Milestones:
1998 -
Company develops pressure bar servo head technology.
1990 -
Company develops threaded stepdown chucks, heavy-duty
linear "wide contact" backup rolls, and floating
pressure bars.
1975 -
Calvert leaves Coe and starts Calvert Manufacturing in
Longwood, Florida.
1962 -
Calvert liquidated Calvert Machine and Preston
Woodworking and became a consultant in development and
troubleshooting for Coe.
1958 -
Calvert buys Preston Woodworking Machinery of Preston,
Ontario, Can.
1948 -
Calvert designs and patents the first hydraulic
pushbutton riderless carriage, called the Super-Swede.
1946 - Harry
"Bud" Calvert moves to Boring, Ore. and starts Calvert
Machine Service as a one-man machine and welding shop,
working mostly in the sawmill trade.