Forging the Force: The Prince Manufacturing Story

    When heavy agricultural machinery and industrial iron need to lift, push, and violently move the earth, standard mechanical components are useless. Dictating absolute physical power requires the flawless containment and execution of extreme fluid pressure. Engineering the severe-duty hydraulic cylinders that serve as the relentless muscles of the heavy equipment industry is the undisputed domain of Prince Manufacturing Corporation.

    They did not simply inherit their massive manufacturing footprint. For over eight decades, they have operated as a relentless industrial powerhouse, transforming from a single, gritty machine shop into a multi-state syndicate of hydraulic engineering.

Forged in the Sioux City Trenches

    The Prince legacy was not born in a massive, automated factory. It was forged in 1941 in a small, uncompromising machine shop in Sioux City, Iowa. Founded originally as Prince Hydraulics by John Prince, alongside co-founders Arthur Gall and F. John Roost, the company intimately understood the mechanics of raw power.

    The true operational ignition occurred in September 1950. John’s son, Richard Prince, officially incorporated the business after securing a defining contract to manufacture 100 simple, single-acting hydraulic cylinders. That initial contract was not a ceiling; it was the absolute foundation for a half-century of aggressive, unyielding expansion.

The Infrastructure Escalation

    Through relentless investments in product design and human capital, Prince rapidly outgrew its origins. By 1963, the operation relocated into a dedicated metal facility, violently scaling its firepower to command a 107-person workforce by 1965.

    Refusing to stagnate, Prince executed a highly strategic infrastructure escalation to dominate the agricultural sector. In 1967, they erected a new plant on the Omaha Indian Reservation in Walthill, Nebraska, specifically weaponized to manufacture heavy-duty agricultural tie-rod cylinders.

    The 1970s marked a massive operational explosion. In 1973, they fortified their Sioux City presence by constructing a massive 100,000-square-foot manufacturing stronghold alongside a 9,000-square-foot corporate headquarters. By 1977, they pushed further into Nebraska, opening a 40,000-square-foot facility in Hartington—a plant so critical to their output that they completely doubled its size to 80,000 square feet within just two years.

The Multi-State Dominance

As the industry demanded heavier iron and more advanced fluid dynamics, Prince aggressively adapted its footprint to conquer specific hydraulic capabilities:

 1980: They secured a centralized warehouse in South Sioux City, Nebraska, crucially establishing a dedicated, state-of-the-art Research and Development laboratory to push the boundaries of extreme fluid power.

 1988: They optimized their logistics by relocating the original Walthill operations into a highly efficient 44,000-square-foot facility in North Sioux City, South Dakota.

 1990 - The Big Bore Expansion: To meet the brutal demands of high-capacity industrial applications, they constructed a massive facility in Brookings, South Dakota, explicitly engineered for the expansion and production of massive "big bore" cylinders.

 1997 - The Small Bore Command: To conquer the skyrocketing demand for highly precise small bore cylinders, Prince opened a dedicated manufacturing plant in Yankton, South Dakota. Concurrently, they consolidated their executive power, moving their corporate headquarters to a newly built facility on their North Sioux City property.

By seamlessly fusing over 80 years of gritty, Midwestern manufacturing heritage with an uncompromising drive to expand, Prince Manufacturing Corporation ensures that whatever the payload, whatever the pressure, the fluid is contained, the cylinder fires, and the heavy iron moves.

 

Year Founded: 1941

Main Products: Hydraulic Pumps, Cylinders, Valves

Brand: Prince

Country of Origin: USA

Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/PrinceManufacturingCorp

Website: http://www.princehyd.com/

Address: 612 N Derby Ln, North Sioux City, SD 57049, United States

Contact No.: +16052351220

Email: prince@princehyd.com