Templeton, Kenly & Company An American …

1 templeton , Kenly & CompanyAn American success StorySince 1899 SERVINGINDUSTRYWITHPRIDEQUALITYT empletonKenly&Co., - 1899 COMMITTED TO QUALITY SINCE 1899In the spring of 1899, Walter B. templeton , accompaniedby his partners, founded templeton , Kenly & Company ina basement office alongside the Chicago , a savvy businessman and a skilled engineer, haddeveloped a unique ratchet-lever mechanical jack that offered superiorsafety in railroad track maintenance applications. He and his partnerssaw a vast commercial potential for the product and were willing to gambleon it being a first year, templeton burned the midnight oil honing his originaldesign, improving efficiency and safety. He knew that the time was rightfor a new track jack . While the ratchet-lever mechanical jack is almostas old as railroading itself, templeton s jack was the first to be truly reliableand safe.

2 As testimony to this superior design, the new simplex jack the trade name adopted for this product quickly became the first choiceamong the track maintenance men who helped make the railroad auniversal transportation system. The jack scontribution to safer railroading would berecognized in 1913 by the American Museumof Safety, which awarded the simplex jack itscoveted Gold Medal the only jack to everreceive this by high demand, in 1913 simplex moved its operations from its originalfacility where receipts and shipments werestill being handled through a ground floorwindow to a larger site located on Chicago s west side, where it wouldremain for the next forty years. At the same time, templeton and hispartners were aggressively expanding sales capacity by enlisting anationwide network of distributors to carry the simplex line, while alsolooking beyond railroading to the heavy-construction, maintenance andproduction markets for future World War I broke out, simplex answered Uncle Sam s saw it as part and parcel of simplex s corporate citizenshipto design products that assisted the military effort.

3 In 1915, for example, aspecial ratchet lowering jack was developed that pivoted on its base toenable the allied armies to keep equipment moving through rain-soakedbattlefields. Then, in World War II, the Company produced a greatly-improved track connecting and adjusting tool for light and heavy efforts, along with the ongoing manufacture of other qualityequipment, earned simplex the prestigious Army-Navy E Award .Prior to his retirement in 1939, Walter B. templeton made a final,lasting contribution to the Company he founded. In 1937 he assisted inthe development of the simplex Journal jack , known now in trade circlesas the Super jack . This gear actuated jack reduced the frictionassociated with conventional jacks by 88%. It was an immediatecommercial in 1899, theoriginal simplex ratchet-levermechanical jack helped buildAmerica s railroading TOOLS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEMANDSA New GenerationFollowing Walter templeton s retirement, his son, John B.

4 templeton , tookover management of the family-owned Company as it entered a new period ofgrowth and of the first steps John templeton made was to broaden the Company sofferings by entering the burgeoning hydraulics field. Enlisting the help of theWm. S. Pine Company of Los Angeles which simplex was to purchase twentyyears later the first hydraulic simplex product was introduced: the self-contained Jenny Jenny s successful launch was followed shortly after by a remote-controlled hydraulic ram and puller combination, a common tool today, but a trueinnovation in safety at the time. Dubbed the simplex Re-Mo-Trol , this devicepermitted loads to be lifted, lowered, pushed or pulled with the operator a safedistance from the , only five years after John templeton had made the decisionto venture into hydraulics, simplex was to become the world s largest manufacturerof industrial hydraulic and mechanical jacks, both from the standpoint of volumeand the number of different models offered to levels of production brought with it the need for more modern andlarger manufacturing facilities.

5 For that reason, simplex moved in 1953 into amodern 127,000 square-foot plant located just outside Chicago in Broadview,Illinois, its current to balance growth internally, as well as externally, the companymade its first outside acquisition in 1965, purchasing Uni-Lift mechanicalactuators, a line of products it carries to this day. Uni-Lift miniature, machinescrew, self-contained, and ball screw actuators are recognized as superior OEMsolutions, and are routinely incorporated in tools used in production, positioning,material testing, and material year after buying Uni-Lift, a second acquisition wasmade. This time it was Wm. S. Pine Company , themanufacturer of specialized high pressure, large capacityrams and pumps, which had assisted simplex engineersin entering the hydraulics market back in the late acquisition was a natural extension of the twocompanies long-standing partnership.

6 A decade later thePine operation moved permanently from Los Angeles tothe Broadview the following years, simplex would add severalmembers to its extended family, including multiple-spindledrilling heads maker, Commander Manufacturing, in 1968,and high-quality drilling machines manufacturer, I. Company , in 1974. Both these companies werelater sold. Miller Fluid Power, a manufacturer of high-qualityhydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, was purchased in 1981and sold seven years 1946, Simplexentered the hydraulicsmarket. Today, it isthe world s largestsupplier of hydraulicand mechanical One Offers You MoreProducts That Enhance Safety,Quality & ProductivitySimplex Hydraulic Torque WrenchesSimplex hydraulic torque wrenches combine lightweight with torquevalue from 1,270 ft.

7 Lbs to 27,000 ft. lbs. in the square drive modelsand 1,900 ft. lbs. to 32,000 ft. lbs. on the low clearance clearance wrenches unique piston design make it the flattesthydraulic wrench in the industry. The square drive wrenches arebuilt with a high strength lightweight uni-body design and a pushthrough drive making this wrench operator Silver-Lite Pumps & CylindersSimplex Silver-Lite hand pumps and cylinders provide a lightweightalternative to standard steel cylinders and hand pumps. The Silver-Lite hand pumps provide 30% more reservoir capacity and speedthan the standard steel hand pumps while weighing only 9 cylinders are 60% lighter than their steel cylindercounterparts with capacities from 30, 50, 100 & 150 Pow r-Riser IIPortable jack enables one man to lift from 50 to 200 tons.

8 Designedfor maintenance of railcars and off-road equipment, such as haulersand front-end loaders. Features include an extended stroke (up to37-inches), and a three-position handle. Air and electric poweredmodels are offered. Optional drop-in extensions, toe lifts and lockingrings Toe JacksSimplex Hydraulic Toe Jacks deliver high-tonnage capacity in avariety of low-clearance lifting applications. Offered in manualor remote powered designs, these jacks have toe heights as lowas 1" and lifting capacities ranging from 5 to 25 tons. The mini-mal toe height enables the jacks to do a wider variety of jobssafer and faster than standard , Today & TomorrowToday, as in the past, developing products that set newbenchmarks in quality are business as usual at simplex .

9 Forexample, the simplex Pow r-Claw track jack , int roduced in 1992,is equally as revolutionary as the original track jack Walter invented more than 100 years ago. Other innovationsinclude new lines of push/pull jacks, air bags, hand pumps, cylindersand maintenance tools designed to meet the needs of a cross sectionof industries, from testing and to rescue operationsand heavy 1992, simplex also instituted an ambitious expansion of itssales channels to better serve its widening customer base. A directsales force made up of highly-experienced industry professionalswas put int o place to support simplex s more than 2,000 a small, local Company , simplex now has a presence in virtuallyevery country around the products can only result from quality people.

10 AtSimplex, attracting the right people, and giving them the tools andmotivation to be their best remains the key to continued growth. EverySimplex employee is part of a dynamic team that is dedicated toexpanding the Company s competitive position. The Company -widephilosophy of team building management enables the organizationto be more open to employee participation, encouraging new ideasand finding better ways to serve , simplex has incorporated computer-aided drafting,advanced CMM machinery, and task-orientated manufacturing changes are allowing inventories to ship faster than ever, whilekeeping productivity levels and quality standards at an all-time currently hasmore than 1,200distributors aroundthe , Kenly & COMPANY2525 GARDNER ROADBROADVIEW, ILLINOIS 60153 USAPHONE FAX ofinnovation,service Division Of templeton , Kenly & Co.