History

Welcome to Graybill Machines.

The company known today as Graybill Machines, Inc. (GMI) was originally formed in 1944 by Wilbur and Orpah Graybill. Initially, the company built specialized farm equipment, but an early patent on a hay bale tensioner opened doors in 1950 for the company to begin manufacturing in the first part of what is GMI's present day facility.

In 1956 the company began working with its first food industry client and started creating pie machinery for a local bakery. This marked the entrance of Graybill Machines into what would soon be our specialty, custom food machinery.

Over a decade later, in 1968, Wilbur and Orpah incorporated the company as Graybill Machines, Inc. By this time a majority of its work was in food machinery. After operating a New Idea farm equipment dealership, and their extensive work on tomato harvesting machines ended in 1978, GMI discontinued its farm equipment business.

Through the years 1977 to 1982, a major portion of our capacity was used for design and short-run manufacturing of retail displays, as well as concrete forms for precast median barriers. Starting in 1986, GMI made a number of specialized machines for the truss component industry. This increased business allowed GMI to double their building space in 1979, and again in 1984.

Food machinery continued to occupy an ever-increasing part of our business in the 1980's, guiding GMI to narrow its focus to specialties such as Product Registration and Handling, Finishing Systems, and Specialized Process and Packaging Machinery.

In 1994, GMI celebrated its 50th anniversary. In the same year we introduced our 84" Pretzel Extruder, and continued development of machinery for specialized confectionery processes that allowed us to make valuable contributions to new products being introduced by our customers.

Today, Graybill Machines continues to build on its history of innovation, as its reputation for custom designed solutions to process and automation problems continues to spread.

Graybill's unique insistence on studying each situation and providing an engineered solution specifically optimized for each individual case continues to differentiate GMI from those who offer only standard machines. The GMI differential also contributes to the reputation we have earned for developing solutions to difficult automation problems, executed in excellent craftsmanship.

To find out how Graybill Machines, Inc., can help you, contact us at info@graybillmachines.com.