Immediately following its introduction the OK silo filler became very popular with the dairy farming market across the Upper Midwest of the United States.
However, on August 28, 1891, Adolph Hamacek left the business partnership and moved to nearby Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
Anton continued to operate the business alone at the building located in the 600 block of Fremont Street in Algoma until 1893, when he formed another partnership with Joseph Wodsedalek and August Ziemer.
Consequently, following the fire the business obtained new property located north of the Ahnapee River, just east of the Fourth Street Bridge in Algoma.
Based on the new transportation opportunities opened up by the connection with the Ahnapee and Western Railway the foundry entered a period of business expansion as they began to serve the farming market of the entire multi-state upper Midwest area of the United States.