1919 - Stanley
Keen opened Keen Auto Parts
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1925 - Keen
Auto parts expanded by
purchasing 2 city blocks |
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1928 - Introduced
gases into the business selling Acetylene and
Oxygen cylinders |
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1934 - Further
expansion into the
welding supply business |
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1939 - Expanded
into Lower Delaware |
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1943 - Started in the Propane
Business |
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1946 - Keen incorporated
under the name
Keen Compressed Gas Co., Inc
- First Propane Truck is acquired
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1948 - Stocked only 1 AC and
1 DC welder
and 5 gas types |
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1952 - Fire
- Market Street Burned Out |
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1953 - Moved to new location
at 4305 Miller Road - business prospered through
the 60's |
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1957 - Willard
Keen, Sr. became 2nd President |
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1962 - Willard Keen, Sr. Passed
Away |
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1965 - Stanley H. Keen Passed
Away
- J. Merrill Keen became 3rd President
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1966 - 1st Branch Location
(Salisbury, MD)
- Hobart Welders Sales & Service Acquisition
(Dover - Voshell Bros) |
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1967 - Keen
Welding Supply (separated) |
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1969 - Acquired Anchor Welding
Supply and
began Gas Distributorship with Airco |
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1973 - Installed first computer
system |
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1974 - Opened
Dover
Branch Store and continued expansions by
opening 9
additional stores in the next 20 years |
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1984 - Expanded Medical / Specialty
Gas Division - business boomed through the 80's |
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1990 - Expansion continued
- acquired Interstate Oxygen and opened Branch
Stores in Oxford,
PA and Salisbury,
MD
- Jon Keen & Bryan Keen became Vice Presidents
of the Company |
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1998 - Sold
Bulk Propane Portion
of Company to Heritage Propane |
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2000 - Purchased 11th Branch
Store in Coatesville,
PA
- Bryan Keen became 4th President |
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2001 - Purchased
First Nitrogen
Micro bulk delivery vehicle |
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2005 - Purchased property in
Baltimore
and opened 12th Branch location |
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2009 - We have 14 Stores and
over 2
million dollars in inventory in the 4-state
area of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland
and New Jersey |
