From a Minneapolis Garage to a Global Manufacturer: Graco Marks 100 Years of Resilience

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Centennial--A century ago, in the depths of a Minnesota winter, a downtown Minneapolis parking lot attendant named Russell Gray grew fed up with grease guns that froze, failed, and injured workers while servicing cars. That frustration, and a belief that work should be safer and more reliable, resulted in the invention of an air-powered grease gun that solved a real customer problem, launching Graco Inc. This month, Graco marks its 100th anniversary as a $2 billion global indu.