About Armstrong & Sons
80 Years of Service to the Tube Replacement Industry
Thank you for joining us in celebrating 80 years of service to the tube replacement industry.
With five patents achieved along the way, Armstrong & Sons are proud to welcome you to come with us on a journey back through time. Our story begins over 100 years ago – and is still going strong. We invite you to look at our timeline to see an overview of our history. You can click on each image to see our photo gallery.
Armstrong & Sons ~ Tools you can count on. Experience you can trust.
OUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE YEARS
Robert Armstrong
1939 – 1948
FOUNDER
Robert S. Armstrong
1948 – 1966
OWNER
Bob S. Armstrong, Jr
1966 – 2009
OWNER
Linda Pietsch
(Armstrong)
2009 – Present
OWNER
Randy Pietsch
2014 – Present
MANAGER
Michael Pickell
1978 – Present
SHOP FORMAN
A Timeline of Our History
1918 - Coming to America
Emigrating to the United States from Scotland, Robert Armstrong comes to America and eventually found Armstrong & Sons, which has been providing innovative tools and support to the heat exchanger, chiller and steam condenser tube replacement industry for 80 years.
1931 - First Patent – Armstrong Tube Cutter
The Armstrong Tube Cuttter patent was filed on May 27th, 1931 and granted to Robert Armstrong on October 18, 1932.
1938 - Chief Engineer at Hell Gate Power Plant
Robert Armstrong achieves the rank of Chief Engineer at the Hell Gate power plant, the worlds most powerful steam operated power station at the time. As part of his work as Chief Engineer he began looking for ways to improve re-tubing of the systems steam condensers. It was here that the idea for the first tube pulling device came to fruition for which he earned a third patent for the Armstrong Tube Puller in 1954.
