Company Introduction

The history of Oliver of Adrian, Inc. all began with a man named Edd C. Oliver. Mr. Oliver was considered an “engineering wizard.” Mr. Oliver graduated from Purdue University and later received his master’s degree from the University of Illinois in 1900. He then taught mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois and also the University of Minnesota. As expressed by one of his associates, “he wasn’t the type of engineer who had an idea once in five years, he had a continual flood of ideas, many of them ahead of the times. And he always could find ways to make them work mechanically.” Mr. Oliver engineered and manufactured several custom pieces of equipment to help businesses increase their production.

In 1913, Mr. Oliver organized Oliver Instrument Company in Detroit, Michigan as a small jobbing shop and it was here that the need was found for a filing machine. Since no such machine was in existence, Mr. Oliver proceeded to design and build a machine. The Oliver Die Filer had several variations throughout the years, varying from a bench style filer to a large pedestal heavy duty die making machine. With the decline in industry requirements throughout the years, in 2005 this machine was discontinued.
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