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60 Years of
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About Joseph Products Section Company History Section
Mission
Our goal is to meet your expectations in a timely manner with products that live up to their reputation for "extending the life" of your equipment. We'll strive to anticipate your future needs by increasing our repertoire of products and their applications. We value successful, long-term partnerships with our customers, suppliers, and employees.
We will continuously improve our products, processes, and people in order to keep the hard-earned reputation as "the driveline experts".
Customers
Joseph Industries serves the material handling, construction, and agricultural equipment markets. Within these markets, we serve the following customer types:
OEM branded dealer franchises
Independent non-branded distributors
Independent parts distributors
End Users
OEM Factory aftermarket programs (National Accounts)
We are a worldwide distributor of industrial aftermarket and original equipment parts for the lift truck and construction equipment industries. Our focus is driveline replacement components including remanufactured engines, remanufactured transmissions and remanufactured torque converters.
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We offer the widest assortment of industrial transmission and engine Overhaul Kits in the aftermarket. We also stock Parts for brakes, suspension, steering, engines and other applications. |
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Our Extensive Product Database includes 50,000 part numbers for many brand applications in drive lines for lift trucks, light construction equipment (specializing in backhoe loaders, rough terrain forklift trucks, and telehandlers), and agricultural equipment. Products consist of wear parts and components for internal combustion powered gasoline, diesel, and LP-Gas vehicles.
Our Product Catalog is available in convenient PDF sections for easy browsing or downloading.
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Our Product Development Team is focused on continuous expansion of our product offerings with additional new models of remanufactured transmissions, remanufactured torque converters, remanufactured engines, complete overhaul kits, and other aftermarket replacement parts. |
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Customer Service
It's easy to do business with Joseph because of our business focus -- specifically, remanufactured drive line products with all the parts necessary to offer complete kits. Our quality image is enhanced by strategic partnerships with original equipment manufacturers. Our ability to manage complex core inventories, direct-ship parts to many OEM dealer organizations, and perform centralized billing is a unique package of services and products not offered by our competitors.
Customer service representatives answer incoming calls from hundreds of customers daily -- taking orders, interpreting customer needs, recommending items and answering technical installation or trouble shooting questions. We are also unique in our national and international reach.
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transmissions, engines, and torque converters. See our
Cores Wanted page.
We ship from two warehouse locations – Streetsboro, Ohio and Anaheim, California. Almost all orders received daily are shipped that same day. |
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The company's remanufacturing focus on industrial transmissions and industrial torque converters began in 1972 as Converter Corporation of America. Over the years, the product line expanded to include engines, overhaul kits, and various drive line replacement parts for material handling and construction equipment. |
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1945 |
Chapman Motor Rebuilders is born on Elderwood Avenue in East Cleveland, Ohio, the forerunner of Joseph today, specializing in remanufactured automotive engines, transmissions, and torque converters. |
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1950 |
Chapman Motor Rebuilders grows and moves to larger facilities on Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Two locations on Carnegie total 13,000 square feet. |
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1951 |
Chapman opens first branch office in Akron, Ohio on Main Street. |
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1953 |
Chapman opens second branch on Cleveland Ohio's west side on Lorain Avenue. |
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1954 |
A third branch is opened on East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio. Chapman continues growth and becomes JEBCO Automotive. Headquarters are moved to a larger 15,000 square foot facility on Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. |
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1966 |
JEBCO Automotive grows yet again and moves to Caine Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. |
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1972 |
JEBCO Automotive becomes Converter Corporation of America and begins to specialize in the remanufacture of industrial transmissions and torque converters. |
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1975 |
Converter Corporation of America continues their growth and moves to a larger facility on Richmond Road, Bedford Heights, Ohio. |
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1983 |
Converter Corporation of America becomes Joseph Industries. It's name derived from Chapman's founding partner brothers. Joseph Industries continues their expansion into overhaul kits and other drive line components. |
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1987 |
Joseph Industries becomes employee owned in a retirement buyout from the founder. |
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1994 |
Joseph Industries builds a new 40,000 square foot facility in Streetsboro, Ohio to allow for future expansion and continued growth. |
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2006 |
Yorba Linda, California warehouse is moved to Anaheim, California to consolidate warehousing and torque converter remanufacturing for the west coast region. |
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| 2007 |
Joseph Industries completes 35,000 square
foot building expansion in Streetsboro, Ohio to handle
growing needs of remanufacturing and warehousing. |
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Present |
Today, Joseph Industries is the largest remanufacturer of industrial torque converters in North America and the remanufacturer of choice for several OEM accounts. Joseph is committed to continuous expansion of remanufactured engines, remanufactured transmissions, remanufactured torque converters, and kit products as new models evolve. |