1920 

Max S. Higgins, George H. Higgins and Edward H. Clark are inspired to establish Higgins Supply Company, Inc. in Cortland, New York, USA to manufacture corset accessories, sporting goods and stampings..

1923

1952

Higgins Supply Company, Inc. purchases the real estate at 23 South Street, McGraw, New York.

1953

Higgins Supply Company, Inc. expands its product line to include orthopedic stays and hardware. The company purchases real estate known as ” The Brick,” a three-story brick building on the corner of South and Elm Streets and across the street from 23 South Street to accommodate.

1988

The construction of Plant I is completed to house additional manufacturing capabilities and offices.

2002

Higgins Supply Company, Inc. continues to grow exponentially and acquires Plant II from Vesta Corset Company to increase manufacturing capacity.

2011

In the end of 2011, we purchased CoMed, a division of Defiance Stamping, of Ohio. This allowed us to grow our hand and finger splint line and to get into the retail markets.

2015

We purchased Cook Tool and Die of Rochester, NY. This gave us the ability to supply the tool and die industry and the capability to service our tooling needs in house.

2019

Higgins Supply Company Inc. acquired the assets of C&H Plastics, a leading manufacturer of custom injection molded plastics. Our C&H Plastics plant is located in Waterville, NY and is equipped with 16 injection molding machines that have a maximum tonnage of 528 ton. As you may know, Higgins Supply Company, Inc. has been involved in injection molding for the past years. With the addition of C&H Plastics, our capabilities and capacity will be increased to further serve your injection molding needs.

C&H Plastics

Our History

Before founding C & H Plastics in 1970, Bill Humphrey and Ray Clark worked in thermoplastic injection molding at the General Electric radio plant in Utica, New York. Bill managed the molding room and Ray was a mold engineer. At that time, Central New York was a successful manufacturing center where many highly trained, skilled engineers and manufacturing specialists worked. Utica became known as the “radio capital of the world” because of the GE radio plant.

After General Electric moved its radio manufacturing operations out of the country, these two entrepreneurs decided to pool their money and set up an injection molding operation. They purchased a building on Route 315 in Waterville, New York and C & H Plastics was born. The business remained there until moving in 1995 to a newer, larger facility on Conger Avenue in Waterville.

The 56,000 square foot Conger Avenue facility was built in 1970. Its 19,000 square feet of manufacturing space houses eighteen thermoplastic injection molding machines, mold storage and maintenance tooling, and machine shop.

Our 37,000 square foot warehouse and 3 bulk storage silos provide enough space for C & H to buy quantity raw material at discounted prices, saving customers money on material costs. They also have plenty of clean warehousing space to store customers’ parts for either blanket or drop shipping.

Bill Humphrey’s son and two daughters and Ray Clark’s two sons and daughter are all working at C & H. They’ve been there for years and are part of a workforce of 46 employees in manufacturing, warehousing, and sales.

C & H Plastics is a second-generation business financially secure with low overhead and a superior cash position. Their customers know that C & H Plastics will be there to manufacture plastic parts for them today and in the future. We look forward to working with you for another 50 years!