Clement K. Kaupp, Sr. continued the expansion of the now almost entirely industrial metalworking business his father had founded and was responsible for the intrroduction of hydroforming at C.B. Kaupp, in 1952. Hydroforming had been used to good effect by a few major industrial firms before that date, but Kaupp was only the second contract house to offer that capability to its clients. The technology was so novel that for the first two years Mr. Kaupp himself operated the hydroforming equipment, a 12-inch press, while training others in the shop.

Clem & Bill Kaupp, the third generation, are now at the helm of the family business that was once mainly a metal spinning house. They are continuing the Kaupp tradition of personal service and precision. One or both are still personally involved with virtually every Kaupp contract, reviewing drawings, designing tooling and procedures, meeting with the staff to plan and implement the projects . . . virtually every aspect of the work. Both have formal training in engineering and management as well as a lifelong apprenticeship under their father and grandfather's tutelage.