The Long Legacy of ETNYRE

he recipient of the Alan Curtis Industry Service Award for 2022 is a company with a long and innovative history, which continues to this day. A company of sales representatives, engineers, and manufacturing members, along with many others, continue the long legacy of what began over 100 years ago on a farm in Illinois. From horse drawn inventions, to chip spreaders, crack sealers, liquid asphalt distributors, and many more quality products--the history and development of America's roadways is the history and development of Etnyre.

"An important thing is that Etynre is still a family owned business," said Brian Horner, Director of sales for the

Tcompany, originally started in 1985. "It's not a publicly traded company. We currently have fourth, fifth and, now, sixth generation family members working here."

Horner attests to the growth he's seen during his tenure, "When I first started in 1985 there were around 160 people here, and now we have over 400 people just here in Oregon, as well as over 800 across all our brands and locations."

History and Legacy

The Etnyre Company has been involved in the road maintenance industry longer than pavements have covered those roads. It started in 1898 with Edward D. Etnyre and his first product, an automatic hog waterer that he built for himself, to use on his farm. A series of large riveted construction "stock tanks" would proceed from that first concept, and eventually construction took up residence in an old battery factory in Oregon, Ill.

By this time, Etnyre's first road based product was seeing commercial use and