Production was supervised by Swiss engineer William Walter, who began building cars in 1898.
The company relocated to Trenton, New Jersey in 1906, where it began producing cars under the name Walter.
Just after World War I, Walter sub-contracted some production of its trucks to the Milwaukee Locomotive Manufacturing Company.
[5] After that, Walter switched from the brand's own four-cylinder motor to the Waukesha engine, and the company moved to a new location on Long Island in 1923.
[6] The company would be finally absorbed by Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp (KME) in the late 1970s.