Storied Bay Area Fastener Distributorship Shutters
September 12
10:39
2024
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R.J. Leahy Company Inc., a 96-year-old distributorship in San Francisco, has closed permanently after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
The storied company supplied metal fasteners that “held together WWII-era ships, Disneyland art commissions, and historical renovations of restaurants, residences and San Francisco city hall,” according to the San Francisco Business Times.
Founded in 1928 by Ray Leahy Sr., the company prospered in the growing maritime and military industries by offering non-ferrous fasteners and copper and brass metal products.
As those industries faded in the Bay Area, R.J. Leahy supplied fasteners and metal products to contractors, architects, artisans, and metalsmiths looking for vintage fasteners.
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