Three Generations of Owners
Pictured from left to right: Harry Thompson IV, Harry Thompson III, and Robbie Thompson
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History
LATE 1980s / EARLY 1990s
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.
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1980’s
Conklin invests in an Iowa Precision Coil Line and adds Ductmate and Certainteed product lines.
1973 Harry’s Secret Diary
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!
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1970s
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.
1967 (GV) Greenville, SC Location Opens
Conklin opens a new branch in Greenville, SC. The Thompson family begins negotiation of stock purchase from Conklin and Goddard estate.
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1966
The company purchases new brake and shear to go after “heavy gauge steel users instead of HVAC & roofing”.
1964
Conklin now offers “Complete Line of sheet metal, roofing products, heating products and machine tools”. Heating products included snaplock and elbows, fittings, boots and rectangular ductwork. Also VR2, MFN canvas connector, damper hardware, solder, screws and pop rivets.
1962 Harry B. Thompson, III.
Harry B. Thompson III starts with the company on 9/20/62. Also a graduate of Georgia Tech, Harry III came to Conklin in 1962 and became Company President in 1971. He held this position until his retirement on 6/1/03; it had been 105 years since his grandfather first started as a billing clerk.
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1955
Sales Meeting circa 1955 (Left to Right) Paul McKenney — Executive Vice President, Ned Murphy — Sales Manager, Harry B Thompson, Jr. — President, Delmar Brinkley — Controller
Harry B. Thompson, Sr. Tribute
(Penned shortly after his death in 1953 and was recording in Conklin board meeting minutes) “This company since its organization has shown a remarkable and continuous growth. Much of this success must be attributed to Mr. Thompson, who began working for Mr. Charles A. Conklin and Mr. J.N. Goddard in 1895 and served this company
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1953 Harry Thompson Sr. Obituary
The Atlanta Constitution — May 11th, 1953
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1950’s
Conklin adds more machines to fabricate round pipe for both HVAC and rain downspouts. Photo: Conklin Warehouse workers in 1955 running 4″ Conductor Pipe.
1949 Harry B. Thompson, Sr. named President
After more than 50 years with the company, Harry B. Thompson, Sr. is named president. Originally, Harry Sr. had started at Conklin in 1898 as a teenage office clerk. He held that position for only four years but by that time had established a foundation for a family legacy that would span four generations. His
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