We help businesses move material at peak efficiency with the right equipment and solutions.
This means no matter how small the problem or complex the challenge, we work hard to help you address your most pressing material handling-related issues.
Need to lower equipment costs? We can help. Need to boost facility throughput? We can help. Need that pesky forklift issue fixed? We have your back.
For the past 70+ years and counting we have been delivering on our promise to provide the right material handling solution for our customers in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. We want to be YOUR partner, will you be ours?
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
History of Conger
Conger Industries is born in 1955 when Lloyd and Dorothy Conger left Sheboygan for an opportunity to start an aftermarket forklift parts distribution business in Green Bay. Naming the business Lift Parts Service Co. they set up shop in a small garage where Lloyd repaired forklifts while Dorothy handled the daily office work. Their children, Gary (11), Bruce (7) and Tana (4) also helped the family business by doing miscellaneous jobs or playing nearby.
In 1970, Lloyd was approached by a gregarious Toyota distributor and was convinced to take on the brand against his own convictions of not wanting to work with foreign companies; this decision has become the single biggest competitive advantage today for Conger as Toyota forklifts currently rank as the number one forklift brand in the industry.
In light of taking on the Toyota forklift line and additional growth, Lloyd and Dorothy re-named the business to Conger Industries in 1969 and in 1975 moved their business to its present location on S. Ashland Ave. in Green Bay.
Five years removed from this move, Lloyd decided to abruptly retire by walking into work with an “I’m leaving at noon announcement”, leaving Gary and his brother Bruce in charge. The brothers then purchased their parent’s interest in the business in 1984 with Gary buying out his brother Bruce in 1996.
Beginning of a New Era
Gary’s daughter, Anika, became an integral part of the family business in 1997 when she took a receptionist position. Through hard work and dedication she worked her way into her current role as President.
In 2012, one of her first major accomplishments was leading the company through a building expansion that doubled the size of the Green Bay location. This expansion was necessary to fully support the business’ growth through the recession and into the future.
Today and beyond
Now a third-generation company with additional branches in Wausau and Neenah, we employ 100+ associates that operate from our core business mission, “to enrich the lives we touch, the businesses we serve, and the communities we reach,” by providing material handling solutions through partnership.
We offer a robust product line featuring some of the world’s top brands of forklifts, aerial lifts, utility vehicles, and industrial sweepers and scrubbers. Additional services such as equipment repairs, tire replacement, equipment rentals, safety training and warehousing products such as racking are also part of our solutions portfolio.
Through superior products, outstanding customer service, and trusted partnerships, we have worked hard to become the choice material handling solutions provider to Wisconsin and Upper Michigan businesses like yours.
Toyota Recognition
