Family-owned, Texas-built, since 1969.
We are a family-owned manufacturer of industrial casters and wheels. From our 173,000 square foot facility in Arlington, Texas, we design, mold, assemble, and ship to OEMs, distributors, and large-scale operators across retail, hospitality, food service, warehouse and distribution, janitorial, laboratory, healthcare, and institutional markets in the United States and around the world.
We started in retail. We pioneered the liquid die cast polyurethane shopping cart wheel in the 1980s and remain the largest US supplier of shopping cart wheels and casters. The lessons from those decades, on material science, tooling, and high-volume manufacturing, are what we bring to every product we make today.
Our catalog includes light, medium, and heavy duty casters and wheels in polyurethane, TPR, TPU, rubber, phenolic, polypropylene, and other compounds. When the catalog does not fit, our engineering team works with you to develop the geometries, compounds, and assemblies your application needs.
Our story.
1969
George Paikos and Jim Hicks establish P&H in Los Angeles, California as a specialty fastener and metal hardware distributor.
1975
Jim Hicks expands the product line to include casters and wheels, selling primarily to supermarkets. As demand grows, the company begins manufacturing its own products and brands them with the name of its first injection molding plant, PolyU. P&H Casters products still carry the PolyU shield logo today.
1980-1990
- P&H introduces the first liquid die cast polyurethane shopping cart wheel, replacing the retail industry's black rubber standard. The new wheels are adopted across the industry and end the era of black scuff marks on supermarket floors.
- The company follows with the first friction shopping cart wheel, designed to keep carts from rolling freely across parking lots. Retailers see reduced liability claims and shoppers see fewer dinged vehicles.
1990-2000
- P&H relocates manufacturing to Texas and expands the product line to include wheels and casters for material handling equipment and a broader range of industrial applications.
- The company enters international markets in Europe, South America, Australia, and Asia. To serve those customers, P&H develops a line of high temperature wheels and a specialized travelator shopping cart wheel.
2000-2020
- David Hicks becomes CEO. Jesse Peltier is promoted to President and COO.
- P&H launches the SuperWheel shopping cart wheel, made from a proprietary rubber compound that is abrasion resistant, smooth riding, and durable.
- The company expands its regional sales presence with dedicated managers covering the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West Coast, Southern United States, and Latin America.
- P&H opens a U.S. East Coast distribution center to speed delivery and lower freight costs for customers in the eastern and southeastern regions.
- Jesse Peltier becomes a partner in P&H Casters.
- The company expands the product line further into institutional and light industrial applications.
- P&H acquires a product line from longtime Texas manufacturer Roll-Master and begins producing it at its Arlington, Texas facility.
- P&H celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019.
What's next.
We are growing in industrial, healthcare, hospitality, and institutional markets.
This decade we are bringing more wheel manufacturing back to our Arlington, Texas facility, broadening our light, medium, and heavy duty caster lines, and investing in the engineering and tooling capacity to turn custom OEM programs around faster.
After 57 years, we still enjoy the work.
