HISTORY
During
the
late
1970’s, Brad Schnittjer began looking for additional
products to add to the line of attachments being produced at
Bradco/American Trencher, Inc., a company Brad had formed in 1964.
Recycling waste materials was beginning to become popular. It was this
arena that work was begun on a proposed product line focused on
recycling.
The
initial product line as envisioned included a screening plant;
however the Scat Windrow Turner was the first machine to be developed
and introduced to the market place.
As
time passed, Corporate directions and ownership changed. Brad is now
producing Orbital Action Screening Plants being sold into numerous
diversified types of operations, mostly in North America with exciting
exceptions, those being Demining activities by The
Halo
Trust
and the U.S. Army.
The
original, 1964 startup company, Bradco, Inc is now called Paladin and
is owned by the Dover Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange
company. The company has expanded several times, operating at its
original location in Delhi, Iowa.
“Bradco”
remains
one
of its primary brand names.
The
“SCAT” windrow turner is now owned by the Vermeer Corporation of
Pella, Iowa and is being sold under the Vermeer label.
Early
on,
Brad
started as a contractor moving dirt, installing sewer,
water and telephone cable. Followed by twelve years of installing
Natural Gas Distribution systems. This rich experience coupled with
developing machines to do things mechanically and hydraulically
provided the foundation and knowledge to introduce what we now
consider, Americas Finest “General
Purpose” Screening Plant.
Happy
screening
Brad
Schnittjer
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