4 Comments Posted by Pilot.Dave

WOW, has this become the Active Tool Blog site ? Mike Garvonic, Nicole Floyd, Len and Joe Staller ? The die shop was sold by Tower (Ignoring an employee offer to buy it) to a plastics company. It burned to the ground a short time later - circa Y2K. Matt, you talk about Joe & Len in the past tense. Have they passed ? :-( I still have contact with Tom Glaza and Mike G. Well, its been a year or few...

Actually, when Henry Drettmann built Active Tool, all of his Die shops had wood blocks for the floor to protect the large slabs of steel when they are dropped even an inch.

I worked there for a few hours on their network in the late 1999's - before Tower Automotive purchased Active Tool from the Henry Drettmann family - The grand kids just wanted cash, and the "real" automotive companies were offering more money (BUDD) but some was stocks. They would not have closed Sebewaing after a single slump in revenue as they understand that automotive is a 18 - 24 month cycle.

It was a hazardous place if you were not very careful.

Actually, when Henry Drettmann built Active Tool, all of his Die shops had wood blocks for the floor to protect the large slabs of steel when they are dropped even an inch.

I worked there for a few hours on their network in the late 1999's - before Tower Automotive purchased Active Tool from the Henry Drettmann family - The grand kids just wanted cash, and the "real" automotive companies were offering more money (BUDD) but some was stocks. They would not have closed Sebewaing after a single slump in revenue as they understand that automotive is a 18 - 24 month cycle.