| | Headquartered in Morris, Minnesota, Superior Industries, LLC was established in 1972 as a subsidiary of Schmidgall Sand and Gravel. Our founder, Neil Schmidgall, began manufacturing custom built conveyors, gravel washing plants, crushing plants and other equipment for his father’s gravel business and other area companies. To keep up with the growing demand in the region, the market needed more portable gravel processing equipment so Neil focused on building equipment that was easy to move from site to site. By the end of 1974, Schmidgall Sand and Gravel dissolved. That year also marked the start of a new venture for Neil and his growing group of employees. It’s the year we started manufacturing conveyor idlers which grew Superior’s reach outside west central Minnesota. That was the beginning. From there our rapid growth and product development have pushed us well outside the boundaries of those gravel pits near Morris and into global markets we only once dreamed about.
Today, Superior Industries manufactures a complete line of portable and stationary conveying equipment, as well as conveyor idlers, pulleys and a host of related component accessories. Patents on several product lines have given us an edge in the niche markets of transferring and stockpiling minerals. Arguably our most well-known product, Superior’s TeleStacker® conveyor is popular in ship, barge and rail loading as well as unloading applications for sugar, sulfur, sand, rock, coal and wood. This innovative conveyor is designed to raise and travel radially to eliminate stockpile compaction and segregation, but can also be programmed to fill a rectangular area like a ship’s cargo hold. Since its original design, the TeleStacker conveyor list of features and options have grown as well its size. Superior manufactures the largest, most productive, telescoping radial stacking conveyor on the market today. | |
