History





For more than 100 years, Webster Industries, Inc., has provided conveying solutions to a diverse range of markets with our extensive variety of products and industry expertise. Towner K. Webster founded Webster in 1876 in Chicago, Illinois, with his “Common Sense” elevator bucket. In 1907, Webster relocated to Tiffin, Ohio, where our corporate headquarters is located today. Throughout the past century, Webster has evolved from producing elevator buckets to being the world’s leading manufacturer of engineered class chains, commercial castings and vibrating conveyors. Webster’s reputation for high-quality products is rooted in a tradition of manufacturing excellence that is based on American materials, American labor and American pride.