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first job was in 2007 in the plant. I worked summers in between school years. I started full time in 2010 as a pro- gram specialist,” he remembers. In 2023, Tom Bradford, looking ahead, tapped his son to lead the company, and he, in turn, assumed the role of chairman. The company’s original roots can be traced to 1897, when Tom Bradford’s great-grandfather opened W.J. Bradford Company in Chicago, which specialized in paper packaging and wrappers for the confectionary industry. But Tom says the genesis of today’s Bradford is the year 1924, when his great-grandmother provided the capital for his then-grandfather to buy out a partner and assert full family control. “She was technically the first president of the modern company,” says Bradford. “I’m not sure she ever worked in the operations, but she was the financial backing.”
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From its candy-wrapper beginning in Chicago, Bradford Company today employs nearly 900 associates and oper- ates out of nine locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with European affiliates in Germany and the Czech Republic. All strategically serve the company’s prin- cipal industrial customer bases, most notably automotive and related assembly operations. In addition to its location in Holland, Michigan, Bradford operates facilities in Wixom and Zeeland, Michigan; Gallatin, Tennessee; and Findlay, Ohio. Bradford Canada is in London, Ontario, while Brad- ford de Mexico has locations in Querétaro, Monterrey, and Irapuato. Its partnerships with Feuer in Germany and PPO Group in the Czech Republic give the company a foothold in the European manufacturing heartland. Its other facilities are positioned in heavily automo- tive-focused markets, and in these plants, the company’s material handling solutions and engineered component parts are designed and manufactured. A Journey To Service Diversity Bradford Company’s journey to its present-day product and service diversity began over 70 years ago when the company relocated from Chicago to Holland and began Bradford Company headquarters in Holland, Michigan.
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