Company Overview

Company president, John Schulte began in the blacksmith business with his father in 1932. In 1938, he took over sole ownership of the business and began a dealership for 'Oliver' farm machinery. In the early years the majority of work involved repair of farm machinery. In 1942 the business started to manufacture brush cutting and cleaning equipment. In 1948 John Schulte developed and tested his first front mounted snow blower. Four employees were hired and a small production run was completed in the winter of 1949. Snow blower sales steadily increased and in 1963 the Schulte conveyor type rock picker was designed and patented by John Schulte. The front mounted snow blower and conveyor type rock picker would prove to be the main stay of the company for years to come.

In 1964 the family business was incorporated under the title of Schulte Welding and Machine Ltd. 1964 saw the company go into full scale production of rock pickers, front mounted rotary snow blowers and hydraulic earth scrapers. An agreement was signed in 1967 which saw the newly formed Rockelator Sales Ltd. receive the selling rights to all Schulte products. Through the efforts of Rockelator Sales Ltd. contacts were obtained with farm machinery distributors in the USA and good export market began to be developed. As years passed new Canadian and USA distributors for Schulte products were added and distribution increased to include many overseas countries.

The company name was changed in 1972 from Schulte Welding and Machine Ltd. to Schulte Industries Ltd. By this time the company work force had increased to fifty five full time shop and production personnel and seven front office and sales staff. Part time employees pushed the numbers of production personnel to seventy five in the winter months. Schulte Industries Ltd. Moved to a new 30, 000 square foot production and office facility in 1976 with additional warehouse space added two years later.

The years since 1976 saw the addition of many new products to Schulte's line of equipment as well as the updating of John Schulte's original designs. New products added to the Schulte line of equipment have included a rock windrower, a new line of hydraulic earth scrapers, a new line of twin stage rotary snow blowers, a reel type rock picker and a series of heavy duty mid range cultivators. In 1985 Rockelator Sales Ltd. the sole marketing arm of Schulte Industries Ltd. changed it's name to Schulte Sales Ltd. to more closely identify with the increasingly diversified line of Schulte products. In 1983 work was begun on the design and testing of an oil field pumping unit which culminated in sales of the units to major Saskatchewan oil producers. A line of roadside maintenance rotary cutters was introduced in 1987 and successfully marketed throughout North America. In 1988, the company came out with an agricultural line of 15 ft. and 10 1/2 ft. rotary cutters, designed to work in the agsector. These units have been successfully used for cutting corn stalks, cotton, grass of various varieties, stubble and brush. In 1990, the company introduced a heavy duty 6' rigid deck rotary cutter to its line of products, as well as the V-1280 V-cutter, specifically designed for grass cutting in shallow angle furrows, typically found in citrus groves. These units have been successfully tested. Production runs see these units being used by many growers in the citrus areas of Florida and Central America. Since 1992, the company has introduced a 26 ft. five rotary flex rotary cutter to its line of equipment. The largest manufactured in North America, this 26 ft. cutter allows for row crop cutting of ten rows on 30 inch spacing, making it an ideal implement for the large producer. In September of 1994, the company introduced three new products: Model 3020 - 20 ft. Flex-Wing Cutter, Model S70 - 7 ft. single decked medium duty rotary cutter and in September 1995, the company introduced the model F14 cotton special used primarily for cotton & corn shredding.

In 1995, Schulte Sales (International) Inc. was formed to handle sales of Schulte rotary cutters and Schulte snow blowers in the United States. In 1996, the company introduced the 2500 Giant big bucket reel type rock picker with a limited production run in the Spring of 1997. Also for 1997 plans are being made to build a 10 ft. Rotary cutter.

The present day sees Schulte Industries Ltd. with a diverse line of equipment for the farm, oil, industrial and commercial sectors of the economy. Schulte's products are currently sold throughout Canada and the United States as well as in overseas countries such as Australia, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Switzerland, Sweden Germany, Mexico, Costa Rica and Iceland.

Company Information

Additional Details

Legal Name: Schulte Industries Ltd.

Number of Employees: 35

Contacts

Products

• Agricultural Products & Equipment
• Ensilage And Forage Harvesters, New
• Mowers Rotary
• Mowers, Agricultural, New
• Pickers, Rock, Agricultural
• Rock Pickers Reel
• Rock Rakes
• Scraper, Drag Type, Earth Excavating
• Snow Removal Equipment Misc.
• Snowblower, Road, Tractor Or Truck Mounting
• Swathers And Windrowers, Agricultural, New

NAICS Categories

• 333110 Agricultural Implement Manufacturing

Additional Information