A Company History
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Water Under the Enting Bridge

Enting currently employs 24 people, including 5 family members, at our manufacturing and retail facilities located in Dayton, Springfield and Urbana, Ohio. Locally, the firm has serviced many thousands of residential and commercial customers with the sale and rental of its equipment. Additionally, Enting supplies equipment and components to both domestic and foreign water conditioning dealers, plumbers and well drillers.

The history of the Enting name and water treatment span a period of over 50 years. Mel Entingh, founder and president of Enting Water Conditioning, Inc., started his water treatment career in 1953, when he decided to sell water softeners, to nearby residents, in order to fund the completion of his degree at Cedarville College in Ohio.

The company he established was called the Perma-Soft Company. Three years later, his father joined in the venture as a partner. In 1957 the Entingh's were offered a franchise by Culligan, Inc. They continued to service the Miami Valley area as a Culligan dealer until 1965. They sold their Franchise in order to form Enting Water Conditioning, Inc.. The objective of this new company was to assemble water treatment equipment and sell retail as well as wholesale to independent dealers nationwide.

Since then, at about five-year intervals the company has been moved to larger facilities which were usually double in size. Employees were added as required to handle assembly of units, installation, as well as service.

Enting Water Conditioning moved into a new company-owned 43,440 sq. ft. facility in August of 1987 in order to meet the growing demands of its dealers and distributors.

Enting has always supported local trade and community organizations. Membership is held in the Water Quality Association (W.Q.A.).