[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 111 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  TRIBUTE TO SUPERIOR DIE SET CORPORATION IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 75TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 6, 1998

  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tribute to the Superior Die 
Set Corporation, one of the nation's oldest family-owned corporations, 
which is celebrating it 75th anniversary this year.
  This American success story traces its roots to a 23-year-old Polish 
blacksmith, Kasimir J. ``Casey'' Janiszewski, who bid farewell to his 
mother and father in 1910 and left Poland for the United States. Ten 
years later he arrived in Milwaukee, home of his new bride, and soon 
established Superior Tool & Die Company.
  As the family tree grew, so did the fortunes of the company. Casey 
Janiszewski's sons, Alphonse, Casimir H. and Edward, became key 
executives in the company. Casimir Janiszewski, also nicknamed 
``Casey,'' became president in 1968 and served the company for 55 
years--longer than any family member--until his retirement in 1991.
  His sons, Casimir J. and Frank J., took executive positions in the 
mid-1980s and in 1991 were named CEO and President, and Executive Vice-
President, respectively, their current positions in the firm.
  The company thrived under the stewardship of three generations of 
Janiszewskis. Headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek since 
1965, Superior Die Set Corporation employs 500 workers in the U.S. and 
overseas, is a regional source for a multiplicity of products and owns 
an array of patents on products developed by the founder and his son. 
In 1992, the Janiszewski success story came full circle with the 
establishment of a subsidiary in Poland that gives the company a global 
reach.
  The three-day celebration of the company's 75th anniversary also 
includes the birthday celebration of Casimir H. Janiszewski, who also 
turns 75.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Superior Die Set Corporation for being an outstanding 
corporate citizen, a community asset, employer of hundreds, and living 
proof that the American dream lives on.

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