While operating Grand Rapids Metalcraft and Continental Die Casting profitably, Garland and Pfleiderer were able to retire the past obligations of the F.L. Jacobs Company and complete the reorganization. In seven years Garland and Pfleiderer took F.L. Jacobs, with a negative net worth of $15.1 million, and returned it to viability. The court, in its final ruling, heaped praise on Harry G. Garland and Arthur B. Pfleiderer noting that Grand Rapids Metalcraft Corp. and Continental Die Casting Corp. had been restored to "leaders in their fields".
