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ESCO Tool Founder Al Brennan Dies at Age 87

ESCO Tool (Holliston, MA) has announced that Albert T. Brennan, who purchased the Evans Supply Company in Winchester, MA, in 1975, later renamed the firm ESCO Tools, and built it into one of the world?s leading welding end prep tool…

Posted: June 8, 2009

ESCO Tool (Holliston, MA) has announced that Albert T. Brennan, who purchased the Evans Supply Company in Winchester, MA, in 1975, later renamed the firm ESCO Tools, and built it into one of the world?s leading welding end prep tool manufacturers for the power generation industry, passed away at the age of 87 after a brief illness.

Mr. Brennan?s approach to growing ESCO Tools was simple: listen to what the customers? problems are and if there are enough similar problems out there, develop products to solve them. According to Matthew Brennan, president, ?My father?s common sense philosophy of listening to end-user problems and developing innovate solutions is the cornerstone of our success.?

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