Alva Allen Industries was around since at least 1930 and remained in business until 2022. Between 1959 and 2010 they were Alva Allen Industries, Inc. They manufactured punch presses. In 1963 they acquired Fred J. Swaine's line of punch presses. Before the purchase, Alva Allen's line encompassed 1 to 25 ton presses; afterwards, their largest size press was 150 tons. By 1970 they had dropped the very largest sizes and their biggest press was 100 tons. One document dated 1954 lists the company name as Alva F. Allen Punch Press Dept.

After the death of the original founder, daughter Nancy A. Allen ran the business until her death in 2022. Parts and service for Alva Allen presses are no longer available.

Information Sources

• Ad in October 1962 Popular Mechanics for Alva Allen power punch press catalog, 100 pages, showing 1 to 25 ton capacity punch presses.
• A 1963 issue of Western Machinery and Steel World has the following snippet

  Alva Allen Purchases Swaine Punch Press Line
  Alva Allen Industries recently from the Fred J. Swaine Mfg. Co. all rights to the Swaine line of open back inclinable punch presses. This purchase has enabled Alva Allen Industries to add 30 through 100 ton capacity models to...

• Ad in October 1964 Popular Mechanics for Alva Allen "Swaine" power punch presses, 1 to 150 ton capacity. The Model B-2 2 ton press was $107.50 less motor. The same ad appeared in , e.g., in the April 1966 issue. By December 1966 the price for the B-2 press had increased to $117.50, by March 1968 it was $129.50, and by May 1970 is was $156.40. Sometime between March 1968 and May 1970 the largest size punch press was reduced from 150 ton to 100 ton capacity.
• The corporate registration for Alva Allen Industries, Inc. was established in 1959 and dissolved in 2010.
• The company website stopped working in 2022. The archive.org archive of alvaallenind.com can be perused to see what information used to be there.
• Last address before they closed their doors: 1001-15 North Third Street, Clinton, MO 64735.