Metalmite was started in 1968 with the goal and the idea that things could be done better. After years of working with and for other companies and seeing that the best option was not always the option chosen, Mike Gendich decided to branch out and start Metalmite. We have strived to maintain three basic goals- “Make quality parts on-time and at a reasonable price!” Henry Ford once said, “You cannot build a reputation on something you intend to do.” This philosophy of work trickled throughout the company from the top to the bottom. Mike was often heard walking around the shop saying, “We do it right at Metalmite.” These were more than cheap clichés and slogans to stick in our heads, this was the philosophy we would live and die by. One day about ten years ago I was at a customer’s and the buyer called me to his desk. He had a stern face and he asked me if I knew why the engineers at his company had been filling out their requisition slips and writing “Metalmite” on the line that said “Supplier”. I said I had no idea, I had never even seen an internal requisition slip before. He smiled and said, “I know why they are doing that, it’s because you deliver!” As I reflected on his comment I thought, is he talking about on-time delivery, or just the fact that we sometimes make parts that seem difficult or impossible to even make? So I asked him again later which one he meant. He responded, “All of the above!” I was glad to see that the philosophy my father started with had made its way through to the customers. We were doing it right and the reputation was born! This is not to say that we do not make mistakes, and that we do not have the occasional hiccup in our system. But as far as CNC machining parts that are on-time and reasonable- we are doing it right.