Doing Our Best to Provide You the Best
For over 50 years Demco has used the phrase “Doing our Best to Provide You the Best” to describe our commitment to customers, suppliers, co-workers and management in our ongoing quest for excellence. Our new vision is not only to enter and sustain, but to flourish in today’s new, ever-changing global marketplace.
With our continued focus on family, team, quality and customer service, we will strive to fulfill this vision with a firm conviction that our effort spent today will continue to bring rewards in the future.
Our History
Back in 1950, Robert Dethmers started Dethmers Manufacturing Company in a corner of an implement dealership. One of his first products was fertilizer application equipment for the agricultural industry.
Since the beginning, Demco has pursued a dream to fill needs, provide solutions, and compete in an existing marketplace. From Agriculture to Towing to Brake manufacturing, Demco has earned its place with the right combination of skill and technology needed to produce the best products available without compromise.
Today, as Demco continues to grow, our tradition of building quality products, employing talented, industrious people and providing attentive service remains. Our sales staff, along with our dealers and distributors across the United States, Canada and the world, carry on the standard.
We enjoy long-term relationships with our clients and look forward to this continuum with our new clients.
CURT Group is a leading sales, marketing, engineering and distribution company of towing products and truck accessories for all types of vehicles, from passenger cars to commercial trucks. Our family of brands includes CURT, ARIES, LUVERNE, RETRAC and UWS. We are a team of more than 1,000 associates world-wide, with manufacturing plants in Wisconsin, South Dakota and Florida and 12 regional warehouses across the United States and Canada. We stand for EXCELLENCE in our products and our associates. We aspire to be the industry LEADER by recognizing that the customer is KING and our associates are our greatest ASSET.
Corporate Philosophy
ROADMASTER is the 21st century version of an Horatio Alger success story. Jerry A. Edwards founded ROADMASTER in 1970 with not much more than a “can-do” attitude, and a philosophy of personal and corporate self-sufficiency. “Self-sufficient” is ROADMASTER’s core value.
‘Hands-on’ design and manufacturing
ROADMASTER doesn’t outsource. Our products are designed, engineered and manufactured at our plant in Vancouver, Wash. with virtually every process done under the same roof.
The reason for ‘hands-on’ manufacturing is simple: quality. “Quality starts on the inside, and when you control the process, you control the quality,” as Edwards is fond of saying. To our way of thinking, “quality first” is the reason more ROADMASTER towing products are on the road today than any other brand — by nearly a two-to-one margin.
The most stringent testing in the industry
ROADMASTER uses computerized testing — as well as "real world" physical testing — to ensure structural integrity, longevity, and the safety of your family.
The software program we use is called “FEA,” which stands for “finite elemental analysis.” If that sounds complicated, that’s because it is — FEA is the same program NASA scientists use to test their designs.
Superior customer service
ROADMASTER is committed to providing the best service before, during and after the sale.