History dates back to 1968 when, after 13 years in the restaurant business, Jerry D. Maahs went into the manufacture of equipment for the foodservice industry. During the years spent in the restaurant business, Jerry Maahs recognized and sought solutions to the equipment problems of the foodservice operator. When Mr. Maahs decided to change direction and become a manufacturer, he devoted the first two years to careful research. He entered the U.S. marketplace with a line of holding equipment aimed at replacing steam tables, and introduced it at a 1970 food service trade show in Chicago.