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Hamilton®
Casters
 Hamilton®
Caster and Manufacturing
Company was awarded
Ohio's highest manufacturing
honor-the Governor's
Trophy-by a panel
of judges in the Ohio
Manufacturer's Association
Competition, Case
Studies in team Excellence.
Hamilton's joint labor-management
team was recognized
for its success as
it radically reorganized
the swivel caster
manufacturing process
which resulted in
substantal productivity
increases and other
efficiencies.
Hamilton Caster
has a lot of confidence
in the quality and
endurance of its casters
and wheels. Hamilton
is so confident that
they offer an industry-leading
three-year product
warranty on most forged
steel casters and
industrial wheels.
Effective on orders
placed after January
1, 2004, this guarantees
the original purchaser
of select Hamilton
products a three-year
limited warranty from
the date of original
invoice against manufacturer
defects in materials
and workmanship under
normal use.
More
information and history
about Hamilton:
There's no substitute
for experience–
ours, or yours. Thus
reads a Hamilton advertising
slogan expressing
how experience benefits
the user. Today's
customers benefit
in very real ways
from the
improvements in designs,
materials and manufacturing
methods developed
during Hamilton’s
90+ years in business.
Founder John A. Weigel
started Hamilton Caster
as a moonlighting
venture from his garage
in 1907, the same
year Oklahoma joined
the Union as the 46th
state and Theodore
Roosevelt was serving
as President. The
company struggled,
but earned a solid
reputation as its
“shoe rack casters”
proved popular in
the marketplace. In
1928 Hamilton entered
the floor truck market
when it acquired H.
Zering Mfg. Co., in
Cincinnati. But by
the late 1930’s
the company was reeling
from the Great Depression
and Mr. Weigel’s
health was failing.
Saving the enterprise
which the founder
had risked so much
to establish required
another great risk
during troubled economic
times. That's when
son-in-law Ralph Lippert
stepped in and purchased
the company in 1939.
His wife, Esther,
served as president
until 1943, when Ralph
became the company's
third president, a
position he held until
1976.
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