Parkline ...the Company

In the early 1930s a critical need arose in the oil and gas industry for a durable and easily erected small building system for production fields and refineries. The Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company of Parkersburg, West Virginia, put its engineers to work designing a new self framing, interlocking panel building which became the forerunner of the Parkline Building System.

From this beginning Parkersburg soon became recognized as a leading supplier of quality metal buildings, not only to the oil and gas industry, but also to public utilities, railroads, and government agencies. Complete buildings were now being shipped from a single source, eliminating the cost and time-consuming process of component purchasing required for ordinary type construction. In the post World War II building booms buyers in all phases of commercial and industrial markets became attracted to the Parkline style of buildings as a practical and attractive answer to a wide variety of small building needs.

In 1973 Parkline, Inc. was formed as an independent company and acquired the assets necessary to produce the complete line of Parkersburg self supporting metal buildings. With its manufacturing facility now located in Eleanor, West Virginia, Parkline was able to continue the production of its quality metal buildings for customers across the nation.

In 1997, Parkline formed an employee stock ownership plan and became employee owned and operated. The company, though still operated by local men and women, more than doubled its profits, and it increased its work productivity each and every year. In 2010, Parkline was able to expand its manufacturing facility with a new 15,000 square foot Pre-Erected division located directly beside the existing plant. This expansion allowed Parkline the opportunity to tackle larger, more detailed projects and provide the buildings in a timely fashion that was unrivaled by its competitors.

Today, Parkline has partnered with Summit Park, a private investment firm, in a venture that encourages growth in both product capabilities and product reach across the United States. This move will allow Parkline to expand its already well-known brand name and will help increase the number of products available to its customers, all while still leading the industry in small metal building innovation and construction.