Mesta Machine Company. Mesta machinery was a leading industrial machinery manufacturer based in the pittsburgh area town of west homestead, pennsylvania. The mesta 50,000 ton hydraulic closed die forging press. The mesta machine company, a supplier of steel components, said it would shut its foundry and forge shops at nearby west homestead in an economy move and idle 300 hourly employees.
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To make their big forging presses and rolling mill stacks, mesta itself had to have big machine tools. It was founded in 1898 by george mesta when he merged his machine shop with another. The mesta machine company, a supplier of steel components, said it would shut its foundry and forge shops at nearby west homestead in an economy move and idle 300 hourly employees. Plant and product of the mesta machine company, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, u.s.a. A mesta machine company employee stands next to a molded staggered tooth gearmachine (explorepahistory.com). It was founded in 1898 by george mesta when he merged his machine shop with another. The mesta machine company was founded on november 21, 1898 by george f. Mesta machinery was a leading industrial machinery manufacturer based in the pittsburgh area town of west homestead, pennsylvania.