Diamond Wire Spring Co

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The Diamond Wire Spring Company was founded in 1939 in a garage-like building in the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh, PA. By 1941, ownership of the company was held by five businessmen who joined together to form a corporation. During World War II, the five participants were totally committed to their respected wartime responsibilities and the expansion of Diamond was limited.By 1947, one of the five owners, Alphonse J. Fazio, bought out the other stockholders. A University of Pittsburgh metallurgical engineer graduate, Mr. Fazio left his position as plant superintendent of Braeburn Steel in New Kensington, PA to become the full time president and owner of the fledgling Diamond Wire Spring Company. He had the complete support of his wife who encouraged him to utilize his experience in steelmaking to guide Diamond's growth. Under his leadership the company became a leading supplier of precision springs in the East. In 1945, Diamond moved from its Bloomfield location to Grant Avenue in Millvale, PA, and in 1956 Mr. Fazio built a modern facility on Babcock Boulevard that remains the main manufacturing plant today.In 1959 at the age of 49, Alphonse Fazio suffered a heart attack and died. It is thought that he may have had a premonition of his passing because the day prior to his death he advised his wife to sell the business should anything happen to him. Mr. Fazio feared that his wife and seven young children would be lost in a metals fabricating business dominated by experienced businessmen.

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