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.
2018 Logo Redesign Read More »
A tenth branch (the 2nd in Metro Atlanta) is opened in the Norcross area, while the (GV) Greenville Branch moves from it’s home of 40 years to a larger, more suitable warehouse.
2015 Norcross branch opens, Greenville branch relocates Read More »
Conklin Metal opens HVAC distribution operation January 14, 2011 Conklin Metal Industries is expanding its operations into Memphis, giving the Bluff City’s industrial real estate market some new blood. The Atlanta-based wholesale distribution company signed a 45,000-square-foot lease at 4049 E. Raines Road for its first operations in Memphis. The company distributes goods to the
2011 Memphis Branch Opens Read More »
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.
James Bradford retires after 44 years at Conklin Read More »
Pictured from left to right: Harry Thompson IV, Harry Thompson III, and Robbie Thompson
Three Generations of Owners Read More »
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.
LATE 1980s / EARLY 1990s Read More »
Conklin invests in an Iowa Precision Coil Line and adds Ductmate and Certainteed product lines.
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!
1973 Harry’s Secret Diary Read More »
Conklin adds more product lines including weld pins, vane & rail, slip & drives, access doors, angle rings, flex duct and duct board. Company also adds a 2nd branch — in (GV) Greenville, SC.
