The History of Joval Machine Company, Inc.

JoVal’s 52-year history began when Pratt Whitney employees, Gerald Chase and Henry Siede, decided to form a partnership. They set up a machining shop in the Chase family garage and named their company JoVal, a fusion of their wives’ names: Joyce and Valerie. When the business began to thrive, the partners left their jobs behind. As full-time businessmen, they grew JoVal into a thriving company.

JoVal Machine Company formed several partnerships over the years, but today they’re a true family business. Gerald Chase is President. His son, Jeff Chase, is Vice President and some employees have been working at JoVal for over 20 years. The Chase’s believe employee loyalty, dedication, and skill are big factors in JoVal’s success.

Lab Threads & Gear Works

Custom Gears and Threading Solutions Near Hartford and New Haven CT

We specialize in precision gear and threading production. Our specialty shop supplies custom solutions to the marine industry, antique car reproduction masters, and other manufacturing operations where mechanical precision is a priority.

Our design and production team works closely with your staff to customize gear and threading solutions to your specifications. We have the expertise and the versatility to meet your most stringent production requirements. We’re flexible and responsive to your needs and work quickly to meet your manufacturing deadlines.

 

We developed our signature production expertise over 65 years of working with a single, consistent goal: meet our customers’ needs. That often means producing the custom solutions right here in Connecticut that you need but can’t find anyplace else. The Lab Threads & Gear Works team accomplishes this by relying on traditional skills and technology-facilitated production methods. For accurate results and fast turnaround time, we work with quality machining equipment and computer numerical control (CNC) technology.

By the early 1960s, the company expanded to include the aerospace industry on its list of customers. Under the management of Joseph Sculli and Ernest Leonard, Lab Threads and Gear Works further diversified into the marine industry.

By 1970, Lab Threads and Gear Works became well known in all areas as a leading manufacturer of splined parts, gears, special form threads and leadscrews.

Today we are named Joval Machine Co., Inc. and we are under the leadership of Jeff Chase, we have added CNC machining to further meet the needs of its customers in the future.

Let Joval Machine Co., Inc. be your go-to source for your threading and gearing needs. We are located in Yalesville CT which is right between Hartford, New Haven, New York, and Boston. Call us at 203-284-0082 to get started.