Who we are
Founded in 1955, by John Biach the company grew rapidly as engineers from many fields consulted with Mr. Biach to help them with their particular demands and difficult bolting geometries. Standard, off the shelf, products did not exist to meet the varying load requirements, significant space restrictions and handling concerns of each customer.

Biach's expertise grew in many areas. The refinery and petro-chemical fields required assurance that vessels as well as flanges on pipelines would not leak. The construction field consulted with Biach to assure structures would withstand high force winds and heavy loads, including virtually all cable suspension bridges. Naval projects expanded as the navy grew with applications such as propeller mounting, coolant pumps (for nuclear submarines), catapult and arresting gear (aircraft carriers) with each dictating rigid accuracy and assured performance.

Coal fired plants needed special tooling for their coal pulverizer systems. Hydro electric plants needed custom designs for their high volume pumps and valves. The Army Corps of Engineers needed Biach's expertise for water controlled dam projects.

Equipment manufacturers sought more controlled means of assembly realized the value of tensioning vs. torquing a joint to improve their assembly process and quality of their equipment. Specialized systems were developed for film processing, MRI equipment assembly, disc harrow tractor assembly, furnace designs, dragline, crane and shovel assembly, oil field inspection equipment, plastic extrusion head assemblies and piston ring manufacture plants.

In the aerospace field, NASA came to Biach to develop custom tensioners for the shuttle booster rockets which later led to other shuttle bolting projects. Biach engineers also developed special equipment for the B1 Bomber assembly.