In 1953, Hewitt Sanabria founded a small factory in pursuit of financial independence, just as the U.S. economy began to grow rapidly after World War II. After some trial and error, he developed a method to produce high-quality castings and machining services. Thirty years later, in 1982, his son James Sanabria took over the business after Hewitt passed away in 1981. James had spent his childhood in the factory, learning the ins and outs of the business, and later attended college, where he and his sister worked part-time after classes.