HISTORY

THE GENEVA PIPE STORY

A Company to be Trusted
The Geneva Pipe Company was founded by Joe Burnham in 1956. It was located on thirteen acres in the present location of the corporate offices in Orem, Utah. It was a small facility with one Eckles Tamp Machine that could only produce pipe in the sizes of 4 to 36 inches in diameter and only 4 feet in length. Little did Mr. Burnham realize that his vision would grow into four facilities with the capacity of fabricating pipe up to 12 feet in diameter and box culvert with spans out to 14 feet.

In 1960 Mr. Burnham met a young trucking entrepreneur named Aldo Bussio and was sufficiently impressed with him to enter into a partnership. Upon Mr. Burnham’s retirement Mr. Bussio became the sole owner of Geneva Pipe in 1977. The industry would later prove the wisdom of Mr. Burnham’s choice when they elected Mr. Bussio as Chairman of the Board of the American Concrete Pipe Association in 1990. The industry again awarded Mr. Bussio for his contributions in 2005 with the Richard E. Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award.

With a belief in quality products, and a strong customer focus, the company has changed in size through the years as it responded to the needs of the communities it serviced. Currently, Geneva Pipe has manufacturing facilities in Orem and Hurricane, Utah, and a plant in Moapa, Nevada to service the ever growing markets in Utah and southern Nevada. Through out the years there have been facilities in other locations that have been moved or sold depending on economics of their market and locations.

The Geneva Pipe facility in Orem, UT

Currently, Geneva Pipe is expanding to meet the needs of growing area markets with new state-of-the-art facilities in Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah. Always quality driven, the Salt Lake facility will have an all robotic pipe handling system. In the recently opened new metal fabrication facility, located in Orem, Utah, Geneva Pipe fabricates a great deal of the equipment needed for its facilities. Continuing the company’s philosophy of modernization, Geneva Pipe completed refurbishment of the Orem, Utah facility in 1997. Brought on line in May, 2000, the Moapa plant was built new to meet the rising demand of the Las Vegas community. With the completion of the St. George plant projected for spring, 2007, the Hurricane plant will be closed.

The Geneva Pipe facility in Moapa, Nevada

From its humble beginning 50 years ago Geneva Pipe has become one of the most respected names in the industry. Our customer focus is a way of life at Geneva. Our customers have the benefit of dealing with a locally owned business and people they know. We strive to be the company that you want to do business with.

Success in the past is no guarantee of success today, let alone success tomorrow. The competitive marketplace has never been tougher than it is right now. No one understands this better than Geneva Pipe. Whether our customer is an engineer/specifier, agency, developer, or contractor, we know long term success depends on lasting relationships built on trust and repeat business. We have never been in a better position to capitalize on our strengths than we are today. Our customers are considered our business partners. We enjoy and cherish that relationship.