About Us
From our beginnings as a small shop with 2 forging machines, 1 furnace and a workforce of 23, Ohio Star Forge has grown to be an industry leader with 5 forging machines, 9 CRF machines, 2 furnaces and over 100 employees. And as our size has increased, so has our market share, industry diversity, product capability and engineering expertise. Our journey is marked by the following milestones.
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| 1988 |
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Ohio Star Forge is founded as a joint venture between Daido Steel (Nagoya, Japan) and Copperweld Steel (Warren, Oh). |
| 1989 |
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Production begins in Warren, OH.
Original equipment includes Hatebur AMP 30 and 40, as well as a spheroidize annealing furnace and shot blast equipment.
Forge 1 millionth part.
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| 1990 |
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First Kyoei Seiko cold roll forming machine installed. |
| 1991 |
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Expanded cold roll forming department with addition of two machines. |
| 1994 |
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Daido Steel becomes 100% shareholder. |
| 1996 |
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Second Hatebur AMP 30 begins production.
Cold roll forming department adds six machines.
Jeffrey P. Downing named President & CEO.
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| 2002 |
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Market and product diversification effort begins. |
| 2003 |
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Achieves ISO-9001:2000 certification. |
| 2004 |
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Major forging equipment and facility upgrades completed. |
| 2005 |
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Forged 500 millionth part at Ohio Star Forge. |
| 2006 |
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Hatebur AMP 50XL HFE begins production, increasing size capability to 110 mm (OD) by 100 mm (height). |
| 2010 |
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New metallurgical laboratory completed. |
| 2011 |
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Achieves ISO-14001:2004 registration.
William J. Orbach named President & CEO.
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| 2012 |
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Normalizing furnace begins operation. |
| 2013 |
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OSF announces addition of Hatebur AMP 70XL. Production to begin November 2013.
25th anniversary of founding.
On track to forge 1 billionth part in Ohio Star Forge history.
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