Company Profile | June 16, 2000

Frontier Industrial Corp

Source: Frontier Industrial Corp.
FRONTIER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION is located in Woodburn, Oregon approximately 35 miles south of Portland. We are located in the northern part of the beautiful Willamette Valley and in the heart of farm country.

Frontier built it's first Windrow Turner in 1988 when a need arose to compost large amounts of straw. The previous method of disposing of straw was to burn it, however the State of Oregon banned this method over a 5 year period, so alternatives were needed. At that time there were no windrow turners capable of turning windrows of either loose or baled straw.

Frontier developed several patents relating to the mechanical handling of compost. This included the mixing, homogenizing and aeration of organic material and soils utilizing a unique drum and paddle design that creates a high volume of airflow to provide oxygen and purge CO2 from the material. A large amount of fresh air remains in the discharge pile because the rear opening of the machine is the same width as the front. This design also causes the best mixture of the material and this is something no other turner manufacturer has been able to accomplish.

Frontier spent the next two years "contract turning" various organic materials for several farmers and dairies in the Willamette Valley. In 1992 Frontier was asked to build their windrow turner commercially to satisfy a world wide market. It was then that Frontier built it's first commercial windrow turner and with features such as increased airflow, portability, and strength it soon became the industry leader.

Frontier recently purchased the BDS-2000 Bale Dewiring System product line from Harris Waste Management Group, www.harriswaste.com,. Frontier had long been the supplier of key components for this innovative machine and in the early 1990's assisted AMFAB Resources with the design and development of this technology. Frontier is well equipped to market, sell, manufacture, and service the BDS-2000 for the recycling market.

All of this coupled with our Custom Machine shop and innovative engineering team, Frontier is tooled to serve our customers in what ever capacity necessary.