Hanard Machine was established in 1968 by the original owner doing job shop work for the rare metal industries. After eight months of operation from a rented garage, a parcel of land was acquired and a larger facility was constructed. By 1974, the business had grown to twelve employees and was incorporated. In October of 1977, Hanard was purchased by Frank Kirsch Jr., Dave E. Fitzgerald, and Paul M."Mike" Parker. Hanard occupied six thousand square feet of manufacturing space and had seven employees including three owners.

During the Late 1970's and early 1980's, Hanard's primary business continued to be supporting the rare metals industries with the machining of exotic metals. Machined parts from these metals have such applications as: Structural missile components, Cooling systems for Nuclear power plants, and Various other Aircraft structures because of their light weight, durability, and corrosion resistance. During this same time frame, Hanard also began a relationship with mining and material handling concerns, machining and fabricating various types of large castings, forgings, and weldments.

In November of 1993, Dave E. Fitzgerald retired from the corporation and his interests were purchased by his partners, Frank Kirsch Jr. and Paul M. "Mike" Parker. In May of 1995, Hanard acquired an eighty-four thousand square foot, three building complex located one block south of the original facility. The acquisition of this complex allowed Hanard to add several large envelope fourth and fifth axis machining centers along with a Catia five axis programming system, thus dramatically increasing the capability and capacity of the corporation.

In early 2007, Hanard occupied 120,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space and had over one hundred employees working 24/7. Their primary business continues to include precision machining for multinational corporations, pertaining to the following industries of rare metals producers, material handling, aerospace and investment casting industries. Hanard's speciality is the close tolerance programming and machining of exotic metal casting and forginings such as titanium, inconel, zirconium, niobium and tantalum.