{"id":41,"date":"2025-06-20T18:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progresstac.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:01:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/progresstac.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e41-e1 m15-0 m15-1\"><div class=\"x-row e41-e2 m15-b m15-c m15-d m15-e m15-n\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e41-e3 m15-y m15-z m15-10 m15-11 m15-12 m15-13 m15-14 m15-15\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e41-e4 m15-1e m15-1f m15-1g m15-1h m15-1i m15-1j\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h1 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">Our Legacy<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"x-line e41-e5 m15-1o m15-1p m15-1q m15-6 m15-7 x-effect-exit\" data-x-effect=\"{&quot;scroll&quot;:true,&quot;offsetTop&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;offsetBottom&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;behaviorScroll&quot;:&quot;fire-once&quot;}\"\/><div class=\"x-text x-content e41-e6 m15-1u m15-1v\"><p>Progress Design and Machine was established in 1966 in Clyde, Ohio. The company designed and built machines for several industries, primarily for the crankshaft and camshaft industries. Toledo Automated Concepts (TAC) was founded in the late 1980s in Toledo, Ohio. In December of 1990 TAC joined Progress. In 1994, TAC purchased Sun Tool and service all Sun Tool machinery, as well as offer machine upgrades or replacements on legacy Sun Tool equipment. TAC primarily served cold end glass manufacturing for the automotive industry with a focus on glass drilling. In 2008, TAC passed a milestone with producing their 500th glass-drilling machine. The company takes pride in this achievement and feel this helps us solidify them as \u201cWorld Leaders in Glass Drilling Technology\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 they completed an addition of approximately 25,000 square feet to their Clyde Ohio facility. This has allowed them to continue to grow their footprint in the market by taking on increasingly larger and more complex projects.<\/p><\/div><a class=\"x-anchor x-anchor-button e41-e7 m15-1x m15-1y m15-8\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/progresstac.com\/contact\/\" data-x-effect=\"{&quot;durationBase&quot;:&quot;300ms&quot;}\"><div class=\"x-anchor-content\"><div class=\"x-anchor-text\"><span class=\"x-anchor-text-primary\">Request a Consultation<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"x-col e41-e8 m15-12 m15-14 m15-16\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-video\"><div  class=\"x-video player bg transparent hide-controls autoplay loop muted playsinline\" data-x-element-mejs=\"{&quot;poster&quot;:&quot;649:full&quot;}\"  data-x-video-options='{\"pause_out_of_view\":false}'><script type=\"text\/template\"><div class=\"x-video-inner video\/mp4  transparent\"><video class=\"x-mejs has-stack-styles\" poster=\"649:full\" preload=\"metadata\" autoplay loop muted playsinline><source src=\"https:\/\/progresstac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ProgressTAC-facility-outside-drone-video-10-09-25.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/div><\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e41-e9 m15-0 m15-1 m15-2\"><div class=\"x-row e41-e10 m15-b m15-d m15-f m15-g m15-h m15-i m15-o m15-p\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e41-e11 m15-y m15-z m15-12 m15-13 m15-14 m15-17 m15-18\"><div class=\"x-frame x-frame-video-embed e41-e12 m15-21 m15-22\"><div class=\"x-frame-inner\"><div class=\"x-video x-video-embed\"><div class=\"x-resp-embed x-is-video x-is-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ProgressTAC Overview\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KCcEpLKJgJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e41-e13 m15-1f m15-1h m15-1i m15-1k m15-1l\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h1 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">ProgressTAC Overview - Who we are<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e41-e14 m15-0 m15-1 m15-3\"><div class=\"x-row e41-e15 m15-b m15-d m15-f m15-g m15-h m15-i m15-o m15-q\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e41-e16 m15-12 m15-13 m15-14\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e41-e17 m15-1h m15-1j m15-1m\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h3 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">Who We are Today<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e41-e18 m15-1v m15-1w\">Progress Design and TAC have combined names doing business as ProgressTAC since 2012. Providing premium robotic and automated solutions across several industries including Automotive &amp; Architectural Glass, Appliance, and Machine Tending, among others. ProgressTAC currently has hundreds of fully automated systems installed in the United States and in 20 foreign countries.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col x-hide-md x-hide-sm x-hide-xs e41-e19 m15-12 m15-13 m15-14\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row e41-e20 m15-b m15-c m15-d m15-f m15-j m15-r\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e41-e21 m15-12 m15-13 m15-14 m15-19\"><span class=\"x-image e41-e22 m15-23 m15-24 m15-7 m15-9 x-effect-exit\" data-x-effect=\"{&quot;scroll&quot;:true,&quot;offsetTop&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;offsetBottom&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;behaviorScroll&quot;:&quot;fire-once&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/progresstac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC04060.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" alt=\"Image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-col e41-e23 m15-12 m15-13 m15-14 m15-19\"><span class=\"x-image e41-e24 m15-23 m15-25 m15-7 m15-9 m15-a x-effect-exit\" 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