


The original goal of developing a company rooted in engineering and innovation was realized and many successes were achieved in remanufacturing for the surface mining industry, the steel industry and NASA. Naval Ordnance facility, expanded the Republic Welding Family to four companies employing over 250 people – all of which remain in business today. Over the next 30 years, Steedly, a metallurgical engineer and Sotsky, an electrical engineer and former engineering manager at the U.S. Founded in 1911 as Republic Welding Company in Louisville, KY the company was purchased in 1970 from its founder by George Sotsky and Jim Steedly. Republic Machine manufactures and sells a full line of single-shaft shredders used in a wide range of size-reduction and recycling applications involving plastic, wood, carpeting, rubber and medical waste.
