When our founders incorporated Modern Machine Tool Company in 1916, it was a small company on Water Street in Jackson, Michigan. They made lathe-cutoff machines, just like we do now, but back in those days they were all hand operated.

In 1920, Harry Walker, purchased the company and designed a roller-feed mechanism that made the machine more automatic and substantially improved production rates. We still use a variant of this machine today.

From that point forward, we’ve served our customers by continuing to improve our processes to produce parts in less time, with greater efficiency than ever before.

We concentrate our efforts on what we do best—making machines that load automatically and cut tubing and bar to length, like a lathe.