Our company's founder, my father Alex DeBogory, Sr., was a true pioneer and a very real example of our trailblazing American forefathers. Born the son of Russian immigrants who settled in Geneva, Florida, he learned his trade as a machinist and welder while working on the railroad. He finished that part of his long career working for Henry Flagler on the East Coast Railway which eventually stretched from Miami to Key West, Florida. My father, pictured here working on the railway at age twenty-three, truly lived the American dream. He cherished the freedom to work hard and the opportunity to earn his eventual success through an honest day's labor. At the time, jobs were hard to find in Miami and the work he was able to find was arduous, but he was undeterred. In 1916, after mastering his trade and completing his work on the railway, he started his own small business and named it the 7th Street Bicycle Repair and Welding Company. Keeping his business alive during the ensuing depression years was one of his life's greatest challenges. The fact that he persevered despite this adversity and ultimately achieved and even exceeded his goals is characteristic of the determined spirit that he passed on to his family and to many of our company's employees. My father often said, "Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow." He believed a great enterprise could grow through hard work and determination and with the help of a distinguished name. Thus, as the business grew and prospered, he changed its name to U.S. Welding and Machine Company and later to U.S. Welding and Iron Works. In 1937, he changed the name to the United States Foundry & Manufacturing Corporation, which it remains today. My father worked at the company until he was eighty years of age, and was very proud of his life's-work. I feel that no image could better symbolize the heart of this company and the spirit of its founder than the one displayed here. Over the years, our small bicycle, welding and machine shop has evolved into one of America's premier producers of municipal castings. Today U.S. Foundry has grown into a rock-solid company with over 225 employees, three molding centers and four distribution warehouses. However, we recognize that future success requires continuous improvement in our products and services in order to outperform the competition. This passion for excellence is a way of life for every employee at U.S. Foundry. We take great pride every day in our primary mission of providing superior service and products to our customers. In keeping with the tradition of our founder Alex Debogory Sr., Our president, Alex DeBogory, Jr. and his son, Alex Lane DeBogory actively promote "growing" the business. Accordingly, in 1996 the fabrication division of U.S. Foundry became an independent company, U.S.F. Fabrication, Inc.. U.S. Foundry is proud to offer U.S.F. Fabrications metal products along with our own. The partnership between U.S. Foundry and U.S.F. Fabrication enables us to provide our customers with an unrivaled product line to meet all of their construction, utility casting and metal fabrication needs. U.S.F. Fabrication invests in CNC equipment and robotics to provide consistent quality. This commitment along with competitively priced products and superior service has been their trademark for success. USF-Fabrications aluminum and steel floor access doors and steel grates are distributed nationally. "World Class", employee designed, production facilities and "Just In Time" manufacturing, reduces costs and lead times enhancing our customers ability to meet their many challenges. U.S.F. Fabrication has one of the best-equipped miscellaneous steel fabrication shops in Florida and manufactures a wide variety of products such as; ladders, hoists and pump station accessories, 280PSI load frames, grates, covers and hatches for airports, bridge armor angle, bridge drains, slide gates, tree guards, pump tubes, and many other custom designed products. Along with custom fabrication, burning, bending and rolling services for plate, angle, pipe, beams and channels are available. At U.S. Foundry we believe, that along with our customers, our employees are our biggest asset. Employees from all areas of U.S. Foundry work with our World Class Department to develop quality, methods, and cost improvement ideas, and to bring those ideas to reality. This spirit of hard work and teamsmanship to constantly improve our operations has made us successful in meeting the challenges of our competitive world.