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Small SE Nebraska town excited as factory reopens Follow Us Question of the Day       By DAN CRISLER - Associated Press - Saturday, May 8, 2021 DEWITT, Neb. (AP) - As 1,300 tons of force pounded steel into tools here last week, every bang was a welcome sound for a southeast Nebraska town eager to get back into the manufacturing world. Just two weeks ago, Malco Products launched sales of its Eagle Grip line of locking pliers, produced in the same plant that turned out the similar Vise-Grip tools for generati...

Malco President Rich Benninghoff said it’s the start of a new era for his company. “Reinvigorating the DeWitt facility has been a full-team company effort,” he said. “There’s been a lot of collaboration and team involvement in getting the products to the shelves.” Eagle Grip tools are now produced in the former Vise-Grip plant. “These tools are the strongest on the market,” says an employee of Malco Products, which worked since 2016 to acquire the DeWitt factory. DAN CRISLER, THE WORLD-HERALD The four Eagle Grip products launched so far are ...