Loomis International Ltd. marked the opening of a 176,200 sq ft manufacturing facility on 32 acres in Byron, IL.

Loomis also is marking the 40th anniversary of Gehle Loomis founding a metal working engineering and sales business in October 1979 in the basement of his home: Tool Engineering Industries. His son Randy joined the new business. After Gehle died in 1983, his daughters, Vicki and Lorri, joined the company.

By 1989 the company moved from the house to North Main Street in Rockford, IL, as Tool Engineering moved into buying and selling machinery. In 1993, the company of then five people, bought a 2.25 acre plot in Machesney Park and moved into an 8,000 sq ft building in 1994. By 1998, 24,000 sq ft were added and Randy started National Header Die.

In 2000 four more acres were acquired and the Tool Engineering name was changed to Loomis International.  

In 2004 Armor Coated Technology was formed.

The three companies now total 60 people.

Loomis International provides new and used tooling for fasteners and metal working and is located at 602 E. Blackhawk Dr., Byron, IL 61010. Tel: 815 636-7200 Email: info@LoomisLtd.com Web: LoomisLtd.com