HAVER & BOECKER

It all began when Washington S. Tyler started a wire working business in Cleveland Ohio in September 1872. At first, the company went by the name of "Cleveland Wire Works".

In 1880 an improved type of wire cloth, known as Tyler Double Crimped, was introduced. All this took place before the company was incorporated in 1884.

The next development that was to have worldwide influence in screening was the 1907 invention of an entirely new type of screen known as Ton-Cap Screens - a product that remains very popular today.

In 1910 Tyler introduced a scientifically designed testing sieve series known as the Tyler Standard Screen Scale Sieve Series. Soon this series was adopted as a national standard by the United States and many other countries. Tyler then developed the Ro-Tap Test Sieve Shaker.

After having developed the first hook strip for proper tensioning of screening panels in 1916, Tyler developed the first Hum-mer (H-CLASS) Electric Screen which was a sensational success.

Tyler then developed machines for coarser screening and heavier loads. This led to the purchase of the Niagara Screen Patents in 1935, followed by the invention and development of the Ty-Rock Screen, now known at W.S. Tyler Canada, and industry-wide as the F-CLASS.

In 1927, Tyler decided to establish a plant to serve the growing Canadian market. St. Catharines Ontario was selected as the site for a new 40,000 square foot plant. Construction was completed in 1930.

In 1957, in order to continue the growth of the company, a decision was made to select a new location for the U.S. plant. The site selected for the major expansion was in Mentor, Ohio. Construction of the Mentor Project began in March 1961 and was completed just a year later.

In 1962, a new plant in Salisbury North Carolina was opened to serve customers in the southern United States. The next manufacturing plant was built in Edmonton Alberta during 1970. This complex was built for the manufacturing of precrimped items of wire cloth, and to fabricate screen sections. Later, a shearing and hooking operation was set up in St. Laurent (Montreal), Quebec.

During December 1968 it was announced that the W.S. Tyler Company, and all of it's subsidiaries, had been purchased by Combustion Engineering. In 1997 Haver & Boecker took over 50% of W.S. Tyler. Since May 1998 all of W.S. Tyler Canada, and the wire weaving divisions of W.S. Tyler in North America, have been 100%-owned by Haver & Boecker.

Haver & Boecker have been in the wire weaving and screening business nearly as long as W.S. Tyler. In fact, to this day, the Haver family maintains ownership in Haver & Boecker. The Haver family and Tyler family had been friends for years when the company Tylinter was established. Tylinter, a joint-venture company between Haver & Boecker and W.S. Tyler has served industrial accounts in the United States for many years, and is now a part of W.S. Tyler.