Harry Thompson IV

“Our new Red Bud coil line has arrived into Birmingham and should be operation in several weeks. Capable of 14 ga Galvanized, this line will run 275 ft per minute, handle coil weights of up to 50,000 lbs, breakdown and recoil larger coils into smaller ones. It’s drop stacker and stacking table will allow us the […]

Logo redesign is throwback using Conklin’s retro script used in marketing decades prior. Also added are four stars symbolizing four generations of the Thompson family ownership and our four core values.

Present day we use these flatbeds throughout our branches. 

James Bradford retired in June 1995 after 44 years at Conklin. He was buried wearing his Conklin uniform after his death in February 2002.

Pictured from left to right: Harry Thompson IV, Harry Thompson III, and Robbie Thompson

Photo: Harry Thompson IV, Atlanta office in 1991. Note the map of Georgia only; this is before Conklin expanded into other markets. This era is marked by a continued investment in manufacturing including production of hollow vane & punch rail, spiral pipe, gored elbows and spiral fittings.

Moore Street, 1986

The company name changes to Conklin Metal Industries.

In the days before Evernote, companies used to hand out small 3″x 5″ notepad like this one from Bethlehem Steel. They must have been great for note taking!  A young Harry Thompson IV must have liked them too, as evidenced by this picture from the early 1970’s!