It just continued to rise because employees felt like they could belong here." "As as we did this over the years, safety got better. Lefaivre credits his managers and employees for the success. Last year, the company topped $70 million in sales. When Lefaivre arrived in 2003, the business did $9 million in sales. In 2021, Anchor Harvey began making strong, lightweight forged components for electric vehicles and last year, the company developed an aluminum harness buckle for astronauts during spacewalks. It also obtained certification to expand its forging capabilities for the commercial, military, and general aviation markets. "We’ve adapted to ever-changing market conditions brought on by seismic events like the Great Depression, World War II, and, most recently, the coronavirus pandemic," he said.ĭuring the coronavirus pandemic, Anchor Harvey met the needs of medical manufacturers by modifying existing designs and components. Lefaivre said Anchor Harvey has survived for the past century by being agile and innovative. More: Anchor Harvey in Freeport launches group aiming to make impact on zero-emissions futureĪnchor Harvey forges hundreds of items that most people aren't aware of but may have used at one time or another such as aluminum hammers, the valve on top of air tanks used by firefighters and scuba divers or foot pegs and levers on motorcycles. Potential customers come to us and they say, 'Can you forge this?'" "Anchor Harvey is a very dynamic company because we are really a job shop," he said. Leading the way at Anchor Harvey for the past 20 years is company President and CEO Tom Lefaivre. The company is a three-shift operation employing 170 people who work five to six days a week at the 120,000-square-foot plant at 600 W. Over its 100-year existence, Anchor Harvey has evolved from a brass and bronze forging shop to a data-driven aluminum forging company specializing in foraging aluminum parts for manufacturers in aerospace, auto and medical industries. View Gallery: Photos: Freeport's Anchor Harvey celebrates 100th anniversaryĪnchor Harvey is celebrating 100 years of making durable metal parts and lasting impressions in the community.įounded in March 1923 in Chicago, the company has called Freeport home since 1978.
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