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Rite-Hite
Company typePrivate
IndustryDock lifts and safety systems
Founded1965
HeadquartersMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Number of locations100
Key peopleMichael White, CEO
ProductsMaterials handling equipment
Number of employees2,200
Websitehttps://www.ritehite.com

Rite-Hite is an American company that manufactures loading dock equipment, industrial doors, safety barriers, industrial fans and other in-plant products. Rite-Hite is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Overview

Rite-Hite Headquarters in Milwaukee

Rite-Hite was founded in 1965 by Arthur K. White, the father of Rite-Hite’s current owner and chairman, Mike White. The company has about 200 employees in the Milwaukee area and about 2,200 in its 100 locations worldwide. These include manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Denmark, Italy and China.

Products

Rite-Hite’s known products are dock leveling systems, high-speed doors and high-volume low-speed fans. and vehicle restraints.

Subsidiaries

Rite-Hite subsidiary companies include DuctSox Corporation, and Arbon Equipment Corporation. Most subsidiaries manufacture loading solutions, air dispersion systems, and modular walls and curtains for the environmental separation, machine guarding and area protection purposes.

Recognition

Rite-Hite is a recipient of the 2002 and 2008 Wisconsin Governor's Export Achievement Awards. In 2010, it received an Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operations Magazine's IMPOvation award for the acoustic curtain walls produced by its subsidiary Zoneworks. It has also received several Plant Engineering magazine's awards, most recently in 2009 the gold award in the Construction, Buildings and Grounds category, and the grand award in 2010.

References

  1. ^ Decker, Eric (April 30, 2010). "Rite-Hite Co. LLC". BizTimes.
  2. Mahan, Larry (September 2009). "Q&A with Joe Manone, Vice President of Rite-Hite". Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operations Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30.
  3. ^ "About Us". Rite-Hite. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  4. "Curve conveyor from Caljan Rite-Hite transports 40 million items annually". Warehousenews. October 2, 2009.
  5. "Rite-Hite receives export achievement award". Refrigerated Transporter. October 1, 2002.
  6. "Governor's Export Achievement Award Winners". Wisconsin Department of Commerce Newsletter. June 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19.
  7. "2010 Impovation Award Winners". Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operations Magazine. December 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03.
  8. Vavra, Bob (April 1, 2010). "Spring into productivity". Plant Engineering.
  9. "Product of the Year 2010 Winners". Plant Engineering. March 22, 2011.
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