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Philmore Manufacturing Company, which
is a division of LKG Industries was founded in 1921
and is located in Rockford, IL. During the 1930's
and through the 1950's, Philmore was famous for
manufacturing the most
popular crystal radio receiver kits
in the U.S. Because these A.M. radio receivers
operated without power
and were low in cost, especially when
compared with the tube type radios of those days,
"crystal sets"
were very popular with kids and some
adults. Listening, through headphones, to local
broadcasts for
"free" intrigued many people of those
days. Philmore evolved over the years and today it
markets
thousands of items for use with
consumer products in categories such as Audio,
Television, Telephone,
and Personal Computers as well as
connectors and switches for use in manufacturing.
Other products
supplied by Philmore include
speakers, microphones and a host of other products.
Philmore is considered the most
experienced manufacturer and importer of electronic
accessories in the
industry. They are proud to be a
supplier to a multitude of electronics distributors,
such as
Farnsworth Electronics, Inc. Philmore
strives to invest in technology, inventory, and
people to provide
the best service to all their
customers. LKG Industries does not sell directly to
the OEM, you must go thru distribution, that's where
we come into play. In 1988, Wayne Timpe resigned
from his employer and
started LKG Industries, which
consists of four companies: Philmore Manufacturing,
Carter-Craft,
Datak Corporation, and Pfanstiehl.
The name LKG was invented by Wayne in honor of his
three
daughters, Lisa, Kathy, and Gail.
In 1993, Wayne purchased Datak, a
maker of thousands of dry transfer products, wire
markers
and printed circuit making products.
Datak has been
in business since the late 1950's, supplying
dry-transfer decals to
the electronics industry. Sets of panel marking
terms such as "on off" and
"Volume" or "antenna"
are still popular with engineering prototype makers
and hobbyists; thousands of
terms are available for
marking panels, and alphabet and numeral kits as
well. The same
dry-transfers proved to
be resistant to etchants and, dry transfer component
footprints are available for
virtually all of the
important electronic components and connectors in
common use. These
Direct
Etch® resist patterns may be used on
copper for making one prototype PC board or on
clear film to create a
positive (or, positive artwork). This very
simple approach is still often preferred
for simple circuits,
even in this highly computerized age.
Unfortunately, on January 21, 2004,
Wayne passed away after a year long battle with
cancer and
it's treatment and complications.
Although Wayne isn't with us, he will forever be
with us in spirit and mind.
Philmore continues it's operations
with Wayne's wife, Judy along with daughter Kathy
overseeing the company.
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