ABOUT : OUR HISTORY

In 1947, 29-year-old Paul B. Zimmerman started an electric welding and repair shop in a 40-foot x 60-foot building in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The repair business expanded into manufacturing and retail hardware operations in the following years. As his business grew, so did his family, and in 1978, Paul Sr. and four of his sons created the business entity, "Paul B. Zimmerman, Inc."

 

Since then, the various operations have been organized into three companies under the corporation, forming the family of companies PaulB LLC, PBZ LLC, and Keystone Koating LLC, as well as two branded product lines: CropCare and Zimmerman.

 

The wholesale operation started unofficially around 1988 when the retail team began supplying other local stores and repair shops. In 2012, a team of buyers, salesmen, and warehouse workers was formed, and PaulB Wholesale was officially born.

 

Today, PaulB Wholesale operates out of a large warehouse in Lititz, where it serves customers across the country, offering online ordering and its own fulfillment service.