Celebrating more than 150 years

Eliphalet Williams Bliss was born in the small farming community of Fly Creek near Cooperstown, New York to Dr. John S. Bliss and Ruby Ann Williams Bliss.

At age 21, Bliss built his first presses on contract for Oliver Snow & Co. and soon became a machinist for the Charles Parker Gun Company.

Niagara Stamping & Tool Works was established by Adam Heinz and George J. Munschauer in Buffalo, NY. The company made tools and machinery for canning and did stamping and punching for other manufacturers.

The E.W. Bliss Co. was incorporated by E.W. Bliss, Anna M. Bliss, William A. Porter, Frank M. Leavitt and Charles L. Hart with capital of $100,000.

The Clearing Machine Corporation was established by Rudolph Glasner and remained in family control until 1954 when US Industries acquired the business, changing its name to USI Clearing.

During WWII, Niagara supplied metal forming equipment to the Army and Navy air services as well as other aircraft builders, supplying to companies like General Electric, General Motors and Curtiss-Wright.

Bliss, Clearing, Niagara, Inc. was formed as new entity on May 11, 2001 by CIT Lending Services, Inc. in New York. BCN acquired license rights to all the proprietary designs and intellectual property that was formerly owned by CNB International.

In September 2006, CIT Lending Services sold most of the business assets and all intellectual property to Müller Weingarten, who then ran the company under the name BCN Technical Services, Inc. 

One year after the formation of BCN Technical Services, Schuler AG purchased Müller Weingarten. On March 27, 2007, Schuler AG obtained BCN Technical Services as a subsidiary of Müller Weingarten.