Chant engineering was Established in 1970
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In 2020, Chant celebrated its 50th Anniversary and 5 decades of proven and trusted testing machinery.
OVER 53 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
Timeline
December 1959
1959
In 1959, a young British engineer, Leonard James Chant, his wife and three sons immigrated to the United States.
February 1970
1970
In 1970, L. James “Jim” Chant founded L.J. Chant Associates in his basement.
November 1976
1976
The company moved to a new location in Horsham, PA and was renamed Chant Engineering Co. Inc.
March 1982
1982
Chant’s original logo design is created.
August 1985
1985
Philip Chant, Jim’s 4th son, joins the company as a full-time employee.
July 1986
1986
Chant moves to larger facility in Chalfont, PA.
November 1988
1988
Company moves to New Britain, PA and builds new 10,000 sq. ft. building.
September 1996
1996
Chant manufactures largest test machine – 5 Million Lb. Capacity.
May 1999
1999
Chant Engineering expands its product line by acquiring Hull Industries, a manufacturer of equipment and systems for plastics processors using thermoset, composite and thermoplastic materials.
February 2000
2000
L. James Chant steps down as president and Phil Chant steps in as Chant’s new President. Chant builds a new larger facility in New Britain, PA.
October 2010
2010
Chant manufactures its longest test bed (1500 Metric Ton / 3.3 Million Lbs. x 350 Ft. Long).
January 2012
2012
In 2012, Chant also builds new addition and doubles the size of building.
May 2012
2012
Chant becomes the exclusive North American Distributor for TALURIT™ products and adds swagers, swaging dies, annealing and cutting machines, ferrules and flemish eye sleeves to its product offering.
January 2013
2013
Chant becomes the exclusive North American Distributor for Friedrich Höppe GmbH DIN 3090 and 3091 thimbles.
January 2014
2014
Chant Engineering receives its AS9100:2009 and Rev. C, ISO 9001:2008.
Chant also acquires Cumberland Equipment’s line of reeling machines.
April 2015
2015
Chant becomes the exclusive North American Distributor for Dynamic Load Monitoring Systems (DLM) products and adds load links, load cells, load monitoring equipment, and shear pins to its product offering.
May 2015
2015
Chant is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard by Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA) the International Standard designed for the accreditation of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.
June 2017
2017
3rd generation joins Chant, new corporate website is launched and our founder, L. James “Jim” Chant, passes away on June 15, 2017.
December 2018
2018
Chant Engineering sells Hull Industries to Trinks, Inc., so it can continue to focus on its core mission and corporate goals, Chant Testing Machinery.
December 2018
2018
Chant adds a line of Hydrostatic Test Bunkers to serve customers in the Oil and Gas / Fracking industry to its product line.