[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 26618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING J.A. REINHARDT AND CO., INC. ON ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY IN 
                       MOUNTAINHOME, PENNSYLVANIA

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 3, 2007

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to J.A. 
Reinhardt and Company, Inc., of Mountainhome, Monroe County, 
Pennsylvania, on the occasion of its 60th anniversary in business.
  From humble beginnings in 1947, two brothers, Jack and Bob Reinhardt, 
from Brooklyn, New York, returned from military service in the United 
States Army to relocate to Mountainhome in the Pocono Mountains of 
Pennsylvania. There, armed with only a dream and a small bank loan, 
they began manufacturing engraved signs for local resorts and banks in 
the basement of the family home.
  By 1950, the company had expanded to 2,400 square feet and was 
supplying components to major aircraft manufacturers. Over the next 
half century the firm would undergo dramatic growth to meet the needs 
of customers.
  Today, J.A. Reinhardt and Company, Inc., is proud to be associated 
with some of the premier aerospace and high technology firms in the 
world. Now at 75,000 square feet, the company boasts such customers as 
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Harris and ITT, as well as clients as far away 
as Israel and Turkey.
  Before Jack Reinhardt passed away, he witnessed the company he and 
his brother founded develop into a premier producer of precision 
machined and fabricated products.
  Since this world-class company was founded in the entrepreneurial 
spirit that helped build this great Nation, it has provided hundreds of 
people with an opportunity to earn family-sustaining wages.
  J.A. Reinhardt and Company, Inc., has also generated business for its 
neighbors and has become a major force in the economy of the Pocono 
Mountains. All this because 2 young men were willing to take a risk 6 
decades ago, were willing to work hard and were blessed with the 
ability to encourage the best from themselves and their employees.
  The J.A. Reinhardt Company, Inc. has truly been a partner in the 
defense of the United States.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Bob Reinhardt and the 
late Jack Reinhardt for having the determination and fortitude to 
persevere so that the business they founded could survive and flourish 
and serve as an example to aspiring entrepreneurs everywhere.

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