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 Cascade Clamps - Cascade Manufacturing Company was established in Portland, Oregon in the year 1943. They began as a small machine shop initially employing 4 people. Sales for their initial year of operation amounted to about $60,000. The very first recorded sales revenues involved the assembly and machining of stainless-steel valves, pipe fittings and other parts. Within 5 years of operation, the company had expanded to 40 workers and their annual sales volume had increased to $330,000. At present, Cascade is among the leading worldwide manufacturers within the material handling industry.
Design and production of the company's original hydraulic cylinder allowed this new business to aggressively engage in new business possibilities. Throughout the last sixty years, the trade of material handling has grown into a really advanced area with Cascade proudly playing a part in its improvement. Cascade at the moment continues to grow as the leader provider of lift truck accessories and different related items. The company feels certain in their capability in order to continue to lead the way within the business by understanding customer's requirements in the future and remaining aggressive in the international market.
During the 1950's, Cascade began to fabricate, design, and promote its hydraulic accessories. A new facility was made in 1956, to accommodate all plant operations and offices in Portland, Oregon, which continues to be the company's current head office. Subsequent to fifteen years of business, total workers reached 180 workers and sales had reached practically two million three hundred thousand dollars.
A second production plant was built in 1959 in Springfield, Ohio. 1960 marked Cascade's preliminary transfer into the global world of the material handling industry while the company recognized interest in England, Australia, and the Netherlands.
In the year 1964, the company altered its name to the Cascade Corporation. After that in the year 1965, the company went public with an initial offering of two hundred thousand shares of common stock. Ever since then the company has expanded its manufacturing amenities throughout the continental US to the places Warner Robins Georgia to go along with its already present plants in Springfield, Ohio and Portland, Oregon. Cascade products are fabricated worldwide because of a lot of subsidiary operations. In 1994, a new facility was completed in Almere, the Netherlands which is Cascade's European control center. This plant is made to be the ultimate customer service centre.
Continuing to develop, Cascade expanded their product offering further in 1996 and 1997 with the dramatic acquisition of five corporations, including the international leader in blades, the Kenhar Corporation.
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