Cascade Clamps

Cascade Manufacturing Company was established in Portland, Oregon in 1943. They started out as a small machine shop at first employing 4 individuals. 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 pipe fittings, valves and other parts. During five years of operation, the business had expanded to 40 staff and their yearly sales volume had increased to 330 thousand dollars. At present, Cascade is among the top international producers within the material handling industry.

Design and production of the company's first hydraulic cylinder allowed this new business to aggressively pursue better business possibilities. All through the final 60 years, the industry of material handling has developed into a very complex field with Cascade proudly playing a part in its development. Cascade presently continues to develop as the premier supplier of lift truck attachments and numerous associated items. The company feels assured in their potential to be able to continue to lead the way within the business by understanding client's needs in the future and remaining aggressive within the international market.

In the nineteen fifties, Cascade began designing, fabricating and selling hydraulic accessories. Manufacturing was completed in 1956 on a new office to house all office and plant operations in Portland, Oregon at the company's present headquarters. Subsequent to fifteen years of business, total workers reached a hundred and eighty workers and sales had reached almost 2.3 million dollars.

The next manufacturing plant was built in 1959 in Springfield, Ohio. 1960 marked Cascade's preliminary transfer into the global world of the material handling industry as the company recognized interest in Australia, the Netherlands and England.

The company altered its name to Cascade Corporation in 1964. In 1965, Cascade went public with a preliminary offering of 200,000 shares of common stock. The business has expanded its manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S. with areas in Portland, Oregon, Springfield, Ohio, and Warner Robins, Georgia. Cascade merchandise are manufactured globally thanks to lots of subsidiary operations. In the year 1944, a brand new facility was accomplished in Almere, the Netherlands which is Cascade's European headquarters. This plant is built to be the essential customer support centre.

Cascade further expanded their product base in 1996 and the year 1997 subsequent to acquiring five corporations, which included the Kenhar Corporation, the international best in forks.

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