In 1951, Norman Harloff designed and built the first successful hotel housekeeping cart. He later expanded the company's product line within the hospitality industry and into the janitorial field of carts. The Harloff Company began manufacturing carts for the health care industry in 1987. The company is known as a pioneer in the area of emergency carts and was the first emergency cart maker to use ball-bearings in its drawer slides. All Harloff products are manufactured in Colorado Springs and sold through a network of national and regional distributors.