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Wurth Baer Supply Company company history timeline

1950

Würth Baer Supply Company was founded in 1950 by the late Herbert Baer and his late wife, Helma, who began the business in the living room of their one-bedroom apartment in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.

1958

In 1958, the Company combined the office and warehouse operations into a larger facility in Skokie, Illinois.

1997

Würth Baer Supply Company was acquired in January 1997 by the Würth Group (Opens in new window) of Germany, a multi-national distributor of fasteners, fittings and a wide variety of industrial products.

1998

January 1998 – Acquired Anchor Sales/Pyramid Products, with facilities in the St Louis, Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri markets, and Upstate Plywood of Syracuse, New York.

2010

March 2010 – Acquired Roland and Roland, Inc. expanding our reach into Eastern Pennsylvania including the Philadelphia metro area and into the state of New Jersey.

2019

July 2019 – Gannomat granted Würth Baer Supply Company / Akins Machinery the exclusive importer and distributor rights for specific Gannomat machinery in the United States market.

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