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Our Products

LOCKERS

Republic lockers have proven to be easier to install and more trouble-free than any other system in market history. Available in a variety of configurations to suit corridor, athletic room and other applications, our lockers feature reliable latching systems and a premium finish. Choose from twenty-five standard colors, available in hundreds of size and style combinations to suit your needs precisely.

SHELVING MEZZANINE SYSTEMS

Custom-designed shelving mezzanine systems can triple your floor space and storage area. Each system is custom-designed to match your area, height, load, use, and color requirements. These systems provide maximum flexibility because they are easy to assemble and reassemble. Of course, they conform to all applicable specifications, building codes and OSHA requirements.

ENGINEERED STORAGE SYSTEMS

Republic offers multilevel, high-rise and integrated systems to meet your material handling needs. Multilevel areas with full access aisles make the most of costly warehouse space. High-rise systems are designed by our qualified structural engineers for long-term reliability and safety and can be incorporated into automated storage and retrieval systems. Integrated systems combine Republic products into comprehensive material handling and storage solutions that can include conveyors, sprinklers, HVAC, electrical conduit and other piping systems.

Our History

In 1886, two brothers and two friends had an idea … In a basement workshop, they began forming lengths of metal conductor pipe. Over a century later, Republic Storage Products, LLC is still forming metal, though the shapes have certainly changed. Lockers, shelving, rack and mezzanine storage systems originated with the innovative ideas of the Bergers and their friends. From the early 1900s through 2014, Republic developed into an operation of over one million square feet of manufacturing, warehouse and office area at the 1038 Belden Avenue NE address in Canton, Ohio.

Republic remains a competitive force in the steel storage products market. Though our name has changed through history, the drive for growth, innovation and quality remains today. You’ll see it in our people. You’ll see it in our products. Please give us the opportunity to show you. Contact Us today!

1886 – History is made when John and Wilson Berger of Canton, Ohio founded Berger Manufacturing Company.
1888 – The Berger Manufacturing Company is incorporated.
1893 – Berger continues to grow with a workforce of 125 people and branch offices across the country.
1896 – Berger’s 61 different products include metal roofing, steel ceilings, fireproofing specialties and sidewalk lanterns.

1900 – Manufacturing operations are moved to the Belden Avenue site in Canton, having moved five times in ten years.
1906 – Alloy steel production begins in Canton, and Berger’s history of products expand to include steel furniture, metal pipe and culverts.
1910 – Over $5,000,000 in capital funds the growth of Berger Manufacturing Company. 

1921 – Berger merges with United Furnace Company and United Alloy Steel. The trade name Berloy is adopted and becomes known nationwide for steel furniture, storage products, lockers and shelving.
1930 – Republic Steel Corporation is founded with Berger Manufacturing and Central Alloy as divisions.
1936 – General administration and sales offices are consolidated at the Republic Building in Cleveland, Ohio.
1937 – Berger Division Plant No.2 in Louisville, Ohio begins producing building materials. 

1940 – Construction begins on a three story brick office building at 1038 Belden Avenue in Canton, Ohio, the site of Republic Storage Systems headquarters. The building cost $140,000.
1941 – World War II begins and the Berger Division shifts production to U.S. Navy orders for ammunition boxes, steel ship furniture, shelving and other military supplies. Plant No. 2 manufactures bomb bay doors and airplane wing flaps.
1946 – The Berger Division tools up for post-war production of steel building products. Other products include shelving, lockers, storage cabinets, desks, bookcases and steel kitchen cabinets.
1955 – The installation of an automated dip paint system and electrostatic spray line dramatically increases output for Berger. Over 500 lockers are sprayed per hour; over 36,000 pounds of material can be dip painted per hour.
1959 – Berger revolutionizes the industrial shelving market with the introduction of compression clip shelving. Many years later, the clip remains the recognized industry standard.

1962 – Republic consolidates Berger with three other industrial divisions to form the Manufacturing Division of Youngstown, Ohio, representing over $100,000,000 annual sales of fabricated steel products.
1968 – Production of storage rack begins in Canton.
1973 – Decentralization of administrative operations brings the former “Berger” back to Canton as the Industrial Products Division of Republic Steel. 

1981 – Statesville Service Center for rack fabrication and distribution opens in Statesville, NC.
1983 – A more appropriate name is chosen for the Industrial Products Division: Republic Storage Systems.
1984 – LTV of Dallas, Texas acquires Republic Steel and forms LTV Steel.
1986 – LTV focuses on steel production and sells manufacturing divisions. Republic Storage Systems is purchased by its employees.

2006 – Republic Storage Systems becomes part of the Versa Capital Management, LLC family of companies.

2012 – Republic Storage Systems commissions its first powder coating finishing line, adding this capability to its liquid finishing options.
2015
– Republic Storage Systems, LLC is substantially acquired by Echelon Capital, LLC, moving offices to Uniontown, OH and relocating manufacturing to existing factory space in Illinois. The company is renamed Republic Storage Products, LLC.

Our advantages

IDEAS AND CONCEPTS​

Our experts can design a locker or shelving layout specific to your needs.

INSTALLATION

Access to a network of installers nationwide.

FIRST RATE SERVICE

Customer service is ready to help with your order from design to completion. ​