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LaFrance company history timeline

1946

Starting out in the jewelry business in 1946, Joe recognized a match between LaFrance’s precision manufacturing capabilities and a market need for high-quality product branding.

1961

We’ve even supplied zinc logos for Piper Aircraft’s models Aztec and Aztec B in 1961, which you can still see on their vintage airplanes today!

1985

The company closed its “ancestral plant” in Elmira in 1985.

2013

Apparently a fourth new plant was opened in 2013 but its last owner, Patriach Partners, has “pulled the plug.”

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Founded
1946
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Headquarters
Lombard, IL
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