Harig

Harig Products Inc. is a producer of small-to-medium-size surface grinders. Based in Elgin, IL, Harig has been providing quality grinding machines for many years. Harig brings a history of innovation, quality, and craftsmanship, building one of the finest surface grinders in the world.

Harig offers a full line a surface grinding machines. From small manual controlled machines to fully automatic CNC control grinders. They also offer a Re-Build service for companies that have older model Harig grinders and would like to get them back into tip top shape.

Tru Tech Systems Inc., Mt. Clemens, MI, has acquired Harig Products, Elgin, IL, from Bridgeport Machines Inc., part of the Goldman Industrial Group. The asset sales included Hang's facility and real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and intellectual property.

Harig Products will remain at its Elgin facility, which had been operating on a reduced level since August 2002 when layoffs were announced by Bridgeport. Plans to scale up production and put employees back to work as quickly as possible were announced by Tru Tech. Those plans include new designs and improvements to the Hang product line with the intention of bringing "Harig back as the number one builder of precision surface grinders in the USA and in the world," says the company.

Harig brings a history of innovation, quality and craftsmanship in building its surface grinders to the combined companies. Tru Tech Systems manufactures precision CNC O.D.-I.D. form self-training grinding machines, and also performs precision grinding services, specializing in high precision components for the aerospace, tooling and medical industries with more than 60 grinders in production at its Mt. Clemens, MI, facility.