Hudson’s C&M Machine Products expanding

HUDSON – There’s a slight smell of cooking oil at C&M Machine Products, but it’s not from food. The smell comes from the canola-based cooling liquid used in the many machines that churn out millions of small metal components for the family-owned “job shop.” The smell is evidence that C&M is not just surviving during the recession, it is growing. “We had about 60 employees in 2008; now we have 100,” said CEO Dan Villemaire. The firm is in the process of expanding and refurbishing a building in the Sagamore Industrial Park in south Hudson, where it has been located in various buildings for decades.