Today's Erie Strayer Company had its roots in the Erie Steel
Construction Company, a steel fabrication and erection company,
started in 1912 by G.H. Strayer. This nine-man crew operated out of a
one-story brick building and did the steel work for commercial,
industrial, and public buildings throughout the Erie area.
As business grew, Erie Steel began to design and produce concrete
batching equipment,clamshell digging buckets, and storage bins
for the construction industry.This was the beginning of today's product line.
World War II saw Erie Steel build over 100 overhead electric travelling cranes,
thousands of clamshell and dragline buckets for the Army and Navy. Defense related
work continued after the war with the building of radar towers throughout the
continental United States.
By 1950 specialty steel fabrication was essentially phased out with the focus now
being the manufacture of concrete batching equipment and buckets. It was at this
time the company name was changed to the Erie Strayer Company to reflect this new
direction. Some of the largest central mix and mobile plants in the world were
built in Erie Pennsylvania. Erie Strayer Company was also a pioneer in the development
of Automated Batching Control Systems.
The manufacturing facility ( plant and office ) is now over 175,000 square feet and
sits on 21 acres. Erie Strayer's construction machines comprise one of the nation's
most complete lines of material handling equipment and are in use in all 50 states
and every hemisphere of the world.
Erie Strayer has remained under the direction of the Strayer family, Hamilton W Strayer
( G.W.'s son), Chairman of the Board, Robert F Strayer(H.W.'s son), President. The
company's mission remains dedicated to provide quality products and services for the
concrete providers of our country and the world.
