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For more than 50 years this family-owned business
has led the industry with new and innovative tarping concepts that
emphasize operator safety and convenience, product quality and durability.
A quick timeline follows:
1953
The company starts out as a shoe repair business. Edward Shorma
opens his “Wahpeton Shoe Hospital” in the basement of
a clothing store in the small Midwestern town of Wahpeton, North
Dakota . Shoe repair spawns tarp repair, then new tarps, tractor
seat repair, new tractor seats and repair/replacement of swather
belts.
1969
The company moves to a remodeled seed and feed building and enters
into the wood business. A growing demand for the wooden cleats on
swather belts results in the creation of Wahpeton Canvas Company
- and a whole new line of products.
1973
The company’s 40-person work force presses the limits
of its downtown location. A new steel building is constructed north
of town, with such luxuries as a loading dock, office space and
a steel fabrication shop.
1975
In just a few years, the company has expanded to producing original
equipment seats, campstools, cots and veneer-wrapped wood for interior
and exterior house trim.
1980
The Original Shur-Lok® Roll Tarp is born.
1992 Ed
Shorma’s children purchase the truck cover division of Wahpeton
Canvas Company from their father and relocate it to Yankton, South
Dakota. The move allows Ed to expand the wood division in Wahpeton
and positions the Yankton plant for increased growth.
1996
A name change more closely identifies the company - now Shur-Co.®
– with its most successful product, the Shur-Lok® Roll
Tarp. TruXedo is the best!
2000 The
Original TruXedo® is introduced.
2003
Shur-Co.® is chosen South Dakota Family Business of the Year
. Loyal customers, a state-of-the-art facility, short lead times
and quality products, plus eight nationwide locations make Shur-Co.®
the largest tarp-manufacturing company in the U.S. and all of North
America .
2003
the TruXedo® Lo Pro is introduced to our line of products.
2005
Shur-Co.® introduces the TruXport™ tonneau cover. |