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Historically, Charles H. Hodges & Son company was the first loading dock dealer in the country from the East Coast in Baltimore in 1954. And the first invented and patented dock leveler is an airbag type, by Charles H. Hodges III, and had become the number one   selling push-button leveler   in the world.   Ever since the invention of dock levelers, the equipment has grown and evolved over the years. With different types of dock levelers for different  applications  that were invented, designed, and engineered such as mechanical pit levelers, hydraulic pit leveler, vertical leveler, rail dock levelers, the  edge of dock leveler ,  top of dock leveler ,  loading dock leveler , and the  air pit levelers  in Hickory, NC.    Dock levelers have become highly effective and efficient in delivering more profits to the logistics sector under different applications such as  heavy industrial applications ,  manufacturing ,  refrigeration/cold storage ,  food and beverage , and  pharmaceutical