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We are the largest, privately owned, manufacture of taps in North America. We create value by designing, manufacturing, and servicing our products in material specific, special, and standard applications.
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HISTORY
1901
1901
Founded in 1901 by Charles L. Jarvis; and was known as the “Ideal Manufacturing Company”. It was located on a small site close to the Connecticut River which is now included in the Hartford Civic Center area. The original products of the Ideal Manufacturing Company were nutcrackers and nutpicks
1910
1910
By 1910, the company had grown sufficiently to attract his son, Marshall N. Jarvis. That same year the entire operation was placed on a barge and shipped down the Connecticut River to Portland, CT. Three years later, to honor the work of Charles, the company was renamed The Charles L. Jarvis Company.
1934
1934
William F. Jarvis joined his father, Marshall, and the company moved again to an even larger facility in Middletown, CT.
1949
1949
The company started a program of expansion through acquisitions. This first acquisition moved the company into the cutting tool industry by purchasing a factory producing high speed steel taps.
1954
1954
In 1954 the company shortened its name to The Jarvis Corporation
1955
1955
The 1950’s and 1960’s saw continued growth under the leadership of William. Acquisitions continued with the purchase of the Medfield Drill Company and other facilities were established in Lynn, MA and North Attleboro, MA. The marketplace’s continued demand for Jarvis’ quality and service enabled Jarvis to finance an aggressive 10-year plan that catapulted Jarvis into a major position in the cutting tool industry.
1965
1965-67
To accomplish this goal, the Greenwood, SC facility was built in 1965. And the Rochester, NH facility was built in 1967. The decision to build in Rochester demonstrated the Jarvis family’s attention to detail. Jarvis had, and continues to have, a customer base around the world and across North America.Before the creation of FedEX and UPS Next Day, shipments were done through the U.S. Postal Service.
In 1967, US Postal Service trucks started their daily pick-up route in Rochester and ended at Logan Airport in Boston, MA. This daily route enabled Jarvis to provide Next Day shipments to the Los Angeles market and other points across the United States.
1992
1992
Costikyan Jarvis (son of Marshall N. Jarvis, II) has been with Jarvis Cutting Tools since 1992. He began his career as an Application Engineer and has held a number of positions in engineering, operations, and sales.
2012
2012
Rebecca Jarvis (daughter of Marshall N. Jarvis, II) joined the company in 2012 as a Process Engineer and Health and Safety Coordinator. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Claremont McKenna College and a Bachelor of Science from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science. (In 2014, she was promoted to Manager of Precision Grinding and Health and Safety)
2015
2015
In January, 2015, Costikyan was promoted to President. Costikyan is the 5th generation Jarvis to be an owner/manager. Costikyan is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and the Harvard Business School. Also in 2015, Rebecca was promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing and Compliance.
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