Limbach's Company History.

1901

Frank Limbach

Frank Limbach, a talented metal craftsman, creates a one-person sheet metal roofing company in Pittsburgh, PA, with little but his own integrity and skill. The fledgling Frank Limbach Company manages to survive and grow by performing architectural, roofing, and ventilation sheet metal work for residential, industrial, and institutional customers.

1929

The Frank Limbach Company is one of only a handful of entrepreneurial companies to weather the Great Depression.

The Original Office

1947

Duct Installation

Walter, Emil Limbach’s second son, joins The Frank Limbach Company. His initial responsibilities include plant management, personnel, and labor relations. Later that year, the business was reorganized into a partnership to be known as Limbach Company. Scott and Walter Limbach become partners.

1953

Walter Limbach leads the development of the first branch outside Pittsburgh with the acquisition of Sauer Incorporated, the largest mechanical contractor in Columbus, OH. In the succeeding 47 years, the branch will handle major projects such as the Wright-Patterson Airforce Base in Ohio and the automotive assembly plant for Honda Motors in Marysville, OH.

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1964

ENR Logo

Limbach is recognized as one of the top ten mechanical contracting companies in the nation. It is a ranking which the company never would relinquish.

1983

Harper Logo

Limbach Company continues its aggressive growth strategy by acquiring Harper Mechanical in Orlando, FL.

1986

Limbach Company is purchased by Vivendi, a French concern. As a result, the longtime family-owned business is now able to capitalize on the resources provided by this multi-billion dollar global corporation. At the same time, Willard and Limbach merge into one entity, LCI. Williard is one of the largest mechanical and electrical contractors in Philadelphia, PA.

Vivendi Logo

1995

Performance Logo

Limbach Company continued its growth by acquiring Performance Mechanical Contractor, in Atlanta, GA. PMC was a leading mechanical contractor in the Atlanta area and Limbach thought the growth in this market would be an asset to the Limbach Group.

1998

Enron Corp. acquires Limbach Company and Williard and creates Enron Facility Services as their parent company.

ENRON

2002

FdG Associates Logo

Limbach Company, in spite of its parent company’s bankruptcy, continues to provide uninterrupted services to its customers throughout the year. In December, company management acquired the business and assets of Limbach Company along with FdG Associates, a middle-market private equity firm. The new company, which was named Limbach Facility Services LLC, will carry the company into its second hundred years of history and will be co-owned by FdG Associates and members of Limbach management.

2004

In April, Limbach started a new chapter in the business with the addition of the President/CEO, Charlie Bacon. In addition, the Incident & Injury Free (IIF) Program is started company-wide.

Charlie Bacon III

2006

Service Van

Limbach continues to grow and expand its business with the addition of service divisions at some of its locations with further expansion to all locations in 2007.

2008

Williard Limbach, in Philadelphia, PA, transitions into the standard brand of Limbach Facility Services.

Willard Limbach Logo

2009

Fabricated Rack

To increase efficiency and reduce any unnecessary safety risks in the field, Limbach launched “Limbach Offsite”. Our project teams nationwide began fabricating distribution racks, modular plants, equipment assemblies, duct racks, etc. in our controlled, shop environments.

2011

Limbach launches its in-house estimating platform, Limbach Modeling and Production System (LMPS). This new technology provides real-time cost impact to design changes as well as labor-management feedback throughout the design, construction, and facility management.

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2016

NASDAQ

Limbach Facility Services LLC and its wholly- owned subsidiaries, Limbach Company LLC, Limbach Company LP, and Harper Limbach LLC went public in July of 2016 with a complete rebrand of the company.

2017

The Little Caesars Arena project was completed successfully in Detroit, Michigan. This was the largest project in Limbach’s history.

Little Caesars Arena Project

2021

Limbach 120th Anniversary Logo

Celebrating our 120th anniversary, to continue to evolve as a company, Limbach moves forward with an Owner Direct Business Model to expand our breadth and depth of offerings to our building owner customer base.

Limbach acquires Jake Marshall, LLC, a speciality mechanical contractor in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Limbach 120th Anniversary Logo

2023

Limbach appoints Michael M. McCann as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).  Mr. McCann has been the Company’s Executive Vice President and COO since November 2019, after having been appointed Co-Chief Operating Officer in 2019. Mr. McCann joined Limbach in 2010 as Vice President and Branch Manager of Harper’s Tampa business unit.

Little Caesars Arena Project

Limbach continues with there acquisition strategy and aquires ACME Industrial, a Chattanooga, TN based speciality industrial contractor.

Limbach acquires Greensboro, North Carolina-based speciality mechanical contractor, Industrial Air. 

2024

Limbach 120th Anniversary Logo

Limbach introduces on-demand mechanical rental cooling equipment services to there customer services.