Carando's history goes back to 1909 when Joe Carando started a small machine shop in Stockton, California, consisting of one lathe and one milling machine. In 1914, Joseph Calcaterra joined Carando at age 13 as a Machinist and he and his partner acquired the company in 1924 and in 1970, the company was incorporated.

            Up until the 1950's, Carando consisted of a basic jobbing shop, supporting the many farming and industrial companies in the Central Valley of California. In the mid 1950's Carando embarked on what would be the beginning of a world class manufacturing corporation. Carando obtained an engineering staff and increased their production capabilities to undertake the manufacturing of Tank Forming Equipment for the Water Heater Industry.

            Carando, now an International and Domestic leader in the water heater production industry, embarked upon a program to build a drum body welder. A prototype was put into service in 1960, and this new "Tucking Roll" side seam Drum Welder quickly became a new standard in the drum making industry. Ancillary sheet feeding equipment soon followed with numerous drum and pail forming machines for flanging, swedging, seaming, testing and expanding. . Carando was now able to supply complete container forming lines for the Drum and Pail Manufacturing Industries.

            In the early 1970's, Carando became acquainted with the Whirlpool and Electrolux Corporations, expanding their product line to service the domestic appliance industry incorporating Drum and Pail Technology into manufacturing equipment for welding, forming and seaming washer baskets and dryer drums.

            In late 2003, the City of Stockton purchased Carando's property to enable Stockton to embark on a waterfront redevelopment project. The owner saw this as a perfect time to retire, however, this was not to be the end of Carando Machine Works! A group of Carando employee's, all having over 30 years of service with Carando, purchased the company's assets and reopened as "CARANDO TECHNOLOGIES, INC." dedicated to continue manufacturing the dependable, high quality products Carando's name has been associated with for over 95 years.