German immigrant John Mesker
starts his own
company primarily
doing tinning and
iron work.
Mesker starts using sheet metal for architectural ornaments
and entrances.
Mesker pioneers sheet metal fronts in lieu of masonry and cast iron fronts. Mesker is the first to use metal sheets for entrances (including doors) which are referred to today as "hollow metal doors."
John Mesker trains his 3 sons in the business to carry on his legacy.They divide up into 2 companies.
Bernard Mesker & Frank
Mesker grow Mesker
Brothers Ironworks in
St, Louis, MO, while
brother George builds
George L. Mesker
Company in Evansville, IN.Although they compete and
operate independently in
1880, they remain close
as a family.
Mesker wins the
Architectural Gold
Medal (the highest
award) at the 1904
Worlds Fair for
articles they
manufacture.
Mesker Brothers
Ironworks in St louis, MO is
incorporated.
Although the cast iron Victorian facades and entrances fall out of vogue in the 20th century, Mesker changes with the times and continues with its theme of using sheet metal to make hollow metal doors and frames in a more streamlined fashion.
The Evansville foundry
closes in 1981, but the
St. Louis Mesker Company
continues to flourish.
Mesker moves from St. Louis to Huntsville, AL in 1988.
Mesker Door builds a brand new, 155,000 sq. ft., state of the art manufacturing facility, specifically designed to engineer and manufacture hollow metal doors and frames. Mesker continues to expand at that same location today.
Mesker buys it's core manufacturing supplier and increases production with new Amadas and other high-tech equipment.
Mesker launches the new patent pending Envy Door - the fully welded, seamless edge door without bondo. Over a century later, the Mesker name lives on and still remains an American owned, privately-held company
and most of all -
remains an innovative American manufacturer
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