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In
1869, a man named L. Lewis Sagendorph fulfilled his ambition to
begin his own company that would produce the finest metal products
in America. He called his fledgling business the Penn Metal Corporation
of Pennsylvania, and began by making steel culvert pipe on Oregon
Avenue in South Philadelphia.
Over the years,
Penn Metal's product lines broadened to include lockers, shelving
and even aircraft landing mats. A reputation for quality fabrication
spread, and the company's influence became nationwide. In the
1950's, the name was shortened to Penco Products and the plant
and offices were expanded to a modern facility in Oaks, Pennsylvania,
near Valley Forge, PA.
Penco became a subsidiary of Vesper Corporation in 1979 and continued
to grow. In 1994 the company added a manufacturing plant in Salt
Lake City, Utah. In 2001, the East coast manufacturing facilities
were moved from Oaks to a 400,000 square foot manufacturing facility
in Hamilton, North Carolina, allowing significant room for expansion.
The corporate headquarters remains in Pennsylvania.
The need for
storage products is universal, and Penco's markets span the spectrum
of industrial, service, governmental and institutional organizations.
Shelving and pallet rack products are popular with warehousing
and manufacturing applications, ranging from a few units to multi-level
installations. Lockers are widely used in educational facilities,
fitness centers, health care, commercial and industrial locations.
Other products such as storage cabinets, work benches and shop
furniture are used wherever material gets shipped, received or
stored.

Penco's products
are available through a nationwide network of distributors, serviced
by a team of District Sales Managers. Penco's mission is to provide
customers with value in the form of the finest storage products
available.
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