Travelers taking Interstate 78 through Upper Macungie Township may get a quick glance at the industrial building housing Precision Roll Grinders. What they may not know is that for more than 50 years, the company has been providing an essential service to thousands of manufacturers around the world.
If you write a reminder on a sticky note, eat a bowl of corn flakes for breakfast, blow your nose in a tissue, snack on a chocolate bar, replace batteries in your remote control, wrap leftovers in aluminum foil or put things away in a cardboard box, there’s a good chance Precision Roll Grinders played a big role in it.
Essentially, the company services rollers that range in size from 18 inches to several feet long used in dozens of different industries. It can be for basic maintenance or adjustments for a new line. From flattening paper to refining chocolate to processing the dough for animal crackers to making parts for airplanes and cement manufacturing, Precision has more than 750 monthly clients that send in the rollers they use…