While Hank Matousek Sr. was perfectly content in his position as quality control manager at a bearing company during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he had no idea that his employer’s growing financial woes and a pending layoff would become his surprise catalysts to found Grind All Inc. Not surprising, though, was that Matousek’s background as a quality leader would lead him to place value and excellence above all in his new enterprise.

From Hank’s one-man shop with one used grinder in a central Ohio basement, to today’s 45-machine, 52-employee, Brunswick-based company, the Matousek family still places quality above all else. Hank’s “Do it right and make your product better” creed has been the cornerstone of Grind All’s operations since the company was founded in 1972. “Do the best you can, and people will come back. Do jobs better than anyone,” says Grind All president Henry Matousek Jr., quoting his father.

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