The Men Who Built The Company
- Emmanuel Cohan (1888 - 1957)
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One of the original founding partners of Cohan-Epner, Emmanuel Cohan was an American-born son of Hungarian immigrants. In 1910, he and his brother-in-law, Louis Epner, formed a jewlry repair company. The plating was incidental to the repair function, but eventually became the focus of the business. Emmanuel was the "inside man" of the company. Like Louis, Emmanuel had limited education, but ran his business with an iron fist. He died in 1957. See Louis Epner.
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- Louis Epner (1892 - 1961)
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One of the founding partners of Cohan-Epner Company, this photograph was taken one week before his death.
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- Gerald Epner (1915 - 2004)
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A plating engineer and entrepreneur for virtually all of his adult life, Gerald Epner was a graduate chemical engineer, Brooklyn Poly Tech, Class of 1935. He went to work for his father’s electroplating company where he established one of the earliest and most complete job shop process control laboratories. This contribution helped the company grow to be the largest and most successful jewelry and novelty plater in New York.The World War II years were spent as a civilian quality specialist consulting for the Air Materiel Command based in Cleveland with responsibility over defense contractors supplying a wide range of military aircraft throughout the Mid West.
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- Stephen A. Candiloro Sr. (1931 - 2009)
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During the latter half of his 50 year career in plating, Steve Candiloro, Sr. was the technical heart of the team that propelled Epner Technology Inc. into its second century as one of the world’s leading high-tech electroplating job shops.
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