The History of Hatch Stamping Company

Hatch was founded in 1952 by Raymond, Walter and Joseph Hatch. Raymond and Walter were tool and die makers employed by Argus Cameras. Joseph was employed by Burroughs Adding Machine Company.

Raymond was the first to express an interest in starting his own business, and his brothers readily supported the idea. They began to work evenings and weekends, and Raymond purchased their first press, a ten-ton Ames, from a company in Dearborn, Michigan. He rebuilt the machine in the basement of his home in Ann Arbor and later moved the machine into Joseph's basement in Ypsilanti.

Through conversations with friends and acquaintances, Raymond Hatch soon learned of several opportunities to produce tools and stamped parts. The first opportunity came from a friend who needed stamped parts for model trains. The next opportunity came from Vokar, a manufacturer of resistors. A similar opportunity soon followed to provide resistor parts for Dexter Automatic Products of Dexter, Michigan and timer parts for a company in Ann Arbor. Finally, the opportunity came to provide high volume parts to the Army that were used to produce parts for the M-1 rifle. This marked the beginning of Hatch Stamping Company.

Organizational Values at Hatch

Hatch is committed to providing high quality products and exceptional customer service. Forging strong business relationships with our customers and suppliers provides opportunity to achieve common goals.

Exceeding all customer requirements and expectations, Hatch consistently earns awards for quality and delivery.

Hatch is a responsible corporate organization, actively participating in the community to promote growth and direction.

Hatch recognizes and appreciates the individual contributions of the employees. Hatch takes pride supporting the opportunity for continuous education and encourages employees to take pride in the organization.

Hatch competes with integrity, never demean the competition, people, products, or practices. Success results from out-performing the competition.

Company values are to operate in a manner consistent with these guiding values and the high standards they represent.