ABOUT

 HISTORY

1961:

Bob Trombold, then General Manager of Adamson Company, fulfilled a lifetime dream of starting his own business. His experience working with Adamson reps convinced him to start a manufacturers rep business. Many of Bob's Adamson reps were also Weil Pump Reps and Weil agreed to representation by Trombold Equipment.



1963:

A few short years later, Trombold Equipment moved to Cleveland, Ohio.



1967:

Bob Trombold moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and opened the Pittsburgh Office. Shortly afterward Bill Brown joined Trombold Equipment – the beginning of a 40 year relationship.

The Pittsburgh Office actively covered:
- Western Pennsylvania
- Northern West Virginia
- Eastern Ohio Counties
- Western Maryland Counties

1975:

Another office was opened in Detroit, Michigan, which has subsequently been sold.



1980:

Trombold Equipment was split into two separate companies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio. The Pittsburgh Office became Trombold Equipment Co, Inc. (TEPCO)



1985:

TEPCO expanded coverage in West Virginia to include the entire state.



1991:

After 25 years of actively covering Northern West Virginia, TEPCO opened an office in Bridgeport, W.V.



1993:

Paul Trombold and Rob Trombold took the reigns of the company making it a second-generation business.

Bob Trombold remained active in the company until his death in May 1998. His influence lives on!

2001:

The Pittsburgh office has been located in Monroeville, Downtown Pittsburgh, North Side, and Ross Township. In 2001 Paul and Rob purchased an office/warehouse in Mars, PA.



2011:

Thanks to continuing support from our employees, customers, engineers, and manufacturers TEPCO celebrated 50 years in business.



2025:

TEPCO was formally passed down by Paul Trombold and Rob Trombold to Stephen Garlicki and Cara Nagel, transitioning TEPCO into a third-generation company.



2026:

Celebrating 65 years of business!

From the beginning, TEPCO has been committed to long-term relations with our customers, manufacturers and employees. We would like to celebrate our founder Bob Trombold (1998) and several of our retirees Rosemarie Roda for 20 years (2004), Bill Brown for 40 years (2008), Bob Starkey for 23 years (2014), Barry Frigot for 24 years (2018), Diane Lynd for 31 years (2020), Martha Trombold for 17 years (2024), and Rob Trombold for 43 years (2025) with TEPCO.