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History

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In 1928, Norbert G. Berghoff founded the Wayne Home Equipment Company located in Fort

Wayne, Indiana. The Berghoff family was also known for owning and operating the famous

Berghoff Brewery in Fort Wayne.

Wayne Home Equipment manufactured oil burners for use in home furnaces, water and space

heaters, boilers, and industrial ovens. Wayne became quite successful in the oil burner business,

but faced the challenge that oil burners were seasonal in nature. Fall and winter months became

the high production periods for oil burners, creating the need for a complementary product

that would increase Wayne's business in the spring and summer months. Manufacturing water

pumps became the solution to the balance out this seasonality.

In the 1940s, Wayne entered the water pump industry by acquiring the Zepher Pump Company,

located in Decatur, Illinois. Wayne moved the Zepher facility to Fort Wayne, with its oil burner

division to reduce manufacturing and transportation costs. In 1978, the Berghoff family made

the decision to sell their home equipment company to the Scott Fetzer corporation. The Wayne

Home Equipment Company remained in Fort Wayne, until August of 1991, when it moved to its

current location in Harrison, Ohio.

With more than 70 years in the business, Wayne has become a dominant player in the water

pump industry. We continue to bring market leading innovation to homeowners who need worry-

free water handling solutions.

WAYNE offers a full line of sump, utility, sewage, effluent, well, lawn, pool, specialty pumps and

systems, and accessories. Our business team is customer focused, continuously developing

innovative products for homeowners, creating packaging and merchandising to make the

in-store experience easier, providing fast delivery and superior after-the-sale support.

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