Crystal Engineering History
Crystal Engineering Co. Inc. was founded in 1956 as a small carbide tooling shop. In 1983 our current owner Richard Greenleaf Jr. purchased the company. Within three years, Greenleaf transformed Crystal Engineering into a successful high-speed, high-volume stamping house specializing in the production of SEMS assembled washers for the automotive industry.
In 1989, Crystal Engineering established a new production wire EDM department, greatly diversifying its capabilities and better serving their customers in the medical, automotive, aerospace, defense, telecommunications, building & construction, and consumer products industries.
Having outgrown its former location in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Crystal Engineering moved to its current location in November 2000, consisting of a custom designed modern 26,500 square foot facility in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
In July of 2005, Crystal Engineering acquired Pulsar Engineering another similar, small business. This acquisition not only added CNC machining to Crystal Engineering's production mix, but also increased their capacity in short run stampings and wire EDM. The acquisition also brought in several new key customers, including Baxter Healthcare and General Dynamics.
Meet the CEC Team
Richard Greenleaf Jr., Owner & Shed-It™ Tech Support
In 1983 Richard Greenleaf Jr. purchased Crystal Engineering Company, Inc., a small carbide tooling shop. Richard’s broad background and previous experience in the tool and die, design engineering, metal stamping and machining disciplines have proved to be invaluable to the company. Under Richard’s leadership, Crystal Engineering was transformed within three years into a very successful high-speed, high-volume stamping house.
Richard is a technical expert in all facets of high speed stamping, and is responsible for all estimating. Additionally, he designs all of Crystal Engineering’s tooling and custom assembly machinery. Richard recently developed and patented the Shed-It™, a new slug ejection device that eliminates all slug pulling. Crystal Engineering has been successfully using the Shed-It™ on its own tools with dramatic results. Crystal Engineering is now pleased to offer this device to others in the stamping industry.
George Hunt, General Manager & Shed-It™ Tech Support
George began his apprenticeship in 1978 as a Tool & Die Maker and joined Crystal Engineering in October of 2000. In 2003 George became the Manager of the WCS (Wire EDM, CNC, Short Run Stamping) Department. In 2007 George was promoted to the position of General Manager and added oversight of the HSS (High-Speed Stamping) department to his responsibilities.
Mike Mottola Jr., Manager of Quality – Sales Engineer WCS & Shed-It™ Tech Support
Mike joined Crystal Engineering in 2005 as Manufacturing Sales Engineer. He has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. Mike brings more than 20 years experience in Manufacturing Engineering, originally in investment casting with Howmet Corporation in Dover NJ, and Pulsar Engineering of Topsfield MA where he was Vice President of Quality & Engineering. Today, Mike is Crystal Engineering’s Manager of Quality, as well as New Accounts Sales Engineer for Wire EDM, Short Run Stamping and CNC Machining.
Bob Greenleaf, Operations Manager High-Speed Stamping (HSS)
Bob has been with Crystal Engineering since its inception in 1986. He is currently the Production Control Coordinator for the HSS department. He is responsible for all scheduling, purchasing and shipping activities for HSS. Bob is the single, most qualified individual in Crystal Engineering concerning all aspects about placing new orders or the status of existing orders for our High-Speed Stamping operation.
Beth Larocque, Book Keeper, Office Manager and Receptionist
Beth joined Crystal Engineering in 2007. Her primary responsibilities include all aspects of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and office management. She is keenly aware of all daily operations within the company and, as the receptionist, coordinates all company visitors and incoming telephonic communication.