LATEST NEWS
BARKO Celebrates 60 Years and Joins The ALC!
WELCOME BARKO AS A NEW SILVER-MFG ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ALC!
WELCOME BARKO AS A NEW SILVER-MFG ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ALC!
Superior, Wisconsin – BARKO is a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of innovative heavy equipment solutions for the forestry, vegetation management and material handling industries and celebrates its diamond jubilee throughout 2023.
With humble beginnings as a welding, fabrication, and blacksmith shop on First Avenue East—where the Canal Park Lakewalk/boardwalk now sits—in 1963, Edward and Maurice Bartell established BARKO Hydraulics and produced what would prove to be the first hydraulically powered knuckle boom loader. Today, knuckle boom loaders are the backbone of every significant logging operation and BARKO is a globally leading brand.
On Tuesday, July 25, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm, BARKO will host an Open-House-style public equipment display; company employees and executives will be on-hand to discuss BARKO machines, company history and future direction. Industry leading BARKO forestry equipment will be displayed for guests to view and investigate.
BARKO President, Justin Rupar, will provide public remarks, as well as representatives from BARKO Parent Company, The Heico Companies, including President and CEO of the Industrial Technology Group, Barbara Philibert.
Food Trucks will be on the premises, and BARKO personnel look forward to engaging with the community, press, fellow businesses, and anyone interested in the forestry industry, heavy equipment, and the ongoing story of BARKO, The King of the Forest.
Rupar commented, “For a business to succeed for 60 years in an environment as competitively dense as ours, it’s clear BARKO has maintained and evolved its fundamental business elements over the course of decades. This is an opportunity to celebrate the efforts of those past BARKO generations and set a course for the future.”
