The Verdin Company Story

..Bells and Clocks since 1842..

The Verdin Company is a world-renowned, six generation family manufacturer, pioneer and innovator of cast bronze bells, electronic carillons, clocks and towers.  Verdin products enrich communities, churches, parks, golf courses, college campuses and city streetscapes around the world.  

When two French immigrant brothers, Francis de Sales and Michael Verdin came to the Cincinnati, Ohio area from Alsace, France in 1835, they were determined to use their iron forging skills to build clocks in America.  The two brothers immediately established a tower clock business in the famous Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati, where their first documented installation was a clock and bell at Old St. Mary's Church in 1842.  

One of the nation's oldest family-owned manufacturers, Verdin is known for innovation including the electric clock winder in 1910, the first electric bell ringer in 1927, the largest swinging cast bell in America and the only traveling bell foundry in the world.  With a national sales force, a dedicated team of service professionals and international recognition for craftsmanship, Verdin has over 55,000 installations in churches, universities, municipalities and businesses across the country. 

Cousins Tim and Bob Verdin with cousin, Jill Verdin Crew

In the tradition of the last several generations The Verdin Company is led by three Verdin cousins, Tim and Bob Verdin and Jill Verdin Crew.   They learned the business from and were inspired by their fathers after that generation took ownership from their grandfathers.  Tim, Bob and Jill are the 6th generation of their privately owned business which was founded in 1842.  Quality products and solid customer relationships are Verdin's most important goals.  After more than 183 years, The Verdin Company continues to have an impact on the industry as a pioneer and innovator. 

A Verdin Clock

in

Westfield, New York 

Thank you, Mayor David L. Carr

"meet me at the clock"

Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana

Dover, Ohio

Mount Holly, North Carolina

Timeless and Elegant Post Clocks

"I knew if we wanted our clock to last, it had to be a Verdin."

Annemarie Horton, New Jersey

The polished Hershey Kiss

ready to be shipped to Hershey Park in Hershey, PA.

A bronze bell made in the iconic shape of a Hershey Kiss!  The Verdin Company designed, cast and installed this beauty for Hershey's Chocolatetown, an all new region at Hershey Park, where fun meets chocolate!  Where else than in Hershey, PA.