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Buffalo Wire Works Co. celebrating 150 years

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Images collected during a recent tour with a mix of old ones, as well. The Buffalo Wire Works Co. on Clinton Street in Buffalo has been making metal screening since 1869 and is in the process of adding new products to their inventory, manufacturing urethane and rubber screening to supply projects throughout the world. Metal Woven Wire Mesh

Buffalo Wire Works Co. celebrating 150 years

From left, Omar Al Saleh, Ron George, Oliver Babingwa and COO Rich Zimmer, discuss quality control excellence as they inspect a wire mesh screen coming off the line.

CEO Joe Abramo, right, and Matt Klass inspect pieces of urethane module screening panels that were coming off the line at Buffalo Wire Works.

Some of the urethane panels that they produce on display.

New Americans, from left, Hser Nay Mwee, from Thailand, Rudy Malungu, from Congo, and Nga Reh, from Burma, inspect a finished urethane screening panel in a finishing area.

From left, executives, Max Davis, VP of Business Management, Erich Steadman, VP of Engineering, and Joe Abramo, CEO, in one of their warehouses at the plant.

Workers Rafael Lopez, left, and David Morris, inspect a near finished unit of mesh metal screening.

Metal weaver Scott Nowak monitors the process on one of the machines. The Buffalo Wire Works Company at 1165 Clinton St.

A roll of wire mesh screening.

An old photograph in their lobby showing a group photo of all of their employees in 1919.

CEO Joe Abramo invited all of the employees to pose for a group photo just as they did back in 1919.

Old photos in their offices with past executives.

Worker Felix Diaz working on one of the mesh machines.

Worker Felix Diaz working on one of the mesh machines.

An old photo in their lobby. The Buffalo Wire Works Company at 1165 Clinton St.

An old photo in their lobby. The Buffalo Wire Works Company at 1165 Clinton St.

Empire State Development Corp. said Monday that it will provide up to $233,000 in state Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits once the new jobs are created.

Buffalo Wire Works Co. celebrating 150 years

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