[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        IN RECOGNITION OF HAYDEN CORPORATION'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. RICHARD E. NEAL

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 20, 2019

  Mr. NEAL. Madam Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate Hayden Corporation of West Springfield, Massachusetts on 
its 100th year of business. Now in its fourth generation of family 
ownership, the Hayden Corporation represents the robust character and 
history of economic innovation in western Massachusetts. It is my 
pleasure to recognize them on this significant milestone.
  Hayden Corporation was founded by Charles E. Hayden in 1919. At that 
time, the company's business was weaving and installing wire cloth used 
in the paper industry. Hayden Corp. eventually grew to start building, 
installing, and servicing other paper-making equipment under the 
leadership of Charles' son, Charles Wesley ``Wes'' Hayden. Wes also 
developed a patented process for seamlessly welding stainless steel 
wire cloth. Today, Hayden Corp. still services the paper making 
industry with field teams working on machinery in mills up and down the 
east coast of the United States. But the last 100 years has also seen 
Hayden Corp. diversify and expand to an enviable extent. Retired 
company president John O. Hayden, as well as his son and current 
president Daniel C. Hayden, spearheaded the corporation into state-of-
the-art coating of parts for the paper and pulp industry, power 
generation, gas and oil exploration and extraction, military 
applications, and the plastics industry. One of Hayden Corporation's 
customers has even been the U.S. Navy, when the company coated a valve 
on the submarine U.S.S. Springfield and its sister boats. Hayden 
Corporation's success and longevity is a testament to not only the 
Hayden family and the company's dedicated employees, but also the city 
of West Springfield and the overarching American manufacturing story of 
the entire region.
  Once again Madam Speaker, over the course of its 100-year history, 
Hayden Corporation has demonstrated exemplary leadership and integrity. 
Those traits are hallmarks of the company's outstanding work in western 
Massachusetts and beyond, and are certainly worthy of recognition. On 
the occasion of Hayden Corporation's 100th anniversary, I wish the 
Hayden family and the individuals who work with them--some for 
decades--all the best and much continued prosperity.

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