Rex Forge

• Manufacturer of impression (closed) die hot metal forgings
• Historically focused on serving customers in the Heavy Truck and Off Highway Vehicle, Light Truck & Automotive, Fluid Control and Ordnance industries
• Operating out of a 200,000 square foot facility on 15 acres in Central Connecticut, all owned by the Company
• 11 mechanical forging presses ranging from 1,600 to 4,000 tons
• In-house, dedicated tool & die design, engineering and production capabilities and equipment
• Typically processing over 70 million pounds of SBQ steel for customers annually
• Over 100 non-union employees
• In continuous operation since founding in 1867

Company History

Founded in 1867 as the Atwater Manufacturing Company, the Company initially forged a variety of products, from armaments to oxen shoes, using hammers driven by pulleys and belts powered by the adjacent Quinnipiac River.

In the early 1900s, the Company’s products evolved from forgings for horse drawn carriages to components for automobiles and trucks, including some of the very first forgings used by Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company.

While always maintaining a primary focus and expertise in serving the automotive and truck industries, during the 1900s Rex Forge expanded into serving customers in the mining, railroad, fluid control and ordnance industries as well.

Rex Forge underwent a large transformation beginning in the 1980s, when much of its business shifted from hammers to mechanical presses, utilizing newer technology and increasing the Company’s efficiency and breadth of capabilities. The plant was expanded several times as new equipment was added to facilitate growth.