Liberty Steel & Wire Co - Red Brand

Peter Sommer and his sons invented the first machine to weave wire into fence. Surely, they didn’t expect that the company Sommer founded would be a thriving steel and fence manufacturer 130 years later. But, that’s what happened when a patent was issued in 1889 to Sommer and his sons, John and Peter, for the first wire fence-weaving machine. The original machine was built by hand, as was the fence that came off it. The mesh pattern resembled a keystone, and thus, two years after the first machine was built, the company was named Keystone Woven Wire Fence Company. Red Brand products are available in over 4,500 retail locations throughout the country, and they’re ready to help. You can find more information about Red Brand in Canada and Europe.