Riester & Thesmacher Co.

Harry Overly and Edward Hautz meet and work together at Riester & Thesmacher Co., a sheet metal fabrication company in Cleveland, Ohio.

In May, during the Depression, Harry Overly started the Overly Sheet Metal Company on Memphis Avenue in Cleveland

Edward Hautz joined Harry Overly’s enterprise and The Overly-Hautz Company is founded. The company is a sheet-metal job shop with contracted work based on customer’s demand.

The Company moves in December to a larger 3,300 square-foot facility in Cleveland at 11500 Madison Avenue.

The Overly-Hautz Company, becoming a strong sheet-metal fabrication competitor in the Cleveland area, grows to occupy all 24,000 square feet of the building on Madison Ave.

During the war years, the plant takes on new war-effort contracts, producing parts for the Bofors gun mounts, water-tight gun mounts for submarines, and radar units.    

Overly-Hautz creates a fabricated steel motor mount for Reliance Electric.  This fabrication job develops into a highly successful proprietary product line.

Overly-Hautz introduces motor rails with an adjustable feature.

Adapt-O-Mount product is first designed and fabricated by Overly-Hautz. It provides a simple method of adapting a new re-rated motor to the old mountings.

Edward Hautz, an original founder of Overly Hautz passes away in December at 55 years of age.

Overly-Hautz awarded patent on the Adjustable Motor Base.

Harry Overly, an original founder of Overly-Hautz passes away in April at 71 years of age.

The Overly-Hautz Company acquires a property, builds an addition, and moves to 8617 Clinton Road in Cleveland.

Shorewall of Grosse Ile, Michigan is acquired and becomes a division of Overly-Hautz. They create versatile wall systems for waterways, erosion control, and truck loading docks from light weight steel.

Overly-Hautz buys a business with locations in Meridian and Jackson, Mississippi that makes industrial agricultural products and implements.

The Overly-Hautz motor base division restructures and becomes The Overly Hautz Motor Base Company.