Employees| In the 1930s, brothers Ed and William Orscheln established a trucking business. As maintenance supervisor for Orscheln Brothers Truck Line, it was brother Al’s job to fix any problems on the fleet. Parking brakes failed quite often and one day in 1938, driver Gus Williams came in complaining, "You’ve got to fix the parking brake on old Six Speed." Al sketched out a different design (the first "over center" parking brake), built one in the shop, installed it on a truck going to St. Louis, and Orscheln manufacturing was born. | |
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The Orscheln Manufacturing Group continues to grow and expand at a rapid pace. It is currently comprised of eight manufacturing facilities located in the U.S. and Europe. With Distributors spread across the globe.
The operations of Orscheln Products L.L.C., a ISO 9001 certified facility, are located in Moberly, Missouri and housed in a 134,000 square foot facility. The company was created as the end result of an August 1994 merger with DURA Automotive Systems, in which DURA acquired the major automotive business segment and Orscheln Company retained the General Products Division or industrial segment.
Following a September 1996 acquisition of Richland Products of Lexington, Ohio, that company’s business unit and products were brought together with that of Orscheln Products. Product offerings include, but are not limited to, over center levers, shifters, mechanical control systems, fluid level indicators, plus a variety of cables used in park brake, push-pull, and light duty applications.
Felsted Products LLC, another ISO 9001 certified facility, is a 48,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Holmesville, Ohio. This business, previously known as the Felsted Division of Furon, was acquired in January 1998. Manufactured products include various types of cable assemblies and systems, electronic foot pedals, verniers, and shifters. Felsted Products also manages a global network of distributors for F.A.S.T (Felsted Assembled System Technology) products.
Acco Industrial Products LLC, located within the Orscheln Products L.L.C. facility in Moberly, Missouri is a result of the September 1998 acquisition of Acco Industrial Controls of Milan, Tennessee. Primary products include cable assemblies and systems for the aircraft and governmental industries.
Orscheln-Europe ULC, also ISO9001 facility, is located in a 8,000 square foot plant in Rugby, England. The Europe operations are extensions of similar domestic business and primarily serve the Western European marketplace.
Qualico Precision Products LLC (1977) and Platco LLC (1980) have recently combined their operations and are relocating to a 42,000 square foot plant in Moberly, Missouri. Qualico, a ISO 9001 certified facility, specializes in the production of precision screw machine components, utilizing multi-spindle or single-spindle equipment, and offers various secondary operations depending on material and part complexity. Qualico also possesses in-house plating capabilities for over twenty different types of plating and coating processes that compliment its screw machine business.