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This is Fred Ball for Zions Bank, speaking on business.
In 1926, Joseph Leonard Love and Earn Kopsel went into business together doing engine repair work. In the beginning, Leonard would make sales calls to round up work then bring it back so he and Earn could complete it together. They called their company Kopsel and Love.
The men continued to work this way for 20 years, until 1946, when the company started industrial hard chrome plating. It was one of the first operations of its kind in the country. Because Kopsel and Love was providing chrome plating work for Hill Air Force Base, the government asked the company to set up a chrome plant in Japan and help operate it during the Korean War.
In 1951, Love's sons, Jay and Richard, bought out Earn Kopsel and re-launched the company as The Love Machine Company, as it is still known today. Over the years, Jay and Richard made drastic changes to the primary business and developed several new ventures, including Diesel Electric for rebuilding injectors and injection pumps, Western Casting for welding cylinder heads and blocks, Waukesha of Utah, in southern Utah, for doing engine repairs, and Amware, a wholesale automotive parts warehouse.
In the 83 years Love Machine has been in business, it has become a leader in the automotive and diesel engine repair industry. The name is easily recognized by anyone around the country involved with engine rebuilding. The company has always been an engine expert, from the days of Model T Ford gas engines to the present power stroke diesels, V12 and V16 engines.
Love Machine Company remains a family-owned business, operated by two of Leonard Love's grandsons, Doug and Scott. Even though large diesel engines are the company's specialty now, employees remain happy to work on all types, even a farm tractor engine that just needs a little tender loving care.
For Zions Bank, I'm Fred Ball. I'm speaking on business.
