How A One Man Show Became One Of The Largest Privately Held Fastener Suppliers In The Country

Brunner was founded in Elroy, Wisconsin in 1963 and was incorporated as Brunner Drilling and Manufacturing Company Inc. in 1966. The Company started as a small manufacturing company with a few employees, specializing in drilling parts. As the Company became established, its product offerings expanded to include pins, fastening products, and bolts. In addition to offering more products, the Company included more value-add services for its customers, most notably product distribution. By adding distribution services, the amount of time customers must wait to receive their shipments was dramatically decreased. Today, the Company operates as one of the largest suppliers in the Midwest and provides and distributes products for customers across the country.

The Company continued expanding in 1990 by opening a location in Greenwood, South Carolina. With increasing demand for original equipment manufacturing (“OEM”) products in the southeast, the Greenwood location was opened to support Brunner’s customer base in the southeast. The secondary location operated for 27 years before closing in 2017 due to changes in customer processes for shipping of goods and assemblies.

From 1991 to recent years, Brunner Manufacturing has partnered with major OEM companies to be their single source for specialty steel and aluminum components.