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Interstate
Manufacturing Company
Agawam, MA
www.interstatecorps.com/html/imchome.htm
Interstate Manufacturing Company (IMC) was started in 1996 by
Keith Stone (left) to compliment Interstate Design Company (IDC), a company
started by his father in 1973 that produced tool design drawings for several
large aerospace corporations including General Electric Aircraft Engines and
Pratt & Whitney. After thirteen years with IDC involved in all aspects of the
tool design business, it was decided that a manufacturing company would be the
next logical step to expand the family business.
Interstate Manufacturing Company was incorporated in Rutland,
Vermont. It began as a 600 square foot, two person job shop, that provided
support to the nearby GE plant over the next three years. In late 1999, IMC and
IDC moved into their newly constructed 10,000 square foot building in Agawam,
Massachusetts. Today they design and manufacture high quality jigs, fixtures and
tooling for many prime contractors on current projects such as the Joint Strike
Fighter. IDC and IMC have both achieved ISO 9001:2000 status, positioning
themselves as a preferred supplier to their current list of customers.
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have been working with the MSBDC over the past six months for short-term
management advice and long-term goal planning. The bi-monthly meetings
allow IMC to see its way through some of the challenges it faces that are
sometimes unique to the manufacturing industry.”
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