1924
Foundry operations come to Blossburg
Blossburg business leaders helped bring a cast-iron foundry operation to town at a time when employment in coal mining and the local tannery had declined.
Looking Ahead
A historic industrial site, moving into a new chapter.
Plant 1 stands within a Blossburg industrial history that reaches back more than a century.
Fagor Recycling is preparing the building for aluminum recycling and secondary-alloy production—bringing a different manufacturing process to an established industrial site.
Selected milestones
More than 100 years of industrial continuity.
1938
A new foundry is developed on Taber Street
The former tannery property on Taber Street became the site of a new foundry and a major new chapter in Blossburg manufacturing.
1955
Further modernization
A new automated plant expanded local production capabilities and continued the modernization of foundry manufacturing in Blossburg.
Today
A new aluminum-recycling program
Plant 1 is being prepared for aluminum recycling and secondary-alloy production.