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.
The Overly Hautz Motor Base Company is relocated across state to a new site just north of Cincinnati, at 215 S. West St., Lebanon, OH.
The Overly Hautz Motor Base Co acquires the product rights for the Automatic Motor Base invented and patented by Jerome J. Sloyan, the owner of the Automatic Motor Base Co,..Read More
The Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. purchases the product rights of the Murray Pivoted Motor Base from the Murray Equipment Co.
The Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. expands shipping, assembly and inventory into the adjoining property in Lebanon site.
Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. jointly develops the Tenso-Set Quick Release patent for Browning.
Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. receives patent for modifications and improvement to the front of the Automatic Motor Base.
The front end office moves to the newly renovated adjoining property at 285 S. West St. The additional facility also provides for expansion of finished goods inventory, a vast shipping..Read More
LEBANON, OHIO (December 11, 2016) The Automatic Motor Base is certified as an energy saving device by Advanced Energy, a certified motors and drives testing laboratory, of Raleigh, NC after..Read More
Overly Hautz Motor Base Co. starts doing business as Overly Hautz Company.
The patent covers the invention of a screw mechanism which is used to adjust the position of a motor. The mechanism provides enhanced pulling power and a reduced likelihood of..Read More
US Patent awarded for new Adjusting Screw Mechanism that increases lifecycle of motor bases by 5-10x.
