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About
- Name
- GERSTCO
- Manufacturing
- Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
- Trading names
- Gerstenslager Company Gerstenslager Buggy Company Gerstenslager Truck Body Co. Wehe & Company Carriage Works Wehe Company
Facts
- Founded
- 1860
Wooster,Ohio
Related
- Parent organizations
- Divisions
Key Persons
- Founders
Location
- 1425 E. Bowman St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
- 572 E. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
- Wooster Progress (1914)
- 1914 - Manufacturing
"This company is a recent one in Wooster, the factory being completed and occupied in 1907. The buildings are located on East Liberty Street near the Pennsylvania station. Two additions have been made to the original plant and the factory is now the largest and most up-to-date in Northern Ohio. They manufacture high grade carriages in many styles and patterns. Catalogue sent on request. [1]
Quick Facts
Producing Carriages, Surreys & Wagons
- 1860 - Founded as The Wehe Company in Marshallville, Ohio
- 1904 - George Gerstenslager assume majority ownership and became The Gerstenslager Company
- 1907 - The Gerstenslager Company moved manufacturing locations to downtown Wooster, Ohio
- 1928 - Wooster Directory - 572 E. Liberty St. - G. A. Gerstenslager, President; E. M. Martin Secretary-Treasurer p. 111, 216
Producing Special Truck Bodies & Vans
- 1930 - Relocated manufacturing to current location on E. Bowman Street in Wooster, Ohio to accommodate large special truck body manufacturing
- 1943 - January 23, The first cargo trailer for the wartime effort was produced. Gerstenslager would go on to produce 41,000 of those units. In addition, Gerstenslager produced 4-wheeler trailers, emergency flood lighting units, and ordnance repair shelter trailers.
- 1944 - March 15, Gerstenslager President, E. P. Martin and Chief Engineer E. M. Gordon, were presented with Citations of Merit by the Ordnance Department of the United States Army.
- 1950's - After successful war manufacturing efforts, the company was awarded contracts to build vehicles for US Post Office
Producing Metal Stamping & Assemblies for Automotive Industry (mid 19080s- Present)
- 1980's - Installed E-coat painting system to expand capabilities to service the automotive industry requirements
- 1990's Expansion of facilities in Wooster, with added manufacturing capabilities and warehouses
- 1997 - The Gerstenslager Company was Acquired by Worthington Industries
- 2000 - Expansion of Stamping and Assembly capability with greenfield site constructed in Clyde, Ohio
- 2011 - ArtiFlex Manufacturing, LLC founded as joint venture between Worthington Industries and Erin Hoffmann, of International Tooling Solutions
- 2015 - Installation of new High tonnage stamping presses in Wooster, Ohio to expand capacity
- ↑ Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 11.