Merco Inc., doing business as Merco Marine,was established in 1979 as a small part time business started byJon and Jim Meriwether, father and son. The original focus of Mercoback in 1979 was sales of paint, hot tubs, the very first model JetSki introduced, and a few other items. It wasn’t until 1993 whenMerco’s true mission was developed.

“To produce quality dock products at a reasonable price with ontime and courteous service utilizing U.S. employees.” -Merco’sMission

Both Jon and Jim had years of experience in dock building. Thefirst couple years were spent selling hardware and floats fromanother manufacturer out of a small office and rented warehouse indowntown Wellsburg, WV. Sheila Barrett came on board almost at thebeginning doing sales, accounting, and office management.

In the fall of 1995 Merco Marine moved to its present 5 acrelocation and built a 2-story office complex and a 50’ x 40’warehouse. It was at that time, Merco started to manufacture itsown hardware and new_planttruss frames. In 1996 another 50’ x 100’warehouse was built to act as a bigger warehouse and shippingdepartment. In 1998 a 60’ x 125’ manufacturing building was addedto produce dock hardware. In the summer of 2001 a 90’ x 125’ wasbuilt to be used for product storage. The most recent building 50’x 84’ was added in the summer of 2006 to be used for raw materialsstorage such as flat steel plates, pipe, angle iron. Merco now hasover 30,000 square feet indoors. Merco also has an outdoor fencedin area for storage of hundreds of float drums, an outdoor roofedarea for lumber storage, 122 mini storage units, and a 2 story 34’x 81’ garage that is currently rented to a contractingcompany.

When Merco was started, we decided that there were severalprinciples that the business would adhere to: all taxes and billswould be paid on time, we would be honest, knowledgeable andcourteous with our customers, and we would run our businesshonestly and would treat our employees fairly and share ourbusiness success with them. Because of these principles that wehave adhered to, Merco Marine has been more than successful.