In December, 1957, Raymond S. Gurnick and a friend founded Seaway Bolt & Specials Corp. - named for the St. Lawrence Seaway which had opened that year and for the ladder bolts they intended to manufacture. They housed their endeavor in a small one-room building, with a “handful” of employees and one ladder-rod production machine. When it became apparent that there was overcapacity in the industry for ladder rod bolts, the men turned to Plan B, which was the manufacture of Pipe Plugs and Drain Plugs.  Since then, Seaway has grown to 50+ employees, and the original small building has been incorporated into our present 100,000 square foot facility. We have continuously upgraded and improved our machinery, processes and infrastructure, resulting in our current capability to produce some 25 million plugs per month, and have branched out to include the manufacture of special long-length fasteners and machine screws.