Midland Steel Products was an American
vehicle frame manufacturer located in
Cleveland, Ohio
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that was in business from 1893 to 2003. MSP was the last such American company. At the time of their closing, they employed 250 workers, down from their highest labor force total of 1500 in the 1970s. The last
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
was Salomao Ioschpe, associated with the
Brazilian company
Iochpe-Maxion
Iochpe-Maxion S.A. is an automobile components manufacturer based in São Paulo.
Overview
The company has 25 industrial units, three offices and nearly 19 thousand employees located in 14 countries.
The Iochpe Maxion Group operates two divisi ...
. The factory employed some of the biggest metal forming presses in North America, with presses ranging from 400 tons to 7000 tons. It had state of the art heat treating equipment an
held a patentfor a method of induction heat treating.
Before the UAW480 strike prior to 1990, Harry Esling was President, Dennis Puening was the Controller with Joe Szudarek as his assistant (216-267-5656).
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Auto parts suppliers of the United States
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