Our story

From R&D Machine to True Tube.

  1. 1976

    Robert Galli, a genius in the metal forming industry, founds R&D Machine Company.

  2. 1980

    R&D Machine becomes True Tube, Inc. and expands into a new facility in Paso Robles, California.

  3. Today

    True Tube makes tapered wall fuel rod simulator tubes for the nuclear power generating industry, using the process Robert Galli developed.