Shook and Fletcher Supply Company: Difference between revisions

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The Shook and Fletcher Supply Company is a privately-held company that sells mining equipment, parts and supplies. The company was founded in 1901 by former Tennessee Coal and Iron Company employee Paschal Green Shook and John F. Fletcher. It is currently headquartered at 1041 11th Court West in the East Thomas neighborhood of Birmingham.

In the 1930s, the company operated an automobile service station at the corner of 21st Street and 7th Avenue South.

The commercial insulation division, formed in 1949, was spun off in 1967 as the employee-owned Shook and Fletcher Insulation Company.

Wayne Killion Jr, took over as president and CEO in 2000.

Milazzo, Don (April 9, 2002) "Facing lawsuits, Shook & Fletcher files Chapter 11." Birmingham Business Journal

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 In the 1930s, the company operated an automobile service station at the corner of [[21st Street South|21st Street]] and [[7th Avenue South]].
-The commercial insulation division, formed in [[1949]] was spun off in [[1967]] as the '''Shook and Fletcher Insulation Company'''.
+The commercial insulation division, formed in [[1949]], was spun off in [[1967]] as the employee-owned [[Shook and Fletcher Insulation Company]].
-[[Wayne Killion, Sr]] bought the company in [[1967]]. His son, [[Wayne Killion, Jr|Wayne, Jr]], took over as president and CEO in [[2000]]. In [[2002]] the Shook and Flethcer Insulation Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, pouring millions of dollars into a trust from which 80,000 then-active asbestos-related lawsuit settlements could be drawn.
+[[Wayne Killion Sr]] bought the company in [[1967]]. A separate business, [[Shook & Fletcher Mechanical Contractors]] was founded in [[1984]].
+[[Wayne Killion Jr]], took over as president and CEO in [[2000]].
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