Broda Machine Company
was founded in 1935 by brothers Martin and Walter Broda.
The company began in 1935 as a wire coat hanger manufacturing
business after Martin and Walter Broda perfected a machine
to produce coat hangers.
After several years
in this business, working from a garage behind their home
in Niagara Falls, New York, they would gradually begin to
expand into general machining.
By the time World
War II broke out, Martin and Walter were out of the coat
hanger business and full time into production of parts for
aircraft, machine guns, and other war related items for
companies such as Bell Aircraft, Curtis-Wright,
Buffalo Arms and Houdaille Hydraulics.
The brothers officially
incorporated as Broda Machine Company in 1942, with Martin
as president and Walter as vice president.
In January 1946,
Martin and Walter constructed a new building on the corner
of Packard Rd. and Pine Ave. in Niagara Falls NY. The high
quality of their machined parts work continued as did their
loyal following, with customers recommending Broda Machine
to their business associates.
