Richco Structures history

1876: The Joseph Richardson Co. adopts the name Richardson Brothers.

In 1910, Joseph Egbert Richardson, who went by the name Egbert, succeeded his uncle William Richardson as company president.

1942: The company engages in the wartime production of walnut handguards for M1 rifles.

In 1952, a fourth generation of the family took the helm when Bill Richardson, son of Jairus, was named president.

In 1960, Joe Richardson, Sr., made added prefabricated building trusses to the company's product offerings.

Although Richardson Brothers would later scale back its presence in the unfinished market, in 1982 Wood & Wood Products reported that unfinished furniture accounted for 20 percent of the company's shipments.

Richco personnel entered raw data on a screen, sent it to Trusswall by modem, and within a short period, they had engineered drawings for custom-made trusses." By 1983 Richco had decided to bring automated design in-house.

1986: Glenn Dulmes is named president--the first non-family member to lead the enterprise.

By 1996 Richardson Brothers had introduced a line of antique-finished furniture that was well received by many furniture dealers.

In its July 5, 1999, edition, the Wisconsin State Journal reported that, according to a study conducted by Bryant College's Institute for Family Enterprise, Richardson Industries was perhaps the oldest family-owned business in the state of Wisconsin.