Newcomerstown
In 1912, after Elias George passed away, his son Paul took over the business as a third-generation leader, and took the company to even greater heights.
In 1906, a small file factory was opened in Newcomerstown, Ohio – the Rex File & Saw Co. This busness grew over the next ten years to become a prominent player in the file market. But disaster strucked on April 11th, 1917, when a hige fire totally destroyed the Rex complex. Seizing on an opportunity, Heller, in need of more land and cheaper labor than Newark had to offer, bought the Rex site and set about rebuilding the file factory and hiring the workers. Over the course of the next 20 years or so, more and more of the
Heller business was moved from Newark to Newcomerstown an by 1950, the Newcomerstown facility ocupied over 250,000 square feet and Heller was one of the top 3 file brands in the world. By 1953 Heller closed down its Newark factories and moved fully to Newcomerstown.
