In 1909, W.A. Van Berkel started manufacturing these machine at the U.S. Slicing Machine Company in Chicago,
and within six years, this business had outgrown its building. So W.A. Van built a new factory in LaPorte,
IN, and changed his company's name to Berkel, Incorporated. Today, Berkel is a piece of living history,
making the Slicers, Grinders, Food Processors and Vacuum Sealers needed to prepare and store your dishes
with the same quality and inventiveness on which the company was founded.