Edelmann

Plews / Edelmann Division of the Tomkins Industrial and Automotive group is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad range of automotive parts and tools sold to the vast majority of mass merchant and retail auto parts stores and wholesale automotive parts and industrial distribution outlets, worldwide. When Eric Edelmann founded the automotive products company that bears his name in Chicago in 1909, his product line consisted of a battery tester and push-pull control cables. Some years later he began manufacturing anti-freeze testers, automotive brass fittings and general products. In 1959, Edelmann began distributing a line of power steering hose, and in 1960 took over production of the hose. The company initially manufactured power steering hose for 25 vehicles -- today, the Edelmann catalog includes more than 1,500 part numbers. Now, from a state-of-the-art facility in North America -- Dixon, Illinois -- Edelmann supplies the automotive industry with more than 3,500 configurations of power steering hose and brass and plastic fittings.