POSTED: 7:13 pm EDT March 23,
2009 UPDATED: 11:51 pm EDT March 23,
2009
Operations headquartered in Brockway, Pa.
Family has substantial involvement in many businesses, including Guardian Elder Care Holdings Inc.; Varischetti & Sons Inc.; Phoenix Sintered Metals Inc.; and Apple Tractor Inc.
All companies combined have more than 2,000 employees.
Family very active in community projects through the Frank Varischetti Foundation, which primarily serves the Brockway and DuBois areas.
Guardian Elder Care Holdings Inc. has 23 nursing facilities, including 20 in Pennsylvania, two in Ohio and one in West Virginia. The company was originated in 1995. Guardian also owns a long-term care pharmacy, a rehabilitation services company and a home-health-care company.
Varischetti & Sons Inc. owns and manages commercial real estate in Pennsylvania and New York and provides consultation services to the waste industry. The company's interest also includes VSI Racing, which competes on the Nationwide Series.
Phoenix Sintered Metals Inc. is a manufacturer of powder metal parts serving many different industries, including outdoor power equipment, sporting goods, hydraulic/fluid power, automotive, recreational vehicles, food service and medical. The company is a consolidation of assets from four local manufacturing plants in one central location in Brockway.
Apple Tractor Inc. is a major supplier of quality machinery for the construction and mining industries, selling, renting and buying new and used equipment such as tractors, excavators, wheel loaders, crawler loaders, backhoes, articulated trucks and hydraulic hammers.
The Varischetti business history dates back to the 1960s when the late Frank Varischetti built Varischetti Sanitation into one of the largest independently owned sanitation companies in Pennsylvania.
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