LATHROP TROTTER

Founded in 1922 by Len Trotter and a financial partner, the Lathrop Trotter Co. was originally established as a manufacturer's representative to serve the growing coal-fired boiler market with products such as ash handling systems, steam turbines, lubricators, and gears. The utility power industry is still a large part of the business, and Lathrop Trotter still represents two of the original manufacturers from the 1920s: United Conveyor Corporation and Terry Steam Turbine - now Dresser Rand... For 39 years, Lathrop Trotter primarily served the coal-fired steam boiler industry. In the early sixties, then president, Bill Bissmeyer Sr., decided it was time to diversify the company. Paul Niklas, a young salesman who would later become president of the company, was introduced by his wife to the owner of a new company called Cincinnati Fan. Lathrop Trotter has been representing them since that meeting. He also added the LJ Wing Co., and we have since continued to expand into the industrial..

Also known as: Lathrop Trotter Co.

Primary location: Cincinnati United States