Hudson Technologies
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Hudson Technologies http://www.hudson-technologies.com is a US manufacturer of deep and shallow drawn metal enclosures, also called cans or cases. Deep drawing
is a sheet metal forming process.
In 1982, a century-old metal-forming pressing machine, one of the earliest manufactured by the E.W. Bliss Company, entered into the collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
to be the focus of a display in the Museum's Tool Hall. The press was one of two original presses purchased by company founder Charles Batka, Sr. and came to the attention of the Smithsonian through a competition held by the Bliss firm in 1975 to discover the whereabouts of the company's earliest operable press. Before its retirement in 1974 and subsequent move from the facility in New Jersey
, among the last jobs of this press was the production of electical containers for the Apollo space flight program.
. The company was purchased in 1984 by JSJ http://www.jsjcorp.com, a privately-held US corporation based in Grand Haven, Michigan
. In 1991 all operations were consolidated to the plant in Ormond Beach and the New Jersey facility was closed. In 2007, the company changed its name to Hudson Technologies.
Deep drawing
Deep drawing is a sheet metal forming process in which a sheet metal blank is radially drawn into a forming die by the mechanical action of a punch. It is thus a shape transformation process with material retention. The process is considered "deep" drawing when the depth of the drawn part exceeds...
is a sheet metal forming process.
In 1982, a century-old metal-forming pressing machine, one of the earliest manufactured by the E.W. Bliss Company, entered into the collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
to be the focus of a display in the Museum's Tool Hall. The press was one of two original presses purchased by company founder Charles Batka, Sr. and came to the attention of the Smithsonian through a competition held by the Bliss firm in 1975 to discover the whereabouts of the company's earliest operable press. Before its retirement in 1974 and subsequent move from the facility in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, among the last jobs of this press was the production of electical containers for the Apollo space flight program.
History
Formerly Hudson Tool & Die, Co., the company was founded in 1940 by Czech immigrant Charles Batka, Sr. in Hudson County, New Jersey. A second facility opened in 1969 in Ormond Beach, FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. The company was purchased in 1984 by JSJ http://www.jsjcorp.com, a privately-held US corporation based in Grand Haven, Michigan
Grand Haven, Michigan
Grand Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Ottawa County. Grand Haven is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named. As of the 2010 census, Grand Haven had a population of 10,412. It is part of the...
. In 1991 all operations were consolidated to the plant in Ormond Beach and the New Jersey facility was closed. In 2007, the company changed its name to Hudson Technologies.