Saegertown Manufacturing history

Suspecting this water had unusual properties, they had it analyzed at Allegheny College in 1884 and found that it was high in mineral content of various kinds, many of which were the accepted medicinal ingredients of that day.

In 1892, the Moses Brothers of Cleveland, Ohio, acquired ownership and built the first actual soft drink factory on the shores of French Creek.

Founded in 1925, MacLean-Fogg offered one lock nut to North America’s railroads.

1927 – John MacLean Junior joins the MacLean-Fogg Company.

1929 – MacLean-Fogg acquired the Water Tight Bolt, which solves severe problems connected with boxcar walls on angle posts by eliminating seepage of water into boxcars.

1938 – MacLean invents the Lock Tight Floor Clip and is granted a patent.

1961 – Barry L. MacLean, mechanical engineer, joins the firm.

1962 – The Company sadly lost John MacLean Jr., a critical contributor to the Company’s success.

Saegertown Manufacturing Corporation was founded in 1965 as a machine shop producing parts for the OEM, Saegertown Manufacturing has since evolved into a leading high volume cold formed and finished components parts supplier.

1972 – Barry MacLean becomes the new president.

1976 – MacLean-Fogg continues to expand and diversify with the founding of their Metform Division producing Hot Formed Products.

1982 – MacLean-Fogg purchases Polymer Technologies in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

1984 – MacLean-Fogg acquires Precision Cold Forge and added to Metform in Savanna, Illinois.

1987 - Reliable/Bethea, in Pelham, Alabama opened.

1995 – MacLean-Fogg Company names a new division, MacLean Power Systems, as Continental Electric and Atlas Power are acquired.

1997 – MacLean Maynard is acquired in Chesterfield, Michigan.

1999 –MacLean-Fogg acquires Industrial and Automotive Fasteners of Royal Oak, Michigan, which becomes MacLean Vehicles Systems, Royal Oak (now known as MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions Royal Oak).

2002 - MacLean Power Systems acquired business units from Sediver, Inc. in York, South Carolina, renaming it MacLean Power York.

2005 – MacLean Power Systems acquired the anchor rod maker, Dixie, in Birmingham, Alabama.

Saegertown joined the MacLean-Fogg family of companies in 2008.

2010 - MacLean-Fogg Company celebrates its 85th Anniversary.

2013 - The Metform division of MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions opens the new M1 machining plant in Savanna, IL to produce automatic transmission gear blanks for advanced 8 and 9 speed light vehicle transmissions.

2015 - MacLean-Fogg Company Celebrates 90 years in business.

2017 - Engineered Plastics Company 's new Menomonee Falls location opened.