Company founded
1947
H&B Machine Corporation was founded in 1947 by Joseph Bracht as a maintenance machine shop for the flourishing and expanding graphic arts industry. Many of the jobs taken on required handling heavy components on site. This is where our portable gantries were developed. The applications required a lifting device that was strong yet portable, many times being hauled, set-up, used and taken-down by one person. All the original models were all steel construction.