| HISTORY
Luis
Manuel Diaz founded Gondia Machine Shop, Inc., in 1973 and
then Medley Machine Shop, Inc., in 1994.
When
Luis Manuel founded Gondia, he also worked as full time
employee for CATO Machine. After he accomplished with his
regular job tasks at CATO Machine he had to go to his shop
and finished all pending work that his closest friend Mr.
Romero collected for Luis Manuel during the day.
Luis
Manuel did not finish with all the jobs order at his shop,
he was not able to take a rest. It was years that during
several nights Mr. Diaz remained to sleep a couple of hours
in the shop for complying with its full time job the next
day.
Everything
began with an old green lathe machine. Mr. Romero tells
that he was in a truck auction where he discovered a brush,
a press and a lathe machines that nobody wanted buy because
they were too old and in badly state. Once the auction was
finished, Mr. Romero offered $ 100.00 (ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS)
for all three pieces and passed on to Luis Manuel Diaz as
a gift. Despite the bad conditions of this old equipment,
incredibly Luis Manuel Diaz and his friend Pedro Gonzalez
repaired and made them worked efficiently. The lathe machine
was a Lebron brand made in France.
Since
that time many years have passed and at present time new
equipment is in use but the old lathe LeBron is kept like
an important part of the business.
Luis
Manuel Diaz also knew how to treat his clients and employees.
He was celebrating meetings and parties on the weekend to
share time, food and experiences that permitted to consolidate
the harmony environment that today exists at Medley Machine
Shop, Inc.
The
cooking pots went enlarging of size with the years.
In
the spring of 2003, Gondia Machine moved to Medley Machine
location at 9452 NW Street where both companies remain as
part of an industrial community to this day.
Founder
Luis Manuel Diaz ran the company until February 23, 2004
when his son Luis Alberto Diaz took over.
Luis
Manuel Diaz inherited its successors the values that today
are more important for the Business. Hard Work, Perseverance,
Responsibility, and Quality Service.
Medley
Machine's greatest asset is it's highly skilled and professional
work force. All employees have worked through a specialized
apprentice program and most of them have been with the company
for many years.
The
Medley Machine journeymen will turn their hand to any job
within the machining and welding field.
Plenty
of customers remember having work done at Medley Machine
many years ago. We like to think our unparalleled reliability
and performance that have kept our customers coming back
year after year.
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