About Us 
Busche is a Quality CNC Machining organization conceived and developed by the Busche brothers Nick and Jerry. Both brothers with strong histories of machining created Hi-Tech Corporation in 1989 operating out of an existing pole barn on their father's farm just outside of Albion. This successful venture was sold to Citation Corporation in 1996. After growing the company to a $7 million organization, which still operates in Albion, Nick and Jerry both felt the need to develop businesses as entrepreneurs rather than employees, and went their separate ways each developing a specialized machining operation.

Jerry Busche created E.T.I., Engineered Tooling, in the spring of 1996, which specializes in Tool & Die along with fabrication work. In the fall of 1997, Nick created Busche Enterprise, which specializes in high volume production work catering to the automotive industry.

In 1997 both businesses were occupying the same downtown location in Albion. As sales spiraled for both organizations additional floor space was required. Jerry moved his fabrication work to the outskirts of Albion in 1998. After the addition of 5,000 sq ft at the new location, Jerry completed his move to 1946 E. State Road 8. In March 1999, Nick acquired 39,000 square feet of additional space with the purchase of Plant II, or the old Albion Wire facility located at 1515 State Road 8 east of Albion.

Realizing the significance of providing their customers with additional services, Engineered Tooling Division became a part of the Busche Organization in 1999. This merger allowed Nick and Jerry to offer their customers additional services and benefits. Jerry could now offer high volume production machining and Nick now had a reliable source for proto-type, reverse-engineering, tooling and gauging, fabrication work or engineering assistance. Nick and Jerry both had an answer and solution to most machining needs required by their customers.

The Busche's anticipated doubling their growth in 1999 with an expected shipped sales of $4 million and reaching for $12 million by the end of year 2000. Working with three Divisions of Dana, Bosch Braking Systems, Tower Automotive, Cooper Standard, SPX and BASF just to name a few, required additional production space. In November of 1999, Busche Enterprise announced the purchase of its third facility in Albion, when Autojectors moved their operations out of Albion to their Avilla location. Engineered Tooling also continuing to expand their services purchased Plant IV in 2000, the old Precision Plastics building in Albion's East Side Industrial Park. An additional 10 acres adjoining the Plant IV location was purchased in 2002 with expectations of expanding this facility further.

In the summer of 2002, "Busche" also announced the purchase of the Receiving Warehouse in the Albion East State Road 8 complex. Plant 5 located in the same complex, was also purchased, when International Wire consolidated it operations by moving to their Avilla location. Plant 5 was needed to handle the new automotive business arriving from Paulstra CRC, SPX Contech Metal Forge and International Truck and Engine Corporation for 2002.

Nick and Jerry's entrepreneurial spirit and vision has not gone unnoticed. In July 2002, Nick & Jerry were honored as Finalists for the Ernst & Young Northern Indiana Entrepreneur of the year. As Ron Kaufman, Managing Partner for Ernst & Young stated, "Most people think "yesterday", some people think "today", but, as you will see entrepreneurs think "tomorrow."

The Albion Chamber of Commerce also recognized "Busche" in January of 2003 for its "extraordinary efforts in the creation of employment opportunities in the Albion Community." Nick and Jerry's foresight and vision for tomorrow continues to bring new opportunities for Busche employees and the Albion community. Busche's market base continues to expand now including John Deere, Caterpillar, American Showa, Delco Remy, Honeywell, Tenneco, Hayes Lemmerz, Gunite, Navistar, U.S. Mfg. and other national and international organizations. With an estimated shipped sales at $39 million for year ending 2003, the Busche's have now purchased Plant 6, in Albion, which has added an additional 20,000 square feet and ground has already been broken to add an additional 32,400 square feet to this facility to meet the needs of new high volume production work and to be prepared for new business opportunities awaiting the Busches' in the future.

"Busche" is looking forward to a challenging and rewarding future as we continue working to serve and accommodate the needs of our customers and bringing new opportunities to the community of Albion.