The Minster Machine Company is an American

United States

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 manufacturer of machine press

Machine press

A machine press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a workpiece.-Servomechanism:A servomechanism press, also known as a servo press or a electro press, is a press driven by an AC servo motor. The torque produced is converted to a linear force via a ball screw....

es and other metalworking

Metalworking

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 equipment, and a provider of related services.

Overview

The Minster Machine Company is headquartered in Minster

Minster, Ohio

Minster is a village in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,794 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Wapakoneta, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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, and has manufacturing plants there, and in Beaufort

Beaufort, South Carolina

Beaufort is a city in and the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston. The city's population was 12,361 in the 2010 census. It is located in the Hilton Head Island-Beaufort Micropolitan...

, South Carolina

South Carolina

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, United States. Minster is the third largest employer in Auglaize County, Ohio

Auglaize County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 46,611 people, 17,376 households, and 12,771 families residing in the county. The population density was 116 people per square mile . There were 18,470 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

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Minster manufactures mechanical machine presses, reel

Reel

A reel is an object around which lengths of another material are wound for storage. Generally a reel has a cylindrical core and walls on the sides to retain the material wound around the core...

s, coil cars, die

Die (manufacturing)

A die is a specialized tool used in manufacturing industries to cut or shape material using a press. Like molds, dies are generally customized to the item they are used to create...

 transfer tables, and press controls. It provides consumer services

Consumer Services

Consumer Services refers to the formulation, deformulation, technical consulting and testing of most consumer products, such as food, herbs, beverages, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, hair products, household cleaners, paints, plastics, metals, waxes, coatings, minerals, ceramics,...

 including training

Training

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 programs, inspections, preventive maintenance

Preventive maintenance

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, remanufacturing, technical consulting, and press relocation.

Minster presses and material handling equipment are in production in 79 countries.

History

In 1896, Anton Herkenhoff and Joseph Dues founded the Dues and Herkenhoff Machine Works, a blacksmith

Blacksmith

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 shop. Soon, Dues sold his share of the business, and Herkenhoff renamed the enterprise The Minster Machine Company.

Oil drilling in the western Ohio area helped the company grow during its early years. One of its first products was the Fields Pumping Power, which allowed for drilling up to 30 wells

Oil well

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 simultaneously. The company then focused on building drill clutch

Clutch

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es.

Minster entered the metal stamping

Stamping press

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industry in 1926, and that became the company's main focus.