Long Beach / California / United States
Berns Company was founded by George Berns in 1955. Georges son Steve Berns now in his late 40s, grew up in the industrial surplus business. Remaining in Long Beach, he attended University of Long Beach receiving a degree in business. Most of his business education has been attained on the job over the last 30 years The Berns Company.During the 1950s and 60s the business primarily bought and sold new surplus from the United States Government. In the late 60s, Berns Company purchased a gear manufacturing company and began manufacturing Drive Train Components for the material handling, construction, forestry and mining industries. Over the last 30 years, the company has grown to six warehouses and one of the the largest inventories of material handling replacement parts and components in the world. The Berns group of companies now employs 40 individuals. Berns Company has become a major wholesale supplier to Original Equipment Manufacturers such as Clark Material Handling, Nacco-Hyster-Yale and others.Today, Berns Company continues to be one of the largest material handling surplus buyers in the world. We continue to buy inventories daily. Inventory disposal management is key to helping our customers save money. Our surplus inventory is currently over 500, 000 line items. Berns Company currently manufactures in excess of 12, 000 aftermarket replacement parts. This large inventory offers our customers competitive pricing, while our sales staff is friendly and has the technical expertise required to fill all your companys needs.Berns Company is conveniently located in Long Beach, California. Located in the Long Beach, Los Angeles harbor offers air, truck and sea freight forwarding same day to our customers around the world.The staff The Berns Company brings many years of experience to the customer. Steve has worked in every department and aspect of the business since he was a child. He has continued the company philosophy of developing and maintaining excellent relationships with many suppliers and vendors over the years.Dale Seymour heads up Equipment Sales section of Berns Company. Dale has 20 years experience buying and selling new and wholesale machinery. Dale is a graduate of University of Southern California with a degree in business and accounting. Go Trojans ! !Berns Companys tremendous inventory cuts across the board with its product line. Our coverage is amazing and goes from the "hard to find" through the obscure, to the most current. Berns Companys on site rebuild facility is involved in rebuilding transmissions, differentials, steering gears, pumps, valves, power steering and tilt cylinders and steering axles. Depending on the customer needs, Berns Company can produce off the shelf parts or components or rebuild the customers. We see requirements primarily for forklifts and towing tractors. However, it is not uncommon to see components for cranes, loaders and heavy trucks.Service parts are the thrust of Berns Companys business. It makes up to 80% of all sales. Along with our surplus and aftermarket replacements, Berns Company is a warehouse distributor for 85 different original parts manufacturers.Customers around the world use Berns Company to source their requirements. Service is our business and we are willing to source anything our customer needs. With our large inventory and experienced sales staff, "The Berns Company is one attractive place to shop, you should get to know us!"Berns Company is an independent seller & purchaser of material handling parts & equipment. All manufacturers logos, names & descriptions are for reference purposes only, it is not implied that the product is that of the original manufacturer or that we are an OEM affiliate
