ta Monica and Long Beach, CA. Over 10,000 of these planes were produced from 1939 until 1945. Joseff had enlisted as a glider pilot
in WWII, but the US Army Air Force de- nied his enlistment, citing he would be much more valuable to the war effort in the manufacturing of weapons, military aircraft and equipment. With 16 prime contractors located throughout the Unit- ed States, Joseff was working two shifts employing several hundred.
Joseff was
actively involved in the production of the CG-4A glider, as well as the C-47, for the national defense program. Production of the glider began in 1942, and more than 13,900 were delivered. The C-47s carried from the United States almost everything– bulldozers, blood plasma, college professors, Holly- wood entertainers, high-explosive ammu- nition, delicate signal equipment, heads of state and the ordinary GI. When the flights returned to the United States, they were carrying hog bristles and tungsten from China, cobalt and tin from Africa, rubber and quinine from Latin America, and from all over the globe, the wounded GIs. This adaption of the DC3 became the workhorse of the war effort. In 1948, a plane crash took Joseff’s Joan Castle Joseff (now Joseff’s
life.
wife) returned to the business, took a course in blueprint reading and foundry practices and found easement for tragedy in hard work. Her efforts were rewarded by the increasingly high standing of her company in the investment casting field, and by her own stature as an executive of her own company, and the only woman in the field. Today Joseff-Hollywood, under the
leadership of Chief Executive Officer Tina Joseff, continues its jewelry design and manufacturing, but also produces in- vestment castings for industrial, medical and aerospace use that have made up the major portion of its business since begin- ning aerospace ventures during the WWII era.
Joseff customers include Airbus,
Boeing, Lockheed, Honeywell, GE, as well as many prime contractors in aero- space production. The largest pour is 316L, then 17-
4PH. The company casts most of the 300 and 400 series stainless, 15-5PH, 1020,
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Joseff-Hollywood produces investment castings for industrial, medical and aerospace use that have made up the major portion of its business since be- ginning aerospace ventures during the WWII era.
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4130, 4140, 4340, 8620, 8630, S & H Mo- nel, A356 aluminum, coppers and brass- es. Most castings are under five pounds and range in size from 1/8” to 10.” Jo- seff parts are used in DC3, 8, 9 and 10, MD80, C17, T45, F18, P3 and C130, as well as on the Harm missile. They are also used by many industries, including the oil industry, automotive, medical, en- tertainment and the food industry.
“I live and breath Joseff-Holly-
wood,” Tina Joseff said. “I am continu- ally amazed at the accomplishments of Joseff and Joan. My two children are in- volved in the business and are planning on expanding the jewelry division, and continuing with the aerospace customers. I am hoping that they will continue to put glittering jewels on velvet screens and shiny metal flying machines in the skies.
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