automotive class 8 heavy truck agriculture marine motorcycles wind & solar energy fuel cells & batteries hardware & appliances founded founded in 1948 by john pridgeon & donald v. clay headquarters grand rapids michigan united states number of locations manufacturing facilities in the united states mexico & hungary . sales & engineering offices in the united states germany & china . website pridgeon & clay pridgeon & clay provides metal stamping and fine blank components specializing in exhaust components for the automotive industry . pridgeon & clay also produces components for the class 8 truck agriculture medical battery fuel cell and other alternative energy industries . the company holds iso 14001 and ts 16949 certifications which allow the company to carry out its own product validation . pridgeon & clay s advanced engineering lab is an a2la accreditation 1 independent testing facility.the advanced engineering lab has developed new products and techniques including patented selective catalytic reduction scr mixing modules reverse extrusion catalytic converter cones fuel cells and battery components for zero emissions vehicles . 2 contents 1 history 2 global production 2.1 usa 2.2 hungary 2.3 mexico 2.4 germany & china 3 references 4 external links history edit john pridgeon & donald v. clay founded the privately held company in 1948 . in 1976 john pridgeon retired from the company leaving sole ownership to his partner don clay . in 1992 don sold the business to his sons donald c. clay and robert e. clay . donald c. clay retired in 2008 and robert e. clay remains as ceo of pridgeon & clay . 3 global production edit pridgeon & clay operates in four manufacturing facilities worldwide with sales & engineering offices in north america europe & china . the company has over 95 stamping presses worldwide ranging from 40 to 1500 tons plus other manufacturing equipment to execute a variety of production services 3 progressive die transfer press and deep drawn stamping fine blanking in die sensoring & both robotic mig and resistance welding usa edit pridgeon & clay operates two locations in the usa in michigan and indiana . the grand rapids michigan location houses the head office a 350 000 square foot 33 000 m2 manufacturing plant a 103 000 square foot 9 600 m2 distribution center and a 32 000 square foot 3 000 m2 research & development and advanced engineering facility . as the main production facility grand rapids runs over 70 presses ranging from 40 tons to 1500 tons with customized steel feed systems that accommodate rolled coils or flat blanks . the 74 000 square foot 6 900 m2 manufacturing plant in franklin indiana specializes in lighter gauge stamping up to 400 tons plus mig and resistance welding tube cut off sizing and forming . hungary edit acquired by pridgeon & clay in 2001 the apostag facility has over 107 000 square feet 9 900 m2 of manufacturing space . located less than 80 kilometers south of budapest pridgeon & clay kft manufactures metal stampings and tooling for the automotive industry with progressive and transfer presses up to 800 tons . the facility is ts 16949 certified . 4 mexico edit pridgeon & clay s mexico facility is located in monterrey mexico just 15 km from monterrey international airport and just 200 km from the usa texas border . p & c mex offers progressive metal stamping on multiple presses up to 1 000 ton . press bed sizes are as large as 4.6 meters 180 inches . the facility is ts 16949 certified . germany & china edit pridgeon & clay also opened sales and engineering offices in germany and shanghai china in 2007 . references edit scope of accreditation to iso iec 17025 2005 pdf . the american association for laboratory accreditation . retrieved 21 april 2011 . in the classroom combined talents . http www.metalformingmagazine.com . metalforming magazine . retrieved 1 march 2011 . external link in website help a b kuvin brad . pioneer metalformers invest in workforce development case study pridgeon & clay grand rapids mi . metalforming magazine . retrieved 1 december 2011 . quality system certification pdf . aib vin otte international . retrieved 21 april 2011 . all photos and logos used in this article have been used with permission from pridgeon & clay . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to pridgeon & clay . pridgeon & clay retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pridgeon % 26 clay & oldid 731114415 categories companies based in grand rapids michiganautomotive companies of the united statestransport companieshidden categories cs1 errors external linkscommons category with page title same as on wikidataarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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