About Us


Matco Distributors, the parent company of Cart-Mart was established 60 years ago in Milwaukee, WI and is still headquartered there. The Cart-Mart Division of Matco was established 20 years ago and is also headquartered there.

Ken Mater is President of Matco and has 35 years experience in the material handling industry, as does Dennis Doran, the manging general partner of Cart-Mart. Matco is a distributor, seller, designer and installer of new material handling systems. It represents over 300 different manufacturers of material handling equipment.

Matco specializes in the design of of high volume warehouse & distribution operations, with an emphasis on complex conveyor systems and their controls. The company employees a full-time millwright staff for the installation and tear down of all types of equipment necessary in these types of operations. Cart-Mart performs the same function with used material handling equipment. It also specializes in the sale of new and used non-powered cart systems for the dairy, horticultural & grocery industries.

Our used equipment is procured through private sale, on site liquidation, and bankruptcies. We buy, sell and trade with some of the largest Fortune 500 companies. (We can provide references on request). If we do not have what you need, you can contact us and we will mount a search for you.

We are available on a consulting basis for design and appraisals. If you want to sell your equipment, you can call us. In most cases we can quote a buy price over the telephone. If we cannot, and we have to come out to look at your equipment, we have offices in Milwaukee, WI, Itasca, IL, Rockford, IL, and Panama City, FL. We will go anywhere in the continental United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. All of our offices can be reached through our national toll free 1-800-785-1115, or internationally at 630-539-1335.

We are interested in buying any type of used material handling equipment. Especially, pallet racks, any type of non, powered or powered carts, conveyor systems, steel shelving, security cages, pallet jacks, flow racks, push back systems, gravity conveyors, in plant offices, mezzanines, stretch wrappers, strapping machines, tappers, compactors, bailers, drive, in racks, etc.