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2018 VOLLEYB ALL

EQUIPMENT COLLECTION

or 150 years, Porter has been manufacturing steel rail, which he debuted at the Chicago Word’s
Finnovative, durable, and adaptable products. Fair. This rail along with his new carrier could run
Porter’s roots run deep in the agricultural on a curved track and introduced never before
world but today we thrive on engineering and seen configurations and applications for use
manufacturing athletic facility equipment for top outside of barns.
level competition. All along Porter has been an
industry leader; from our origins of producing By this time the new sport of basketball was
farm equipment to today’s Powr-Touch 5 wireless growing quickly as was the construction of
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gymnasium control system. Porter has excelled 150 model playgrounds. Porter continued making
years in manufacturing because of our foundation barn equipment into the 1920’s as it transitioned
of innovation. This is our history: into manufacturing basketball, gymnasium
and playground equipment. In 1939, Porter’s
In the fall of 1856, Joseph E. Porter was storing hay playground apparatus was chosen exclusively
at his father’s farm. The work was done manually for the Children’s World at World’s Fair in New
with a pitchfork and was very time and labor York. By the 1940’s Porter was the world’s largest
intensive. Convinced there was an easier way, manufacturer of playground, gymnasium and
he began working on a solution and ultimately swimming pool equipment.
invented the Porter Hay Carrier. This revolutionary
device gained him a national reputation as an Porter’s story is one of innovation and growth.
inventor and pioneer of hay tool manufacturing. Today the Porter brand is dominant among
In 1868, the J.E. Porter Company of Ottawa, IL architects and facility owners because of our
was established for the manufacture of pulleys, proven product performance and durability.
hardware and hay loft equipment. Porter was We don’t just build basketball, volleyball and
awarded several patents and remains renowned in gymnasium equipment; we offer total facility
the agricultural community. equipment solutions. We design our equipment
with the safety and performance of athletes at the
In 1893, J.E. Porter became a stockholder and forefront of our minds. We care about the success
president of the Inland Steel Company of Chicago of our customers and work relentlessly to maintain
Heights. Inland Steel made Porter’s radical new their trust and confidence in Porter equipment.

150 YEARS

of Porter Ingenuity!