Company History
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Hobart manufactures products for baking, cooking, food preparation, refrigeration, warewashing, and weighing and wrapping. Key products include mixers, slicers, scales, wrapping equipment, refrigeration, ovens and warewashing equipment. The Hobart Corporation USA began with the idea to put an electric motor on a coffee grinder. On July 20 1897 Mr CC Hobart & Herbert L. Johnson formed the Hobart Electrical Manufacturing Company in Troy, Ohio USA. |
For 100 years now, Hobart Corporation has been the world's leading supplier of food equipment and service for the foodservice and food retail industries.Click here to view a 100-year slideshow of our history!
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1915 |
Hobart continues its growth into the World market, opening a sales office in Australia. |
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1934 |
The Hobart Corporation USA expands acquiring the Dayton Scale Division of International Business Machines (IBM). |
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1951 |
Hobart Australia acquires a much larger manufacturing facility at Mortlake Sydney and commences local manufacturing of mixers & potato peelers. In the 1970's this facility was extended to allow for the manufacturing of dishwashers making it the largest factory of its kind in Australia. |
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1984 |
As a result of an international restructure The Hobart Manufacturing Company Pty Limited, then a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hobart Corporation USA, was sold to a distributor. |
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1994 |
Hobart Corporation USA reacquires the Hobart Australia operation from the distributor. The operation now consists of a sales & service company, Hobart Food Equipment Pty Limited. |
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1997 |
Hobart celebrates 100 years of supplying quality equipment & after sales service to the catering industry. |
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1999 |
Premark International Inc. is acquired by the Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW). |
Click here to view a 100-year slideshow of our history!
Parent Company: ITW Illinois Tool Works
Hobart is part of ITW. ITW recently purchased PMI, which was formed in the fall of 1986 in a spin-off from Dart & Kraft, Inc. ITW's (Parent Company) business segments include a consumer products group, which includes West Bend and Precor; a decorative products group, which includes Wilsonart and Florida Tile; and PMI Food Equipment Group, which includes Hobart, Vulcan-Hart. Wolf. Adamatic. Foster, Stero, Tasselli, Baxter, Still, Traulsen, Somat, Wittco, Ungerman, and Inoxyform.
In all, ITW employ 48,000 world-wide. ITW sales were $8.3 billion. Approximately 30% of the company's sales are generated outside the U.S.
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TODAY Hobart Australia offers to its customers a wide range of high quality equipment to the food service & catering industry through its extensive network of branch offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide & its authorised dealers throughout Australia.
The support to our customers does not end after the sale is made as we are committed to full customer service satisfaction in the event of equipment breakdown, during the warranty period or the life of the equipment.
Our Service is & always has been a strong & proud area for Hobart Food Equipment with our 30 Service Technicians & 67 Service Agents throughout Australia providing our customers with fast, efficient & reliable service.
Hobart Australia is backed by The Hobart Corporations International resources guaranteeing quality & product innovation.