In the mid 1960’s Speco was first to introduce the retainer bearing, eliminating much wear on center studs and plates, improving the cut and reducing temperature rise. Of course through all of this, the existing building was expanded to meet capacities. In 1972 the next generation Craig W. Hess was employed and started working full time. In 1973 Speco was the first to introduce a European style double cutter that could be adapted to all American style meat grinders.

Around 1976 Speco introduced the free-floating emulsifier blade, which requires no pre-leveling or pre-grinding. The blade literally floated to a cutting position. Speco received a patent on this design also.

In 1977 Speco introduced Dura Plates for the first time. It had a titanium carbide coating for extended edge life.

In 1978 Speco introduced the bone collector system to the market and it was patented. To this day Speco’s bone collector system is the most widely used bone collector in the world! Why? Because it has been proven to be the most effective, the simplest, and most efficient system on the market.

In the early 1980’s Speco acquired the building just north of it, this almost doubled the manufacturing size. Over the past 20 years Speco has worked on a local full service distributor network. These highly trained distributors are great for quick response, local sharpening, and keeping the customers inventory levels low. Also in the last 20 years Speco has worked to build its export markets. We export to over 40 countries, carrying our quality, value and name around the world. Today Speco is a world class manufacturing company. Fully integrated use of computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing. Computer numerical controlled turning centers and machining centers. Speco has acquired an adjoining building for increased production for 1997.

Speco has the largest finish inventory of anyone in our field. We are located within minutes of the world’s largest airport for the quickest response to deliveries to anywhere in the U.S.A. or around the world.

We will keep on striving to provide you, our customer, with the highest quality, best value, most responsive service available. Give us a call.

It took over 70 years of hard work, problem solving, and creative thinking, to make Speco the premier manufacturer of size reduction tooling in the world.