DETROIT BROACH COMPANY is one of the oldest and most honored broach companies in the world. The company was started in Detroit, Michigan in 1934 by Mr. Gustav VonReis, a Swedish Engineer.

For the first 16 years the company manufactured broach cutting tools and work holding fixtures used on their customer's existing machine or new machine supplied by others. In 1950, Detroit Broach purchased the rights to manufacture the Oilgear line of broaching machines and moved to a new facility in Rochester, Michigan. During the next 15 years the company became a world leader in the field of broaching.

In 1957 the company opened a plant in Greer, South Carolina, for the manufacture of broaching tools.

In the mid sixties, management noticed a cyclical trend in the automotive portion of the business. The automotive companies all had new engine programs at the same time, thus creating a large demand for broaching machines. Automotive would then swing to transmission programs which traditionally had low broaching content, high turning content. at this time the company developed the Detroit Lathe to stabilize their business. This state of the art hydraulic tracer lathe was not only successful in the automotive market, but in the company's other traditional markets as well.

In 1967, because of his age and failing health, Mr. VonReis sold the company to the Babcock & Wilcox Company who successfully ran the company until the market collapsed in the early 1980's.

In 1982, Detroit Broach was purchased by Acme Precision Products who immediately began downsizing to come in line with market requirements.

In 1986, the company headquarters were moved to it's current location at 2750 Paldan Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan. This facility housed Administration, Sales, Engineering, Service and assembly of machines. At the same time, the cutting tool capabilities in the Greer, South Carolina plant were expanded.

In 1989, Acme Precision was dissolved and although ownership has changed, a core of long term employees have remained and guide the company today.

Since 1950, we have introduced the following broaching machines:

In 1992, we introduced our new electro-mechanical pull down broaching machine which has totally eliminated the hydraulic system. This new technology provides a cleaner and safer environment with high quality, performance, and productivity at low cost.

In 1993, we introduced our new vertical internal table-up broaching machine, which is a complete new redesign of our 1950 model.  This machine suits the cell conveys designed by customers requiring flexible manufacturing.  The machines sit on the floor and do not require pits or operator platforms.

These machines are assembled, tooled, and tried out to customer specifications. The machine designs are the property of Detroit Broach Company. Fabrication and machining of machine components and durable tooling is purchased.

DETROIT BROACH COMPANY TODAY

Detroit Broach Company designs and builds Broach Cutting Tools and Broaching Machines. Industries served include:

We have sold machines to the following foreign countries:

SUMMARY

DETROIT BROACH COMPANY has become a leader as the only full line designer and builder of machines and broach tooling in the U.S.A. Since 1950 we have manufactured or remanufactured over 2,500 broach machines, and over two and a half million broach cutting tools in our over 70 years in business.

Our machines are built on a semi-custom basis (not standard in stock), i.e., we provide a machine and tooling package to broach a particular part/s. Cutting tools are custom designed and built to suit. Based on this, we do not have printed price lists. Prices are established after reviewing customer's requirements.

The Company Officials and Managers: