Although Eaton Metal Products Company was very active in the petroleum equipment business in the 1950's, financial challenges in the steel manufacturing business in the 1960's caused the company to focus on tanks and special steel fabricated products. In the early 1980's, a slowdown in the steel manufacturing business, prompted the Company to once again, look to the petroleum equipment industry as a method of expanding the business. Through a series of acquisitions, startups and internal growth, by the mid to late 1990's, Eaton Sales & Service (the name trademarked and later corporate name for the petroleum equipment- sales, service and installation company) grew to become one of the largest petroleum equipment sales, service and installation companies in the industry. Eaton Sales & Service LLC continues to be a leader in the Rocky Mountain Region.