About Fourman Enterprises, Inc.
Fourman Enterprises, Inc. is committed to providing quality products and services that meet or exceed our customer’s requirements and expectations.
Fourman Enterprises, Inc. strives to continually improve the entirety of the quality management system.
Our History
Fourman Enterprises Inc. was started back on March 9th, 1974 in Auburn, Indiana by Ronald Fourman and his wife Linda in a 450 sq. foot garage. The original name was Fourman Hydraulic Repair and later changed to Fourman Enterprises, Inc. With Ron being the owner and only employee at start up, he learned very quickly that he could not leave an “Out to Lunch” sign in the window or he would lose business.
The initial customer base was farmers and contractors (hydraulic cylinders) and then grew into industrial accounts with companies like Dana Corporation and Cooper Tires Industrial Products Division being two of the first.
In 1977 an opportunity to move to South central Indiana presented itself and Hope Indiana was chosen for its central location between Columbus, Greensburg and Shelbyville. As the organization grew, the decision was made to incorporate the business and employees were added including Ron’s wife, Linda who joined as office manager.
Fourman Enterprises, Inc. continued to serve farmers and contractors but the industrial requirements grew to be the larger portion of the business. To better serve all areas a full service machine shop including CNC equipment was added.
After many years of success Ron Fourman decided to retire and sell the company to Gary Bailey on July 15 1999. After 23 years of ownership in September of 2022 he sold the company and James Black and Brian Greenlee became the new owners. Today the company continues Ron’s Legacy as a full service hydraulic, machining, and custom fabrication shop. James and Brian both have an extensive background in engineering, design, machining, fabrication, construction and programming.
Meet Some of Our Team!
Jeff Yarnell is the hydraulic lead of Fourman Enterprises. Through Jeff’s twelve and a half years at Fourmans he has enjoyed that the owners treat every employee like family as they are always ready to lead a helping hand. He enjoys the great and diverse group of people he gets the pleasure of working with. Jeff has been in the hydraulic field for twenty years while also owning and operating his lawn care business.
Clark DeHaven is the fabrication and welding lead, his favorite part of his job is the people he gets to work with and get to know better. His background is being a journeyman iron worker of twenty years. For Clark this is quite a change of pace for him compared to his past experiences but nevertheless, he enjoys it to the fullest potential!
Randy Shaw is another one of our excellent fabricators. He has been at Fourman Enterprises for three years now. His background includes construction and management of different factories and welding practices. His favorite part of his job now is building and fabricating different things for various projects.
Boyd Emerson has been the sales representative at Fourman Enterprises for thirteen years. He enjoys quoting different jobs, meeting new people, as well as helping around the shop. His past jobs include fabrication, as well as being a journeyman lineman for twenty years.
Matt Wasson has been at Fourman Enterprises for six years; he is currently the CNC mill lead. Matt has a total of ten years in machining, his passion for this trade started back in high school and he has enjoyed it ever since. He really likes that everyone here is tight knit and the work is steady.