MARK BAKER CORE SUPPLY

home > about us Mark Baker Core Supply was originally called Franklin Unit. It was started in 1927 in Philadelphia by Lou and Rose Baker as a scrap metal recycling business and eventually a starter and generator rebuilding operation. Franklin Unit also supplied cores to other rebuilders. Harry Baker joined Franklin Unit in 1946 to "help out" and consequently ran the company for the next 55 years. He still acts as a consultant to Mark Baker Core Supply. In 1974, Mark Baker began working at Franklin for a summer resulting in the creation of his own company, Mark Baker Core Supply. Franklin Unit was, of course, his first client. Brian Baker joined in 1980. Over the next 35 years, the company morphed from strictly collecting and selling cores into a combination scrap and core supplying operation. Eric Baker formally joined the business in 2010, but had actually been involved in strategy and planning for many years. He has known most of our customers for many years and have been immersed in..

Primary location: Pennsauken United States