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Belting Industries, which today offers the most complete line of belting in the United States, was born in 1957 in a former schoolhouse in Irvington, New Jersey.
Although initially started as a distributor for Russell Manufacturing--serving New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York--founders Webb Cooper and his wife Kay soon capitalized on their early success by launching Belting Industries. The new company began by slitting Russell woven endless sleeves and expanded quickly with a conveyor belt department.
Lessons learned in the schoolhouse by the small start-up team would eventually lead Belting Industries to grow into a worldwide producer of belting.
When Haloid--later Xerox--introduced the first copier machine in 1959, Belting Industries was the first company to produce wrapped endless neoprene cotton belting for the new industry. Then, by pioneering a method of joining silicone belting, Belting Industries developed a unique product and landed another major new client--IBM.
Each new innovation spurred growth--more employees, additional sales branches and manufacturing sites, and increasing revenues.
The growing company confronted its first major crisis in 1980 when Russell Manufacturing was sold and Belting Industries was dropped as a slitting distributor. Turning challenge into opportunity, Belting Industries tackled the mammoth task of developing the capability to manufacture its own woven endless belts.
Belting Industries' employees--the company's greatest asset according to Webb Cooper--rose to the occasion. After much research and development and many long hours, they perfected their own endless product line and added it to their existing product offerings. This extraordinary effort marked a defining moment in Belting Industries' history.
Today, Belting Industries is an industry leader and continues its tradition of innovation and service at three locations across the U.S.
1-800-THE-BELT (1-800-843-2358)
