• 1925 - Leon Lapidus forms U.S. Metal Products, Inc. in Manhattan. Principal products manufactured are automobile accessories. The company uses the trademark "U.S. Pioneer".
  
• 1936 - Isadore Pertofsky founds Modern Metal Manufacturing Company in Manhattan. Principal products manufactured are architectural lighting fixtures.
  
• World War II - Both U.S. Metal Products and Modern Metal manufacture shipboard electrical equipment for the U.S. Navy.
  
• 1944 - Modern Metal and U.S. Pioneer move to Brooklyn.
  
• 1967 - Les Lapidus moves from U.S. Metal Products to Modern Metal. U.S. Metal Products transfers all Navy tooling to Modern Metal.
  
• 1968 - Modern Metal bought by Sola Basic Industries and moved to its Tulsa, Oklahoma division, Nelson Electric.
  
• 1986 - Hardware products division of Nelson Electric sold to its competitor, Winchester Industries.
  
• 1986 - Les Lapidus forms U.S. Pioneer, Inc.
  
• 1993 - NMP Corp. acquires U.S. Pioneer, Inc. and Williams & Watts, Inc., Nova Division (formerly Winchester Industries). Les Lapidus appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Navy symbol products division.
  
• 1996 - NMP Corp. purchases the Hardware products line from Tabet Manufacturing.
  
• 1996 - NMP Corp. acquires Roflan and Peter Gray Corporation.
• 1997 - NMP Corp. purchases Navy fluorescent product line from Aqua Signal.
  
• July 1999 - U.S. Pioneer, Inc. is re-formed and acquires the Hardware Products line of NMP Corp. including the tooling, first article approvals, designs and inventory of:
  
  • Modern Metal Manufacturing
    
  • U.S. Pioneer, Inc.
    
  • Williams & Watts, Inc., Nova Division (formerly Winchester Industries)
    
  • Roflan
    
  • The Hardware products line of Tabet Manufacturing.
    
  • The Navy fluorescent product line of Aqua Signal