In 1935, Cyrus Holland founded the Holland Company.  The company's first product was a tightly wound volute for freight cars.  Over the past half-century, the Holland Company has developed many other products.  These include the line of Holland resilient airbrake hose supports, the Hollube® line of freight car anti-wear, anti-friction products, twist-lock load securement devices, and product protection systems.

The Hollube® product offering has become an industry standard. The principle of using a tough, low co-efficient of friction polymer material versus steel components has greatly minimized wear and enhanced product life.  This performance, coupled with extensive warranties of up to 10 years in length, provide the most economical choice in the industry.

In 1966, Holland acquired the assets and personnel of Matisa Railweld, Inc., who pioneered the use of electric flash butt-welded rail in the United States and Canada.

This welding system, originally designed and built abroad, is now manufactured and assembled by the Holland Company.  Over the years the system has proven to be the most reliable and productive in the industry, enabling Holland to set the standard for mobile welding on a worldwide basis.

Under Holland management, the newly formed Railweld Division went on to become the leading rail welding contractor designing and building rail welding facilities, rail reclamation facilities, and a full line of support equipment.

1972 saw Holland distinguish itself by being the first to commission a self-propelled rail car that carried a portable electric flash butt welding machine.  Since 1972, the Holland Company has remained the leader in mobile flash butt welding.

In 1979, Holland introduced the first road/rail mobile welding unit dubbed the "MobileWelder".  Since then, the MobileWelder® has evolved through several major model changes including the versatile hi-rail version.

An additional advancement of the flash butt welding process was the welding of overhead crane and stacker crane rail welding.  This took place in 1985.

In 1986, Holland acquired the railway product portion of the McLean-Fogg Company.  This product line of securement systems is now an important part of the Holland Company's extensive line of products serving both the maintenance of way and mechanical segments of the railway industry.

In 1992, Holland introduced a line of high capacity pullers that are used in repair and closure welding. We also acquired Lewis Rail Service and combined our rail welding plant operations with those of Lewis to establish the Lewis Rail Service Division.

Holland's success has come from its commitment to quality and innovation.  Our 'track' record in rail welding is highlighted below.

·       Since 1966 we have made over 22 million welds, which set the standard for rail welding on a worldwide basis.

·       Developed 72, 90, 130, and 150-ton capacity welder heads to meet the ever-changing needs of the marketplace.

·       Developed a wide range of independently operated High Capacity Pullers including 80, 160, and 280-ton machines.

·       Applied the technology, quality, and productivity of Plant Welding to In-Track Welding and Porta-Plant Welding.

·       Perfected a technique for year-round Flash Butt Welding along with the development of Repair Welding.

·       Developed and marketed the hi-rail or highway welding system, including a 40-foot, ISO, intermodal containerized unit.

·       Introduced weld monitoring and computer control systems that assure highest quality and 21^st century data analysis capability.

·       Increased safety on the job site by designing an out-of-the-way overhead Jib Crane. 

1995 saw Holland broaden its product by offering TrackSTAR®, a hi-rail track strength inspection vehicle presently in service at several Class 1 railroads regionals, short lines and transits throughout North America and Mexico. Holland's track testing capabilities include inertial based geometry, rail profile and gauge restraint (GRMS) testing.

In 1999 Holland introduced a higher level of technology for the welder control system, the Intelliweld®. We also introduced the Weld Monitor System for mobile welders that replace the paper, pen and ink chart recorder.

2005 brought the introduction of the Hollink® Plasma Welding system which allows mobile surface repair welding without breaking the rail.

In 2006 Holland introduced their All Terrain Mobile Welder (ATMW) which can drive along an access road and perform flash-butt welding repairs without being on track, thereby preserving track time for revenue generating trains.