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History

1952Chore-Time Equipment was started in August, in Alliance, Ohio.
1954Chore-Time moved to Milford, Indiana.
1957Brock Manufacturing was founded in Milford.
1967First European office established in Maldegem, Belgium.
1972The Pockman Cage Company of Decatur, Alabama, was purchased.
1976CTB was established. This was an acronym for the company's two principal brands at the time, Chore-Time and Brock.
1980Swish Watering was purchased.
1983Chore-Time Brock International was formed to promote and sell Chore-Time and Brock products overseas.
1996CTB entered into a partnership with American Securities Capital Partners, forming CTB International Corp.
1997CTB acquired Fancom B.V., a provider of market-leading computerized controls and software for agriculture, located in Panningen, Holland. CTB also purchased the grain bin division of Butler Manufacturing, the company that pioneered the grain bin business in 1907, located in Kansas City, Missouri. In August, CTB International Corp. made its initial public offering of common stock. The stock was traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under "CTBC."
1998CTB acquired Sibley Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of brooders and heaters located in Anderson, Missouri, and Staco, Inc., a producer of swine feeders and ventilation products.
1999CTB acquired Roxell N.V. of Maldegem, Belgium, a leading manufacturer of automated feeding and watering systems for poultry and swine.
2000CTB acquired ABC Industries’ handling equipment for the grain industry.
2001CTB consolidated its Anderson, Missouri, and Springdale, Arkansas, facilities in Anderson and named the combined operation Agile Mfg., Inc.
2002CTB became a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A; BRK.B), and, as a result, CTB’s stock was delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market®. Earlier in the year, CTB established a European logistics center, Chore-Time Europe B.V., with locations in the Netherlands and Poland; acquired Beard Industries, Inc. in Frankfort, Indiana, a leading grain dryer manufacturer; and also acquired key assets of Shenandoah Manufacturing Co., Inc., a leading manufacturer of poultry heaters, nests and incinerators.
2004CTB acquired assets of Swine Service Specialists, Inc., a leading manufacturer of feeding equipment for the hog production industry.
2006CTB acquired a controlling interest in Yan Agro Logic (1988) Ltd. of Netanya, Israel, a manufacturer of climate controllers, feed and poultry weighing systems and other integrated systems.
2007CTB purchased the Porcon group of companies based in Deurne, the Netherlands; Porcon manufactures pig equipment, including stalls, crates and pens, and packages these with a variety of other equipment to offer its customers a system solution. CTB also acquired Laake GmbH of Herzlake, Germany, a manufacturer of sow gestation and farrowing stalls and various animal-friendly solutions for the pig production industry, as well as stables, paddock doors and feeders for the equine market.
2008CTB acquired Uniqfill International B.V., located in Meijel in the Netherlands. Uniqfill is a designer and marketer of air scrubbing systems for animal livestock and other applications.
2008CTB acquired B. Mannebeck Landtechnik GmbH, located in Schüttorf, Germany. Mannebeck is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative equipment for pig production including electronic sow feeding and other feeding systems, animal-friendly stalls and crates, and plastic flooring for piglets and sows.

CTB, Inc. is a leading global designer, manufacturer and marketer of systems and solutions for the poultry, hog, egg production, and grain industries.


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