Joseph Colledge, the company's founder, founded Colledge Inc. in 1979. Joseph Colledge has always had a love for manufacturing parts and machinery. He obtained the training necessary to make and repair all kinds of tasks as a manufacturing engineer. With this understanding, he was able to advance and prosper fast while working for different machine shops.

Joseph started to realize that most machine shops were ignoring a better method of doing things. He thought the client deserved better, and it didn't take him long to decide he had to open his own machine shop. Having purchased his first machinery and set up shop in 1979, he soon rose to prominence as the state's industry standard and the go-to guy for quality work.

Eventually, Colledge Machine's facilities were too small.