Nowak Products, Inc

Employee Size

2-10

Headquarters

Finleyville, PA

Nowak Products, Inc. grew from founder Florian “Jack” Nowak’s four-machine Connecticut screw-machine shop into a manufacturer and rebuilder serving users of Davenport and Acme machinery. The Newington company is known for patented screw-machine improvements, including its wedge chuck designs, and for rebuilding Davenport equipment from short blocks through turnkey Model B machines. Nowak’s history includes 28 patents developed to improve screw-machine function, service life, and uptime.

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