Technology  November 7, 2008

Kimble Precision concludes 15-year run

LOVELAND – Despite surviving previous downturns, Loveland manufacturer Kimble Precision Inc. couldn’t withstand the blow of losing its two biggest accounts and closed its doors permanently in August.

The company, founded in 1993 by Larry Kimble, provided manufacturing to high-tech firms. Kimble Precision powered through the technology downturn starting in 2001 by offering low-volume, high-touch service to its particular niche, but changes in the industry and repeated new ownership of his largest customers finally caught up with the company.

“The business was my life,” Kimble said. “It was my passion.”

He credits his high school shop teacher with instilling in him a zeal…

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