plates. Tt Was the fist to be employed in America and. was Used by the New "York Tabune, “The. Type Revolving Machine was adapted for the use of cred. plates enabling. publihe to" dupliese she forme and tun sever Dresses simuleaneously” thus “increasing Production. The. second was in 1871 When the Company designed. the fist rollfed, continugus, printing, rotary press with githering and “delivering ejlinders There was almost no limie to is capaciey for pointing except the ability of the Paper to withstand the strain of passing Ehrough the press, which. ‘praduced: whens ut fae 8,000 perect pers per hou, delivered accurately on ne feed-board ‘New designs and improvements on all types of printing equipment have been catsied through to the present day. The currently featured newspaper, magazine otogravure, and offset presses continue the Hoe tradition of presenting “the finest equipment firs.” The Saw Division has made its con- tribution to the industry it serves. Intto duction of the chisel tooth saw to the lumber industry was a Hoe achievement The lumber trade has widely acclaimed and accepted this type of saw, Wer Years The recent war found Hoe prepared for conversion of all ofits plant actises fo ordnance material for the Army. At arly as 1939, the Uy 8. Army” bed warded the Company “educatonel con tacts" in order to familanize execu geen ta producum me wih the machinery “Hoe war eventually called ga Beduce™ When wasn Gace Hoe: swung into war production ‘with minimum. of efor and loss of "time From 1939" to" 1945 ‘Hoe. manutactured 90 "millimeter automatic recoil mechan jks 115 millimeter howitzer "recoil niechanisns, and. 2500 profiler machine tools for Brate, Whitney. Cor, Foe this ucpue and’ excellence’ in production, Re Hee © Gon, Iney was awarded. five Army-Navy “E* cations In addition, Specie executives. and. employecs. sere aven commendatory Tete Post War The end of the war found Hoe pre pared for 4 rapid reconversion to notnal Production, Sehedvles ranged well i Edvance of V+] Day were placed in cece apd mig a ew mele Ho plants ere Sleared. of "war work and “pescotime operations begun. D Research and. Planning sections wer likewise ready Tor the resumption of Bro duction. “ested, new and improved de- signe for the eitire press line, complete with facies co mest the ever ncrescg demand for colon, were ready t0 go Ino Snmediate asembly Press Division Hoc’s new large web presses embrace newspaper letterpresses, rotary magezine letterpresses, newspaper comic and sup: plement presses, and rotogravure presses, all of which ‘are now in production. Thece new design preses are currently printing such impressive papers and mag” (Continued on following page) View of Bronx plant of R. Hoe & Co,, Ine. BRONXBORO FOR FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1948 I(Continued from page 11) nes_as: The Christian Science Moni- for, The Milwaukee Journal, Florida ‘Times Union, Los Angeles. Times, ‘The Philadelphia "Inquirer, "Time, Life, Fe tune, Business Week, The American Weekly, ‘Seventeen, and the New York Times Magazine—to name a. few. ‘A. similar program is under way in Hoe's existing sheet and web fed paper offset presses, while in our metal deco: fating ‘offset’ line, new. and improved models in several sizes to reach new and wider markets are being introduced Tn offset presses, the demand has been particularly "impressive. Although rela: tively little known outside che industry itself, this is one of the fastest grow fields inthe graphic arts. Today, more metal products than ever before are be- ing lithographed or decorated on. this type of equipment. Hoe’s supremacy in this fields indicated by the fact that virtually every important_metal decorat Ing plant in the United States uses Hos metal decorating presse. ‘A complete line of plate making ma chinety. gives further emphasis to. Hoe's contributions to. the graphic arts in’ dosty. Saw Division ‘A new record of production and ship ment of saws, bits, and shanks was achieved during 1947. Not only. were Saw Division sales, the largest in. the Gompany'sHiory but 33-13% above the preceding year ‘Wa ful realiation that increasing roguction by adding manpower an Productive hour i not the complete Enswer to a production problem of great iy increased ‘manufacturing cos, 2 spe al "effort bas been made to improve manufacturing methods. New equipment has been added and a number of changes made in procedure and technique. Fur ther improvements along these lines are contemplated. Tndicatione are that lumber production will remain at a high level during 1948, nd consequently Ho's saw sales: should Iaingain theie present high volume Foundry Division The Hoe Foundry Division, located at Dunellen, N. J. is equipped to produce castings weighing from one to” 20,000 unde in grey ion, sembetel and al "About Jor of she foundry cacy is “required at present to, produce. the Eastings. for, the’ Company's Press Divi sion. The balance is sold toa select group of wellknown manufacturers of Diesel engines, machine’ tools, compres: built a national reputation and shipped its castings to all parts of the country. Its greatest problem today is the shortage fof metals, particularly pig iron. The Company must reserve pig iron to insure the continued production of castings for the Press Division, making it necesary to reject orders for castings from outside customers Plants Hee owns and operates two planis— one in Dunellen, NJ and the ther, Siac cocaine tate ofces, erecion f° Elites and: the ‘Saw Divion, in" che eRe Dunellen pl ® Dunelen plant comprises approx: {mately 150,000 square feet and is served BytNe Jersey” Chota Raroad. Te in 12 cludes our ion foundry, pattern shop, nd heavy machine shops. “The Bron plant ie Esse 138th Street and the Hoe: River, ts is erred ey the New York, New Haven and. Harford Railroad, In adition, ook facies on the Ease River are avalable. ‘Thi plane occupies three_clty ‘blocks During the fecal year 1547, the Com pany mae capial expenditures of mace Sian. $300,000 for ‘new eguipment. and plant improvements to" further increate fflcency- and modernise ope ations This Fringe capital expenditure for uch pur poses since October, 1945, to more than $1600.00 ‘Aeva result of these catliys, Hoe has a ‘highly. eficient plans, ncreaved an floor space by. 130,000, square fet, with completely modern equipment and ie pre’ pared to” manufacture almost anything Thich the uptodate machine chop can produce Hoe Personnel He's employees today number 2,000 of whom 1600 are in the Bronx plant and 400 at Dunellen. Of those employed in the Bronx, a considerable number live in the Borough. Te takes many -yeats to develop the proficiency required to meet Hoe’s manu facturing. standards, of ‘precision and. de- pendability. Hoe, therefore, is proud that its skilled mechanics average’ 10. years with the Company, and their remunera- tion rates among the highest in the print- ing machinery industry. Of the’ em: ployees, five are members of our dis- finguished “S0-Year Club,” twenty-four have between forty and “ffty years of sevice peventynine hove from! twenty ive to forty years of service, and two hundred and ‘fifty-six have been. with Hoe for ten to twenty-five years, ‘A training school—widely recognized in the industry—is maintained for ap- prentices and is endorsed by shop unions As well as New York State Educational Authorities No additions to the foundry buildings have been fotind necessary, but ite equi: ment "has been ‘constantly modernize through the installation of a new 5 H. M, Tillinghast Chairman of the Board cupola, two Son cranes, three ton Jib cranes, a new sand. mixer, anew shot blast ‘machine, rollover machines, sind cutter, a serecnerator, and to insure continued power, a new motor generator set, Our well-equipped and Buorescent lighted. pattern shop is located adjacent to the foundry, making possible the most tticient integration “of ‘molding, core making, and pattern making operations ‘The Company maintains a group in” surance program. This plan include sick, accident, and life benefits, Employees se teive an income during periods of illness and accidents for periods up to. thirteen weeks. Occupational accidents, of course, are covered. by statutory compensation Employee group life insurance benefits range from $750 to $4,500, Insurance charges are proportioned to’ salary and wages earned, with both the Company and the employee contributing to the cost of the group insurance. Future Outlook Even with shipments of $20,000,000 during the last two years, R. Hoe & Co., Inc., has $30,000,000 in unfilled orders on its books. Customer acceptance of the ew press line has been gratifying and interest in our products continues active We therefore fook to the future with confidence. ‘There are, however, a number of factors beyond our control such as Gov: emnment allocation of ertical “mater which could substantially. affect our op erations and income. To date, no serious: ly adverse influences have developed andthe Company is maintaining "its operations in accordance ‘with the civ pacity program laid out for the year 1948, DRAKE SCHOOLS Registered by N. Y. State Regents Approved for G.I. Training ACCELERATED INTENSIVE COURSES © COLLEGE PREPARATORY @ ACADEMIC © COMMERCIAL Co-Ed Day - Evening 5: PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION + Our Own Building © Cor. GRAND CONCOURSE & 200th STREET FOrdham 5-444 1.6. O'iien, Pret. «FD. 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