Keller Manufacturing Company (Corydon, Indiana)

 woodworking, furniture factory / maker

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From SEC.gov:
"The Company history dates back to 1866 when the “Keller Store” in Corydon, Indiana was established. From that time, the operation entered into various businesses, including running an electrical light plant, manufacturing spokes for farm wagons, operation in a hub-mill, farm wagon production, building barns, producing wooden porch furniture, wooden truck bodies and refrigerator boxes, as well as making end tables, magazine racks, chair parts, and, by 1933, a drop leaf table. The Company was incorporated in 1906 under the laws of the State of Indiana.

Over 300,000 wagons were built from 1901-1912. In 1942, however, the invention of the farm tractor made the Keller wagon obsolete thereby causing the Company to end its wagon production. In late 1943, the Company developed household furniture, including breakfast room suites and dinettes. In the early 1960‘s, the Company introduced its first bedroom group. A new plant was built at Culpeper, Virginia in 1965 and a third plant was built in 1973 at New Salisbury, Indiana. In 1979, the Company leased four trucks and trailers to deliver furniture directly to their furniture dealers. In 1996, the Company formed Keller Dedicated Trucking, Inc. (“Keller Trucking”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Its primary function is to provide delivery services for the Company. Keller Trucking also transfers materials between plants, provides delivery for some purchased merchandise and provides backhaul services for other companies when available. Keller Trucking currently operates with 22 trucks delivering approximately 80% of the Company’s finished products.

With the continued economic downturn, which started for the Company in November 2000, it was announced on September 16, 2002 that the Company intended to discontinue operations at the Culpeper, Virginia facility as of November 22, 2002. This decision was part of a comprehensive plan to consolidate production into the two Indiana facilities. Future growth of the Company will come from an expansion of our New Salisbury facility. "

The company consolidated Corydon operations into its New Salisbury factory in late 2003.

From Yahoo Finance: "Keller Manufacturing Company thinks its products are the very model of what a door should be. Through its Paragon Door Designs subsidiary, the company makes decorative steel and fiberglass entry and storm doors, which are sold through dealers and home improvement companies in 20 states. Keller Manufacturing Company acquired 85% of Paragon Door Designs in 2006 after exiting the furniture business; Keller Manufacturing Company had specialized in wood bedroom and dining room furniture. Paragon Door Designs operates manufacturing facilities in Louisville, Kentucky. Keller Manufacturing Company was founded in 1885."