Compco Celebrates 70 Years in Business

By KATY MUMAWCompco Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing COLUMBIANA, Ohio – Clarence Smith Sr. founded the company in 1952, yet his true start in business came at age 10 when, as a homeless orphan in Youngstown, he found shelter with a local grocer. Clarence spent his days learning about business as an apprentice to the shop owner and, at night, he slept in the basement. Within 10 years, he founded his first business: Diamond Steel Construction. Years later, he and partner Marti