I worked 35 years in the machine tool company Jones & Lamson. We build by far the best machine tools in the world. In the 70 we were ordered to open our doors to other countries which many foreigners came marching through our doors with cameras and recording devices. Three years later at the IMTS show in Chicago there were machines looking identical to ours for have the price. We lost our foot hold over the next few years, so sad to say. I would love to see a manufacture of machine tools come back to Springfield and start manufacturing again. I would be the first one at their door. I will never forget the great days, nights, weekends and travel I had working for Jones & Lamson.
Re: “The Rise and Fall of Springfield, Vermont's First 'Tech Hub'”
I worked 35 years in the machine tool company Jones & Lamson. We build by far the best machine tools in the world. In the 70 we were ordered to open our doors to other countries which many foreigners came marching through our doors with cameras and recording devices. Three years later at the IMTS show in Chicago there were machines looking identical to ours for have the price. We lost our foot hold over the next few years, so sad to say. I would love to see a manufacture of machine tools come back to Springfield and start manufacturing again. I would be the first one at their door. I will never forget the great days, nights, weekends and travel I had working for Jones & Lamson.