Ronald H. Read, the founder of Read Manufacturing Co. Inc., has been involved with precision metal fabrication since 1956. He has run major fabricating companies on Long Island before going into business for himself in 1975.

Prior to opening Read Manufacturing Co. Inc, he has worked on projects such as the fabrication of the recording system on the first United States satellite, 'The Explorer', with Kepco Labs in New York and also the telstar communication satellite.

Later on in his career he was the fabrication supervisor on the Radio Frequency Interference Systems (RFI) project in the government buildings in Washington D.C. and he also worked on the fabrication for missle ranges throughout the world with Filtron Inc. of New York.