Ingolf Sneva planted the seed that has become Diagrind, Inc. on the production floor of his Ideal Carbide Die Company in the late 1960s. Through patient refining and constant testing, he created a bonding system which effectively mated the rigidity and precision of carbide with the toughness of diamond. The vitreous metal (VM) bond that he developed remains the signature of Diagrind, Inc. over 40 years later. In 1975, the father/son team of Peter and Donald Sommer purchased Diagrind, Inc. fro