Private company

Challenge Machinery Company

Logo: challengemachinery.com³

Challenge Machinery Company is a manufacturer of printing equipment based in Norton Shores, founded in 1870.¹

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1870Founded¹

HeadquartersNorton Shores, United States¹
Websitewww.challengemachinery.com
Legal formCorporation (For-Profit)²
LEI5493001L1ACLX70RQE45²
StatusActive²
LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)²
Registered addressC/O LARRY RITSEMA, 49441-6081 Norton Shores, United States²
Registered withCorporations Division (Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs), 800171498²

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Products and brands

printing equipment

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Former names

Schneidewend & Lee Company1870 to 1893¹

Timeline

1893Renamed Name changed to Challenge Machinery Company¹
1870Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$795.2K 2020–2021

PPP loans $795.2K

Figures by year

Year	PPP loans	Total
2021	$350.0K	$350.0K
2020	$445.2K	$445.2K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA⁴. Matched to this company by name and state.

Apr 28, 2020$445.2K PPP loan (first draw) from Comerica Bank⁴To THE CHALLENGE MACHINERY COMPANY, Norton Shores MI; $448.1K forgiven Dec 17, 2020
Jan 29, 2021$350.0K PPP loan (second draw) from Comerica Bank⁴To THE CHALLENGE MACHINERY COMPANY, Norton Shores MI; $292.2K forgiven Sep 7, 2021

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataChallenge Machinery Company on Wikidata
2
GLEIFChallenge Machinery Company LEI record (5493001L1ACLX70RQE45)
3
Company websiteChallenge Machinery Company logo
4
SBASBA Paycheck Protection Program loan data (FOIA), loans of $150,000 and up