Engelberg Huller Company
| Manufacturing of hulling and milling machines | |
| Industry | Hulling and milling machine manufacture, later metalworking machinery |
| Genre | Machines for hulling and cleaning coffee, rice and other grain |
| Fate | In 1971 was renamed, Sundstrand-Engelberg, Inc. of Liverpool, New York. In 1974, the name changed to Sundstrand Syracuse, Inc. of Syracuse, New York, and Sundstrand Corp. of Rockford, Illinois. |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founder | John Montague |
| Headquarters | Syracuse, New York, United States |
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Area served
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United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, North America, Central America |
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Key people
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Evaristo Conrado Engelberg (1853–1932), Willard Halstead |
| Products | Hullers and milling machines; later metalworking tools such as; grinders, belt and disc sanders |
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Number of employees
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35 in 1910 |
The Engelberg Huller Company was established in 1888 in Syracuse, New York, by John R. Montague, to manufacture and distribute the Engelberg Huller machine which was invented by Brazilian mechanical engineer and inventor, Evaristo Conrado Engelberg, and Willard Halstead to remove the husks and shells from rice and coffee during the milling process.
While working in the C. E. Lipe Machine Shop, located on Geddes Street and considered an early business incubator in Syracuse, Montague began producing a hulling machine invented by the Brazilian, mechanical engineer, Evaristo Conrado Engelberg in 1885. The machine could remove the husks and shells from rice and coffee beans.
From this venture, the Engelberg-Huller Company was formed and Montague manufactured the machines in the building from 1888 to 1897. By then, the company, whose trade largely consisted of exports, required larger quarters and moved to a new plant at West Fayette and Ontario streets.
During 1885, Engelberg, of Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, received a British patent for a rice-hulling machine.
After strong development of his business, in June 1885, Engelberg partnered with Earl Siciliano to found Engelberg & Siciliano which was headquartered in Piracicaba and originally produced the machines for Brazilian farmers.
Three years later, on December 27, 1888, Engelberg, applied for a United States patent for the rice and coffee-hulling machine. U.S. patent (number 424,602) for a rice-hulling machine, was granted on April 1, 1890. With this machine, hulling and polishing, which removes different layers below the husk, could be done in several stages "during the same passage," a process that automated a manual task.
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