Travis Eby

President M.H. Eby, Inc.

Last Reviewed: September 28, 2026

Executive Summary

Travis Eby is President of M.H. Eby, Inc., the Blue Ball, Pennsylvania manufacturer of aluminum livestock, equipment and bulk commodity trailers and truck bodies. The company was founded in 1938 by his grandfather, Menno H. Eby Sr., led next by his father, Menno H. Eby Jr., and is now in its third generation of family leadership and remains entirely Eby-owned. Travis has been president since 2011 and runs the business alongside his brother Nick, who leads engineering. The company says it employs 550 people across plants in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa and a network of eight company sales and service centers from Pennsylvania to Montana.

Career Highlights

• President of M.H. Eby, Inc. since 2011, succeeding his father as head of the family company.
• Joined the business in sales after finishing college, having worked in its shop and on its trailers as a teenager.
• Holds, with his brother Nicholas, a controlling interest in the company, according to a 2017 LNP profile.
• Leads a manufacturer with plants in Lancaster County, PA, West Jefferson, OH and Story City, IA, and sales and service centers in eight states.

Professional Journey

Eby grew up in the family business. In a 2017 interview with LNP he recalled mowing lawns, running machinery in the shop, and washing and shovelling out livestock trailers. After his sophomore year of college he nearly left to move west and play guitar in a band; his father, then the company’s president, persuaded him to stay. He finished college and took a sales job at M.H. Eby.

He became president in 2011. His grandfather had started the business in 1938, and his father had led it before him. By 2017 the company had 374 employees in five states, and Travis and his brother Nicholas, who heads engineering, held a controlling interest.

M.H. Eby makes standard and custom aluminum trailers, semi-trailers and truck bodies for livestock, equipment and bulk commodity hauling, serving customers in agriculture, construction, tree care and landscaping. It now describes itself as employing 550 people, with manufacturing facilities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, West Jefferson, Ohio and Story City, Iowa. It also runs sales and service centers in Blue Ball, Pennsylvania; West Jefferson, Ohio; Logansport and Seymour, Indiana; Story City, Iowa; Worthing, South Dakota; Grand Island, Nebraska; and Laurel, Montana. The company’s current letter to customers, signed by Travis as president and Nick as Senior Vice President of Engineering, emphasises service, parts support and “customer up-time”, and closes by noting that generational leadership is something the company shares with many of its customers.

Education

No verified education record was found. He completed college, according to a 2017 interview, but no source read for this profile names the institution or degree.