Hockman-Lewis Limited is an export management company, specializing in marketing and selling retail and commercial fueling, automotive service, and liquid handling equipment in international markets outside the USA and Canada.
Hockman-Lewis Limited was founded in 1932 by J.L. Hockman as a third-party exclusive exporter of service station equipment. Ninety years later, H-L remains specialized in vehicle fueling and maintenance equipment, along with downstream fuel, pest control, and industrial equipment. The company adds value for its suppliers, international distributors, and end-user customers by traveling to international markets and providing sales, product, and technical training. Hockman-Lewis continuously invests in building a solid and knowledgeable team.
The company’s operations and export compliance team possesses essential skills, experience, and knowledge of U.S. Export Control Laws and Regulations, as well as the documentation requirements of importing countries, which have become increasingly demanding and complex over the years.
Today, Hockman-Lewis provides extensive global coverage with nine employees working from its headquarters in New Jersey, one salesperson in Mexico, and one in Dubai covering the Middle East and Africa (MEA).
While the world has grown smaller and more competitive, our success continues to be based on the same values and principles as when we started. We work with reliable suppliers of quality equipment and maintain honest, open relationships with distributors, allowing us to establish trusting, long-term commercial partnerships.
Why Hockman-Lewis Limited?
Because we can do it better.
- We visit our customers. We listen to our customers. We understand their needs and how their businesses work.
- We understand our markets—how end users purchase products and how best to implement an effective after-sales support system.
- Because we are well-financed, we can provide credit to those customers who deserve it.
- We have over 90 years of experience in export sales and distribution.
- We understand export logistics, documentation, and compliance better than most manufacturers.
All of this knowledge and experience translates to better sales for our suppliers and better service for our distributors. We add significant value to both.
Why should a manufacturer work with H-L?
- Because we know the markets where they want to sell.
- Because we know the best distributors for their products and can maximize their sales by establishing and supporting distribution.
- Because, by working through H-L, they no longer need to be concerned with the challenges of extending credit overseas or dealing with the difficulty of collecting accounts receivable.
- Because we relieve the manufacturer of the burden of export compliance, logistics, and documentation—saving valuable time and money.
- Because, by representing a compatible package of products, we can afford to travel frequently to visit overseas markets.
- We are fully committed to becoming experts in your products, thereby training distributors in the best sales methods and after-sales service.
Why should a distributor work with H-L?
- Because we know and understand the challenges a distributor faces and the best practices in distribution selling.
- Because we know our products well and fully support them through warranty and after-sales support.
- Because we provide great value with our expertise and experience in export logistics and documentation. This saves distributors money and time while helping them avoid the hassles and red tape of incorrect shipment documentation.
- Because we are loyal to our good distributors who commit to our products and grow sales.
- Because we seek long-term partnerships with our distributors rather than short-term profits.