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For 99 years, United Solutions in Leominster was owned and operated by the same family.
Founded in 1919 by Canadian immigrant Eugene Tourigny, the company – then known as United Comb & Novelty Co. – originally manufactured small items like combs and buttons, sourced from tortoise shells and cattle horns.
It wasn’t until 1986 the company pivoted to the plastic housewares market, another 20 years after which it donned for the first time the name United Solutions, as it is officially called today.
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But after over a century in operation and after the founding family stepped aside in 2018 after Tourigny’s grandson, who ran United for 42 years, made the difficult decision to retire, the plastic goods company continues to grow and improve itself.