The Henry Group Today

With 35 years of service to the industry, we are one of the premier providers of service and equipment to Industrial Bakeries and Food Manufacturing Facilities worldwide.
We offer a wide range of service and equipment to our customers. This variety makes us a unique provider in the industry. No one else has the mix of expertise, equipment and service capability that we do. Today we are over 100 employees strong, and centered in our 72,000 square foot headquarters in Greenville, TX. This is also the center for our manufacturing, fabrication, sales, parts distribution and engineering departments. We also take advantage of “virtual office” possibilities, with employees located in Georgia, California, and New Mexico, to name a few.

Our History and Founding

Founded in 1976 by John Henry Sr. and Jerry Suggs, the company was first known as Henry & Suggs, Inc. Our first project was in, Texas for Dallas, TX based Campbell-Taggart (CT). We were a part of the building construction and most importantly to us, also integral in the installation of the production equipment. Since few groups specialized in bakery equipment installation at that time, we recognized a need for a specialized Bakery Millwright Company. The founding of Henry & Suggs was explicitly for that purpose. In our early years, the company crisscrossed the country focusing on our customer's needs, especially those of our first customer, Campbell-Taggart. Those successful early years helped firmly establish our company and built our experience and knowledge of the finer points of the baking business.

A Business with Deep Roots in TX

In 1981, Henry & Suggs broke ground and built a fabrication facility on the same land where we still stand in Greenville, TX. Numerous expansions have accommodated our growing business especially providing the additional space needed for equipment fabrication. At first, we produced mostly small fabrications to support our bakery installation crews. This increased our skills and capabilities, allowing us to grow into the fabrication and engineering specialists we are today.
We are proud to be a major employer in Greenville, TX, and also proud that many of our employees have been with us from the start and still work in here in Greenville today.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, we began to expand the company to provide even more to high speed bakers. Our small equipment division was founded, and continues to design and build Bread Baggers, Pan Cleaners, Slicers and an ever expanding line of Automated Unit Equipment Solutions.

The new century brought the skills of Bakery Services Inc. a Bakery Oven Parts Manufacturing and Oven Rebuilding Services company founded in Atlanta, GA under our roof. They became part of THG and relocated all operations to Greenville. Russell Cook, BSI's owner, a widely respected expert on Ovens and Thermal processes joined us, and remains a key leader in the company.
In 2004 Peter Genau, the owner of Pulver Genau Inc. joined forces with The Henry Group, first relocating his manufacturing to Greenville and finally combining with THG in 2005. Peter and his staff of design engineers continue the design and fabrication of a full line of Ovens, Proofers, Coolers and all sorts of associated loading, unloading and conveying equipment in Greenville, carrying on the spirit of invention and innovation that founded Pulver Genau, Inc.

Our Company and Success Continue to Grow in Greenville,TX

We continue to grow and evolve our equipment and service offerings. We are proud to say our equipment is installed across the country and around the world. Led and inspired by our President, CEO and Owner Troy Henry, The Henry Group continues to focus efforts on the baking industry. We strive to continue to grow our market share and increase the strength of the core competencies that have won us loyal customers and forged the solid core of our business.